Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1882 — Teachers Association. [ARTICLE]

Teachers Association.

Plant yous gardens early. C. W. DuyalL landlord of the Hopkins Hofc»&, is on the sick list. ... -< Miss Myra Price, of Remington, is visiting .ydth kgr relations in town. - A •r* _ ’-• ** • J. F. Hardman lias .movpd, his jewelry store into the po stoJUce building. ’ ,» Born.—Tb Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rampb, om Thursday* of ' last week, ascrqi: «V • ” • —4- —— * Lack Srgith, of Delphi, has been in town figj* a weelc past 7 visiting friends. A •tv • *i j • T , . S , Zimn D wiggms • was up from Oxford this Aveek, and returned home with his family Tuesday. - Jas. W.; McEwen ate “biled crow” at the Windsor House, in Chicago, Monday night. ' ' * ; 11 J •* •> Mr. Alfred Thompson is preparing to build a fine residence on his Hanging Grove township farm.

Miss Ora Thompson, Delos Thompson, Louie Hollingsworth, and Elmer Dwiggins returned to Ann Arbor;Monday. The Republican office will be removed to new and more commodious quarters, on Van Rensselaer street, about the Ist of May. Rev. Taylor, and Mr. S. A. Fulton ekpect to attend the Presbytery of Transport, which will conveneia Price, W. J. Imes, G. E. Marshall, F. L. Cotton, and W. B. Price start for a prospecting tour of Dakota next Monday. Arthur W. Cole has been transferred as mail agent to run between Delphi and Michigan City. He will make his home in the latter place. Farmers have commenced spring work. The ground is in splendid condition, and it is hoped this weather will continue for several weeks. The peacemaker and his reward, and the use and abuse of reason; will be the themes for pulpit meditation Presbyterian church, April 16tli. j—- . - C. P. Wright has a full blooded Maltese hound of the female persuasion, recently shipped from Texas. It is a beautiful beast, and is said to be very valuable. The Makeever House is adorned with anew sign, in gilt letters. Three car loads of furniture have arrived and will be put in the building this week. The house will open about the lSth^nst. Married.— On Thursday, March 30, 1882, at the the residence of A. W. Bingham, in Rensselaer, by A. H. Wood, Esq., Geo. Peck,of Carlinsville, 111., and Mary Ellen Sparling, of RensseV.er. In this we< k’s apor we commence the j nit / of n .series of letters sout us by Air. Willey, while visiting C,ui! rnia,but which at. the time they •••*•<} sent, time or space would not ’idinit of their publication. Although they are a little old in date, the description of what was seen in the Go lden State by a minute observer will b« *\i . . . • 1 » > ■i i h 'v-l* » ' ‘.v • »*:n< ; l -y f *•>»*:'

Col;* and Mrs. Yoeman, of Delphi, are 'visiting'with Mr. and Mrs. A. Mdfeoy, city. , Mr. E; A Overman, of Tipton, Indiana, an old newspaper man made us a pleasant visit this morning. ; ; * , - : — . -—■ * Mr. Alexander,.-of Lafayette, is putting, the finishing touches on the inside of A. Leopold’s new storeroom. Mr.'Leopold will have one of the finest business room in northern Indiana when completed. -A' description of the building will be given in- these columns later. Mr. L. expects to put a bran new stock of goods in the building about the 20th inst. v . -’" y\Wm. W. Watson, Esq., has take n .employment in the office of Frank JW- Babcock, where he takes charge of local collections and insurance, and will also give prompt attention to all kinds .’ofi notarial business. Mr. Watson, by his pure integrity, urbane manners and assiduous industry, has won the respect of this oommunity, and Mr. Babcock has done well for himself and business by securing such an assistant.

The Following is the programme of the Jasper county, Teachers Association, to be held in Rensselaer, May 6 1882. 1 Value of outlines, Miss ElfgA lvirk. 2 Common school systom of Kansas, Ruby Bruce. 3 Cultivation. Boyd Johnson. 4 Kindergarten work in primary grades, Madge Osborne.} 5 Subject elective, D. B. Noyrcls. 6 Select-reading, Carrie Funatou. T Monthly examination in country schools, C. P. Mitchell. 8 The recitation and its influence on the success of the school, Mias Alice Johnson. 9 F. C. Price, Oration. 10 “(Jounty Normals vs. Normal work”, Mrs. C. P. Mitchell. 11 “Value of good reading for schools’’ Miss Lydia Parris. 12 “The accurate thinker”, F. L. Hunt. 13 '‘College and Normal education compared”, J. Douthit. L 4 “Revolution from an English standpoint”, W. De.M. Hooper. 15 “Advantages and disadvantages of change of schools”, R. P. Benjamin. 16 .‘Are we architects of our fortunes”? Miss Myra price. 17 “The teacher tactician”, 11. C. Roney. 18 Declamation, M. A. Makeever. 19 Declamation, C. W. Faris. 20 “On Jordan’s stormy banks”, Alice Irwin. 21 Declamation und song, John E. Alter. 22 Essay, Jos. Antrim. 23 Recitation, Vena Bouk. 24 Essay, Lily Bartoo. 25 Compound declamation, Frank Warren and A, E. Coen. Coinmittoe, Misses Lola Moss, Madge Osborne and Mr. Hooper. The Association will convene at the court house, at ten o’clock a. m., as well as 7.30 in the evening. The teacners of the county are solicited to be be present and aid in making this an interesting and beneficial meeting. Committee. Mr. J, F. Cary, .Columbus, O , writes: “I tried Brown's Iron Bitters with my little girl, whose blood seemed poisoned, her skin being constantly oovered with pimples and It has cured her completely, and 411 trace of Impure blood ia her system has entirely disapeared. ’’