The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-05-11
SIFTINGS FROM STORY TELLERS.
A Few Choice Paragraphs Of Odd
Happenings and Sayings.

He was a young German and his friend
persuaded him to 60 and see spiritual
istic medium. He was very much inter
ested in the proceedings and finally the
medium told him that bis dead mother
wanted to talk to him. He began q series
OF inquiries in German whom the medium
interrupted him with "She can't speak
anything but English" This was too
much for the German and he broke forth:
"Mein Colt mudder, what's the matter
nit you? You never was out OF Germany
in your life; and you haven't been dead
but year and now you can't talk moth
ings but English" The medium ad-
journed the meeting.
They were chums, and were at the art
exhibit. Bell had the catalogue and Anna
did the commenting on the pictures. They
stopped before q landscape. well, do
look at this one," said Anna. ibid you
ever see anything like it in the heavens
above. or the earth beneath, or the waters
under the earth? Look in the catalogue
and see what it's meant for, and who
painted it." Bell looked and they read:
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Bells brother! There was a GOODNESS be-
tween the two girls after this, and Anna
has ceased to criticise pictures.
A certain northside minister has lost q
valuable member OF his congregation, and
this is the way it happened. Ii was at
Thursday night prayer meeting, and the
minister called on the aforesaid sister to
pray. She began to pray, and becoming
used to the sound of her own voice, forgot
to stop. The minister ID large and feshy,
and remaining on his knees so long be-
came very irksome. He stood il patiently
as long as he could, bat the prayer prom
ised to be endless. He gradually arose
from his knees and sitting in his chair,
devoutly bowed his head, and remarked
in an audible undertone: Now pray all
night if you want to-" But the sister
heard his remark, stopped her prayer, and
has not heen to church since.
She was only little girl and it was her
first visit to the art exhibit. She had no
older person with her so she tried to find
out the beauties for herself. One picture
pleased her very much. 1t was group OF
children listening to the stories of an old
gentleman. There was q bit of the sea
and some very good grass. The little girl
liked the grass so she determined to see
ii it was genuine. She wet the end of her
finger, and going up 10 the picture care
fully rubbed il over the grass. She was
caught before she had tested any more
pictures, and children are now put under
surveillance while examining art.
A high-school senior now languishes as
the victim OF his own joke. Sometime
ago the bright idea lodged in his young
brain that it would be a splendid and real
dime-novel thing to play joke on one of
his teachers. lie wrote an announcement
to the effect that this lady teacher would
lecture before the senior class on Woman
Suffrage" and gave his own name as pre-
siding over the meeting. The notice APP
peared in the papers, but nothing was said
at school. The teacher apparently did
not know anything of the announcement
This was disappointing; and after the
youth had waited three weeks, be
could stand it no longer. He
took the printed item to the teacher
and said, Miss D., my father doesn't
like to have my name used like this. He
doesn't think it's right and he's awful
mad about it," The teacher took the
Clipping and said nothing, but determined
TO investigate the matter for herself. She
went to the Newspaper Office, found the
written copy and behold it was written
by the boy who brought the item to her.
The young man was called to account and
confessed that he thought it would be a
joke. The result of the Joke" was that
the originator was suspended and will be
deprived of all honors when he graduates.