Locomotive, Volume 9, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1849 — Page 2

this engagement by presenting prior claims to their services, in which case very reasonable facility is granted them for that purpose. They receive no salary, the Institution supplies their every reasonable want, and amply provides for those whose health has suffered by their hard service in the cause of suffering humanity. Justice. Mr. Editor : I have looked in the Locomotive for some time to see if you said anything about Sabbath breaking, and those that carry their guns along the streets ou the Sabbath day. They are getting very impudent and bold in their violations of that Holy day, and I think the best way to check it is to get the Locomotive after them. ' On last Sunday a man walked up the Michigan Diagonal with his gun on his shoulder, intending, no doubt, to make the day of rest a day for sport. 1 know of women that regularly do their ironing on the Sabbath. Don't you think they had better do it on Saturday, or wait till Monday! B. Historic Fire ; A Discourse delivered at the Calliopean Society and Lyceum of Wabash College, July Zth, 1849. By Rev. Charles Beecher, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. This is the title of an address of Rev. Charles Beecher, to the Societies of the Wabash College, now being printed by the Societies, in this city. It is, as its title indicates, a scorching address, replete with bright thoughts and brilliant, flashing ideas, that must enchain the attention of the reader, and is well worthy a careful and attentive perusal. To meet in part the expenses of printing, the young men will dispose of a limited number of copies, which can be had at the book stores. Still Persevere. If once or twice you've tried in vain, Still, still persevere ; For next you may the prize obtain, Still, still persevere ; Who would not rather wear than rust ? For soon all pass to mother dust, Still, still persevere. If from your sires no rank doth fall, Still, still persevere ; If e'en at firrt your means are small, Still, still persevere; For, from the little, great may grow By keeping this one phrase in view, Still, still persevere. Though grief and sorrow fill your heart, Still, still persevere ; For many lessons they impart, Still, still persevere; For, would you rise above the sod, To dwell in endless bliss with God, Still, still persevere. . To Sally Ann Soft is the down on the butterfly's wing ; Soft is the whispers when lovers speak ; Soft is the light which the moonbeams fling, But softer by far is my lady love's cheek. Sally's Reply Soft am taters all smashed up, And mush am soft as kin be; But softer be's that silly pup, Vot writ that varse to me.

A gentlemen writing from the west, says that he is altered so since he left home that his oldest creditor would not know him.

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TO CONTRIBUTORS AND CORRESPONDENTS. Alas, thy eyes are blue Next week. G. VV. J. Your lines will need a thorough revision and many corrections before they are ready for publication. You can either take and revise them, or we will do it the first leisure we hnve. EIdwin You are regularly " booked'' with the extras.

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Dissolution. The company heretofore existing under the name of David R. Elder & Co., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The paper will be conducted in future by John R. Elder, in whose hands are left the books and accounts for settlement. Valedictory. The retrospect of my connection with the Locomotive the past twenty months, is replete with pleasure, gratification, and pride. Our success has exceeded the most sanguine anticipations of ourselves and friends; and my heart warms with emotion as I look upon its steady and continued increase in circulation and usefulness ; and it is also a consolation to see it now successfully and permanently established, notwithstanding the thousand little unavoidable difficulties which were encountered at the commencement of the enterprise. Through the kindness of numerous friends, distinguished for their disinterested benevolence, the Locomotive has acquired an enviable circulation in every city, town, and village in the State. To those gentlemen we herein tender our most sincere thanks, and acknowledgments, and through their energy I opine that these lists, in future, will be rapidly and largely increased. And now, kind friends, in leaving the position I have occupied, I feel confident it is entrusted to far better and more experienced hands. I cordially recommend the Locomotive to the support of the public. Sic transit gloria mundi. David R. Elder. End of Volume. With this number expires the subscription of a great many of our mail subscribers a note will be sent them, and unless money is remitted on the receipt of it, their names will be erased from our books and their paper discontinued. We would urge all at a distance to pay by the year, as it must be a great trouble to send every three months. A Model Tomato. We saw a tomato, raised in a garden in this city, that weighed one and three quarter pounds. It was large enough to make two good messes for a small family, and was just as good as it looks. Who can beat that ? Peaches are getting quite plenty, but they are generally quite small, and nothing to compare to the "Congress Peach," or that other kind, handed us by a nameless friend to try." The smallest favors thankfully received, and larger ones in proportion.

Indiana University The Annual commencement of this institution took place on Wednesday, the 15th inst. The graduating class consisted of eight members, seven of whom received their diplomas, the eighth had not yet completed his course, and we were informed that these gentlemen, in their addresses, acquitted themselves with great credit to themselves and the Institution. The Bloomington Tribune, in speaking of the University, says : " This Institution is in a prosperous condition, and yet it is not half so prosperous as it ought to be. Every county in the State has a right to send two students to the University free of tuition fee, which alone would make near two hundred students in this State ; more than the whole that are now sent from all the States. Why do the counties not send them in?" What, we would ask with emphasis, is the true cause of the languid condition, according to the Tribune, of this noble Institution ? Discreditable as it may be to Bloomington, there has been an opposition, less now than formerly, it is believed, to that valuable Institution. If this be a fact, it will best account, perhaps, for its condition as presented by the remark quoted above. Admitting it to be true, would it not be politic to remove that valuable Institution to some other place say the centre of the State the seat of the State government s There it would, doubtless, receive at once that encouragement and vital support which could not fail to give to the Institution that which it so much needs, to be in eflfect and in reality a State University. Refraining from remark, we will simply say that the proper location, of the State University is one which commends itself to the calm, enlightened and deliberate consideration of our' forth-coming Legislature. We trust the subject will be so regarded by intelligent men throughout the State. A Man Trap. There are different kinds of man traps. One kind are those set by young ladies, with their curls and furbelows for bait, to entrap hemalff animals with this kind we have noth. ingto do at present. But those bridges over the Lock, near the paper-mill, are regular traps that will certainly catch, and perhaps kill some of our citizens before long, if they are not fixed. The timbers are rotted, and the bridges are in every way unsafe, and those having jurisdiction over them should either have them fixed immediately, or barricaded, to prevent people falling through them. This is a serious matter, and should any accident result from letting them remain as they are, it must reflect severely on those whose duty it is to keep them in order. Mellons. Watermelons and muskmellons are now being brought to the city in great abundance. Wagon load after wagon load are daily brought in, and are disposed of and consumed in the most approved manner. We have seen a number of very fine ones, but are dally looking for that man that excels in raising mellons, to bring for our inspection and use that "model mellon" who's the man ? If he does he'll get his name in the papers, certain. The Rev. John C. Steele, of Alleghany, Pa., has been installed pastor of the Associate Reform ed Presbyterian Congregation in this city.

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