The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-10
ODDS AND ENDS.

sIn France, whom was boy said Monsig-
nor Bessonies, children were disciplined with
great rigor That is the portrait of my broth
er"-pointing to a picture on the wall OF his
study 81 remember a circumstance of his
school days at Cahors. On the way to the school
the boys passed by an orchard where some
peaches hung over wall. The teacher passing
by soon after group of schoolboys had gone
that way. noticed that large peach that he had
before observed to be there had been plucked.
He called the scholars together and told them
that no one should have any recreation until
the offender was discovered. No one said q
word, until at last my brother rose and said he
would take the punishment as he had plucked
the peach. Did you alone eat itg inquired the
teacher. That brought out the truth that my
brother had shared the peach with two other
boys, as they rose and proclaimed themselves to
be particeps crimnis. The boys were then COM
PEELED to go to the proprietor of the orchard.
fall upon their knees, acknowledge the theft and
beg his forgiveness, after which they paid for
the peach. At a school there one of the punish
ments was to make the culprit get down on his
knees and with his tongue make certain num-
Der Of crosses upon brick walk"
'When 1 was school-boy at Dublin" said
Squire o. Reilly of Terre Haute, who had listened
of us in college We were not called by our names,
but by numbers. I was No. 8. One day was
in the court, going over my singing score, when
good-iooking young. girl tripped by, and
made some remark to her. 1t CHANGED that the
Vicar general was looking over the court and
ne saw, by the girls action. that she had been
addressed. There were three of us together
and he could not tell exactly which was the Of
fender. Neither of the other boys would tell
when the Vicar-general asked, and he was about
to punish all three for contumacy, when one of
the boys remarked, I'll be no mans martyr
and acknowledged the offense.
"'Tll fine you five shillings, No. g. says he.
"'You willP says |; I don't know how yell
ever collect it, your Reverence
"Tll see to that, says he.
ut took me two years to pay the fine, but
paid it. just before Christmas, one day the
Vicarg general called me into his library Are
you going home this Christmas, No. 81
81 am your Reverence says |. and with that
he clapped five shillngs into my hand
"'How are you going to spend itP he asked.
"'Faith,' says !, it's long distance home,
and III find many ways to spend five shillings
AS did"
A letter from former Indianapolitan, now
residing at Orlando, Fla, contains an animated
animal anecdote. The family pets are cat and
young opossum. The cat hardly understands
her singular companion, though they play to-
gether about the yard. The other day dog
happened along. and seeing the cat, straightway
went for her. Pussy's tail flew into the air,
swelling out to the diameter Of peck measure
As she started in flight circling round the yard,
she felt strange pressure upon her caudal ap-
pendage that greatly increased her fright. The
opossum had coiled his tail ABOUT that OF the
cat and thus rode to a place of safety, as door
OF the house opened, and cat and rider were
saved from their pursuer.
The students of the Plymouth Institute Art
School do not confne their drawing to still-life,
but whenever an odd or picturesque human sub
ject can be found they take great delight in de-
lineating his rags and wrinkles The other day
at the Friendly Inn they discovered an old Irish
man who they thought would be an admirable
subject. The old fellow had evidently heard
something of Paris models and the nude In art,
and misunderstood the object of the students.
'trm poor man, ladies', said he, ''and badly in
made of money, but won't do ything that isn't
dacent. lave that for the Frinch and Eye
Italians
Hollingsworth, the $50 600 defaulting treas
urer of Knox county, is in Canada now. The
Odds and Ends man never met Mr. Holdings
worth but once; that was in 1884, during the
presidential campaign. He was paying a brief
business visit to this city, and was at blank
book and stationery establishment. Without
any provocation whatever, Mr. H. began dis
sertation on reform and the necessity of turning
the rascals out concluding his remarks with
violent attack upon the character of James @.
Blaine, whom he denounced as a scoundrel. with
all the term implies. From his cool Canadian
retreat Mr.. Holingsworth is doubtless congrat-
ulating himself having left this rascally
country.
Delayed Easter Anecdote: A few days before
Easter gentleman. directed by his better half,
called upon well-known milliner for his wife's
new bonnet ''Really," said the milliner. set
isn't ready yet. We are so crowded with work /
don't know what we will do. Can't your wife
wait until the rush is over9"
Waltz" said the gentleman, "of course. she
can. She has four or five hats at home now"
The next morning the store had hardly
opened before the same gentleman rushed in:
'For goodness sake" he exclaimed, "get that
hat ready right off. l have been married twenty
three years and / never before knew that my
wife had temper. Whsw!'