Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 28, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 January 1872 — Page 8

Personal.

Iiinaa A. Burnett is in New York. Anton Kraft will visit Germany next Sprint.'. -ss= Democratic candidates are waking op.

Dr. James Bell returned from Arkansas on Thursday. And now we shall bave a thaw. The drummers are moving West. 0. H. Smith, of this office^ will go to New York next week.„ *. 001. VV. K. Edwards is a trustee of tko State University.

Itev. Dr. Austin, late of St. Stephens Church, has removed to Olney, 111. K. A. Morris has resigned the Sec reteryship of the Yandalia Line .3 Working between meals is what fcurts a good many of as now-a-days.

Hon. D. W. Voorhees purposes to leave for Washington on Monday. 8. K. Hannegan has returned to Washington from a trip to Mexico.

An old toper in town thinks he has a very stylish face because it is so kuobtay.

A colored proacber of this vicinity addresses his boarers as "My brethren and statern."

Since George E-irlv has been in the pork business, he has constantly sung, "Call ine Early, «fec."

Martin Graoe will be a candidate for "ttto Democratic nomination for the Sheriffalty.

Hon. H. D. Scott has been elected Vice President of the State rtural Society.', .v

Our artist friend Cleveland says that whitewashing is dog-goned dull now-a-days.

A Terre-rXuute girl "don't Mow no feller 'round her that hain't rid on the keers."—[Philadelphia Age.

And now it is said that the young lady who can chow gum in seven different languages lives inTern -Haute,

A gentleman of this city who went to a ball in Paris recently, says that he was enamelled with a sirren there.

Kdward F. Moore formerly of this Olty is now engaged in the book and sta Monery business in Sun Francisco, California.

The Democratic press throughout the A&ate very generally favors the re-nora-haation of Bay less W. Hanna for Attorney General.

M. S. Durham has been elected Audi tor W. U. Buckingham, Secretary, and J. II. Iliiger, Treasurer, of the Vanda14a Rii'.roail ^A Terre-Uaute ruffian is said to bave "a wonderful talent for bereaving any fsmily he does not happen to like." fOetroit Post.

Ira Doiano will celebrate the 8th of January, anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, by moving into his new house on Seventh street.

Little Dick's mother asked him what 3 kind of nuts she Bbould buy for him. Doughnuts, mamma me can cack 'cm with my toofs."

Col. Thos. Dowling attended the meeting of the State Board of Agriculture at Indianapolis this week, and a Jos. Gilbert attended the meeting of the State Horticultural Society.

The good old cnstoni of "shooting laiaU'hes," on New Year's days, Is out 'Of date. Mont old citizens can remem^Ijor when Dr. Thos. Parsons was the Miraok shot at all the "shootings" in ^IhJs vicinity. "r

Soo the card of Dr. Salter, elsewhere. Dr. S. is pension agent of largo expedience in Washington City. He was tecpmly Mo leal Referee in the Pension

Bureau, and- is thoroughly posted in Inference to cne business. A Lafayette law-suit has developed Uie fact that the Washington law firm Of Hughes, Denver A Peck, of which Judge James Hughes is senior member, luade over one hundred thousand dollars out of one year's practice recently.

Austin M. Puett, of Greencastle, as ^hairinan of tho National Li bo Union lOomnaltteo, tins issued a call for a contention of the National Labor Reform •Party, to meet in Columbus, Ohio, on |be 8d day of February, for the purpose of nominating oandid«tos for the ^Office ot President and Vice President Of the UuitejJ Statee.

A Fourth street man who haa contracted the habit of turning his family 6nt of doors when he is "balmy," sttampting to Indulge In his usual diversion #ne evening this week, but his family having lost their appreciation Of his favorite joke on account ot the ^depression of tho mercury, laid him on the floor with cure and kept him strap^ped down until he saw and confessed ttae error of his peculiar way.

A m^n is travelling towards this city "who is destined to be very unpopular. iHe claims and usually receives trom Vach owner of a buekboard the sum of twenty dollars for Infrinuemeiit on the ipateul thereof. It is supposed that T. C. Buutiu and Judge Patterson will not quarrel over the question as to which is the pioneer buckboardlst alter the owuer of the original patent arrivoa.

Do l.umblo-bees roam about seeking whom they may Inflict anguish upon lu Winter-time

they do, this su»rj is

aaaaonAble otherwise sot, A little girl attempted to play with ono of the •foresaid b. be. The b. b. unreefod hi* Javelin and stung the child. She cried, sympathising bachelor unde

and a wasted to know what in the nation she was running after the b. b. for. "Ob," Indian* have the fight •fee sobbed, -1 wanted il for my own I" (Madison Free Prm

Theodore Thomss has returned to New York. Wendell Phillips will lecture in Greeucastle next week.

John Smith is stopping at the National. Col. John W. Foster, of Evansville, was In town yesterday.

F. M. Tindolph, now of Vinoennes, was in the city yesterday. Capt. W. E. Cook ar.d wife, of St. Louis, were in town yesterday.

George A. Bettcher, of North Liberty, Ind., is visiting old friends here. Judge John J. Key and wife will leave for Washington on Monday.

Dr. Read yacclnnated one hundred and thirteen persohs yesterday. Newton Booth is a distant relative of Edwin Booth—about 3,SOO miles removed.

Deputy Recorder John Tolbert has acted as Deputy Treasurer during the past week.

Will Randleman, formerly of this city, now of Indianola, Iowa, is visiting friends here.

Jas. Riddle, formerly a well known citizen ot this city, now ot Mattoon, was in the city yesterday.

Sam Dodson creates a panic wherever he goes. He attended to and buried the two sinali-pox patients.

Herbert Madison has accepted a situation in a St. Louis wholesale house and will soon removo to that city.

M. Y. Lingham has left the Rankin troupe, and will play a star engagement in Indianapolis next week.

Frank C. Danaldson will go to Bloom ington on Monday, where he proposes to take the law course in the State Uni j* -(«,•:/ versity.

John Hickox has accepted a posi as deputy in the City Treasurer's office, and will enter upon his new duties in a few days.

Isaac Ball buried three hundred and forty-seven persons last year. He has attended nearly six thousand funerals in his lifetime.

Will you take some of the juice o! corn?" said one tippler to another yesterday. "I am no corn dodger," said the other.

Treasurer Sankey was presented with a fine silver watch by the Masonic lodge of Riley township at their last meeting, for his zealous services in the past. a/

Dauphin Hlnes, of New York, representative ot the Washington Duplex Pumping Engine, is in the city consulting with prominent citizens about water works,,

We are informed that Miss Maude Evanburg lectured in Paris, Illinois, on Thursday night to a good audience and that her offort was really eloquent and forcible.

O. H. Fethers intended to leave this morning for Cincinnati to fill an engagement to read in that city this evening. Unfortunately, he missed the train and was not able to get to that city to-day.

Fred. Douglass will positively lecture in the Opera House on tho evening of the 26th inst. Of Mr. Douglass' fame It is useless to speak. He is the first colored orator in the world, and is not excelled as a public speaker by more than three white men in America. The Opera House should be filled to see this breathing proof of African intellectual development.

Week before last Dr. Bowman attended the meeting of the National Board of Education of the Methodist Church, held in New York city. Tho Sunday following he preached at Cincinnati, and then, after spending two days at home, proceeded to Southwestern Kansas, where he dedicated a church last Sunday. The Doctor might, with propriety, be called an active man.—[Greencastle Banner.

One of the cute citizens of Maxville, our local Hoboken, lately entered a liquor store in this city and asked for a half gallun of whiskey, to be poured into a gallon jug. This was done, but when payment was demanded, the Maxville man refused, and the liquid was emptied. The would-be purchaser had probably anticipated something of he kind, as ho had previously filled the jug half fall of water. As he left the store his face was radiant and his jug half full of drinks, nicely mixed.

Governor Newton Booth, although but little known on the Atlantic side of the continent, or in public life anywhere, Is, notwithstanding, a man of no ordinary character and ability. He is now called to a sphere of action where he will have an opportunity to develop and demonstrate his capacity, and establish a State, if not a national reputation. He has given those who have the pleasure of knowing him, good reason to believe that tt.e people of the Golden State will have no cause to regret the trust they bave reposed In biin.—[UutFalo Express.

We desire to mention the name of one of the purest, most honest and capable men In Indiana for the Governorship on the Democratic ticket. We alluri* to Ool. Thomus Dowling, of Vigo. Indiana has few such men left as Culenel Dowling. His record is fully before the people o* his State as a pure patriot, a man of the highest sense of honor, and an executive officer of great ability. Identified with the history and polities for over a quarter ol a cen tory, there Is yet the man to be heard whisper the flight est breath of suspicion agnlnst his honesty, lii» sound

men as Dowlinj he«d of the

With such

Judgment, or his ability. and Will ticket, the Democracy of half won.—

and Williams at the

B. Holmes, Real Estate Agent—we are reliably informed sold six different pieces of real estate from last Monday up to Thursday evening, besides some horses. Holmes furnishes homes for the homeless. If you wuut a home call on him.

There is a spring in Michigan so strongly magnetic that a man who drank from it and went into a blacksmith shop, found the anvil on which he oat stuck fast to him, and had to have it amputated Whenever a man of taste enters Erlanger A Co.'s mammoth clothing house, something in the way of an elegant suit is sure to stick to him. Erlanger never fails to give an elegant fit. His stock is complete in every respect. He furnishes the coat-fitting shirt—the great ghirt of the future.

A Canadian postmaster had a keg of damaged powder and threw a lump of it in the stove to see if it was good for anything. It was but the stove isu't good lor anything now—though the postmaster will never know it. But R. L. Ball has some stoves that are good, not only good but the best. His stock is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the State. His grates and marbleized mantels cannot be surpassed.

Here is a good recipe for a wife: As much.of beauty as preserves affection, Ot modest diffidence as claims protection A docile mind,subservient to correction, A temper led by reason and reflection. And every passion kept in due subjection Then get her a Stein way Piano of A. Shide and give her a musical education at his Institute and happiness will reign supreme.

An eastern paper reports that a mean Yankee has invented abed which, by some astronomical or philosophical arrangement, dumps its occupants on the floor, precisely at day-break. This would have no effect on Rippetoe. His customers do not allow him to sleep, except a little in the middle of the night. They harrass him with constant demands for his fine groceries, provi sions, teas, coffees, sugars, fruits, etc., at the "white front," 155 Main street,

A gentleman was about completing the sale of a horse which he was very anxious to dispose of, when a little urchin appeared and innocently inquired "Grandpa, which horse are you going to sell that one you built a fire under yesterday to make hiin draw The bargain was at an end. For good bargains in ready made clothing, go to Kuppenheimer & Bro. Their stock of men and boy's clothing is full and complete.

An ignorant candidate for medical honors, having almost thrown himself into a fever from his incapability of answering the questions, was asked by one of the censors how he would sweat patient for the rheumatism. "1 would send bim here to be examined!'' —he said. Those who purchase drugs, medicines, toilet articles, perfumeries, etc., at Gulick A Berry's will never meet with such embarrassments.

A gentleman at our elbow says he saw a young lady of this city skip a rope for five minutes with a pail of water on her head without spilling a drop. We doubt this story but when we hear the little and big folks saying that N. Andrews sells the finest, prettiest, most fashionable and best fitting shoes and boots in the market, we never doubt.

ALong Island former has sued bis wife for divorce, because, after coming to New York and listening to a lecture in favor of free love, she iusisted upon hailing every man who passed the house and Inviting him to have a talk. And she was everlastingly telling the good qualities of Moore Hagerty's marbleized mantles. And she talked of their grates and called them the best, which is true.

The man of our city who oan climb the highest and fall the hardest and not break his neck and come the nearest to dying and live, has recovered and left the city, but Havens A Farris still remain and are doing an immense insurance business on Ohio street. Why should thf*y not with the Phoenix, the North British and the International

If you rannot inspire a woman with love of yen, fill her above the brim with love of herself—all that runs over will te yours. You can do this by smoking Duddleson's fine cigars which he sells opposite the postoffice. Those three Havanss for 25 cents would make any man lovely. He has many other brands equally as good.

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It a pair of oxen stand up against each other in walking, it is a sign that they are not well matched. When lovers do so, it in a sign that they want to be. But what Is more important is that J. B. Lyne A Co. keeps the Rodhever Carto Blanche Champagne with a large and pure acock of liquors and rums, opposite Terre-Uaute Hout»e.

What an argument in fsror ot social connections is the olmervation, that by communicating our grief we have less, and by common letting our pleasures we bave more. But one of the greatest pleasures a man can bave is to purchase a set of harness, or a trunk or valise at Peter Miller's, old Postoffice, 4th street.

A negress, speaking of one of her children who was lighter colored than the rest, said, "I nebber could bear that brat, 'cause h«* shows dirt so easy," and we never oould bear a poor cigar, and we never found one at 8cott Sboafs. He manufactures and sells the best In the State, west of the canal on Main.

A bachelor editor, who had a pretty unmarried slater, lately wrote to anothei similarly circumstanced, "Please exchange." B. G. Cox, who keeps the popular book store Is not an old bachelor, but be would like to have you exchange your greenbacks and small change for some of his books, stationery and many other articles in his Hoe. He keeps the beat sold.

A burglar was once frightened out of his schemo of robbery by the sweet simplicity of a solitary spinster, who, putting her night-capped head out of the window, exclaimed, "Go away, ain't you ashamed?" You will bave no need of being ashamed of the jewelry purchased at Geo. Arnold's, 163 Main street. His goods are all pure gold and silver as represented.

A cemetery sculptor lately published this card: "As the holidays are approaching and time for presents is nearing, I beg to call attention to my stock of tombstones." We beg leave to call your atttention to the large and well selected stock of jewelry at S. R. Freeman's, the "principal jeweler" of Terre-Haute. He always has everything in the jewelry line at bottom prices.

Horace Greeley is reported as authority for the latest rule to secure profit from poultry. If it is desired to make them lay, he says tie their legs together, and then they can't stand. Such experiments may be interesting, but a more profitable one is to buy your hardware goods of Cory A Co., 121 Main street, where you will find one of the largest stocks in the West.

William Ink, of New Hampshire, is now one hundred and sixty-three years old. If his parents had ever dreamed that be was going to be so hard to rub out they would doubtless have named him Indelible. Neither can you rub it out that Dickbout sells more trunks, valises and traveling bags than any other man in Indiana. He makts them at 196 Main street.

A Tennessee farmer has raised a pound of tea, and it cost hiin fifteen dollars to do it. According to the above statement it would surely be better to buy our tea than to raise it. This is especially true since we bave such excellent tea stores in our midst as kept by Tuttle, the oldest and best dealer in teas, coffees, and sugars in the state.

A "shoemaker" writes that he is not only willing to give woman her rights, but "rights and lefts." This is, bis "last" joke, and rather a poor one, but all shoemakers who use L. A. Burnett A Co's findings give the best "rights and lefts" and "lefts and rights" in the market. L. A. Burneit Ac,, keep at 144 Main street.

St. Louis has a direct trade with ten thousand miles of river. Bannister has no customers who come so far, but they do come from the east and west, the north and south, for a long way, and none go away from his store dissatisfied. Bannister is the popular clothier at 79 Main street. He always warrants a perfect fit in the latest styles.

A correspondent criticizing a prima donna rather deficient in physiqe, says: "A chest is as esential as a bureau to a freedman. So iB a good druggist and a well filled drug store essential to have in a neighborhood such as Cook A Davis', on Ohio street where you can get the purest drugs, medicines, perfumeries, etc., sold.

An Irishman complained of his physician, that he stuffed him so much with drugs that he was sick after he got well. Speaking of drugs reminds us that the reliable drug kouse of O. Rankin is the place to get your pure drugs, medicines, toilet articlesf perfuineries, etc at lowest prices.

EXIT YCURG VS.

The "solar myth" is fast absorbing all our great one*. It is now the turn of Lycnrgus, the Spartan lawgiver, to disappear. In a work recently pub lishea. called "Investigations on the History of the Spartan Constitution." the author, Herr Trieber, first investigates the age at wbich Lycurgus is by the Greeks themselves reported to have lived, and be finds that their opinions on the subject are widely divergent— nay, that, to reconcile the different dates, two Lycurgnses were assumed, one at 880 B. c., another at 780 B. c., while others cvt-n place him at the time of the Heraclides—tbat is. the very foundation of the Spartan state, not to mention a host of other impossibilities and absurdities wherewith the older Spartan chronology is fraught on this point. An analysis of the sources themselves reveals the no less astonishing fact that all the account* on Lycurgus wbich we possess are to l»e traced to one writer onlv, namely, Ephorus. of whose works nothing has survived, but to whom Plutarch and Aristotle are indebted for all they record. Acrltieilex'imination, however, of the manner In which thin Ephorus hiniselr went to work proves hint to be quite untrustworthy. Not merely does lie show himself utterly arbitrary in his assumption*, but he distinctly Alls up gaps and reconciles contradictions bv his inventions. So that, according to Trieber, his testimony must be dismissed All that therefore remains is the possibility of there hiving onoe lived a man named Lvcnrgus in Sparta, but tbat ol his agn, lifo, and work, we bave notrnst worthy account also that nothing can be more uncritical than to ascribe any legislative activity to such a shadow of shadows. II iving got thus far, our author broaches his theory of Lycurgus being nothing but a representation of the Solar God. His nainealresdy b*f"keus Creator of Lixbt, his father is E-inotnos, "Good tw bis son Eukosmos, "Good OrUer." It is also known tbat ho had alters ands icritices at Sparta. His ashes are thrown Into the sea, "as the sun sinks iuto the ooesn av night." Even hi* eight months' rule might be symbolical of the disappearance of the sun during the four Greek winter months, which again would bo supported by the name of his

ran, aa given in Plutarch—vis., Antioroa, etc.

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