Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1882 — NEW RAILROAD. [ARTICLE]

NEW RAILROAD.

Word has been receive from a f<>w points along the proposed line, all of which are quite encouraging, ami show that tne citizens of the section through which it passes arc awiik* to their interests, and ar* anxious to have the road built. A careful survey of the line proposed show that on an air line it would pass through Ihe towns of Kendulvillc, Albion. Wilmot, in Nobl* county; Warsaw' Palest in • Burkett, Sevastopol, in Kosciusko county; Rochester, Brace’s Lake, in Felton County; Wlrienum, Frundss vllle. In Pulaski county; Rensselm-r. in Jasper county; ami through Nowton county to Gilimnn, 111. The entire route lies through a portion of country that is not now leached by rail, and one that is anxs ious to secure the road. To t lie citizen* of this county it. would be the best line that they could encourage, as it forms a through route from the Canada’s to St. Louis, as well as affording our Shippers an opportunity to re Hi'.”' their freight from Toledo and Detroit without change, thereby saving a large amount in freight. Correspondence is solicited, as a meeting is to be called soon to organize. A construction compan, b.dng now ready to take the proposed line ane build it as soon as the line is surveyed and the right of way obtained. Send all communications to Hon. Hiram Iddings, or A. T. S. Kist; Wai saw Ind.

NIAGARA FALLS TO ST. LOUIS. The first meeting to discus* the proposed line or th* Canada Southern, Indiana A St. Louis from Niagara Falls to St. Louis via Warsaw, was held here on Tuesday. A number of communications had been received on the subject; air of which said go ahead; while those present were quite earnest in favoring the route. The moeting adj turned to a date during the holidays; when there will be a full attendance from all along the line. The road is a foregone conclusion; so look out for the locomotive.—Warsaw Herali.

SIBLEY’S FARMERS’ ALMANAC. There ar* almanacs and almanacs Oae of the best we have seen is be. fer* us. It contains valuable essays, giving results of the latest experience in the culture of special orops. "Potato Growing,” by A. W. Chever, editor New England Farmer, gives the history and habits of growth of this important plaat, descibes the b*s soils preparation of the land, fertiliy z*rs, s**ding, cultivation, and al! about how tog tbigerps. Dr, George B. Loring, U. 8. Commhsion*r of Agriculture, has an interesting essay on “Root Crops.” E, 6. Garmin, editor Rural Naw Yorker, writes on . “Onion Ou Bur*;” th* soil; preparation, seed and Bedding, cultivation, etc. Prof. W. J. Beal, of the Michi- } gan Agricultural College, has a most inter*»ting article on “Grasses for Meadows, Pastures and Lawns.” This is, perhops, th* most practical paper which has ever be*n written on rhe ' subject is this country, as it details th* actual *xperien«* of Prof. Beal, in careful trials of various n*w and old sorts of Grassos. O. B. Galusha, Secretary of th* Illinois Agricultur-

al Society, tells all about “Cabbage Growing,” In a compact and explicit paper, on this, one ot the most important of garden crops. A success-. | ful piekid grower ha? an interest ng essay on "Cucumbers for Profit,” and shows how the swccessful ones make their big profits on this fauoiite esculent. Burr Oaks Farm, owned by Mr, 1 Hiram Sibley, the great 40,000 acre farm in Illinois, saie to be the largest j cultivated farm in tire world, as Mr. I Sibley is probably tli largest farmer ; anti seed grower in the world, ownit.g altogether some 400 farms, is described in an entertaining manner. There are oteer articles of the cul- ' ture of Asparagus, Cauliflower, CeN ery, etc. About half the Almanac is I taken up by descriptions of desirable varieties of vegetable anc farm seeds. ! Such is Sibley’s Farmer’s Almanac, a valuable little compendium of practical information: all for 10 cents; published by Hiram Sibley & Co., ; Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y and Chicago, 111.

A son es Irin, who has la ely taken up his residence tn Fall River, attempted to votv at a ward election the other day, and on b*ing ask ed if he had paid ins registry tax, he replied: “Faith I have, and here are the papers to prove it; and palled from his vest pocket a duly signed dog li cense.