Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-01-25
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GRErScAsrIr. Ind. Jan. IA, '56.
Mr. EDI1on:---You'ye been TO Spades
! suppose. II you haven't. try going |
there some morning. when the Their.
mometer Is "a degrees below zero. I
did II, the other day, Notwithstanding
all the cider. beer and whisky on Blue !
Creek were frozen as hard ms IRON
l didn't freeze-I never do, but got 10
Spades rather cool. certainly. but
managed TO warm up, after sitting by
a red hot stove, from I | o'clock A. M
until 4. Is. p. M. A train came
along--got aboard, bourd for Indian
apolis. scratched the ice off Of a
pane Of glass. and peeped out at the
trees dancing jigs and war dances
running around in great circles. bare
legged in the snow-they looked cold
Arrived, through much tribulation, at
Indianapolis. before 8. p. NJ. and was
very thankful that nothing didn't kill
me-" Put up at the American Hotel,
kept by Gen. Elliott. It's as good a
house as any kept in the city; the bills
are not so large as some Of the others.
but from the state Of my finances l
could not find it in my heart to COM
plain of this.
indianapolis puts on city airs now,
and has gaslights, pickpockets. shrines,
dedicated to the living God-shrInes
dedicated to mammon, all numerous
the latter the most so. To say he
truth, however. it is fine town, and
rapidly improving, The contrast be-
tween indianapolis Of 1856. and Indi
annapolis of 1896. is very great, and
cannot be appreciated, except BY those
who have seen it at both periods
The city ofthe dead. at the west end.
is filing up and improving. think,
little fast r than that of the living. in
the East end. But as all men are
born to die. the question is one of
time, and it probably makes but little
difference, whether we die there at 80,
or some where else at 40.
/ attended the sitting of the State
Board of Agriculture, and examined
the Winter exhibition Of the state So
ciety. The show of fatted beef, pork,
mutton and fowls. was very fine, and
probably could not be excelled- The
specimens of corn, wheat, vegetables
and fruit were exceedingly good--uear-
ly equaling the show Of the Franklin
county Agricultural Society last fall.
On Saturday. the 12th, came to
Greencastle, and found the Terre
Haute Railroad rougher than the Law
renceburg. notwithstanding its reputa-
ton for being the best road in the
State.
Greencastle looks as though it had
been shot into its present position. out
Of great gun that scattered terribly
many of the houses hitting the high
ground, but more the ravines and sink
holes. Many Of the residences are
very pretty and convenient, many just
middling, many bad. and a goodly
number worse.
Asbury University is large enough,
and comfortable enough to answer the
purpose for which it was intended, and
after this, probably the less said the
better. There are some two or three
hundred students attending this instr
tuition. many Of them young men OF
decided talent and promise.
am unacquainted with the pro-
fessors--it is said they are competent
men. ! saw most Of them, but am
not phrenologist enough to make them
out If l were called upon to speak
Of their beauty, could decide that
question at once. Some Of them
seemed to be rather leggy, and others
not quite enough so. Some of them
have the happy faculty, during Sun
day afternoon lectures. Of going TO
sleep calmly. sleeping calmly. and
waking up calmly without any START
such as happens to most persons under
like circumstances. Practice makes
perfect
Many Of the students. especially
those Of the law Ito whose province
the subject more particularly belong
ed) had sitting last Friday night up
on the legality Of free Perkins,
regular bender-and the ancient halls
bear abundant testimony thst they
coincide in the opinions Of the Supreme
Court.
There is talk that the faculty will
expell part Of them. But hope this
may not I've the case, for / am told
they express great regret that they
were led into this folly, snd promise to
do better for the future No man or
set of men have ever , succeeded in
putting old heads on young men, nor
never will. But there is kind Of
men in this world. with puritanic
cast of mind. constantly making the
effort, though their good sense must
tell them that their efforts are about
as likely to bring forth good fruit as
those OF the celebrated Sisyphus.-
There is good deal ofhuman nature
in young men; they viii be young men
End them where you may, in sectarian
Colleges, or those ola different. charac-
ter.
1t seems to be fated that all men
must get drunk once in life time, but
with those whose minds are prope, y