Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1876 — SO FAIR TO LOOK UPON; BUT, AH!SO BASELY FALSE! [ARTICLE]

SO FAIR TO LOOK UPON; BUT, AH!SO BASELY FALSE!

Several weeks ago the Rensselaer Union charged * * * the editor of the Record with circulating it report tliat The Union had sold out to the republicans of this district. We plead guilty. We did say as much privately and in the columns of our paper, for we believed it to be true. Our information was derived from a responsible ffiati, whose word would not be doubted, who remarked at the time that he did not “particularly desire to mix in the quarrel, but, if necessary, could makeaftldavlt to his statement.” * * * When we asked the question in our paper, during the • campaign, was the time for The Union to call for proof. — Remington. Record. On the first page of The Union issued on the 21st day of September last, is an article of half a column length, which opens as follows : Horace E. James, of The Union, who is now in Indianapolis attending the soldiers’ reunion, was charged iu the last issue of the Remington Record with having offered “to make The “Union a democratic paper for SI,OOO, “and, failing to get it, secured SBOO “from the ‘grandold party,’ and made "The Union a Grant organ.” So far as the junior editor of The Union is concerned, he has no knowledge whatever of any such bargain and sale, and thinks It is one of the Record’s ’We do not think Janies would do such a thing without consulting his partner, or letting him know something about it. Men of ordinary intelligence consider an expression of infidelity or doubt as a challenge of evidence, even though such intimation does not include a positive charge of mendacity, as this did. Not only was the production of corroborative evidence thus provoked on a single occasion, but The Union bearing date of October 26th, in responding to the Record's declaration that it had an affidavit in its possession relative to some dishonorable transaction of which some person connected with was guilty, in the first article on the first page said:

By all means publish that affidavit, whatever it may be. Brother Kitt, and publish it at once. Keep nothing back which may interest a curious public, or advance the cause of Tilden and reform. Strive to make yours the ablest and most interesting political journal in the state. It is sad that one so young, so pretty, and so talented, should be so miserly of the truth. It is not probable that any “responsible man” ever had the conversation with Mr. Kitt that he states. Mr. Kitt’s reputation for veracity seems to us to be somewhat impaired; that is to say, our experience teaches that'he becomes so carried away by the excitement of a political canvas® as to soar among the misty clouds of fancy. His poetic organ ism is restless surrounded by the rugged realities of fact, arid yearns to revel amid the fairy forms of fiction. Beautiful being! Delicate creature! How incongruous must be the duties of life to one so fair and yet so frail. Child of imagination, thy borne should be in Won* derl&sd, thy companions the fragile figments of an infant's druam, thy food the nectar found in the delicate spores of infusoria, and thy task to distill essence of moonshine.

The town of Remington and Carpenter township will never enjoy any advantage that the citizens of Rensselaer can beat them out of; hence the defeat of every candidate for office who is sent out from this township.— .Remington Record. Charles H. Price, clerk of the’ circuit court; William B. Price, commissioi.er for the third district* and James H. Snoddy, county su-

perintendent (of schools,) are from Carpenter township. Hon. George Major, state senator, is a resident of the same voting precinct. Mr. William B. Price is the successor of Mr. E. E. Rockwood, who was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Frederick Hoover, both of whom were from Carpenter. Mr. Daniel B. Miller, until recently county surveyor, was a resident of Remington when jie received his appointment. Messrs. C. 11. Price, J. 11. Snoddy and D. B. Miller were successful against competitors from .this (Marion) township. Df tlie present county officers, the sheriff’, surveyor and coroner were elected from Marion, and the sheriff alone had a competitor from another township.

Conspicuous among the journals of Indiana, if not actually taking precedence in literary merit, is the Indianapolis Herald, a weekly newspaper published at the cauital city on Fridays. The last number bore unmistakable evidence of financial prosperity, being increased iu size and printed from new types. Although not a party organ it is con sislently republican in politics. It is a stern enemy of immorality, both social and political, without a taint of hypocritical cant. It it always cheerful and vivacious in tone, and just such a paper as interests every member of the family circle who is old enough and well enough educated to read. Subscription price only $2 per annum, and it is well worth twice the money, containing as it does 56 columns of matter. The petition of John Lanargran for license to sell intoxicating liquors in less quantity than a quart, in the town of Rensselaer, was refused. Vant must gel his “rep” up by refusing one or two in the start. — Remington Record. / Such assaults are entirely wanton, and cannot fail to excite disgust for him who is guilty of their perpetration. Mr. Van’t Woud, who is thus so ungraciously alluded to, acquitted himself with honor at the recent session of the board of county commissioners, a fact which not only his official associates, but also those who had business before the board, universally attested, so far as we heard expressions.

Before another number of The Union in printed a revision of our mail-book will be made. It is possible that in transferring hundreds of names some one may be omitted accidentally. Hence should any person entitled to receive the paper fail to find one for him in his post office next week he will please notify us promptly,either by. postal card or in person, and have the mistake corrected. If it, [The Union} called the county officers at Rensselaer liars and horse thieves every week, it would then receive every dollar’s worth of printing coming into their hands, when there was to be any cash paid for the same. —Remington Record. But The Union never did say such a false and wicked thing. Attention is directed to the prospectus of the Prairie Farmer, one of the tip top agricultural papers of the United States. See clubbing terms with Union on this page. The New Yoke Observer is out with its prospectus for the fifty-fifth year. It is a large paper of the first class; and should be in every family in the land. Those who do not take it should send for a specimen copy at once, or, better yet, should send the price forayear. Any person desiring a comprehensive weekly newspaper, filled with just the news that every family wants, and free from clap-trap or objectionable matter of any kind, will hardly do better than to send J 3.15 to 8. I. Prime & Co., 37 Park Row, New York, and receive the Observer post-paid. Still Shining.—The Detroit Free Press is known in every noqk and corner of the land as one of the orightest and most interesting weeklies in the country. Every paper quotes from it, everybody talks about it, everybody likes iL Its fame will last, because every effort is put forth to keep it leading all other weeklies in the Union. Send fora specimen copy, which will be sent free, and then club with this paper and subscribe for a year, We will furnish the two for >3.50.

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