The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-06-02

We ars indebted to some kind friend, we
supposs~-psrhaps the au,hor--for copy Of
spamphlet of 81 pages, entitled "Glittering
Gold, or Ponetltug. about Pixies Peak"
Thi. work by wv. II. iDp--preteuds to
give ''au accurate description Of the golden
country Of Kansas, Nebraska and Utah; the
necessary outfit for emigran,s thereto; camp
ing grounds, distances, rarious routes, &C.,
&c, &C." We have read the work from
the " Preface ." To " The End" and must
say that ". End but few grains OF "gl,,ser-
ing gold" in this spaes--very little that
will prove Of practical use to the emigran,.
Beyond some .uggssti ms IN regard to out
fits, aud tho tables Of distances from St.
Joseph, Kansas City and We,tport, there is
nothing in this work to interest the emf
grant. The remainder 10 devoted to puts
Of ST. Louis, and half a score Of Railroad
Companies, and to hyperbolical disquisi-
tions upon tho lovely wales rocky cliffs
dolefal dcns --gras.y lavns-lof,y ever.
grsens-saesey waterfalls laughing brooks
--dsase forests hidden ice hals feudal
water snowy prom.nades - thunder. riren
domss -~-emeraid skies---velvet-c urtained
clouds granite halls "A chaos Of mountain
ehasm., ever winding up through cascades,
and fores,s Of piae, and grassy meadows,
where deer and antelope glcefully bound in
their lovely Wales. bedeexed With bones of
rural beauty and so on and so forth, ad
aassspsa. A, leas, one-half Of the pam
phiss is devoted TO such irrelevant baldsr-
dash. In regard to routes, this pamphlet
says there are 'only two practical routes to
the mtnes-~the Santa Fs road from Kansas
City or Independence, No., and the Platte
River Road from Omaha, Nsbrasks City, ST
Joseph. Aschison, or Lea~enworth City"
This is all u contains about tho Platte River
road. except table Of distances from 81.
lasspA. The writer could End plenty of
room Ter very minute descriptions f"prai-
RE dogs" and anselcres-of buffalo hunting
EFF The pesaliari,ies Of the different tribes
ef iadiaps to be met with in crossing the
plains 500 ef bis psne,rations into some /" aw-
tal abyss, where the torrents Of some swif,
current stream .hundsrs 10 white spray with
s'olsas fary, far down in some lonely vac.
maksax the mountains ever voicefnl with
the noise Of iss waters, travelling along this
lovely vale through clusters Of raspberry
and slld plum trees sometimes through
orchards oil Wild cherry and groves Of pine;
thea asaia through rugged caaseways,
passing over mountain sides, down through
lovely wales, through Ragged sa;ehs., aud
ssampy bottoms, over ersSSy c,if., through
forests Of pines and parks Of exquisite
beauty. over grassy lawns, With lskes and
groves aud pins-serraeed meuntsias--soms-
nnes amid the roar Of waters, then into
the 'mmsassty Of i-solaiion Que hour ia
fertile f'aia' AMI grassy opepias,, the NEXT
sw,iss .nmsrssls granite ma.se.. where
hursness ever rw,gns"--ess, We fsshsar-
al ssss. hassos enc werd respecting the dis
tanse eessssa omahs aai the Gold Nine,
no, one word respecting the advastase.
es disadvantages 81 this route. And ret,
sAs omaaa Repas!,can say. this wsrk ~
sr'siss - rsrs plsaaasf ssyls s,d iae
Srt'er .fsiiy aaasriasas NJ, s.Atee.'" We
admire oar csssmsesary's taste, hsselys 10
the ,aconsraass jsnbls Of erds 10 =. Gilt
sersax Gold "a sampse u which 10 given
in the above sx,raes--is = every pleasant
ssyle" Of writing, sasn for peliae,disy eem.
mead ~ to Wehs,er's Dictionary, hereafter
fer that sork contains all ,hsse uords ia
much better order. To any one Who has
taste Tor : mixture Of Ii. sas'ine aad
ridiculous, this ~srt 10 worth VIA. 10 asked
for il. II Is for sale. =. ar. .ede.sly .sied
10 say, BY x. ". krSrrs 4 Co., :, Is. n.
IRENE lou price Of y censs.
~ &c 70 !. y kosssscs's y SCI s~sr v.s<> =
paired
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