Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 April 1869 — Page 6
How to Talk-Be Shtrt.
I know one saint. Wc "will call her Agatha. I used to think she «ould be painted for Mary Mother, her face is so passionless and pure and good. I used to want to make her wrap a blue cloth round her head, as if she were in a picture I have a print of, and then, if we could only Snd the painter who was as pure and good as she, she should be painted as Mary Mother. Well, this sweet saint las done lovely things in life, and will do more, tall she dies. And the people she deals with do many more than she. For her truth and gentle ness and loveliness pass into them and inspire them, and then, with the light and life they gain from her, ihty can do what, with her light and life, she cannot do. For she herself, like all the rest of us, has her limitations. And I suppose the one reason why, with serenity and energy and long suffering and unselfishness as hers, she does not succeed better ia her own person is that she does not know how to "be short.'' We wnnot all be or do all things. First boy in Latin, you may translate that sentence back into Latin and see how much better it sounds there than in English. Then send your version to xke letter bo^.
For instance it may be Agatha's dmty to come and tell me that—what fihsdl we have it ?—say that dinner is ready. Wow really the best way but one to say that is, "Dinner is ready, sir/' The best way is, "Dinner, sir for this age, observe, loves to omit the verb. Let it. But really if St. Agatha, of whom I speak—the second of that name, and of the Protestant, not the Roman Canon—had this to say, she would say: "I am so glad to see you! I do not want to take your time, I am sure, you have so many things to do, and you are so good to everybody, but I knew you would let me tell you this. I was coming up stairs, and I saw your «ook, Florence, you know. I always knew her she lived at Mrs. Cracldocks' before she went on her journey and her sister lived with that friend of mine that I visited the summer that Willie was so sick with the mumps, and she was so kind to him. She was a beautiful woman her hus band would be away all day, and when he cime home she would have apiece of mince pie for him, and his slippers warmed, and in front of the fire for him and when h6 was in Cayenne he died, and his body was brought home in a ship Frederic Marsters was the Captain of. It was there that I met Florence's sister,— not so pretty as Florence, but I think a nice girl. She is married now, and lives at Ashland, and has two nice children, a boy and a girl. They are coming to see us at Thanksgiving. I was so glad to see that Florence was with you, and I did not know it when I came in, and when I met her in the entry I was very much surprised, and she saw I was coming up here, and she said, 'Please will you tell him that dinner is ready
Now it is, simply, you see, that, while an announcement of that nature goes on, the mutton grows cold, your wife grows tired, the children grows cross, and that the subjugation of the world in general is set back, sofas as you are all concerned, a perceptible space of time on the great dial. But th« tale itself has a wearing and wearying perplexity about it. At the end you doubt if it is your dinner that is ready, or Fred. Marster's, or Florence's or nobody's. Whether there is any real dinner 3-0u doubt. For want of a victorious nominative case, firaaly governing the verb, whether that verb is seen or not, or because this firm nominative is masked and disguised behind clouds of drapery and other rubbish, the best of stories thus told, loses all life, interest and power.
Lea¥e out, then, resolutely. First omit 'Speaking of hides,' or 'That reminds me of, or 'What you say suggests,' or 'You make me think of,' or any such introductions. Of course you remember what you are saying.
You
could not say it if you did not remember it. It is to be hoped, too, that you are thinking of what you are saying. If you are not, you will not help the matter by saying you are, no matter if the conversation does have firm, sharp edges. Conversation is not an essay. It has aright
to many
large letters and many new
paragraphs. That is what makes it so much mare interesting than long, close paragraphs like this, which the printers hate as much as I do, and wkich they call u$olid matter, aa if to indicate that, in proportion, such paragraphs lack the light, ethereal pi it all life.
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Second in conversation, you need not give authorities, if it be only clear that you are mot pretending originality. Do not »ys, aft dear Pemberton vsed to, "I have book at home,
which I bought at the sale of Byles' books, in which there is an account of Parry's first voyage, and an explanation of the red snow, which shows that the red snow is," fcc., &c. Instead of this say, "Red snow is," &c., &c. Nobody will think you are producing this as a discovery of your own. When the authority is asked for, there will be a fit time for you to tell.
Third, never explain, except for extreme necessity, who people are. Let them come in as they do at the pla}', when you have no playbill. If what yot say is otherwise intelligible, the hearers will find out, if it is necessary, as perhaps it may not be. Go back, if you please, to my account of Agatha, and see how much sooner we should all have to come to dinner, if she had not tried to explain about all these people. The truth is you cannot explain about them. You are led in farther and farther. Frank wants to say 'George went to the stereopticon yesterday.' Instead of that he saj-s: 'A fellow at our school, named George, a brother of Ttan Tileston, who goes to the Dwight, and is in Miss Somerby's room—not the Miss Somerby that has the class in the Sunday school she's at the Brimmer school but her sister"—and already poor Frank is lar from GeOrge, and far from the stereopticon, and, as I observe, is wandering farther and farther. He began with George, but George having suggested Tom and Miss Somerby, by the same law of thonglit, each would have suggested two others. Poor Frank, who was quite master of his one theme, George, finds unawares, that he is dealing with two, gets flurried, but plunges on, only to find, in his remembering, that these two have doubled into four, and then, conscious that in an instant they will be eight, and, which is worse, eight thetiies or subjects on which he is not prepared to speak at all, probably wishes he had never begun. It is certain that every one else wishes it, whether he does oe not. You need not explain. People of sense understand something. ,,
Influence of Boads on Horses.
Dr. Holland, editor oi the Springfield Repbulican, traveling in Europe, writes to his journal a letter about horses and roads, in which he says
The point which I wish to impress upon my American readers is simply that the English horse, employed in the streets of a city, or on the roads in the country, does twice as much work as the American horse similarly employed in America. No man can fail to see it who has his eyes about him. How does he do it Why does lie do it These are most important questions to an American. Is the English horse better than the American Not at all. Is he over worked I have seen no evidence that he is. I have seen but one lame horse in London. The simple explanation is that the Englishman has invested in perfect and permanent roads what the American expends in perishable horses that require to be fed. We are using to-day in the little town of Springfield, just twice as many horses as would be necessarj7 to do its business if the roads all over town were as good as Main street is from Ferry to Central. We are supporting hundreds ot horses to drag ads through holes that ought to be filled, over sand that ought to be hardened, through mud that ought not be permitted to exist. We have the misery of bad roads, and are actually or practically called upon to pay a premium for them. It would be demonstrably cheaper to have good roads than poor ones. It is so here. A road well built iseasily kept in repair. A mile of good MacAdam is more easily supported than a poor horee,
The officeholders in Washington, according to Ihe Blue Book, are divided among the principal States as follows New York' 790 Pennsylvania, 465 Ohio, 245 Maryland, 212 Massachusetts, 204 Illinois, 138 Virginia, 116 Maine, 111 Vermont, 84 Michigan, 89 Indiana, 68 Wisconsin^ New Jersey, 86 New Hampshire, 86 Conneticut, 81 Iovra, 65 Kentucky, 39 Minnesota, 37 California, 35 Missouri, 34 Tennesee, 31 Delaware, 22 Kansas, 22 and West Virginia, 19. The other States and Territories have representatives in the public officcs from 1 to 7 in number. The District of Columbia has 1,115 employes in the different departments. 224 of these are day laborers, and 586 are in the
Treasury. It is stated that many families in Washington have 4 and 6 members in the diffrent departments.
There are sue oolored men in the Medical Depjurtment of Harvard University. .p:
Satisfactory Explanation.1*
The Lebanon Patriot says in regard to the ordeal of the bier In detecting the late murderers in that town: "A good many papers are disposed to be funny over the superstitious ordeal which was performed over the bodies of the Todds, in this county. As an cxcuse for Boone county, we refer to the fact that in the neighborhood where this affair occurred, nearly all are Democrats, and the only sources of information they possess are the New York Bay Book, a Democratic almanac, or the Boone County Pioneer. We could not expect any thing better from a people who gain their knowledge from such a muddled source."
We accept the solution of our question, "In what age do we live as satisfactory. The same facts also answer the question why such a murder should take place there, as well as the reason for the mode of finding out the criminals. From the paper quoted we also clip another statement: "We have been informed that developments will soon be made which will most successfully contradict the theory advanced in the report of the post mortem examination, published last week. This is a case of great importance, and the public mystery with great anxiety. At the proper time we shall fully post our readers. In the meantime do not bore us with questions.''
Various Fancies on Wedding*.
A Wooden Wedding—Marrying a block-head.— Citizen. A Golden Wedding—Marrying for Monej'.—fflmira Gazette.
A Crystal Wedding—Marrying a "glass eye."—Syracuse Courier. A Tin Wedding—Marrying a milk maid.—Auburn News.
A Paper Wedding—Marrying an Editor.—Itasca Democrat. A Silver Wedding—Marrying an old maib of sixty.— Wcwerly Democrat: 'V.y
An Iron Wedding—Marrying a blacksmith.—Brando?i Republican. A Linen Wedding—Marrying a laundress.
A Brazen Wedding—Marrying a Sorosis.
-/V.
The winter's tale—The beginning of spring.
TOMBSTONES. &C.
GREAT WESTER!
MABBLE WORKS!
CRAWFORDSV1LLE.
HAYING
purchased the above estab
lishment of D. Pyke, I will §ay to the citizens of Montgomery and adjoining counties that I will furnish
All kinds of Marble-Work,
Headstones,
Tombstones,
Monuments,
Tablets, Xc.
If you will call at the
SHOP ON OBEES ST.,
OPPOSITE KLSTON'S BASK,
THE OLD POST OFFICE ROOM,
You can there see my style of work, and I will show you as fine specimens of work as is to he seen in this part of the State.
Hf^rTIl work delivered at the grave-yards and warranted to give satisfaction. I will canvass the county soliciting orders, and will say that you can purchase your work as cheap at home as you can at the
Sh(T?ri
want it distinctly understood that I
WU.L NOT BE UNDERSOLD by any shop.
BUJIliDIXG STONE
Of the best quality ftimish^^ow prices. jy2 €. I. JmUNDAGK.
MARKET.
Green Street Market.
F. B. GUTHRIE & BRO.,
No. IO €*reen Street,
Keep constantly on hand
Fresh Meats, Hams, Sftonlders, Bacon, Lard,
Smoked Mutton Hams, Tongues, Corn da Beef, Pickled Pork, Pork Sausage, Bologna Sausage, Dried Beef, «c.
We pay the highest cash price for
Fat Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep,
Beef Hides, Peltries, &c.
mchlS P. B. GUTHRIE & BRO.
DRUGS. MEDICINES. AC.
A s_tsT S
,0'tS,OYESTUff 30^?*
MOFFETT & BOOE, DRUGGISTS,
No. 4, Empire Block,
t'rnwTords villp. Indiana,
Dealers in all kinds of
DRUGS and MEDICINES,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Per-
fumery, Fancy Articles,
PURE WINES AND BRANDIES
For medical purposes.
Lamps, Glassware, Paper, Pens,
Ink, Pencils, &e.
PRESCRIPTIONS
Carefully compounded and promptly attended to.
To the Pnblie.
Thankful for past favors from a generous public, we hope by a strict attention to the wants of our customers, and a just and liberal dealing, to continue to receive a large share of their patronage, and we will endeavor to make it to their interest to continue their trade with us. Give us a call and Bee for yourselves. nol2
MARBLE WORK.
Phoenix Marble Works.
SINCE,
Phoenix-like, we have arisen literally from the ashes, we have moved the remnant of our stock to the east side of Washington street, next to Miller's new buiiding, north of the court house, where we have now a nice assortment of
Grave-Yard Work,
Such as Monuments, Tablets, Slabs, &c., which we will sell cheap. ffiSTAs the late fire did us much damage, we must work hard and sell cheap, to make money to meet our liabilities.
I. F. WADE & SON.
N.B.—If any of our friends want to give us a little "material aid" on account of our loss, they can do so by—-if they owejus, call and pay: if they want any work in our line, eitherGrave-Yard or Building Work, give us a call. We will do you nick work at low pricbs, and be much obliged.
BUILDING WOEK done to order. Crawfordsville, Dec. 30,1868.
HARDWARE, AC.
Hard Times Come Again No More, for
E
Is selling as much Hardware now for $1 a Greenback as could hare been bought for a Gold Dollar when Wheat sold at 75c and Corn for 20c per bu.
CHEER UP!
GREGG'S MAMMOTH
Is filled from cellar to garret with
I E W O O S
Everybody goes to Gregg's
To get good Bargains and go Goods at
THE MAMMOTH.
Coll Chains, Log Chains,
Trace Chains, Halter Chains, Dog Chain?, Jack Chains, very cheap at
GREGG'S MAMMOTH!
For Everything, Anything and All Things
Kept in a first-class Hardware Store,
GO TO GREGG'S
And vou will "go away rejoicing" with good Goods at Good Bargains.
Sam is All AliveZ
Gregg's Mammoth is still Headquarters for Hardware!
The very best
CHOPPING AXES,
Very cheap, at
GREGG'S MAMMOTH!
Mill Saws, X-cut Saws, Rip Saws, QC Panel Saws, Wood Saws, Hand Saws, Tenon Saws, Back Saws, Keyhole Saws—the largest stock *^5 qC ever exhibited in CrawfbrdsvillQ, T&2 all of which will bo sold at a small advance on manufacturers' prices, at •.
GREGG'S MAMMOTH!
Iron, Steel, Horse Shoes,
Horse Shoes, Nail Bods, Steel Calks, &e., below all competition at
GREGG'S MAMMOTH!
IF YOU WANT
The very beat,
POCKET KNIFE
Made, just step into
E S
Knives, Forks, Spoons,
Carvers, Scissors and Shears, at greatly reduced priccs, at
E S
HARD WARE
S O E
NO. 2, EMPIRE BLOCK,
Crawfbrdsville, Indiana.
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