The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-19
TABLE GOSSIP.

A great talker Is apt to be a poor COM
paniOn; the trouble is, ne wants all the say
himself That makes il rather tedious.
VermOnt's LEGISLATURE was in session six
ty-three days, and cost the State $63, 425
Some OF the papers say il was not worth it.
They say Mr.. Garfield can write with both
hands at once; and sometimes, we suspect,
his left hand knoweth not what his right
one wrireth.
The cOlored men of Virginia are to hold a
Convention in Petersburg March Il, 10 con-
slider their political condition and how they
may improve it.
If Minister Isaac F. Christiancy isn't care
full hen get hurt. The Chiians are closing
in about Lima.-New Haven Register Oh,
don't you fret Isaac has been through worse
fights than that
No matter how deep young mans pocket
may be, a colored silk handkerchief will in
variably float to the top and flop over, while
solid linen rag will sink to the bottom like
Il brick thrown III q mud-puddle.
The Richmond Dispatch expresses the
belief that there is a substantial unity of
opinion among the Democrats Of Virginia
shat the r.ihlic debt of that State must be
readJusted and taken out of politics.
Il Is advertised tnGt young Italian Lord
OF noble birth, but slim means, is a waiter
at one Of the hotels. If he waits at all, he's
probably waiting 10 give some American
heiross his title in exchange for her hand
and cash.
Have you seen my daughters baby"
inquired 4 fond grandmother of friend.
''0b YES but ii is so small, so very small"
was the reply. This was to be expected,
Tor you know, don't you, that she was at
tended by a homeopathic DOCTOR? replied
G. NJ, with a toss OF her head.
We have a faint recollection of General
Grant having received somewhere in his
Asia,ic wanderingS a decoration of the
Order OF the White Elephant. The Ameri
can people are coming to the conclusion
that this decoration sized him up. so TO
speak. very perfectly.-Utica Observer.
Tayers was one day bidding at the Stock
Exchange, when Mr. II. G.. Stebbins claimed
hat he was entitled to the stock, because he
had made his bid and sat down before his
friend had finished. "Th-th-that may bible
So replied Travers, ''but ev-ever-ry body
/. r-r-round knows that i be-be-began first. "
He got the stock.
That was a witty man who, being detained
by a snow blockade, penned a dispatch
which ran thus: My dear, sir, have every
motive for visiting you except loco
motive So was the other, who in similar
circumstances, telegrsphed to his firm in
New York: II shall not be in the Office
to-day, as | have not got home yesterday
yet
4 gentleman was setting out young
orange trees in the front yard of his resi-
dence, on Galveston avenue, when old Nose
strOllef up and looked over the fence
"Wcll, Nose, I'm going to have oranges of
my own 10 eat after awhile said the gem
Herman. You means you viii hab oranges
TO suck, bekase, by de time dem trees
bears oranges you amt gwine to have no
teef in yer head to bite muffin wild. Gal
weston News.
4 Boston correspondent of a New Hamp-
shire paper writes: "DO you in the Granite
State love to sncer at Boston cultureY Then
your heart will glow when | tell you about
an irreverent New Yorker condemned by
business obligations TO spend Christmas
week here. Thinking to amuse himself by
seeing the city, he stepped en- a Beacon
street car, and said to the conductor. Does
this ear pass the new Art N,t-se-um% No.
sEyas the reply, but it passes the new Art
! Mu-so-uu-'
On October Mrs. Symonds, mother Of a
London stockholders clerk, received the fol-
lowing note: my Dearest Mother: I inclose
you +. o. order for -, which borrowed for
Won last night ! have got into great mess
IN the city, and have thrown nay body over
the Clifton Suspension Bridge, as | can not
bear the agony any longer. God bless my
dear sisters and also your dear self From
.our most wicked son." He was charged
With having dealt improperly with 81 ,065, 900
of securities. lie was traced to Clifton. but
nothing more could be heard of him.
Three weeks ago his body was found in the
Avon.
Cinnamon in San Francisco buy Their
wives Of importers. paying from $500 TO
S1,50O, according to physical quality. Not
much value is placed on mental acquire
ments, and the wife may be idiotic, if also
pretty, without depreciation. Chin Qui was
brought over by.l dealer, and sold for the
highest price to . prosperous merchant. She
did not speak fof five days, and he did not
mind her silence, for she was beautiful; but
at The end of that time she began to break
nc --ccKery ami furniture, and he was