Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1893 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

FROM WHEAT FIELD. j Fanners have become discouragedLast Monday was a legal holiday, everybody have given up their busin«ss to prepare for the World’s fair, Guy Clark is on the sick list. Mr. Hoehn’s new meat market is near completion. Mr. Hoehn will be ready for business about June Ist. Measels have visited our town and vicinity lately. Miss Rosa Grube and Mr. Tom Maloney will close their schools next Thursday. Mr. Langdon has sold his residence and comtemplates building another soon. Mr. Bentley is erecting a small residence in west part™df town for rent. FROM DeMOTTE. Rain and mud seems to be the order of the day and is a great hinderance to farmers who intend having early crops. Misses Lizzie and Mary Burns are home from Chicago, visiting their parents. John Decker has been quite low with lung fever, from which he is now slowly "recovering. Our Holland brethren intend building a church, in the near future. They have not decided where to locate it, but think some of getting a lot of Mrs. E. M. Fairchild. There is some talk of a millinery store being located here and occupied by two young ladies from Medaryville. Mr. Samp Erwin met with quite a serious accident last Saturday. He had driven a span of young colts to Rose Lawn, to meet his daughter, Miss Anna, and had got very near home when the colts started to run and threw them both out of the buggy, dislocating Mr. Erwin’s shoulder and bis arm at the elbow, and otherwise injuring him, but not seriously. The young lady escaped without getting hurt- Mr. Erwin was getting along nicely at last reports. Preaching every Sunday evening at the M. E. church, also Sabbajth School every Sunday morning. X. Y. Z.

REMINGTON ITEMS\ Mr. Allison took possession of his new home lately purchased of H. Dal zell, last Monday. Mr. Dalzell and' family have taken temporary quarters in the old school house until their property on the hill is vacated by the present tenants. We understand that Mr. and Mrs. Benhart Leopold will soon take up their abode in Wolcott, where Mr. Leopold will go into business. The regular service at the Presbyterian church last Sunday evening, gave place to the Christian Endeavor, the services being in the form of a missionary entertainment, consisting of appropriate songs, recitations and interesting items from the different missionary fields. During the short time that Elder Carson, of the Christian church has officiated here, nine persons have received the rite of baptism by immersion. The election passed off quietly and and without any excitement last Monday. The following officers were elected: Marshal, L D.. Luekey; Clerk and Treasurer, C. H. Peck; Councilmen, second ward, C. T. Denham; third ward, Wm. Shepherd; fourth ward, Levi Hawkins.

The programmes for the commencement next Friday are just as handsome as they can be, the motto being specially beautiful and appropriate, “Thus endeth the first lesson.” The names of the graduates given in the order in which they come in the programme are as follows: Marguerite Reed, Minnie Florence' Walker, Dorthea May, Effie Isabel Roberts, Grace Gertrude Guy, Mary Estella Beal, Clara Mabel Bloom and Alice May Curtis. Rev. DeLong in his sermon said he blushed for his sex when he thought that not one boy completed the course of study. The girls are coming to the front and this is a class of which their faithful instructors may well feel proud.

Those who braved the elements last Sunday morning, and attended the services at the Methodist church felt repaid. The entire service was one of the most impressive ever held in Remington At the sounding of the first note of the voluntary, the young ladies who will graduate on Friday evening, walked into the audience room of the church preceded by Supt. A. H. Belden and Principal W. R. Murpby. v The baccalaureate sermon, delivered by Rev. A. H.

DeLoug, (by special request) was one of the best we ever had the pleasure of listening to, the text being “And Our Daughters shall be as corner stones polished after similitude of a palace.” In this connection it may be proper to mention the music. The The choir of the Methodist church has more than local fame, comparing very favorably with those of on large cities, and on this occasion they were folly up to what was expected