Locomotive, Volume 8, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1849 — Page 1

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" i REVITY I S T HE SOUL 0 F .W IT." VOL VIII. CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1849. No. 19.

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My Cat. If Tasso had his cat, . I have mine too, With little velvet paw, Harmonious " mw." , I sometimes fancy she might draw, "Piano music" with her claw! ' I have a little ribbon tied Around her neck, In chasing which she often doth Play many a trick; And, Tasso like, I oft rehearse, Before this critic my poor verse I She is impartial, so to me At least she seems, And, when an idler, she partakes In idle dreams 1 A kind companion, critic too With velvet paw "harmonious mewl" And by her side I first did spin My low and humble line, And here the " mewses" silent came, There laurels to entwine ! Oh ! now 'tis plain alas ! I see It was a sad cAT-astrophe ! E. W.

Education. By Fanny. Air Yankee Doodle. Education, 'tis a theme, That needs to be well sung, From every hill its banner gleam, . From every trumpet rung. For 'tis a subject well worth while, To call forth our attention, But in my' poor unlettered style I can't its true worth mention. But this it is on which depends The strength of our free nation, For soon would ties of Union rend, Were it not for Education. Then, boys your whole attention turn, To the theme of Education, For very soon, as you must learn, You'll have to rule the nation. Your parents they will soon grow old, Their business they'll forsake,

Your heads must then some knowledge hold, Or the dimes you cannot make. Of the benefits that do arise From a good Education, Go ask the learned, go ask the wise, Of every rank and station. Let gaining wisdom be your aim, - Henceforward from this hour, For let your mind this thing retain, That Education's power.

The Wrongs of Messrs Thistle, Dog Fennel,

Jimpson Weeds, &co. - - -A large and respectable convention of indigenous plants and herbs assembled on the 21st day of May, in Blakes old corn field, to take into consideration the unjust persecution of mankind against the above named classes, and the best method of getting relief

therefrom. At 1 P. M., the convention was called toorder, and Col. Articum Burdock appointed chairman, and Judge Stramonium Jimpson-weed Secretary. The chair then stated, in a brief and happy manner, the objects of the meeting, summed up the scorn and contumely heaped on each of his hearers, reminded them of the fatal plough, and hoe, and conjured them to act with harmony and descision. On his taking his seat, Mr. Rash Nettle arose, and advocated the propriety of assuming a hostile attitude, and by united effort, to sting, stick, and scratch terms out of community, declaring that such had ever been his course, and many a time had he put to flight bipeds, when intruding with careless foot on his premises. Mr. Sharp Thistle then moved that a committee of seven be appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of tho convention. Adopted. The chair appointed Messrs Thistle, Dog-Fennel, Persley, Catnip, Smart-grass,; Mullenstalk, Spanish-needle, who retired to consult, and the convention took a recess of one half hour to enjoy a passing rain shower. . s ' Half past 2 P. M., the convention was called to order, and the 'committe through their chairman, Mr. Thistle, made the following report : It having, in the course of vegetative events, become necessary for us, as a class of plants, to seek redress of grievances from mankind, a decent respect for the lords of creation impels us to make the following statements, and we hold these truths as self evident, that all plants sprout up free and equal, and that each individual has a right to so' much earth and sunshine as will keep top and root together. But these rights have not been respected nor allowed. Witness the innumerable and unprovoked murders of our race by ploughing, harrowing, hoeing, and pulling us up by the root, in cornfield , wheatfield, potatoc patch, &c, leaving us to die in a scorching sun, calling us a worthless, nasty, unprofitable set of weeds, and circulating reports the most injurious to our moral characters. Therefore Resolved, that we demand of the masculine gender, genus Homo, redress ! 1 ! But to the female3 we would respectfully address the following petition : ' Dear ladies, to you we appeal for compassion ;

we know you have hearts open to the sufferings of all, and we ask, therefore, to be taken under your care and culture ; you delight in the cultivation of plan's, then why not throw away the many sickly cnnpl mnn a nnur Vn n A in trA!ii norlnra n rwl rro rrl o n a

which have no claim on your kind offices. They are foreigners, who will never be assimilated to this democratic country, then take from among the home shrubs, plants to decorate your residences. You have taste, and no doubt will listen to reason,

and if you will be guided by the best evidence in the case, we feel assured that our petition will not be in vain. -Wejl then, we say in all humility, that

the best florists, living and dead, preter us, not only for sweetness, but beauty and other excellent plant like qualities. You ask us to mention these ? We answer, not Linneus nor Jussieu, nor yet Mrs. P., but one who ranks higher still, to-wit : Mr. John Humble-bee; he wont be found running crazy after your Noisett, Syder Grovgers nor your Swindelurn Heletropes, neither will he be found at an Auction room, bidding $2 .50 for something which sound very much like Lousy Kanousky ; not he. Some day, when you have leisure, take your knitting, and come out in the commons, and you will see if Mr. r ' j nf it : n:.A a

roses. 'Tis said that philosophers have found in the cell of this same Humble Bee, the most compact and stable form for constructing divisions of space ; if they had looked a little farther, and adopted the floral taste of this individual, we feel warranted in saying they would have done a wise thing. The convention then unanimously adopted the above preamble, resolution, and petition, and ordered the proceeding to - be signed . by the chairman and secretary, and sent to the Locomotive for publication. Articum Burdock CA'n. D. S. Jimpson Weed Sec.

Messrs Editors : I have no wish to be troublesome to you, or intrude my views and thoughts

upon my fellow citizens any farther than merely to hint at a few things in addition to what I have already said in relation to our city. I hold that no . community can dwell together in harmony unless each individual cares for th 3 welfare, peace, and happiness of his neighbor. The want of this will produce unhappiness and trouble wherever.it is found. But to the object. of my article. Why is it that almost every dwelling in this city is built from 5 to 30 feet oflf the streets 1 I believe this can be traced back to one fact, and that is that if built on the street the builder would be liable to have his sills and steps painted with the filth from the mud holes by tho bristles of the porkers, as

well as have the old sow take possession of the par--lor ; and as this seems a great and crying evil I will at once make war unon them., and those that

raise them, with the motto laid down above always in view. It is said by some that hogs act as scavengers to clean the streets. Now this is a mistake. Let any c-ne look at. the alleys where the hogs run it is enough to sicken any one to look at them and they were cleaned very handsomely by the 1T leVl 0 1 loot Vlltir Sftmn nnvr.nnn ! .1 I. ." U

muioiiui iuoi uuiihj ;oiouu3 nave paiu lllgll prices for lots because they have 30 feet alleys, and of what consequence is it to them ? Who can travel them, or build on them 1 Look, for instance, at the alley immediately cast of Pennsylvania street,