Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1883 — The Methodist Conference. [ARTICLE]

The Methodist Conference.

The interest bearing debt of this Nation -was worn off, during August, to the extent, of $6,671,Ssl. ' If you care nothing for big “nuukins,” fine stock, improved machinery, “agricultural hoss trots,” bucolic base ball matches, or any other of the many good attractions pf the county Fair, it will still be .worth your time to attend for the sake of meeting acquaintances and friends.

Murray Kellar, the G. P. A., of the L., N-A. & G. railway, gives the editors upon his road a freerice, on a special train, tq Louisville, to see tfie Southern Exposition, to-day. We acknowledge the ieceipt of an invitation, which with its accompanying time caid, are elegant enough for wedding stationery. The special time card is embellished with the following verge: ‘•The pe« is mightier than the sword” '-True arepobiemen, no <i<iu bt; Car of railroad*, tl*e 'States atford. Nona bettgrihan the Mon on Route.

The Postal Notes. —T‘ie new way of remitting small sums of money appears to take well in Rensselaer. 14 notes were sold pn Monday and Tuesday, the two first days after they were offered. The first note sold is punched for 0 dollars, 0 climes, 2 cents. It was issued to The Republican man, at a total outlay, upon his part, of five cents; and so long as lie can afford to “carry” it he will retain ft as a curiosity.

Editor Eastburn deals liro.* Lingle a merited rebuke for the ridiculous report the Courier made of Secretary Lincoln's speech at Rensselaer.—howler Era. It is a rather strange circumstance that nobody except the two sapient gentlemen, who edit the Fowler papers, should have seen anything deserving of rebuke in the Courier’s account of Lincoln’s Rensselaer speech; and the presumption is that we do Messrs E astburn and Cbfkins no injustice in saying that they themselves, would not have made any such cl iscovery, either, had it not been that they felt a private spite at Mr. Lingle. When the Era comes to talk about “merited rebukes” we would respectfully suggest that the fob lowing from the last issue of the Oxford Tribune, comes about as near filling that description as anything we have come across lately. We quote from the Tribune: The attack of 'the Fowler Era on editor Lingle is beyond all bounds of oommon doceu9y. The editor of the Era should step down and out. He has forever disgraced himself in the eyes of the people.

The Mother Hubbards are never beautiful, though sometimes sensible. —Rensselaer Republican. Where is the “sense in them?” Never saw one where there appeared to be much “sense” in it. They make very clever night but confound them for that purpose.—Kentland Gazette. * We are grieved that the Gazette should feel called upon to discredit our judgement, in this manner, in regard to the Mother Hubbards, but we must suffer in silence, howfoy although we know, from that there are occasions when die M. H, seems the Uiodt sensible garment that can be worn, we must refrain from particulars. Some things there are which should be learned only fronr’obervation, and among them is the true and proper use of the Mother Hubbard dreaeea. !

The Northwest Indiana Conference closed its labors Honday. following notes will be of interest to Jasper county readers: Dr. Cissel takes charge of College Avenue church, in Greencastle, and J. H. Claypool, formerly of Delphi, is appointed Presiding Elder, of . Lafayette district. For Rensselaer, J. C. Webster; Remington, W. H. Vance; Medaryville, Jasper T. MeCqy, Monon, supplied by W. H. Dunham; Rose Lawn, supplied by C. R. Ball; Brook, John Behring; Goodland, H. N. Ogden. The Rev. J. J. Claypool goes to Morton, Putnam county, in the Greencastle district. The Rev. J. T. Abbett attend the conference in the capacity of a lay delegate.