Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1868 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

lodge with a sylvan farmer who 1 gives of his abundance. They jour- » p •hailing all and exhorting to keep the cmnp-lires of freodombtazing bright till ul&iveiof ad'l oil jLnvimVber. The elder would oft laugh" at the youngs when, [b* n mistake or {i blunder. “Oqe of the name may WsS for ;!;e is a sayiiijf—itot always a true one, as' proved to their satisfaction. They To an d’sCofos of Trie iids in the | north-land, and the junior spoke to a plentiful houaehokl. His word* were receii’cd with lcspcctful and earnest attention The people are happy, and have reaped a bountiful harvest.. The fortnight of drought hasa«VOd -tiler corn and 1 potatoes, but lias endangered tho hay and the fences. Jasper county is blpst with a;-varie4y of soil, olinmte and products. Tiie tourists visited tha ,c&Rt and north parts of the county; met pleasant laces, and their journey was happy. The ramble of the two friends was enjoyed in tho greatest of fullness. Go into the country; carry no book.s, to peruse; go with a friend ; open youi* heart to the glo- ! rics of fall-time: resign vourself freely to nature’s guide and emotions. Let tiie joys that awaken, well forth unbroken and cheerful, and mark our word, you will return healthier, happier, and better provided with wisX, • Ti.o Baptist fiqridav School coni vc-ntion, recently in at La- | layette, elected the following officers: • President—J ; ii. O-gojd, of ladiannpolis. Vice Presidents S liirton. J. K. Howard, J. W. Lewis, J. Wallace, T. P. Cumpbeli, J. Brown, W. C. Tuanock, J B. Snuff. C.B. Allen, G. Wl Terry, - - -Edwards, 0. P. Jacobs, B K. Ward, T. W. Beag'o, C. A. Stanton, J. D. Huston, J. S VawtCr, K. Miller, J. II Hicks, Lang don, G. W. Gottbie, K. Moore,J. It. Phillips, S. A. Hnll,o. Bonney, J. P. M. Brpylefi. J. Kenowcr,' T. It. Prdour, and H. Smith. —The new cable (fiat i« to conncct h 8 wit h franeo wl 11 ’bo very similar to iTTai of tiie Atlantic cable of 1868, but stronger, having a breaking -train of 1 COO pounds against orufi of 800 in the present Ci'.de. It : s [o be laid in two lengths, u'.iiii iiaiit hi France to. St. Piorro in Newfoundland, 2,325 'miles, and from St Pierre to Now Yory, 722 pdlo*. • To -uroidr rocks and icebergs it will run south of'the present cables; and it will be laid by vh > Great Eastern. probably. Ip July. 1369. —From every part of the. State the report reaches irs that the growing wheat looks exceeding'y promising : • A single arm in Terre Haute, baa ahipped over eight thousand barrels’ ul tlefttr »-i.ice t.lie middle of! JiilyA _fL- j Xfof ’lhan tfih'iVin lim pnli..i..« I "tTro nTTorce ra fFie r "STfite ”oT Now ' York, representing upwards of 6iOO,G(K),OGO in i —The P.«t.h-.t ie«iiia ('-. n'tral Hailroad has 5jJ ioimmuiives, a larger number than any other railroad corporation in the whole country. —Tho Northington, Groene Ctf, Times is in favor of Coloitol Thomas 11. Nolatm for United States Senator. The Methodists *ro building a new church in Richmond to be called Grace Churoh, nt a cost of $40,000, including a $5,000 organ. —On the 21st of Novomber Pugh Davis and tbo “Plow Boy” will run a foot race, nt Fort Wayne, for 82,000. The forfeit money, SSOO, has been put up. —Chicago polled 39,670 votos, on election day, and gavo Grant and Colfax 5,170 majority. George Smith claim* to havo found iq tbo British Museum some "ASj&yrtmi tables fixing the dnto of Chedo-Laotner's conquest of Babylon, and, theroforo—coinciding with Genesis XlY' —the duto of Abraham also, at about 2290 B. C. Col. Drake, the original oil-bbrer, is in destitute circumstances, in Titusville*, Pa. —Portland, Oregon, has a Chinese idol tpraplo. —The Baptists number over 1,100,000 in the United States. f ■ '■ —Ono thousand men aro employad ia tbo Charleston Navy Yard. —About one fnillion postage stamps, of various denominations, are daily used in the United Stated. —The intrepid Lucy Stone and , Mr* Blackwell her mother-iu-law ! offered their votes in the ,eleventh war<l of Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday, bat the judges refused td< r- ceire (hem