Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1881 — Gillam Items. [ARTICLE]

Gillam Items.

; Weather cold. Health only fair. Plenty of em>w on the ground at present. B’ock doing well, cuue-ide.ing the extreme cold weather. Farmers are kept busy doing their chores -and keeping themselves warm. Wjlli.itu Comer and hluuice Prevo returned Lat week from buying cattle; they brought home one more Ilian they bought, and showed their honesty by returning to! find the owner with whom they expected to! settle fer the stiay, Archibald Pullins has purchased the obi McJimsey form; his soniolaw Tolbert Brio, will superintend it the coming season. Charles Wallace bus moved to Francisville. to continue his busiuess, We c.iu heartily biui us a workm.tu, as well ns a stalwart Republican. Schools of Gillaui are closed, and we hope the work ol her earnest add euergei c teachers will prove a great blessing to tho. e who have striven so faithfully to s cuio

the certifibute of honor. It is hoped tho ftiends of education in Gil.’am will appreciate Ine worth of knows edge, in its moral relation and encourage their children to read such books as will increase their lore for good literature; The minds of the young hare a tendency to be draws oil on subjects which-pertain to no future usefulness and stands in the hands of both pareßts and teachers to instill in their children and pupils a love for such books as will tend to develop their minds’and better facilitate the growth of their reasoning powers. How many there are who take no interest in their cbi dreu! they ara not able to see away into the future the ideal man or woman; if they were, our prisons would be less filled, our poor houses less lj»s needed, and our country less flooded with those deplorable tramps. E. R. IVrce gave a concert at the close of bis school which whs interesting and entertaining and Would have been better had it not been so crowded. Ellis started to South Bend to give his u call, after which he is to start for Nebraska to teach penmanship. He leaves some warm friends in Gillam C W. Faria (the acribe) has I nish.d his series of -vriting at Indepen.lence <md began another at East Vernon. Charley is a good boy as be is a scribe, and mikes it count what ever he undertakes. Go in Charley while you are young. •

GILAMITE.