The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-06-09

~ifs, hat BE- had haA shs nisfossass
to hsry her. Nov hs .was leoely-very
loaely, indeed. Man vas Bos bors to Be
alone; his spirit pines for the swess com
partnership Of vom.n.
ssHis cosvefsaeea was quito Affecting,
and - worked upoa the tender fsslines Of
Providence that she cordially invited him
to stay TO tea. Lucinda Was disgusted when
her sister ran up stairs aad told her what
she had done. aA e
"sYou are ~ thosghslese - child,
| Provy,' she replied, angrily. As to his
! loneliness and his grief, don't believe Z
word..of it; men always tall that way when
they .sieh to marry again. Even il they
have their house - fall - is will hold Of
mothers. granduoshers, aunts and sisters.
they walk amidst multiplicity Of females,
all highly agreeahie people. and very 'Ione-
ly.' Oh, they are deceisfut race. and il
shis man has come here 70 hunt for wife,
he 70 greatly mistaken and Miss Lucinda
dashed ous Of the room.
srbe imperial votrs.s passed %,
In maiden medssasien fnncy free" Es ssE5
"B1s ssss u 49, Aeee u she yestals
there was . wife for Mr.. Jacob Clarke; and
he came and came again, until the fair
hand of Providence consented to endow him
with her band, and, what Was in6nitsly
more consequences to him, her goods.--
Bot q dared not breathe the rash promise
10 Lucinds; in her exasperated state. is
would throw her into dts. Accordingly,
one eunny morning, when the skies we're
blue and The sun was golden, in walks
Providence Clarke born Sharpe, and says in
triumphant tone: sLucinda this IS my hus-
band
".Whatp screamed Lucinda; sProvy, you
ere certainly msd.'
"'Dear sister lucinda, said Jacob Clarke
smiling!y, Providence never exhibited more
striking signs Of sanity than in marrying
me. Yes, have the supreme happiness Of
calling myself the husband Of your charm
ing sister. We were bound 10 the silken
bonds OF matrimony few moments ago !;
We have returned to ask you to give us an
nffectionafe velcome,'"
"'Never' said the indignant Lucinda !;
you have sinned beyond all hope of pardon.
Leave my presence Immediately
"sHe was so lonely" mumured the bride;
Il married him TO comfort him. & ass
"sShe did, indeed, pleased woman |" sjac-
ulated Jacob Clarke.
B
Lucinda. Better be dead than subjected
to these constant shocks.' h w
"A few weeks after her marriage, Provi.
dence wrote to her sister, imploriDg her
forgiveness. CO., she said, Lucinda, am
20 happy. Jacob is one Of the sweetest and
dearest men that ever lived he 10 a perfect
pearl; matrimony is the most charming
state vas ever in. How could We de-
nounce these noble beings as demons p
NV erring sister, be convinced; they are
only little lower than the angels. Men! /!
men = Ess ases
".She certainly is cragy,' said Lucinda,
throwing down the letter. Men, indeed
don't care to see how she finishes that sen
tence now.' ~ a @
"Miss Lucinda was wretched after the
departure of her sister; and the Presbyterian
clergyman, Who lived next door, was kind
enough to step in Of an evening, to sit with
her and offer consolation. In short time
Lucinda was heard to pronounce him a
man Of wonderful grace, deeply interesting
and charmingly consolatory. Old prejudices
vanished as speedily as
"rhe tear down chidhood's cheek that nows"
A bishop was superauons; apostolic descent
could not be proved, in short" .
"Stop, stop, nunt, | implore you. !
swallowed that story Of Miss PROXY; but,
indeed, cannot open my mouth wide
enough to take in Lucinda too.
"My dear, If were telling you n fiction,
gladly would ! stop here; but this is YER
table history. lregret, for consistency's
sake, to say that Lucinda actually married
the clergyman. Now, when you protest SO
positively against matrimony, just think OF
this story of woman's no. We. none of
US can tell what we may be induced to do
in this world Of change. Like you, like
the Misses Sharpe, once said would never
marry. am now Mrs. Villers. All here
is my husband. We are just discussing .
womnn's no, my dear" s Ts#
"What do you think Of woman's no,
uncle9" eagerly cried Lucy.
ga woman's no?, Well, let me see
Lucy, love, if Mrs. villers will excuse me,
must say that nv experience Of it proves
it gratis diGtum said for nothing, .. "a,
f4 @t "GREAT MEN" a "a
"The Democrat Of the Dinner Table" is
writing some capital things for the New
York atlas. The ioiloWipg is . specimen !:
Great men are not much after all. With
all they accomplish, with all the marks they
make upon the age in which they live, when
they die the world seems to 60 on its course
Just as well without them. They are not
missed beyond the day Of their funeral. To
be sure, We lore to talk Of them, applaud
their deeds, and glorify their names; but We
only do it that wa may detraot from the
merit Of those who are living. Those great
men, who imagine themselves the salt of
the earth. generally 70 into the earth ~
fresh as if they had neyer been soaked in
the brine of fame. ..e~g
II is the nature Of man to banker after
strange gods; ha likes to set up something
Of his own to Worship, to applaud, to apos-
trophize. Great men answer the purpose.
We get them up, and when like children, We
get tired Of the toys of which VIC thought
re shovld pever tire, We knock EN- down,
and get others 10 their stead. We oil know
how much less We think Of great states
man after We become acquainted with him.
A stranger, he seemed q colossus, some.
thing not exactly Of our species, . wonder
fu! what 10 il? the connecting link between
humanity and the gods. BEtas 90 acquain.
lance, apd with Us in our every day walks,
the colossus becomes man of commanding
statute, and We laugh ~ our folly in having
imagined him TO be any better than our.
selves, ssshs Hon. John Smith, the great
ssasesman and orator." when ws cone 10
dine every day ~ the came table with him,
becomes simply sold jack Smith-wsnt
into Congsess last session"-and We rather
doubt his greatness. He "a ks and acts like
an ordinary man; eats tough beef, npd driaks
bad coffee and tanglsrood gin with -
thorough gusto ~ the deck hand Of .
Mississippi steamboat. J
Your famoss man ss home 10 NOBODY
20 yeu think when ron live next door, OF in
the same house With him. Yoa~ hear the
voice which has s.awed = listening Senate, ?
ba~iing oat fren the bead Of the stair:
"Hello, there, Why the devil don't Joa get
that brsakfass spl' Or you get . gisnpss
Of him in the back yard, adninisieyiag .
treusndoss valioping TO his yeungess born,
Ilisfans - gone then, and though he 10 one
Of yoss party leaders, ron can's hays the