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Indianapolis Locomotive (Newspaper) - October 14, 1848, Indianapolis, IndianaThe locomotive saturday october 11. Isis. The Rev. C. E. Babb was ordained and installed pastor of the 2d presbyterian Church in this cite on tuesday evening last. I he ordination Sermon was preached by Rev. H. Curtis of Madison and the charge to the minister ordained was made by Rev. Or. Simpson of Thorntown. The services wore peculiarly impressive and interesting. wheat wagons from this and the adjoining counties Are again filling our streets and Thor contents the warehouses and Mills. This gives our City a business appearance and we think it will soon vie with main Street in Cincinnati if it continues. Success to Trade. Daily thurs no inst the first no. Of the Indiana state journal daily was issued and As it was entirely unannounced it was a pleasant Surprise. It contains seven columns of rending matter and the editor promises telegraphic news daily from the Eastern cities. We Are glad to see improvements of All kinds and the multiplication of papers is a sure indication of Prosperity in a place we wish the daily journal every Success May its Shadow never grow less. City a a citizen a in the inst Sentinel strongly urges the propriety of the Council putting up seven lamps on Washington Street during the Winter. The idea is a Good one but we would say double the dose a put at least Throe on every Square and then they May be of some use. A lamp at the Corner of each Street on a dark night would be Little better than the North san re it would Tell which Way to steer without pointing out the pud Dies and opon cellar doors. The expense attending the in action of lamps would lie Small and the Benefit derived great a we say gel the lamps by All menus. The Lunatic Asylum is to be heated by fire below with pipes running through the building. For this pros they purchased a very Large an old in Osier seeing the Biler on a visit to the Assy Lum exclaimed in breathless astonishment a the lord save us if Tulcy Uinn a a going to run the Lunatic Asylum by so com. Bless my soul what will they do next with this Larnel or. Ii. A. Fletcher showed us. Yesterday one of the Liiri st apples we Ever saw weighing20 ounces. It was taken from an Orchard on Buck Creek. Iron a tree containing quite a number of similar Siz the y Are culled the a Taylor the a great whig rally Quot came off yesterday in ibis City and a number of prominent men from a distance were present. As there wus no procession to Bud do Way of estimating their numbers but suppose there wus somewhere Between 400 and 10.000. appears that our fair Friend has so far forgotten the declaration we made last Spring to extract All we could from albums sent to us As to Send herbs with a request that we would at least put our autograph in it. Of course we must comply with the request but it seems so much like u Challenge to us in the face of the declaration to Mode that we cannot resist the temptation to steal a that word is proper for we take without the consent of the owners from its pages at least one Little piece for the Benefit of our readers. What a boots Quot it to the writer whether his piece appears in a Public or a private journal ? Nix we suppose. The piece we select has the Benefit of being original and is there is a a few More of the same sort left a we May again be tempted to a a appropriate the not positively a forbidden Wasey or a Man in such a fix As i poor soul in now placed in id rather Cross the a River of Sticks a than this dread task to hut begin. What i ask Tho Muse her Aid to lend to Rouse the Lethar Getic souled. That something silly May be penned for critic eyes to but behold i a i no the sound would be too faint to reach the Distant muses ears or if but heard would be so quaint As but to conjure up her fears. I vow i wish i could but shun 1 he thousand tricks and each Cuto plan the a fair ones Quot form to a have some fun a w Hen they can catch a a bashful but no an evil Genius reigns and guides my feet amidst the snares w hich mischief lays in a a Beauty strains a to catch a a thing Quot that a breeches but being caught experience shows a the belter part of valor is a that a Bools Quot that guard n a Bachelor s toes Quot should far out Shine a a dark Eye a if i your wish have fully met a passing thought i will but claim if riot. I surely will regret my random Versos has proved so lame. Running the sunday evening. After the services of the Church arc Over in n certain Church in this City the Well drilled gaping corps March out of lire Church in column and Filo right and left two deep. From the door Down the Steps to the pavement. This ror is is so Well drilled that to commander is necessary each Man ? has his appointed Post and is expected to fill it. Tile corps is composes of a real handsome set of Young men most of them Are real beauties and they Are thus stationed by thir commanders that the ladies my a View them As they a would suggest to the ladies the propriety of g to thug n few More lamps in the Hall and Oil the Steps Tho corps does not show off advantage at present and unless this is Dune some o the members May desert their posts. After the duty of the corps is Over at the Church they rendezvous Oil the store boxes mid each member gives in an official account of what he saw who went Home with miss who or. Went Home Wii i who got the i Iii Len. Bli. If passing through this crowd of whiskered heroes with u lady is not equivalent to running the , then we Aja it we done to know anything about it. Good gentleman who prides himself on the impression he makes of those who visit him. Wus a taken in and done torn not Long since by n juvenile who has not his Eye Teeth Cut yet. It will Bear repeating and we leave it to our readers if it is not too Good to be lost. A Little boy six years old and Small for his age. Who is a great favorite with Tho youngsters on account of his original sayings and Mother wit walked into it Nguc Ecotype room not a thousand Miles from this place and told the operator he wished to have his mature taken. The operator knowing the child supposed of course that he had been sent by his Parent placed him in the proper position with directions to look at the Little Button and not move amp a. A fee. He per formed his part to admiration and Tho a a pictures was a Good one. After the plate was put in a Case it was handed to Tho youngster who immediately tendered two cents As payment. A this is not enough a said the a Well a said the juvenile a its All in be a but 1 must have More if 1 let you take Tho a now see Here old Corey Quot said the youth a a in la pay you the balance when i get it. You done to expect me to pay it before that do you a a Aga Lang. I you Little Arab a said the operator As he put up the picture. Considering Tho size and age of the child and the fact that he acted without direction or prompting from any one to consider this decidedly the richest scene of the season. The operator should have Given the picture without requiring the two cents As a Reward of Merit. 03�?oour Eastern exchanges can Benefit the Western ladies very much if they will notice the fad that female servants Are very scarce in this part of the country and induce a cargo to Migrate. In the cities of Philadelphia and new York the intelligence offices Are filled with females in search of employment Many of whom have been sucking places for weeks and months lore the Case is Verry different it is considered a great favor by a girl if she will live with you besides requiring enormous wages for her services and after you get Hert by the Lime she is installed she lakes a notion to get married and off she gnus that �9 the Groat diff Zulty Here not that we Objet to their gelling married but it is very inconvenient to Hunt up girls evry year for some fellow to Murry. There is not women enough ill the West by one half we know indies hero oblige is to do thir own work when they Are really unable because they can to got wages Are Good Here work is Light and there Are plenty Ilia would consider it a great favor to get one or two assistants. There is Roo n for 100 girl a year Here from the cast and those papers that circulate this fact in Tho East wiil Confer a Fauron both the la lies and Young men of the West. Send Ori your galls if you want them married. The cry is still they week will be a grand gala week with nil lovers of Quot the there Are to be no less than three of a a to largest circuses in the world Quot exhibited. We truly Oug it to fed Elliut we Are Hii Ihly favored in having All mho wonders of Tho world brought to our doer us to took at and us for unit 26 cents. First Chines the circus Superior us in a soy,10 a til a Litera Quot outstripping Competition. Min Burka y will Lior Ankles and a re form Sevy

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