Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-03-13
HAaarsoN. o., March ID. le6e.

BILL FRIENDLY.
HARRISON, o., March I'd, 1868.
Dear american, Notwithstanding you
already have three or four correspondents
in this place, you will perhaps admit
another, although my contributions 10
somc cases may prove to be selections
rather than the product of my own pen.
Our Society-..'Ihe Clionian Literary So.
cicty'-gave an entertainment last week
at the Town Hall, on Thursday and Fri
day evenings, attended by such crowds as
even standing room could not accommo-
date; and, judging from the enthusiasm
manifested. we may safely conclude that
we accomplished success.
Our entertainment consisted OF music
by the Silver Cornet Band, good String
Band, Vocal and Instrumental Music by
the Society Essays, Declarations. Read
ing OF the Society's Paper, Tsbleaux and
Dialogues. | said We doubtless accom-
plished n success, as all present testified
their appreciation in the most hearty man.
ner; aud save that clsss, the true repre-
-entatives Of those who punished a man
for kissing hiS'wiie on Sunday, aud the
barrel Of beer for working, aud plugged
up the holes In the maple trees TO prevent
the sap running during holy time. but
who, us history informs Us shipped N. Il.
Rum on Monday for the slave coasts, TO
be bartered for negroes TO enslaye them
They-bless their dear hearts aud over
tender consciences--ars always ready TO
groan over the slightest efforts for pleas
ure or enjoy meni on The part of the young,
unless il brings profit io.,hem " some pet
project OF theirs.
now propose 10 close with a selection
from the Soeisty's paper, The Broad
AK"
PATCmwoRK FoRTmE CLioNIAN BROAD Ak
BY JANE EAsTkRLY.
Dear Oh Boad Alt gives me
great pleasure 10 know that your edge re-
,ains iss keenness, aud your criticisms and
incidents are given with such aesi; but
We have authority for saying 1.-THE age Of
u cultivated mind il often more conn ia.
cent and even more luxurious than the
youth" IL is the yewnS4 of the due use
Of the endowncnis bestowed hy nature;
while they who in youth have made no
provision for age, arc left like an unshcl-
tered tree, stripped of its leaves aud
branches. shaking and witheriag before
the cold blasts Of Winter. Ia truth,
nothing is 50 happy TO itself and so at
tracilVe to others, ~ n genuine and ripen
ed Imagination, that knows its own pow
ers, aud throws forth its treasures with
frankness and feaT,cssDess. The more IL
prOdaces, the mere capable il becomes Of
production; the creative faculty grows by
indulgence; and the more il combines,
the more means aad varieties Of combina-
ton il discovers. So note il he with You,
dear old Broad AK! aud so may We all,
fellow Clioniaus, profit by our Association
cultivate our opportunities. and train our
mental powers us TO improve in all lauds-
BILE directions.
have been led into this train of refec-
tioas BY the remarks often coming TO my
ears, derogaiory TO our Association. Some
prophesy that as soon as eur public en-
terIainment is over, We will break down.
cave in, izsle out, &c, DC. Now | trust
these are oil mistaken in their predic-
lions. But if we DO fail, is it not the
general rule in harrison for AL efforts for
either social, mental or moral improve
ment to run iheir course aud come to an
unfortunate and premature end, after q
few weeks Of spasmodic Effort? And should
we fail, will il be because of anything
radically wrong in our organization or our
aims? or will it not be attributable rather
to our location and surroundings?
We Glanced TO hear, in passing, the re-
mark Of a man Of whom We expected bet
ter things, that our Society Was organized
on pure "sel6sLDessl" was not sur
prised TO learn, on making some inquir.
les in reference to his history, that the
benefits of every useful idea or invention
struck out by him were seeSred ~ him by
letters PATENT
Bat leaving these more sober questions
for the solution of subsequent time, | Will
relate a joke lately heard Of one Of our
learned NJ. DIS. lie ordered some very
powerful medicine for sick boy, and the
father not liking its appearance, forced it
down the eats throat When the doctor
called again, and inquired it the powder
had cured the boy, the father replied:
mo; We did not give it to him." Good
Heavens" exclaimed the doctor; sis the
boy hying?" Yes" said the father, but
the cat amt; we gave it TO her."
This, by the way, reminds me OF a most
wonderful triumph Of healing power,
which lately occurred in a neighboring
town. A citizen, leing victim Of hypo-
chondria, imagined himself to be a goose,
and, procuring an egg, proceeded to set.
The doctors OF the old school were called
in, and all their prescriptions proved un-
awaiting. lie was bled, but still he would
set; he took caiun,Ry and castor oil and
asaf@tida, but he would still set The
Steamers were tried without relief; tie
Ecleciics tried Prussian blue and proph-
yin; but set he would. Hope began TO
fall but Just at that dark time the advent
of new doctor, Homeopath, revived
the hope of friends, and as last resort he
was called in. "Liks cures like is the
motto of this school; that is, that il takes
a goose to cure goose de ordered a
pair of feather brooches to be worn by the
patient; and as with camphor in cholera,
departing from his principle of infnites-
sinai doses, ordered dozen eggs instead
of onel The eggs and the spell were bro
ken together, aud the patient was himself
again! Very eggs-traordinary, was it not2
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