Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1873 — Epistolary Effort of a Rapid Youth to His Sister. [ARTICLE]

Epistolary Effort of a Rapid Youth to His Sister.

Dear Sub : The horses is all got the epigramic very badly. Us boys had so much fun the other day! Little Frank’s hobby-horse had glue runnin’ out of his nose, so we knew he had it, and we took him into the bath room and got some of ma’s fine towels and wrapped his legs up in hot water, and burned sulphur matches under his threat, and swinged his mane off, and the paint came off his legs, and the glue all come unstuck, and Frank can’t ride him any more. Wasn’t it jolly* Then the matches put us in mind of havin’ a Boston fire, so we coaxed sister Sadie to give us her box of Swiss houses you brought her from Urip; and we set ’em up and touched ’em off, and let her rip. The town went like blazes, and we throwed some of sis’s dolls in for dead bodies, and then saved the arms and legs lor trofys. But you bet we got scared when the flames went so high, so, we turned on the hose, and that fpol Jim Blain let the water run all over the floor and down the kitchen on to the cook’s head, and she thought the pipes had busted, and run for a man to fix ’em, so ma caught us in there, and the boys run home, but I got a thrashing. It didn’t hurt much, cause I had on thick clothes. Our Frank is in pants. He went in last Sunday. I’ve got a new girl. I don’t like Jennie Bird any more, or I guess she don’t like me any more, cause when. I give her a handful of peanuts she throwed ’em in my face, and I expect Jim Blain told lies about me. I’d lick him, only his father keeps a candy store, and I git all the candy I want for nothin’. Your affectionate brother, Charges. P. B.—Please bring pie a GOaT. —A Charlestown schoolboy wrote the following affecting composition on the fire: “The saddest thing that I kno abowt the fier was a bilding that they were going to blow up. And they forgot that thir was some little cash bois in the bilding. And when it was blown up they looked up and their was six little, cash bois in the air.” —Wm. Smith, recently convicted or the murder of Denison Miller, of Green--field, Mich., has been found guilty ot placing obstructions on the Michigan Central Railroad track with a view of throwing trains off the track, and sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment; —A Troy bull-dog attacked a stuffed tiger in front of a hat store, the othei* } day, and brought him down,

A happy. prospercms new your unto all. __ A rain this morning is Spoiling the -Weighing. ■ ■ —x —“— J. M. I Abbott, Esq., was called to Indianapolis last Monday, to yJhit his son “Billy ” who is dangerously 111. Mr. William Kassner is moving his boots and shoes to-day Into the room below J. I. Purcupile & Co.’s store. f. M. Stow, the jeweler, has moved into Chnrk-v Starrs room on t+ie corner of Washington and Front streets The Granger who left n fur cape or muffler at the office of M. F. ChilCotc last Saturday, will find it nt this office. Ten inches of beautiful snow fi ll Monday evening, mid now there is, eighteen or twenty inches' on the ground. Seventy- three marriage licenses were Issued bv the Clerk of Jasper eountv during 1872. against sixty-six in 1871. ThF Remington Jiurnal of week before last,(the issnedaicdat Reynolds,) did not come |o us. lias brother DeForest “cut" us? “Wes” livorv .<tiLlt- i- iLtpopular place for sleighing rigs and is pationizeil by the yougsters who treat their sweeties te-siylfsb. rides. Charley Plptt the -popular grocer is to-day moving bls stock of goods into the room recently uccnptcd by Mr. Wm. Kassner’s boot and shoe stock.

It is reported that there are ontybr two cases of what is popularly k'nowui as spotted fever in Union township; ; there was also a ease reported in Remington last Friday. i Married, December 31st, 1872, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by Rev. J. B. De M iit to,Mr. A. M. Munden and Miss Hannah D. Gwin; all of Jasper Married, December 31st, 1872, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by Rev. J. B. DeMotte, Madison Makeover, Esq., and Miss Clara Healey; all ; of this county. —r ’-O Married, January Ist, 1873, at the residence of Joshua Healey, in Rensselaer, by Rev. J. B. DeMotte, Mr Wallace Hess, of Momence, 111., gnd Miss Matilda Factor, of this county, j Rev. J. B. DeMotte has accepted an | invitation to deliver an address at the i public installation of the officers pi’i the Masonic Lotlije at Moroceu next Tuesday. Friend Merviii O. ( jssel has left the noble profession of printer and gone, into partnership with Charley Platt in the grocery business. Success to him and them. Father Babb, at Remington, sets a good square meal. His hotel is bran new, having been built last tall, but he has had about twenty years experience in the business. Call and dine with him. A new steam saw mill is to be built on the Iroquois river in Union township, on the Rensselaer and Keener township road seven miles north of Rensselaer and half a mile south-east of Alter’s grist mill.. Mr. Richard Steel, of Barkley township, was adjudged insane before Justice Haruin’gon Monday and given into the custody of Constable Duvall until final disposition can be made of him. His insanity is caused by epilepsy. ” Mr. McWilliams, Engineer of the Continental Railroad Company, was along the road line paying and discharging the corps of engineers who have been operating at Rensselaer tend Francesville dining the past summer and fall. Mr. William E. Moore, of Hanging Grove township, has a bed of peat on his farm seven or eight miles east of Rensselaer from which he is using fuel this winter. He finds it burns readily giving a steady heat, and is quite satisfactory though burnt in a common wood-burning stove. Charley Starr has been filling his ice-house with as fine ice as was ever harvested. It isabout 1(1 inches thick, clear and beautiful, calling tip happy anticipations of delicious ice creams, cooling draughts of soda, and refreshing drinks of healthful lemonade in the hot summer months to come. The legislature during its late session passed an act increasing thejiav of members from $5 per diem to §8 and mileage, and ‘ben cut down fee’s of printers for publishing delinquent tax lists one-half, so as,to establish a reputation for reform and economy—with nonresident land speculators. Last Frday evening the Masonic fraternity of this place Irad a public installation of officers after which a supper was spread for members of the order their wivesand daughters. The officers of Prairie Lvwjge No ~T2.v for the year 1873 are M. F<’h ilebte, ’Worshipful Master: Willis J. Tmes, Senior Warden; Andrew K. Yeoman, Junior Warden: Marion L. Spitler, Treasurer; S. P. Howard, Secretary- I M. Stackhouse, Senior Deacon; Jesse Goff,. Junior Deacon: Silas L. Swain aiid L. L. Daugherfy, Stewards. Miss Mattie Benjamin, teacher of the First Intermediate Dejiartmejit of the Rensselaer School, reports the number of pupils enrolled during- the month ending December 2«» th, 1572. was 53, in attendance 50. average dai.y attendance 45. The pupils perfect iii attendance, punctuality and deportment were Florence Weathers, Ltrella. Howe, Anna Henkle. Ora Thonlnpon, Ella GrniiTT NeTlTe Robinson, Lizzie Norton, Mattie Henkle, Mary Yates and Ezra Porter. The books of the freight agent at Remington show the following statistics concerning, the liquor traffic in that place: In the months of October and November, 1872, there was received by three unlicensed dealers 211 cases or 3,532 bottles of beer. 24 kegs of beer, 4 barrels and 5 kegs of whiskey, amounting to the retail value, of from $1,500 to $2,000. If .these two months were average ones the annual liquor blit of our neighbors and fellow-citi-? zens would not fall short of slß,ooo to build a splendid country school house and jnantain an excelcorps of teachers erary season.

Sieclloh Notice. --Tl.ete will bo a meeting of the stock-holders ot the Iroquois Library at the office of M. I- .- ClulvoU-, Monday evening, January Glli, 1873, for the purpose <>l electing seven Directors for ihe t-nsi.ing year.: I,oxtL—A pair of steel framed, Rouble glass spectacles, in a red nioroccd .-on—.which—is statjq.-t d “M • se.-., Indianapolis,! 1 mi." A suitable reward will lie ] aid tllV .leaving them atjhis dfilce or returning jt<> Dr. Ira U. Kelley at flie photograph gallery. Pomebody entered opr hoiwe.yqj.tarday while the family was absent and left 44 sd-]«'uml sack each oi and Corn meal ami a 25-pound sack of buckwheat flour. We suspect from I lie excellent quality of these articles that Mr. Isaac V. Ahi r was the donor; he will please accept our heartiest thanks for th,is.most valuable New Years present. The Central Assoi intion of I’atroiis of Husbandry of Jasper county held a meeting last- Saturday afternoon in , the office of M. F, Uhilcotb, Esq., ;uid elected the following (dlicers for the ensujng yiair: William K, Parkinson, President; David Nowles, Vice PiVsiilent; U. AV. Clilton, SeiTCI tary, and David 11. Yeoman, Door Keeper. Full prijcesdings of the meeiiiig'wijl soon be publisbeil. The New York Fchcol Journal is a neatly printed, well conducted,4<i-eol-umii weekly ]>■ per devoted to school teache r ani i scl 00l officer in America. Subscription price ?2 a year and every subscriber lias choice of an eleg-ant. rpiffisi-nt. Agi-l'ts wanted, to whom’ 1 liberal wages Will be paid. Address I George H. Stout, Editor, 119 Nassau p Street^Sew-Y ork.

—M a rri age 11<-eTires wercis--u erEby th e -eierfc- of Jasper-county Muring the j month of Di-i-ember, 1872, to the fol- I lowing parties: Horace W. Fairchild and Lana Dinner. John Hilton and Mime J. Lyon. A nson Sebring and ElisalTeth Clark . Edom Anfrim'ami Amanda Day. Madison MakeeVer and Clara Healey. A. M. Munden and Hannah D.u Gwin, . Mr. S. M. Black, of Remington has written a “card" in explanation of his ; position towards the Temperance I cause in his town and giving reasons ; wiry iic did not oppose the granting of • license to Mr. Foiil to open a saloon in Remington, whieh he—desires us topublisli. At the present time we have not the space, but will probably firnT iwini for it in a week or so. Iteontaiiis some excellent suggestions wliii-h it would fie well for pi’ofcssurs of temperance outside of Remington to com bier. At the regular meeting of Iroquois Lodge No. 143 1. O. (') F . held in -Rensselaer, December 111. 187g7“Ihe following otli-.-i-rs were elected for the '-nailing six months: L. W. Henkle, Noble Grand, A. Leopold, Vice Grand, Ira W. Yeoman, Seerl-tary, G. W. q’erhune, Treasurer. The following- officers were elected for one year: C. C. Ftarr. Permanent ?jocretary, E. P. Hammond, Allen-J. Yeoman and R. S. Dwiggins, Trustees. At the late session of the legislature an act was {kissed abolishing the office of township assessor and creating inste id a county assessor whose duty it I shall be to assess tile real estate and j personal property in tliecountvu—Uu-L-taE’—nexU—elcetibtJ the -real estate 1 appraiser acts as county assessor and. I with the audilot*has power to appoint ' deputies to assist 11 in hr his duties.— ! The i.perations of this law legislate Ifrom office thirteen persons in Jasper | county, arid about 1,5(1(1 in the State, i elected by the people, and in elleet • gives two mt-n in each county power I to appoint in theirplaces such success- ■ ors as a whim or caprice may dictate. No practical farmer or machines! : has yet seen the cultivator, invented , by Messrs. Knox & Kelley in opera- ' tion but pronounces it the best yet in j the market. Its great strength, l.iglitI ness of draft, ami above all its simple and scientific' constryction, together with its cheapness, recommend it to idl asa first-class libor-saving farm implement. Dr. Kelley is now h<ivi:ig one hundred of these macliines- . manufactured in Springfield, Ohio, ; for those who have seen them work , ami ordered them tpr next smntner’s corn-plowing. Address, or call on. Dr. Ira C. Kelley, Rensselaer, Indiana, for price or any other information about the plow. Mr. S. P. Thofnnsou lias prepared for publicatioii a report of his late i official visits as County Examiner to I the schools of Carpenter, Jordan, M'li soy and Hanging Grove townships; together with general comments upon the schools of the county, and practical observations tor the benefit of teachers, patrons ami pupils, from which we select tjpy tollowirig facts, not having room to publish the full ; report: _____ i ‘—ln—the eighteen districts visited there is a» enumeration of 710 pupils, the enrollment at school is 540, while the average daily attendance is only 370—170 pupils not enrolled or nearly ,24 per cents, and but 53 per cent, in attendance. The aveiage attendance im Carpenter tow'mdiip is 45 per cent., in Milroy 54 per cent., in Hanging Grove 57 per cent’., and in Jordan 65 percent, of enumeration. School No. 1, Milroy township, has the largest enumeration in the county. 77 pupils. ‘ ?chool No. 4, Newton towhsliip, N. j'F. Jenkins, teacher, reports the best attendance- 41 of an eiiunjeratibii of The order in all the schools is fjyr to goiHlu - pupils Usually observing the rules of good behavior as nearly as does 11 i.eir teacher. u ’ . 1 n Carpetitei- township 3 patrons have visited the schoi-ls, in Milroy 4, in Jordan 5, in Hanging Grove 7, or .19 in all. < ■ i Teacher’s records are usually kept very i»qg.tigeiitly4»,,_Sue Dwiggins aiid Matilda keep very neat i records, and especial praise is given I George (). Hoover, Caddie Benjamin and James A.-Burnham “for the care and accuracy of their records.” Teachers are tequested to report to the Examiner the ipimes of pupils punctual for whole term.