Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 October 1879 — Page 1

Jasper

Courier, VOL. 21. JASPER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1879. NO. 42.

Weekly

BLmtU EVKKY FRIDAY; AT JAKlER DUKOlS COUNTY, INDIANA, BY CLKMKXT DOANE. OFFICE. In Courier Uuildiko o,v yrzsT Sixth Strbet. PRICK SHOKlpTroNr

jiagle Subscription, lor fifty Nos., $L 50 for aix mouths, : : : : : 1 00

Sugar Crowing ami Tea. Jtnlsiitff

IMtii&ap. ll X.

Vm. G. Le Due, coaisioner of agriculture. MriiVfJ iu litis Mtv lni

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ami W!li VlaltCd lV ft Xv tl

" .VVTI,, HiiQ morning. Tho reporter asked what was doing in

the matter ol beet sun.nr. " Well, we now hae In prolan article covering eighteen rauuthV investigation

For the Japer Corttit . 1'tttoka Township Teachers' Institute. The same was held oh October llth.

1579, at the IhujtiiiL'biug School-house.

J lie house was called to order bv the

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uaniiiiiii, v. J'. yiHiKc, Hiier wuicii it.

M. Hallwacha was duly elected Secretary

KTK OK ADVliKTJSKINO.

Far square, 10 lines or less, l week, $l 00 of llm object, i would.preler to talk to

Each subsequent insertion, io ci. votl .lU0Ul sorghum a a suar-producing Lon"QT advertisements at the same rate .crop. The department at Washington is V fraction over even pquare or squares experimenting in these things; all the iounteil as a square. These are the tornis.(iiii6. It is doubtful if beet sugar can be

3!c deduction will bo made to regular tdvertisers. Notices ot appointment of administrates aad legal notices of like character o be paid in advance. ANNOUKCINO CANDIDATES. Fer Township Officers, each $1.00

Fer County " " Far District, Circuit, or State,

H, C. IIOBBS,

Eclectic (Pltysicimi

JASPER, IHD1MA,

trout sorghum there is mi doubt. Sor

ghum sugar is made at Edwardsvillc, Illinois, by a farmer named Schwartz, and also largely manufactured in Minussota, It can be made at ten cents a pound. Now as 200 gallons of heavy sorghum syrup can be produced to the acre, and 150 fill 1 On where lln fMtlfifuttmi ?i2 nt

2.r0 specially attended to, and as each gatloul .OOJwiil make ten pounds of crystallized Jtl .sugar, it fan readily be seen that the inak-j

inr oi sorsinutn sui:ar

1,500 to 2.000

very profitable

pounds to the acre is 1 1,;...,

. r a "Indiana km a much better climate and better foil for the growth of sorghum than Minnesota has. Another thing in favor of Minrhuin as a Miirar crop, it can

T iK Connty. Kp t m-m bar of, h hercver coi; U grown. Xow the beet,

rr.Nfnrr at I'mIoh Hut el. Auj;.t I9-is.

OSCAi: A. fTU'ITKT. Jrrt. 1jm.

J.E. MrCCMJOlffiH,

Attorneys at Law. Ural K-t.it. Mil Ct'Jtn tiHie AkhU, JASPERIMDIAHA. JfcirrtMT In Chll turnetlrt; Hly. OFFICE:-ln Srhuhmachor's block, North Main strt. "-iyrittorneij at Law. JASI'KK, IND. T,UvTACllan tbl'rtf l)abI cotntj, m1 V ttJ filafullr llljie. tnltu,t4 iohm. Olw id ill " C -.tnr " bulging. WMt Xtn Strrrt. W. A. TRAYLOR W. S. HUNTER. TR1YLOR& If UjTKR3 rittorneijs at Laws .ISfE.t, Indiana,

ritXBracMce la the Cwxt of lulml t yln

mv; rinasvi, rjrtituitr j;na v Ofice on door Kilf br JH- Cirlf Hol-

.a. s. x.A6ii:,

jor s-ugnr, in ai oet-t roincieu to a verv small area of territory, and depends more on meteorological conditions than on

specific properties of soil. i?mall sugar n tineries tbr making etitrar froaj -or-ghum, liave bi'en erected in sevetal places. Tnerc i one near Chicago, I think another at Faribault, Miui.. and

tniother at St. Lmifc. The sugar is agood as that from the sugar cane, and can be made as while and hard as auy loaf stigar ever manufactured.

" our tea experiments, what has be

come of them?"'

We will grow all our own tea ia thi;

country, too. bciorc we have done with

Huh thing. Tho-e of the southern Mate

that have enough rain fall are admirably adapted to tea growing. I believe the government gardens, the"

" J he botanical gardcHs," sHrgcwted the reporter. "No sir, those are kept by a man named Smith, and u.-ed by the congressmen and executive otEccrs to furnWi them with bouquets and cut flowers. No,.-ir. I tnean ihedepartmentgardcns, iu which are kept r11 torts of plants, native, and foreign. I' have at these gardens, as J wa sajiag, several thousand tea plants, all raised from seeds which

;were picucu irom Tea pnnts growing in dhe j-oiitbern Mates. Tliis proves, von see. that tea pl inH can he grown here. lint they will never be much ot'a success in the far we.'t, I ant afraid. The climate

j., f 100 llr-v lut "till they can lie grown rlUorneu at JbawM pw-. t mmv. - iground nitt 1h welt irrigated. The

JAStrJUX.t inuinnn. Koitthoro Mates U thonrntr fWtl.te

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Sld f PhMIc SiUUrr.

h U U N O It U K T T N E R, And Xotary Public, JiSTEt, ISDIAS4,

U.ti prart1. tn all tb Court of Du1t uni

i'my Muaiif, inip. jn, inn.

grow

some tea in Indiana, but I hardlv think that the climate H particularly a'daptcd for it. In timu every familv ia this state

may bo able to raise itsowa supply of

tea, and prepare the leaves for the pot in each house, but I am Mire that it will ue er be a muj le crop of the stale. I am meeting with stria! mi'wsr fit the disirtbntion of Fiiltx uheat for seed put poset iu the state. The farmers can

wise larger crops than from am other

sort OFfceu, Aim aitnoush thev make

for the present term. W. I). Mav was

appointed Critic for the day's meeting.

un motion, the Chairman was requested to arrange, the programme for each meeting of the present term. The programme was taken up in the following order; Physical Geography, (Winds) by L. E. Koch. Primary Grammar by F. Katterhenry. Primary Arithmetic, (method of) by G. M. HaJIwachs. Orthography by It. Q. Grcsham. AVTEKXOO.V SKSHION. County Superinteudcnt G. C. Cooper in the Chair.

History, (Constitution of the U. S.) by II. A. Uoliii.

t Priinarv IfeailhiL' f method of bv

Mrs, Buekuer. Jlr. G , C- Cooper delivered an inter

esting address in behalf of the great cause of education. The report of the Critic was also an interesting one, it brought out not only the errors, but also the good. The following resolutions were passed : 1st, That tin Institute tender its heartfelt thanks to Co. Superintendent G. C. Cooper for his a'tteudance. able conducting ami the iusirueiiyc addiess he has delivered. 2d. That the Secretary of this Institute furnish copies of the proceeding; of ihi meeting to the editors of the Jasper

Courier and the Iluntingburg Signal for

publication. ;W. 'J lint four teachers, of Patoka township, be appointed to i'urnih short articles on education for the next four sueceoMve weeks for the educational column

n thedasper Courier, and send the same

to the editor ot said column.

I'lt, Tiut the mxt meeting should 1h

held on the Sth of November, 1619, at the Iluntingburg School-house.

The programme for the next meeting

is as follow:

Primary .Heading by Sophia Ilastcdt. How to teach "Division by Jones

Kemp. Primary Geography by "W. D. Slav. Orthography bv Nlrs. 3f. A. Kemp."

Claesitication of food and their nutri

tive properties by G. JI. Huston. Jlodel Lessons on Grammar by C. E. Clarke. Questions for discussion : 1st, In what respect should primary methods of teaching ttifler from advanced mtthods? Opened by G. -M. Hal!warhs. 2d, Why. should children be taught processes "before rules? Opened by J, A. Uolin. 3d, What is a natural punishment for truancy? Opened by L. K. Koch. 4th, "What means are proper to be used

to secure study in school ? Opened by

C. II. Usborn.

5th, Should teachers allow pupils to recite by turn? Opened by Ji. Q.

Gresham. G. 31. Ham.wa(1!!, Secretary.

J. V. DILLON.

C. II-IHI.I.OX.

Dillon Sc Dillon,

Tor the Jaitn r Cotirur. Madison Township Institute.

The fust iMstitute to be held in Madi

son township, for the year 1879-80, will be held at Ireland, October 16th, 1879. A our short notice precludes the pos.-i-

bility of conferring with our fellow-

front two to live cents Us tier btiMicl teachers in time for proper publication,

they raise enough more bushels to iho j we have arranged the programme as loioere Jo make a handsome profit from it.'Iows: The new process millers" want a harder! Use and abuse of stimulants and opiwheat for their u?e. I have recently ate by Dr. '.. C. Ivelso.

purchased otne black bearded wheat How to becoaiea gootl aicller by 31iss

4 Wft VTiTQ X Vfr T A W 'f'-om "M. which I s nt toifarv- E. A. Uopc.

ii. JL JL VJllilA irj m Mi )k. ai laud, and in that

tbatsaiulv. sierile isoil it nro-f Metrical System, by analysis bv Mr.

uiuccd the. enormous yield ol thirty-eight) JJ- firKie.

OFFICR etrr Tracer', Sadler Shep. bndC,5 to ,bo acm Xowif it will yieldl

JASPER, INDIANA. VTIU, trteikr In ilw Court of DuboU iM-nttJoln. t tr. cnatlf. Spl. Sth,lsT5 y.

SEW BLACKSMITH SUOl'

WM. GASSEK,

Mtkl 8rt, epponlie th Jasi'ek, Indiana,

rctt oat.

so much u that in Maryland, it will do The leauty : equally a well in similar soils in similar G h. Parr, climates in other states. I shall watch! Object Less

Essay by Miss Lydia Banta.

and use of physics by Dr.

that experiment with great anxiety."

Arrears of Pensions. Arrears of pensions; claims t the

es-soas by Mrs. E. G. Strain.

Adjectives and Participles by Mr. L.J. En low. Constitution ot the United States by J. M. Pleasant. "When and how should wo first teach Penmanship bv Mr. Louis Osboru. Essay by Miss Ollie Drittain. Circles and Zones by Miss Adela Payne. Morals and Manners by Jtcv. J. .15.

amount of 20,735,507 have been settled up to Octolcr 1st, 1879. The average

amount of arreats in each case settled is

FT

t?r It hu;H2fcM l:Sl for the information of all pensioners! Dev. Madden and Dr. Parr accept their

r!rmu. HutiricMwdi be m.ie to .aatbunip Who believe themselves; entitled to ar-assignments on condition of being at

HofhtittcndirninKrwa?ii r bsK-jrcars, and who do not receive a notice of home.

the settlement of their claiais either by Every friend of education is cordiallv

allowance or rejection, by November invited to attend, and the patrons of the

1st, that they can hasten the bcttlemcnt: Ireland school, as well as the scholars, . i.i, i ! .-i i

u niiiiun iriim iu una cocci, giving are carncsuy requcsicu to iiieci witu again the number of their pension cer-.for our mutual interest. Exercises

tihcatc, and their praeent po3t-oce ad-'begin at 9 o'clock a. in.

.Kromptlr liffiJJto.

Ww. OA,SRR

F. M. LANSFORD.

Architect and Bolder

.TASPF.H, INDIANA. "'I3C MiiU'l tn jAthr. will turnHh nlH tut

Ut irtptin of L'.'ldinc tlcsirf J, ma contract

if ir rMtli.iv,-nnij.itii'.

Ma,t will todo job mel'btrof tbw line, hr

drcs?.

en

to

Suit h hrottght in this term of the Cir-

J. M. Pleasant, Chairman pro tern.

a coioren man apieareu ueiore a

Ival of-

man

it Coait by the heir of .1 D. Allen magistrate, charged with some triv bretk thtTwilL so f.ie -t i rtitr4 in'fensc. The latter said to the

two beqaests raado therein ; one giving on can go now ; but let me warn yon the interest of 1,000 anuunlly to the MtiVor t0 nppoaf neroagain." The man Methodist ehnnrlL .itid snollmr Tnr u lit-n replied, with a broad grin I " I wouldn't

smouot to th Itftkmmc here tus time, only the constable fetch

rr th Jmpcr Courier.

Proceed ing-s of tho Daiinbridfe Township Institute. !

Bainbrid

Tho Groat Cnthedral Almost Done.

Cologne Cathedral is at Icnglh ncaf

ii.- i "'""KV,'. "'P "siiiuie mei '?0"P ' ion. and Atiifiist next vear will order bv Mr " ' T WH CHlk;:J,t0?1 ,1C Xor when monarehs I A' bwet'i,e3 t,9:3o. beggared then.sclvex to raise Hiagnilicent how Z i..?1.1 vv:: rc,,,Brk of whid, ..iy pieM e,nc Oti mot ion Air8 M"p ? '0,M,MC1"" ow "nwiu for the world lo 7ook nnh Li c U, q' i!lk" WHS HP.H lM extraordinary temple lasrged bepointed Secret at-v. Mr. I' nt- nifiiumwii i.t.wi ,n t; i .-...i 'V "

ipurxne- 111 tuo worK

...... luiwin-iH woo WISIICO 10 WritCOt nous i-nnt nn ..,.. ill.... ..1. .1.-!..

CTlSt each'aEf V r , .iho, tint each teacher should give liNtfielf be usf ail the time an unlinished r .., .ttafhh.8,,d. tllst for fabric tin lirst .tone of the C Cm

in?irii.-siuii siioiiiu ue srivnn. u'asiiiiil.i r.liii,.i ....

w . uiaiiimc, iiiu oral,

i-AL-icihe was conducted lr A m Mnrv . 1 i.m ,

1 l.iV. .?.iC"t.ed 1,,C8,ycct of pars-of thciuall took only three ceiituri.M lo

.B, ... i i:nsy manner. Air. a. m. bring to perfectii

JZSltJrvC' What now rcmaina to be done is tne stioiectof Tot osrranldcftl GpfMraiih-.!iiia aer j

it. 1 B"T";.." iiiioui ami i-ruwiiiujr UUCOrSlIOU

ot the stately towers.

The Cincinnati Times propounds thla

conundrum :

"A tree 100 feet hish stands on the

bank of a stream sixty feet wide. At what point should it be" cut off so that the end resting on the stump the top

tv in jiiBi ioni;ji me UJ)US11C SHOI'e f We do not know, and reallv see no reason for cuttinr tho tree at all. If

Miss Masrgio Xohr then presented the

ciMjiicurjHii Slyic oi renmansinp in hci style, which was very good. The Institutc then adjourned till 1 o'clock p. m. A KT KK SOON KXKKCISKS.

At 1 o'clock p. m.. the Institntn was'

called to order bv Mr. A. if. Shwum-.

"M.. f .. . . .

.ur. -u. oweeney men iook up a class in Physiology, and gave his method of

teaching it by Uraeing Sub-divisions. Mr. H. C. Kink then took up a clas in

Arttiiinetic He presented the subject t,,ere wc,"e a C0l m the top aud a hunhow to D-ach Fractions to beginners. It g'T colored Jlepubic n on the other was a very interesting fubject. Mrsjs'de thing uiiglit be justified. But Maggie Gut''c:ell presented the snhiei i even than, the colored Ilcnublican should

how to teach Orthography to beginners,!0" "deto swim the stream and atatul

which was a very good exercise. Mr.A.p1"" " w nue mo otner leiiow spent an M. Sweeney conducted a clas in 3Iapnom" 01' tw0 scouring the country iu

drawing He presented the subject well.

ntiest of a Settler-with a good coon dosr

and a rifle, or the other fellow might stand guard and the colored Republican

ue would to beginner ; discussions wcre ue sent out to scour. Except in the direst

Mis Maggie Xohr took up a class i Heading, and drilled a class the same a

followed by Mrs. Gutgcsell, Mr. II. C. Fink and Mr. A. M. Swecnev.

On motion, the Secretary was instruct-1

hour of need we have always thought it best, on tho whole, to religiously observe that good old passage from Scripture:

ed to furnish a copv of the proceedines Woodman, spare that tree." Evaus-

ii wic ,insper vouncr lor puoiicauon. pc courier The Institute then adjourned. The

next Institute will be held on the 8th of.How to Vote on the Amendment.

November, 1879, at 9 o'clock a. m. Bo prompt and in time. Every person is

rcsiJccuuuy mvueu to aiteilU.

A. 31. SWEENEY. Pres.

II. C. Fink, Secretary.

nqouragenient from recent reM,rt hy onhm mi!tR ,,,... w; nrInlfii oa

..episcopal missionary who has spent,.,,. , . ' 5U. l,n

, . V; re,ortf,lon? one, and below each amendment I 1 il nt.n t i T0'1 ru!r "No" aud "Yes," of ?nrcI JJ.?r.?y ? ou V1 lh5!" l '1- which the voter can take his Choice.

The tickets for votimr on the new con

stitutional amendments iu 1890 will b printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, and paid for out of the Statd Treasury direct. The law prescribe

Those who believe that the Indian "'1 u"! '""V"

. ...... l I. ...... .1.. i , ... . nuu nut ii;o iiiru uiikh uvuib ia t .i'i Tr. ULTm' clV! iz,!2each 'voter shall be provided. Tula

' y:Xu"l" T ?u' '"V W,'K'5 ' would -make more than a million and a

" ' .U": ti"Ho'- amendment, some

a

six vears among the Sioux

thut

chan

painted, armed, unfriendly, lilthy, idle,! disoiilnte. IiPHtllCIl l)(oi)!i. Vnt- tluv

dre?s properly, arc cleanly. iudiiMriousj A Koman Catholic priest at Now Al

and have a de.xlre to learn." Itccent re-lmn el'y announced that the disciporls by the Indian commissioners make!llinc of tl,c church would bo rigidly cih the whole number of Indian now in the!Tolcetl against those who violated its Territories, exclusive of Alaska, dnlvfons. Ho said that loafing on street against 251,000 hi KS77. anil rncr and visiting saloons on Sunday 2t;n.tKX) in 1876. The Government ex-jis n abomination, and road out of tho ponded last vear tor educational pur-P,ch several persons who had besu pocs among them $.'152,125, and the va-!"1,tv of suc conduct. This Is a forrious religious societies 9,7M), makingSft'r1,m(vc'fi,nt that commends itself to a total of $418,885. There are .Tfiti everybody. Sunday loafing is bad and schools, w ith 12.222 children, and 18 "' other loating. Idleness is tho Indians that can read. Tho number of'no,,'',ro1 nicluef, and a habit of loafing missionaries of dltlerent denominationsa"'! idling away time is one of the most mnomr them is 220, and there arc iiiapeniieiotH that our youth can fall into, church buildings. This, it must be adf a 13 a long step toward vice. mifled, looks a little like civilization, and! "" Is well calculated to imluence the policy Slephen A. Douglas, Jr., of Illinois, of tho Government, but when the results nd RoWt M. Douglas, of North Caroofpast labors are considered, doubts are lina sons of Stephen A. Douglas, lik'dv to arise as to results. Since I83.5!have recenlly come into possession of

the Government of the C tilted States has!

expendel alinut fl70,00,000 on account of the Indians.

about $200,000 by tho decision iu their

favor of a suit in the Court of Uaims lor

the recovery of the proceeds from a quantity of cotton belonging to their father

The Montezuma Era savs: Wo havo'd confiscated m Washington county, no deirc to impair the prospects of anviis., l' the Federal troops during the aspirant to gubernational honors, but tor . Donjjlas was a slaveholder, siinnlv exnress our tirt ebnfen fnr ib. through his first wife, and furnished the

nomination of governor in 1HS0. Tlini-n labor on a plantation owned bv James

is no evading the fact that the Jlepubli-plcHutUm iu Washington county.

can party will make a desperate effort to carry lludiaita in 1880. Every device known to the body politic will bo brouirht

inlo requisition by them, and with the

combination or wealth and tho importa lion of colored citizens thev hopo to ac

complish their purpose. with these

facts facing n?, it behooves the Democra

cy to place in nomination for standardbearer in 1880 a man whose record, force of character and ability on tho stumpj will rally to his support the strencth and

enthusiasm of the Democratic party. This man is Hon. Franklin Landers. To

him, more than any other man, the State and Nation are indebted for the renionctization of silver, while his views in re-! lation to the contraction policy of the

ttovernment arc well known. Ao man in the State hay contributed so much ta the success and organisation of the party

as ho, and with him at the head of the

ticket in 1S80 a substantial victory in

favor of the masses aud the. true priiici pies of Democracy are sure to follow.

A Decided Dlfficroiice. " I tell vou." savs a rapid free-thinker.

" tho idea that there is a God has never

come into my head I"

"Ah I precise! v like my dog. But

there Is this diilercnce ho doesn't go

around howling about it." French

paper.

An nlil farmer, tbn filNt f film he ate ail

ovster stew, was asked how ho Hkcit it.

"Well," he answered, "T like the soup

well enough, but I wish they lett out them pollywogs." T.VntiMi Atnw aline Tjtwrence Atf"

Vhelin, is building a barge at Wesi

Shoals, to take staves, spoKc naioer, etc., etc., down the river.-tMartlu County

Herald. A Mht aerlctiltural authority esti

mates the Ion on English cros at $125,-

'000,000.