Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1885 — FOURTH OF JULY! [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOURTH OF JULY!

BOOM! BOOM!! BOOM!!! Hear the guns! Listen for the bells! Don’t be alarmed at the shouts and huzzas; it is only the joyful peals and music, and glad voices welcoming the glorious 4th of July at Rensselaer. There’ll be chiming of bells, music and speech making, songs and choruses, and a good, glorious old-fashioned time, to wind up with a fine display of fire-works.

A new medical remedy for certain people in Rensselaer: Take one pint of good common sense, one pound of charity, two ounces of truth, one ounce of liberality, a half pound of pure justice, and a handfull of attend to your own business. Mix all together and take a dose on going to bed. It will cure fanatics, cranks, thieves, tattlers, extremists and all manner of cussedness that is generally prevailing in society. No charge for this recipe. GIVE US A REST.—This ha® been a good season for work and the time has been well improved. Let everybody make a day of rest and recreation of our great National Anniversary. COME to town, meet your neighbors, hear good speeches and soul-sturing music fend you will return to your work refreshed nad reinvigorated and taka a ney W-