Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1887 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

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Alfred McCoy, T. J, McCoy E. L. Hollingsworth. A. M«COY & CO., BANKERS , (Succesiois to A. McCoy & T. Thompson,) Rensselaer. Ind. DO a fiei eral banking business. Exchange bought and sold. Certificates bearing interest issued Collections made on al! available points Office same place as old firm of McCoy A Thompson A P rll MEORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Attorney-at-Law I.INSBELAEB. - - . - INDIANA Practices lin the. Courts of Jasper and adoinlng counties. Makes collections a specialty. Office on north side of Washington street, opposite Court House- vlnl SIMON P. THOMPSON, DAVW J. THOMPSON Attorney-at-Law. Notary Public. THOMPSON & BROTHER, RENSSELAER, - " INDIANA Practice in all the Courts. ARION L. SPITLER, Collector and Abstractor* We pay pirticular attention to paying tax- , selling and leasing lands. v 2 n4B TT . 11. 11. graham, * ATTOkN EY-AT-L AW, Reesdelatk,lndiana. Money to loan on long time at low interest. Sept. 10, ob. JAMES W.DOUTHIT, aveorneysat-law and notary public. office upstairs, in Maieever’s new building. Rensselaer. Ind. Edwin P. Hammond. William B. Austin. HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rensselae , Ind Office on second floor of Leopold’s Block, co ner of Was dngton and Vanßensselaer streets. William B. Avstin purchases, sells and le. bps real estate, pays taxes and deals in negotiable instruments. may27,’B7.

yyM. W WATSON, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW Office up Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazay, RENSSELAER IND. yy W. HARTSELL, M D HOMCEOPATHIC JPHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. Diseases a OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeever House. July 11, 1884. t Ji H. LOUGHRIDGE Physician and Surgeon. Office in the new Leopold Block, second floor, second door right-hand side of hall: Ten per cent. Interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than three months. vini DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon, Rensselaer, Ind. Calls promptly attended. Willgive special atten tion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. CITIZENS 9 BANK. RENSSELAER, IND., V R. 8. Dwiggins, F. J, Sears, Val. Seib, President. Vic-President. Cashier D°® s BANKING BUSINESS: Certificates bearing interest issued: Exchange bought ana sold; Money loaned on farms t lowajt rates and on mos J. avorable te 6 A»nl8 85

RENSSELAER, JASPEB COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1887.

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IkWamt -’-DEALERS IN — A Hardware STOVEs ]fc;A; .MM ' 01 aII styles and es, for p| Wood or c oal 5 MACHINERY, F ield ' and garden] IWt, SEEDS, r ~ ...j &c.» &c., &c., &c., &c. B ckeye apers, Eowers and Binders, Deering Reapers, Mowers and Binders, Walter A. Wood Rearers, Mowers and Binders, Grand Detour Company’s Plows. Cassady Plows. Farmers’Friend Corn Planters. Ciquillard Wagons. Bist Wire Fencing, etc. South Side Wa s hington[| Street, RENSSELAER, ■ INDIANA

AH, THERE! HALF FARE!!

Cheap Excursions to Florida and the South! Choice of Pullman Car Routes! Sept. 19th and 20th, and on Oct. 10th and 11th, The Monon Route (L., N. A & C. Ry.) will sell Round Trip tickets from Chicago, and local stations at rate of One Limited Fare to Bowling Green, Ry., McKenzie, Tenn., Columbus, Tenn, Decatur, Ala., aud Chipley, Fla. The Return portion of tickets may be used within 30 days of stamp date. Stopovers will be allowed on going portion at different points south of Cincinnati, or Louisville. Sept. 19th and 20th round trip tickets will also be sold at rate of One Fare for the Round Trip to Allanta, Ga., occasion of the Eire Er gineers Convention. The route will be via Chattanooga, Mission Ridge and the Old Batt .e Fields. For full information call on auy agent Monon Route, or E. O. McCormick, Gen’l Passenger Agent Monon Route, Chicago*lll,

Thomas Jefferson’s Ingenuity.

Two illustrated articles on Monticello, the home of Jefferson, are given in the Century. The first is by J. G. Nicolay, the Second by Frank R. Stoekton. We quote from the latter: “I think it is not generally known with what pleasure and zeal Jefferson brought his mind to bear, not only upon the development of his somewhat grand ideas in regard to a home, but upon the most minute and peculiar contrivances for adornment. He drew plans and made estimates for nearly every thing that was built or constructed on kis place. He calculated the number oi bricks to be used in every part of his buildings; and his family now possess elaborately drawn plans of such bits of household furnishing as ‘curtain valances’ and the like. Many of his ideas in regard to building and furnishing he bio’t with him from France; but more of them had their origin in his brain. There were no bedsteads in his house, but in every chamb ir was an alcove in the wall in which a wooden framework was built which supported the bed. His own sleeping arrangements during the lifetime of his wife were of a very peculiar nature; in the partition between two chamters was an archway in which was the double bed; one chamber was Mr. Jefferson’s room, and the other vas his wife’s dressing room; when he arose in the morning he got out of bed into his own room, and Mrs. Jefferson got out into her room. After his wife’s death her room became his study, and the partition wall between it and the wall being taken down, the whole was thrown into the present large apartment. Over the archwa z in which the bed is placed is a long closet reached by a step-ladder placed in another closet at the foot of the bed. In this were stored in summer the winter clothes of the family, and in winter their summer habilaments. At the other side of the arch is a small door, so that persons going from one room to the other had no need to clamber over the bed.

“In the smaller chamber, when it became his study, stood Mr. Jefferson’s writing chair, which was made to suit his peculiar needs; the chair itself was high-backed, well-rounded and cushioned, and in front of it extended a cushioned platform, ob which Mr. Jefferson found it very pleasant to stretch his legs, being sometimes troubled with swellings of the smaller veins of these limbs. The writing t>*ble was so made that it could be drawn up over this platform, legs and all, and pushed down when it was not in use. The top oi this table turned on a pivot; on one side of it were his writing materials, and on the other was a little apparatus by which he made copies of all his letters. By his side was another revolving table, cn which his books of reference lay, or were held open at proper ai gles. Near him also stood a pair of large globes; and

if he wished to study arything outside of this world he had in his room two long telescopes mounted on brajss tripods. Convenient also were his violins, one a Cremona, and the other the bass-viol saved from the Shadwell fire. B sides the book shelves and the somewhat simple furniture of the library, there were a number of oddly contrived little closets in which were stored the multitudinous manuscripts. There is a writing table now in the possession of the family, which was frequently used by Mr. Jefferson, and which is ve -y ingeniously contrived. Two of its four legs are hollow,'and in these run rods resting upon springs by which the table can be easily elevated, the other two legs being also extensible; but in a different way. When Mr. Jefferson was tired of writing in a sitting position, he could stand up and raise the table to the desired height When he wished to use it as a reading stand, the top could be inclined to any angle, and a strip of brass was brought into use k keep the books and papers from sliding off. “Opening from the library was a large room inclosed with glass, was intended for a consei vatory, but was used by Mr. Jefferson as his work room. There he had a work bench with all sorts of carpenter’s tools, with which he constructed a great many of the small conveniences he invented.” —lhe Century Magazine.

Among the earliest of the monthlies, comes “Peterson” for October; and a capital number it is, both from an artistic and literary point of view and where fash’’on and household-need are concerned.— Miss Bowman’s serial, “Along the Bayou,” ends this month, and is decidedly the best she has ever written; and “The Beaumont’s of Beacon Street,” by Frank Lee Benedict, begins and promises well. There is a very amusing story by Ella Rodman Church; a capital sketch “His Prima-Donna,” by Mrs. Sheffey Peters: a very comprehensive letter on Paris fashion from Mrs. Lucy Hooper: and a goodly list of other interesting tales and graceful poetry. “Peterson occupies a place peculiarly its own, in periodical literature.— The authors it employs give it standing among first-class literary magazines. In the way of illustrations, novelties in lady’s dress, children’s-toilette, and needlework of all sorts, it heads the list of fashion-monthlies, while the reliability of its table and sick-room recipes and its varied information on domestic matters generally render it invaluable t . housewives and. mothers. Terms: Two Dollars per year, with great deductions to clubs. Sample-copies sent free lo those desiring to get up clubs.— Address Peterson’s Magazine, 306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

THE CHICAGO INTER-STATE EXPOSITION.

The great inland Citv of America now comes to the front with its Fifteenth Consecutive Annual In-ter-State Exhibition of the products of Science, Industry and Art, opening Wednesday, Sept. 7, and elosing Saturday, Oct. 22. The Mammoth Building is now crowded with exhibits from almost every part of the world, illustrating every department of human activity, with its latest and best products. It is impossible to do this great collection justice by no# ticing it in detail. In some important respects it has never been equaled at any temporary exhibition, and in scarcely ny respect has it ever been excelled. All railway and transportation lines give reduced rates to visitors, and there is every indication that the usual attendance of about 500,000 will be well nigh doubled. It certainly will be if the intelligent, enterprising well-to-do people of the Northwest properly appreciate the opportunity it affords. ■ ■«•» ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ at Opera House Monday night.

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