Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1874 — Remington Items. [ARTICLE]

Remington Items.

GLEANED rXOM THE GUARD Dr Haymond, tee railroad man was in town last week. The Guard's subscript on list is rapidly increasing. The Guard thinks t' at “he who takes a good newspaper to his household does a good act.” Correct, stand up. One hundred und fifty new subscribers to the Guard have been received since the first issue of that paper. Good. Mr. L. F. Barton planted one hu -dred ar.d three acres of corn, with the assistance of a half grown b y, whi« h will yield fifty to sixty bus! els to the acre. The firms of James S. Irwin and Church & H rtley, grain buyers, purchase, on an average, one hundred and fifty Lads of corn per day. Mr. 0. B. McTnt : re, the active and wideawake laud agent, is doing a “land office'’ business. Rawlings’ rooster is devl. Cause why: He didn’t want to be disturbed any more at night by that rooster crowing over Democratic victories. Quite a number of business men do not advertise. Consi-quently tiads is not very lively. The country in the vicinity of Remington is settling up very rapidly. New settlers c mein every week. The Teachers Institute, held in Remington, <»n Saturday, the 7th inst., was nut very largely attended J. Misner Iris five cribs containing ten thousand bushels of corn. Farmers complain of their corn cribs bei g to« small this year Houseflies get out of bed mornings and hang around the cookstove to warm th ir heeis. Mr. N. W. Rawlings mourns the lo?s of a fine Meerschaum pipe. About all the farmers are done husking corn. Mr. John-on Mtft.er has sold his farm, southwest us town, to a Mr, Knights, from Illinois. “Ten Nights in a Bar Ro >m” will be played by he Good Templars at the Christian Church, on Friday night, Nov. 20 1874. A general invitation is extended to all. Mr. Henry Watson was hauling a loud of corn to the elevator one day last week, when his hor->es backed off the driveway at Hartley’s warehouse, breaking one wheel and sp iling ti-e corn.