People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1893 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

GOODLAND. Good growing weather. Peach crop promises well. Rev. Jenkins will preach the memorial sermon at the M. E. church Sunday. Goodland will have a street sprinkler this summer. It is said the C. & I. C. will soon begin hauling coal with the only passenger train they now have on that road. This is a move in the right direction for our people would rather have a good wagon road. Ex-city marshal, Marsh Warren, of Rensselaer, visited relatives at Goodland over Sunday. Burt Turner and a number of the boys from Brook came over Sunday on their wheels and returned in the evening. The commencement exercises at this place a week ago were rather a tame affair from the fact that neither county superintendent Pfrimmer nor the great “I am” Davis, took any part. We would not if we could pluck one leaf from the laurels of county Supt. Pfrimmer but would simply say that he has not added to any from this community. A little boy of L. Noels, about tw’elve years old. died one day last week very suddenly. He was buried at the eeinetary near Duner’s church last Friday.

Trustee Geo. Jenkins and wife are at the World’s Fair this week. John Cook is building an addition to his residence. Mr. A. T. McCurry and wife, accompanied by Mrs. Humston and Mrs. E. Peck, started Monday noon for the World’s Fair. They expect to be gone about a week. Mr. D. R. Harper and Miss Jenks, both of this place, were married Sunday evening at the M. E. parsonage. Miss Ella Bugby, a former teacher in the primary room at this place, died last Friday of consumption and w r as buried Saturday. Mr. Harry Wood, of Goodland, and Miss Sadie Hamilton, of Wolcott, were joined in the holy bonds of wedlock last Sunday. They returned home Monday and immediately repaired to their new home which Harry had prepared for his new bride. Quite a number of our citizens have been the guests of Judge Wiley this week. Called there for the purpose of being interviewed on the question of our gravel streets. The cases are Longwell, the contractor, vs. W. Foster, H. Foster and Z. F. Little.

Mr. Harvey Scott, of this place, dlfed at Chicago Wednesday of last week. He had been book keeper for. the firm of Z. F. Little & Co. for a number of years and he and wife had gone to Chicago on Monday before to attend the Fair for a week or ten days where he took a severe cold and died of paralysis of the stomach. Funeral at M. E. church Saturday. Whatever may be Mr. Kitt’s feeling as to his appointment as a member of the school board everybody knows that he is not seeking the office by any means, whatever. All recognize that there are plenty of good men in the third ward, but what the people want and what they are going to have is a man of intelligence, a man of courage, and a man who will build up the public school system of this place instead of tearing it down. In all these qualities Mr. Kitt has rounding and heaping measures and the citizens not onlj ask but demand his appointment. Town boards are the servants of the people not their masters. Oh my! God have mercy on this community since Brother Kitt has made known the fact that this place has a real woman hugger. It is said there has been such a rush from Kentland, Remington, Morocco, Brook and other towns near that the C. & I. C. have almost decided to put on our accommodation train again. Don’t be alarmed, gentlemen, you can’t all be hugged for she has only two arms, one for a minister and one for a sadist. Jack the Ripper. Subscriptions taken for any paper or magazine at this office.

EAST WALKER.

The church at Dew Drop Chapel last Sunday was well attended. Rev. Veacli delivered a splendid discourse. There will be preaching again next Saturday night by the same man mentioned above. Sunday school still continues at Hershmin and much interest is manifested. A. L. Bonk intends going to Valparaiso to school the 6th of June. The weather could not be more favorable for spring work. Pasture is splendid and stock is looking well. There is almost an unlimited amount of land uninclosed and is of no benfit to its owners as mow land when fenced. Such land might just as well remain unfenced as not. Most of the citizens in this township allow their stock to run at large and will, so long as it is not restrained. There are a few {men that would like to have stock restrained for their own special benefit, regardless of the welfare of their neighbors. Now such a move would be unjust, as there are many that could not keep tAeir stock on account of having no pasture. Alert.