Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1880 — REMINGTON RAMBLES [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON RAMBLES

BY W.

John Ford and Laura Timmons chartered a matrimonial boat last Sunday and together started down the river of life. May their vovage be a long and happy one. A polar wave struck here solid last Friday, patting a stop to all out-door mechanical work, especially the re-tinning of the roof of the Morgan Block. There are still one or two cases each, of diphtheria and scarlet fever, but of a mild type. James G. Knight, whose leg was badly fractured at the ware house, some weeks since, is getting along finely and will soon be about again, though it will probably be two or three months ere he will be able to resume his old nlace. Our postmaster, G. B. Clark, pulls the scales at 299 pounds. Were he enjoying good health this would be a theme for congratulation. But he is an invalid and as he suffers proportionately to his weight, it can readily be seen that he cannot enjoy himself to a great extent. The week opened out auspiciously and farmers begin to feel like getting into the fields to work. Our old friend and former fellow citizen, F. K. Donnelly, returned last Friday from Michigan City for a few days’ visit, the first since last October, when he took position as oneof the guards at the penitentiary. Prison life evidently agrees with him for he looks rugged and younger by someryears than when he left here. Mrs. Donnelly is so dissatisfied with Michigan City that she has come back to stay. A serious mishap befel the Editor of the Reporter, last Saturday morning, by which the usual artistic appearance of that sheet was sadly marred. Too bad. And he had only been “maried” two weeks. The beer garden, south of the depot, must be a fine location for amassing fortunes. About three proprietors annually' open out, lay by a competency and retire just in time to escape being sold out by the Sheriff. The latest man of nerve to try the experiment, is Thomas Harris who opened a Gov-; ernment saloon in the old ranch, last Saturday. If the first day is to be any criterion there will be plenty of work for the blue ribbon society. Brawls and wind work for fights were on the tapis all the afternoon. In one or two cases knives were drawn and might have been used to good advantage. There are a few men that while sober are goodnatured and pleasant companions, who seem possed of the worst kind of a devil when drunk.