The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14
STREET. PIckINGs.


Necessity is the mothei, of invention and
hard times is the -godmother of necessity.
Hence it is that during the hard times the
necessity OF making a living for ones self
and family produces many new and novel
occupations Indianapolis has a good many
people who are earning livelihood by odd
schemes suggested by necessity. and there
is little reason to doubt that many of these
bright ideas which, during the hard times
have merely produced a good living. will.
in time, make their discoveries fortunes.
One Of the people whom the hard times
caught unprepared was MIR. II. T. Hill.
who lives east of the city on Washington
St. if the Pickings man is correctly in
formed Mr.. Hill is possessed of a good
deal of energy, considerable ingenuity and.
best of all, splendid helpmeet Mr. Hill
likewise is a devoted husband and a keen
admirer of his wifes ability. Among Mrs.
Hills talents is that of making doughnuts
as our grandmothers made them. Mr.. Hill
often suggested that lots of people would
like the privilege of eating such doughnuts
as his wife produced. When the hard times
and consequent short rations came on the
idea materialized so far that Mr.. Hill
induced his spouse to make four dozen
doughnuts and he started out with bas-
ket to sell them. The children took to the
savory odor OF the warm doughnuts and.
begging pennies and nickles of their pa
rents, soon had the latter interested. The
result has been that Mr.. Hin has become
entirely unable to supply the demand by
himself. The whole family makes dough
nuts day and night. and il has been nee
essary TO employ two or three additional
doughnut deliverers, and the daily output
from the whole household is now about
four thousand crisp. savory twisters. All
this in little over two months.
A young man on the North Side was in
sore distress last night Ee took his best
and in fact his only decent pair OF shoes
TO dealer To have them mended. intend
ing to stop and get them at O'Clock, As
he had invited his best girl TO attend the
band concert. What was his consterna-
ton when he called at the shop a o clock
to find that the shoe man had suddenly
gone insane and had been taken to the
asylum. The shop was locked, his shoes
on the inside and not another store open.
He had just enough money to take his
girl to the concert and could not have
bought A new pair If the stores had been
open. He rushed around franticaly. but
all to no effect. He was obliged to wear
rubbers all the evening. though the streets
were dry.
A great compliment was paid western
girls recently by Thomas Wentworth
Higginson. who lectured before the young
ladies' college at Sing Sing. Miss Mary
Denny. daughter Of Mayor Denny. is
pupil at the college and Mr.. Higginson
struck by her close attention 10 his
remarks. He asked to meet the young
lady and said: Miss Denny, ] know you
must be a western girl, for the western
young ladies are noted for the close at
tentiOn with which they listen 70 lectures.
The people of the West are far better lis
teners than those of the East"
A funny case is noted in Maiden lane,
New York. where a prOperty-owner has
painted an immense building a bright yell
low and the jewelers. around are forced to
move as the yellow spoils the tint OF their
diamonds, making the whitest ones appear
yellow, and trade is being ruined. How
jeweler in the vicinity of the Indianapolis
Industrial union would rave, for it is the
very yellowest yellow imaginable and de-
stroys the harmony of the whole street.
The paint bucket has appeared on the
streets and carpets float their oriental
colors from the back yards In other
words housekeeping time has come.