Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1886 — The Dickens’ Social. [ARTICLE]

The Dickens’ Social.

The Dickens’ Social and Entertainment, to be given on next Monday evening, March 29th, at the Opera House, by the teachers and pupils of the High School, is an affair that should be freely and liberally patronized by all concerned in the education of the rising generation, and especially by those who have children attending school. Our school is in great need of a good, extensive library, and il is our purpose in making this effort to build up such a library that will be a credit to our school, and that will result in much good. If we can succeed in creating a desire in the pupil for good, choice literature, and make

him passionately fond of standard authors, such as Gibbon, Hume, Macaulay, Bancroft, Motley, and Prescott, as historians; Shakespear, Milton, Pope, Dryden and Longfellow, as poets; Scott, Thackeray, Dickens, Irving, Cooper, as novelists, we will have accomplished far more than to instil into bis mind a few mathematical principles, and give him a smattering of astronomy, algebra, latin and zoology- A school course is, of course, necessary; it can be accomplished without the literary part. We desire, however, to accomplish both the school and the literary course. It is for this reason, we are so desirous of making considerable money, so that a full collection of all the standard authors can be purchased at once. Every cent made at this social and entertainment, baring the few incidental expenses, will be expended for books.

The library thus begun will be increased each year, and in the course of four or five years, we will have such a collection of books as will speak volumes for our* school and people. If possible, favor us with your presence on next Monday evening, and do all you can towards making this enterprise a grand financial success. Respectfully,

F. W. RUEBELT.

A letter addressed to the “Hon. T. A. Hendricks, Washington, D. C.” has just been returned to the writer at the Rensselaer post-ofiice. Some moss-back Bourbon who has not yet heard of Mr. Hendricks’ death, is evidently asking the latter to help him into a post-office. —Republican. The letter was written by a Republican fourth-class post-master in this county who desired to hold the fort. In the letter the writer stated that, although a i-ositive Republican, he had alwa . s voted for Mr. Hendricks and the Dem cratic ticket. The fellow is evidently well posted in Republican methods —deception and duplicity.

Mrs. Carrie Phelps, leading milliner, at Hemphill & Honan’s, April Ist.

■» » », .. Two soldiers announced for the nomination for assessor, but the g. o. r. soldiers’ p.(?) gave them the grand bounce, and placed in nomination an unannounced stay-at-home. «»■> Minister S. S. Cox recently discovered in the hotel d’Angleterre, Constantinople, a dust-covered volume of a Gazetteer of the World as known in 1815. It is a curious witness of the advance made in geographical knowledge acquired in seventy years. On the accompanying map the greater part of Africa is blank. No mention is made of coal, iron o r oil among the products of Pennsylvania Wheat is mentioned as the staple of New York. New York City has “no basin or bay for the reception of ships, but the road where they lie in the East River is defended from the terrific violence of the sea by some islands which interlock each other.” California, “is separated from the mainland by Vermillion sea,” and its inhabitants use a girdle and a piec of linen for clothing.” o