The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-10-08
CLIPPINGS.

CLIPPINGS.
We observe by Puck that Liszt, the COM
poser, has q piano in his bathroom. Sing:
Liszt, the composer, Is taking a wash.
His piano is close by the tub;
List to the swashlng, the spiuster and splash
The game of poker is very old. Shakes
peare says: "pll call thee, Hamlet
s'Of the people, for the people, and buy
the people," Is the motto of some politi-
clans.
What the Democrats wish to know. before
the next campaign opens, is whether Samuel
j. I. is single or double Darld.
The Sc rpent left his trail in the Garden of
Eden, but the general belief Is that Ewes
dress-pattern was too scanty to enabls her
to do likewise.
'Do you keep any Hamburg edginge"
asked timid miss. mot if we can sell it,
was the pert reply of the clerk. He kept
some that day.
A mud-turtle can neither fly, sing. gallop.
laugh, cry or go blackberrylng; and yet II
they are left alone they can get along just as
well as the young man who tries to be funny
at a lawn party
We have just been shown a steel engraving
of Adam and Eve, and are surprised that
two such homely old dodes laid the foun-
dation for such q sweet and pretty man as
Roscoe Conkllng.
"What's peaches?" asked q lady Of a
farmer at Washington market one morning
Fruit" he promptly answered. But it
wasn't SO funny when she as promptly
damned his hat down over his ears with her
umbrella
1t makes a mothers heart revert to her
younger days when she comes into the par
lor next morning after her daughters beau
has been around and finds only one chair in
front of the fireplace, and the others sitting
along the wall, as If they hadn't been touch
ed for three years.
SIN the fourth place." said the preacher to
his drowsy audience, ''those of yeu who are
awake will notice. etc. There was a
pause, q sudden Strengthening up of almost
everybody in the copgreg alton and general
appearance on nearly every face as if to say,
why don't you fellows keep awake bet
ter?'
A new boy at a Twelfth ward school di-
verted the minds of the other pupils from
their books by munching peanuts where
upon the teacher relieved him of his edibles
and reprimanded him. Next day the mas
ter received a note from the new scholar
mother, which conveyed this information:
IF mi Boy kant eat peanuts out loud in
skule, I'll edicate him miself at home"
W, do you know why you are like
donkey"
Like a donkey?" echoed W, opening
his eyes wide. mo. don't"
..Do you give it up?"
81 do"
Because your better half is stubbornness
ITSELF
THAT'S not bad Ha. Hal I'll give that
ty my wife when get home"
"Mrs. W." he asked as he sat down to
supper, "Do you know why 1 ann like a dom
key?'
He waited a moment. expecting his wife
to give it up. But she didn't. Sne looked
at him somewhat commiseratingy as she
answered:
Il suppose because you were born So"
Getting into q railway carriage one day
last week, 1 found two gentleman earnestly
discussing the question of the present stag
nation In trade. "Ah," said the one, you
may have suffered, but look at me. I have
had to put down my horses and my carriage,
give up my house in town and take q small
place down in the country" l ventured to
Join the discussion and casually remarked
that feared IL would be the cause of driv-
ing many people to an early grave. mot at
all, remarked my lugubrious friend, look
ing quite savage at me for my suggestion.
dared not venture another observation, but
as the indignant gentleman left the train at
the next station, 1 remarked to his friend,
I'm what business is that gentleman" "Oh,
he . an undertaken"
An old colored man made his appearance at
the ferry dock just after dinner the other
day, and after he had taken several close
looks at the river hand on ferry boat
called out to him, Looking for boat to
come down. uncle?" "No. sab; 1 was lookin'
fur de ice to come down." was the reply.
what! Ice come down the river with the
thermometer $50 in the shade?" "Den it
hezn't come, sah?" Not much" "An' 1t
wont come, sah?" Il guess not-not be-
fore December. You must be crszy." 30.
no. sab! It's all OWN to dat nephew of
mine. He tole me dis noon dat de ice war
all gwine outer be ribber, an fought I'd
come long down an see." "Well. the boy
lied" Yes, sab. 1 spect he did. sab.
anywhar. I sort o. spected all de time dat
be; was mistaken, but I did't want to dis :
butte him widout comip dawn heah first,
Dat nephew will have to be more keerful III
fncher, sab, Or II. take de foadn' ice outer
his system wld de bootjack, sah"'