People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1893 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

GOODLAND. Cherries 10c a quart. A fine crop of strawberries is being gathered in this section. Most of our people will celebrate at Fowler this year. Most of our World’s Fair people returned home last Saturday. Let’s have Gov. Matthews, of Indiana, call an extra session of the legislature to reduce railroad fares. Then everybody could get to the Fair. Almost everybody in Goodland, either has an aunt, sister, brother-in-law, step father, or step mother, second cousin, or forty-second cousin, great uncle or great grand mother now visiting them. The other relatives are expected soon.

Hon. W. W. Gilman is taking in the sights at the World’s Fair this week. The new C. & I. C. conductor on the La Crosse division has moved to Goodland and now occupies C. L. Jacobs’ property. It wouldn’t be a bad plan for more of our business men to follow the example set by Bringham Bros, and decorate the fronts, at least, of their places of business. Show us the man or woman that wants to go to a Fourth of July celebration and then pay a fair association twenty-five cents to see it. The 4th at Goodland is always free, some other places it is not. Our people will attend where independence is free.

The Holiness outfit mentioned in our items last week did not arrive as they had agreed. But we are told they will be here this week. We will have to ask Rensselaer to send up two prayers now instead of one for our town. Ernest Oram is now clerking for James Johnson, the restaurant man. Barney Clark and* George MeCarn were at Fowler Friday on a land trade. Ex-county Treasurer Isaac Smart was in town Friday looking after his real estate interest in Grant township. The Pan Handle billed our town Saturday for a big Fourth at Logansport. Say, Mr. George Jenkins, why is it that you have never paid your share of the school expenses? Last year you only paid for seven months, while the school board paid their share of the seven months and then all of the other month and a half, j while your scholars from the country had the full benefit of the eight months and a half. You should either pay your share of our school expenses or take your scholars from the country, out of school when you quit paying. Which do you prefer doing? Jack pauses for a reply. Mrs. Julian Knight, of S. Dakota, and her neice Miss Myrtle Pierce arrived in Goodland the latter part of last week for a few week’s stay. The post office fight at this place seems to be over. The petition that was being circulated in the county asking the post master general to allow them to hold an election is thought have met a “pocket veto.” Lon James and James Pittigan were at Rensselaer Friday. For the first time since the C. & E. I. built the branch from this place to Momence there was not a pound of freight put off from the local freight at this place last Thursday. When business men begin boycotting a railroad they mean business. v Jack the Ripper.

chased a new buggy. Now is your chance, girls. Blackford will have a Fourth of July celebration this year. A good time is expected. Sunday school at 3 p. m. every Sunday at the Burns school house. Everybody invited. Butterfly.