Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1876 — Page 8

Protection of Fruit Trees.

Ufa HtfaU writ*: Trees, jh winter, are lew hart by a low temperature than by the drying window which *ll coitl finowr winua are. Blowing sharply, they dry the branch** of the trees faster than the sap can supply them, the san being lessened by the freesing of the watery part, thus becoming incapable of resisting the deaicating effect, and so the branches of the tree dies. If the exposuns is short, there will be but little or no harm. It la the long-continued, severely cold, and strong winds that wort the mischief; and particularly if the roots as well as the branches are frosen. The past winter was a noted example. The remedy is to protect against the winds. A screen of evergreen trees oaa be made effectual. So s hill or wood will protect what is near it. on the side opposite wind. A building, also, is a. guard. But sometimes the sun is apt to hurt, and all the more for such protec lion, as it confines the beat. This it la difficult to prevent, but its effect is pot near so great as that of the cold strong winds. It is not enough to merely protect bo as to prevent destruction. The mere strain may bo so severe as to be felt the season following. So it is with strawberriea If severely ■trained by exposure, do what you may, there will bo a lack,—the plant will disappoint expectation. Grapevines serve us in the same way. Protect your strawberries well with evergreen brush, and make secure so that the wind cannot remove it, and you are safe, it matters not how severe the winds may be. So, if your half-tender arbor vitas hedge is protected from the frost, you need have no concern.

It becomes us not only to guard against the wind, but much can be done by attending to the ground, A mulch will lessen the severity of the frost, both in degrees and in the ground. This will cause a greater amount of vitality in the root which will be transmitted to the tree. A rich soil will also add vigor, affecting the whole plant. A mulch containing some manural property will do this and act at the same time as a protection, Naum indicates leaves as a warm bed of vegetation. A little sour milk, or What is, perhaps, more energetic, uriiib, with a sprinkling of ashes, applied some lime before the leaves, the ground freshly dug, is sure to have a good effect. It, in addition, there is a guard against the wind, there is littledanger with even halftender plants or trees, let the winter be as severe as it may. Almost the only danger will be from the sun, and that only in some localities. Sudden and extreme changes in the temperature have influence, but not a serious one, on anything like a plant or tree. There is a plan prevailing of wrapping halftender plants and bushes with straw and other material. This is well if not wrapped too tightly so as to exclude the air, for, it must be remembered, that plant growth goes on during the winter, though to but a slight extent, yet sufficient to require air, without which no plant can live, as it gels the principal support in this way.

A Wonderful Bird and Dog Story.

Dr. Hunt, at Irvington, has an English pointer dog which is the admiration of the neighborhood and the terror of tramps. Madame has canary-birds. Yesterday morning one of them escaped, and the usual stern chase succeeded. The bird made along detour, closely followed to her occasional! esting places, until nearly an hour had been wasted, while the pursuers had grown air in number, we might say s«ven, for old “Dash” had been “at heel” and was interested in the result. Suddenly the bird flushed, sailed swiftly across the street, with Dash hard after her. The bird was flying low, all the pursuers trying to call off Dash, but he kept on, made a sudden leap in the air, caught the bird in his mouth, as an Irving boy would a ball on the fly, and then dropped to “charge.” Of course the bird was eaten up and swallowed? Of course not. Mr. C. W. Harrison ran up, and there was the bird tenderly imprisoned within the capacious jaws of* Dash, and the old fellow promptly surrendered ‘•Dickey” to Mr. Harrison’s hands, with hardly more than a ruffled feather. The affair was wonderful two things,—the accuracy of the catch, and the gentle shelter Dash gave the little fugitive in the only spare room he has—his capacious mouth. Where is the border-line between reason and instinct ?—JVw. •rb •ddserSiser. • . • Mrs. Rebecca Baker, of Onarga, lit, was sqjpurning, last week, with friends and old acquaintances in |hls place qnd vicinity. She started hoffe Mpnday mornipg, Mr. AllrU JU-Coy family | Mr. S : P. Thompson returned; from their visit lapt Thursday.

LOCAL NATTERS.

Mr. Alfred McCoy's new dirick residence will soon be ready tor occupancy. Mr. Esau Hart, landlord of the popular Hart House, at Remington, was in town last Friday. Corn raised in Jasper county if of good sound quality, though ears are short and average thin on the ground. Apples, potatoes, beans, cabbage—in fact anything you have to spare in the vegetable line—will be taken at this office in exchange for Tan Union. One of those refreshing nor’wester’s swept over this region Monday, calling for wood, coal, overcoats, and other articles necessary for comfort, and reminding all of us that winter is approaching. Marshal Smoot has built a good substantial plank walk aqrosa Washingion street from the bank to Leopold’s corner building, which will be hailed with delight by all pedestrians, especially when the streets are muddy. Mr. William Sermon has opened a butcher shop in the room recently occupied by Bedford and Clark, one door west of Kannal’s drug store, and is supplying the market with good beef. Billy is a gentleman, and understands his business thoroughly. We bespeak for him a liberal patronage.

The Messrs. Meyers Bros, of Wheatfield township, whose postoffice address ia Koutts, are doing well with the Wilson sewing machine. They are industrious, enterprising, and agreeable gentlemen. Besides the sewing machine \vhich is their specialty, they also deal in sewing machine needles and attachments of all kinds, besides oil, th road, etc. Are You Satisfied —To have yellow, heavy bread, pastry, &c., when you can have nice, light white bread, biscuit, &c., by using D. B. DeLand & Co.’s Best Chemical Saleratvs? Don’t buy Baking Powder, and with every pound get two ounces of white earth, several ounces of corn starch, a little soda and tartaric acid. H. A. DeLand & Co. never adulterate. Call for D. B. DeLand & Co.’s Best Chemical Saleratus, and be healthy and happy.

On Wednesday morning of last week the driver and passengers of the Remington hack discovered smoke coming out of the doors and Windows of Mr. Joseph Sparling’s house, about a mile and a half south of Rensselaer, and stopping to ascertain the cause discovered the family to be absent and the house on fire. They succeeded in subduing the flames before the house was burnt down, but not until the clothing of the family and most ’of their furniture was destroyed. The origin of the fire is not known with certainty, but it is supposed that some of the younger childreh were playing with matches during the temporary absence of their mother and accidently communicated fire from them to combustible articles in the house.

Now that election is over, and the feverish excitement incident to a political campaign subsided, the proprietors of the The Union will endeavor to devote more time and space to home matters, and strive to make it one of the best local papers in Northern Indiana, and one worthy the generous support it is receiving. The circulation of The Union is now larger than that ot any other paper ever published in the county, and new subscribers arc being daily added to the list, but we ask our friends, kindly, to assist in increasing the circulation of the paper. Every one of you, perhaps,know of some triend whom you might persuade to take the paper for three or six months. The subscription price is comparatively small, when you take into consider, atjon the size of the paper and amount of reading matter it contains. The terms ot subscription are: Ope year, |2; rix months, $1; three months, 50 cents. We would like to h*ve a correspondent in every township in the county, who will write up all local news of interest (q thp. readers of The Union. Nqw let us see who will be the first to send in the news of his neighborhood.

Leopold in the: field ARMED AND EQUIPPED WITH $20,000 WORTH OF NEW GOODS JUST BOUGHT AT A. T. STEWART & OO.’S NEW CHICAGO HOUSE, IS PREFARED FOR RELENTLESS WAR Against High Prices, Hard Times, Winter Weather, and the rapid Contraction of Currency. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes and Notions

BROWN SHEETINGS, Yard wide, 7 to 10 cents per yard. ALL CALICOS Eight and one-third cents per yard. FLANNELS Opera flannels, dress flannels, shirting flannels, all colors-red, yellow, blue, white, etc; Canton flannels, bleached, brown and colored-cheaper than at any other house in the county. DRESS GOODS. Delains, Mohair Lustres, Alpacas, Cashmeres, Poplins, Scotch Plaids, Camel Hair Suitings, Plaid Reps, Silks, &c. LADIES’ UNDERWEAR. Balmoral and Felt Skirts, from 50 cents upward. All kinds of Underwear, Corsets, Vests, &c. SHAWLS, COMFORTERS. Shawls of all kinds; largest stock in Rensselaer. Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Woolen Comforters; fine assortment. All Wool Blankets. All Wool Blankets from $2 to $7 a pair. Coverlets from $2 to $3 apiece. Cloakings and Cloaks. The largest assortment of cloakings, of latest patterns, colors, shades and grades. Fine black beaver cloaks, furtrimmed or plain, cheaper than they can be made at home. Ladies’ and Children’s Hats. A large stock of trimmed hats for ladies and children, which will be sold 50 per cent, cheaper than”any other house in the county can afford. Notions and Dress Trimmings in endless variety. Gloves. Ladies’ kid and cashmere gauntlets, latest styles, large stock, very cheap. Ladies’ and Children’s Hosiery in large variety always on hand. Furs Very Low. Ladies’ and children’s furs in endless variety; all kinds and grades much below former prices. Table Linen. A large stock of table linen, toweling, bed ticking, denims, stripes, hickory, ducks, etc., to be sold at very low prices. COMPETITION. Happening to visit Chicago just at the time when the strife of competition ran highest between Field, Leiter A Co. and the new branch house of A. T. Stewart & Co., Mr. Leopold was enabled to buy these goods at unusually low figures, and will sell them correspondingly cheap.

CLOTHING. The largest assortment of Clothingfor Men and Boys ever brought to this market Latest pattern's styles. Suits from $8 upwards. 200 OVERCOATS for Men and Boys, of all grades, to be sold regardless of cost. FURNISHING GOODS. A most beautiful assortment of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, among which are white shirts for 75 cents and upwards; fancy Cheviot shirts, with collars, $1 each, worth $1.75. UNDERWEAR. Gents’ and boys’ underwear—7s cents and upwards for a shirt and pair of drawers. COLLARS AND CUFFS Neckties, &c., of all styles and every quality. GLOVES & MITTENS of all grades, styles and prices, for men and boys. HATS AND CAPS for children boys and men. Very large assortment. FUR SUITS FOR MEN, that is, gloves, collars and caps. BOOTS AND SHOES.. Largest and best-assorted stock in Rensselaer, cheaper than ever. MISCELLANEOUS. Germantown, Berlin, Chinchilla and knitting yarns of all colors. Ladies’ baskets, carpet-bags, valises and trunks. Large variety. Carpets—rag, linen, 2-ply, 3-ply, ingrain, and stair-carpet. Carpet chain, both white and colored, of best manufacture. Oil-Cloths for table and floor. Paper and cambric Window shades. GROCERIES and provisions of the best quality always to be found at Charley Platt’s. 1, LEHI, Prijriita hi Sion, MuiM