Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1873 — PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. [ARTICLE]

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

It is said that Gen. Canby. died leaving his wife only a pension of thirty dollars per mont.li. j “Shooting most vociferously ’’ is the way the Local Tuple. says they did it up in Walker township No ■wonder the parties were hurl, so bad; We wouldn’t like lor anybody to shoot at us that way. The F rancesville Local Topic COhies to us this week en- ! larged -to twice - its former size—suflieient evidence of the enterprise of the editor and also that he and his paper are appreciated. Success to you, Bro. Winogarden. The “Learned Tra veier of l'ran- j c.'svillc” has started again, and'we ■ ■expect some interesting items from Ins "voeiterous'’ pen as tie “views the landscape o'er.” From the latest despatches lie was in the ■“Slough of Despond,” somewhere! . between Fraaeesvil'e and WTiia- j mac. His trip bad already “cost him lots of bustles.” Fort.nnatciy~i lie started with a good supply and the loss will not detain him. The Western Independent has'temporarily suspended publication... Not: «'Feather in the cap of our temperaiu’o friends.—liidi.uiapoiis Evening Journal. “XT is Tib damage to tire cause of temperance for the Western Independent to suspend publication either temporarily or permanently. It never did the temperance cause any good smyhpw. Like most class-papers it was- narrow-nffiTded, nrnr-tdeand, fa- - .' riatical and nohspnsieal. Tt lias always been controlled by old grannies, who had neither sense or judgment to be put into the paper.—rAntlerson ■ Herald. The fault is as much with the terifpcrance people as with the temperance papers. Temperance men and women are good to use argil- ' ment in favor of temperance and to assist the fallen inebriate, but they can’t vote, and they can't support a temperance paper. It was . said by one of our old citizens, himself a -temperance man. that two ward bummers in Cineinnaii could ;' cast more votes than all the tern-. pcrai.ee people in Ohio, and we know that the smallest county paper in this State has a better support than any temperance organ. ■ The Modoc war is ended at last j by the surrender of Captain Jack ! and tiie balance of his band to the ; United States troops. Now JiowJ are we to make the most of our grand victory. For us, we are op- j posed to any severe measures. Let! us put them on a reservation where ! game is plenty, issue rations regu- j Jarly, giv e them The Lest imp rove d T amis, and m all other Ways so Ids- | ter and encourage them that in a few year's the, tribe will be suffi- • ciently recrttiled 10 commence another war. But for fear that Captain Jack, old Seronchin, and a j few r others are not sufficiently im-! pressed with the power of our government, we would suggest that they be sworn before tin y are 1 turned loose. If such a course is pursued the feelings of the tender ; footed peace"men will not be hurt, I the Indian contracts lor supplies i will not be decreased, border whiskey sellers can alnyiys, .find ready sale for their wares in the immediate vicinity of the reservation, and the United States need not be under the necessity of moving the troops at great expense to 1 some other point. The National Agricultural Con- f grossthat met at Indianapolis last I —week was^composed of represent:;-j —tires from ninety societies, seat- : tered over twenty-four different j States. The report of the seen-la- 1 ry shows that there are one thou-[ sand agricultural societies nr ns so. I ciations in the country, aid that the aggregate membership is about i 400,000, The larger portion., of ! this number have been enlisted in j the farmers’ movement within the ! last few months, and the enlist-; ments are going on at a rate that i will double that by the beginning j of 18T4. This immense host of! the nation’s producers can accomplish much good if their energies '• are directed in the.proper manner. ! They must never lose sight of the ; object of their organisation and j fritter away their strength-'on un.- i worthy objects, or allow politicians! of either party to control their movements. United under their: own leaders who aid with them, I e and of them, the railroads, courts,] legislatures and congress will has-1 ten to do their bidding, and the: future will be to them all that the' most sanguine of their numbers ■ can desire. But they must watch | close for obstructions that arc he- , trip put ia their way by broken down politicians. Step with care ami go slow.

We want to make the issue as shfirp I as possible against Ihe men who fa-j I voivd the passage of the hill. If We | mix-elhew less Idameahlf, ff biarnen* Me at all, with them, we reinforce the leal culprits, and stand a less chance lo make our rebuke crushing and decisive, Suppose, for instance, all the Massachusetts members take the money. All of them have friends who will not admit that they committed a great crime; and if we put them in the same indictment with lien. Butler and Banks, there is a; •chance that none of them will be punished. Men will think what they please about the propriety of this course or that, but the great, overshadowing wrong, was' the passage «f tiie hilP-and the men who voted for it must never be trusted again.—Manchester, N. 11.. Democrat. The argument of the Democrat is the receivers of the stolen money combined are more than a match ldr the honest, masses of the people. The argument may he good so far as New Hampshire and-31as--Bti cli its cttsarc concert; ed, 1 lone sty may he at sifeli a low ebb there that a sufficient support can he given to those who appropriated the stolen money combined with those who stole it to supfSßfißnflt the honesty there is in those two States, hut people here who were not raised under the shadow of Tlunkelplinij or in The vicinity of the great “huh” of the universe, are of the opinion that the honest mass of the people can and will -ean.se. those n ho M ere, false to their trust as representatives to take a hack scat from this time, on, and that not only those who were guilty of the act of voting for the “grab” should .stand hack, but that all who took it from the treasury must go with them. Of course, our people liavc-not that clear perception oi right and justice that they would have had had they been bo fit under more favorable circumstances, and they are so obtuse, that they have novery well defined knowledge of the difference between the crime of the man who breaks down the door and the cowardly sneak who, as soon as the obstruction is removed, joins him and helps to carry off the booty—and tliey are inclined to visit the same punishment on both —and it is their fixed determination never to trust them again. There had been a few eases of small pox at Ligotiier. Wheat, in Porter county, will j not l;e more than half a crop. The Rochester Sentinel man hankcreth alter strawberries and sicli. There is a prospect of about a half yield of wheat in Cass county, The cut worm has begun his ravages on the corn in Tippecanoe county. The a mnsing and profitah 1 e game cl horse shoes has broken out in Monticello. They sell frogs for the small consideration of sixty cents a pair at 'Lafayette. Fulton county is excited over a chunk of copper ore found there a few days pgo, Mr. J. IX Osborn, editor of the South Bend Union , lias sold his interest in that paper to Mr. J. Brownfield, Jr. The Western Independent , the f only temperance organ in the State, has been compelled to suspend for want of patronage. A Mrs. South, of Sit el don, 111, lately gave birth to four little Smiths, all girls. We don’t want some of that in ours. A workman in the Studebaker shops at South Bend had two of ltis fingers so badly mashed between cog wheels that they had to he amputated.— i-——. The crop of snakes will be largely increased in Pulaski county if the young men continue, to carry whiskey home . in bottles and ~tir' their hides. Joe Turnock of South Bend was so badly poisoned with poison Sumac that he swelled up to'such an extent that he looked like an enlarged edition of Barnuiri’s fat woman. " * Five peddlers, who have been afflicting the people of Pubaski county, left last week. They only succeeded in finding one victimand he niade them take their “plunder” back after-giving them S2O. The South TSefdTVnwn "Tslrying to get some young love sick “galoot”' into trouble by giving them I the following advice: “If you are ; courting a girl, stick to it; no matter how large her father’s feet are.” j Judge Smith, of Logansport, ! fines parties one dollar and costs for a “plain drunk.” He evidently knows-nothing about the new temi perance law, which provides that the fine shall be not less than $5 and that the party shall tell where he got liis liquor.

j Jam 6b Leonard, of Laporte, fe- 1 | loniously appropriated fourkpljigi j -df-'td'hrntSro- and twshawi, and now, ] in default of's3oo bail, lie languishes in the county jail. i One of-our German friends is of j the opinion that “Winamac ought to he fenced in,” because a major- j Ity of the people oppos’e granting ; j licenses to sell liquor. It is cruel to take away the staff of life from ] a poor thirsty soul, hut "theii there are localities where the people, are more considerate.— Winamac Democrat. A printer man up at Ligonier, Indiana, having taken a little too much of the fluid that inebriates, was brought before a justice of the peace and fined. The inquistive squire then wanted the young man to tell where lie got his liquor, which he refused to do, ana was sent to the county jail until such time as lie would he willing to give the information to the justice.' Mr. Heaton, typo in the Herald office, arose at five A. M., Thursday, went down to the lake, caught a three and three-quarter pound bass, and returned to his hoarding house in time for a six o’clock breakfast—of which exploit he is a trifle pr ouA.—Laporte Herald. 31. O. Cissel, of this office, did Shout as well as that. He went out after supper and didn't get a bite, hut then you know if lie had got a.bite- he would have caught the iis.li and it would have weighed more than 3f pounds, The following from the Plymouth Democrat, will also apply to other 1 oeaiities: “Tlie man w 1 1 0 is too poor to take a paper was in town the other day with h.is family. He filled his skin full of whiskey, at ten cents a drink, bought a couple of dollars’ worth of tobacco to last during corn planting, and took his family to the show —the whole costing probably ten dollars; yet if asked to take a home paper three months at a cost of fifty cents, he would he certain to reply that he was too poor.”

The number of ties got out on the line of the Continental Jt. R. through this county, during the past month, reaches the snug number of 4,200, and still tiie work goes on. More timber is bought ami new contracts are being made every day. Mr. Morris, the contractor for this county, is daily urged by tiie officers of the road to prosecute tiie tie trade as vigorously and extensively as possible. What tiie plans and designs of the company are in relation to the construction of, the road, we are not advised, but tiie I indications are that something is to be dqne sometime in tiie misty future and \ve‘ oast only wait and hope.— Rochester Sentinel. “T The escape of the Price family wl.o<e house was struck by lightning last week, mention -of which lias already been made, was iudecxl most miraculous-. The footboard to the bed upon which 3lrs. Price and her little girl were sleeping “was not only shattered, hut the Straw bed which was under one of feathers was completely riddled and burned and the feather bed folded double over the occupants, who cs caped without any injury whatever. 3ir. Price was lying in the same room on another bed, and when the ligtiiing came down, the room was completely filled with sparks of fire, lie immediately set to work, and-with an unusual presence of mind and by great energy succeeded in smothering out the fire before any serious damage was dene. This was certainly one of the narrowest escapes we ever had the pleasure of recording. A strong argument in favor of featliers as a non-conductor is here preand this occurrence will doubtless bring feather beds into more general use—especially during the summer months, just when they are to he most detested. — Mo n ticclloHerald.

The Jasper county Central Association P. of 11. met pursuant to tidjoiironOfUaUßiereauriTluius e in Rensselaer Ind., Slay 31, 1873. Was called to order by the president at I o’clock. Wm Daniels, of 3lt. Pleasant, was appointed G. R. pro tem. The “word” was then taken after which the minutes of the preceeding meeting were read and approved. Tile roll call of Granges was next ordered showing Alasters and gates present from 3lt. Pleasaut, Center, Farmers, Union, Blue Grass, Bowling Green, Green Grove, Prairie Lea, White Oak, 11. Grove, Marion, GiHam, Progress, Independence, Star, Culp, Fyancesville, Walker and Wlieatfield. It was moved that a committee he a]‘pointed on R. R. petition and mower and reaper vote. Carried, and" Bros. J. Healev, R. Nowles afid Geo. 11. Brown were appointed and ihunediately proceeded to the assigned them. Unfinished business being next in order the resolution based on Art. yi.qf the national constitution was called up. An order promulgated from ihe State Grange, embody-

' ing the same being reported 'rendered further action unnecessary and the resolution was withdrawn. Thjj Granges recently organized j in the eastern part of Jasper and : the western part of Pulaski .petitioiii ed for a trustee for that section. The trusteeship of the South being declared vacant A. G. Kobb, !of G i lia in to wllsh ip, wws elected to lill the vacancy. Petition was made for permission for the X. E. and Pulaski Grabgo to withdraw from tins and organize a new Central Association at Fran-»eesv-Ule.- -A~iitQ.UaLi was 'made.that the prayer of the petitioners he granted, which,"after a lenthy discussion was laid on the table until the next regular meeting, and ordered that in the meantime Steps be taken to induce the Remington Central Association to consolidate with this. Notice was given that at the next meeting amendments to Sections 1 and 2, Art. 0, of the constitution would he offered, providing for the necessity of a greater number of trustees, and striking out the word “Rensselaer” and insert “Rensselaer, Remington and Finn-’ cesyiile alternately. The reports of the representative to taxational Agricultural Congress was received and his hill allowed. Progress No. 11 paid commission on purchases to the amount of SIOO. Dues and assessments were paid as follows: Center 50 eentß, Prat-" rie Lea, 3larion, Blue Grass, Star, Union, Gillum, Walker, 11. Grove, Independence; 3lt. Pleasant, Farmers’, Francesville and White Oak $1 each; Progress $1.50-and $2 00. Tire following -resolution was adopted: Resolved, That we deem it expedient lor producers to interest consumers in the question of freights hy fixing the price of produce at tiie place of production., After the passage of resolutions and acts net intended for publication, no further business appearing the Association adjourned to meet at Rensselaer, Ind., the last Saturday in June. After adjournment the secret instructions and work, as promulgated by Worthy Lecturer Thomson, oft lie National Grange, Was imparted by Deputy Clifton to the j Masters and Deputies present.

W. K. PARKISON,

Pros’s.

C. W. Cliftox, Cor. Seek.