Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1881 — Remington Items. [ARTICLE]

Remington Items.

. Dear Republican: —The morning is bright enough to lend us inspiration, but it would be of no avail. No flights of fancy, no pen pictures are wanted; simply prosy facts and statements of things that have happened about town. The teachers who have been away enjoying the summer vacation, are gathering in, one by one, ready for the winter campaign. Mrs. A. A. Stearns returned last Friday, after a long sojourn among the mountains of New Hampshire. She is looking very much oeiter than when she left Remington. Miss Myra Price is ready to begin thawinter’s work. She returned last .Friday, after a pleasant visit among friends in Stockwell and Lafayette. School will not commence in town until in October. Some delay has been occasioned by the preparation of a new building. The children are all ready and eager for school to “take up.” There has been such a long vacation that the school will be welcomed as a pleasant change. Under the able management of Miss Bolles we know that they will do well. Cards are out for the wedding of lona D. Hayes and Edwin E. Willetts. Ona is one of Remington’s fairest daughters, and we extend heartfelt congratulations, earnestly hoping that their lives may be very happy ones. Robert Parker is still going manfully toward China. About two hundred feet of the distance has been opened, and Mr. Parker is in a quandary. If the men strike water they are to receive $1.35 per foot. If they quit work of their own accord, without finding water, they receive no pay for what they have done. If Mr. Parker tells them to quit he has to pay the price above mentioned. If they should reach water without digging any further it will be an exjiensive well. Mrs. Ben. Butler, of Chicago, is in town. They expect to move back soon, and occupy the Guy property. Remington is very glad to have them back again. Mrs. Railsback and son, Walter, left for Missouri last Thursday. They expect to make their home in that state hereafter. Mr. Emery has purchased and will occupy her property, much to the disappointment of some of our young friends contemplating matrimony. P. B. Lyon started last Tuesday for a ten days’ tour through Nebraska. We hope he will not find a place that he likes better than Remington. Hope you will have the best kind of a fair. If you try you can have just as good a fair as we did. Must stop. This letter is too

Ihng already.

T. T. N.