Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1871 — Remington Letter. [ARTICLE]

Remington Letter.

Ekmanuton, In I)., 9 March 18th, 1871. Edi tons TJni^n: —The Council meeting last night was attended by no leas than fourteen persons including the fivo* town trustees, which demonstrates the intense interest taken by onr citizens in regard to a new school house, The town trustees wait for tho people to go ahead m this enterprise, and the people wait for the trustees to lead them. The result is much tliq same and reminds us of the song commencing, “Hick Johnson dream’t that his daddy was.dead. And Fliis daddy, he dream’t that Dick Johnson was dead!”

This is about as much as the thing will amount to unless’ the matter is taken in hand by the people in earnest. A subscription sufficiently large to build a good house might ho raised without very much difficulty if the trustees will only be a little more in earnest and not be too much afraid of censure trom a few old fogy croakers. However, the council lias accomplished much t his year toward improving thefappearance of the town. They have caused a good many rods of plank walk to be built, and our streets have been ditched and graded to considerable extent. Not all, to be sure, but a good deal for tlio first year. They have also bought a piece of property for a cemetery. Now they should just go ahead, pursue a proper course, and we will soon have a good school house. If they Hindi and wait for the people to tyike the lead it will be a long timo beforo anything will be done about it, for it is an old and true saying that “what is everybody’s business is nobodys business.’.! m :—. L. The finest serge goods for women and a good supply . for children. These goods will be offered at a small profit and

one price, at

HOPKINS' CORNER.