Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-12-28
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My mother ana r had 'hes4s trying ksr
inng sfTnh 20 find . casrE sga4 hOrss tia
| should be in eveYyfrespats assssfaeEory Il
] both ~ Us hnret, IN brseg, conbininl
she auaIftes IF NJ tsurougnf1rgd bIond asll
spirit and style, With an hr.fsbiIity ofitIis
! position and an infrlIigert consideration
forthe weakness Of rryse # and my mother
that would render him aifonse thorough
iy safe ard surnptupus family beast, M,
mother and ware both IN tHdse days Civ
fen to Tnuch diatruss and dpabs Of horse,
flesh, superindneed by fha fset that W,
bad recent been deprived Of u husband
and father respectively, In consequence
OF d native lack Of siignitT and a eonss.
qaent neianchofly hraa6h Of decorum on
the para cf onr pony Benjamin Thu
circumstances were briefly theaA: M5
father was elderly, anl-- cOrpulent twoafd
be the elegsnt word butf shall tell tbs
truth bloated- be was elderly and bioat.
ed. Mr.. Benjamin, in bis shfniest hiack
coat was standing at Ehe door pf our housa
one morning, hitched to = little concern
which my father called bic open air shay
which you might enli zig | am not
good at nanes-aud my, fHther in his
shiniest black ceat, was sitting in his
shay bshina Mr.. Benismin, nod9fpg, 20
doubt m be usual fnelegant way, and
waiting for ny mother, who was Always
fond or open air drives OF 8 soft snm-
rrer morning, Ms hags repeatedly heard
her say. Just AZ nv rnofhar was De.
sceuding the steps j s4f. Hnrseiiy blurred
past her ear, and seeing ASr. Ben5amin
standing there. be went TO WORK sat oree
upon his black coat. as If Ne eTe The
tailor, and had dragped apnss stitches
which needed faking ar. / Hpaak thas
cheerfuily a6eut the unkeFtas&ts event,
t,Acansc mr. mother thinks ard, has always
| sboaght, 20 / haYe hrasd hkf sas, that
eonssant -eheerfa ainess and b nosehafans
afr, are more bncoFDing To yoasg man
under all circumstances Ehsa uaelmnehely
assss & ss-4 y hssM igsups al e3skz4i fnfa
bot eRnHof &c tsSa 4ss0nsent aMs nv kassd
ON q betteF--ss tieeuond dsnrg. Pardon
rae for this digressfon. shar. Bniamsn,
utterly fasgetiEaF hisnself aysdl the aigAi-
ty of his position in the slagsaa n$in Ehat
he experienced at the hand Of MF. Hn~ae-
av, made Sudden ssartforward i wAese-
upou mg fsther who was totally unpfa-
pared for shis erent. wkieh bad nsgisesetf
10 castits shadow before, raAdsa sudden
start backward, ard sshppsd aaiEe as
suddenly as hase heard my rare her cay.
Il Was rot vet arisea thai saernlfAg nv
self. with bis bead % y ilne esSse. He
was killed as asad as urscarfsl. and
having most unfortunately sma1@ an up.
.and- down. tip. tops satisf aeMsFv wilA only
two wrecks before, n eireuaassanee Rhichi
nv mother, as bav hearai hsss say. con
sidered pravidential. nv father @as
buried. It rnay be \ matter unneeessa.
RI to stats thia htsia fact, hus Hke' to
see stnry wound up right aad tigks. and
left in ship shape. A strsnes halter vas
procured, and Dir. Bsuianiiu for fsia high
misdemeanor was hung perhaps shosld
cay hanged thas IL the word my mother
wauld employ, think-te bis accnstarn-
ed munger in the stable, where be has
remained ever since. having pa4t1H. 20 nv
weight in oats. Our dog, ABarsnEcus,
took thalosa of nv fathcT sery much col
hsarte- more, perhaps. fhan the rest of
sts. He Ras ineonsotasle till after the
burial, wbaa he seeneata End 4 aaelan- |
choly relief in hoRiiug all night under /
my fathers window lis mos her, toe,
wss by no means anteaehed. For raNvi
anya after the untowara event | well r.
member thai she w8s paStieaI#a 10 order
zeal, pie. auslscrsaberry tarsa FOR dinner,
things " hich M father had isenf fSna of /
10 his lifetime. She likewise ebfained |
frsna ihoso slegnns sHspfbysnsntH watch
usually s1kage the atserat@op cf ladias of |
hry age and tou,litinH. ard did taething
bat SIT III her high back ed velvet chair
and weaFA emile OF aiegAns YessruaEienI
-~aike PatieAce en- frnvnrnens erfnnif1I
for gssef, ,aif 4 Fnas DE aileweds 10 ase The
words ef anSsher. 's4
The next sralrnsr after my father bad
met with hfs unforsgnatc akcident, my
mosber decided 10 send me "a Kentueky,
10 remain during tie hot weather. Ny
health was eon what delicate hi thai pc
Rod, owing to tho fact, I prasuFse, that
had during the last twelve sron this. sskag
"a With my mother In tha care md re-
Of spAraging our fsstsIe- 20
nc an uraccustcnsed fabbr. hsg mothes
bad an older bfotherifn Bfackes npsntys Il
Kentucky, and 10 7fss care sbt roaa igned
ne, resnaTkin3 shsf she shnuld aaesk COD! II
salatinn for rss 6Esshre in4tEe hora thas Il
/ bgfef sGjonrn amid she wsgsae ef natufsI
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