Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 46, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 May 1872 — Page 1

Vol.

2.

THE MAIL.

Office, 142 Main Street.

Additional City News.

Two brass bands aud a choir will far nlsh masic on Decoration Day.

THE question arises, who will be the leader of the new City Council

THE school picnic nextSaturday prom isesto be the biggest affair of the season.

The children of the public schools are picnicing in small detachments. this spring.

WE are to have anew city directory Hope it may be an improvement on former efforts in this line.

JUDGE SCOTT'S Common Pleas Court "will adjourn to-day. He will open .court in Rockville on Monday.

THE opening of Ohio street across the «E. A C. R. R., is again being agitated. Now, if we oould have a revival of the fPark street war, things would be lively.

THE ground west ot the Terre-Haute House seems to have been dedicated to out-door show purposes. It is now 'About the only eligible looation in the city.

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ATTORNEYS will And the Mail a good medium for publishing legal notices. Personal attention will be given to regular iusertion and the prompt return ot proper affidavit*.

AN* WOODS, on Eleventh street, whose brother died of small-pox two weeks ago, died of the same dread disease on Thursday. Aremarkable fatality has attended thlsalsease in this city.

THE aristocratic dwellers on South Sixth street are up In arms at the prospect of a livery stable on the east front of Central Park, and along which they will be obliged to pass in their daily promenades. ..

5 THE city has 141,863.20 in the treasury, divided as follows: Railroad sinking tund, $$7,878.81 Ralldroad interest fund, £1,338.01 Normal Sohool fund, •S*$l,063.70 Cemetery fund, $1,726.08 •^General fund, $26,545.76. •••••£:*.

A RESTAURANT In this city sends out warm meals to families at twenty five cents a head. One of our prominent citizens has his dlnnor sent In at this rate, oostlng only one dollar a day, while his wife gets up the breakfast y«nd supper, thus doing away with the servloes of a kitchen girl.

a A Council of Congregational Churches nnd ministers meets this afternoon at the West Vigo Church for the purpose of advising in reference to the ^ordination of Win. Qoodman to preach.

Mr. Goodman is an old and greatly respected resident of this eounty, and is well known to many of our readers. He will labor oblefly in his own neighborhood. The ordlnatlen exercises will iprobably take place on Sunday afternoon.

A MAIN street saloon and beer garden has upon Its business cards these legends

OI.T

TESTAMENT.

Give strong drink unto him that la ready sto pariah, awl win* to thosethAt beol heavy "heart*. I*t him drink anil forget hia poverty, and remember hta misery no mprf. '-—Proverbs xxxl,«, 7. 1$ NKW TESTAMENT.

Drink no longer water, but use a little *vrlne for theutomRoh'*mke And thine oiten ^Infirmities.—First Kplatle of Paul to Timothy, v. SB.

Who loves not Wine, Woman and Song, Remains a Fool his whole life long."

MERCHANTS and business men should $bear In mind that The Saturday Evening Mail has a circulation larger than .*11 three of the Daily papers in this city combined, and this circulation is steadily and rapidly increasing. This ^statement Is not made to the detriment or iqjury of any one of our cotemporaries, with whom we hope to enjoy nothing but the most pleasant business -^relations. It is a fact known to all iprlnters and newspaper men in the city.

CITY KLECTtoN.—The municipal election on Tuesday last did not draw out lull vote, and resulted in the election of all the Republican candidates for X\uncllmen. Toe total vote oast was "32,358, which is about one-third less than full Tote of the city. The following lis a tabular statement of the vote cast mist WAJUFE. r«*«. Muf, IM. ^Michael By«r*.~..—~ .»

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SECOND WAEXk

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^featuring l-» rotmni WABJD. *!,M. Ifr«d»nthal Harry Doo|Ua— MB—SI ptrra WARXV. wm.acun *2 John IN "1

Town-Talk.

It is a terrible scourge that is now prevailing in this city. The small pox is more fatal but not attended with more suffering. T. T. refers to

SPRING FEVEB.

A stout, over-grown fleshy boy was probably the worst victim this week, and he had the hearty sympathy of Town Talk in his sfflictions. T. T. had covenanted with him lor a dollar to saw a load of wood which T. T. had purchased of an honest farmer at twice its actual value. The sswyer in the early morning began his task bravely. He hummed a lively tune and then whistled some blithe variations, sawing away the while as though labor was bis delight. Then he lapsed into silenoe and sawed on. Then he neither sawed nor sung, but sat and looked first at the wood pile and then at the westering sun. Then he concluded that it was time to knock off for supper, and he did so. All next day he worked and worried over that little pile of wood, now sitting down, and now lying prone upon the ground with a soft stick of wood for a pillow, and when his task was ended, weariness would not permit him to carry away anything but his dollar, and be came back next day for his coat and saw. Appropos of Spring fever, we may mention the

GARDEN FEVER,

Which breaks out about the same time of year, and which is now raging. People are now raking, planting and calculating—the latter being used as a kind of sauoe to give them an appetite for the others. Man Is an agricultural implement. From our father Adam we all inherited a gardening disposition, and it comes perfectly natural for us to scratch around at planting time and reap what we can find at harvest. Unfortunately, though, the gardening instinct is interfered with by the curse of

Bin,

and though seed time and har­

vest do not fail, crops do. Town Talk has seldom found bis agricultural labors rewarded according to his aspirations somebody has always sucoeeded in raising bigger beets, larger lettuce, better cabbage and more fragrant onions.

A NOVEL,

Founded upon fact, by T. T., author of exciting articles in The Mail, dc. fcc. This is the announcement whioh will some day startle this great city. The heroine is already selected, and a few chapters are in notes. Here are some of the notes:

Chapter I.—Sunday afternoon little girl wending her way homeward, on prinolpal street of Prairie City. Dress, blaok velvet gait mincing and swinging—the swing not yet natural head tossed this way and that glance at dress on right side glanoe at dress on left side a hurried glance over left shoulder to see how skirts swing. A carriage approaches girl assumes a perfectly unconscious manner a footman approaches—same manner assumed. Everybody in passing exclaims,

What a little fool." Chapter II.—Years pass. A young lady minces and swings along Sixth street. Dress, a Dolly Varden—eyeglasses every movement betrays fact that young lady thinking of herself does everything to be seen thinks everybody notices her—everybody does notice her, and says What a fool! Why don't her mother take her in and spank her?"

Chapter IIT.—A wedding. 8*mJ mince and swing same effort to appear unconscious, and same appearance of consciousness modesty assumed everything assnmed all the people say, "What a tool I"

Last Chapter—Moral.—Oirls don't. Dross if you please, and as you please dress to kill—that la, to kill yourselves, and to kill the fellows no matter how you dress if you really forget yourselves and your dress, you will be admired no matter how you dress, or walk, or act, if you not forget yourself, but are always thinking How do I look?" everybody will answer, "You look like a fool 1" The secret of attractiveness is self-forget fulness. The secret of repulsiveness is self-conscious-

SOME SORE HEADS.

T. T. has Buffered, for many miserable years, from a painfully palpable lack of popular appreciation. Having tried to deserve well of the public, by keeping out of the poor-house and penitentiary, he has been grieved and shocked to feel that his efforts to win grateful recognition of such service, by his fellow citizens, have been productive of no good results. Men no beUer nor wiser than T. T. have been lifted to high official stations, and their neighbors and fellow citizens have seemed to delight in showering honors on their heads. Naturally enough, T. Ts. head has achsd for a similar shower, until long continued aching has mads it sore. Yes, he is not aahamed to confess that scorn and neglect have wrought thstr wretched work on the crowning portion ef his anatomical stnietars. Hs owfcs up to a ssrs heed—just *ors

as the beads of any of the Colonels, or lawyers or farmers who felled to come in for their shsrs of publle plunder when Orsnt and Morton made division of the spoils in *69. And this is the reason, as anybody ought to know, why T. T. took his carpet-bag in hand a few days sgo and journeyed by rail to Cincinnati to pttend a national convocation of soreheads Two or three of T. T.'s neighbors went along with him. One of them went because he couldn't go to Congress. Another, because he hadn't been authorized to write P. M. after his name. And and another because Morton had snubbed him. Ssch valid reasons for going to Cincinnati proved to T. T. that he traveled with patriots. He was proud of his company. He reveled in sweet communion with great and good men whom political misfortunes had made as miserable as himself. He embraced them, and mutual pledges of sympathy were swapped. All the world knows what we did at Cincinnati and most of the world meanly si Bpoets that so foolish a job of work vis never turned out by any other pack simpletons. But our souls are serene—sustained by a sublime consciousness of public duty nobly done— and by a sublime hope of that reward which waits on virtuous deeds—postoffices, collectorships, Ac. In fact, it is all fixed up. The spoils of '72 are amicably divided. The week that sees H. G. in the White House, will see Linus Burnett turning over the books and documents of his postofflce to a greater farmer than be of Chappaqua. Then will the "Liberal" party of Sugar Creek rejoice in the glad fruition of long deferred hope. Then will one sorehead have no further use for a barber And just about that time will Samuel Magill yield up his collectorship to the nice little man who didn't go to Congress while whisky-gauger Hamilton will return the pulpit, for the Hundred Days Hero shall gauge whisky in his stead. As for T. T., he will be satisfied with, "Good Lord, most anything, an office of any kind." If nothing better turns up, colored mail agent Walker will turn out to make room for T. T.

The Lock Box.

[Under this head we will publish short communications on matters of local Interest, from the people. All are Invited to contribute.

Letters,

—No. 46. TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1872. Price Five Cents.

hints, and suggestions may

be left at tbls office or dropped In the Postoffice, addressed to The Mall.]

EDITOR MAIL Will you oblige yopr readers, or one of your regular readers, by inserting under Lock Box Column, or elsewhere, the enclosed How to Choose a Eoctor," and oblige yours truly, ANON.

HOW TO CHOOSE A DOCTOR. To have good sense as a doctor, one must have good sense as a man. If your doctor is a nincompoop about other things you may be sure that he isaninnyand make-believe as to medicine and surgery. If the doctor's office is untidy and vile to smell of, you may be quite certain that he will come short of giving good counsel as to health and tidiness of body. If he be clumsy in hitching his horse, you may be sure that he is not handy at surgery or midwifery. If he be a great, coarse, blundering fellow, careless of dress, a twofisted looking man, you may be sure that he will lack perception of those finer symptoms by which a good doctor is guided. If he slanders brother physicians, do not trust him. Good, earnest doctors are too busy to find time to slander their brethren or their rivals. It is all the same with ministers, lawyers and teachers. The truly good and truly great do not detract from the reputation of others, they are generous and magnanimous even to rivals. If your doctor flatters you and humors your lusts and appetites, and helps you out of a bad scrape secretly, without reproof, as if you bad done no wrong, distrust him. If you can hire him to do or say what he would not do without hire, beware of him. Good doctors oannot be bought. Your doctor ought not to be a aingle man. He ought to have a wife and children, and if you see that his wife respects and loves him and his children obey him, that is a good sign that he may be trusted. If your doctor tells you how to keep well, that is a good aign. If the children like him that Is a good sign. If you find him resding in his office that is good sign, and especially if he be a settled or middle aged man. If you hear him say "I once thought so and so but I was wrong,'* that is good sign. If hs understands how to bud roses, graft fruit trees, mix strawberry pollen for Improved berries, tinker trunk lock or pats dock in order, all these things are so much to his credit. If, further, you love to meet him, the sight of him quickens you, and you are glad to hear him chat, and you know hira thus to be a loveable, sympathetic man, he is the man for your doctor, your confidential friend—find him, trust hlm-t—T. K. Beecher.

THE Mail is on sals each week si all news depots Dooiey*a, Craft's sad Post OAos Lobby.

Amusement Notes.

Those who attended the complimentary oonoert of Mrs. J. B. Richardson, at Dowling Hall, on Monday evening, eqjoyed a very acceptable entertainment. From the large sale of tickets and the generous donation of hall rent and printing expenses we are glad to know that it was quite a substantial benefit.

The Great Eastern Menagerie, Museum, Avairy, Circus, Callope, Baloon Show and—we forget the rest of the title—that was here on Tuesday, was about the worst fraud that we remember to have been perpetrated on our show-going people. It was not so intensely bad, but the fraud consisted in advertising so much more than was done or was contained in the collection.

On Monday and Tuesday evenings of next week the distinguished artiste Janauschek will appear at the Opera House. In majny respects she is the most remarkable woman on the stage anywhere. She was first known as a German actress of celebrity in her own, or rather in her adopted, country. She then gave the classic German drama in its best style. During that tour of the principal cities of the country, she thought she saw a good opening for an actress, in English, of her peculiar mental and physical capabilities. But she did not speak, nor did she understand, scarcely a word of the language. An idea seized her, and no quicker had it possessed her than she set aboilt cartying it out. It was to master English and occupy the same exalted place on the English stage that she did on the German. She was not a young girl, but she had an unbending will, and remarkable flexibility of tongue. In an incredibly short time—about sixteen mouths—she was ready to make her debut on the American stage, before a New York audience, and was pronounced a magnificent success. It was such a victory over the difficulties of language as was never before recorded, and probably never will be again. Her next tour of the country was a continued marvel, and a succession of ovations. The German and English speaking elements of our population were equally astonished at her complete transformation into an English actress. She will give us on Monday evening "Mary Stuart," and on Tuesday evening, "Maobeth." The sale of seats is now going on at Bartlett A Co's.

Country Talk.5

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Nature has put on her Mayday attire and come for thin georgeous array. How beautiful yet so changed, since my boyhood days, when all nature was wild and uncultured. As the pioneer received it from the red man, it was then grand to behold. The only fruits were the wild crab, the plum, the sloe, the persimmon, the strawberry, and our wild native grapes festooning the forests on every side, all of which will soon bo of the past, only remembered by those who enjoyed them in their younger years. Such were the thoughts of C. T., as his eyes looked out this bright May morning and beheld the improvements of man,in fruits,shrubs, trees and flowers, all whioh appear to be trying to excel in their profusion of flowers and promise of heavy crops of fruits, to bless and invigorate the human family, and yet how few are thankful to the Great Ruler of the universe, who gives all life, and the untold blessings oonferred on the family of man.

C. T. enjoys the beauties of nature and thinks if parents would cultivate the love of nature in their children, it would be a blessing to the rising generation whioh would make better citizens of all. They are the ones that will improve thecountry, beautify their homes assist to mike man happy and the wilderness bloom like the rose. C. T. in going to the city on the Lockport road and often thinks of the great changes which have taken plaoe within the past few years. It seems only a short time slnoe the road passed over the prairie, north of where it now runs about one hundred yards psssing directly through the grounds now planted in fruits and nursery by our enterprising citizen, Wm. Patrick, whose grounds we had the pleasure of looking over. He certainly is trying to make our beautiful prairie ornamental as well as useful. He is only showing what the sons of toll can do by labor and is succeeding most admirably. We won't attempt a description of his trees and fruits, but would ssy go and see them, he ssys the latch string is out. "G. T» well-wisher" desires us to be little more spicy, and give the country cousins of the Bigblow family slight dressing. T. T. hss promised to take care of the Bigblow frmily for the present st least, sad ws think he will do it. There is soother family that C. T. will psy soms attention too si soms ftiture time. It is the Backbiting family. This fiscally ts more numerous in the country than the Blgbiows, they are very dtflarsatly made, yet in out­

ward appearanos are aimilar.' Their lungs are usually not so strong, yet they hsye great tenacity of life and some have lived beyond their usefulness. They are of all stripes, kinds, and grades, and when you meet them they will make you think they are your especial friend. In all outward appearance they are similar to the balance of the human family. Self ooncelt usually strongly predominates in their character, part of them are second cousins to the Bigblows.

We can now boast of railroad communications with our beautiful city of Terre-Haute, and the balance of the world in general. Lock port's prospect for the fiiture looks blooming and gay. We wish it understood that this is as good a locality for iron furnaoes as any in the country, and expect ere long to aee the light of furnaoes lining the C. A T. H. R. R. in our looality.

We were sorry we had not time to give you a call last week, but this season of the year is a busy time with us farmers and we make it a rule to improve. We had a good rain here last night it will do our wheat and grass good. ••»•••••.

Feminitems.

No female treasury clerk has ever "defalcated." Dolly Varden, if now alive, would be about 50 years old.

This time it is a daughter of Mrs. Ecker, of Canal Dover, Ohio. Kerosene fire-kindling. Aged ten years.

An exchange says: "A number of ladies at Hartford are about starting a joint insurance company." What kind of joints are they going to insure

Miss Stevens, a beautiful blonde preacher, is oreating a profound religious sensation in Georgia. She is said to make all the masculines feel like embracing her—dootrines.

A blind woman in Iowa has learned to thread a cambric needle with her teeth and tongue. Is there anything in the world that a woman's tongue cannot do—or undo -y

A Philadelphia woman, who was so indiscreet as to break her leg, but could not endure the mortification of having a doctor set it, has died from mortification after all.

A Michigan matron is the last woman who set a tub of boiling water on the floor. The baby was a beautiful one, and the mother is inoonsolable since its tragio death.

A lady In Montezuma, Iowa, has the smallest child on record. It is two weeks old, and weighs only two pounds. Still it is perfectly healthy. Economy is a characteristic of the people of Iowa.

According to the Chicago Times there is a "widow's investigating oommittee" in that city. Seems to us it would be rather pleasant to act as chairman of that committee, "with power to send for persons and papers." .•

An exchange says fashionable young people are calling upon somebody to invent a new dance. Suppose "somebody" invents one wherein the young lady dances around the house and looks after everything.

We respectfslly submlt this question When the assertion was made that "the proper study of mankind is man," was it considered that in 1872 there would be 50,000 more females than males In Massachusetts

If Vincennes keeps on growing for the next century as it has for the last two or three, it will be a considerable village. A hotel to be managed excluaively by ladies is now in prospect. A first-class hostleress is all they need to perfect their organization.

Janesville, Wisconsin, girls go to the opera bonse and insist upon sitting on the railing and hanging their feet over. One man in the parquette had a narrow escape from being crushed to atoms the other night, by one of the young ladies dropping her shoe upon him.

Two Mexican ladies of rank recently fonght a duel about a lover, first with swords and then with pistols, when the challenger's left arm was broken by her antagonist's ball, and she was carried off the field In a swoon. ThfViotor married the casus belli two hours after. '.l.\ I'

A tender youth in Oregg* made a venture in the breach of promise business lately, his feelings having been outraged by a lady, fair but false. She pleaded that the engagement was broken, and that she gave him $12 60 and a bottle of Fforids water as a compensation for tM loss of her affections. The Jury decided that wss quits enough and gave verdict for the lsdy.

AtOstka

Falls,

Missouri, the farm­

ers' wives have organized a dub, sad meet regularly around at one another's bouses, and discuss various topics routing to their domestic eoonomy. Their husbands frequently accompany them, and stroll around the farm of their host, looking st his cattle sad crops until tea time, when they all assemble around the festive board sad haves good time.

Kate Chase Sprsguo hss not been lm sooiety this past winter, having devoted herself, with motherly wisdom, to her:' family of little ones. "Maud," ssys^ Mother Sprsgue, "plsoes the snug little? sum of $250,000 in the bank tor each oft Kate's babies* aa fest aa they make| their appearanoein this unhappy world, with the generoua amount of $50,000 for* Kate herself." It is very large story/ and I haven't the oourage to assume the reaponaibility of oalling it a feet, although declared as such.—[Waahington Letter.

People and Things.

The gamblers in San Franclsoo weary maaks while dealing. fe The Cardiff Giant has resohed Philadelphia a little ahead of the conventions

Horace Greeley must have been a. thoroughly depraved youth. He says he quit drinking when he was thirteen.*.

A minister of Indianapolis aocording to the Sentinel, haa developed a "faculty" of striking straight from the ahoulder.

Theodore Granby computes that ar: million dollars are every yearwaated In buttons on the backs of coats where they are of no uae.

Maryland Jews are obliged to leave that State in order to marry, as marri-r. ages are not valid there unless performed by a minister of the Gospel."

A Western paper alludes to a neighbor who haa "an acre of dirt on hia feoe." That's nothing. We met a fellow the other day who had an acher in his mouth.

A Southern paper modestly aaks us? to believe that a Florida negro ate two bushels of dried apples on a bet, refreshed himself at the town pump, and burst.

An Eastern exchange haa this erratum: "In our paragraph yesterday concerning thirteen ministers who hadbeen spanked In infancy, for spanked) read sprinkled."

It is said that Elihu Burritt learns a new language every year, having a monomania in that direction. It is ft comfort to know that he has nearly, oompassed the list.

John Stuart Mill and Sismondl both* insist upon the neoessity that every: married pair should bring two children Into the world, and no nore, toK make good their plaoes therein.

The origin of the word candidate iKcandldus, white, referring to the oolor of the toga which the old Romans used to prescribe for aspirants for offloe. Candidatus is a white coated applicant for popular suffrage—Dr. Greeley, for? instance. Here's to our first genuine, classical candidate for the Presidency —the first who did the thing by evident? instinct in "the high old Roman way." —[Lou. Cour. Jour. £7

For The Saturday Evening Mall. TRANSPLANTED FLOWERS. How mournful are the echos in my heart, slnoe first the circle of our lover waa broken, and death, with wintry touch and chilling breath, blighted our| hopes and made our dreams of bliss—a mockery.

Oh can I e'er forget his first, sad! call. When on our eldest-born hefo„ placed his Icy finger. And she—ao^ young, so loved, sank softly In his oold| embrace. How bitter was the stroke to feel that never more upon my breaat her bead ahould nestle. Nor her low, sweety tones be heard breathing my name, my lovely one, my own bright Maggie,

But when Our Father," in bis goodness, gave us two more sw®et babes, with bright, black eyes and rosy cheeks, and hair of darkest bus, so like, that strangers ne'er

oould

tell one from the

other, we thought our cup would yet o'er run with bapplnew. And many a plan for fUtcu* bliss would mingle in our day dreams.

Butw^n fire summers came and went,fhelittle bud had drooped, and ,: ere UfB frost had nipped the flowers, our ow&aweet "Belle" had gone to be an sBgel.

But as our fair twin bud atlll lived we fondly hoped that now death's cruel darts were stayed, and we ahould rear: our loved one, to be a atay when wo should walk the down-hill of our lives.

But "Our Father" willed not so. Ho had for her a plaoe among the angels. And so when summer flowers were, desd, and birds hsd left our wintry: skies to find some fairer bowers, sho too departed, and left us for a happier sphere, where parting never comes, nor death nor tears.

Oh "Carrie," love, my hMrt seems breaking, breaking. For never more will oome to me the muaic of thy voice. Nor yet thins own bright smile gladden the home, made now so desolate.: And now the vacant chairs sod seat on "fether's knee," each loved so well to till, are all too sad to dwell upon.

Peace stricken hearts.

For

knowest

thou not that "Whoa the Father lores He ohasteueth." Bow to his wUl and ssy, "Even so, Father, for so it sssmeth to Thee good..' Ftomiaws.

TXEJ&X-HAOTE, Msy 8tb, 1872.