Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1881 — Our Reporter’s Epistle to the Jasperites. [ARTICLE]

Our Reporter’s Epistle to the Jasperites.

Corn meal at C. C. Starr & .Co’s. 3Vhat has become of the Continental tollroad? Has the C. «t A. •wallowed it up? School books for sale cheap, at| lines <t Meyer’s. ' Elder D. T. Halstead will preach, at the Christian church, next Suird«wr at 10:30 A. W. ; The finest assortment of photograph ami autograph albums ever brought to this market, at lines A* Meyer’s. The Baptist people of this place have made arrangements to have services in their” church regularly hereafter. « ■ ■ «•» Plrfe ware ! plate ware ! Goodsl bought of me will be engraved free. Hardman, the Jeweler. I The Ilemington fair was a decided success. We understand thd Board will have S4OO on hand after paying premiums and expenses. •Try that choice roasted coffee all C, C. Starr A Co’s.

The liest stock of wpolen yarns of a’l kinds to** be found in the c mnty may be found at the Trade Palace > Warner «t Sons’ is where you go u« purchase year Hardware, , Furniture, etc. The Bev. J. H. Vanuys, D. D.. of Goshen, Ind., will preach in tin Presbyterian church next Sabbath at 10:30 A. M. Those using fine "cut. Tobacco.] will find a better quality for 501 cents a pound at Kern’s than they ever bought before. PiiEsfDENT Arthur took - the oath of office before Judge Brady.l wf New York, at 3 o’clock Tue - day morning. , There will probably be no changes made indiic Cabinet, at least at present. Eon Sale or Bent.—A house conveniently located to the- business part of town. Will be sold cheapj or rented at a low rate. . Inquire of] <T. G. Sears, at the furniture Store of Sears & Son. Religious.—The Bev. Mr. 'Me J Dade, of Kokomo, wifi preach at; Wasson’s school house at 10:30 A. M. next Sabbath, and at the Baptist church in this city?at 7:30 r. M. same day. GoTdfpmisl gobi pens ’. at Hardman’s jewelry store. IlrM®»wa.—Willey & Sigler archaving an trade. They keep a splendid stock of .goods, and are not afraid to dell the people so. Read every word they have to say in The Republican till* week.

Cellvloid eye glasses—something new —»*t: Hardman's. Call and see them. In this issue of The Republican may be found an advertisement of* Campbell & Fardeh, boot and shoe! dealers. These .gentlemen come! highly reeoinmendeH as first-class! business men and good cijtizens.l They have put in as fine a stock ofj boots and shoes as was ever brought! io and’as they will deal] ■sclusiVely in this line of goods! they are enabled to give you sj>ecial| bargains, Try them. Remember, I make a specialty of 2 spectacles, and warrant a fit in| •very case. Hardman, the jeweler J The o<lors which apse from some! of the alleys and streets in Rensse-! laer are terrible, and we should! judge would' be very prolific in! breeding- disease and pestilence.! Especially is this so in the south-l eastern the city, where! most of the barns are located on] the streets, and in -many cases tjiei refuse is dumped into tbe street.’ If the marshal has not the power,! the'taan council should invest liiuq with authority to clean these peaces] out.

As a liver medicine, Dr. Mar | Bromoliue has no equal.* It also cleanses the Hood, and youi " get a big, big bottle for fifty cents ! sell it When yoq want any kind of pat g •nt medicine you can find it at! Tharp’s drug store. : " I Patent medicines in endless! nnanfity and every variety, at lines! Wm. B. Austin has money l>e-| » longing to private parties to loan ■* on approved personal or mortgage security, in sums of *l<X) and over, at loir rate of interest Office with Thompson <k Bro. _ '" / ; 7 The grryrtest reduction in prices of clothing that re have <-wt known has just been made at pold’a, and his sbx’k i* new and fresh. We can't give any reason why he makes thia but. never-the-b-wr, he has V. do go. In boot* aad th* M durtion is the same, and tn dry' goods it beats all. Call sad help yourself. V ben you, Want a #*'l I *»lr go io Tharp s for H.-

[•*o that a man might know the end of | day s bu3ine»3 ere it come. but it sujtiedh | that the day will end and then the end u I AhvITN." i r We went. We taw. we were conquered. CHAFTEB 1. | 1. And ii cam* io pass tint there vm a [great multitude gathered together on a ccr Lain holy day called Sabbath, and ilieu] [were present the Metbodites, the Gaditl*s land half of the trib* of Ja<peiiles, of vaiant men, men able to bear buckler and ’sword, and ekillful in battle against a certain called King Alcohol. I 2. And it came to pas> when the mulli[tude had gatheied themselves together, ’they, together with the high pries u and servants, took themselves to a great public building called a depot, on the outskirts ot a beautiful city in lh£ land of the Jasperites.

I 3. And there were gathered there the 'heads of the houses of their fathers, even *Eud Rodi, Simoni Peti, Neu6r Twilli Osti. *Alti Macoi, Swill Duvalisli, Senor Totni (Totnsi, Karl Ahapriee, and a certain man c;.4ied by those abiding thereabouts, Sammy J. Tilden, also a person known asJ. Gitntner[man, to the wicked of the neighborhood. I I 4. And it came to jiass that these people] liiid about and near them many weapons of] 'attack, even knives anil forks, spoons and] fpickels, and they carried with them certain] vessels called baskets which were filled with] ?tbe fat of the land thereabouts. | 5. And the assembled multitudes hard 1 'cned their necks and transgressed againsil [the Go-1 of tbeir fathers and went from: [the great building, and the high priest th it .commanded them to dwell in the land ofahc ►of the Jasperites, but they travelled far ►away to a certain great body of water neai| |'.o a great city called Bagdad. | 6- And it came to pass when they hn<l [come into the land of Bagdad, they forih- • with proceeded to tear open their vessels, hind they smote the contents tjierein with [iheir weapons, and the same escoped not [but were devoured. ' | 7. And the wicked ones from the lan-1 [of the. Jasperites then went to a certain [great body of water called latke Uedari.and [many there were who set their nets for the 'catching of fish, but n great multitude [thereof caught not any fish. _ | 8. And it came to pass there was in the Hand of Bagdad much enchanting s libs lance Lolled by the natives music, and there were [even many profligate person, who were descended from the partner of Adam, and [when the Jasperites saw aujd heard these [things they were sad, and they smote their [breasts, saying, even we arc in Bagdad and [we will do as Bagdad docs. I 0. And the denizens of the neighborabput Bagdad, being from a far ofi [c untry called Germani,' were much glad, baud welcomed the Jasperites as they were Iverjly wont, to welcome a certain large (tribe of people known as Sinkers, and, it came to pass that they smote tbe bugs of their guests and took therefrom many" she kels of silver.

10. Aud they from the country of the* Jasperites saw there their enemy kingAlco-l hoi, and when th#y had perceived him thejp drew their swords and bucklers and pre-l pare-1 for a great battle. 11. And the commander of the Jaspcr-I ites, even Prince Mordecai, quote unto the] his armor bearer, saying, draw] thy swerd and shy me even "before thtg great battle; but it came to pass that tin] youthful armor bearer, a certuinyoung man] ■silted Zobei Fromc Abdmcyer, unlike] Abinmelech of old, refused to thrust hi?] w.-apofi through the mortal part of his] [immortal commander, but forthwith quote,E I will ffcrwwrJ, nry liege, ami he, even the! [youthful armor ’dearer, rvshed into the] thickest of the great battle anl was no more.] 12. And the princes and (>eoplc of the! [country »f the Jasperites said one to anoth-l :*r, wbatman is he who will tight against! [our great enemy ? Then a certain brave] ttiiao, even Ahabobbi Sophillippi, who hadl Koine forward to tbe great city pt Bagdad,] [.aid, *ven I am willing rmd of pre it anxie;| [ty to die for the cause, bnt a great multi-] Etude of other men tie tribe of Jas[*er.j Lame forward, and after being spoken to by] [the high priest Ahabobbi Gregori, a wise] [man. they went unto the great battle and] juany with the high priests, slain, and] numbered many hundreds, and] [the missiles and weapons of the] l-nemy, even King Alcohol, were distri-] .Luted along a certain road, called a railroad,] [leading into the region of the Jasperites. I 13. And there was much willing and] k-nadiing of teeth among the tribe 'of Jas-| Iperites, and rnanyy and among the great] [number, a certain high officer of the tribe] [of Jasperites, named .Moscsbalter,' quote,] [-ayiag. why went we to the land of the] threat city of Bagdad, but not one of the] [wise men or high priests could tell the read Ison thereof apd they were sad. | 14. And it came to pass that -a certain] jlrst of the transgressors was taken by the] ]re.naining high priests and scribes of the] ■tribe of the Jasperites, and those whose] Lames appear thereon will bo cJled upon] lon a certain night called Friday, not fur] Lway, to give an aceonnt of their doings ■against their great enemy called. King Aljcohol. I 15. And so ends tha first lesson, and,' ■people calleddricnds, lei us pray that it mav |be the last.

Silver Creek, N. Y.,). I Febr. 6, 1880. f | Gents—l have been very low,! and have tried everything, to no! 'advantage - - I heard your Hop Bit-! iters recomraended by so many, l| concluded to give them a trial. I] klid, and now am around, and con-| stantly improving, and am nearly! a, strong as ever. W-H. Weller / I —■... » ■ fi Pens, inks, pencils, scratch hooks, frayons, slates, and all kinds of [school supplier the cheapest at Tharp’s. Mr. Walter F. Adams, of W*c»(lx,ro, Mass., writes: “For years I sufTwed the horronv of dysfieptdn awl indigestion. It seemed to weaken every organ of life, .and '-'4nj>b'tely shatUrtol my nervous At night when I laydown I Mt I w/nW n/4 live until morning. Heartfmrn pawned me most terribly. I trievl fPrryww'w Iron 111 Iters; it (suited my rww*prsei<w»|y, awl now fry digest* any kir»<l of my sMki’W romplevion sad r4her of ill health .-ire *ll grm*. *M st night I enjoy /efr<*«hTng. slum*