The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26
THE SENTINEL SHEARS.
NEWS AND NOTIONS.
PICTURESQUE POLITICS.

4 PICTURESQUE POLITICS.
TX Marvel's letter, declining the offer OF
the nomination OF governor by the soft
money party in Connecticut, is probably
the most picturesque political document
on record. "I would rather be farmer
than governor" be says. 81 would rather
sit In my library Of an afternoon and
watch the growing corn undulsting in
the western wind than sit in the chair of
state signing bills for public acts, and the
bright flag floating above the capitol would
not be so pleasing in my eyes as the
smoky banner of the iar-off steamer seen
sthwart the dancing water silvered in the
June surshine."
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE THING.
"You love me no longer" said a bride of
few months to her better half in his
gown and slippers. "Why do you say that,
Poss?" he asked quietly, removing a cigar
| from his lips. "You do not caress me or
| call me pet names; you no longer seek so
| anxiously for my company" was her tear
| full answer. "My dear" continued the ag-
grsvating wretch, "did you ever notice a
man running alter car? How he does
run-over stones, through mud regardless
OF everything till he reaches the car and he
| seiZes hold and swings on. Then be quietly
| seats him self and reads his paper" "And
what does that mean?" San illustration,
my dear. The car is as important to the
man alter he gets in as when he is chasing
It, but the manifestation is no longer called
for. i would have shot any one who put
himself 10 my way when in pursuit OF you,
as / would now shoot any one who would
come between us, but, proof OF my
loye, you insist on my running after the
car
BowLEs AT HIS DESK.
The mendscious Washington Chronicle
is responsible for the following: Mr.. Sam
Bowles's associates on the Republican are
rejoicing in his departure. When at home
ne mandates the paper writing leaders
and paragraphs, politics and poetry, sd-
vertisements and news, often filling sixty
four columns day, and weeping because
there are no moe columns to fill. When
he is at the flood his assistants can't get a
chance to lead drop. he has overlooked
the paper for the last three months as
though his brain dam had burst every
/ morning. It has been constant success
sion OF freshets, and the young chaps about
the shop are in state ofintense exuberant
bappificstion at the drought caused by his
departure, which gives them an oppor-
tunity of shedding little of their pent-up
information into the paper. But IL won't
last lopg-such sweet joy is short-lived.
Anu Wn0u OeiuuoI EoturnS LOOK OUT lOT
weter-spout.
IN TROUBLE ALREADY.
The New York Evangelist thus goes for
SecretaryiTatt: Judge Taft, our new Gin
cinnati secretary OF war, has entered upon
the discharge Of his offi,e in such hot
haste as to run right over the laws OF God
and man. He and General Sherman dis
regarded, not to say outraged, the feelings
of nine-tenths OF the respectable portion
OF this community by srriving here from
Washington on Sunday morning last, and
entering forthwith upon the formal in
spection of the forts and military defenses
of the. harbor of New York. Now, we re-
specially assure these prominent officials
that they have, so lar as their example
goes, done both themselves and us a
moral injury. On the very lowest view
of the matter they are bound, in their off,
cisl capacity, to do us and our wholesome
laws and time-honored observances no
harm, however great, as would appear,
their personal contempt for what so many
regard as most important and sac ed.
We respectfully suggest to them that their
duties are no more pressing than those
of many thousands OF their fellow citizens
Eere in New York, who fl nd time to show
decent outward respect for that pecu.
liarly American lnstituts, the Christian
Sabbath.
DELICACY.
We have, says the Philadelphia Times, a
correspondent, a modest young lady evil
IDENTIFY, who regards the figure of the I'M
happy young woman on the Ritten House
square fountain as highly improper, and
gives vent to her feelings in rhyme. After
spes king In general way of 1.-The things
most uns'ghtly" that strangers will be.
hold, she continues:
What will they see in the Ritten House
A Image of mettle, SO naked and bare
A woman; devested, without even A fould?
That would serve As, A, mantle, like Eve. had
ofOld.
What, An object of folly; to place in the
At which, youth, Aged, and innocent children
must Stare.
Has our people fOrgetful, forgot, the faire
or THERE create benefactOr who gave ct A
Away with The idol; dishgured with rustl
Build a statue, Of Joseph, entitled, the Just;
Or, of Him who once ventured his life on The
foame,
The great navigator who, found you, A home.
ALEX sTEPHENs's PARASITES.
The Columbus, &c. Enquirer says; Mr.
Stephens is poor now, and we regret to |
know that he is burdsned to support many
dead beats. whiCa must be a serious mat |
ter with tim at the present low ebb of his |
finances 1t Is said that, whenever court |
ASSEMBLIES in Crswfords vile. the Judge and |
most of the bar "put up" with Mr.. |
Stephens, and there is lot of hsngers-on |
in mis- establishment that get living out |
of him. Mr.. Stephens has been very lib |
eral in his charities, and has educated more |
men and women that any man in Georgia, |
yet In number of instance these people |
whom he reared and educated still cling to |
him tor support. There is another class |
that must be- serious tax to Mr.. Stephens. |
We mean the old political hacks, who in |
these times of young America find their |
occupation gone, and ask Mr.. Stephens for |
aid. He can only open his house to them |
for he is unable to do more. They accept, |
and the consequence is that he is loaded |
down with Burril's boarders, those who |