The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1879-11-29
Terre Haute News.

Scat, you sk-Q. Cumber!
Israel Price has gone to Nokomis, Ills.
Mrs. Aaron Roberts, of Otter Greek, is
quite sick.
The much-talked of partition" of Tur
key occurred Thursday.
Mrs. Lou. Purry, of ViDcennes, is visit
ing relatives in this city.
CA. Washington addressed the church
aid society Monday evening.
Who touches hair of yon gray head
mon Dum's). dies like a dog! March on
They call him happy John Lewis now
because he is the father of beautiful
bouncing girl.
Mrs. Amanda Lore has returned to the
city from Troy, o., the home of her father
g. G. Greene, Esq.
My dear country cousin, Q. Cumber
please come over and see me, and / will
endeavor to make it warm for you while
you stay.
Rev. Malachi Anderson occupied the
pulpit at the Baptist church last Sunday
evening. and preached an able and inter
esting sermon.
Mrs. Maria Price has returned from
Indianapolis, and has taken house on
Moffat street, where she and her husband
and daughter will reside.
Mrs. Mary Fauver, of Greene county
was in the city last Sunday. She and her
husband, Mr.. George Fauver, expect to
move to Worthington soon.
Miss Carrie Hill, of Indianapolis, and
her brother, James Roberts, of Lost Creek
were in the city recently on their return
from Chicago. While here they visited
the colored school.
The compositor who sets up the WORD
Irish with an initial capital l, and right
afterwards puts the word Negro in shape
with a small n, ought to have his head
shampooed with a capital Club.
It's a hydrogen gas works | keep, is it
Mr.. Non Dunn? Well, now, just wait til
l turn it loose on you, old man, and you
will think it is powder magazine or g
forty thousand horse power steam en-
CINE. Just wait.
/ have been scalped so much here
of late that / begin to feel vacancy
on top of my head. In order, however
to forestall any and all punsters, 1 desire
to state that there is no vacancy on the
inside. The ''goneness' is all confined tc
the outer surface.
Some nights ago as l lay dreaming o
suckers" and how to catch them, the fol
lowing beautiful and original though
flashed through my mind like meteo
athwart the skies. / give it verbatim e
literatim as its spit essence left its i'm
preston on nay memory: "Lay on, valor
Gus @ Cumber MacDnff! and coward b,
who next time (clandestinely) cries hold
enough" Q. G. will discern the point
There was very fine entertainment a
the methodist church Thanksgiving eve
ming. Speeches were made by j. H. Lott
r. c. Greere and E. r Bagby. There wa
also some very fine sing ing by Mrs. Me
zick, Miss Howard, Mrs. Rochell. j. Sims
Esq and others. There was festiva
also at the Baptist church. The NJ. H
and B ball came off on Thursday evening
according to programme, and was fin
affair.
The Saturday Courier, of this city, inc
o. Hardesty, editor, is one of the bes
weekly newspapers published in the state
1t was started under very discouragin
circumstances, but under the able mar
agement of Mr.. Hardesty it has been sue
cessfully placed on paying basis, an(
has done a herculean work towards re
uniting and rebuilding the Republica
party in this county. Long may tn
Courier banner wave with Hardesty at tn
helm and the name of u. s. @. at tn
masthead.
@. Cumber quotes the assertion of a
Irishman that the best way to kill skun
is not to beat him to death, but let hir
alone and he will kill himself, and want
to know what think about it. Well,
c., ''me darlint," having duly pondere
over this all-important matter, have al
rived at the conclusion that the SON {
Erin was about right. / was Just gettin
my gun and fowling piece in readiness {
60 cunning for you, but since hearin
Pats learned opinion as to the best wa
of securing your determination, l hav
concluded not to do 80. l will let you q
and you will die soon enough from supe
abundant inhalation of your own pecl
liarly delectible odors.
A learned writer in descanting upon tb
hygienic qualities of the various article
of food in common use, gives table
the per centage of nutriment matter
each article. Some range as high as s
per cent, while others 60 down very 10,
But the lowest of all is @ Cumbers. whic
contain only about 5 per cent. of nut,
tive food. This pretty bad showing +,
that particular vegetable, but l ask as
special favor to myself that none of yol
readers apply the per cent. standal
to the articles of your @. Cumber CORE
pondent, in order to determine the amour
of nutritive matter they contain. Such
course would be at once both cruel al
unjust.