Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1889 — Inauguration Day in Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

Inauguration Day in Rensselaer.

Last Tuesday' was the hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of the first president of the United States and of the institution of a solid government in this country, and the day which was celebrated so elaborately in some places did not pass wholly iinnoused in Rensselaer. At nine o’clock in uie morning, by previous arrangement, all the bells in town were rung vigorously, for several minutes, in imitation of a custom which prevailed on similar occasions a hundred years ago. The court house bell, the school bell, the fire alarm bell, all, or nearly all, of tire church bells, as well as various others, all pealing at once, made such a ringing as never was heard in the town before. ~The fire bell rang a little louder and a little earlier than any other, with the result that a good many people were in considerable excitement, for a time, to learn where the fire was. Quite a number of the members of the tire company 7 broke for the engine house on a dead run and some of them waxed quite warm under their collars, on learning that they had their run for nothing. At each of the hardware stores big dinner bells were brought out and rung vigorously and long. In fact they were kept ringing long after all the others had desisted, and a suspicion became rife that a desire to advertise ! the good quality of the bells was mixed with the feelings of [ratriotism I which incited their ringing. As a further means of doing proper respect to the day, an impromptu meeting was held in the Opera House,! at 2 F. M., at which short speeches were made by Judge E. P. Hammond, S. P. Thnnqwon, Rev. T. J. Abbctt, Rev. M. L. Tressler, Rev. U. M. McGuire and Frank Foltz. Several appropriate songs were sung by a choir of male voices. The public schools were marched down and attended the meeting in a body. I ■ *—l»l ———— -- —. I Long <fc Eger are this year handling a paint which far excels any lltylltfWiL’ pwt upoH the market. All local painters recommend it. Give them a trial.