The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
MATTERS AND THINGS.


are not altogether in favor OF natural gas. Ons
| old aunty recently filed objection to its uss
in these words: Laws a massy, Use not ready
to sit down by hell-fre yit awhile"
| The critical young lady was interviewed short
" after having read physicians" communities
| ton last Sundays Journal. and it was found
that his assault with intent to kill had left her
| still able to hold up her head and crawl around
| feebly. Judging from "Physician's" loneliness,
/ and the unwarranted length, inconsistency, and
irrelsvancy of his TRADE, and in spite of his air
of being the entire profession, lock, stock and
barrel. she infers that he is but
fedgng; and also that he has been
unfortunate in his young lady Acquaintance if
his observations. as published. were taken from
| those with whom he was most familiar. Why,
| oh why, should he give the poor dude such q
| of liquor and tobacco. whereas some doctors
| not all, thank beaven-carry these two odors
| and those of iodoform and carbolic acid besdesa
The critical young lady-who wishes 1t stated
| that she is horny handed daughter of TOLL and
| not society cirl-rejoices that the medical
profession is SO we'll provided for matrimonially
'bread, and cheese, and kisses" would be unpal-
asable in an atmosphere of iodoform and car
bolic acid Doctors, however mobile good and
conscientious" you may be. the necessity still
exists for your fumgation
Talking of DOCTORS it is stated that this fra
ternity pronounce tobogganing very bad for the
heart. Well, to have toboggan jump the track,
collide violently with a wood. pile, and throw
the tobogeaners in seven different directions,
with their arms broken, teeth knocked out and
lips split into fringe, might be liable to make
their hearts palpitate some.
The decline and falling off of the parent. as an
American institution, is almost daily brought to
mind In manner to occasion universal lament.
1t is greatly to be feared that the parent, as a
parent, is growing careless Indifferent. 1t
is a favorite trick with the Southern
parent. in rural Georgia aud in Tennes
see. to ramble off to church frolic.
leaving numbers Of small Children locked up to
amuse themselves by burning themselves up, to-
gether with the house and furniture. 1t is re-
lated that a mother out West, whose two-year-
old girl slid into a well-pipe and persisted dread
fully eighty feet underground, sat weeping and
wailing for three DAYS and nights beside the
we'll until the poor, little, luckless infant was
dug out. But whore was her motherly watch
fulness when the child slipped into the danger
orifces In higher walks of life parental
duty, and authority as we'll, seems to become
wonderfully lax Girls in their teens are an
nounced as receiving New Years calls unat-
tended by their mothers. and ''Miss Gotalone's
reception" is heralded as if she only quail
fed to represent her family in So
ciety. Sixteen year-old boys die of
for a renaissance of the good old-fashione>i pa
rent. whose word was law, and who exacted
strict obedience from his children while under
age He made" his boys and girls conform to
his views of things and attempt
made to keep him in the ackground put him
to bed at dark. However arevulson is coming,
and the next generation will catch it. The lax
ly-trained boys and girls of to-day will be the
parents OF that time, and will visit their
youngsters the vigorous bringing.up which their
mature sense will Indicate to have been lacking
in their own lives. About every other genera
tion understands the fine art of rearing credit
able families
Howard Quincy Bellingham (Ho! my lawsy
daisy; what a name,) says in the Boston Gazette
that nowhere in the United States is the Eng
lish language spoken with such purity as in Bos-
ton. Boston, be it remembered, is that place
where Emma ABBOTT is called Emma Rabbit"
and where the natives say ''Messiar" and HAL
leTuyer." Boston-talk example of United
States English will not do at all. The ridicu-
1ous ideal
During Christmas week the wonderful Laura
Bridgnan celebrated the fiftie:h anniversary of
her admission to the Perkins Institute for the
E..nd. in Boston. This jubilee not attended
by the noise and hurrah which signaliz ed the
jubilees of Victoria and Leo XIII, but in many
minds it was event of far more touching in
terest. Miss Bridgman's reception was presided
over by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. the widow of
DIR. Samuel e. Howe, who took charge of the
little deaf dumb and blind Laura when she first
came to Boston When Charles Dickens was
first in this country he saw her, then but girl.
and was much interested in DR.. Howe"s ingen-
ious method OF awakening her faculties to use
and power. He describes her in American
Notes" as "a fair young creature. built up as it
were, in a marble cell, impervious to any ray of
of light particle of sound, with her poor.
white hand reckoning for help through a chink
in the wall. that her immortal soul might be
Many friends of Miss Bride--
was the recipient recipe of numerous gifts. A paper
which she had written was also read, in which
she expressed her gratitude. and her happiness
and enjoyment of lfe Deaf dumb and blind
for more than fifty years. and yet happy in her
lot. Well said Dickens, I'VE who have eyes,
and see not, ears. and hear not. learn healthy
cheerfuness and mild contentment from the
deaf, dumb and blind
The subject of contentment under drawbacks
was recently being discussed by number Of Ia
dies when of them related that she on
the street evening about dusk, and was ram
bling along in rather unreconciled-t to every
thing frame of mind, when she encountered a
rebuke which lasted her for some time, and is
still in good state of preservation. It appeared
in the guise of a bunch back woman who was
tripping briskly along, whistling. The infer |
snce was instaneous that when poorly clad huneh-
back women could whistle, the straight backed |
-epiner ought to be ashamed of herself.
A gentleman of experience wants issued a re-
used edition of old proverbs. For instance. he
believes that 'Punctuality is the thief of time"
or he says he kept an appointment |
promptly in his life that the other man did not |
Keep him waiting until his patience was worn |
,ut and his valuable time wasted. However, |
here is no saying more true than that zone |
mans meat is another mans poison" This has |
been beautifully illustrated of late in the Sand |
xich islands. Among the Sandwiches and |
wizards, be it remarked, much -ridiculed
Mother Hubbard is its native heath. The
native costume of the true Sandwich is a loose
lowing robe. made with yoke. the veritable
garment which the American woman dotes on
ind the American despises. Lady Bras
ey mentions in her Tour Around the World
n the Yacht Sunbeam" having adopted the
.arment for wear board ship, and having
ound 1t DELIGHTFULLY."- cool and comfortable. But
o our muttons. A story comes from Honolulu
ha. when Queen Kapiolana and the princess
we're in Europe they fell among deceivers
Who persuaded them to discard the plain and
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