Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1860 — TO THE PUBLIC. [ARTICLE]

TO THE PUBLIC.

]For tho Rensselaer Gazette.

The officers and members of the First Rensselaer Rifle Company, believing that the day which gave birth to a Washington ! should be forever celebrated by Americans—- | should be regarded as a national holyday, ! have determined to introduce sach celebra- | tion in Rensselaer this year of grace 1860. ! They therefore beg to announce to the pubj lie that upon that day there will be a parade of the Company, at Rensselaer, to be followed by an Oyster Entertainment, at the Court House, in the evening, to which the public are all invited. The officers and members of the Company pledge themselves to render the entertainment worthy of public patronage. While free!}’ admitting thatour object of the entertainment is to raise a fund, to enable them to purchase more suitable equipments, they appeal to the we'll-re ishes ot a generous public, of which they have already had numerous proofs, to aid them in this enterprise, promising that fill who may h ,nor them with their patronage shall receive the worth of their money. The re- ■ reshments will consist of oysters, pastry; fruit, confectionaries, to be disposed of in lots to suit purchasers. Good music will be in attendance to enliven the scene, and j altogether they hope to render the affair vvor- j thy ol tits day which it is designed to eeie- j brute. The ladies are respectfully invited,

to attend.

I. N S. A LTER, O. S.