Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1887 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

< Itildren ofthe School Age. The report prepared by the County Supertendent, of the number of children between tlie ages [of six and twenty-one years, iu all the townships and towns of the county, shows the following figures: Townships | MaleTj~Fein. Hanging Grove...; 78 58 136 Gillam 136 128 264 Walker 127 98 225 Barkley; 220 164’ 384 Marion; 151; 167 320 Jordan; 124 128 252 Newton H 7 no 233 Keener; 75 75 150 Kankakee : 65; 56 121 Wheatfield 76 59; 135 Carpenter 152 152: 304 Milroy 63 41 104 Union 115 102 217 Iffin -s drier 224 236 460 ! Remington 156 185 341 Total. 18791765 3646 Tee total shows an increase over i the figures of last year of 112. RensseUer has increased 26, Remington 25. AVhpatfield 15. Union 38, Wmker 10, Gillam 17, Jordan 29. 1 lie rest of the townships have barely held their own and some have decreased a little. The total number of persons between 10 and 21 unable to read or write is 16: four in Gillam, four in Mili roy, 2 in Barkley, 3 in Remington, 1 and 1 each in Kankakee, Wheatfield i and Bensselaer. Most of these i illiterates are defective in mental cjualites or otherwise incapacitated j fr<»m learning. The or.lv colored I children in the co intv are two girls at the Catholic Orphan Asylum, near Rensselaer.

IKolice to Public. J. H. Honan and his gentlemanly agents are here again in the interest of the Monroe, Michigan, Nursery, soliciting orders for fall delivery of fruit and ornamental trees. Most of you have seen their nursery stock deliveredffiere last month which was pronounced by good judges as being the best stock ever delivered in this county Mr. Ronan and m<m Lave come to stay and by honesty <t square dealing to merit a liberal share of your patronage. Reserve your orders for them. " 2t Mutton Uflors.i—Trim off all tb« skin and roll each caojj in beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs, and fry in hot lard. Cook until brown. Squash Griddle Cakes.—Two cup. fills of cooked squash that has been passed through a sieve, a scast pint of St, two beaten eggs, two spoonfuls of ar, a pint of sifted flour, a teaspoon, and a half of baking powder and a little salt. Beat together until smodft •nd light, ’