Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1880 — Walker Items. [ARTICLE]

Walker Items.

The “Old Reliable” Is visiting friends in Illinois this week. Schools all dismissed this week tor the holidiys, and that the teach, era may attend the county Institute Tiie teadhers of Walker will hold a joint institute with lhe teachers of Wheatfield andKankaaee on the third Sa urd..y in January. Miss Vena Bouk has returned once more to the happy people of Walker, after an absenee of thirteen weeks, during which she has been leaching in Keener. Gia I to see you among us once more Vena. Mr. Osbofne a young pedagogue ot economical propensities has bven riding to his school some three miles dissant from his place of abo l -, and placing his horse in the stable of a friend near the seho°l house. His horse slipping his halter one day, made an attack on another belonging to lhe owner of the stable and injured him so that he died soon after. We sympathize with you, Mr. Osborne, and with the owner ot the dead horse. Wa'.king would be cheaper.

One dsy last week a-prominent J I*, of Walker was seen wending his way homeward from Medaryville with a pint bottle in his pocket. In front of his wagon he spied the tracks of some animal which he supposed to be those of a bear. I he tracks led to a large tree which our J. P climbed. The animal was dislodged and proved to be of the lur bearing species commonly call ed raccoon. We would a id, however, that the bottle had nothing whatever to do with the affair. Our Worthy trustee, George Siahibatim, sent the other day for Dr. Gl iZ’brook, physician for the poor of this township, io under aid to ihe Rogers family who needed his services. He refused to attend them, giving as an excuse thlt hi* horses were not able to travel. Mr Glazebrook is paid a stated sum for attendance on the poor. We think it no more than justice to the t ix payers, whose money he receive* that he should have provided some way to reach these needy people.

PEDAGOGUE.