Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1881 — From Kensington. [ARTICLE]

From Kensington.

Dear Republican: —Although the warmth of the weather may be drilled, in the language of the Bostonian, “intensely intense,” yet we will try rind send some account of the doings over this way. First of all and best of all, the news from Washington are encouraging. Suteiy the prayers of the whole nation must avail and the life of President G&field must be spared. . . The Fourth prissed off vdry quietly. The demonstration by the brethren of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W., although not imposing, was very creditable for the size of the place. We did not have the pleasure of hearing H. W. Snyder’s speech, but we have been assured by those who did hear it that it was well worth listening to, those who missed hearing it, missed a treat. That grand document, the Declaration of Independence, was read by Mr. Will Coover, in his usual smooth, well modulated tones, while the address of S. C. Maxwell, M. D. D. G. M. W., was enough to convince every thinking man of the good work of these benevolent societies. In our humble judgment the address of Dr. Maxwell should be printed and then read by every man to whom the paper has access* Misses Della and ’Rilla Cotton and Mr. Warren, of your burg, spent Sunday with friends in Remington. Sheriff Powell and Mr. McCoy came over Sunday in a buggy decorated with crape, in mourning for President Garfield. The idea was good, if a little premature. That comes from not having telegraphic facilities. Fifteen visiting brethren from the Kentland Lodge visited the Remington lodge of A. O. U. W. James Patton accompanied the delegation. Miss Nellie Palmer, of Watseka, 111., is visiting the family of Mr. Wm. Shaw. Mrs. M. G. Traugh starts to Ohio in a few days, called there by the dangerous illness of her sister. She expects to be absent a ■ month or more. We read with something like envy your account of the temperance movement in Rensselaer. The The cause is so very, very dead here. 329.