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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Triumphant Hospitality.
Judge HALL

Returning from one Of our excursions 1
was overtaken by the night, and found my
path obstructed by a deep inlet from the
river, which, being choked with logs and
brush, could not be crossed by swimming.
Observing a house on the opposite side I
called for assistance. A h~alf-naked, i'll
looking fellow came down, and after drag
ging a canoe round from the river with some
trouble ferried me over, and l followed him
to his habitaticn, near to which our boat
was moored for the night. His cabin was of
the meanest kind, consisting of a single
apartment constructed of logs, which con-
tanned a family of seven or eight souls, and
everything seemed to designate him as a new
and thrifty settler. After drinking a bowl
milk, which / really called for by way of
excuse for paying him a little more for his
trouble, / asked to know his charge for fer
rying me over the water; to which he good
humoredly replied, that he Never took
money for helping a traveller on his way
"Then let me pay you for your milk 81
never sell milk.S "But," said 1, urging
him, 81 would rather pay you; / have
money enough" "Wen," said he, al have
milk enough; so we're even. L nave as
good a right to give you milk as you havete
give me money"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Charged with Adultery by Her Son.

An Atlanta, Ca, special to the Chicago Times
says;
A most remarkable criminal case has just been
decided in the County Court of Union, which
touches the Tennessee line in Northeast Georgia.
Mrs. Dolly Thomson, the central figure, is a
widow of large family, including several grown
her appearance charming, she being a buXom
widow past forty. but looking not more than
thirty. To the world her character has always
been fair, and she was a member of the Baptist
Church. Her eldest son, who is just turning
twenty-four, claims that his mother was guilty OF
the crime of adultery with one Gilwreeth, a pros
porous farmer of the neighbOrhood. The young
man presented his mother and her alleged para
mour to the Grand Jury and true bills were duly
found against them. The trial was most exciting
and attracted hundreds OF people from the sur
rounding Counties. 1t took place at Blairsville,
the County seat. Judge m Brown, brother
Of Senator Joe Brown, presided, and Colonel
c.. J.. Welborn and Paul Lester appeared for the
defense. Gilwreath was tried first and &C
quilted, young Thomason being the only
witness against him, and the Jury remaining out
nearly two days, Mrs. Thomason was then
placed on trial and her son gave in his testimony.
He said that for months past he had noticed
that whenever a gun fired in a certain deep raviEe
near his home. his mother would rise, put on her
bonnet, and proceed in the direction of the re-
port. He suspected that something was wrong,
and determined to watch. So one day when the
gun was fired and his mother left the house, he
took his hat and followed her at a convenient
distance, and without her knowledge. She went
to a part of the rayine where the over-arching
foliage cast a deep shadow, and waited a few
moments, when she was Joined by Gilwreath.
Young Thomason saw all this, he said, from his
hiding-place near the mouth of the ravine, and,
although he had his gun In bis hand, turned from
the spectacle without lifting his finger. He re-
ported his mothers conduct to the elder of her
Church, and she was expelled. He then proceeded
TO indict her before the Grand Jury. Gilwreath
made a declaration in Court denying the whole
story, and Mrs. Thomson stated that her son be-
came angry because he had failed to get possess
ion of certain property which she owned. and had
fabricated the terrible tale out OF sheer malice.
The speeches of the counsel Tor the defense had a
wonderful effect upon the Jury. They stayed out
just twenty minutes, and brought in a verdict OF
mot Ruilty.n
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Little Folks Abroad.

LlItle folks ADroau.
Examination in a South American school:
Now, my boy, how is the earth divided?'
by earthquakes, sir"
Little Jack has been a naughty boy, and
his mamma says: 81 shall give a su~gar-plum
to your brother, and ions to you, in order to
punish YOU" Mamma SAYS the elder
brother, eagerly, ''hadn't you better give me
the sugar-plum right away, so as to produce
more effecs upon himl"
a sympathetic small boy: Papa: "That
picture shows the story of Prometheus and
the vulture that fed on his liver. Every
day the vulture devoured it, and every
night 1t grew for him to eat again" Sym
pathetic child: "Poor, dear old v%ulturel
How sick he must lave been of liver every
dayi''
The little ones will keep on sayings things.
Six year old Mabel is industriously engaged
in cleaning out" a preserve jar which her
mother had just emptied. Four year old
Bobby looks at her for a while and then
blurts out: "Say, Sis, don't you wish you
could turn it inside out, SOS you could
lick it2"
A little girl in the youngest class In one
of the primary schools, who has been much
interested in the spelling and definition of
words, asked her teacher to give her the
same privilege in her exercises. The first
word put out to her was "man," which she
correctly spelled and supplied with the fol
lowing original and comprehensive defni-
ton: "M-a-n, man; something that's got
q wife, wears pants and don't wear dresses"
After this exercise the definition of words
was suspended.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Destitute of Humor.
Thomas Powell


Wordsworth was dining, in 1910, at the
table of that fine specimen of a Christian
jurist, Thomas Noon Talfourd, equally dis
tinguished as a lawyer and a dramatist,
when one of the company, Robert Brown
ing, the poet, made an ~allusion to Moore's
wit. Wordsworth, who was very chatty
when in the society of those he liked, said:
"Well 1 don't think that / am a witty man,
by any means. Indeed, 1 do not think that
1 was ever witty but once in my whole life"
Of course there was a great desire to hear
this solitary witticism. Thus im~portuned
the old bard said: "Well-well, l will tell
you: / was standing one evening at my
gate at Rydal Mount, when a man came UP
and said: Sir, did you see my wife pass
by2' Whereupon 1 replied; MY good sir,
/ did not know until this minute that you
had a wife," Here he paused. We all
saw that ne had told all that he had to say
and the whole company laughed heartily at
this specimen of Wordsworth wit. The
dear old gentleman always took the merri.
ment this story provoked as a genuine trib.
ute to his Righteousness.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
u U FOLKS.
GRANDMOTHER.


GRANDMOTHER are very nice folks;
They beat all the aunts in creation;
They let a chap do what he likes.
And don't worry about education.
/ am sure l can't see 1t all,
What a poor fellow ever could do
For apples and pennies and cakes,
Without u grandmother or two.
And il he is bad now and then.
And makes a great racketing noise,
They only look over their specs,
And say, "Ah, those boys will be boysi
Life is only short at the best:
Let the children be happy to-day"
Then they look for a while at the sky,
And the hills that are far. far away.
Quite often as twilight comes on,
GRANDMOTHER sing hymns very low,
To themselves, as hey rock by the fire,
About Heaven, and when they shall CO.
And then, a boy stopping to think,
VIII find a hot tear in his eye;
To know what will come at the last
For g~randmothers ali have 10 die.
l wish they could stay here and pray,
For a boy needs their prayers every night
Some boys more tnan Others. j s'poSe-
such as 1 need a wonderful sight.
Southern Churchman.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29

Hope is a dream of those who are awake
If there is anything better than to b.
loved, it is loving.
"The poor We have with you always" but
the rich go away in the summertime.
The estate of a rich man is hallowed
ground to the lawyers, and they will travel
for miles to prey upon it.
San oyster" said Thomas Heed, sis very
anomalous, for you have to take it out of its
bed before you tuck it in"
''There is no fool like an old fool" says
the New Orleans Picayune, Except the
young fool who marries him"
"'Tis love that makes the world go round
1t also makes the young man go round-to
the home of the girl about seven nights per
week.
Said Jones: "Fred Grant wont have SC
soft a thing as he has had" II don't know
replied Robinson, she'll nave a soft thing as
long as he keeps cool and doesn't lose his
head"
An old angler says that a fish does not
feel much pain frem being hooked. But let
him tell the yarn to the man who felt in
his pocket for his knife and found he had
left seven fsh-hooks in there, if he wants to
be called az un~principled old slanderer.
Two ten-eent drinks a day will supply q
family with four-that is, if the drinks are
not taken and the money invested in flour.
We throw in this little economical hint as
our Monday temperance lecture. Moral:
Let somebody else pay for your drinks
New Haven Register.
wounded in the war, were you? Bad
ly2' "The bullet hit me in the chist. here,
sur and came out at me backl" Come,
come, Pat, that won't dol Why, it would
have gone right through your heart, MANI
"OcL, fax, me heart was in my mouth at
the tonne, ~surl"-Punch.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Beth and Faye.

Two little sweet-faced girls.
Tired with their busy day,
Lying here on their pill low
Dear little Beth and Fayei
Close by are the flaxen- haired dolls,
Tucked into their cribs to sleep
Tender watch do these little mothers
Over their children keep.
And over there in the corner.
And there, where the table stands,
/ see their playthings. waiting
The touch of their little hands.
1 stand beside my darlings,
As they lie here calm m still,
And wOnder what shapes from dreamland
Their innocent slumbers fill.
Many things have the wise men told us
OF all that is and seems;
But not the wisest among them
Can tell us a baby's dreams.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Star Routes.


A Washington special OF the I'D says:
1t is ascertained that the Star Route prosecutors
are not satisfied that the local judges have ar
ranged to adjourn their Courts practically from
July 1 until the middle of September, and not
allow any one an opportunity 10 present the Star
the Grand and Petit Juries have been impan-
neled, and the Star Route contractors, If they be
disposed TO resort to crooked means, will have
more than two months in which to operate on
both Juries, in the hope of finding a dishonest
man. 1t is just to the Court, however, to say
that this vacation Is the customary one. and ii Is
a season of the year when,- ordinarily. it is very
difficult to transact business in this climate.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Written for the Sunday Sentinel.
TRIUMPH.
rHEopoRE II. NEM

Almighty God Of love,
Creator, father, friend,
In whom we live and move,
Who keeps us to the end,
What though beneath the sod
our bodies must repose,
Wen hear the trump Of God
And rise al Jesus rose,
And then in triumph soar
To worlds of joy and peace,
Where loved ones part no more,
Where pleasures never cease.
What bliss is in that hour
Reserved for you and me,
When by that Savior's power
That beauteous home we see.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Guard Against Disease.

If you find yourself getting bilious, head
heavy, mouth full eyes yellow, kidneys dis
ordered, symptoms of piles tormenting you,
take at once a few doses of Kidney-Wort. 1t
is natures great assistant. Use it as an ad-
vance guard-don't wait to get down sick.
See large advertisement.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
He Was There, Too.

There was quite a row in the Blue Light
Colored Tabernacle night before last be-
tween Uncle Nose and Deacon Gabe Snod-
grass.
"You is de biggest black rascal in Aus
tin" said Deacon Snodgrass.
"You is a heap bigger one" responded
Uncle Nose, placing his hand on the ivory
handle of his umbrella.
"Bredderen," said Parson Bledsoe, ''you
talks as if dar was nobody else present
'ceptin' yersefs."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29

A French mother was talking before baby
of the old prison for debt in the Rue de
Clichy. Mamma" said the little one,
"what is debt2" "a debt is to buy a doll
when you have no money to pay for it."
Sand where is that p%rison7" ait is torn
down." Immediately baby started toward
the door. "Where are you going my childf'
81 am going to buy q doll."iG
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
THE HOME.

1t is not doubted that men have . home in that
place where each one has established his hearth and
the sum Of bis possessions ard fortunes; whence he
Rfll not depart, II nothing calls him away; whence II
he has departed he seems to be O vanderer, and IL he
returns he ceases to from Civil
Law
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29

the Governor of Massachusetts, the Lieuten-
ant Governor and Council, and a vast null
utude OF citizens gathered from the neigh
boring towns. After impressive religious
services in the Church at Lexington, his re-
mains were deposited in the family tomb.
Sacred to the memory of the Fifer of Lex
mgton.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29

"Then stay at home, my heart, and rest.
The bird is safest In its nest;
Der all that iutter thoir wings and ny
A hawk is lowering in the sky"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
EXPRESSIONS.

TO A BOTTLE.
"'ris very strange that you and
Together can not pull;
For you are full when | am dry,
And dry when l am fulIv
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
RIGORDSWTM RESTORATIVE

DR.: RECORDS VITAL RESTORATIVE has been
seruunlzed and Endorsed by the Academy of Med
lclne In Paris as an infalible specific for Nervous
ana Physleal Debility. Loss of Manly Vigor. etc.
contains no phosphorus. cantharides or other
poison; is purely Vegetable. producing no reae-
uon, and is permanent in effect: is a sugar-coated
pill, and can be had of Levassor. 10 bis Richelieu.
Paris. France; or OF. DIR. s. BROW SIGESNOND.
Sole Authorized General Agent. 40 World Build
ing New York. None genuine without the sigma
tlre OF ;. b. Sigesmond on side Of each box. Box
of. 100 Pills. So; of 400. SO; sent ny mail upon re-
celpt of price. Sold by all druggists.
CERTlFlCATE.-PARIs, July Is, 1873. 1e Rue de
La Paix.-Outo of $40 patients treated. 65 were cured
within 80 days, lis in six weeks, $50 between two
and three months, 2 between FIVE and six months,
1 IN nine months. DIR. NJ. PERIGORD,
~ Medicin de Ia HOpitaI Charity.
CAUT1ON.AA former agent of mine in New
YORK is now advertising q spurious imitation of
the celebrated DR.. Records Vital Restorative, I'M
der the assumed name Of DIR. Records Restorative
P18s, TO deceive the public. The testimonials of
Drs.NR- Blanchard, c. Chevalier. NJ. Perigord.
Raspal. Liebig and Sir Thompson are copied from
my circulars.
DIR. SIGESMOND agrees to forfeit $4,000
Tor any failure to cure with Records vi
tai restorative Under his special adj
vice., or for apytbing impure or injurious in il.
Over 1O,OO6 Cures in the. United States
alone nave been effected within the last , years
Address. with inclosed postage stamp for de-
eri ptive circular. to
DR.. S. 3. SlGESMOND,
40 World Building, New York.
With Testimo IA and Signatures.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29

known DIR. James hasstood at the head ofthe profession
for the past thirty years. Age and experience are all
important. Seminal weakness, nightlosses by dreams,
pimples on the face, lost manhood, can positively be
cured. Ladies wanting the most delicate attention. call
or write. Pleasant home for patients. A book for the
million-Mariage Guide-which tells you all about
these diseases. who should marry. why not, 10 cents 10
pay postage. Dr. James has fifty rooms and parlors-
You see no one but the Doctor. Office hours. 9 a. m.
to ?. m. Sunday, 10 to IL. DR.. James is 90 years
ofage-
YAnfFU RUBBER FOUNTAIN SYRINGE, Silver Points.
hRYs2H and I Box NERvINE Pills, all for 81, sent
BY mail. sealed.
PffppFD Ehffe | 2 for 81. or s. per doz.. Ladies' IS.
hsBeESs WYE Female Pills 81 per box 9 for S.
Wrr ffNr cM & After forty years practice I am
EH{t lila fthkbr satisfied nine-tenths ofthe troubles
and trials in families has grown out of a latent sexual
feeling on the part ofladies and gentlemen. Thousands,
without knowing the real cause, have made life a weary
waste for the want of proper means TO make II bright
and happy. PILLS. compounded of roots
and herbs, will make the weak and debilitated strong.
That which you have lost. or never had, viii come to
make home happy. Life is too short to waste away in
a dull. torpid home when a 81 box viii please you and
6 VIII cure you for five dollars. Sent by mail, sealed.
on receipt Of price. LeucorrhGa or whites positively
cured. Send stamp for Electric Ring, gents only.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
Lock Hospital,

204 WASHINGTON ST.,
Cor. Franklin, CHICAGO,
Chartered by the State of
illinois forthe cxpress pur-
fpose of giving immediate
1relief all cases o. private
chronic and urinary dis
eases. in all their compli-
Gated forms. .It-is well
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-29
JONATHAN HARRINGTON,
Aged ninety, the Sth of July, l84S.

nearly grown 10 IlduuOOQ MuCn Vic Olu
War for Independence broke out. 1 bade
them farewell, received from the old fifer
the tenediction "God blesssyoul" went back
to the village green, sketched the monu-
ment, and called upon their kinsman, Abb
iah Harrington. who was a lad fourteen
years of age at the time of the skirmish. He
saw nearly all the fight. He had two broth
ers in it, and had been sent by his mother,
trembling on account of her sons, to watch
the fray at a safe distance, and obtain for
her information concerning her brave boys.
From Mr.. Harrington's 1 vent to the
house of Parson Clark, where / found Mrs
Margaret Chandler, q remarkable intelligent
old lady, then 80 years of age. She had
lived in that houseeveT since the Revolution,
had a clear recollection of events at Lex
ington on the memorable April morning,
and gave me a version of the escape OF
Adams and Hancock somewhat different
from that given me by the venerable fifer.
A few more words about the latter.
On the seventy-ffth anniversary of the
affair at Lexington and Concord, 1885,,
Jonathan, aged ninety-two; his brother
Charles, aged ninety; Amos Baker. aged
ninety-four; Thomas Hill, aged n~inety-two
and DIR. Preston, aged eighty-four; Jona-
tndn gave US q SOaSS Nv uinAoi' VI
April, 1777. All who remember the day
will support the Constitution of the United
States"
The Hon. Edward Everett made a speech
on that occasion, in which he
remarked that cit pleased his
heart to see those venerable men be-
side him, and he wa very much pleased to
assist Mr.. Jonathan Harrington to put on
his top coat a few minutes ago. In doing
so he was ready to say with David, Very
pleasant art thou to me, my brother iona.
thanr"
Late in March, 1854, when he was almost
ninety-six years of age, Jonathan Harring-
ton died, and was buried with public honor.
In the funeral procession was q large body
of military as an escort, and the hearse was
followed,by the Committee of Arrangements,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17
A STARTLING STATEMENT.
Gould and Vanderbilt in Danger
of Meeting the Cars Fate.

New YORK, March 14.-In an in
terview with a Times reporter Justus
Schwab said:
And in America the fate which has
overtaken Alexander has its point.
There are those in the United States
who should heed the warning, for it
bodies disaster to some among us in
high places"
ITO whom do you refer ?"
II need not particularize but the
heads Of American moDopolies have
cause to tremble. They are depressing
the people of the land, and for Just
such oppression Alexander was kill
ed"
And you decline to name these
monopolists who are thus inviting
death?"
"Well, 1 am willing to mention Jay
Gould and William H. Vanderbilt as
the representatives of the class to
whom | refer"
DO you mean to aver there isreally
danger in their being served as was
the czar?'
"The meme, meme, tekel upharsin
is written. 1t is plain to the eyes of
all men. American monopolists,
Gould and Vanderbilt and Others, had
better consider well their future
actions. | have nothing further to
saw"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

Charley Mcdonald and tow, to Pom
eroy; BOaz from New Orleans; Wy
oming and Schench, overdue down.
The X. r. Springer arrived from New
Orleans, and in attempting to come
out of the canal was caught by the
current and carried partly through the
break in the dam, where she now lies
hard aground. The harbor boats are
at work trying to pull her off. She
will probably get off this afternoon.
Pittsburg, March II: River s feet
and rising. Weather mild and rainy
Arrived-Scotia, 10 pm. Departed
Mollie Moore, II M; Scotia 5 pm.
Cairo, March II Arrived-C. n
Davis, Evansville, 8 pm; Anderson
Nashville, 2 am; Belle Memphis, St
Louis. 8 am; Thompson Dean, Gin.
cinnati, 5 am; Johu Porter, Ohio
river, II 'a.m.; Grand Lake, Grand
Tower, II am. Departed &C. N
Davis, Evansville, 9 p M; Thompson
Dean, St. Louis, 5 a M; Belle Mem
phis, Vicksburg, 8 am; John Porter
st. Louis, II am. Weather clear and
pleasant.
Cincinnati, March II: River 81
feet3 inches and rising. Clear and
pleasant.
Evansville, March II: River rising
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

A NASHVILLE correspondent Of
the Courier-J Journal who has been
down in this state several days from
the way he writes, and has mastered
the debt question, tells the world, as
far as it can be reached through that
vehicle of thought and news what
will happen if the 100 and 3 bill is not
passed. A few of the dire coDse-
uuences specified are as follows;
If this proposition should be re-
iected ~, it will be disastrous de-
featfor Tennessee. (2) The honor of
which she once boasted will be stained
aud (3) blackeued beyond redemption.
IA Her pride will be trampled, her
credit gone (5) and her name be made
odious to all honest people Of the
union. (6) Her citizens will be point
ed az with soorn and contempt by
strangers, (7) and Stunned by those
Ohio dread the pollution of repudia-
tors. (8) The silver lined clouds,
which lave betokened her prosperity,
will change to black signals Of adyer-
sity. (9) Her hopes will change to
despair; 90 her ambition to indifer-
ence; (i1) heF aspirations to listless
ness: (12) wealth to poverty, (l3)
Her enterprising capitslists will be-
come panic-stricken, 90 and the
great resources which have been held
out as inducements for Investment will
remain untouched, like the assets Of a
bankrupt firm, for the benefit of her
creditors"
This Is almost as bad as old Mother
Shipton' s prophecy and fully as relia-
BILE. We insert the figures for the
convenience of our readers. 1t will
be seen that there are fourteen distinct
curses in store for the people if the
bopdholdus' "stand and deliver de-
mand is disyegarded. aud others are
held in reserve. But from our stand
point, if it is curses the legislature is
after it will pass this bill.