Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1881 — VALPARAISO, IND., Sept 9, ’81. [ARTICLE]

VALPARAISO, IND., Sept 9, ’81.

SiNCk hia removal to Long Branch, President Garfield has steadily improved, and his physicians say that the condition of the patient gives ground for more confidence than at any time since he was shot. t , This week closes the thirteenth volume of The Republican. The new volume starts out with flattering prospects. We have concluded to adopt the pay-in-advance system hereafter, so far as practicable. This idea of giving away the paper we are getting tired of. Every delinquent will be expected to pay up at once. We need every dollar that is due us, and must have it. So come in and settle.

"We have looked in vain through the columns of the Rensselaer papers for some commendatory notices of the Remington fair. Is it possible that our show was of such a low order that it was not thought worthy of notice? If so we will endeavor to aid to the best of our ability in raising the tone of the Rensselaer fair, so that we can at least have one good fair in the county.—[Remington NfeWfe. Don’t be silly, boys. We had no reporter at your fair, and circumstances prevented the editors themselves from attending. We received no orders to advertise your fair, else it should have been done. The Rensselaer fair has not as yet requested you to advertise it, and when it does the cash will doubtless accompany the request.

New Variety.—The Hon. Mark L. DeMotte sends us a quantity of “Arnold’s Gold Medal Wheat,” for free distribution among the farmers of this locality. The wheat will be delivered to those who call for it in quantities of a quart to each individual. The following are the instructions of the Dejiartment of Agriculture, with regard to this wheat: “A first class smooth, white, winter vdieat. On good land, well preparevl it is very productive, and it commands the highest price in market Tins is not a new wheat, but it is believed that it will be found well adapted to sections where it is not, at present, cultivated. It is not recommended to sow it on poor land, or witli scanty preparation. You will note the character and preparation of soil, time of sowing, habits of growth, time of ripening, yield, and quality of grain, and report to this Department. This is required of all persons receiving seetls as a condition of the distribution.”

Messrs. Editors: Having heard a great deal concerning the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute, (as «all other Jasper county teachers have) we will attempt to give the readers of The Republican a short sketch of our idea of the school, -its work and character. Although we cannot express half of its qualities in so short an article, yet the readers may form some idea of the school. The college building is situated on the most elevated point in the city, and gives an excellent view of the city and surrounding country. It is out of the busy part of town, and seems to be a kind of students’ domain.

Valparaiso is a very pleasant place for a. school of this kind. Being scattered.over a considerable territory for a town of no more inhabitants, it gives us. plenty of “elbow” room. The instructors of the school are very sociable and agreeable, and are doing all in their power to promote the interest of the work, as is shown by the rapid progress of the school, and many representatives scattered all over the United States now filling various important positions.

Prof. H. B. Brown is especially winning in his manners, and is sure to gain the confidence of his pupils. The work is of the most practical and useful kind, and is in every respect just such work as is needed all over the United States. It does not adhere to any particular text book, but takes the practical points, no matter where found, which are used in everyday life. There is a special training class for teachers and those who want to teach, and to4hose we would say that there is no better place, in our estimation, than at the Northern Indiana Normal School, j Respectfully, A Student. One census enumerator found eight bottles of Dr. Marshall’s Bromoline, the Big Blood Medicine, and he put it down in his reports as America’s greatest fiftycent medicine.