Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1886 — Page 8

THE REPUBLICAN. W - —■ Rutwelaer Time Table pAMWiQ.. Trains • Nours: • . Sotnrn: |;3BA. M- 10:48 A.M. 4:<i4 A M. . 10:35 P. M. WAY FREIGHT. 1:40 P.M. 9:45 A.M.

A Pauper Poetess* Grave. R ti-lr hand? prepared this lowly bed. And laid her down to sleep No prayer was uttered oe'r her grave. No friend was than* tmveep. No love, or loas, or grief. Her memory sacred keep. What artist Mints thjdeserl drear? Who sounds a broken lute? Who wears a withered flower With petals all too mute,. , Tes|>eak of lore or beauty* Who plucks the unripe fruits Let me, at least, rem enilter still. Th is solitary tomb. Tire desert lifts, the ariout lute. The flow’rets withered bloom. The h<iit unripe, grown in the night Of poverty and gloom. She was a flower whose perfect type, hi season blooms most brilliantly, Commanding homage from all eyes,' Emblem of grace ami purity. .With many a present charm unguessed, Reserved for ail futurity. But cruel Fortune planted her . On cold rock* of adversity. Where comiuou things could not have lived And none could reach maturity. She in this scanty soil put forth, . Her half-formal flowers of poeny. She taught in patience and in pain. Her lesson of true worth. And as the plant its work fulfllletl. Sinks where it has its birth. -So site, her short life done; returns Dust unto dust, and earth to earth. Mysterious are thy ways O God! Along the narrow l ine . Of human intellect we seek. The Pharisaic sign, } And stretch in vain our hands to rend The mystic vail We can not know God's purpose wise, Nor rtunpreheud his plan., But we may keep the path that leads From man to fellow ma n. Nor seek with futile human hands, < Infinity to span. Rest well the sleeper; this young oak, By nature planted, lightning rent. Which spreads above the pauper’s grave, Its stuntedbranches gnarled and bent And makes for me a grateful shade Snail be her fitting monument. ...... KANKAKEE. August 26, ISSi.

A Birthday Party.

Saturday, June sth, being Grandma Vanatta’s 66th birthday, a number of elderly ladies of the town were invited to oelebrate it with her at the residence of her son, J. R. Vanatta. Of the number invited 8 were over 70 years of age, 2 past 65 and others younger. Five of the number have great grand-children. Mrs. Baker and her daughter, Mrs. David, of Onargo, being oldtime friends of the family and of most of the company, added greatly to the pleasure eff the evening After tea they all went home feeling that it was very pleasant to be together. The younger members all agree in saying that an old jieoples’ party is quite as pleasant ns one for younger persons.

If You Don't Intend to Visit but One Circus and Menagerie This Season, Take Our Advice

and on June 18, come along with your family and witness the Only Really Big Show that will come to Rensselaer this V®ar, which is ihe Old John Robinson’s Ten Big Gigantic New Shows Combined for 1886, and you will see a confederation di marvels, and miracles, and curiosities that has takenfifty-nine years of diligent and faithful services to accumulate. Talk about the pre- ■ *umption of some shows calling themselves the oldest show on earth. John Robinson's Big Show is now on its fift yainth annual tour, and he will giro a thousand dollars to any man who can come forward and testify, on oath, that there is a single tshowman on eartn that can show a record of nearly sixty years before the American public. One more year only, and then he will have been more than three times as long a proprietor of a combined circus and menagerie than any man in the world. John Robinson never divides, never splits up, it has been John Robinson t Big Show lor fifty-nine summers and winters, and the name of John Robinson’s Grandest, Oldest, Biggest and Best of all the Big Shows, will be, kept green and bright before the people for years and years to come, for the sou, John F. Robinson. Jr., the able Manager, and also the grandson of the old veteran showman, who also betas the same of his grandsire, and 2»oMwar horse is hale and hearty and 77 years of age, his scions will keep the name of Old John Robinson before the American people for many years to come. Remember, that there is btat one John Robinson Big Show, and it will come to Rensselaer, June 18, » sere «s the sun rises in die East and --- ****** irill II Kahtiars cheap Drag Store and A<o mistaxe* Save yovr mom* b.v -eeiog w before nlre aIJ

THE CLASS OF 1886.

Fourth Annual Commencement of the Rensselaer High SchoolThe graduating exercises of the class ot 1886, of the Rensselaer High School, were held last Thursday evening. ./'The Opera House was filled to the limit of its seating capacity by an appreciative and sympathetic audience, deeply interested in the exercises of the evening. The stag 6 was beautifully and tastefully decorated with a profusion of flowers, vines, plants, flfkgs, and draperies.-' Above, extending clear across the front of the stage, in silver letters on a purple banner was the class motto, “JSrugo 4nimi, Rubigo After an instrumental trio by Mesdames Watson, Rinehart and Reaniing, the Rev. David Handley pronounced an invocation, and after this was a fine bass solo by W- B. Austin, Esq. Arthur H. Hopkins was the class .-alutatorian, and his opening remarks were a graceful and well prepared salutation of his teachers, classmates and the audience. His oration which fallowed was upon the subject, the “Calamities of War.” The speaker gave a graphic summary of the measureless ezils which the practice of warfare have brought upon the generations of men; but he did not confine himself wholly to the dark side of picture, but at the same time mentioned some of the countless blessings that have resulted from wars, in times near and remote. In fact the youthful orator’s logical and well considered observations must have carried the conviction to most of his hearers that war, on the whole, has been a necessary evil and has done more good than harm, in the long run.

Miss Rena S. Peacock, the only representative of her sex in the class, who perserved to the end, -took for the subject of her essay the strikingly novel and enigmatic subject ‘The Casters.” She is a young lady of fine powers and considerable training in eiocutipn, and her graceful and spirited rendition of her essay won the admiration of all. The opening sentence of the essay will give some idea of its general drift. ‘‘Has it -never occurred to you that the common table-caster is a perfect representation, of the Great Caster of Life, with its Salt of Avariciousness, its Mustard of Gossip, its Pepper of Passion, its Oil of Flattery and its Vinegar of Crabbedness.” The subject, odd as it seems, admitted of a wide range of treatment and a wealth of illustration and was listened to throughout with rapt attention, by the whole audience, to every one of whom the words of the reader were perfectly audible. Lady readers will not be satisfied. without a description of the costume of this the only “Sweet Girl Graduate, with her golden hair,” in the class. It was a poem in beauty, the robe of French Albatress cloth, trimmed in brocaded satin and Oriental lace; and kid gloves and slippers and all of the most delicate shade of cream color, completed the costume. After a brilliantly executed intrumental solo, by Mrs. Delos Thompson, Albert R. Hopkins gave, as his Oration, a brief but masterly sketch of the life and services of our great war President Abraham Lincoln. The salient points of his life, character, and great services, were set forth in a clear and concise manner. ■‘Labor Omnia Vincit,” Conquers all Things) was the subject, well worn but ever fruitful, of Benjamin F. Fendig’s oration. Labor, hur led down by Divine lips as a curse upon the seed of Cain, has proved through Divine benificence, a blessing instead of a curse to those who bow in humble submission to the Divine decree. All the great benefactors of our race have been incessant workers, and nowhere in history can be found a truly great man who can not be classed among the constant laborers of his age. The careers of Demosthenes, the mightiest orator of Antiquity; Archimedes, the most celebrated of Ancient mathematicians; Columbus, who added a new hemisphere to our globe, were cited as examples of what persevering labor, in the face of many difficulties, has been able to achieve in the remote past; while in more modern times, Warren Hastings, Disraeli, Morse and Edison, were briefly sketched for the same purpose. Through labor the earth has been transformed from a wilderness of savagery and darkness into a world great and mighty in its civilisation. AU the performances of human art are the results of tbh reaistfoM fbrce of pereeverenoe. with Ils swoiupUinßumts ( but;

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without labor Genius, though covered with a beautiful exterior can' do no great work; but, ’ Let Grains with her pinions bright, Ever ready for iter flight. Be but sustained by- Labor's earc, She'll have no cause for doubt or fear, And , grtte of all, ran fly from earth. To that high Heaven, herplaceot birth. At the conclusion of Mr. Fendig’s oration, the ushers passed through the audience and collected the bidpiets and other offerings, intended for the graduates, and delivered them to the proper recip-' ients. The boquets were especially numerous, and each member of the class received a number of beautiful ones, while the floral tributes gathered in front of Miss Peacock in such vast numbers as to threaten to obscure her from the view of the audience. Prof' Reubejt’s Class address and the presentation of diplomas by Mr. Spitler, on behalf of the School Board, then followed Prof. Reubelt’s address was so excellent of its kind and contained so much that was valuable and worthy of a wider circulation, that we reproduce it entire. Mr. Spitler’s presentation address, as well as his remarks to each individual graduate, were exceedingly appropriate, and indeed models in their line.

CLASS ADDRESS. Dear Pl'l’ils: —Il has been aiy lot to be with you but one year during your entire school course either as neighbor, friend or teacher; but this single year I can say, at least for myself, that our intercourse has been agreeable, and, I trust, profitable. As teacher and pupils, we'have learned to know each other fully and thoroughly; and may it ever be our happy lot to remember the -pleasant days spent together in tee school building, your alma mater. You seeking knowledge, your teachers en deavoring not to increase your knowledge only, but to discipline your minds, fitting you for systematic study, for thinking, for deliberation, for discrimination. It is held by educators generally that a well educated, thoroughly disciplined mind is far preferable to a mind that is only well tilled, .- tilled with names, dates, facts and especially is this true if the two minds are tai come into contact with the world at large. We learn from history that not the most learned men have been the benefactors of the human race; tjieir theoretical doctrines being too frequently 7 found chatty, and the first wind-storm they encountered, their theories were driven to the four corners never again to be brought-together. Not so with the practical man. But rather those practical men, with practical ideas, idbas ot invention, ideas of discovery concentrated on One grand purpose, carrying this purpose to its legitimate, logical end, simplifying it, putting it to some practical use, these nave been the human family’s true benefactors. Their ideas were not mere theories, but rather substantial, wholesome facts, forever materialized. Robert Fulton could hot at any time have filled the chair of physics at Harva d or Yale, but his philosophy of navigation, and its thorough application, has done far more than the theories of the Harvard and Yale professors, Columbus was not,’ in our acceptation of the term, a learned man, lie could not be favorablycom pared (knowledge being the scale

of measurement) with those learned men of his time who thought him a monomaniac concerning the earth’s rotundity, but I believe he knew more about the subject oL pr&dtieal navigation than did his wise theoretical critics. Galileo, in the science of astronomy, was perhaps the peer of any astronomers of his time, but there were astronomers of his time who were far more learned in other sciences than was Galileo; but these men, Fulton, Columbus aud Galileo, put then - thoughts, their ideas, into actual practical use—made demonstrable application of their theories; and the benefits to mankind of these men's discoveries and inventions are indeed wonderful, yes, incalculable' They were men of action, men of genius—not theorists. They had implicit confidence in their ultimate success; They made the egg to sit on its end. Let these few facts teach you, my dear pupils, this lesson; that a man must persistently apply himself to one thing if be wishes to make a complete success of it. For he who undertakes too much or too many things—who tries too many callings, must of ueces ■*- sity fail, as he cannot do justice to all. I am aware that some few men achieved fame in several ayocatiops, but these were rather the exceptions to the general rule. ~ ' / Whatever vocation you may hereafter conclude to follow, be it the law, the ministry, medicine or politics, after you have made your choice, concentrate entire energy upon that profession and its auxiliaries, ever earnestly striving to excel. Aim high, so if the work aimed at be not reached you may still ■trike e piece above Uw ebmnlon level vt jrlfttr ffellow kHCKiafart: RwfriMvWjhVdM.fi. Yun wilt r??

ceive your diplomas, having completed the prescribed courses. You- will no longer be a member,of any class in the school, The old bell will no more ring out its cheerful tones calling you to attendance, to work —all these will be things of the past. But right here let me impress upon your youthful minds this fact, a tact too frequently very delusive to many that have completed the prescribed High School course, the fact is this: Your education is not finished, rather thatit is but begun, You have simply passed the novitiate period. If you will act wisely you will not Bit idle, fold your arms, and throw yourselves back upon a graduate’s dignity, (for this dignity is too foolish) and try to Convince yourselves that you have learned all that is necessary for you to learn; but if you have learned, and fully learned, that in reality—you know comparatively nothing, nothing fully; and if you have learned how to study, how to apply yourselves diligently and faithfully, how to economize time and make the best use of it, and how to concentrate your mental power on the s ubject under consideration, you will have accomplished more than the usual or average high school graduate accomplishes. To know that we know but little is quite an impetus on the way to knowledge; and if this knowing be stimulated with a strong desire for truth, for investigation, a good worthy of all your persistent efforts lies at the end of the race. In conclusion let me say, that it is the wish and desire of your teachers to see you do well in life; to rise to distinction in whatever calling you may pursue. As adyice we give this: always act with zeal and integrity, iaithfully and honorably with your fellow man ; respect your superiors; show kindness to them below you; and above all reverence him, who hath given you understanding, who watcheth you by day and by night, who knoweth your every thought. So live that when you shall have finished your earthly mission, when the awful hour approaches, and the last breath is drawn, you may have that blissful command: “Enter thou faithful son, thou true daughter into the kingdom prepared for thee, and here forever dwell with me Your God.

Business Notice.

The Furniture and Undertaking business of the late W. J. AVright will still be carried on, at the old location, under the management of the undersigned; who has the proper authority to collect all moneys due the late proprietor on account of the said Furniture and Undertaking business, and also to pay all debts due on account of the same business. Park Wright.

Thousands Say So<

Mr. T. W. Atkins. Girard, Kansas, writes: “I. .fiever hesitate to recommend your Electric Bitters to my customers, they give entire satisfaction and are rapid sellers.” Electric Bitters are the purest and bestmedictiie known and will positively cure Kidney and Liver complainta. Purify the blood and regulate , the bbvyels. No family can afford to be without them. They will save hundreds of dollars in doctor’s bills every year. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by F. B. Meyer. June; Desirable town lots in RenSfcelaer, for dwelling purposes. Hard pan for cash, or time, to suit purchasers. Frank W. Babcdck.

Bucklen’s Arnica Salve-

Tua Best Sai,v6 in the world for (Juts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corn?, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Riles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or moHfcV refunded. Price 25 cents per box For sale by F. B. Meyer. 18-S-ly) . Elegant and tasteful work on children’s hats and bo'miets, a specialty, at our new millinery store. Our work speaks for itself; ladies call and inspect it. Mrs. J. M. Hopkins. ’ Wabash Scratches and Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion- Use no others. This never fails. Sold by Emmet Kannttl, Druggist, Rensselaer, lid. 17-3-ts. Go to Kannal’s Drug Store for youV Wall Paper. We are selling off Cur stock at prices that defy competition. We wish to call attention to the fact, that we have on our shelves a most complete stock of Dry Goods, consisting of black and colored Dress Silks, Woolen Dress Fablick’s, Parasols, White Dress Goods, Embroideries &c. We earnestly solicit you to call, when wishing anything in our line. Yoilrs Respectfully, Ellis & Murray.

WOOL WASTED.

I want to buy, at once, 50,000 pounds of wool, for which I will pay the highest market price, at my store, in Rensselaer. A. Deopoldi . . arvifTißiiiMijrT ’araaf.'vi

Independence Day Celebrations.

AT COMER’S GROVE. The people of Union township, and vicinity, will hold their celebration at Comer’s Grove, about a mile north of Alter’s Mill. Among the features of the programme are an oration by S. P. Thompson, of Rensselaer; a comic German speech, by J. E. Alter; remarks by Messrs, M. A. Makeever, James Brusnahan, J. C. CKilcote, David M. Shields, and others. Also various sports, and in the evening a Bower Dance, and Fire-works. An entirely novel feature of the celebration will be a representation of the recent Chicago strikes. J. V. Powderly will be present and make an amusing speech to the strikers, who will be massed in a large body. The police will charge upon She strikers. The bomb shell be thrown and a general melee ensue..

AT DEMOTTE. The people of DeMotte, and vicinity, and also of Rose Lawn, in Newton county, will hold their celebration in Troxell’s Grove, at DeMotte. The people of that place never fail to have a big celebration, when they set out for it, and this year will be ho exception. Their bills announce that they will have a basket picnic; a full programme of interesting exercises, including speeches by Capt. R. W. Marshall and Rev. L. Shortridge, of Keener, and others; music by Yeoman’s Martial Baud, and Rose Lawn and DeMotte Choirs; a splendid platform dance, in the evening, upon an immense platform, 28 by 28 feet in dimensions, and a grand display of fireworks, at half past nine o’clock, in the evening. > ■— .... The Indiana School Journal, for June, says: “Supt. D. M. Nelson, assisted by able corps of instructors, will open a five weeks Normal at Rensselaer, July 26. The County Institute will open Aug. 30. The teachers of no other county in the state are afforded better facilities in improvement than are supplied the teachers of Newton county.” “ The School Journal is entirely correct in the above quoted note, except in using the name of Newton 'county, where Jasper was evidently the one that should have been used. •

A fine line of calf skin boots, at from $1 -50 to $2.50 per pair, at A. Leopold’s. Splendid new stock of spring goods, at the new millinery store. Mrs. Sadie Laßue’s old stand. —• : Hats and caps, of all varieties and*styles, way down below everybody else, in that line of business, at A. Leopold’s. All yellow table peaches* at $1.75 and $2 per dozen cans, at Laßue Bros’. Go to Kannal’s for Pure Drugs and medicines cheaper than the cheapest. __ -<•»- ’Sewing and pressing over hats done reasonably at Hemphill & Honan’s. - , ■ I —.l - Carpets;—lso different sam-; pies, from hemp to velvet, come and price them> at Hemphill & Honan’s. - -•••■ ► Parties contemplating buying a new carpet would do well to call at Hemphill and Honan’s and see their goods and learn prices. It be to the interest of the teachers of Jasper county to see Hemphill & Honan before buying Boots, Shoes or Millinery. A word to the wise is Sufficient. Knowing, from personal experience thajt times are hard, I have decided to make ptiees to suit. Come in and give me a chance to prove my assertion. * Emmfet Kannal.

Everything down to rock bottom, at Kannal’s. Call for good goods, and great bargains, at A. Leopold’s. Ladies :_-Call and see specimens of the beautiful work anti elegant taste of our Uew trimmer, Miss Tharp, at Mrs. Sadie *Laßue’s old stand. Mrs. J. M. Hopkins. And don’t you forget it, l mean it. I will sell everything in ulg lino cheaper than anyone tier

Reasselaer Wh Wks. Henry Mackey , —DEALER IN — All kinds of Foreign and American MAMIE ui MITE. All kinds of Cemetery Work AND BUILDING STONE. Front Street north of Washington, Rensselaer, Indiana. SILAS L. SWAIN, Gen. Agent For ENDORSED RY SUPERIORTD feio^- S Ali W' PHACTICALLV tBIRI MONUMENTAL p* xjogsj©esigijs aijd 45.000 Prices on r 7 In Jasper, Newton and' White counties, for tne celebrated White Bronze Monuments, Statuary Lawn Ornaments&c. Office with W. W. Watson. Rensselaer, - - - - Ind. ZTotice of SOile OF REAL ESTATE • Belonging to Jasper Co-, Indiana-Pitrsunnfr-te mF order of...the Board of Commissioners, iMaile on th e inti day of April, 1886'. _ and Recorded in Commissioners Record No. 8. pages 51 and 52,1 will.oiler for sale at X’ublic. Auction, on SATURDAY,“JULY 3d, 1886 Tlie following real estate, to wit: The northwest quarter of the southeast quarter ot section thirty (30), in township thirty-two (32) north, range live (5) west, said real estate being the property of .Jasppr county, Indiana At the door of the court house, in Rensselaer, Indiana. on the following t.erms: v * One-third cash in hand, and the residue in two equal annual payments. secured by mortgage, notes bearing six (6) per cent interestand attorney’s fees, GEO. M. ROBINSON, Auditor of Jasper county, Indiana.

Sheriff’s Sale. BY virtue of » certified; copy of a decree to me directed’ from the Clerk,oT the Jasper Circuit Court in a cause- (No. 3506) wherein Daniel VanDusen. and Ibra VauDusen are plaintiffs, and Elections H. Tabler, Rosanna M. Tabler,The Indiana. Illinois & lowa Railway Company. Robert Watson and Mrs. Watson, wife of said Robert Watson, arc defendants, I will expose at public sale on Saturday the 26th day of June, ISS6. between the hours of 10 o.clcck a. in., and 4 o’clock p, m., of said day, at the door of the Court House in the town of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, the rents aud profits for a term not exceeding Seven (7) years, by tlic year, the following described Rgal Estate toifrit r The Northwest quarter (,‘i) of Section Tlfirty i3O), iWnship Thirty two (32) North’, Range Six (15) West, in Jasper County, Indiana. And should suclt rents and profits no» sell for a sufficient sunt to discharge said decree,interest and costs, f will, at the sarnie time and place, and in tile manner aforesaid, oxnose at ..puWte-sale-tlw-iee simple right of said.defend-s.__ auts in and to said Real Estate, or sc much’ thereof as shall be sufficient to discharge said decree, interest and cost's. • Said sale will be made without any relief whatever from valuation of appraisement laws and in accordance with the order of Court in said decree and execution. SAMUEL E. YEOMAN, SlwriflL Thonrpson Jtllrvs., Attys, fur Pluntiff. June-3-10-17-21 Sheriff’s Sale. I By virtue of a certified copy of a decree *♦ me directed, from the Clerk of the Jasper Circnit Conn, in a cause i No. 3-I'6; wherein the state of Indiana for the use of James U. Thtawls. Commissioner of Drainage in and for Jasper Countv. Indiana, was plaintiff and Hen rV D 7 Wime. —— White; wife of H iriry 1). White,‘Ed waul C. Herrick, and Herrick, wife Jf Edward U. Herrick, Henry G. Ells-, ,wortl: f EHsworth, wife of Henry G l * Ellsworth, The unknown heiu-, legatees and devisees of- Henry G. Ellsworth, deceased- Ellen a. Rose, —— Rose, husband of said Ellen A. Rose. The unknown heirs, legatees and-deVisees of Ellen A. Rose, deceased, Anna G. Smith, Roswelr G. Smith, husband of said Anna G. Smith. The imkiiowii heirs, legatees and devisees of Anna G. Suutn; deceased, were defendants, ri-qutring me ,to make the stun of one hundred and Thirtv-two dollars and Twenty-six cents, (4132.26) together wife Interest and costs, I will expose at public Sale on Saturday the day of June ISS6J between the honrs of a ,jft. and f clock p. m- ot dax.,at tht slum- of th<» Court House in the town of ilensselner, .Jasper county. Indiana, the nmt3_and profits, tor a term iibt exececdiug ocveyHie year tlie fol lowing descrilied Real Estate', to-Wit: The North-east quarter i of Hie North-west quarter t 1 it; the North-west quarter <M> ot tlur North-west quarter t 1 *): the Sontil-eastquarter D-i >of theNortli-west quarter west 11 uarter iu) of the North-west iCk all in stR-tion seventeen (17R__tewitship_ ThiFtv-t.:iO,t: North, Range six (6) west, d.-oper County. Indiana. , . . And should such rents and; profits not sell for a sufficient sum ts>. discharge said decree n» tercet cost*, I will, at thv hi inc nine :tnu,; place, and in the maiiner aforesaid. sale the tee simple rights of said deiendauts. id ami to said real estatv, or so much thert-of as slwll be sulUcieiit to dischttege saUt decree interestaud cusi.h. , » Said sale will lie itfade without any relief whatever Inmi valuation or appr tairf Mud in Ht%M»nli*uc« with llio order of court m safe KJfWJMAN, al»,rl*