The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-15
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got the came letter on the bcws. and tel
ysw h goes.-'f else its ecnetAipr. Hal.
saa ses them d-dipper sheen in INV cor.
--G:s aoat git osts ron d.danaehonsv
git aout " here Ae scrambled away after The
stray sheep, just u tine fer the rarsor, Who
had qaietsd Ne faee and walked in 10 sec
Mrs. Crane, when josh came back. an p,nr
and cxclsimine. '.Perperersss ,hsm is tho
i drowndest sheep ever see -
This new spell cf s'Miss Euhice,s,.s ~
josh always called his wifc, worked we'll
while il WAS new; bat the apru.y ,orruy
relspsed, and meek Mss. Crane had yrewn,or
look uTos it ~ she would upon a wooden
leg, had that been Josh's infrmi,y-wi,h
pity and regret, the pure resul, Of charity
which s'cndareth asd hopc,h all things.
eminently her ralias point.
the farm paid well. and Josh laid ar monty,
but never for himself. They hadne chllasen,
= sore disappointment 10 both their kindly
hearts, but all the poor and orphan little
onea in the town seemed 10 hare special
claim on their care and help; nobody ever
went away hungry from lesA's deer, or un-
censcled from Miss Euniec'. keeping teom.,
everybody loved them both sad IN time
people forget that Iosh sxese hot Ne n,v.r
did; keeu pain discomkttcd hin Whenever
he saw child look up as,onished At kis
oath. lie had grown so FAR toward ss,ks
full ear,S that he understood what nm efrnss
his habit was. and II panied him very much
that it could not be overcome even in su
long a trial; but soon other things drew
on 10 change the current Of Josh's pcni,enx
thoughts.
lie had been married about ten years when
Miss Eanice's health began to show siyrs of
failing; she was after the Yankee custom.
older than Ter husband. and Of
too delicate make to endure the hard hfe
farmers wives must or do lead.
Josh was fond Of her as he could he, but ha
did not know how to demonstrate il; nu
sorts Of comforts che had, as far as food,
and IRE, and clothing went, but no reerea-
lion; no public amusements ever yisit,d
l'iainheld, spare and quiet village Far etr
The track Of any railroad; the farmers could
not spend time to drive round the country
With their wives, or to 20 visiting, exert
nov and then on Sunday nights to a pri.t-
boris; sometimes to u pairing or huskns bee
the very essence Of which was work; once
a year donation ~ the minister's; and "a
rare attendance upon the sewing circic, dis.
tasteful TO Josh who must get and eat his
supper alone in that casc-t these were ali
the amusements Miss Eunicc Lrew. Books
.he had none, except her Bible. Bcsten's
State, dictionary aud nm ar,h-
net!c, relics Of her school; and il ever she
wished for more she reprcsscd the wish, be-
cause these ought TO be enough; she did
bot know, OF dared not be conscious. that i
humanity needs something Tor i,s le.ser aud
trivial life. that "by all these things men
i've" rs well NJ by the word and by bread.
So she drudgcd on nncomplainhely ana
alter ten years Of patience and labor, teok
70 her bed, md was pronounced hy the
Plainfd doctor to have snccessi, ely "a SPINE
IN the back" a "fisin OF the lungs" and a
'gittaral complaint Of the lights twas il
Duly was she hlis,cred, plas-
'ered, and fomen.ed; dosed with Brnndr,,h's
pills, mullen root IN cider. tansey, hurdock,
bitter sweet. catnip. nGd honesa teas sow
bugs ticklcd into n ball nnd swallowed alive:
Tried rattlcsnake's fesh: aud the powder
u red squirrel, shut into II red hot oven
wing. baked till powderablc, and then pn,
trough that process in n mortar, and ad-
fasting.
dearly beloved, nm no. impr ovisine
hose, and spndry, other and 6lihjer medica-
nents, which ircfraln fronf me en1soMng, d,I
nee, md perhaps do still, abound IL thu
Stands Of this Yankeedom. and siay their
yearly, rs with the jawLonc Of
IN ass.
or course Miss Eunice rinrd and lnneuish-
ID, not merely from the "simples'' that shs
" walinwe,. but because the very fang that
lad itself in the breast of Josh's genlla
mother, gnawed and rioted in hers. AZ
ength some idea of this kind occurred 10
Jncle Josh's misd: he tackled up Boxer,
he old horse, and set out for Santu,,,
where lived doctor OF some cmincnce, and
IN triumph with DR.. Sawyer FOL
owing in his own gig.
Miss EunIce was carefully examinrd iY
he physician, a pompous but kindly nan.
vho saw at once that there was no heps
md no help for bis nutterci aud pan,ins
patient.
When the millenium comes, lie, u. hers
! will bring physicians Of slHltisnt forti,sds
o forbear dosing in hopcles. cases. II i.
n vain to look Tor such in The present con-
lition Of things, aud Dr. Sawyer was no bet
Or than his kind; be he,nmed, haaed, screw
ID up one eye, felt Miss Eunice's pulscagaip, :
md uttered, oracularly--
~ think q portion OF some snbofifc feb
ifugc would probably ns.as Mrs. Cranes
lectic.o
"Weli, ! expect Il would" confidently
lsserted Josh; ''can get i. in the .,orc.
loctor -
"No, sir! i.should be compounded is the
amily, Mr. Crane."
'Du tell responded Josh, rather crest
allen, but Frightening up a. the loe,er went
IN to describe, in all the pollysylhb,e. he
,ould muster, the esirable auiJ AZ the end
Josh burst out w;tj,-
81 sw-swan faint no,hin' lss femorAds
FifA gum ara' 20 ip't,"
Dr. Saw. er gave him isoh Of cont npt
md took = leave, josh lsbering under ,s"
'rofoun'. and happy convietbe son that nothing
'ifed D. ISIS Euuice, II temessde was MI ths
'eeds while the doessr called. IN iis why
rove, to see Parson Pitcher. aud 10 Inv
'e AIDED the fact thnt Mis-. Ennice wns GET
log ready for heaven fast. eoud scarcely
finger another week, iy any mortal help
pars On Pitcher srievejiruly, for le II, d
ard respect sd Eohice. and beld her rs tbs
<wetttb abo btlEDtesi exam PIE % Hbohiu
sive religion, 10 nil his chu,eh; more vsf,
be knew how Josh wenlI f.ri. md b.
dreaded the task Of conveying 10 him this
painful intelligence. resolving, nevertheless.
TO visit them ne1t dny with that intent, as is
was nou too near night to make il conse-
nient.
But more mercifuI and able Shepherd
than he p p-ecsdsd him, and spared Josh 'ha
lingering agony Of m e1 1pscin;ion that u q u {
do him no good. Miss Eupice bad rest
less nigh. after DR.. SawYer's sisii, for,
with the pfeternstural keeoDss. Of her Dis
ease, she read the truth in his ese and tone.
though she had long looked on 10 this end.
and was ready u enter into her rest, the
nearness Of that uniried ense sEifas'd i,ff.
and forbade her sleep; but faith, uriailisf:
10 bitter need, GAINED her o. lsrgth, and
with peace written upos her lace, .hs siett
till dasn; . sudden pspg awois her. and
her start reused Josh; BE- lifted her on lhr
pillow, where The red posning light shows'l
hsv se.c;c~ scA Svav wtfh death. he turned