Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1883 — PIERCETON LETTER. [ARTICLE]

PIERCETON LETTER.

Pierceton, Ind., 17th Aug., 1883. Dear Me.: The time for your railroad election I believe is past, and your citizens who voted against the proposed railroad tax, in my judgment, voted against their best inter ests. To say nothing of the advantages of the proposed road, and the increased value it would impart to real estate, the money such a road would pay into your county treasury in the shape of taxes, would in a few years reimburse your present outlay and then be a perpetua l help in the reduction of taxes. The harvest is past, and farmers are happily disappointed in both the quantity and quality of wheat, oats and grass, but the present outlook of the corn crop is not flattering We had a good rain last Sabbath, which will be of ibcalculable advantage to vegetation. G. W. Shoemaker, whose factory was destroyed by fire last spring, is' again at work, and with a larger and better building, and more machinery, is new ready to supply your citizens with rustic chairs, rustic flower vases and baskets of any size or pattern desired, and all the wheelbarrows you will need in building your new railroads. Pierceton is now in telephonic communication with Ft. Wayne, Plymouth, Peru, and all surrounding towns. It is a much cheaper, and a more satisfactory m >de of communi* cation with absent friends than bv telegraph. While the outlook for fruit and corn is not promising, the general health of rne country is good, andt> e poorest who are willing tn work, will have bread enough to eat and to spare. Very sincerely and truly yours.

A. TAYLOR,