The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-01

With IlOus OOuu OTdudu, u PlOOMlIiSLOu
bachelor, and expressed surprise, not unmingled
with regret, that the latter remained unmarried.
For moment Mr.. Graham's breath was quite
takcn away. When it returned boiling over
with indignation, he broke out: How dare you
talk To me about matrimony. you hoary-headed
| ola century plantl Why, you've already bloomed
| once"
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Anecdotes of Brignoli are now finding their
way into the newspapers. There is ono that
might be added to the collection, which hereto
fore has only had circulation in indianapolis.
When Brignoli appeared here some years since
with Christine Nilsson, the great prima donna
was somewhat indisposed. Brgnoli, as is well
known never succeeded in learning English.
and his plumbers in that, to him, unconquer-
able tongue, were numerous and grotesque.
he stepped before the footlights to apologize for
Miss Nilsson to the audience. Ladies and
chentilmen.' said the great tenor, Il hope you
will be easy wiz Mees Nilsson zis efening as she
ees a leetle horse" This was followed by laugh
on the part of the audience. In some embar~
rassment, not knowing what blunder he had
made but fearing the worst, he corrected his
statement by adding, 81 mean Mees Nilsson she
have leetle colt"
The laughter that followed fairly shook the
house.
tits dreadfully severe winter said the
'NaaAAAJ 5AoOOA' loAS SIoWOro say Ills pcdCn
trees are all killed. and farmers say the winter
wheat is frozen. The other night l forgot and
left out twenty-five pound sack of flour.
Next morning l found it had been nipped."
AT the post Office corner the other day severa&
old soldiers were discussing Gen. Grants article
on Shiloh in the Century Magazine. "Gen.
Grant denies that we were surprised" said one.
'Of course there was no surprise We invited
the rebels to come and take breakfast with US,
and they came, that was all
~
II am collecting money for statue, said the
red-nosed man. Governor Gray Auditor Rice,
Secretary Myers, and Treasurer Cooper head my
subscription list
Il haven't heard of the death of any great and
good citizen of Indiana recently" said the re-
porter. "Who is it for9n
John Frenzel"
"Oh ah yes, certainly. Put me down for d,
nickel
''The good die young
While those whose hearts are dry summers dust
Burn till ~ o'clock"
''The quality of hogs" said Gen. T. A. Morris
to the reporter 'has greatly improved in Ind-
ana within the past twelve or fifteen years" The
general referred to tho four.footed breed; the
twofooted animals are about the same.
You hardly ever see any of the long, gaunt
razor backed variety now. Nicholas Mccarthy
father of the Nicholas McCarty of to-day, uset
to feed FIVE six thousand hogs every yeal
along in the thirties on ground, u part of which
is now covered by the Panhandle freight depot
1t was always great day in indianapolis when
Mr. McCarty started to drive his hogs East over
the National road to market Nearly every
man and boy in town would turn out to assist in
the drive. Those hogs could run like quarter
horses Old Davy Williams was Mr. Mce;arty's
head man, and it is said that he would mount
Davy on fleet horse and start him off, ths
drive began, to make arrangements on the
road for place for the hogs to be fed and to
rest at night OFF Davy would 60 and away
would go the razor backs, and like as not they
would overtake the horseman before ne could
make the proposed resting place. | remember a
great connection over among Mr. McCartyS
hogs one day. Three bears-a male and female
and their cub-had come in from the woods, and
were eating pork like Democrats at barbecue.
Of course, the town turned out, and there was a
grand bear hunt Two of the animals were
killed, but the third in some way escaped
The conversation had taken a literary turn.
Within. the steam-heating apparatus made all
warm and comfortable; without, the snow was
falling in great white fakes. upon the cold and
cherries earth. This day" said Deputy United
States Clerk Ed. McDevitt, reminds mo of it
l never wrote but one poem in my life, and that
was many, many years ago. / was mere boy
at the time, and what became of the poem
never knew From that day to this have vain
ly sought to find it. / never pick up newspa-
per without looking for my long-lost poem. All
in vain! and now can remember but one line OF
1.-THE first line. 1t begins
oh, the snow, the beautiful-'"
For moment there was deathy stiffness.
Then the listeners one man, andIfell upon
him and smote him full sore. And no one would
wish to be as that young Juan was.
"Some years ago." said Catholic priest to the
reporter, when Archbishop Ryan, of Philadel-
phia, was here Che then lived at St Louis) he
told with great relish, a little story about him.
SELF Bishop Duggan, of Chicago had became
deranged and had been taken to the hospital at
st. Louis. The good bishops mania was exceed
| ingly peculiar. He had wonderful memory
and astonished visitors at the hospital by long
and exact quotations from religious writings,
being able to give tho very number of the page
from which he quoted. He believed himself to
be the Pope, and at times would wait at the
| window expecting the Pope's carriage to appear
with the tiara and other appurtenanccs of the
papal office Sometimes he would talk so ra-
tionally that visitors would be impressed with
the idea that he was sane, and rumors, on two
or three occasions, went about that the bishoD
was unlawfully restrained. Bishop Ryan hear
ing one of these rumors went to SEQ Bishp Dug
gan ror Cline Ine imprisoned prelate talked
quite nationally Bishop Ryan was becoming
impressed with the idea of his sanity. At last
| to test him. he asked ''who brought you heref"
"The devil brought me, the devil himself, said
Bishop Duggan with indignant emphasis.
| '''Of course said Archbishop Ryan, with
! twinkle, as had taken him there in justice to
myself I had to pronounce him insane"
l
Henry Labouchere, editor Of the London
Truth, says that Captain John McCafferty is the
noted, longed for NO l." upon whose head the
English government at one time set a great
price. Dir. Labouchere says he knows this, hav-
| ing received the information oil authority that
is sufficient but that he does not intend to give
the name of his informant The reporter
| who writes this knows Captain John McCaf-