The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-02-19

of Council Bluffs, and serlo comic express
sion comes over his face, as he talks Of
sand bar navigation" ':wlld lands" and
"samblng speculate and, as he gloats
over his slitteripg "pile," he fondles his
golden eagles with smile of gratitude,
thanking his lucky stars that, during the
wild days of '56 and =, when such vast
aocks of these republican birds flew from
the Atlantic to the frontiers, his pets stayed
at home! Ask the hurrying tourist what
he thinks Of Council Bluffs, and, as he gulps
down his coffee, he answers ''good living,
fast horses, and pretty women, but as for
the town, really cant say, as | haven't had
time to look round!''
When you have turned with disgust, from
the rassv unfortunate who dreams that
"pIattins" ''bottom" patch is building
CITY. When you have stopped your cars
against the growl and the chuckls OF OLD
"lolars and cents ~ When you have lis
tened omplacantIy to the good hits OF the
rambling book maker, and wondered at his
care!essness then ask the man, or the
woman, who, with an eye for the picturesque
and beautiful, has strolled up the glers and
over the hills Of our suburbs, and down
across the "bottom'! The reply will be
sir, to appreciate the commanding position
and surprising beauty of your chosen home,
when the sun is peepins over the Iowa
ridge, and flooding the slope with It's mel
low golden light; when the blue dome Of
Heaven rests on a carpet Of emerald; when
the birds are out in the groves, and al ma
ture is vocal with their matin hymns. Come
with me then, and from thousand stand
points drink in the enchanting loneliness Of
the scene. We will climb the levee, which
a thousand ages ago was heaved up between
the Mosquitoe and Missouri valleys. Away
TO the East, the wide prairie of the "slope"
stretches IN undulating waves, Till lost in the
dim distance..; and where, in luys nc. long
gone by, the smoke of the wiswam CuT!ed,
ana the yell Of the savage mingled with the
thunder Of the buEa.o's tread, the coy
cottages, waving corn-fe,Is and owing
herds Of the farmer, are fast covering the
land; and down through The lesser valley
have named, clear heads and strong hands
are smoothing 4 pathway for the iron horse;
ana soon that bond of love, that strongest
earthly pledge Of perpetual amitv, between
State and State, will link Illinois with Ne
. brn>ka, and, crossing the mother Of waters,
pass up the valley of the Platte; and, ere
the toddling babe of to-day has entered his
tens, he will Join in shaking earth aad air
with grand American hurrah at the wed =
ding of the oceans.
On the West, our sister city, Omaha,
comes lovingly down to the river bank, and
The bill on which she stands slopinG West
ward and skywari, shuts off our vision
from the boundless plains beyond. The
rapid Missouri comes sweeping down from
the North, chaing and frettng against the
feeble barrier that separates it from the
IItllo silver Lake above US, and preparing
the way to roll It's tide at our very feet as
1t takes Il short, cut to the bend below, not
like "a thread OF silver in IA carpet Of green,
but tumb.in- and rushing along in its curb
i'sE might, AMI destined soon to bear upon
IS bosom Il feet of steamers, freighted
with the rich products of the Great North
west. We gaze away to the South till the
river is lost to view, and the sky comes
down to the earth among the willows and
co,tonwoods that fringe its banks. We have
looked East, West North and South, and now
let US leave our elevated station and stro.
down over the s'bottom.'' When we have
gained good "ofing' we ''tack ship and
cruise up and down the valley. The city
we have left lies nesting in the glens, shell
tered from ths blast Of the tempest, and,
Ike b!uships girl striving in vain to hide
it, charms; below it and beyond the mouth
Of tho Mosqu'tos valley, the sugar-loaf
bluffs assume thousand fancitul shapes,
and he who loves nature in her fantastic
moods can study them every day and always
find in them something new and pleasing.
Above it the wood crowned hills tower up
from the margin Of the lake, and bid a
frowning defiance to the further encroach-
ments Of the river when it shall have burst
through to their bases, and the sparkling
fountains gushing from their sides, give the
Bass and Pickerel below, plentiful supply
Of pure cool water, which can easily be
brougb, in pipes to the city to make fish
pond, and jet in the Public Square, and
bubble up in, our kitchens to the infinite
delight of our tidy houseleepers. But, the
indnimate charms of our city and its sur
roundiugs, and its commanding Importance
as comm rcal point, are far, very far
from making up the sum total Of its advan-
taces and beauties. Some other time we will
glance at the busy throng around US, and
try to give faithful sketch of the people
Of Council Cuffs.
Sales Of Real Estate In Po,tnu sttun,,e County,
For the Week Ending Friday. FEB Is, isoa.
Es7cr.ed Expressly for the Non1srs by sTFsEI KIoEE
Investigators Of Titles and Records,
LewisJ Goddard to Daniel Rock-Lot 5. s. Block
Ill, Crescent C.ty-$lo0.
George Hunt to John D. Rock-Lot3, Block s6; Crss-
sen: City-$50.
Joe F.. johnson and wife to John D. Roct-Lo. 7,
Block 80 Crescent City-$l0o.
Thomas KearDey and wife TO Mary Robinson-Lot Q.