Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1882 — CARPENTER ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

CARPENTER ITEMS.

The former correspondent of the Sentinel having been discouraged by the witticisms of the New’s editor, refuses to make a second attack, and desires us to conduct the retreat to some place of safety and stack arms. Dr, Patton has applied the vaccinevirus to nearly five hundred arms since the passage of the law by the State Board Health. J. 8. fanvleet has sold his farm to a gentleman from Illinois and after visiting his parents in N. Y., will roturn to Johnson county to engage in ths firuit business. James F. Irwin is mentioned as a probable candidate for Trustee of this township. The present incumbent, W. H. Henkle having expressed bis intention of locating in Bleeding Kansas at an early date.; Not less than eight farms, all lying west of Remington, in this Twp, have been sold at fair prices within the last thirty days. The general verdict is that real estate has suddenly advanced five dollars on the acre. A good place for speculators to make a* “corner.” For one week, at least, Goodland paid fifty-five, and Remington fifty* three cents a bushel for corn. While the corn delivered at the former place was shipped through the latter on its way to an eastern market. Why so?

Quite a sensation occurred at • ! revival in Jordon township the other evening under the auspices fit KeyBloomer. He stationed himself in the back part of tne building aud indulged himself in some personal 1 iquHies JJactostiag -• • 8 follows: Are you a Chntain? No, sir, was the reply. But, continued the miniester, do you want o go to hIT His laconic, but distinctly audible, reply was—l don’t care ag— d where lg 0? X.