The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-04-28

Ifsuad .as one Of The boys, = " /" hitch
ed ? and tsok room togsshsrat BAaun's.
Here = pus = his Sanday tssxry and
With s1peesa:iss on sip-soe, ut his card
sp-foua, bus, alas .hsiady fhir vas " not
ii home" lie bore the blow with . pa
sieoes that argues suceess in ths srduoas
profession be has chosen. We adjourned
TO oar room, and % be read to me McCLryc's
euIosr % Hssar CLar, vhiea, By the xay,
j. one Of the fness ihiags in our language,
/ seii.bly didn's much care il he vas disap-
pointed. At Barnom's Ne saw MaERbfrH
HoIiAyD, the nashenstieai prodigy, whose
f.a;s in eanputasion % puzzle phrenologisis-
lie - about twenty three PEARS Old, not q
al intelligent looking, with VERY little sda-
cation and less good manners. Hssays ths
~rilsysic Ess with shirh be il afflicted, pre-
rent him from ssudyins, and that The Won
dssful faculty be possesses sas just -
strong when hs vss four years old ~ il il
sow. lie says be knows nothing Of The
process By vhi.a be conpusss, and that the
largest caIculasie1s cost him no EFFORT We
tried him 90 long periods Of time and great
distances, giving hin ysars and miles and
ssk,ng him for the secspds and inches. To
the question, hou many inches IN twenty
four thousand miles, be answered correctly
IN ten seconds, and as quickly, be gave the
se -onds fran esrsain date, say July 10th,
1900, up TO that day, counting in tho Leap
Years with perfect accuracy. |; 10 not the
abssrussnsss Of tie questions, but bis almost
instantaneous calculations which causes
wonder. At S, A. II. Monday mornins,
va tosk the cars Of the North Missouri road.
and riding over fns rolling country, reach
ed Hudson 10 time for connection with the
HannlSal & S.. Joe. All aboard again,
bound ssraigh.though to the Big Muddy"
| soon lost my legal friend, who got of q
few miles from Hudson, and struck across
tn. country, to Fayet,e, where be can imms-
diateiy put in practice hi. theoretical knowl-
edge Of Grsenlsaf and Stephens, By fur
nishing ssidehcs to his MAar JAsE, that he
has been faithful during hi, six months
absence, and pleading on supple marrow
bones, to be fully reinstated. That he may
gain bis case and vindicate the majesty Of
the law, 10 the earnest wish OF . brother
bachelor. But, while DYAs is making a
Decline for those eyes, am nearing Chill
lieathe-the train stops, and there, on the
platform, stands our DrSs, locking a. nat.
ural and big as life, Well, DusS aud
had to talk fast; We must crowd an hours
gossip into FIVE minutes Of time. Although
a strong democrat, DrSs goes for measures
not men, and the frequency Of bis visits to
tho upper country, satisfies me that very
small measure would suit him better than
any other. know that he has big heart,
hu. doubles . Gil holds the whole of it.
On we roll toward st. Joe. Lots of Pixies
Peakers are on the train some going out
with OK teams and some by exprsss-all
eager to &c, through and make their pile.
Some Of them are going up to Council
Biuas. believing, like sensible men, that
there is pre- sninepsly the place to outfit
pai leave the Msssuri. That excellent ar
which the Hannibal & ST. Joe
road has adopted, Of having an az h: come
aboard the train few miles from the city,
and take care Of the baggage, works like q
charm and saves a 6 heap" Of trouble. A
night at ST. Joe, aud step into one Of the
coaches Of the Western Stage
Co., and away We roll toward "the center
IF the world" | don't know who claims
he merit, but do know that the eating
houses along the the road from ST. Joe to
he Bluff, are hard to beat. and at Farmers
SO found not only ham and eggs and pie
md coffee, but lots Of literary fodder; but
ell i. not in Gath tina: Sidney has the bes,
courthouse on the Slope. My travelling
from ST. Joe, were right good
elbows, aud although, from the absence Of
he gentler sex, We were rather boisterous,
he most perfect harmony existed among
Is. At Sidney, we left two jolly good fsl.
ows, one Of the Messrs. TooTLE, and
riend Of bis, whose name | don't remem-
,er. Four Pixies Pcaksrs from Wisconsin,
zane through solid, homes, fellows Of the
light ssrips-to conquer fortune among the
At Glsnwood, We took aboard
6sSI. Bgrrs, Esq, formerly member of
he Pennsylvania Legislature. who, if he
ian's wear tho belt for side splitting story
sler, at least deserves to. The sun was
gliding the bluffs, along the mouth Of Mos
quito vajlsy,as that superb gray team wheel.
d US past them, aud the dusky shades were
creeping up from tie bottoms Of our charm
ng glens As we stopped in from. Of the Pa
adc House. W. II. X.
KNOWING roo MUCH.
We End in one Of the Memphis papers the !
oliowius anscdots of a man who knew too |
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