The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-10-14

In 1851, when application was made to
Rufus Choste of Boston, to defend Prof.
Webster against the charge of numbering
DR.. Parkman, he declined, saying that the
circumstantisl evidence against the accused
was SO strong tina. he could think of but one
theory Of defense to set up. That theory
was that DR.. Parkman must have gone to
the laboratory of Prof. Webster and being
there seized with a fit of ague, shook
himselfto pieces and scattered the mem
bers of his body here aud there in the
building and under it to the various
places where they were found. Had the
murder happened in the Wabash valley In
the fall of 1875 such theory might not
have appeared extravsgant to a Hoosier
jury, and might have saved poor Webster's
neck from the halter. 1t is emphatically
day of shaking, not of "dry bones" psrticu-
lsrly, but of bones held close enough to-
gether by ilaccid ligsments and ssllow skin
to rattle in concert to the liveliest OF tunes
1t is stated that at public gathering one day
last week near Scottsburg, twenty persons
were counted at one time all under one
tree enjoying a regular. good, old-fash-
thing 10 be proud of it is in the msiuten-
ance Of her character and local institutions.
She Is giving satisfactory demonstration to
the world this fall that her peculiar institu-
ton, the chills, is still retained in full pos.
session Of its primeval powers. good
many pages. or even volumes, might he
written on the subject Of the "agur," which
might be edifying and might not Mark
Twain Will never have fulfilled his mission
till be Ass taken one good Wabash shake
and by ala OF an amanuensis delivered his
views OF the subject TO the world in his Pc
culiar style. The chills are dangerous only
to the disposition. The body will recover
and. though emacisted to skeleton, it will
resume afterwsrd its wonted vigor, plump
ness and vitality; but whether a mans tenn
per, which has been once fairly torn up by
the periodic return OF the delusive chill and
embittered by ounces and pounds OF qui-
nine, can ever be restored to It's accustomed
sweetness may be matter of serious
doubt. The fact Is, Indiana ought to be
proud of her irresistible ague. 1t will bring
down the pomposity of any stiff backed
Yankee who will just hang round long
enough to let il get fair hold for a wrestle.
This is grand year for the ague; the crop is
immense. Along the low lands and river
valleys, where thousands of tons OF vegets-
ton were put TO rotting by the summer
f,eshets, there is miasms enough to stock q
continent. In some OF the lowest bottoms
it Is said that the white oak trees
bor fr nd hak a ne ha
top out of regard for the country they live
in. The commercial Importance Of Indiana
ague Is not trIfiing. 1t creates a market for
cinchona bark, which supports thousands
OF laborers and employs armies of doctors to
prescribe and disburse 1t. Quinine ought to
be introduced into all Indiana bread, in
some such way as self-raising -four Is pre-.
pared, q kind of anit-ague flour, so as to
make the standard remedy an article
OF regular diet. Such -four as this
would command premium and be quoted
above the market on the Board OF Trade
Nobody but we'll bred Hoosiers can afford to
make fun Of the ague. To all the rest OF the
world It is somewhat dismal exercise to
sit and shake, but the true hickory Hoosier
regards IL as q cheerful pastime, a part OF
that variety which Is considered the spice of
life. II the state were 10 be invaded by a
hostile foreign foe at this time 1t would
only be necessary to drive them
down into the White river bottoms
and keep them camped there couple OF
nights TO shake all the fight out of them and
bring them 10 terms OF equalization. The
disorder is a little discouraging to the clergy
and the Y. M. G. A., for it is doubtful If even
Mr.. Moody, when in full shake, could re.
frain from saying, at least, "by sankey."
Ague is bad provocative Opportunity, es
pecially when the chill first comes on. But
the ague is not without its compensations
After one gets over 1t there Is grim delight
in remembering the ridiculous conflict
happiness like that of the darkey who loved
TO have master kick his shins, 1t felt 30 good
when they were done aching.
Can any person tell why the report OF the
auditor OF state Is published among the lcgis-