The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-11-20

issued.
During my stay here other lands had been
tons I received. Such familIarise one with a
foreign country, and help TO bring Its ways
One hundred and eighty acres, of which Is
cleared, in Switzerland county, good house;
price, seven Thousand dollars.
Two hundred and forty acres, Carol county,
wood; one thousand dollars.
Two hundred acres. near Madison, unim-
Six hundred and forty acres in Posey coun-
ty, two miles from the Ohio.
Four hundred In Knox county, overlooking
Five hundred in Clay and Owen, in the val
ley OF Eel River, one or two miles OF canal
from Terre Haute to Evansville.
which recommended to me ga tract of land of
1900 acres, with about 10 or 80 acres of improv
ed land upon 1t, with mmodious dwelling
good cellars, the two first stories four fine
rooms in each-a hall in each story. The third
story" continue TO quote the letter, sis deck
roof, with at least a dozen small rooms, or
chard adjoining and toIerabe barn. A quarter
of mile distant in another part of the farm
is one Of the best barns In this county, with
cellar. The barn is "A feet by 81 feet, and
comfortable dwelling hard by. This prop
erty, i think, can be purchased for four thou
sand dollars or Whereabouts. The improve
ments are worth more than the above
amount, and have cost at least double as much.
Should you wish for more than the above land
in this tract, there is plenty for sale adjoining
which you can purchase at from one dollar to
SIX dollars per acre.. There is no part OF the
western country so healthy.
"rhe land mentioned is eight miles from
Schawneeto own on the railroad in the direC ton
of st. Louis. The railroad was projected some
fourteen years ago, and abandoned, and is now
used as a state road. The main dwelling is
forty rods from the road the smaller dwelling
and main barn are on the road"
Such letters as the above (which, to one
who has been in the backwoods, bring the
whole scene before the mind in the vividness
of true description) such letters as the above,
proved to me that ii would be unwise to deter
mine hastily upon anything. had much to
see in Illinois, and determined TO make
Nandalia, the capital of that state, my head
quarters for a week or two.
Some readers may like to know how a news
paper is conducted in the backwoods. For
these, / will describe number OF the Daily
Indiana State Sentinel, which brought away
about as large as the English Globe, p and is
published every evening at fye dollars per
annum in advance" not quite one guinea a
year. The rate of advertisements are said to
be "hfty cents for eight lines or less, inser-
ton, and twenty-five cents for each additional
insertion ANNOUNCING candidates for office, one
dollar each line; all advertisements for char
liable institutions, fire companies, ward,
township and other public meetings and such
deaths inserted without charge; obituary no.
tices and funeral invitations to be charged
half price"
After a report of the California democratic
convention. The first page is filled with adver-
tisements which are intended TO be as attrac-
tive as possible. l say nothing of the three
WHICH compete DQD-
lie favor; nor OF the railroads that preface their
notices by little prints OF smoking engines.
which show, by the by, the driver as every
where on American lines, standing under a
shade to protect him from the sun and the
rain; L say nothing of the odd fellows and
freemaSons, who issue their notices amid eyes
and hands and hearts, and suns and triangles
and compaSses, which they alone understand.
L say nothing of the convenient tables which
tell the hours at which all mails arrive at and
leave indianapolis, the statement when the
different courts will hold their respective SEES
sions, or of the bank report of the current
value OF notes and moneys, or OF the yearly
almanac but my eye is caught by the pretty
little prints of gentlemen making their best
bows and little boys walking hand in hand
all sprucely dressed and calling attention to so
many clothing emporiums; of stoves an
nounclng something new which can not be
great boot upon s Wheels. smoking ike u the e
funnel Of steam engine, and followed by four
shoes of different sizes racing after ii on
wheels, while Fairbanks" exclaims, "Clear
the trackn and bids you 'can and examine
for yourself his supply of boots and shoes.
But, leaving the pictorial advertisements, |
own that / like the matter of fact, business
style of the others, which go strait to point
without circumlocution. Messrs. Robins or
Daniel Smith Il Son would doubtless, be scan.
dalized by the advertisement of an estate
agent, which begins wi h the following modest
praseology: 81 am authorized by the probate
court 10 make sale OF the following real eS-
tate" and, after describing the property in
quiet language and quiet type, concludes thus:
81 can be found at my residence, four miles
|
me. ]. A, White" Our great auctioneers would
think 4 impossible TO introduce properties
the bombast of large type and advertisements
costing I'VE pounds each, or something there
abouts q have had TO dispute the bill of one
of them, which charged upwards Of eight hun
dred pounds for advertising ard offering for
sale an estate on which he only sold the house
hold furniture); and yet the Americans man.
age to do business Notwithstanding.
What can be more curt and Ineligible than
the following:
Ladies! have this DAY received a new
assortment of ine ribbons silks, lawns, ba-
reyes, deaines, etc. Please call and examine
them at the cheap store OF II. Parrish"
:, "Cheese.A good supply constantly ON hand
aWanted-5O 900 pounds of bacon, for which
the market price in cash will be paid by
own, however, that do not understand
the following: "Vices-superfor quality at
reduced prices. Call at Wainwright & Bros"
In Europe vices are not advertised for sale.
We have not any.
Let 1t not, however, be supposed that all
those have quoted. give them as samples
ola particular style. Some are almost as horid
as Moses and Son themselves could desire, but
the earnestness of men of business is the char
acteristic of most of them. Amongst other
advertisements i see that the governor of In
diana makes proclamation OF one hundred
dollars reward "for the capture of a man
! charged with murder, "who had broken Jail;
| lin England it would have been pounds In
/ SJedu Oh With no greater llhellLOOu vi
1 catching HIM, and the list of tolls payable on
| the Central Plankroad, I" but which, however,
were not to be exacted from those "going to or
returning from militia musterfngs, from any
/ religious meetings on the Sabbath, or from any
| state, town or county election, or from any fu-
neral procession"
1t is not such a barbarous country, after all!
| This reference to funeral professions reminds
me of the style of American newspaper obitu-
/ airy. Much trouble and inquiry at time of
| family distress is avoided by the usual addl-
| ton 20 the notice of death, which says where
| and at what hour the funeral will take place,
and that "the relatives and friends are respect
| fully invited to attend without further invita-
| ton )" then, II the deceased is connected with
any other part of the country, Wisconsin
state, for example, noti,e usually follows
! thus: Wisconsin papers please copy"
| But my Indiana state Sentinel is not entire
i ly given up To advertisements. Here are leading
/ articles and paragraphs on matters of general
political interests In much the same style and
| of the average ability of those we should meet
/ with in English provincial papers. III any
| difference is visible in them. 1t is that they
/ are more courteous to their contemporaries
and deal less In the vein of the Eatanswill
| Gazette than our own country press. / have
read paragraph in a New York paper which