Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1879 — ON THE WING. [ARTICLE]

ON THE WING.

BY IDA DODGE.

A grand masquerade ball Is aaaeoaced for Christmas night. Prof. Tim has, at last, favored as with a hula winter weather. Mias Alien Hopkins is visUinfc in Rood ingtoa and Kentland. ’ T j T. M. Jones employs aa extra hand la his tailoring establishment. Neat Wednesday, Billy Lsgg will be married to Mias Kata Pettit, of Remington Two signore was tha result of tha temperance meeting nt the court house Friday evening. Rev. A. W. Weed ia holding protracted meeting at Egypt school boom, in Jordan township. i Rensselaer is billed for Eli Perkins, next Monday sight. He will uadeahtedly draw a big audience.

The habit of playing cards, young man, will grow on you aatil, before you are aware of It, you are a professional gambler. The husking match, set for last Monday, by Zee and that other fellow, for S2O a side, was not tested. Zea says be bluffed ’em. Our young friend, John W. Parris, accompanied Mr. Dwiggine to Oxford last woek. Ho intends to remain with Zim. In the bank. A couple of young men, who ought to know better, actually quarreled ia the Presbyterian Church last Wednesday evening at tho festival. Isaac Tuteur was visiting his sister, Mrs. Louis Wildberg, iu Kentland, the past week. He intends making that plaoe his horns in the near future. O yes, everybody knows who Ida Dodge is, but when yoa attempt to place yeur finger on her, she i»n’t there, sad Ida still Dodges aiouad ia quest of news. Dan Miller gives sticking plaster away. It is enclosed in a neat little envelop on the back of which ie printed an advertisement for the Travelers’ Insurance Company. There was a very elim attendance at the little folks’ festival in the Presbyterian Church, Wednesday svening. Abouts9.oo was realised from the supper, however. The boys growl about the weather, because it doesn’t get cold enough to ueceesitale them holding the buffalo fobs around the girl, and besides tho sleigh-riding is n. g. The furniture and undertaking stock of F. J. Se»rs & Son’s has arrived, Charley is a good salesman and his glowiug descriptions of this coffiu and of that, are simply grand and somewhat sublime. The Methodist Suadsy school has taken active steps towsrd a graud Christmas tree and entertainment on Christmas eve. The committe of arrangements meet at the residence of Mrs. Lydia A. Moss to-night. Frank W. Babcock held a good temper, ance meeting in the M. E. Church last Sunday evening. I tell you friends, hearts is "trump” in this great straggle for human life, and the temperance folks hold tha "right,” "left” and "ace.” Banker Thompson expects to movs into his new residence some time during Holidays. It is one es the finest dwellings in Northern Indiana, having all the conveniences of steam beating, hot and cold water, gas light, etc., and has been erected at a cost of about $16,000.

La* Friday morniQg a team belonging to A. Leopold became frightened and ran from the rear of his store through the gate opening on Van Rensselaer street, overturning the wagon and emptying dry good, notions, coffee, sugar, tea, eto. f in the street, and EH HeidHeberger didn’t peddle any goods that day. COMMUNICATED. "On tbe Wing,” well, hem, oh Fudge; Who ie this girl, "Ida Dodge?” Really now it puzzles me To know who ’tis she can be. With locale, by the score, She covers tbe paper o'er. Hpw the temp’ranoe meetings go. Criticising what ia low, Mean, ba* or contemptible. We know she is always careful, Tq write of things that please US. And never does she tease us With item* long and b-dioua. Both common and religious Subjects find a place with her. It can’t be that “Mies Sand burr.” Well, who is it? Bocae onene-t? I’m sure, echo answers, who? Enqulsn. Ida answers yoa : Bhe’s a maiden true. She'* unmarried, too; So now’s a chance for you. A few days since, a couple of Rensselaer men started on foot for Henry Barkley’s form with a spade each and a gallon jug full of the ‘‘O, be joyful,” the object of their intended visit being to relieve certain parts of said farm es eurfaoe water by means of ditchiag. The jug grew too heavy for the weary travelers, who proceeded to diminish its weight by absorbiag a portion of Uieeontenta thereof. Growing foint from oontinupd marching, they tarried y* a Httla while by the way-side, and having kindled a fire, and selected a niee, large rock for a pillow, they with one aeoord laid down and slept. It is hardly necessary to state here that one es the men above, referred to, now lies at his horns ia Rensselaer. with one whole side of his parson terribly burned.