Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1885 — G. A. R. Festival and Campfire at Rose Lawn. [ARTICLE]

G. A. R. Festival and Campfire at Rose Lawn.

Hose Lawn Post, No. 253 are going in for a good time next Saturday afternoon and evening. Installation of officer’s, basket supper and Camp-fire is the programme. Everybody invited, and a good time premised, The Presbyterian Sunday School considerably in debt, lately adopted the money-jug method of raising the vind, with very successful results. A,, large number of the members of the school have, for some weeks, been industriously circulating brown jugs, with openings in them just large enough to permit the insertion of coins. As an inducement to zealous efforts three prizes were offered to those who, in the allotted time, secured the largest collections. As per announcement the jugs were broken last Triday evening, in the church building. There were songs and other exercises in addition to the jug smashing, and a small admittance fee was charged at the door. The building was crowded with spectators, anti thus quite a sum was realized from the admittance fees. The sum total realized from the contents of the jugs was $37.50. ■ Fred Ohilcote’s jug panned out the sum of $5.07, and gave shim the first prize, a gold ring. Mary Ohilcote took the second pr ize—a ~ small sum of money. Her jug yielded $5.92. Lucy Noweis came third with $4.92 in her jug.