The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-08-03


ssmsd isitvsdssi.s better hail, - she sas 10
ae,sney Of the tara xste5ee, rapidly dis est
IN . ehseke. Of Il. feasbers five sorked
ayri sisy.A .uTsr.f to death for BIN and BIS
sr.. All ,se thanks Ere bad for the last
Af,sso rsafs k4s been shass wards and gen
al vrJws;s< srd fassf f9siisg. u1til Dos,
I.m last dsfernssf IN sssni oct aat hare
rara uas, or lei things faka their osa
eo.rse. cay he'll Sad sfssr all. shss Mssis-
=, Ta.eoss has ges some sptri. IN Der - n
~.n,t 30 cru-hel oas " ia al Lis at assS' s2d
agyrava;i0n.
s..rp ,f,snk sha. b. should hays the heart
% rssss. nae q asw cayurs ritter ne hiss ssd
.u,h es,ass Joey ssssa hss wheat crap. asa ]
~. stsysf rrs.esf tisraugh HARVESTING AID
gos along wrsh one riras -.
s.Tte more that nan gets, The ssang'eT 2 e
500. al there isp's w0maa among ali
..r asoa.Intarcps that Would stand saeh
,-sassnsas. ard xon't. FIJI PCT ay foot
Xe1a rom Tbs NON sn." setting doan aust
.nphar,e.Ily thai - IL member az her PER-
son On she Kitchen asar; '.Isaar Parsnns
VOC, coma 70 terms, ~ gull hini--tlass
oil Z,
Ewa.a still and serene msrning in the
early autumn. The kitchen windows we're
~
WINS. the snnshins 20 linger aud laugh on
the .~hs,s kitchen aoor. nni fash alons she
esiI,ny. AMI 10 brighten everything into
r4ctaresqas beauty in thu. oil farm house.
The sang Il the bird, in their nest among
the old beii pear trees came also through
tie sind1xs in sweet ediies and J@ts u nu-
s;c, and 80 DID ali those ripe, fragrant, sp.cy
scents. which belong 10 aps psan, aud which
have always a whisper OF the tropics, With
their siill stately spisniof, their groves o.
balm anI forests ndor0as with gums, and
hsausifal With ell. strange aud glorious
blooms.
Bat better than all this, that autumn
morning ~as one 10 hF'm the heart With
rrati.uis ard love 10 God the diver Of PEI
feet beauty, TO e,sm this human soul INTO
peace. and tru4t in the wisdom aud 1--we
which had ordained thai day high priest
10 mar, and its robe was like the robe Of
Aaron's ephod, alt,of blue. and bells were TIE
early winds ringing 30 ard fro 10 the stu air
and on the forehead u the morning. was
written, 80 that all eyes might feac-"A Al
his works do praise bIm."
But Mrs. Melissa Parsons heard and saw
nons If these thirgs. Down among the
logs and darkness Of her own Darrow, FRET
fui cares and anxietIes, see walked WITH
wrapped vision and angry tbon2his WHICH
ssethed aud flashed into rebellion and ha-
tired. For her there va. no heaniy IN tho
autumn day, no token OF Gods love aud
care for man in lis sweet face-no voice
ealing her 70 prayer and praise in the
whispers Of the winds or the songs CT the
biras. a~ ys
xMrs. siel;ssa Parsons had been remark
ably pretty girl in her youth, and thirty
seven wears had made her u fair aud comeiy
woman. &sy ~
Her husband vas a somewhat ph'ermatic
man, stubborn aud opinionated and az his
carly ias and social atmosphere had not
enlarged nor softened has character, the
hardest, and mos. jisagreeable part OF ii
expa,ded with his years. lie loved nfIn-
ev, and as the aesthetic part of his ma ure
had mover been cultivated, he rega sdrd
1t as wastefulness and extravaganza TO in.
dulse in much grace or beauty Of SURF ound
ings.
SILL there was another side to the man
his affections were deep and tender, and
iuihcipus and lnvia, woman could have
reached and influenced him to almost any
degree through these. But Ar s. Parsons
never understood her husband. She was
m imru-ive, highs spirited and really warm
hearted woman. with good deal of pet
" social ambition, aud she and her
husband were constantly jr ring each other.
Ills obst,naey always rtiamsd her anger.
While her imperious temper only hardened
him into fresh stubasJrouess, and so the
cursent Of their lives ran most inharmoui-
euslv, and was cor stantiy interrupted by
jrs AID chickering's and angry alterations.
That once fair and precious lilly OF tender
ness, whose grace and beauty billed her
ynuth with frsg, ance /, east ITS leaves, and
a. Last only thtr root was lett; and what
dsws or sunshii &c should nourisb 1t in soil
that grew moe barren every year--a SOIL
osergrown b. thistles, aud rank nci'ome
weeds?
Yet MI IN ese years the barns and store
houses, the lands and gold of Isaac Parsons
ing easel, and Go scnt ehltdren-two boys
and u CIR, to soften the hearts Of the faith
err and n other. and TO be TO them Angels OF
new c ovenant efhuusebotd peace aud ten.
dsrnes >. But alas alas the sweet faces.
aad Al The beautiful mIaIstrations OF c5isd-
hood never accomplished their mission :
and with hearts and tenFeFs fretied, aud
slv red, aud worn. Mr.. AID Mrs. Parsons
es uu'si the years gong over them, and
9th feit that their marr'age had been II
mistake and 8 misery, and with bind eyes
tnas would not understand, each blamed the
ether, and mu,sas recsiniEasiun only pro-
duesd fresh bitterness.
A. last u crisis came. Mrs. Parsons had
So, sss heat tats au usaa upon new par
inrearrrt. winch vas 10 no wise apreasen.
able AID in which be- ought to have in,lul.
rsj her. bat the manner Of her rraaest,
s,yT, arI
.auss.I the inherent stabberaness ct tn
MN. and BE- fasls refused har. Iaen fol-
lowed passionate words and angry retort,
till shs husband sni wite separated wsis
ma,utI bitterness AMI rage.
ia: a. Mrs.. Parsons took az her dtru4ss
chicken and plunged il tsts a paa Of ho
water. her ewes glanced 90 the wseSIy pa
rsr which Law IN the tahle, ard they settle
upon thrs rs.ssg.. which cesiplsted shor'
sketch :--.Whe, when he was reviird. re-
Wild not axain, hut cnatatu'H his cause x
linn that Juds.ta v,gh,sas~is."
Aud these words. sfals, IN \ still, seren'
rsbus,ng voice. thraughthe stormy soul o.
Ms. P.r.ans. SIZE bss.i read III m innun
ersbls tir,as before, and thy had for he
49, a , ..s<s-cser meaning, hut nov
t:.,a bad .sns his angel to dFpp them in be-
heart ; and in moment Something af th'
zeal 80 and wrong VI her lie rosa up aEs
canfranssd her.
she sal dssn IN a los chair hy her kiich'
On table. ari rested her forehead on he'
haai. Tae hard, fearful, angry laak Nen
gu. srsss her face. and vas succeeded by !
shss, thaa-hsfni expte<sian sad ,he Sunshine
k,ssresi in vsarasag. galisn, Shilling beau
~ shses her.
Ard the years ~ Mr.. Persons rcss ~
Ike pale, sasresfsi fscss fraas ths dead
ard loosei rtpraachfa;fv nren hfr, ant
ssssiAc.v. in sAarr. essar. strong fsatascs
e.asi rsvesIst 10 her reuse.I easseisncs N,
hesvv r.rs .h. hs.i hor-s~ ~ vii The 50
AMI r.g.~~v q =. h~a hiasted Ter efarries ~
Aai ,sen the wsra IN nenarr wnssi bses
Z, her sr-' aeqaaiaswnes with Isaac t'srs"n..
Re- Asa chosen her fram aEs an- seprr o.
eshsrs ~ha ssvisai hss HAT gaof fortune,
ani nos ,hsss ssrly ds-s ~ she'- eau-s~hir
csme nssr tas saftsnsH hear. If tha VEN m,