Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1905 — THE FOURTH AT REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

THE FOURTH AT REMINGTON.

The Democrat is in receipt of the following communication from Remington: Remington, Ind., July 5, ’OS. Mr. F. E. Babcock: Dear Sir:—Our editor had a bad day of it yesterday, and some of the boys would like to have you fix the matter up for us. Circumstances are like this: Programs printed, judges selected for eachevent; nothing had b<-en neglected that could interfere in the least, with editors being present at each event, The rain, however, made some changes necessary, so the committees met and changed things to suit his nobs. The first mishap occurred after dinner, while the editor was listening to the Rey. DeVol oration which was continued up tor nd until after time set for the mule race, causing ye editor to miss that part of the program, It was then that trouble began, and be demanded that theracts be run over, but when he found that the committees had settled with the parties that took part, and they would not run again, he then went hunting for the man that ordered the races. To quiet his wrath some of the boys reminded him it was time to go to the ball park. Here came another burst of wrath, “I suppose they will send the balloon up while lam at the ball game." He took in the gime, but while watching a foul, which was about to drop on his head, he was run into by one ot the boys who was chasing the bail and knocked down, bending his umbrella and was tramped upon by the lad, skinning his leg :o that he limps to-day. He's up against the whole bunch, not even a pleasant grunt for any of the committees. Nobody done anything right, and someone spoke to him this morning about the write-up of the fourth, he grunted that it “would be easily told in a line or Your personal acquaintancj’and these few points will enable you to fix the thing up. I feel that were you on the grounds a few minutes you could get a lot of it. Very truly, *♦*