The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-02-13

saIp'uCes. ana ren6Resk, 6hesat afar sfF.ss-k
bias kewisa torn his breaahea ih 4aaFk
not to be mentioned I--he has rooted iiist
q the mad IKE nf.to alsifia. ifi8 Bear 9s
D hath crowd it6Fs tie 1sliiip AssiaSs E:se.
and ilsands hstie ehahgaa in eRlesyEuti
ne Z IllpW lksiled unto II wild RsSS, aDss
z sackcIotIi md aslies NAonIda vi NE iisf
y en- and puspleotoi him i liet wnnkis fatn
feed, on hnsks but there ARE psne6 Yes.
ne who IN times past vas WORT 70 fare
stimpttiousfy ind TO gttithiib ble 0yer greater
i delicaniesl lthan tsaatpilea apsu thsG itahas
4 Of piyeae nos sppf Risk gysdiissg the
fragrance OF pork and beans, and gnashes
! his teeth irnpetiently OVER B frying fap'
jack; He bolteth ii raw ofiofi with tuns
1 Rspeakahie hviality!a Pakatoe skins fsarstIs
his presence; beef vanishes from before
him, and the dogs look in vain for the
bones. He Aig1is, foF the saekha pots of
Egypt aud fnourns over the ,barrepness
Ief the land. In his sleep, nevertheless,
the good angel ef Tie past deigns To visit
him, and delightful visions argopanedgtq
hissFertdleotioh. for q delicious '::bill el,
fare" floats before the eyes Of the dreatli-
er, and he orders "oysters and terrapins
for SIX. ."1o 1oTily to awaken 10 iAfertial' slap
jack and nolasses. l1ly J ri ,angitofs NJ! "a
ALI this hath th$, sSkFadt enddred. Is.
he NOT then fool? an ahomination in
the sight of wisdom? And is 1T NOT ifti-11
to such, and only such. thas Fortune dis
penses her fayers. Yet,she has deserted
me-, / approach her apd sh9 Teeth IL
idoh6Ie on, lief tfaif and She ttIffietls
I WAY! p await her cofaing and SHE 1
stAndeth still b Iaecretet etanapself ia her
path and seize her unaWares But she
.giideth away as If had caught hog BY
It's creased tail Sic transit I exclafm
as / revife poverty and ctirss fortaahe. 3 fi3
Lo! ara not.these eyil4is And xheFesI
ore should they be visited upon thy ser
want? Surely he Hath not sinned as 9TH
er men hath sinned and other men sim
Meth. He hath not coveted His tieigH- |
bor's OK, nor his ass, nor his man servant. |
nor his maid serHaht-for be it known |
unto thee that there are no 'nlaid-serRaiits |
here. % He hath abided by ithsit Law, and
the Prophets" bat the profits have. not
abided by him! ~ ~, ,s,.sf.i,--5I,:,. :m.,,...
Now, therefore, reniounGe these dig
girfgsAT absqHatu1ate tffe premises 4-FI1
vanoose the ranch p take off-+T put
out-rL 50 sloper-k depart without scrip
or provender, taking. no, ,heed for, the
morrow, for the morrow takes no heed
for ME. Ere FIVE days shah have passed,
the;shirt tail Cot, thy seRTanta shall n be
waving in The btesze of Nevada. A rem,
nalt of it shall be nailed upon the high
est mountain that he crosses, an emblem
of the extremity TO Which a man casaasbe
reduced in the land of Ophir.4 Vet think
not, old Elisha, that, l. would rend my |
garment for this alone. Verify, ! say pn-
to thee, an evil genius hath lotis pdtsued
me. She hath followed SO close upon my
footsteps that every thread and Rbre of
my shirt tail are familiar to her eye /
And if, in her pursuit Of me, she should |
hafpeH to gaze upon this lone relic in
the solitary fastness of the mountain ,ahe |
will at once recognize it, and believe tte
TO be destroyed by wild beasts, she viii |
retrace her steps and thus / will escape
her. '.5a<' ~. t". e.
go her4ce, Elisha, unto the town, of /
Sonora, where it has been pFophesied
that thy servant viii Heal the SICK, and /
prosper With amazing prosperity As !
Moses reared the serpent in the wildeEs |
ness, for tile ctlllhfStf of 1sraSl9 10 look |
upon and be cured, of theig infrmities, 90
VIII elevate my tin among the Gentiles,
that they may gaze upon 1t ana be made |
whole. Their offerings of gold md silver |
will be acceptable unto ME, and il they |
live not afterwards, preadvehture they |
may find treasure in Heaven: