Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1885 — The List of Premiums. [ARTICLE]

The List of Premiums.

The sentiment in favor crema - tion as a means of disposing of the dead seems to be increasing in this country, very fast, and especially, as is very natural, in the large cities, as it is there that the arguments in its favor are more apparent, A furnace was opened at Lancaster, Pa., about six months ago, a fine one has just been completed at New York, and others are nearly completed at Cincinnati and Buffalo. It is said that fortyseven bodies are awaiting cremation at the New York furnace, as soon as it is opened, which will be within a very few days. A Jasper county town has a new postmaster whose credentials as a reformer will not be questioned. He has served a term in the penitentiary, several terms in the county jail and is at present under indictment for committing a rape. Some of the patrons of the office have protested against his retention, blit people will complain, you know. — Monticello Herald. Ths Herald must certainly be mistaken in the existence of such a postmaster in Jasper county; but there is no question but that positive charges, similar to the above, are in circulation against a newly appointed postmaster in an adjoining county, and the Herald has his case in mind, but is a little off in the location of the town.

Advices from Brazil say that the action of Judge Gresham in postponing the sale of the Chicago & Great Southern Railroad has so far had no apparent effect on the projectors of the Lake Michigan & Ohio River RoatL Work on the extension from Toledo to Brazil has not abated in the least. The managers of the new Road have invested too much money in the enterprise and have altogether too bright a prospect to stop now even for the law’s delay. They will build the road from Brazil to Toledo, about fifty miles, and, connecting with the Chicago & Great Southern a| that point, form the indispensible connecting Jink in a road from the Brazil coal-fields to Chicago. Work is now being pushed actively, and, sale or no sale, the Lake Michigan & Ohio Railroad bids fair to be a thing of the hear future.

The city newspapers te fl its that a fiT our ton gun was successfully cast in a foundry at South Boston last week. If, after some months of labor, the gun should be biicce'ifuTy mounted, then Americans cm have the poor comfort of Howiag tnat there is at least one car non in the country that is fitted, in some degree, to compare Vi th the nrghly engines of desirveron possessed by so many foreign nat ous. We say “poor comfo t” advised 1 y; for so g eat is the shame and humiliai on, all well informed and patriotic Americans feel over the abjectly defenseless condition of the country, that the satisfaction of knowing that we have just one good cannon affords but little comfort. From lack of modern cannons, modern war ships, modern fortifications and a trained and adequate torpedo service the ' proud American nation is really one of the weakest on the face of the earth, and powerless to resent the insults or aggressions of any one of a dozen European and §outh American nations. Nothing Han remedy this stupendous evil except a liberal expenditure of large sums of money eyery'yeai, for at least six or eight years. Every man who loves his country’s honor and well-being should insist that this be. done, irrespective of what political party have control of the governnlent

Awao’ded at lhe Jasper • .■' I■' * • County I ' ■ ' •* DIVISION “.f 1 FLOWERS AND ornamental Work. D ; splny of Flowers and Plants by one Exhibitor, Mrs John Eger First Display’ ofJAnutials by one Exhibitor, Horace E James First Mrs Alfred Thompson Second Boquet Cut Flowers, Mrs A W Cleveland First Mrs L C Grant * Second Best display Wax Plants, Miss Ella Dolsiin " First Best Preserved Leaves and Flowers, Miss Ella Bolson First Best Moss and Rock work, Mrs Thomas Daugherty First Best SlleH work, Jiffs Thoriias Daugherty \ First DIVISION “k” KITCHEN AND DAIRY DPT. Best Loaf Salt-rising Bread, Lome made, Mrs Geo M Robinson First Mrs R J Hopkins i Second Best Loaf Yeast-rising Bread, home made, Miss Vina Thomas First Hattie Phegley Second Best Loaf Corn Bread, home made, Miss Alary Dwiggins First Mrs Thomas Daugherty Second Best Sponge Cake, Mrs James Welsh First Miss Girty Robinson Second Best Silver Cake, Mrs Elizabeth Purcupile First BestGoil Cake, Rosa Paris First Mrs Thomas Daugherty Second Best Fruit Cake, Mrs C J Brown First Best Cocoanut Cake, Mrs F Rhoades First Miss Girty Robenson Second Best Marble Cake, Miss GirlyTobinson First Mrs Elizabeth Purcupile Second Best White Mountain Cake, Mrs Mary Dexter First Mrs Thomas Daugherty Second Best Pyramid Cake, Mrs C D Nowels First Miss Carrie IVelsh Second Best Angel Cake, Mrs Alary Dexter First Airs William Day. Best Butter, 3 pounds or more, Mil James Welsh First Mrs C J Brows Second Division “k” canned fruits &c. Best Canned Peaches, Mrs B Paris First Mrs R S Dwiggins Second Best Canned Pears,| Mrs B Paris First Miss Girty Robinson Second Best Canned Plums, tame, Mrs Thomas Daugherty First Mrs Nancy Daugherty Second Best Canned Cherries, Mrs Lucy Daugherty First Mrs Geo Hoover Second Best Canned Tomatoes, Miss Lydia Dwiggins First Mrs Geo M Rooinson Second Bes t Canned Berries, 4 or more varieties, Airs Lucy Daugherty First Mrs Thomas Daugherty Second Best Spiced Fruit, one variety, Mrs Rebecca Porter First Miss Alary Dwiggins Second

• , Best Sweet preserves, one vaiiety, Mrs C D Nowels First Mrs Nancy Daugherty Second Best, col Sweet Preserves, 4 or more var., Mrs 0 W Coe n "'“"“TTrst Mrs Thomas Daugherty Second Best Cucumber Pickles, Mrs James Welsh First Mrs Lucy Daugherty Second Best Sweet Pickles, f . Mrs Lucy Daugherty Fir it Miss Lydia Dwiggins Sec ond Best gallon Apple Butter, Mrs Jane Green First T J Sayler Second Best ga n on other Fruit Butter, Mrs; Rebecca Porter FirSt Mrs Thomas Daugherty ; Second Best glassyCatsup, M :- s John Chamberlain First Mrs Nancy Daugherty Second Best CuTent Jelly, - Mrs Thomas Daugherty First Mrs Alfred Thompson „ Second Best Strawberry Jelly; Mrs Nancy Daugherty First Mrs Thomas Daugherty Second Be?tCrab-Apple Jelly, Mrs Thomas Daugherty First Mrs William. Day t 1( “ Second Best Blackberry Jelly; Mrs Alfred Thompson First Mrs Nancy-Daugherty Second Best Gooseberry Jell y; ’ Mrs R 8 Dwiggins . First Mrs Nancy Daugherty Second 5 Best Pear Jelly, ; Mrs-Nancy Daugherty First Mrs G o M JR&binson Second 'Best Apple Jelly ’ Mrs Lucy Daugherty First Mrs B Paris ’ Second . Best Plum Jelly, J D Sparling . j ' First Mrs Elizabeth Brown Best Col of Jellies, 4or more varieties, • by one exhibitor, Mrs Alfred Thompson Eirst Mrs Nancy Daugherty Secund ' ; (Continued next week.)