The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-30
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL.
INDIANAPOLIS, May %.

SUNDAY IN THE CITY.

ndDlLdtlOQ where Cue sdcTtOHeSS VI
the Sabbath is duly regarded; where
the Lords House is crowded on Sun
day, and the " House of Lords" on
every other day in the week; where
professors of the tonsorial art are for
hidden to ply their razors on that
holy day; where the druggist, who
sells you your cigars from Monday
morning till Saturday night, refuses to
accommodate you with single weed
on Sunday, and piously turns his at
tention to the sale of Plantation Bit
tiers; where stiffness approaching
that of the Puritan Sabbath reigns
In the streets, and no sound salutes
the meditative ear save the solemn
rumbling of the street cars, and the
Brignolian braying of the mules who
draw them; where the front doors of
drinking saloons are barred and bolt
ed so that the clicking of glasses and
rafting of dice are toned down to the
proper Sunday pitch, ere they strike
the ears of the solemn crowds wend-
ing their way to church or Sunday
School. All these are hopeful indi-
cations of advancing civilization and |
social progress, delightful accessories
of urban life.
THE BLACK CROOK,
or, rather, the wretched abortion of
that magnificent spectacular drama
which feeced our play going people
few weeks ago, whetted the public ap-
petite to = feather edge" but being |
only counterfeit of the gorgeous |
original, and gotten up in style not
In accordance with metropolitan
tastes, because the manager supposed |
Hoosiers had not been educated up to
an ardent admiration of the !" naked
truth, it failed to satisfy the aes-
thetic sense, which, in Indianapolis,
as well as in more pretentious cities,
demands an unobstructed view, a
clear field for prurient curiosity. |
In view of this unsatistied state of |
the public mind, a number of excur-
slons have been arranged over several |
OF the railroads operating between In-
dianapOlis and Cincinnati, to enable
our people to witness the veritable |
Black Crook, now in its third or
fourth week at the National Theater
in that city. The fare has been re-
duced on one road to two dollars, and
on another to one dollar and seventy
i've cents for the round trip 1t is
expected that every body bet infants
and their nurses will avail themselves
of such an opportunity to witness an
exhibition which, combining the
maximum of feminine beauty with
the minimum of clo'es," presents
attractions altogether irresistible to
the properly cultivated mind
REvs. LOZIER (METHoDIsT) AND Eos
TER, (UNIVERSALIsT.
The respective champions of " ortho-
doxy," and " heterodoxy, have fixed
upon the first week in July, as the
time, and Morrison's Opera Hall as the
place, for their great debate upon the
future state of man. Mr. E. desired
an earlier meeting, and suggested that
July nights might be little too hot
for the comfort of the audience, but
his opponent pleaded prior, engage
ments occupying all his time till that
date, and politely limited that however
hot a summer night might be it would
be no more than judicious ex pertinent
in calorific effects for a gentleman
who was evidently travelling on the
route that leads to the Lake of
Fire" Mr.. f. parried this thrust
very neatly, and finding he could not
secure more satisfactory arrange /,
ment, accepted the time named by the
chaplain. It is said that timid friends,
apprehensive of improbable results,
have made strenuous efforts to choke
off the lingual belligerents, but they
don't choke off worth cent, and hav-
ing confidence in the soundness of
their respective beliefs, as we'll as in
their ability to defend them by
proofs from holy writ, they are each
determined to gang their own gait
and bide the ISSUE" Without ex-
pressing any opinion as to the profit
ableness of such controversies, or the
merits of the question to be discussed,
your correspondent will venture to
predict spicy debate, and crowded
houses, and to say to each of the
champions, Lay on Macduff," etc.
CORNER STONES.
On the Fourth of July, the corner
stone of the Soldiers Home at
Knightstown Springs will be laid with
imposing ceremonies worthy of the
day and the occasion. The G. A. r.
of this post, and other camps in this
section of the State, will take part in
the exercises. Gov. Baker has been
invited to deliver the grafton, and
though he has not as yet siguifed his
acceptance of the invitation, it is gen
orally believed that his deep interest