The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-24

Of this city might have been great artist but
Tor stern matter-of-fact fathers who wouldn't
have IL, and put the budding genius to bread
making. The portrait represents Mr.. Lincoln
At the period in life when he was at his best,
though not as the Nation knew and loved him.
when his face had been touched with sadness.
bis face Is smoothly shaven, and his cheeks
more full than later in life.
One day North Meridian street man on his
way to his Office noticed colored man loading
spalls. cuttings from stones, from in front Of a
neighbours new house. The colored man told
him he had been hired, at twenty Ave cents
load, to haul them off to q dumping. ground.
The North Meridian street man thought he could
use a couple of loads of them, and, going to his
rich neighbor. said if he would let him have
couple of loads he could uss them to make a
walk in his back yard, and he would pay the
colored man for hauling the two loads. His
neighbor said ''all right" The loads were
hauled and the colored man was paid fifty
cents. Next day, meeting his neghbor, the
North Meridialstreet man, thanked his neigh.
Dor for the spalls The neighbor didn't appear
satisfied, and said: why Mr.. that
doesn't pay me-" Much surprised the n M
street man said: ''But you have been having
them hauled off and thrown away" $50 WAS"
said the awfully shrewd business man. That's
one thing; it's another thing in your case
They're worth something because you need
tnem. SURPRISING his rising indignation at
tnls unnelghborly exhibition of acute thrift, the
N M street man desired to know what the
spalls were worth. He was told S. which he
promptly paid, and now the two old neighbors
don't speak as they pass by.
"When Gen. W. 81. H. Terrell was pension
agent remarked gentleman to Journal re-
do sGD Aax
hardly got started here as pension.claim agent
He was going along, in a small way, when one
day one of his claimants, who had been paid
came in to ask about the draft that had been
given him. The check should have been for
$500, but the pension agent had made it out for
$1,000 Mi. Fitzgerald, knowing this to be mis-
take. took the check and went with it to General
Terrell. who, acknowledging the error, was very
thankful for the opportunity that was given to
rectify it. BE never forgot Mr.. Fitzgerald, but
from that time on whenever not in conflict with
his duty as an officer of the government, never
failed to do the young claim agent a good
turn, and sent him many client Mr.. Fitzger-
aid is now worth about 800 900, and his business
goes on. day after day, adding to his future
There is no doubt that in the claim business, as
IN other pursuits. honesty is the best policy.
*"%
John eagle, grocer corner Fort Wayne
avenue ano Delaware streets, was foreman Of
the Journal many years ago. Printers OF to-
day are very different from what they were ia
my time, s" g reporters and editors 1t was
the Gust r. everybody to drink, for every
body tct -cunk, the editor him self furnishing
the illustrious example. No reporter was con-
sidered even passably bright who didn't get
drunk at least twice week. 1t was extremely
rarr to find compositor that didn't drink
L used to think there were not any of that
description. Once, remember, about twenty
five years ago, came to the Office after supper,
and OF twelve men at the cases each and every
one was an utter stranger to me- 1t seems that
all the printers in the Office had simultaneously
been seized with the desire to get drunk, and
each had put on a sub In those days it was
extremely popular for printers to die of delirium
tremens In fact, it was considered rather un-
professional to go out Of the world in any other
way"
with very little exercise Of common
sense, said gentleman to the reporter "this
city might have the most beautiful streets in
the world. 1t costs too much money to keep our
wide streets cleaned and repaired. For that rea-
son they are seldom cleaned, never thoroughly,
and never repaired until they are about past recoy.
cry. On all our residence streets the roadway
should be cut down to forty feet Between the
sidewalk and the narrowed street would be a
wide grass plot, on the outer edge of which line
of trees could be planted. These would shade
the driveway, beautify the street, and furnish
fire protection, as line of fire could not pass the
trees There Is no beauty in our wide streets;
they only show how badly they are kept, and
how little appreciation we have Of beauty and
cleanliness"
II fndt the English lankwtch yet very diff
cult" remarked, the German professor as he
YEARLY placed his head upon his hands 'Ttis
the pronunciation that me ever the trouble now
gives. You odouple u-el, Dwell say, aber ges-
terday at dinner when my landlady for a BIO;
douple u-el, soup bowel ask, Everybody laughs