The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-05

from indianapolis the night before. got
into the wrong sleeper and was carried be-
yond Terre Haute, where he was to change
cars BY the time he got back the early
train for Huntingburg had gone. The next
did not leave until about noon, arriving at
late for him 10 fill his engagement. 1t was
a no day, but Mr.. Fairbanks hustled and
@ sTcGeedgd zee id In ehaTterng so special engine
grip away down into the yards mounted
his ie1 engine inc and tipped the engineer Literally
sidetracked along the road, and the natives
of southern Indiana that wild
gine go tearing through their territory at
the rate or about seventy miles an hour.
IL reached Huntingburg before l O'Clock.
and Mr. Fairbanks, much begrimed from
his wild ride, made a rush for his hotel
to clean up. He found that he had ample
time, for the meeting billed for
O'Clock p. m. There had been a misundet-
standing as TO the hour.
Elderly persons of pesslmistic turn are
often heard TO express the opinion that
boys in this end of the century are not as
they used to be; that they lack the pleas
ing righteousness and the complete faith in
their fellow-beings that should be attri-
buteS of youth and are altogether too So
phisticated. This may be true of individ-
uals, but there are boys and boys. Some
of them are innocent and trustful and
as much given to the expression of surpris-
ing and unique sentiment as were ever
boys of an earlier period They still have
the fashion OF thinking the 'long, long
thoughts of youth'-those happy fancies
that come but once in life. The author of
the letter to the Journal given below has
evidently been indulging in some of these
thoughts. The passing favCr of the stranger
TO whom he refers has dwelt in his men,
ory until his imagination has reared
a structure of possibilities it were a pity
to destroy. He writes:
Mr. Editor: Dear Sir-I suppose you will
be surprised in receiving a letter from a
boy you never saw. My object in writing
to you is this: On Sept 80 my pa and ma,
brother and myself was coming from the
worlds fair on the Big Four train L met
with gentleman with dark hair and eyes,
and black mustaChe that got off at your
town indianapolis. He seemed to take a
fancy TO me, and told me he would just
be glad to have boy like me to go home
with him. He insisted until the last for me
to go with him. L was very tired and sleepy
and forgot TO ask HIM his name and where
he lived. L have taken this way to see If
can find him out, by writing to you and
paper and oblige an anxious boy. hope
he will write to if he sees this. The
train was SO crowded that We could hardly
find q seat. My got a seat at last for
me- by asking old man To let his traps
sit on the floor. they could sit there bet
ter than 1 could. Please don't throw my
please ask your county papers to copy?
FRANK S. MONEYHON,
Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky.
p S.-If there is any charges send me
word. 1 hope you will be easy on me.
p S. No. Il hope if he sees my letter
he will write to me sure.
IF the gentlemen with the dark hair and
eyes and black mustache sees this and
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spondence with the confiding Kentucky lad
and SO prove that his fancy was not a
pretenSe, ana his professions mere hattery,
he is certainly not what an indianapolis
gentleman should be-
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4 pronninent Republican attorney Of this
city, who took an active part in the re-
cent municipal campaign, was asked by
his son, few days ago, what position he
was to receive from the new Mayor.
None at ALL" replied the sire.
what, amt you going to get any
place?" asked the boy in astonishment
NO, L don't want any place"
"Well, what's the matter with getting me
Getting you job? What do you
want?'
suggested that he thought the Inspector
ship of weeds would just about ut his
case. . -. oau
and go TO schoOl?"
"Well / could take my pony after 4
o'clock and go around; ana cbdo InnK a oEf Gf"u
why the days are getting snort at TINS
time of year, and you would have but little
time between O'CLOCK ana dark 10 iooh
after the weeds"
This seemed to stump" the boy for a
moment, but it was only momentary.
But Pa, there amt many weeds now
either
The predominance of the eye glass i'm
presses one and from the number worn it
would seem that at least half of the popu-
lation has defective eyesight. The monocle
has not appeared permanently in this To-
cality for which thanks should be returned,
but there are glasses and chains in variety.
One day. not long ago several persons were
talking of their eyes and the eyes of their
friends and each one was relating some
popularity of their eyeSlSht or that or
other far sighted and not only were the
persons afflicted with some like trouble but
trey were unlike other people, at least
every one tried to make the others think
that the especial case to which they referred
was a little worse than that of any other.
The sad tricks Of defective eyesight were
spoken of and one man said he had a
friend who had the queereSt affliction he
had ever known. If he was walking on one
side of the street and saw soldier on the
other, who had stripes down the sides of
his trousers, the stripes would come over
on his side of the street and leave the sol
der walking down on the opposite. The
others gave up the contest.
j.
Sergeant O'Shaughnessey was suffering
from a severe cold at police roll call the
other night. He answered to his name in
a horse-fiddle bass which attracted the at
| tention of patrolman O'Flaherty. az see
| yez have a cold, sergeant" quoth O'Flaher-
| ty. YES" whispered O. 'Shaughnessey, IAN
| | think it's due to these sudden changes
around here" Mr.. O'Flaherty felt for his
| badge.
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