Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1874 — One Hundred Florins for a Hair. [ARTICLE]

One Hundred Florins for a Hair.

A young and poorly-clad girl entered a barber’s shop in V ienna and told the proprietor that he must “ buy her head.” The friseur examined her long, glossy, chestnut locks, and began to bargain. He could give eight guiden and no more. Hair was plentiful this year, the price had fallen and there was less demand, and other phrases of the kind. The little maiden’s eyes filled with tears, and she hesitated a moment while threading her fingers through her chestnut locks. She finally threw herself into a chair. “In God’s name,” she gasped, “ take it quickly.” The barber, satisfied with his bargain, was about to clinch it with his shears when a gentleman who sat halfshaved, looking on, told him to stop. “ My child,” he said, “ why do you want to sell your beautiful hair?” “My moth, er has been nearly five months ill; I can’t work enough to support us; everything has been sold or pawned, and there is not a penny in the house” (und kein kreuteer im li'iue). “No, no, my child,” said the stranger; “if that is the case I will buy your hair, and will give you a hundred guiden for it.” He gave the podr girl the note, the sight of which had dried her tears, and took up the barber’s shears. Taking the locks in his hand he took the longest hair, cut it off alone, and put it carefully ip his pocketbook, thus paying one hundred florins for a single hair. He took the poor girl’s address in case he should want to buy another at the same rate. This charitable jnan is only designated as the chief of a great industrial enterprise within the city. —Freiton Lloyd —The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is said to be the largest private corporation in the world. It controls 6,000 miles of track, represented by $400,000,000 of securities; its annual revenues amount to $80,000,000, and its net income $25,000,000. These colossal figures represent the growth of less than haU a ceiv> tury. 4 -'f — ' r . m

It rained pretty much all through yesterday. Go to the Pioneer slure for rich holiday goods. Fresh oysters 25 cents per dish at Hemphill’s. The best bargains in groceries you will lind at Kern’s, (at tire old Maud ot Charles Platt). The largest stock of black silks, alpaocas, lustres, and satins in colors is at the old Pioneer store. Go to Fendig for heavy standard sheetings at 11 cents a yard, and callicos at Bto It)cents a yard. At Kern’s grocery wilt be found the finest st»*ck of holiday candies, aid the best oysters at lowest prices. M. D. Rhoads bought out Mark Vermette this week,'and now has a monopoly of the barber business Hopkins’ quadrille band wj!J discourse music for the Christmas and New Years balls, in bpillers Hall. The highly gratifying report reaches us that the public schools of Jasper county are giving general satisfaction. Silver ware, groceries, and a profusion of holiday goods at Charley Starr’s grocery. Read advertisement. Skates for every boy and girl in town, at Norman War tier's hardware store; also a splendid new stock of pocket cutlery. Mr. Josiah Hammond died Sunday, 13th instant. He had been a resident of the county for many years, and was a good man. At Fendig’s store you will find the j best assortment of boots, shoe*, hats, caps and dry goods at astonishingly low prices tor cash. j * Do not lay aside this paper without reading Emmet Kannul’* advertiseluent of holiday goods. His stock is j royally magnificent. While shoeing a horse at Duvall <fe Goff's blacksmith-shop, last Monday morning, Mr. Lee Taylor had tile first joint of iits (ittle finger kicked otr. If you-waut a good suit of dot bing go to Ralph Fendig, who will sell lor cash ohcai>er than any other house— | and they will turn out as represented I It is a mighty good team that is better thanisiitu L. Swain’s, and lie is an excellent horseman that can manage a team better than the aforesaid Silas. There is not a better stock of pocket knives, table cutlery, hardware, etc., in this town than Warner keeps at the Liberal Corner store. Go and see his new goods. Mr. Ludd Hopkins is In Chicago this week, selecting a stock of staple : and useful holiday goods, which will be opened the first of next week. Look , out lor novelties. At the Pmueer store th’cir show cases are full of holiday presents, j such as flue jewelry sets, cuff but- ; tous, pins, finger rings, bracelets, j jets, etc., etc. j There is not in all this broad laud a more .gentlemanly or industrious clerk than that same Johnny Eger, at XL C. Starr's grocery, it is a pleasure to trade at thnt-storc.- —— ’ -——j-

Go to Kern’s grocery for choice coffee ait I*s cents, w|iite sugar at 12} cents, “C” sugars from 11 to 12 cents, Carolina rice, selected, at 10 cents, shot 10 pounds for ft, teas from 50 cents to $1.25 a pound. *- Those elegant Bohemian vases and toilet sets at Harding & Willey’s drug store, ate not surpassed in beau tv By anything in the market. What mure acceptable holiday present could be made a lady ? The Indianapolis Journal of Friday says, in its report of the proceedings of the day previous, “Simon P. Thompson, of Rensselaer, was admitted to practice jn the United States Court, on motion of ex-Attorney General Penny.” Mr. J. R. Guild, teacher of School No. 2;lndependence oi tiillam township, reports for the month ending November 27th, 1874, an enrollment of 24 j«upils. and an average daily attendance of 19.7. Aggregate amount prtime lost on account of tarduies.-, 17 ltours and 49 minutes. A series of holiday meetings will be held at the Christian Church in Rensselaer, commencing Th ti i sday even i ng December 24th. and to continue over the following Sunday. Able ministers from different parts of the country are expected to be present. The public cordially invited to attend. John Goss, of Union township; has takeu up a small, blue-roan, yearling steer, with red neck; up marks or brands perceivable. Cain Galbreath, of Barkley township, has taken up a red yearling heifer, with white face, white on belly aqd white on end of tail; no perceivable marks or brands. The surveying and /engineering corps of the jasj>er County Pitching Association with one more days work will complete a preliminary survey of the field where the company proposes to operate under their new organization, which will be perfected as soon as it is possible to do so and comply with the requirements of iaw. Mr. Isaac V. Alter, the enterprising proprietor of the famed mill seven miles north of here, which bears his name, drove through town Saturday .with a brand new steam boiler for his establishment. In a lew days, as we learn, be will put up another new steam saw-mill near or on the Charley Puilens farm, five miles northeast of Rensselaer. Competition being the life of trade we propose to make the job-printing business lively in these parts, and as the first step in that direction announce a general reduction of 20 per cent, on ail kinds of hand bill aud poster printing. Our facilities for job printing are better lhau any other establishment in this part of Indiana. Special rates given on large jobs. Four lots in Rensselaer on which is a good 7-room frptne dwelling, a well, a barn aud other out-buildings, bearing fruit trees,small fruits, shrubbery, .etc.; seven valuable unimproved town ,lots; a 10-acre tract of splendid land,near town, desirable for a homestead .—all offered for sale very cheap. Tills js select property, well located, and is a decided bargain. For particulars /■ti'julre of M. F. C’iiilcot,e, agent.,. i

Go to Hemphill’s for fresh ousters by the can or dish. The dress goods department at tl»e <Pioheer store is complete. ' Take vour produce, provisions, poultry and game to Kern’s grocery and get t heliigliest market pricein cash, or first quality of goods. Ladies, call into the Pioneer store and look at their “snow flake” water proofs. You will always find Hie latest styles of goods at F. J. Sea is «k Go’s Pioneer store One of the guests at the Kansas Cit.v hotel when lie got out of bed early Tuesday morning, put a roll of greenbacks on a chair and accidentally overturned a lanip dr candle on them, destroying $25; or s.'lo in an ! instant. He is now in favor of a gold ( and silver circulating medium. I Christina* niglit Ahbett's Orchestra r Rand will give a grand ball in Spit- | ler's llall. 'l liis band consists of eight I gentlemen whose musical attainments are of no mean order, viz: Messrs. Janie* T. Abbott, Ist violin ; Jay ! Hopkins. 2d violin ; N. W. Reeve, 3d violin ; 11. 11. Pureupile, Bflat cornet; j Emmet Kannal, piccolo; M. O. CisI sel, Ist flute; D. J. Thompson, 2d flute; Wm. E. .Sears, violoncello. Floor managers, Charles Roberts, George Morgan, Wm. Eger and D. J. Thompson. Prompter, Charles B. .Steward. Intoxicated persons will not be permitted to remain in the Hall. Spectators will be charged 25 cents admission fee. Tickets sl. * The Remington Record says: ‘ And still Leopold, the Rensselaer dry goods man, keeps his four-column, avertisemeut in the Union. He understands how to sell goods, and no doubt his sales will double those of j other merchants in that place who ' think they are too well known to ad- I vertise.” La*t week a gentleman from Georgetown, Colorado, called at Mr. Leopold's store, com pH merited j him upon his business enterprise, said he had read his advertisement in a: copy of The Union which was taken at Lincoln, Nebraska, bought a bill of j goods , and promised to take back home with him asloo bill of clothing from that establishment. Good articles will advertise themselves it is true, but it is an amazing help to liaye a newspaper tell folks where they are kept, um/mo/</ good word for them. During the past week it was our pleasure to meet and converse with ' Mr. Bet’n Cox, a former resident of Jasper county now living at Lincoln, Nebraska. He ami his family are well and prosperous. The reports of famine and sullering wliieii reach us from that region, are not overdrawn; indeed, lie says, people here do not seem to realize the magnitude of the disaster winch has befallen the grasshopper desolated regions. People, arc • actually dying of starvation, then Those who had a surplus have shared generously with their neighbors, but they cannot do all that should be done to relieve, the widely-extended distress. It would be a praiseworthy act lor people here to make up donations of money and boxes of supplies to send out there with Mr. Cox for i distribution to the needy. Anything would be acceptable—half-worn clothing, boots, shoes, socks, hats, caps, bedding, groceries, provisions, etc. Not long since we saw in the Inter Ocean nil appeal from one of these siTfieTer*7TiT which - he asked-for—a~ piecc of old. carnet to use for a bed spread. An idea of tlie destitution w hich prevails there may be drawn from this eireum stance, and there need be no delicacy about making donations of such articles as may be spared. All supplies intended for the sufferers are carried free of charge by the railroads from Chicago west. Mr. Cox and his step-son, Mr. Refer Glover, are interested exfensivMy in silver mining at Georgetown, Colorado, and report business prosperous with them.