Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1869 — Humbuggery. [ARTICLE]

Humbuggery.

FOR THE UNION. Ib it not passing strange that, notwithstanding our pa]XMH teem with warningH against tree peddlers, ahS our people have, times w ithout number, been grossly deceived by them, that they will continue to patronize every such feliow tint comes along?— More esfiecially are our people captivated by Hie beautifrillv colored plates, representing the different fruits, the ' trees of which they state they have for ! sale. A!>! lite very of these elegant plates makes their mouths water! Poor humanity cau not resist tlie appeal, and down go their names for a future delivery. Alas, how often their hopee turn to ashes! The splendid lona, fjalein.or Delaware grape vines 1 refuse to yield,if they yield at all, anyi thing but tlie most common and often I worthless fruit; while the White I Grape and tbo Versailles in the first ' crop salute the nostrils with the bed- | buggy smell of the common Black ; currant. | What certainty have vou that the I apple, pear, or any other kind of frntt I trees the peddler oflers for sale are I what they are represented to be? There iis none whatever. They can draw any , kind of litpior they want from the same barrel. The great majority of tree peddlers | buy the very refuse of the nursery, and they always buy the lowest jU'ices ' they can get, regardless of kind or quality. This worthless stock is sold ito our farmers, with large and captiI voting names, and often at prices much i above what good and reliable trees can ' be bought tor at our home nurseries, i Our people have been cheated enough j by these fellows, one would think, not to need any further warning on this head, but such is not the fact. The tree peddler is still a living institution and will continue to thrive so long as jieople love to be gulled and will pay - a big price for the gulling. I Our advice still continues to lie, Let [ them alone, and buy your trees, vines, ' etc., at home of those you know, and of men whom you can make responsible for every tiling they sell you. lona.

Hon. F. Beeler, of Indianapolis, has been appointed Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, vice A. J. Holmes, deceased. Dr. Geo. M. Dakin, of LaPorte, has been appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for this, (the 9th), District, vice Norman Eddy, removed. “Col. Thompson, of Rensselaer, one of the Jasper county delegates to lhe railroad meeting at Delphi yesterday, was in the city this morning.”—Lafayette Courier, May 15th. Who is meant by “Col.”

Soda water flavored with bnion syrup is said to be “delicious,” by the Indianapolis Mirror. s Wonder how the Mirror man would like asafeetida “in Insen.” A correspondent of the New York 7’imrs, writing from Lafayette, says more houses will be built in Indiana this-season, than ever before in one year. z - - Miss Kate Merrill, of Indianapolis, haSdstfbSTtendered a Professor’s chatr in the female department of the Northwestern Christian University' j>> T Hon. Henrjj S. Lane, of «Crawfprdsville, has been appointed a men)bcT of the Indian Commission of t&i, authorized by act of last Congreae to look after the interests of the Indians generally. The Cpnwnissron acts without pay. The Mayor of South Bend has issued hw proclamation notifying dog owners “thatall dogs found rannincr at large within tbe city Omits,"without agood and sufficient muzzle, ffbm the’ 26th of May to the 15th of September next, will be killed.” / ' What a carnival the sausagemakers would have, if Buch a proclamation was issued in Rensselaer!