Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1879 — REMINGTON POT-POURRI. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON POT-POURRI.

[From our special correspondent.] W. R. Lava has added to hie already fine atoeb of chickens a number of pure bred Black Cochins. Love is a groat chicken fancier and keeps the heat. C. Jouvoaat of the Luke County Star, and formerly a Remingtonian, made us a flying visit this week. The world is evidet-tly wagging pleasantly with Char lay for he looked happy and healthy. Something over one hundred of the blue ribbenites exported to Montioello on Tuesday night in connection with n like hunker from Kentland and Qoodland. They report a splendid time and heaps of enthusiasm, The Agricultural Association Is bound to spars no efforts to make the coming Fair a complete success. They have erected in the Grove a new and commodious dining room. Tbs old one under tbs amphitheatre was only ft for a second class pig-sty. Still they marry and take unto themselves dish washers and potato diggers. Within the last three weeks, three couples bare betaken themselves from the noise and bustle of this uproarious city, to the qoiot rural shades of Rensselaer, and there duly mated according to law. An excursion to the srtssien walls does duty as a bridal tour. The anxiously looked for and much needed rain made its appearance, early Monday morning, and for about four hours, this portion of the Universe was benefited at the rate of about one thousand Rollers per minute, more or less. A little more fell on Tuesday and prospects for a good corn crop have brightened very much. Continued on Wednesday. Cream of the local news, as oompiled from the Remington Reporter of August 1, 1870: G. W. H. 0000 o Gates 000000 00000 Temperance oo oo oo GW H Wrong Box —• 0000 disearn 000 Poor Bcribe oo Gates O

Cornet oo - o- o- o- O- O Single set engagement sports instruments doned reviewingj&casionly. Tho Remington Reporter has one excellent feature, and one that sould and ought to be made very beneficial. The educations) column is referred to, and in last week’s issue attention is called to the importance of punctuation. How seldom do wo see this pert of a composition attended to at all ! Most people write from beginning to end without thinking or earing to place the proper pauses, upon which depends the sense of the writing. But this was not what I started out to say. In looking over said q. o. it struck me that perhaps it would not be amiss to pay just a little attention to spelling. Correct spelling couldn't hurt any one but Josh Billings, and au “Educational Columa ’ ought to be re&socably well spelled. Were it not for “Gatos” and “G. W. H." the Remington Reporter would die for the lHck of pap. Its columns last week were pretty evenly divided between the two, and doubtless was very interesting to its few readers. I don’t know how “G. W. II.” feels over it, but “Gates" is completely squelched. To think h» i» “suck m poor scribe,” and thpt he would “wear out a set of instruments, without having his men sufficiently well drilled to fills* engagement.” Why, it is horrible. “Gates” is no musician, and the only set of instruments he ever wore out was what is commonly called table cutlery. Now 1 submit that this musical editor of the Reporter, this self-appointed “leader of instrumental music," is very ungenerous in taunting “‘Gates’’ for his lack of admioistrativo ability in regard to a ‘ ‘Coronet" Band. “Gates” has just the talent God gave him, and any deficiency in the make up of the man is something that ought to be touched very lightly. It would not be gentlemanly at all for me to throw the young man’s soft brain in his teeth, for the Almighty would probably have given him a better one bad He supposed a decent use would have been made of it. I sympathise with him, but am powerless to aid. The boy should remember that not every one has his ability (for which thanks be to kind Heaven), hence it is not to be wondered at that “Gates" was lost in arnaxement over the prospect of a “Coronet” Band. He didn’t know what that was. But our “Coronetist” is a born leader. That is plainly to bo seen when he leads his crowd into a saloon. He don’t lead worth a cent when he comes out; they have to carry him. He is very ambitious, but long years of close application to the printing business has strained his liver, and the brain throbs in sympathy. He is a little bilious, subject to attacks of cholera infantum, and troubled with worms. He is teething too; but soothing syrgkand a rubber ring will set that all right. * Wonted, at the Reporter office, one primary speller, one grammar for beginners, and one fourth rate proof render. Perhaps a local editor would bo cheeper and give bettor satisfaction to the many (7) subscribers. As they hava none it would be a handy thing to have around. Please excuse me for taking up so much space with nothing for a subject and I will Jo better in the future.

GATES.