The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-20

Call TO him, herons, as slowly you pass
To your roosts in the hauhts Of the exiled
thrushes;
Sing him the song of the green morass,
And the tides that water the reeds and PUSHES
Sing him the mystical song of the hern,
And the secret that battles our utmost seek
For only sound of lament we discern.
And can not interpret the words You are
speaking.
Sing of the air, and the wild delight
Of wings that upllft and winds that uphold
The Joy of freedom, the rapture of flight
Through the DRIFT of the floating mists that
enfold you;
OF the landscape lying far below,
And the splendor of light above, and the glow
or the llmitless, blue, ethereal spaces.
Ask him if songs of the Troubadou $,
Or of Minnesingers in old black-letter
Sound in his ears more sweet than yours,
And if yours are not sweeter and wilder and
better.
Sing to him, say to him, here at his gate,
Where the boughs of the stately elms are
some one hath fingered to mediate,
And send him unseen this friendly greet
ing;
That many another hath done the same
Though not by a sound was the silence
The surest pledge of a deathless name
Is the silent homage of thoughts unspOken.
The leaves of geraniums are an excellent
application for cuts when the skin is rubbed
oil and other wounds of the same kind.
One or two leaves must be bruised and APP
piled on linen TO the part, and the wound
will become cicatrized in a very short
time.
Mr. James Gordon Benefits marriage.
which was so extensively announced last
spring is probably definitely given up, the
breach between himself and his fqnce hav-
ing been, however, altogether amicable, and
the result of firm conviction on Mr. Ben
nett's part that he was not fitted for the
married state. Whatever presents Mr.. Ben
nett gave his Miss May, and they were nu-
merous, have been retained by her at his
desire.
Troy Times: Speaking of the bores and
impositions inflicted upon the literary COM
munity, | am reminded of an incident in
Longfellow's experience which is not gen
orally known. He once received letter re-
questing him TO compose an acrostic, the
first letters of which should spell my sweet
girl" The applicant added: Write as il il
we're some beautiful girl with whom you
were in love-just as if it were for yourself"
AT the foot of the letter were these words:
Send BILL" How gratifed the poet must
have been with such testimony Ito his
talent from an utter stranger.
The disturbance in the senior class at
Wesleyan college, Middletown, Connecticut
over the election of q woman to the position
OF class-poet, seems to have been much more
dlscredltabie to the young men than was at
first supposed. The opponents of co-educa-
ton, by threats of withdrawing from the OBJ
servance of the day, finally obliged the
woman-poet to withdraw. whereupon the
vacancy was filled by the election of young
man. The prominent leader of the Opposi-
ion TO the woman was a son OF Bishop
Haven. The bishop has always advocated
co-education.
An anecdote of Fechter: At the Ambign,
Fechter and st. Ernest were playing to-
gether. the latter at Louis XVI, andFechter
was good enough 10 ornament the latter
every evening with wax nose, scientifically
affixed and historically correct Only, as
price OF his services Fechter, when in one
OF his eccentric moods, demanded one of the
most ridiculous things of his colleague and
ST. Ernest had to comply. One night they
were standing at the wings, just as st. Ern-
est was about to make his entry, when Feeh-
ter, cluthing him fiercely, cried: Kiss me!
kiss me- or I'll smash your noseN st. Ern-
est had to. kissing Fechterl
An exhibition of fans is to open at Munich
on November l, 1877. 1t will last three
months: and will embrace contributions
mems are promised from different towns in
Europe; that of Gratz, IN Syria, among
Others, will lend the fine collection of
Johanneum. Next to China "a Paris paper
Says) France Is the country that produces the
most fans Before the.revoutiOn there was
a corporation com prising 100 masters The
seat OF the manufacture is in the department
OF the Disc, between Melu and Beauvais,
where more than 3, 900 workers gain liveli-
hood by mounting Paris fans. The frames
of plain or carved wood, are made in the
same villages
Washington was married but had no chill
dren. Adams was married and had one son
whom he lived to see president. jefferson
was widower; his wife died 20 years before
his election. They had six children, all
daughters, of whom only two survived in
fancy. Madison was married but had no
children His wife the most elegant
woman that ever adorned the presidential
mansion. She survived him, and was for
many years the pride of Washington so
ciety, having lived to listen to Henry Clay S
farewell speech in the senate. Monroe was
married and so was John Quincy Adams.
Jackson was a widower, and so was Van
Buren, and Harrison. Tyler was a widower
when he entered Office, but soon after mar
ried the heiress, Miss Gardiner. He was
the only president that married during his
term of Office. Polk was married man.
and his wife survived him a number OF
years General Taylor was a widower. Pierce
vas a married man, but Buchanan was a
bachelor. The.social condition of such men
as Lincoln, johnson and Grant needs no
reference, except to add that Grant is the
first president who had daughter married
while in Office.
The following advertisement taken from
the files of London lCanada) paper, is