The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-27
Danville, ILL.,, May 20.
SUNSET SHINES BRIGHTLY.
She Thinks War Horrible, and Intemper-
ance. Also-Likewise bad Men.

ance. AlsO-Likewise had Men.
DEAR HOWARD FRIENDs-May l come
again to your parlor and enjoy social
chat with you? $50 often" did | hear
some one say? Yes, know it is, without
l had something TO say, after / get here;
but I'll promise to not come again for
quite a while, if you will let me say my
say this time.
What is il Advance is trying to make
US understand, Happy Old Maid?" O, he
wants US to go into the kitchen and keep
hid while Kate Ketchum" is visiting, be-
cause you will talk about kitchen work,
and am too plain, and my hands are
sunburnt and have had several encounters
with setting hens. You see l generally
stand my ground. Well, we won't 60,
will we? For the president has given us
the right to talk about the kitchen, and
dish-cloths too. Yes, 81. O. NJ" |, too.
often laugh about those girls that could
not sleep And that visit at the state
house was too funny. | suspect the girls,
themselves. remember it, don't YOU?
Howard, / was well pleased with your
remarks to "a" at the time and think
yet he deserved it but having met him,
personally, am now satisfied he intended
no harm. He seems to be a good-natured,
jolly gentlemanly young man and deeply
interested in the progress OF the II. l.. {.
Well, l wish to say something about
the subject: (Which Has Caused the
Most Distress in the World, War or Intern
perance?"
After bordering over and reading slight
", have decided that war has caused the
most. but if intemperance keeps on the
rapid pace it has been going l am not sure
but it will come out even yet. We have
no history which tells of intemperance
causlngs so much distress and destruction as
war has occasioned, or have never read
it. There is one language to express, and
the pen can not depict the horrors, dis
tress, and des0lation caused by war
Fields which should be waving with gold
Ell gram, or bowling with silken tassels,
covered. yea, piled with the dead and dy
ing, their death graves not even noticed
by their fellow men more fortunate, as all
are only for self, except in extreme cases.
Even before the civil war it was estimated
that at least one-tenth of the human race
had been destroyed by war. Just think
1900, 100000 human beings destroyed by
war or in other words, there have been
eighteen worlds destroyed by war, and as
10 the atrocities of war | would direct YOU
to Dicks works, the Christian philosopher.
The civil war was cruel, but it was moral
compared to wars in ancient times. | be-
lieve that intemperance has caused more
distress in the United States than war, al
though both are simply beyond descrip-
ton.
There are 100000 persons daily inca
pacitated from labor by their drinking
habits. At least 10000 men and women
annually fill drunkards' graves, and
| 100000 orphans are yearly thrown upon
the charity of the world bv this demon.
How many faults can we excuse in
young man? Well, / can tell better how
many cannot excuse. / cannot excuse
young man Tor deceiving a good young
lady, and taking her from n good home
and kind parents, and then abusing her
and not providing for her. l guess Dora
Dickens" prescription is the only sure
cure for unhappy marriages. Take 1t,
girls, if you possibly can, / just can't.
1t makes me sick every time think OF it.
dan D., your letter reveals a mind OF
| depth, and the ability to use language
volubly. What has become of "Rosine ?"
l hope she isn't entertaining la grippe.
"McGinty," what III the world Is the
matter that YOU do not come and tell me
where YOU reside? BY the bye, was it you
that tried to find out if a certain young
lady belonged to the II. L. c. at the
teachers institute. Well, she doesn't
now, but she is a friend OF mine and
knows something about it. But don't tell
her for she might-well, she might not
like it. Answer. sunset"
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