Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1871 — From Pulaski County. [ARTICLE]

From Pulaski County.

And now the State of Maino has held her election and given an increased Republican majority. North Carolina, California, Wyoming Terltory, and Maine—all giving incrcasod Republican majorities—don’t look aa though “the people were very greatly disgusted With the imbecility and nepotism of President Grant’s Administration” as is continually asserted by the Democratic press, does It ? The Republicans carried California in 1808 for Grant and Colfax by 506 majority. At the State elections last week they elected their candidate for Governor by about 8,000 majority'over the present Democratic incumbent. They also have a majority in the Legislature sufficient to insure a United States Senator in place of Cole.— San Francisco even elected a Republican Mayor and other municipal officers of the same political faith.

A plug of tobacco standing on end against a front window may indicate that tobacco is kept there for sale, or it may be placed there only for flies to raost upon; a red flannel rag nailed to a polo and hung out over the door may be intended as a sign that dry goods are sold within, or it may be there for an ornament; a cod fish nailed to a window shutter may be the sign that groceries and provisions are for sale inside, or it may be only hung out for its perfume; but if well worded advertisement in a respcctabio newspaper of general circulation, 6uch as the Rbnssklaku Union, tells the fact without ambiguity or possibility of mistake.— Thousands of tradesmen arc yearly becoming rich in the United States by the combined helps of good stocks, fair dealing aud extensive advertising.

It is told of Mr. Greeley that while at the Tippecanoe agricultural fair last week and looking at the display of farm machinery his attention was especially attracted by a subsoil plow. Inquiring of the exhibitor how deep it was intended to" work he was told “abont two feet.” Th is very much pleased the great farmer of Chappaqua, as deep plowing has always been a favorite hobby with him. But the peculiar construction of the gopher hardly corresponded with his'ideas of a breaking machine aud he innooently asked if it was nsed to plow eorn with? Among other absurd ideas the old geutleman advanced in his address on that occasion was that Indiana farmers should irrigate their crops. He told the Tippecanoe county farmers and those of the celebrated Wabash valley and Wea plains that they raised inferior crops and that they were a very slovenly set on the average. — And the nlanagors&of the fair paid the old quack farmer S2OO for his slanders and nonsense. Mr. Greeley' is a very smart man and well informed on some subjects, but the individual who tries to put his vagaries about farming into practical operation will become bankrupt in one or two seasons even if backed by the most, favorable natural conditions of soil and climate. About two years since, Judge Osborn, of the St. Joseph county circuit court, -issued an order restraining the Kankakee Valley Draining Company from filing with the Recorder its appraisement of damages and benefits to lands in St. Joseph county that would.be affected by its proposed operations. The company disregarded Judge Orborn’s order, and on the 11th day of August last Mr. E. G. McCollum filed the list. As in all other localities where lands are assessed by the company this action aroused the bitterest opposition of

the land owners, and public meetings were called in which violent dennneiations were indulged in and resolutions passed pledging bitter, uncompromising warfare upon the company. Last week Mr. Esmay, who has assessed against his lands 1100,000, and his neighbors brought suit against the Draining Company for contempt of court in the violation of Judge Osborn’s order, lion. The*. S. Stanfield, the Circuit Judge, having previously been employed in cases involving the questions in the case, Judge Pettit, (of Wabash?) presided in hit stead, who decided against the company and ordered an attachment to be issued against J. J. Clidden, Vice President of the company, E. G. McCollum, Secretary, and L. A. Cole, Attorney, returnable at the next sessiop of court, and that the costs of the at- j Ififthaumt be entered against these 1

parties. This writ upon McCollum and Cole, who wore bound over to await further action of court. The court held and ordered that tho schedule of assessments on file with the Recorder of that county was void and of no effect, and that the mortgage based upon this assessment, filed on the 14th of August was “held lor naught, void, and of no effect, and the same is not a lien or encumbrance upon said lands.” Tho injunction was ordered to be continued in full force until further order of the court. This is an important victory for the people as it cuts off an assessment of over $265,000, and will undoubtedly cripple the company and delay its operations for some time. The Plymouth Democrat says: “The excavator, or steam plow as it is popularly termed, is in operation on the line of the Plymouth, Kankakco & Pacific 4 road, about One mile and a half west of town. The 'machine* does lots of work in a very short time. They are now taking out about 600 cubic yards per day, but the capacity of the excavator is about 2000 yards per day, and the superintondant says as soon as they get settled down to work they will take out 1500 y ards daily. At they load ten cars in twenty minutes, and only work eleven men.” Generally speaking, when tradesmen have articles for sale that they honestly believe are ol gopd quality they are proud of their stock and anxious that people should know of it. If they arc enterprisihg and prefer being kept busy by crowds of customers to lounging lazily about on drygoods boxes, they advertise. And this, when judiciously done, is sure to pay.

A multiplicity of duties and a scarcity of items has prevented us from writing you mnch sooner than this. The northern part of our county has its share of troublo, on account of the Kankakee Swindle. We all feel toward that corporation, as the dutchmau did when hauling potatoes up hill and the rear end dropped out of his w3gon —wo cannot do the subject justice. We arc glad that the officers of the Company aro resigning and there is a prospect of the whole thing bursting up. If J: A. Bradly, Senator from Laportc county, and attorney' for the Company, had not opposed it the law ot iB6O would have been repealed. Wo think the charges made by the patisan papers that it is a Republicap or Democratic scheme, is very much like tho quarrel between tho pot and kettle about which had the black bottom. Tho Suppcmental Bill, passed by the last Legislature, lessened the privileges of the Company and was not, lrom what we can learn, considered a white-washing plan at all.

The magnitude of the swindle has never been surpassed by anything that has beeu attempted in the State of Indiana, except the wholesale stealing of the Swamp Lands given the State in 1850. 4 Pulaski county suffered much on account of that, and the State was swindled again in draining the same. Our corn crop ~will be nearly, if not quite, equal to that of last year, which was the best we ever raised. Win. R. Ballenger, ex-Sheriff of this county, was thrown from his sulky, one day last week and suffered a broken leg in consequence. Yours Truly, Tip. The American Farm Journal for September has been received. The publication of this Agricultral Paper was commenced by Miller, Locke & Co., of Toledo, in September, 1870. The paper has been successful beyond precedent, and commences the new volume with a list of subscribers, of which the older Agricultural journals might be proud. The reasons for this success are : The paper is carefully edited; it is handsomely illustrated; it is eminently practical; it has a corps of contributors in every state of the Union, and thus every sectipn is represented; its domestic department is made a speciality; it has a great variety of matter; the literary department abounds in exciting and tantalizing sketches; it is the only paper that gives special attention to the social and gossippy of Agricultural life; ..every number it made seasonable, and eomes to the farmer at the time ho wants it, and with what he wantSi f • In the present number is given a fullpzK^^f'jDexWr/’aud

other illustrations, and sixteen largo pages of valuable reading matter. The next number will eoutain a portrait of the celebrated horse “Longfqllow,” and every succeeding number a portrait of somo noted American horse. The accompanying sketoh of “Dexter” gives what wo havo soon in no other paper, a history of his performances. The horso and cattle departments aro mado pre-eminent,bat not more so than are tho otbors. The paper is published monthly, for 75c per annum, by Miller, Locke, & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Specimen numbers sent on application.— Exchange.