Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-06

CHAPrfR III.
II j. abou, time that the friendly relations of
this frafernal band should have a new issue
Justice demands il, and the interest Of the coun
try warrants a. yellow shoulder strAp." has
become placid, "a the small waters OF a ouie,
stream hven the Captain of company X has
subsidized. and not having bruins enou sh to De
lend himself. has fallen back on Government IA
tions and perquisites But History must go on.
be The consequences what they NAV The man
VINO got Tor the Captain OF companv his com
mission, has fallen back on whisky; and although
ne has brains these are SO terribly mixed NJ with
whisky that t Is difficult To tell which j. which
The dromedary elan has been cale,l into reqBis
ton; but as they have 20 hump themselves. and
u u difficult Tor fat man to get around fast,
they have subsidized. In fact. all things give way
before the Father Of the Happy Family Helooks
around hin'-and IN the future outside Of lager
beer saloons. behold> in the summer sky beau
tfiul, bsnkless. boundless blue but he must
proceed TO business. For, General Darlington,
TINT perfect brick gallant officer and gentleman,
has issuei order that all saloons must be
closed on election day.
To take time by the forelock this Father went
around on Sunday. II was very wicket: hut
facts must be told, even IL one should 20 to hell
No ). a stated b, Father Foster. So he went
in. and forgot his dignity And The stplacc he
went to. WAS
FEYs'-this should be pronounced PHis Here
he found conglomerate assortment of lager beer
and Dutchmen. He did not know which preiom
mated most-the lager or the Teutonic. They
about equally mixed. The desire seemed
TO be. that rs they could not get drunk on Mon
day. they would get drunk on Sunday and under
the influence of that same old drunk. pure,
moral, straight out and out ticket
The scene one worthy of frat class pan
demonium. or melo drama at the theltre under
Vincent Lunch was set, and thew gabbl.d and
drank The more they gabbled. the more they
drank; and the more they drank. the more noisy
their talk The unfortunate Father Of the
Hsppy Family did not understand Dareh; so he
seized upon square headed Dutchmrn. to trans
late Bat this ungrateful fellow having got his
belly iull Of lager aud saur kr,ut. saii he could
not stay-he going To church-and he hid TO
content himself with listening To miscellaneous
gabble Of Dutch and English.
The talk vent on A dapper little candidate
for something, WAS around. as busy ns a sapper at
faro table He it was thu p,id FOE all beer.
He Il was who said he had been in the army. had
charge of train under Pore. and got scared
at the sight Of few gray backs, that he inconti
neIily skeladdled home 10 resin; and he run for
making out the next delinquent list He did not
saw anything about boarding recruits; that ght
bring Col. Smonson down on him Neither did
he saw anything about Lieutenant -, who
burnt parsonage. who is fat and hearty, and who
resigned on account of III health. is working for
him This Captain warts 10 be County Auditor;
SO he is al right. even If lac does turn the Miller
out. ard signs his name to CITY orders
History must go on In this happy home OF
Feys, there many candidates liz is there
they meet and drink and lie a stalwart Dutch
man. with heavy black muStache, pours out the
laser and a SANDY haired fellow takes The change.
tnhi,. al a ga epf ,rroun around it-thpy had
been To war a suffers! why" said one,
'.ihese boots have lasted three weeks. right
stragh along!" Then they told how they had
catche u coon. aud the first teller thtt came in
the tent, they had hit straight in the mouth with
that same old coon and lai,i him out. They had
made $25 per day. ON t1bicco. nut OF the soldier
bows WHO got SI3 per month--and so on. With
their valiant talk and with every anecdote. came
in new round OF lager, until said he
could smoke two segars-oue out OF each corner
of his mouth. Every little while. some OF
the crowd would disappear through n private
door-,nd. il was id, they assumed the attitude
OF penguins.
The dapper little candidate kept busy. He had
once offered to sell the secrets of the party ol
a sum of money--he had done their dirty work
and they afraid of him. They gave him the
nomination for City -, and ii he gets beat
why then he wilfhave to lie and steal again
The lager went down. a the talk grew louder
Presently, a file of the Provost Guard fled in
and grand drink. all around. was taken-ths
sweet Lieutenant standing So it. goes. One
fellow with "35" on his cap was talking
Dutch and English simultaneously
To-iay. the grand election comes off As il is
but township election, il won't amount to much
II is true that certain 'Squires have made pile
of noueN ont OF their respective offices; but a,
Oh Abe money cnpbleS every one {, pay their
debts. Just NOW, they stand air chance oil
starving.
The mex: chapter oi the Happy Family will
contain curioas history of tile ner in which
the " ri nominations were m ale IL will be
more curious than tie Arabian NIGHTS. There
was one honest nlan cot siX votes There was
one honest man MT ge' any, because the,
| closed tie polls before he got there In The
meinlime the Father of the Happy Family i:
| having around loose Hi sons everywhere
Let not the enemy seek to find his pickets fo
! they are well posted Y