Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1879 — In Memoriam. [ARTICLE]

In Memoriam.

Theatre Saturday night. D-los Thompson is convalescent. The Chinese bill htta passed the Senate. Did you see th*“sun dogs“ Wednesday evening? Everybody turn out to the temperance meeting. That ground-hog still remains in his hiding place. The snowy flakes fell—but pshaw! we can t write poetry. Contentment adds more to the pleasure of life than riches. The Rensselaer Cornet. Band is one of the beet in Northern Indiana. Go and hear “Nick of the Woods" played nt Starr’s hall to morrow night. Mr. Vcrley Kirk, of Remington, spent last Saturday and Sunday in the city. Could’t the “Immortal J. N." bo persuaded to "I'ft the veil” in Rensselaer. This note is Intended for parties who “cabbage" our exchages and carry them off. Hon. E. P. Hammond returned las. Thursday from Kentland where he has l een holding court.

A ease of as»unlt nnd battery between Godfrey Shultz and Gothold Hannel.baugh,’of Union township, is on trial to-day before Justice E. T. Harding. The Newton bar docket is unnsu ally large term, compared with Jasper docket. We have reason to eongratulate the Jasper County Bar for their disposition to compromise eases. If our friends will take pains to hand ua any items of interest to the general public" we will gladly publish them. It. is our aim to make this thn best local paper in Jasper in Jasper county.

A fight occurred last Thursday evening between two of our town boys which resulted in one of tlie ! combatants cartying a trophy in the j shape of h black eye. “A soft an- ; •jwen turneth away wrath.” If a man . says you are i liar, answer him kind- ; !y: “Bo are yon,” and see lis wrath will disappear. “Artful Dodger,” your little local concerning somebody making lov« to the School Girls, com'ng from any other source would have been appre dated by all, but first “pick the beam out of your own eye.” Again, the teachers are competent to manage tneir school affairs. Were It not that we know that you taken little inter ret in all the fe’Uiiles wo would feel that yon were stepping aside from the established manner of reporting for a county paper. School Girl. She was one of Rensselaer’s fairest daughters, Did you not notice her at the Masquerade? Did you not notice that nervous distrustful look, ns she danced with quick unsteady step, the color had left her cheek. The once sparling eyes were dull and spiritless. The.once steady dimpled band had a nervous twitch which bespoke something wrong. What had wrought tlifs wondrous change? Had she been crossed in love, or had she heard the cry of fire*? Can this be it? Ah, no! She was sensible of a garment slowly but surely coming off nnd she was watching for an open doorway. The following is th eprogramme for the monthly meeting of the Jasper County Temperance Union which msets at the Christian Church oh the evening of March 3d. Music by audience, led by Christian Choir. Prayer by Rev Halstead. Music by Choir Address by Rev. Hope B. Miller. Music by Ladies’ Orchestra. • Essay by Jas. T. Abbott. s Solo by Miss Hatrie Coen. Address by Mr. F. W. Babcock. Music by Ladies’ Orchestra. Declamation by Miss Fannie Wood. Song by Willie lines. Declamation by Prof. E. G. Bean. Address by Rev Vessels; theme: “We’re here. Why?" Music by Ladies’ Orchestra. Invocation by Rev. Miller. Nj pains have been sparvd to arrange a good programme. We wish everybody to be present and anticipate an interesting time. A. Berry, President.

Lost. —A small boy about the size ; of a man, bar- footed with his fath- | er’s shoes on, had an empty bag on his back containing two railroad trunks and a buudl. of bungholes. He wore a mutton-chop coat with a bean soup lining. Was cross eyed at rhe back of his neck and had his hair cut cur'v, He was born before | his elder brother. When last seen I he was shoveling wind off the Court House in order to raise money enough to visit the play entitled "Nick of the Woods” to be given at Starr's Hall on Saturday March Ist, *79. His Aunt Peter would deem it a favor to hear of his whereabouts, knowing thaf if he misses this tare treat that be may never h ve an opportunity to see the price portrayed by home talent Again. Having heard from deaf and jumb persons that this is the finest play upon the American “boards.” Anyone who will Cu>nish information concerning this elvld (he has black whiskers) will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Admission 25 cents. Reserved seats 50 cents.

Job work neatly done at this office. Our merchants report business fair. Peter Cooper has entered his 89th year. Haley is going to retnoTC his mill to Leadville. A rare treat at Starr’s hall Satururd.iy night. A newspaper soon to bo established nt Remington. Clin?. F. Hammond was licensed to marry Jessie Porter, this week R. S. & Z. Dwiggins have moved their law office into th* brick block. Information concerning our Remington itemizer will be thankfully received. Mrs. T. J. McCov is visiting friends and relatives in Lafayette, Tom. is a bachelor. Pev. Gilbert Small will preach in the Presbyterian church on the 9th of March. Subject: Morning, “What is man.” Evening, “The foolish son.” Out young friend Clark Price is confined to his bed by sicteness. At this writing he is better and will probably be on his “pegs” in a few days. A Petition to the Commiestoners is being circulated for the temporary relief of a worthy family in this burg. It is well. Let us look, there may be others needy. Hayes has nominated Judge Butl»r of Chester county for U. S district judge,“as successor to Judge Cadwaldader, deceased, Also Pinchback as as revenue agent in Louis iana.

Persons contemplating a trip to , Lead ville will do well to lay in a good I supply of the needful in the shape of i specie, quinine, etc. When are you going? But oh how sad you will be ! when the gentle zephyrs waft o’er 1 snow-capped mountains the gentle j strain of ‘Home, sweet home.” ■ An Exchange says the origin of | newspapers is ascribed to the Ital- ; ians. Jn 1563, during the war be- : Ween the Venetians and the Turks, 1 military and commercial news was 1 written on sheets of paper, which 1 were then publicly read in a certain ' place. To hear this reading a coin ' called a Gazetta was paid by each j person, and soon the mime was by i degrees transferred to the paper it- ' self.

Mrs. Ann Spitler died of acute bronchitis at her residence near Montrose, at 9;30 o’clock a m.. January 29th, 1879, aged 67 years 10 months and four days. Mrs. Spitler was sick only one week, and although dangerous from the beginning, she retained hei consciousress up to within an hour of her death. She was born in Luray,Fage county, Virginia, (the city containing the newly dis covered cave,) being the oldestdaughter of D. and B. Varner. She united with the Baptist church early in her life, of which denomination she proved to be a life-long member, and was baptised by Elder N. C. Booton on the 13th of July, 1832. On the 16th of September, 1833, she was married to Wesley Spitler, by whom she had ten children, of whom five died in infancy, and five are vet living. She was for many years a resident of Indiana, where her exemplary habits and amiable nature drew to her a host of friends; and in 1865, together with her husband and family removed to Effingham, and after a few years’ resilience here, to Montrose. Here, as in Indiana, her many admirable and winning qualities of head and heart attracted to her another large circle of friends, who attended her funeral to pay her memory their last tribute of respect. She was a kind and loving mother, a faithful and devoted wife, who possessed great generosity of heart, no one ever going away from her door empty-handed. Mrs Spitler adhered conscientiously to her religious belief, and always practiced the religious precepts that she professed. She always leaned on the merits of Christ, whom she claimed as hersaviorand redeemer—of whom she would often beg for grace to sustain her in her trials. She was beloved by all who knew her, and by her death our village and community loose an estimable woman, whose place will not be easily filled, ‘ A Friend. —Effingham Democrat The readers of the Sentinel will recognize the name of Mrs Spitler and remember her as/being one of the early settlers of Jasper county. The#bove is a true representation of the character of Mrs. Spitler nnd it is with regret that we chronicle the fact of the death of one of honor and esteem. All must die, but the noble spirit that lived such a life as hers eannot die. “These shall resist the empire of decay. When time is o’er and worlds have passed away. Cold in the dust the perished heart may lie, But that which warmed it once can never die.” It is a fact well establiseed by unquestionable testimony that Hail’s hair renewer renews, cleanses brightens. invigorates and restores to its original color and lustre, faded gray or discolored hair, cheaply, yniekly and surely. The poorest people prefer to buy it and use it, rather than to proclaim in a manner more forcible than words can declinate* through blanched locks or grizzly beard, that they are aged and passing to decay. A very short trial will convince the most skeptical that it does eradicate ! the scalp disease which rob the hair I of its color and life.—Fort Scott dai--1 lv monitor.

Our market report is carefully n - vised each week and ran be telled upon as being correct. A number of Remington parties were in attendance at the masquer ade ball last Friday evening, There is no controversy in the minds of honorable men with regard *.o tlie complete vindication oi Uuv. AilUeu befoie the Potter committee, it was clear. emphatic and inurn pliant. Bo far as uiddiug fur votes or uurgaiiiug with returuiug boards is cuucernea. LHe piesiueui ue jure uuu absolutely no con uec cion wu« lever, ouch is the verdict, and it is as im movable as tUe everlasting bills. But uoes ad ibis entitle Mr. Auden to be re nominated as tue presideD tiul slauuurd bearer of tbe l)eiujcruiic party in tbe year 18oo? 1c is saiu that there is “a diviunj wbicb sbap<B our euUs, rough new them bow we win” Abd accepuug this maxim ui life as correct, ii is uut difficult to See mat Mr, Tilden, for eousiUeratious (but ought not to meet witu approval, placed himself in coutiiut wnu tbe divinity that was shaping events, uud triumphed. Tbe American people, by a popular majority of more luan a quarter of a million of votes, ciowued him with more than roya| prerogatives. Selecting him from a population of more than ’orty millions of people, tney placed tbe civic crown upon his head uud bailed him as the rightful ruler. Ceasur nor Ni.poleou were ever the recipients of such an honor. No triumph upon battle fields was ever so grand. It was achieved by the ballot wnich “Comes down as still As snowflakes full upon the sod, Yet execute the freeniuu’s will As lightnings do the will of God.” Admitting that it environed the president elect with perils, involving imprisonment, exile or death, these dangers only made the obligations to obey rhe oupxeme will of freeman more imperative. Providence always provides a oood place for the brave to die; and life prolonged by the. sacrifice of principle or duty becomes a loathsome tiling. Had Samuel J. Tilden, in the majority of the rights conferred upon him by the American people, told U S. Grant, the drunken despot, the bribe-taking and thief-patronizing president, that he would be president or a firstclass despotism should rear its hideous form upon the ruins of the Republic, he would, whatever else might have happened, earned fcr himself a fame as bright and as undying as the stars, and Heaven, in token of its appreeiu tion of such courage, would have bent down and kis&ed the earth. But Mr. Tilden failed to take the tide at its flood, which would have borne him on to immortality us one of the grandest figures ever moulded by great events, and as a consequence the will of the American people was dishonored, liberty imperiled, the most sacred rights of the people abrogated, and fraud enthroned. Itis not likely to be forgotten the next contest for the presidency is to be with some enemy to the institutions of the country, that made it possible in 187(Tto beat down truth with perjury, and pelf and power committed crimes waich defy exagerution. Under such circumstances, the supreme demand will be for a presidential standard-bearer whose courage will be equal to the royal commission which the people will confer. —Indianapolis Sentinel.

The Indianapolis Sentinel in memory to George Washington says: “We do nut care to refer particularly to bis childhood, eatly education and manhood, though these are subjects well worthy of the people as indicating the proper foundation for American character. It is sufficient to say that he was trained by a noble mother to habits of industry, frugality and trutbfullness, from which in after life he never departed. Viewed from any and from evtry way possible, he was as near perfect as is vouched safe to mortals; aud in the mid f st of all the great men of earth that time and circumstances have contributed to make immortal, George Washington stands, and will forever remain, in the foreground of them all. On this national holiday, when in all lands the name of Washington will be spoken with profound reverence, it is well that we can introduce the testimony of one of the world’s most brilliant orators’ Charles Phillips, who, many years ago, at a public dinner given on Dinas island, in the lake of Killurnoy, in honor of Mr. Payne, a young American, proposed as a toast, ‘The Immortal Memory of George Washington,’ aud said ‘No people can claim, no country appropriate him. The boon of providence to the human race, his fame is eternity? and his residence creation. Though it was the defeat of our arms and the dis/race of our policy, almost bless the convulsion in which he had his origin. If the Heavens thundered, and the earth rocked, yet, when the storm passed, how pure was the climate that it cleare .; how blight in the brow of the firmament was the planets which it revealed to us.’ Io the production of Washington it does really appear as if nature was endeavoring to improve upon herself, and that all the virtues of the ancient world were but so many studies preporatory to the patriot of the new Individual instance no doubt there were, splendid exemplifications of some single qualification. Caesar was merciful, Scipio was content, Hannibal was patient, but it was reserved for Washington to blend them all in on, and like the lovely chef d'oeuvre of tue Grecian artist, to exhibits one glow of associated beauty the pride of every model and the perfection of every master. As a general, he marshaled into a veteran, and supplied by dicipline the absence of exper ence; as a statesman, he enlarged tbe policy of the cabinet into the most comprehensive system of general advantage and such was the wisdom of nis views, and the philosophy of his councils, that to the soldier and the statesman he almost added the character of the sage. A conqueror, he was untainted by the evitne of blood; a revolutionist, he was free from any stain of treason; for aggression commenced the contest, and his country called him to the command. Liberty unsheathed his sword; necessity stained, victory re turned it. If he hail stopped heie, history might have doubted what station to assign him, whether at the head of her citizens or her soldiers, her heroes or her patriots. But the last gkrions act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having eman cipated a hemisphere,, resigned Its crown, and preferred tbe retirement of domestic life to the adoration of a land he might almost said to have (*yea ted.” “H w shall wc rank tbe upon glory’s P»ge, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage; All thou hast been reflects less fame on thee, For less than all thou hast forborne I to be.”

It is estimated that three quarters of a million of dollars are annually wasted in Indiana in the purchase of school books. The average cost per annum, per child, is thiee dollarsThe great per cent, of this is pure gain to tbe over shadowing book monopolies and their well paid agents who go about the country bribing School Boards and buying Superin tendents. The school law should, be so amended as to put a complete check on the frequent changes of school books, and thus releave the pnblic from the expensive burden thereby unnecessarily imposed—Benton Democrat,