Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-01-06
From the san
The ScatteratiOn.
BY SOL SLY.

Assembled in the halls Of State
The men Of note and wisdom great
In solemn council sat,
Deberaling the means
By which TO get their pork and beans,
And gOriousy grow fat!
BUsTLE rose (but not the kind
Which ladies sometimes behind,)
Among the grave men there;
In CHASTITY fear some paced the floor,
Whilst their long faces strongly bore
The marks Of deep despair.
One chap much camer than the rest,
His thoughts in this quaint way expressed
Unto his friend the Speaker;
"The Small Pox, Sir is 10 town;
feel my head is whrng round,
My knee joints growing weaker"
Another member and said
He felt an aching in his head,
And thought twas the Small POx;
He said that he WI hard 10 scare;
Yet he considered members were
Ia something like " 4 bad box
TheTeupon, another chap,
With Just below his gap
Three inches wide or wider,
Declared with emphasis that he,
Than Small Pox have would rather be
victim TO hard cider.
Some twenty then stood on the floor,
But he who the red whiskers
Got preference Of them all;
His Eyes were red, with redd e nose
Which bloomed as doth the damask rose,
Ere nipp'd by early fall.
81 in my hand now hold bill
That must the tarnal Small Pox kill
As any herring dead;
And lend to me listening ear,
In courtesy" he said.
The bill read thus Z" Resolved that we,
The Legislature, do agree.
As the Small Pox is raging
In indianapolis, that
Our passage home had better be
Immediately engaging"
The bill thus passed,-the mileage pay
Is due the members twice each way;-
They lOokd to "number one 1"
And so the people, silent must
Be ground still lower in the dust
To pay for this fun.
The Small POx raging ha ha hal
The idea would make sheep bah
And twist its lantern jaws -
Great set Of Legislators, these,
To make huge traps for catching heas
But not good, wholesome laws
From the JefersOnian, (RichmOnd.)
We know of nothing in modern legislation, so ST.
premely ridiculous-so utterly farcical-as the pre-
ciptate and panc-strcken UdnaoSilg" of the Indian
State Legislature, on account Of the existence of
case of smallpox in the city of indianapolis. .
bomb-shell thrown from Capt. Bragg's battery int
their midst, could not have thrown this wise and dig
nificd body into such state of general panic.
6TThe Rising Sun "Blade" defends the adjourn
ment by train of reasoning similar to that of Ger
Love- In the course of its article it states thes
facts, which we believe to be true:
''It is proper to state that several members vote
for the adjournment who were in reality opposed I
it, but they voted thus rather than hold members ther
who really afraid to stay. 1t is also suppose
that some who were in favor of adjournment, an
who afraid to stay, voted against the adjourn
ment, because they felt confident that it would carry
and they were afraid that adjournment vote woul
be unpopular with the people. All such demagogue
are hardly deserving the contempt of honorable men.
OF The Legislature of the State adjourned on Il
17th, to meet again on the Second Monday in Janu;
ry. General Sinai Pox, single handed, routed tn
gallant army of $50, morse, foot and Dragons. Son
ready to give battle, but the majority overrule
and they made good their retreat without the lo
of single life. Not wooden leg left behind as
trophy.-SheItyuile Volunteer.