Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1875 — Remington Record Gossip. [ARTICLE]

Remington Record Gossip.

I About ninety persons went from | Remington, one day last week, on an excursion to the Battle Ground At a recent meeting of the town bqard, Messrs. Nelson, Hathaway and MclntireAwere appointed school* trus- ; tees There will be a Masonic celebration at Chappell’s grow. June j'24th.........T1ie friends and advocates | of temperance at Remington, have | issued the following proclamation, I which they desire the Rensselaer pai pers to copy, to-wit:. “The friends “and advocates of temperance at this “place, to their kindred and associates “at Rensselaer, greeting: Rejoicing "in the vindication of justice and “right before the law in successfully j “remonstrating against the gran ting of I “license to Timothy O’Conner and “Jared H. Fountain, we hereby ex“press our thanks to you,for your sup“pdrt and encouragement in* our redeem contest before the Oommission“ers of Jasper County, resulting m a “verdict conclusive and favorable. “Our labor is not in vain, nor will it “or can it he white we hold faithfully “the trusts reposed iu us. Let us tie “alive to the conviction that our de“voted thanks are’fedue to Almighty “Got! for the growing ascendancy of “moral strength and courage, as op“posed to intemperance, and the uu“lawful traffic of grog-sellCEs.” Supj*ose. however, that liquor is sold in

accordance with • the provisions of law, then what about the moral strength and courage of the temperance people? Ought not public sentiment to he educated up to a standard thati shall make even -such lawful traffic disreputable?