The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-06-09
80 ezs COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, SATURDAY, 1860

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nSoks ssospd ths hosse, M bsssles IN
ha9es sss uQnsssus eDsagA 10 . elesss has'
Il % 81 sp dsakgist q na& iaardipat,
dpairsa. She Psetendsas end aceaally thosxh
probably that, che knew the difefeacs Be.
tween . cough mixture aad : waAh Ter vsal
syss, ssulA disesimiases Asepila sAe1naaia
asd dyspepsia pisls, aad kssu eapsAasidsl
from Dover's pouders readily, Rifkin,
had long been doubtful about tAia, tAepe,
which doubt recently brought absas as @.
tire resolutioa in his hosseheld pharDaay
Bss Mr. B6fkins tell his o~a ssOsy hss1 aai
re leave iss recital 70 hin: "a
sMr Blifkins, says ny wife, Suddenly
sssrtiak up 10 the bed and looking vildly
isso the fscs II lisals Tonny;A Il bsliess this
child 10 going to hare the Group, or d.
scarlet fever, or sonething. Mr.. Blifkins.
Ihad aos 70 the sfsgs Of sleep and waking
at the same time-the seuses steepsng h
The sounslent peppies, bat not quito asfse-
tined iptos forgctfulness. e se
sMr. Blifkins," repeated my wife, givinl
me this time An unmiatakable pinch.
what 10 the name of tsibulasiou 10 tht
matterS' cried in sensshing like pet, !,
the house on 6res' .eg
$40, bat something . TIE matter viii
Tonal, 7 sAs replied, tHefhAps 10 = GoinS 4
have the croop-maybs he'll have ft-h<
10 very fcstlsss.'
started up and looked in the face ol
that little innocent, !, They always said b.
looked just like me, and certainly that mid.
night inspection gave very little escourage.
nsnt to self vanity, for moro disAgresabil
looking little cub ] thought had never sesn'
He was evidently in trouble, for bic features
worked, his tiny fists we're clinched bard,
his eyes were partly unclosed, and his skin
seemed quite dry and hot. Immediately
took my wifc's alarm. ,sg sg,
sWhat's TO be done" asked.
'Mr. Bifkins,' said she, 'we must give him
someshing.' 1f ats t@ Fs3's =
Exactly responded, sbus What shall il
he2 You, Who are such 40 excellent nurse,
shall decide" .........s.5
Iarose, and, ssaccoutred 70 was, ,''istood
ready to execute her command. ] sign,hed
this TO her by saying U#rg
s.Now, my dear, say the word," sn
s.Let me sse,' said shei III il is the Group,
the medicine ip the bottle on the left hand
side Of the closet 10 the one, twas bought
for Mary two v nters ago."
Immediately proceeded to the closet ads
jacent to our room, the interior OF which
vas revealed BY the dim light Of the gas.
There were long rows Of phials on the
shelves, backed BY bottles Of hairedys an<
boxes Of unde6nahle ARTICLES in the doWcstic
dispensary. l saw What ! supposed was
the needed bottles, but in extracting il from
its position, threw down eogne halt dosen
of the intervening phials that rs,tled and
clattered upon the floor in q manner tha,
sounded fearfully, sane Of them breaking,
and the glass scattering around to the dis
may of my bare feet. EH@sN1 r
.'Do break everything to piecss = said
my wife, in tone not very sweet consider
ing her amiability Of temper, but imputed
it to her anxiety. brought the bottle and
placed il in her hands. - -.aaa
"GoOd heaven, Mr.. Rlifkins,' said ny
wife, "would you kill the child This IL
voiitile liniment."
s"The d-litis," cried I, with unwarranta-
Bile heat. My wife sobbed out asl
"Oh, Mr.. Blifkins, suppose you had given
him some Of this by mistake !-you never
would have forgiven yourself.' ~,
l thought of the change Of person in her
remark little invidious and somewhat un.
kind in view Of the fact that sho had com.
mand Of the medicine chest. =.
81 took the bottle from the place J GU told
me-" said I, almost fiercely. f& -.sit
sYou couldn't have done so, Mr.. Blifkius.
replied my wife, Il saw it on the right hand,
Just inside the door, no longer ago than
Tuesday, when Mrs. McGonagle cleaned
the paint" t 81
"Right hands' repeated after her, "you
said the left just now" .s.s. ~r
! heard her sgh out something about
"cruelty" and "unfcelingness" as went to
make another plunge among tho army Of
bottles. ..aIg4-sses Z. s.f ssas a5 "a a.
"Tbis must be it, them" said / seiaing a
four ouncer, nearly full Of dark fluid, by
the neck, and bringing it out to my wife.
"Gracious goodness !" exclaimed she,
"are you determined to kill the child! That's
srpica, for the rhenmasism. Mr.. Rlifkin.,
are you avakee'
Without replying this time, made = dive
for the closet, taking down phial after phial
and reading the smesrsd Inscriptions - well
as could. What an OCEAN OF lotions and
mixtures and vermifuges and preparations
and washes! A. length got hola Of one tina,
l felt sure must be it, because | could not
by any ingenuity decipher the label. ac-
cordingly carried it to Mrs. Blifkins with
the confident air of one who hns achieyed
an immense exploit, holding il ont to her
with '' Therew expression Of my sstis-
faction. tF
"Tbat p said my wife, .thet's not il !;
that is the Chalk Mixture, bought for Bob
two summers ago." tss9 7r@
I broke down asthis, and with q yoice
tremulous with cold, though my wife alwS3s
wrongfully said il was with anger, | asked
her why, in the name Of come deity or 9th.
er, she s'didn't get up and fnd il herself ?''
She immediately rose to the oecasiap, like
a speaker st a Fourth. of. July dinner, snd
sublimely strobe torards the closet, return.
ing . moment theresfter with two bottles
that escaped my notice, which she beld up
before me with simple but comprehensive
remark: @ af sf
+" Ssupid!" VI
lfels that ! vas stupid, and was ready "a
admit the fact, wh,p wss struck BY ths
purzled look that appeared upop ny wife''
face. saf r
I" Let me see, ea10 ene.
! made . motion to turn pp The gss, q
that she might see, bpt fonnd that she re-
qsired clearer vision regarding som,
mental problem thst she was snlviDg, %
let her as she best might.
81 Declare" said ny wife, ~ dom,
know whether this ID The bed bog poison ..
tbs Group specific, they are 20 much alike
stPefhaps he hasn't got the Group" |" said
!, ~ stopped over the bed, spd there Ia,
the little fellow, vide aWske, thSeshing th,
air with his tss tiny lists and mahisg u
I'll sorts Of faces ~ the wall. ! saw In
momess that ve bad deceived Ourselves, q,
most persons will, and turning awsy,
viek ksdly said ~ ka a1
.Give me the medicine; I think bee 20.
ing 10 have = 6t." sh12 20
Ny wife shrieted. @
"Uf laughter" !" inm ediatsiy added, sat
received . boz ON the ar for my reward.
addressed my wife solennly -for fsk seri
ous-- szse IS aEE -
Here We havs been collecting togeshe'
this precious amoast Of trash for yeass, 10