Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1879 — REMINGTON GOSSIP. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON GOSSIP.

[From our special oormpoadrat.] O. W. Church's forafly hue returned from aa extended visit In friends and ratetivra in Ohio. In asy test, aprakiSf of the new route to the oeMtry, you suf •» wufh Few* Il's ad. dittos. ” It tltouM BeneF s addldeu. Quite aa later**: to hept up ia she lately inaugurated Toaposnaou sudsra and so tor as known the a ear we of the blue are holding out toithtol. ftotwithstaading the stringency of the money market, the Christian Church has been treated externally to a eoat of paint, which materially improves its appearance. The newly painted seats at the Presbyterian Church disappointed the painter and disgusted the sitters. The seats were not carried off but most of the paint was, on the clothing of the congregation. < The hunters are cleaning up their shot guns and are making it lively for the birds, driving them from place to place and allowing them no time for rest and.refreshment. Of bourse they are hot after prairie chickens, onlf birds. i Flax seed is coming in pretty lively at present and it is confidently expected that within the next two months, $25,000 wfll be paid out in Remington for that article alone. This ought to relieve Jhe farmers and business men materially in their financial relations. About these days a little rain would be acceptable, enough to settle the dust at any rate. The groffnd is getting very dry and many wells begin to show signs of weakening. Grass in the pastures too is withering and stock is on rather short rations. is a good time for securing small grain, and farmers are improving the time. Oats and flax are yielding well and threshing machines are running to the best of their ability. Iri view of the bountiful harvest it does seem as though the better times are at hand. From present appearance an ‘ 'irrepressible conflict” will one of these days take place between the bipeds and rodents of this placb. Just now the rats have the btest of it. The sidewalks, cellars, hedgerows and every old building are literally swarming with them. The grain houses, cornfields, gardens and chicken coops furnish their food and they help themselves with as j much cheek as though all these t bings were made for their especial benefit. Thousands are killed every year and yet they are alarmingly increasing. “Something has to pe did” or else the hu- . mans must vaiiate th'e prehiiseS. Your special correspondent it seems has made a serious mistake in supposing that he could remain incog. He forgot that the Remington Reporter was in full blast, and that the natural shrewdness and keen perceptions of the editor of the aforesaid paper, could, and in all human probability would penetrate the vail of mystery and bring forth to the public the name of your nnworthy correspondent. ' Said Editor knows everything. Will he tell us who struck Billy Patterson? Can he inform his many subscribers wbat has become of.T> m Collini? You need not tell who your S—C— Ts as everybody then will know as much as the Editor of the Reporter, and then what would be the Use of newspapers? Gates.