Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1874 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER ONION. Thursday, April 10, 1874

The' Montioello l onstitntiouali.it joyfully exclaim* "the Democratic |)*rty ii not dead.” This will be interesting new* to the Chicago Times and ludiannpolis Sentinel. Somebody wisely observes that * man might as well go hunting 1 Without ammunition as to try to do j business and ignore printer'’* ink. ' It may do well enough among Turk* and savages, but in civilised countries people read. The Winatnac Democrat thinks '•every indication points to the success of the Democratic party at the next election." If there is anything at all it is j tolerably certain* that the Grangers intend to have a hand in those matters in Indiana this fall. A South llend paper says that t in a recent lecture Mr. Colfax qu«(tcd.a passage from the Koran' to prove that iu former days "it i w/s not considered a crime to be ‘a ' •,**iniler.”’ Perhaps Mr. Colfax pre- ! ter* Mahomedan civilization to the j liberty which permits people to ! criticise the conduct ol public officers; if so it might be well for | him to turn Turk and go where he | can enjoy it to greater advantage. I "Are the Republicans of this county going to send delegates to the State Convention?’ is the conundrum which the editor of the - ' t\ maniac Republican wrestled with i last week. If what the Democrat \ of that place prophesies comes to ' pa**, it would be love's labor lost »n addition to the expense, to do so. llad'nt all hands better vote with the Grangers this campaign and see if Stare taxes cannot be cut down a little ? The Montioello Herald says Dr.; Raymond went to Indianapolis last week on business connected with j the Chicago «fc South Atlantic railroad. "Should the Doctor succeed,” says the editor," in arousing the enthusiastic denizens at the capitol, to the importance of our great enterprise, there is no telling how soon the road will be commenced in that vicinity." Twice! have they been tried before and j found wanting. Perhaps the third ! time may charm them, at any rate ! it is hoped they will do something for the enterprise. Last week the Laporte Argun elevated its spine to an acute angle because of the happy clijomo published of it in these columns a couple of weeks ago That representation of it lit, just as Mr. Nast’a, in Harper's Weekly, always j fit. The Argus' dodge to create a diversion in favor of Mr. Packard* and secure his reuominalion for Congress by the Republicans of this dutrict, will fail. Twice the sympathy rust succeeded, and the persecution wolf-spectre did not howl in vain. Both times Mr. Packard’s subsidized Democratic and Republican papers played their tricks very cunningly, but the assistance he lent dishonest Democrats and Republicans in Congress, and to President Grant as well, to perpetrate that salary increase and backpay steal, effectually sealed his political career in this portion of the United States. No, no, Madam Tamar, of Laporte, thy Judah has gone up to Tiinuath to shear sheep for the last time, and thou mayest as well keep the pledges he left with thee, and lie in wait for another lover, for he will return that way no more ftrever.

INDIANA GOSSIP.

KeutJand enrolls 320 school children. Warsaw barbers have agreed not to do aiiv more shavin" on • O Sunday. Whitley county farmers are pre- „ Paring to bow many acres of flax this season. Misha wale a chums to be among the unrivalled manufacturing centers of the United States. Ono o£ the South Bend papers, •ays a city eotemporary, has “a penurious regard for the truth.” Mr. Huff, editor of the Monticello Usf<ild, was married, week before last, to Mass Alice Wright of Monticello. The clover erop of St. Joseph ooonty, both old and young, is said to be seriously injured by wiuier freezing. Rossville, Indiana, boasts of an iflfant fifteen year* old, who is six feet tall and weighs 280 pounds.— He Is said to be well proportioned, graceful and handsome.

Col. J atiVcsW.Dunii. anromi7 •ntrtit citizens of Indiana, died at his home in Logansport on tho 4th instant. ?< y'-'ff , - In Democratic Marshall county, cord wood is valued at $1 per cord and that in inarkef. 62, for taxable purposes. * 4 ’ T Mr. Elmer McCray, a prominent citizen of Kentlaiid, died very sipl- | denly of heart disease last Friday or Saturday. I "The impatient, changeable, fierce, fickle, trying month of March is over and gone" on Rolling Prairie, says a correspondent of the LaPorte Herald. The Knox Ledger says that timber stealing is committed to an alarming extent in the southern part of Stark county; but those mostly alarmed at present seem to be the nonresident owners thereof. A singular disease that baffles the best veterinary skill is reported among blooded cattle in Laporte county, killing them off rapidly.— I Possibly scarcity of feed may have something to do with it. ; j A South Bend paper says a woman i became so drunk in one of the | saloons in that city, recently, that i she had to be assisted home. Now I they should organize a praying band among male Benders to visit i that salocffi. | A little boy named Thompson whose parents live near Rochester was out in the fields playing the other day, when his clothes caught fire from a burning stump and he was so badly burnt that he died shortly afterwards. According to. announcement Judge Gillett, assisted by the members of the Presbytery at Log msport, was to conduct a Sunday j school convention at Plymouth during Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. A seven year old son of Henry Marsh at Plymouth was run over by a wagon loaded with a heavy stick of timber, one day last week, and received injuries that caused his death in a few minutes. The driver did not see the lad until the hind wheel was on him. The South Bend Tribune says’ that Leander C. Pray—you knew Lc. didn’t you, when lie lived in Jasper county? —has provided him-* self with a good team and spring dray, aml is prepared to answer calls from all who desire draying I dyne in a careful manner, Pulaski county recently had a repetition of the calf story in Iter circuit court. A fifteen dollar calf inveigled two neighbors into three hundred dollars’ worth of litigation in addition to the fees of six attorneys. A Rensselaer firm received twenty-five dollars of the latter. Laporte ladies filed sixteen affidavits against liquor dealers of that city last week. Several of the prosecuted parties have succumbed to the pressure and closed their places of business, but a number have banded together for inutal defense, employed attorneys and propose to test whether the courts will protect them in their lawful calling.

Ready for Business

We are infprmed by the President of'oiir proposed road that a responsible contractor has been obtained who will take and build the whole line from Chicago to Indianapolis, and who will be ready to go to work just as soon as the counties have completed their subscriptions. The railroad’"company is ready at any time for business. All doubts about the good faith of the company should now cease.— They are ready and waiting, a net, will faithfully comply with their part of the contract. It can now be safely considered that the building of the road is a dead certainty, if the people along the line will go to work in earnest and do their part, If they can’t or won’t do so now, they should not any longer desire to have a railroad. —Monticello Constitutionalist. —-—--

Butler and His Danger.

A Washington letter says of Gen. Butler: “On the 18th of next November he will be 56 years old. He has never been sick. His feonstitution has been like iron. He has worked for tea years as few men ever work, even in this busiest of lands. His favorite saying has been that when he retired at night, unless he was asleep in fiye minutes he thought something was the matter. lie has enjoyed absolute, uninterrupted health, and has reveled iu it. Hut there must be an end to aH things, and especially to overworked men. Butler lias grown obese,« and, inferentially apoplectic. His political fights

begin to tell on him. The contests at Worcester have helped pull lfim down. The Simmons’ fight set - - ■ -j, , f • his nerves into a frenzy. I Li’s lie ad was clear but'his blood was hot, and his face livid at times, lie had wound himsHf up to a fearful pitch of excitement. When the victory was won and tlie relapse came, the blood left his face, lie became quiet and seemed to have weakened perceptibly. Ilis friends on the floor said he looked-fifteen years older. But with his im j mouse interest on his hands there j is no release from the tread- ] mill—no long hours of relaxation. Ills affairs are as inexorable' as those of an emperor. Someday, i his life will go out like the light of a hastily snuffed caudle."

Mr. Colfax Declines.

Colfax, elsewhere in this issue of the Vulette , will deeply regret the per- j emptory refusal of Mr. Colfax to | allow his name to be used as a can- ! didate lor representative in congress from this district. Many of; the btst citizens of all parties have | cherished a hope that Mr. Colfax 1 would have overcome his re pug- j nance to public life, and that he 1 would listen to the request of the ! people and make the race this fall, i but he utterly declines. The course is now clear and the ambitions gentlemen of the district may | begin to count noses as soon as they I Tike. It our friends, the Grangers,’l will take the lead in this’ mailer we think they will find the masses of the Republican party in full sympathy with them. Mr. Colfax’s I name would have been a tower of strength to the Republican party • in this district, but any good man can be elected, and if the farmers 1 have a choice of men we think their choice should be entitled to a fair consideration, and other things being equal, should be acquiesced in by the entire party. — Valparaiso Videtie.

A Freeman Now; No More a Slave.

South Be.no, Ind., April 4, 1874. Hon. David Turner, of Loire Count)/; A Thomas Jerneijnn, of LaPorte County; M. L. McClellan , of Porter County; C. W. McPherson , of CarroU County, and others: 51 v Dkau Fjuends; Besides vour friendly letters I have received many otlu>r reqnests, oral or written, from citizens of | tliis Dist rict, to accept a candidacy lor Congress. Aud it is due also to several gentlemen spoken of for this position, but who have so \ kindly proffered to yield in my favor, that I should' slate in some public way what I have uniformly said personally during the past twelvemonth. There is no office that I would prefer to that of Representative of the old constituency by which 1 was eight times unanimously nominated for Congress, and always so generously and cordially supported— While I live l shall' never forget that long-continued confidence and esteem, which I so highly prized and of which 1 so constantly strove to be worthy. But, after belonging to the public for twenty years, 1 belong now to my family, who cannot consent that this ownership shall be changed. I have found too, that the truest happiness in life is in being out of office, and master of one’s own time and movements. And, therefore, no possible inducement nor contingency that I can either imaghie’or foresee could tempt me to desire a return to Congressional life, with what are so well known to be "its cares and toils, its exactions and respousibili ties, its Injustice and falsifications, its envyingsand uncharitableness.” My old constituents must pardon me for insisting that, in their future Congressional .canvasses, I must be counted only as a voter, and, Under no circumstances, as a candidate. It public life can be ranked as a duty not to be evaded, I have certainly performed a full share of that duty. If, however, as is gens orally considered, it is regarded as a pleasure, I have certainly had, of that pleasure, more t ban any one citizen pad a right to claim or expect. I have faithfully striven to serve my country with such industry, fidelity and integrity, as to have a conscience void ol offence towards God or man. And, looking back over those long years,* with moreHiours given to public duties than any business man at home gave to his private affairs, and which* almost cost me my life, I can see nothing in the record of that public life, which*, “dying, 1 would wish to blot " * That our political friends may exhibit the same unity and zeal in future contests, which won victory in so many conflicts of the past, and thanking you for such valued manifestations of your unshaken faith and your friendly regard, I arn. Very Truly, Yours, S<"nv yi.er Colfax.

Stand and Deliver.

Dr. Stewart received a letter a 1 few days ago from Dr. Raymond, President of the CL & S, A. K. R. Co., in which he says: "By our contract with the C. A S. A. R. R. Co., they are bound to commence work on ibis branch of the road in earnest by the first of July. They indicate a desire to commence the work sooner if we are ready.— The President is doing all in Ins power to get the quotas ready by the middle of May. It is a hard task for one man to accomplish, and we are all equally interested | in the success of the enterprise, so j lot us all do our share of the work j in this county. White, Lake, Clin- j ton and Boon counties have - all j taken the necessary steps to vote public subsidies. The Dr. says “if, they all carry there will be hardly a doubt about the early commencement of the work.” lie further says j “he Tias very encouraging reports | from Lowell, in Lake county. They j assure me they are fighting to win, j and will come up with their full | amount, §150,000.” This is better J than was expected of Lake county. Jasper county alone hangs back, ! especially in that portion of the j county in which Rensselaer is situated. A straight line from Monticello to Chicago would leave Rensselaer eight miles off the track, and should she not be willing to help herself, it would afford the citizens on "the air Sine" an opportunity to secure the road, which we are informed they are anxious to work for. The Dr. says in conclusion: Our friends in Chicago are in good spirits and working with great energy.— Important negotiations are penrii iigbet w eeiQli ei a and t heßn 1 t.i mn-r p and Ohio Railroad for an entrance in the city. This is regarded hopeful, and we will know in a week or two. — Delphi Times.

Hints on House Papering.

This is the season, among good house wives, for cleaning, whitewashing, painting, papering, and otherwise renovating the domicile. After the cleaning, whitewashing and painting is accomplished, comes the- process of papering the walls; but the first thing, frequently, is the removal of the old paper.— To do this successfully, wet the wall thoroughly; and, when well soaked, the obi paper can be stripped off very quickly. After the ! paper is removed, wash the wall to get off all the particles of paper which may remain, and leave the walls till nearly dry before commencing to lay the new paper. If the walls have been whitewashed instead of papered, wash the walls with vinegar, which will make the paste and paper adhere more se‘ curely. A bench is easily made tor measuring and cutting the paper, by placing boards of suitable length across two flour barrels.'— The paper should be nil-foiled and cut to proper length and in sufficient quantity to cover the room, before the pasting process Commences. — ; These sheets should be laid' one | over the other, to be readily at J hand when the paster is ready to begin work. The liability of turning the edges or damaging the paper will te greatly obviated by adopting this course. Flour paste is the usual article for the purpose, and rye flour is considered better than wheat, as it has more adhesion. 51i:: the flour in cold watqr thoroughly, by Stirling, until the paste has a thin creamy consistence, and then boil, when if will thicken, according to the length of time it is submitted to tire heat. If found too thick in cooling, add boiling .water till the. ‘desired degree of thickness is obtained; then add a little carbolic acid to prevent the paste from souring or becoming mouldy. Abroad whitewash brush is the best to apply the paste with, | and the paper should be laid quickly after pasting, 1 to prevent its beeomingisoft and tender to handle. Two persons arc required to lay on paper with rapidity, qne to pa.ste and one to apply the paper. When the paper is pasted it should be handed to the person on the ladder, who holds it about a foot from the i top end, and lays it evenly against I the wall at the top, allowing the j upper end to hang oyer on the backs] of the hands. By looking down | the wall, it may be seen when it matches the previously laid )ength; and after adjusting to * match, it i shotfld tjien be brought gently Co j the wall, the- backs of the hands { then pressed against the wall and 1 passed upward toward the ceding,! spreading them out towards the, corners of the length of paper.— The scissors are then run along, at' the juncture of the waU and ceiling, \ making a mark which can be easily seen, when the top of the paper is ; removed for a little distance, and it is cut oft’ even /and replaced.— j Then a, soft cloth is gently passed I downwards and the paper prissed against the wall to the bottom, “where it is cutoff, as at the top. ■

FLORICULTURE. — THE PETUNIA.

The ploiuGr settlers of this country found its groves ant}, prairies lavishly decked with brilliant flowers, both annual and perennial, of many kinds and in great diversity of form and color, which bloomed profusely from about the middle of April until October frdsts had destroyed vegetation and falling snowflakes heralded the approach of \ winter. Many varieties numerous then are rarely seen now, while ! others, no doubt, liave disappeared entirely ; being destroyed by fire, by | the trampling and feeding of stock, by the changes in the nature and condition of the soil resulting from drainage, or they have been choked out ly hardier grasses. Still many kinds remain to adorn waste places and make them glad; and the native flora of this region is a rich field for students in botany, even should their studies be limited to individuals of the more conspicuous families. Where can be found more exquisitely delicate beauties than the millions of auemonies that in early'spring carpet groves and prairieland ? or the modest violet, several species of which abound—-pearly while, golden yellow, cerulean blue and deepest violet—upon the summits of. sterile sand ridges, over intervening prairie, and down to the I water verge of marshes? or what garden boasts more gorgeous beds j than those patches of yellow sunflowers, white and crimson-pink phloxes, velvety scarlet lobelias or cardinal-flowers, and sky-blue gentians, which cover, each in its chosen season, large tracts of prairie? Then thereis the curious lady’s slipper, moeeaspn-flower, or cypr\pedium of botanists i —white, yellow, or purplish-peach—that grows on dry sandridges and j low mucky ground in woodland and prairie; two colors of sundial,' (lupine,) with long pyramidal racemes of showy bean-like flowers; grace- j‘ tu 1 orange and dark-spotted litlies, some with single cup* opening i upwards to receive the blessed sunlight and dews of heaven, others with two, three, half a dozen or more Turk’s caps opening downward and their petals recurved one-half their length; and many other varieties of flowers equally numerous and equally showy might be mentioned was there space. But all are gradually disappearing as the country is settled up and the lands are cultivated or pastured. It seems almost vandalism for this wealth ol beauty to he destroyed without replacing it in some man ner. It may be replaced to a certain extent with comparatively small cost of money, time, or trouble, by laying out grounds in beds, which may be kprciful in design or plain according to taste, and planting in them the popular though not more fail- flowers of gardens and conservatories. In Europe, in the older settled portions of the United States, and in the vicinity of cities and large towns, people devote a great deal of attention to this department of home adornment, „It is a praiseworthy employment, and indicates a degree of refinement very flattering to those who spend a portion, of their leisure moments in collecting about them the choicer and more delicate creations Of nature! Every farmer should encourage his children, especially his daughters, j to develop a taste for the cultivation of flowers. Every home in towns j and villages should have its flower plat out doors, and its pots or boxes | of flowers and ornamental .plants in the house. It is tar better employ- ■ ment to cultivate these things than to retail gossip or listen to scandal. ! Satan ikips fingers *liat pull weeds and work among the pinks and lillies. ! —East reason tire floral display at the county lair was larger and much j better than that of the previous year, ami many fine plants were exhib-1 ited. In the collection of annuals and house-plants shown by Mrs. | Alfred Thompson, were specimens equal to the best ever grown ; while Mr. Nagel’s roses wore gems that would attract attention anywhere.— j Everybody admired them, and no doubt many resolved to cultivate a tew | flowers this season who had never given them a thought before. - At the introduction of this article is a cut of a double petunia, and 1 also a smaller representation showing the natural habit or manner of growth of the plant. This popular annual has been developed to a high state of perfection, within the last dozen years, by careiul cultivation. Its name is from pelun, an aboriginal name ol tobacco. Botanists class the petunia with the tSolanaca: or nightshade family, which also includes the potato, the tomato, tobacco and the several kinds of Cayenne or red pepper. They describe it in its natural state as having a “calyx with somewhat narrow spatulate lobes much longer than the tube; corolla white, violet-purple, or rose-red, funnel-formed or somewhat salver-1 shaped, the five-lobed border commonly a little unequal; stamens included in the tube, unequal; pod two-celled, two valved; herbage clammypubescent; flowers large and showy, in summer.” Florists and the eminent American botanist Professor Asa Gray say its native home is ■South America, where it grows in great profusion, particularly along j the Amazon.and its tributaries in Brazil. Petunias also grow wild in j this county, being found on those nooks of prairie that run up into the timber and form little bays, as it were, sheltered from winds; and some have thought them indigenous to the locality. In their wild state here there are two varieties ; one kind produces* flowers of a dusky blueishraagenta hue fading.out lighter as they become old, and the other kind bears a flower of lighter shade bordering on lilac. When cultivated petunias produce flowers in as many as eight or nine distinct shades of color, including white, carmine, bright deep crimson, dark red, deep rose, deep lilac, purple, and violet, together with combinations of white and green, red and green, and modified shades of all these colors pure, blotched, spotted, striped, marbled, veined, etc. Some of the flowers are quite large, attaining a diameter of five or six inches; they are also agreeably fragrailt, particularly those of the white variety. On the dark prairie loam of this county the petunia grows with great vigor, so much so as to partially modify its habit and it becomes semi-procum-bent or somewhat trailing, and may he trained to low trellises, when its \ dark greeu foliage forms an effective background to its flowers. It is a j hardy plant, and a profuse bloomer. Seed may be sown in the fall where plants are wanted to grow, or they may be started now in hotbed or in boxes in the house, or they may be planted in the open ground as soon as it is fit to work and in either case they will produce plants that will commence blooming from the 20th ol June to the middle of July and continue to flower until the ground freezes in the fall, when they may be taken up and potted, florists say, tor blooming in the house. Double petunias are an artificial production, the result of careful cultivation, and a,re not so robust as the single ones. They require extra care, but this is not considered a serious obstacle by the amateur of only a moderate degree of enthusiasm, as it only adds to his enjoyment; the rule holding good in floriculture as well as everywhere else that j objects increase in value in proportion to their scarcity, their perfection, and the labor necessary to attain perfection. Tbe best and most valuable horses, cattle or hogs are not those taken in a wild state, but are those that have been carefully bred;. and constant care is necessary to prevent deterioration. It is so with flowers ; the parents of many gems in cultivation were little better than weeds in their natural condition, and if neglected now they speedily relapse into barbarism. Beginners are not advised to experiment with the finer and more delicate species of flowers first. Better try your hands on the hardier kinds, and gradually reach the more costly ones as experience is gained. Halt a dozen sorts are enough to begin with; and wiil make a constant, beauiful show, if judiciously selected and well cared for. Among the plants recommended for tyros in floriculture the petunia has prominent 'place and is desirable in every collection of annuals, being hardy, showy, and a profuse bloomer. Its cultivation is very simple, and may be explicitly told ill six words: hoe, and keep free of weeds. This article will be followed in future issues of This Union by short •descriptive sketches of some of the easily cultivated, brilliant annuhls that ought to be more frequently seen in this county. For the cut. which illustrates this article, we are under 1 obligations to the generosity of Mr. James Vick, Florist, Rochester, N. Y., whose flower and gardeji seeds are the choicest, and whose Floral Guide is a repository of information indispensable to those who cultivate flo wers,

In Jasper county floriculture or' the cultivation of flowers is in its infancy. Until within a few years people have been more in- | tercstcd in making homes than they were in beautifying them. Secure a

shelter first, make a home afterwards, was their motto; and they di-d not seem to care about adorning their premises with the cheap but effective means of flowers, shrubbery and ornamental plants. All who admire the beautiful in nature (and wliat person does not?) must be glad to see the rapid development of taste in this direction among farmers’ families and others, within four or five years.

SEASONABLE HINTS T 0 FARMERS. Alt FmtMßs:—l d> sire to call your attention lo mv stock and manufactures for 1874. This season I shall sell the celebrated Ottawa Clipper Plows, wood and Iron beams, manufactured at Ottatvi, 111., by MaierhoferAt. Dent; tbe Indiana Cultivator, made at Dublin, Wavne cqunty, lud.; Long & Allstetler's , Hamilton Pay Rake; the Uuiou Corn Planter; Single and Double Shovel Plows, manufactured in my own shop and under my personal supervision. These plows-are made bf the best mnteriila. by good workmen, and are perfe&tly adapted to work well iu the soil or Jasper count; . They canuot be excelled by any that are offered in the market. The Celebrated Chamoion Self-Baking Reaper and llropper, and tbe Champioo Light .Viewer. "Thelatter machine Inis been called "The Pride «,f the Meadow and very appropriatelyr Go, as its great strength and durabll ity combined Wffti Us simplicity of-construct ion and lightlies* make it far superior to any other machine yetinvented. Do not buy a Reaper or Mower' tfiilil yon have seen tlie Champion: Wagons, Buggies and Carriages. Asin- past seasons, I shall keep on hand and' make to order all kfttds of vehicles for road* and farm purposes. For the qoklrty of nia-' rials used In their construction, for elegance’ Of design, fop sit r \“.’ iftdlv of beauty o( finish, strength, durability adaptation to endure the strain of the Imperfect roads and Tough fields of our prairie country, my carriages and wagons have won a reputation which places them in the rank or fho very best. All kinds of wood yrar k and wood repairing done at my shop with dispa'ch and neatness, by experienced mechanics. We make Wheelbarrow,, Harrows, Plow Stocks. &c., &0.~HOUSE, KITCHEN AND FARM HARDWARE. I shall keep a good stock of Cook Stoves ISitli furniture complete, both wood and coal burning Heating Stoves for offices and sitting looms, Axes, Hatchets, Hammets, Augurs, Saws, Gimlets, Files, Shovels, Spades, Hay Forks, Manure Forks, Spading Forks, Hoes, Rakes, Mattocks, Trace Chains, Haiter Chains, Soap Kettler, Smoothing Irons, Garden Trowels, Grass Hooks, Bolts, Screws, i Wrought and Cut Nails, Carpet Tacks, | Hinges, Pud Locks,' Door Locks, the celo- | hrated "Diamond” 'I able Cutlery, Pocket ; Cutlery, &c. Also, an assortment ol Tiui ware, Spado and Fork Handles, Augur Hun. les, &e. . 131 .ACKSMITHING In its several departments of Horse Shoeing, i Wagon and Carriage Ironing. Plow Making and Sharpening,and General Repairing,dune j to order neatly and substantially. Thanking the public for past liberal fuvois it will be my endeavor to merit a continuation rof patronage, by Trading Low for Cash, strict ; attention to business, and courteous treat- - meat to till. NORMAN WaRNER. 6-26. Front Street, Rensselaer. Indiana. TWO-MILE PRAIRIE The undersigned ofle-s for spin seven thousand (7,(Mi11), two years old AFPIjE trees, from three to five feet high. Price, 15 cents each foi first choice, and 10 cents each lor second class trees. ——- GRAPE-VINES. lona and Concord. Single plants 30 cents, or $3 perdozen. GOOSEBERRY BUSHES. Two years old Houghton Seedling Gooseberry bushes, for $1,25 per dozen. MONTHLY KOSKS. Embracing upwards of Sixty vnrirtics, forso cents- each, $4 per dozen o? *3O per hiiii- | dml. Also CLIMBING ROSES, frortl 40 | to 50 cents each, * , HONEYSUCKLES. j Perpetual-Blooming 30 cents each, Annual, ! White Ghiiiese Evergreen—b'ooms in June, 1 flowers pure whiti—one of the most-fragrant' ■ of all, price 25 cents a plant or $lB per hiltt- ! dred. ... I SHRUBBERY;--j A splendid lot of other Shrubbery, includ- , ing three uerieties ol Spireas, two varieties I ol Deutziu, Flowering Almonds, Red Wax 1 Berries, &c , price 25 cents a plant. Also a ! few thousand USAGE HEDGE PLANTS , at $2.50 per thousand. Those lavoring him with their orders may rely on correct labeling of all articles sold. Packages of trees and plants ordered, will be delivered in RensseJaer/ree of rxtra cliarye. Nursery Grounds on Two Mile Prairie, two miles west of Reus-laer, 21 -2m GEORGE NAGLE. HHLueuiißgin The Proprietor of the Rensselaer Nursery has now on hand a fine assortment of Apple trees, Pear ttSes, Shade trees, Grape vines, &c„ which are all in good condition ' for spring planting. Read the foltowiug list of varieties: EAttLY, OH SUMjnidU, APPLES. Red Astrachan, Fourth of July, Benoni, Early Harvest, Dutch Oldenburg!:, Early Strawberry, &c. fall;apples. Fameuse, Fall Winvßap, Maiden Blush, &c. WISTEU APPLES. Northern Spy, Rome Beauty, Genitinn, Golden Russet, Yellow Belleflower, Limbertwig, Smith’s Cider, Ben Davis, King and many other kinds. I • -- -- - Git APES. • Concord, Hartford Prolific, Slc. SHADE TItEES. . Silver Maple, Negundo, White Ash and Catalpa. All of which will be sold at prices to suit the times. JOHN COEN. 6-24 Proprietor. Plain Job Printing \ SUCH AS Posters, Sale Bills, •r LETTER-HEADS, BLANKS, t Circulars, Envelopes. &c. DONE TQ OBPBSU AT REASONABLE PRICES. JAMES Sc HEALEY, .. -- Rensselaer, Indiana