Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-06
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=" give the fcsult OF the sicclon.
or One man who did not get . pre-.
MUM at the fair. got mad. Shame on
him Why didn't he sell out and buy
better stock -
or Ross Ally, the talented and
promising young editor of the Literary
Messenger died last Saturday at Yer.
sailles, OF Flux.
ErC. F. Clarkson. Esq. returned
last week from his trip to Tennessee,
having secured sees 900 worth Of
stock for the Valley Railroad.
~ We learn that DR.. NJ. F. Miller
Of West Union. was thrown from his
horse on last Monday and very serious
ly injured.
or We are glad to see the D. d.
attached to the name OF Rev Abel Ste
vens Of the National Magazine. He 10
worthy. We sec II In Ae Cincinnati
papers. We hope he won't decline Il.
or Rev. John w. Hall d. d. Of Al
ALBANIA has been elected President OF
Miami University. Heis the first Nsss
School President that University has ev-
or had. He IL a talented and popular
man.
hrAfter all. Gallons Is q hard
place To buy goods at. There are so
many, and they are so cheap. and
Norman is so accommodating. that one
hardly knows what to choose or when
to quit.
RIVE advise people not to speak
to that girl that stands in Gallons
store. She won't answer nor even nod
her head. She has been tried. She
IL n harmless creature too. considering
how fashionably she 10 dressed. at
times.
or swIggett wants us to console
belinda" II can't be done. Conso-
laiion, as Shakespeare says:
"Fallsa as proitless on her oar
As water through sic ve."
She 10 now determined to Get married OF
drown herself the first chance she gets.
ETTbe Indiana Daily Journsi uu.
able 10 sustain itselfa OF the present prl'
ces ofpapcr DO. has lessened It's size,
ono column on each page. To see
such papers as the Journal and III,
Tribune coming down, Is rather dis
couraging 10 our scheme Of enlarging.
We still think we will venture Il.
ET The indianapolis Sentinel tells
Of farmer In this State who last weel
took TO the market four bushels o
sweet potatoes. which he sold for eigh
dollars, with FIVE Of which he entered
at tho Land Office forty more acres o
land, and journeysd home with th'
remainder Of his cash.
ET The old bell.wethsr OF Hun
kcr Democracy In Bloomingrove town
ship. classes the Know.Nothings
Prohibitionists and anti-slavcry mel
with tho Tories and Hartford Conven'
ton Federalists. After this terribl,
onslaught We presume they viii no
dare raise their diminished heads.
rE- Some excitement has been ere
atcd in the village Of Fairfield by tn
mysterious absence Of DR.. John Tur
ner who left home some two week
since with the expressed intention 0
making a hasty trip to the City an
back, but II we are correctly informe'
no definite information has been 70
ceiycd concerning him rs yet.
rEThe Agricultural Fair passe,
of pleasantly last week. A few Of u
; got little huhy because we did n
all get premiums. but we will get owe
II before next year. and try our luc
again. After all, tie very question:
bic whether the disappointed compel
itors could have done better, We vii
give the list Of premiums next week,
fTThc Cincinnati Gazette Of las
! Tuesday. speaking Of the Small Not
lawsays: Todaythe small note law wer
into operation. and to-day the peopl
vetoed il. II was observed by Banl
> ers, Of course. but outside II receive,
but little attention. In less than
month the law will be Ialmost entirel
. forgotten, and thus another monumeu
will be erected to the memory Of legi'
lative folly.
I nrThat nice vest that We wore
Il the wedding this week and which "
Is intend to keep for such occasions, cam
h from Gallons where plenty more
u the same sort, and "samer too" ca
be had cheap. By the way, they a
selling goods mighty cheap the
n since the great fall in prices. The
n are selling WOODEN goods at 90 cent
x that sold year ago at si.35. al
A. such carpets--such everything-ju
is 90 and see for yourself.