The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-05-26
WHOLE NO. l6f.
SELLING, or.n ~, xc.

Sell that old table, No. lll DOT sellstt
! Itsealy a psne table that's true: and Il cr.s
bat elghsscn shilling twcats ~ v&krs -
bat yeur tea dollar hs.lss no temntat,es
And Eli not swap il either. FOR the prcstirnt
nahegeav or cherry table vou can bring ms
lfit ass four plain turned legs instead Il
pillar in tho middle, With Eans e,sws al,s, ID
the marble top Is eniy yasnsshesl rsper. s.tal
| will not swap IL. lshas hccn ID ma y.r~
proasable Investment. From the day is
name home staas been Increasing its capital.
Ms childrea made play houses and dracS
tea IN their tov enas ahaer il, FOR which 1
thank the foar legs, sud when they ras
tired Of that way. they tarned il upside
dawn and made foar,poss bed With en-
tainss or pulled il round tie carpet for 4
sleigh. Then they climbed on top of il FOR
aa oeseTyatorys ana never c,uaici tho
glorious samas they have had round IT,
AID - aseas Tar twenty. ase years il has
rad rs dividends Of happaesstoms family
cirels. Thesra}vieends never could be sep.
arated frem il bntshey have became ssided
To II, aaai its vaha il not to be told Ia
money. 1t has bad lis qaiet use also: for
nahody could tell Il from round table ef
agate or carnelean, with its salmon aosdessl
green cover. sssss ss}ssss sssgsse
Nothing lasts forever. Thasop of The ta-
bic was .easened hy the hard use il rot, SO
tesS punch, drove in the eight penny nails
below the surface, added few screw, ,pat.
tying them over, and pasted marble paper
checkers over the tap. Then it was really
3 pretty table, |, has had hard usage since
hut hears ali and the checkers want re.
neaas which viii make il worth merc
yet.
Nv watch is thirty years old. Il is enc
Of those thick silver levers, which some
peer Wits call 'furnips.. II has several
times sagceatsa to me that might ex.
change u for ,hin modern gold watni,
which wears easier in the pocket. When |
do you may set me down for a barbarian.
Not the host gold jewelea hunter 10 exist.
saee would tempt meto swap. That watch
marked the time when my children We're
bern, and the reeagd is set down in the
family Bible; L has tieked in their ears
when they could only speak by laughihg at
it, and kicking up their ii,ti. heels. Ii has
marked the time when the Doctors meds.
cines were to be given, aud caunted their
little pulses when teosc were. low at mid,
night, and when the heart aeheI. 1t has
made many records thas'arc fas, aad scaled
up, to be opened only when another ti,ns
comes. -
Twenty-seyen years have pas, since my
wife aud lwent ouC one evening aud bought
our tea keith. Thc fitting Of The lid wasa
little imperfect, so that the escape Of stean
shook ID. snd caused peculiar noise, near
lg enough resembling tho ehirping OF seme
insect TO suggest the name hy which It han
now been known in The family fora long
time-~onr "criekes ON tho hearth.s Lake
the table and the watch. this kettle has been
adding dividends 70 its capitol stock ever
since the first day OF It's purchase, and
though nothing but iron, il could not be
bought for ils weight in silver. 1t has
sung its song so regularly aud ehecrfal.y,
not only the kitchen but the whole house
would be lonely withnnt il. ithas givenus
its fragrant blessing, morning and evening.
and has come almost to be regarded asA
living and talking creature. -
Ii is never good fortune that sells such
old friend. out Of family. and takes In
now ones that have no history and no
tongue. 10 nil the changes that have so
far taken place haye kept these silver
bowls unbroAen, and surely no changes in
future shall break them Century.