Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1874 — Page 2

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For several years the dam across the Calumet river at Blue Island, in Illinois, wag the source of much injury ’to lands bordering that stream in Lake and Porter counties. About three weeks ago it was removed, by order of the Legislature of'lllinois, and the new level has already changed the character of more than 75,000 acres in these two counties. Situated as they are in short distance of Chicago, the owners will reap an immense benefit, as they readily sell for $lO to SSO an acre. In the Monticello Herald it is reported that the election held in that (Union] township week before last, to vote upon a proposition to give aid by pubilfe taxation to the Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad project, resulted in favor of an appropriation, by a large majority. This is encouraging, and shows enterprise upon the part of the people in that locality. Go ahead with the work, if there is any bottom to it, and when the proper lime comes, and people over in this direction are satisfied it is not a humbug, there is no doubt they will be found ready to give liberally. The Crown Point Herald in commenting upon President Grant’s veto of the currency biltV'says,' “For a tnan to pocket one hundred thousand dollars in greenbacks -in the way of a salary steal, and then to coolly call these same greenbacks spurious and irredeemable, when other folks want some of the same kind, is but to brand that man as a thief, a liar, and a poltroon.” The editor of that paper when he penned this paragraph, certainly did not calmly consider the import of his language. Such violent expressions do not usually come from cool judgment and seldom have much effect upon dispassionate hearers, othet than to excite their pity for the individual who is so unwise as to utter them.

INDIANA GOSSIP.

Seed corn has been selling for $1.50 a bushel at Brook, this season. Jimmy Dillon aged 15 cremated at Delphi the other evening, with a coal oil lamp. An establishment for the manufacture of njechinists’tools is being started in South Bend. Lapotte has taken judgement against Crown Point tor $1,103 due for an old fire-engine. A Winamackerel caught a pike in the Tippecanoe river the other day that weighed 17| pounds. Many loads of railroad ties are brought to Winamac and sold by men who never owned a foot of land. The Odd Fellows Celebration at Michigan City last week is pronounced to have been a grand success. Mr. F. P Greenwood planted 9,000 trees this spring on his farm two and one half miles northwest of Oxford. The House Committee on Com merce have reported in favor of an appropriation of $50,000 for the harbor at Michigan City. ‘ . The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Woman’s Suffrage Association of Indiana, will be held in Fort Wayne on the 27th and 28th instants. Two Crown Point pigs of recent birth were ornamented with a horn in their foreheads, just above and between their eyes. They were little unicorns. The Methodist Church at Mon* terey is unable to support a minister and pay current expenses of the church, hence* they propose to sell their house of worship. The Crown Point Herald says that while Mrs. Fox, who h.ved near Merrillville, was fighting a wild fire, a short time since, her dress was set aflame and she suffered injuries which resulted in death. A wagon factory will soon be in operation io Logansport, which will manufacture 2,000 wagons per annum. It will be managed by Fish brothers A Co., of Racine, Wis., as a branch of their extensive establishment in that city. Professor Wilcox was chosen to represent the Presbytery of Logansport, embracing the territory of Northwestern Indiana, as their lay delegate at the United States General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, to meet in St Louis on the 21st day of the present mouth.

Railroad prospect.

A letter has been received here which was read before an informal gathering at J. W. Vi ant’s Thurs- ■ day evening, in reference to our railroad prospects, from W. S. Haymond, PresidJ!it of the C. A S. A. R. R. We consider our prospects very encouraging indeed.An election was held in Monticello in aid of the project last Saturday with the most favorable results, ■ only thirty votes out of several 1 hundred being east against approI printing aid. In refering so the repeated failures in securing a railroad by the people of While and j Carroll counties, President Haymond says : “Our people and those of Carroll county have voted as often as any ■ others, and have made as great or I greater efforts to secure this road, but they will not permit past failures to discourage them in the present emergency.” We append further: “The status of the company is I entirely different from what it has ever been heretofore. We have ! nothing to do-with tire past. We have started out de novo, and projected our scheme on a vastly i more extensive scale. It is not now merely an Indianapolis, Delphi I A Chicago Railroad that we are trying to build, but a great national highway from Chicago to the South Atlantic. The former is owned by the latter, and is only a link in the great chain. Under the former organization of the I. D. A C. R. R., the counties and people were called upon to ..vote aid and subscribe stock before the scheme had received the endorsement of capitalists, or even the favorable notice of any construction company. Now the whole | matter is reversed, as we have the co-operation of capitalists and responsible bankers as our financial agents, who are ready’ to aid the worn as soon as the subsidies heretofore promised by the people interested in the road have been raised. • “I believe Jasper county will do her part, as I am in correspondence with some of her leading men, who assure me that she will do her full duty. “I will say to you on behalf of j the company, that your people shall have a fair chance, and no deception shall be practised upon them. “No attempt will be made to WM stock on any rival route, or any action looking to the adoption of any other line, until we learn whether your people are willing to do the fair thing. If they will do what you have heretofore I informed me they would do, or < something near it, you will be in 1 no danger of losing the road. — ' Whatever they do, as the matter i now stands, must be accomplished ■ before the last of June.” The letter further states that our ; chances are very good for the road ; even if it should pass eight miles east of Rensselaer. It says : “By running to Lbwell we will avoid competition “and - compl ic ati on wi th the numerous lines near the- lake.”' We hope before our next issue that our people will have made a telling move in the matter. The news of late has tended to inspire all of us with high hopes.— Lowell Star.

The Habit of Saving.

Wastefulness characterizes our domestic economy to an extent un" heard of in more frugal countries, and we must always eat, drink and be clothed with the best the market affords. There is no economy in depriving ourselves of an abundant supply of nourishing food, decent raiment, and healthful shelter, but this affords no excuse for the prevalent sin of waste, nor does it justify spending hard wen wages upon expensive delicacies, unnecessary large habitations or costly trifles. There is far too lavish a subserviency to fashion amoiig all classes. Economy in this respect would not only save money, but tend to create a much needed independence, both in dress and in our whole manner of life.

The Genius of Energy.

There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and activity. You : will learn that all the traditions so current among young men that certain great characters have I wrought their greatness by an inspiration, as it were, grow out of a ! great mistake. And you will fur- j ther find, when you come to meas-1 ure yourself with men, that there are no rivals so formidable as those j earnest, determined minds which reckon the value of every hour and which achieve eminence by persistent application.

A Simple Disinfectant.

One pound of green copperas,costing seven cents, dissolved in one quart of water, and poured down a water closet, will effectually ■concentrate and destroy’ the foul- ■ est smells. On board ships and steamboats, about hotels, and other public places, there is.nothing so nice -to purity the air. Simple I green copperas dissolved in any- ! thing, placed under the bed, will render an hospital, or other places i for the sick, free from unpleasant smells. In fish-markets, slaughter- ; i houses, sinks, and wherever there ; are offensive gases, dissolve eopi peras and sprinkle it about, and in j a few days the-smell will all pass away. If a cat, rat, or mouse dies about the house, and sends forth an offensive gas, place some dissolved copperas in an open vessel ’ i near the place where the nuisance I is, and it will purify the atmosphere. , Then, keep all clean.

Lemons Wholesome.

W hen people feel the need of an acid, if they would Jet vinegar alone, and use lemons or apples, they would feel as well satisfied, and receive no injury. A sugges- j tion may not come amiss as to a , good plan, when lemons are cheap ' in the market, to make good lemon syrup. Press your hand on the j lemon, and roll it back and forth i briskly on the table to make it squeeze more easily; then press i the juice into a bowl or tumbler ' —never into a tin; strain out all the seeds, as they give a bad taste. ; Remove all the pulp from the peels, and boil in water —a pint for a dozen pulps—to extract the acid. A few minutes boiling is enough; t hen strai n the W a ter wi I h the j uic e of the lemons; put a pound of white sugar to a pint of the juice; boil ten minutes, bottle it, and your lemonade is ready. Put a tablespoonful or two of this lemon sirup in a glass of water, and have a cooling, healthful drink.

Live Like Lovers

Married people should treat each other like lovers all their lives then they would be happy. Bickering and quarreling would soon break off love affairs; consequently lovers indulge in such only to a very limited extent. But some peo-ple-—men and women both—when they have once got married, think they may do as they please, and it will make no difference They make a great mistake. It causes all the difference in the world. — Women should grow more devoted and men more fond after marriage, if they have the slightest idea of being happy as wives and husbands. It is losing sight of this ■ fundamental truth which leads to hundreds of divorces. Yet many a man will scold his wife who would never think of breathing a harsh word to his sweetheart; and many a wife will be glum and morose ou her husband’s return { who had only smiles and words of: cheer lor him when he was her, suitor. How can such people' expect to-be happy?

Let it he Recorded.

The veto, though demanded by them, was the hardest lick the! national banks ever got. We put i this statement on record, and if living in five or six years will see it verified : The country will demand ahd obtain an abolishment of the national bank system, and substitute in its stead the one currency, greenbacks. And it will be . done thus: Our bonded debt will i not be increased a dollar, but our present bonds will be made the pledges off that currency. The minimum amount will be fixed at five to eight hundred millions, and ; the balance will be a convertable , I - . . ■ : . ; bond currency, which will give I elasticity, to our system. And thus at last the people, as they are en- ' titled, will be able to reap the I profits of an inconvertable paper currency, by stopping the interest ' on nearly half of our bonded debt, ' and thus saving the interest, to be made a sinking fund to reduce the other part, or interest bearing debt, and appreciate finally the public credit and enhance correspondingly the value of greenbacks, till they are par with gold. That is the boat we are ready to board.—-Kent-land Gazette. ! Early Sunday morning a fire ■ broke out in the Exchange Livery ; Stable of J. A J. B. Jackson, . Noblesville, and it, together with La neighboring building, was com- : pletely destroyed. The horses and ■ vehicles belonging to Messrs. Jackson, were saved. Their lo§s i*$2,500; insurance, $1,700. About I SSOO will cover the other losses.

Remington Journal Jottings.

Fresh fish retail at 12| cents a pound in Remington. Dr. M? W. Rrigle has commenced practicing medicine at Renin-g----ton. Industrious .men spend the fleeting hpurs pitching horse-shoes, and bitterly complain of hard times. Jasper Grey proposes to teach a twelve weeks term of school in Remington, to be commenced on Monday of this week, and his tuition fee is $4 per pupil. The Sheriff of Jasper county advertises that on the 30th day of May, 1874, he will offer for sale at public auction, at the door of the Court House in Rensselaer, a tract of land described as follows; Commencing at a point 34| rods . west of a point on the range line dividing ranges 6 and 7, 20 rods south of the north-east corner of section 25, township 27, north of range 7 west, running thence west 64 rods, thence south 20 rods, thence east 64 rods, thence north 20 rods to the place of begining, contaitrsng 8 acres amt being a part of the northeast quarter of said Section 25, etc.

The destruction committed by the waters of the Mississippi in Louisiaiiß is so vast and complete that the mind can hardly realize it. Not only have the means of present subsistence been swept away with the property of hundreds of small and large planters, but in addition to immediate destitution the prospect of suffering and want in the future is superadded. The stock, which is capital, is destroyed; the crops, on which security is given for current expenses, are gone, and the land, while yet remaining, is rendered unproductive and useless for the time. Well may the magnitude of such a calamity arouse tlue whole country to deeds of sympathetic charity. As the full details of the situation arrive, the necessity for prompt and most liberal relief becomes more evident to every feeling heart. — We trust, therefore, that the collections in behalf of our unfortunate Southern brethren will continue.—lnter Ocean. A little child two and a half years old in Princeton township, White county, attempted to follow its father out into the fields where he was at work; a week or two “sirtire and got lost. Not until its father came at night without it did the mother feel any uneasiness about its absence, but then search was made, which continued until nine o’clock next day, when the child was found three-quarters of a mile from home, lying on its face with its hands under its head, in a stupor, wet, cold and its limbs , much swollen. It was resuscitated and is now as lively as a cricket.

A boy and girl were married in Hebron about 15 years ago, who lived together a short time, got sick of their bargain and parted and were divorced. After living single for a year or two, they concluded it would be a nice thing to get married again. They were mairied again and lived together for a year or two and parted again, have been parted eight or nine years, and now it is reported they are going to try marriage again-. The third time is the charm. The Inter Ocean says of the new town of Sheffield, situated in the northwest corner of Indiana, “Parties interested in this new suburb [of Chicago] are working quietly towards the proposed sale in June. Tfieir outlay proposed this season is only moderate, as becomes the financial situation, comprising such streets and grading as is indispensable for the first opening of the property. The hotel is nearly half fiifished, and the depot will be ready this week.” Notwithstanding the outcry raised throughout the country about the departments at Washington, the clerks are still to enjoy’ the immunity from seven hours’ labor a day. Poor fellows! It is veryhard that they have to work at all. We shall move, next session, to have their hours restricted to three, in order to allow them time to read the morning papers'!— lnter Ocean. An eastern paper says that a side window in a stable makes a horse’s eye weak on that side; a window in front hurts his eyes by the glare ; a wimfdw behind' him makes him squint-eyed ; a window on a diagonal line makes him shy when be travelsy a stable without a window makes him blind. Possibly a mule might be lcsa difficult to keep. ,

FLORICULTURE.-BALSAMS.

The cut above is a very good rapresentation in black of two oil three branches of double balsam. Mr. Gray classes this plant in the Geraneum family, in which he also includes wood-sorrel, cranes-bill, pelargonium or geraneum of hoiftse and garden culture, and the nasturtiums, the seeds and seed-pods of some varieties of which are used to flavor cookery and for pickles. The balsam is also called Impatiens (ils botanical name), touch-me-not, jewel-weed and lady’s-slipper.— There are two' wild varieties in America, the pale and the spotted, that grow on wet ground and in moist shady places. The garden balsam is a native of India, but it flourishes luxuriently in this country, especially on our dark prairie soil; and if the ground is artificially enriched it is so much the better. Twenty years, ago balsams were not such attractive plants as they arc today. Then they bore flowers of delicate texture, cool appearance and bright colors, but they were small, single, and nearly hidden by foliage.— Careful cultivation has developed a plant that produces large and very double flowers, with less proportion of leaves, so that a single branch is often of itself a magnificent bouquet. Mr. Vick, who may be considered excellent authority in floriculture, in his Floral Guide says the balsam is “One of the most popular and the most beautiful of our half-hardy annuals, but a rich soil and good culture are needed to bring it to perfection. With good care very few flowers will afford more satisfaction.” Another florists says it is a “Strong growing, half-hardy annual, producing fine, large, double flowcis in abundance. A deservedly great and popular favorite wi t h th e 1o v era -of -flow ers .”; Balsams are too tender to endure frost, though seeds will remain in the ground all winter and germinate the next spring; but plants thus grown seldom or never have double flowers. A better plan is to procure seeds each spring from one who makes it a business to

, save them, make abed where young 1 plants can be protected, either in a | frame or some sheltered place in the garden, and plant as soon as I the weather is suitable, say about ! early corn-planting time. When the second leaves have grown a little, plants may be removed ami set where they are wanted to bloom. Set them ten to fourteen inches apart, putting tall-grow'ing varieties in the middle or back row of the bed, and lower-grow'ing sorts at the outer edges. As different kinds vary in bight, ranging from six to thirty inches, it is essential that care be taken not to plant dw'arfs promiscuously among tall growing ones, nor the tall ones in front rows with dwarfs behind, if a fine appearing symmetiical bed of flowers -is desired. When branches shoot out pinch off all but two or three, and pinch off the top of the main I stalk. A very good way is not to | let any branches grow, but prune the plant to a single stem. If this plan is adopted, plants may be set much nearer together; the taller ones will grow nearly three feet high, and be a perfect flowering wand. If seed pods are picked off when they appear plants will blossom twice or three times during the summer if the weather is showery or they are watered freely at night. The flowers of double bal. sams grow as large as two inches or more in diameter, are as perfect in form as a rose, and are of several shades of red, purple and lilac; they are also pure white, creaihy white, greenish white, spotted and striped. Indianapolis papers complain that the city is overrun with mechanics—carpenters, bricklayers, paihters,. etc.—attracted by the extensive system of advertising that has been practiced by those who were interested in reducing the wages of laboring men. A bill was introduced in Congress Monday to relieve Raphael Semmes from bis political disabilities,

Nkvv 81'141 KU Goods.—ls you wantanything in the dry goods line consult your interesfby looking atthe new stock just’ opened at the Btone Store. All the most popular articles in the line of ladies' dress goods, for the spring of 1874, may be seen in this establishment. In this assortment are elegant silks, Japanese fabrics, spring delains, foreign and domestic ginghams, percales, fast colored prints, lawns, alpacas, muslins,, etc.; also a complete line of trimmings including thread, buttons, lace, ribbons, insertion and fringe. Our ready made clothing and gentlemen’s furnishing goods department is as complete as ever, ami in it may be found coats, pants, vests, overcoats and full suits for men and boys in great varety of price, style and quality. We have a very large stock of clothing fabrics including broad cloths, docskins, fine and fancy vestings, cassimeres, velvetenes, corduroys, moleskins, jeans, cottonades, drillings, ducks, denims, etc., etc. Particular attention is invited to our stock of spring shawls, to our extensive -line of carpets, and to our boots and shoes for men, women and children. The leather and rubi- ber goods in our house can not be excelled by any in the land. Hats and caps of the latest styles for men and boys.' Our groceries areas good as any kept in Rensselaer. We in rite everybody to call and examine these goods as they are all first class and will bear inspection. Our prices‘this season are down very low in order to conform to tlie stringency in money affairs experienced by all. Cash paying buyers will certainly find it to their interest, to call on us and learn our prices before making purchases anywhere else. Remember the place —Stone Store—brown front, Rensse-

LEOPOLD & FENDIG.

laer. Indiana.

SPECIAL, NOTICES. A CARD. A Clergyman, while residing in South 21 Ameiica, as missionary, discovered a sate and sin.ple remedy ior the Cure of Nervous Weakness, Early Decay, Disease of the Urin- j ary and Seminal Organs; and the whole train | of disorders brought on by b nelul and I vicious habits. Great numbers have been cured by this noble remedy. Prompted by a desire to benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, I will send th" receipt for preparing and using this medicine, in a sealed envelope, to any one who needs it, Free, of Cost. Address, JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, Bible House, 6-21 Neto York City. Plain Job Printin* STTCII A.S Posters, Sale Bills, LETTER-HEADS, BLANKS, Circulars, Envelopes, &c. done to order, AT REASONABLE PRICES. JIAMES Ac lIEALICY, ■ ■ 1 liexisseltier* Indiana

cfTI WAlulji ZE* For lite Million al IIMMET KANNIL’S DKE'G STOKE. Two Thousand, Holls «t IVtill Paper oi all Grades and Shades, from Hie Cheapest Brawn to liie Finest Salins, a I Prices I’euiurkubly Low fur Cush. WINDOW SHAD’ Sos all kinds, Including Paper, Clulli and Holland. Fixture*, to Haug, Complete. MUSICAL instruments.. Musical inssruments may be had at CASH PUK ES, A good Violinfor $5. A Guitar for $5 to $lO. Flutes 60 cents to 815, A variety of VIOLINS, . GUITARS, —— . . FLUTES, FLAGEOLETS, HARPS. FIFES, PICCOLOS, VIOLIN BOWS, VIOLIN BRIDGES, VIOLIN ROSIN, ; VIOLIN KEYS, VIOLIN AND GUITAR STRINGS Of all Grades and Prices. SEEF-lINSTKICTOKS for Violin, Gui lar and, Fiute—the Very l.atcst Editions on Hand; » FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS., Picture Nails, Picture Cord and Tassels, CHROMOS nice and cheap, all the materials, for making WAX FLOWERS, a lull hue of Artist’s Material, Tuba Paints and suitable Brushes tor such work. My stock of LADIES’ AND GENTS’ POCKET-BOOKS, PORTMONAIES AND PURSES is full, and I think the most complete ever offeree for sale in Rensselaer. I also have uvery large assortment of HAIR BRUSHES, - •. CLOTH BRUSHES, RUBBER COMBS,. IVORY COMBS, ' TOILET SOAPS, POWDERS, POMADES, HAIR OILS, LIRE HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS, AND PERFUMERY - Which is now complete, and full of the VERY BEST and FRESHEST GOODS < . . t brought from Chicago. Are You <3ro±xxs tex, PAINT? Having investigated the many and various kinds of paint in use, we are, satisfied the AVERILL CHEMICAL is the best, and cheerfully recommend it to our friends and the public for general Sample cards of shades and prices furnished free of charge, at EMMET KANEAL DRUG STORE, where a full slock of this Paint is kept for sale. He also handle, a large stock of LEAD and OIL. White Lead to 25-pennd cans or kegs, and in 12U.5,3,2 and J-pound cans. Red Lead Dry, Chrome Green and Yellow, Yarnishes and Brushes . vvir ,a Crill and learn prices before purchasing your bill of Paints, al EMMbI KaNNALS DRUG STORE, Washington Street, south of McCoy is. Thompson’s Bank.

DKY vor lev-i LWBmiM WB The Largest Stock! BEST ASSORTMENT! TEE MOST LIBERAL PRICES .A-T TXJLJhI Post Office Store. TH E public is hereby respectfully notified that we are now receiving and opening our stock of General Merchandise for the Spring Trade of 1874, In our DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT We have been particular to select the latest and most' popular styles of Ladies’ Dress Fabrics, which includes Silks, Japanese Silks. Alpacas, Reps, Plaids, Ginghams, Prints, Muslins, &c. Also, a large and varied selection of Dress Trimmings, Laces, Collars, Ruches, Corsets, Skirts, Gloves, Hosiery,. Beautiful Spring Shawls, Thread, Buttons, Needles. Pins, Ladies’ fineUuderwear, Parasols, Ribbons, Sheeting* both Brown and Bleached, Drillings, Tickings, Table Linen , Toweling, Carpet Warp,. Carpets, Cotton Batting, READY MADE CLOTHING? for Men and Boys in forge quantity, rueluding many styles and qualities of goods— Pants, Vests, Coats, Full Suits, Gentlemen’s Underwear and Furnishing Goods including Fine Shirts, Drawers, Hosiery, Suspenders, Neck Ties, Pocket Hundkerqhiofs, &c. We>.,_ ulso have a very extensive assortment of TAILOR’S GOODS; among which we enumerate, and direct especial attention to, our Broad Cloths, French Cloths, Vestings, Cassiineres. Tweods, Jeans, Cottonudes, Corduroys, Moleskins, Ducks, Linings, Trimmings, &.c. A.KTD !O-AJE*JS. Our stork of Hats and Caps for men and boys is large and embraces the most fashionauble styles. They are also very cheap. As I n former times we shall keep in store a large stock of DOOTS ANDSIIOES for Men, Women. Youths, Misses aud Children, Calf, Kip and Heavy Boots, Raw Hide Plow Moccasins, Heavy Plow Shoes, Copper Toed Boots and Shoes for Children, Calf, Morocco, Goat, Kid and Serge Gaiters and Slices for Women and Misses, Carpet Slippers, Rubber Boots and Overshoes, &c, Groceries and Provisions. We have a good stock of Sugar, Coffee. Tea, Salerutus, Spices, Nutmegs, Indigo, Crackers, Raisins, Candles, Soap, Sea Moss Farina, Starch, Dried Fruit, &c. Au examination of our prices for article, in these several departments will find them to compare favorably with any ottered in this market. The highest market price given for Country Produce, Fowls, Rags, &.C., in goods. C di at the Post 0 men; Store for buigains. WSLLEY * SIGLER.