Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1880 — Don't Fail to Read It [ARTICLE]

Don't Fail to Read It

"irnveriyneut is relieved nt * bvavv burden. Congress has adjourn* : • I until! the 6th of January. The editor of the Crawfordsville Jour is- made bis newsboys happy on (’firisttnx* by giving a dinner ofturkey at o <>f the HenUirants of that eity. ”~f <e auferiuc | uhlle will not be afillnteff with any of the fire-ea*ing sen tmeiits of Wade Hampton, in the senate for some weeks, He is in Mia* si'••ip pi settling up the estate of a «< reused son. and will net take bis seat in the senate until in January. Wiiiainac Democrat reads tench era a lecture for changing text books contrary to law and in another place remarks, that the trustees will appoint appoint anew County Super! n tenda it In May. ! You’rs a month too ear ly brother L'vmocrat, read the law again. Sena’or Blaine wants the cost of a- nding a letter reduced to two eenta an<i has introduced a l;ill in congress t» effect the change. The young ntan who writes many letters to his aweeU heart will ever pronounce blessing* spin the aenator. Hi*election to the I d —if be <4ii get the nomination. The Ist* meeting of the North Car- • Um Freedmen at Grcencaetle, and tririr encouraging meser.ge to their suffering brethren in .the south has already boro fruit in the arrival* r rentty of a small party of colored peopla, 1 mui North Carolina, at Geencastle. They report that latge numt bers are preparing to move north. The Craw fbrdsvllle‘Journal warns ha res ’er< a *:*ii»«*t impostors who travel th r ugh lite country soliciting sub scriptlons lor various publicatio is. It would be wed for people oi Js>pe r eo .iiyiobe careful in this regard. There are several a_ents is the county, kdown to be trustworthy, who represent all ri e tublicatlons of merit Them only, is It safe to patronize.

Mr. Thoma* J. Wood of Lake coun ty, received, last week, from United Btatei Fi>h eommiaaiouer Baird, fift ten fish of tbs variety known as German Csrp, which will be placed in one es the lakes in Lake County. These flab grww rapidly and will thrive in bard or soft water. They may t* confined in pens, in the water, Mr. Wood says, and be fattened, the same as a h<*g. Ju the winter they bury tbetn-Mlvee in the mud of the lake, eomlog out in tbe spring* lean andbur/ry. Tus Carp is oue of the beet varieties of fished. Tlia enteypriee •»! Mr. Wood, in introducing these flab, is commendable. We Dote with pleasure tbe disposition of the advertising patrons dt th e Journal to edit the paper during the holidays. Thia isAsit should be. Tbe p<td editors of the Journal are alwuy a willing and happy to give way to ad: vertisem. We crave apace however, t«r make thia remark: If it pays to ad ver. tise liberally and largely during the holidays; why does it Dot pay equally as well in proportion during otber.aea. sous of tbe year? Undoubtedly it does, Business med advertise freely during the holidays because they want toaefl sod they want the public to know the fsw. The Mine principle asplies in favor of liberal advertising at all times. Journal,

• This is the last issue of-the Repub. lican for 1880. Many of our subscribers are In arrears, Obligations on r>nr oflfce and fcr material full due Jan. Ist 1881. We have suffered griev. iously, as our patrons know, by long protracted aickueea, and by death in «»ur family, so that we have been una hie to keep Qnancialy even with our affairs aa we would like. Wo sent out piper regularly to you. Now we atk that wi h the incoming of the new year, you would grant us the amount due, thua- placing your eounty paper on a safe footing, making it >power for good. To tboee whoee subscriptions fall due with thia iwee, w at? grateful for their patronage in tue past and hope that each of them will promptly renew for 1881, so that we may continue their names oil our list.

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