Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1877 — Remington Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

Remington Correspondence.

The Xpublicans held a sociable reunion on Tuesday night of last week, atExahnnge Hall. Congratulations over the result of the election, speeches and refreshments were the 0.-der of exercises; the proceeds of the latter weLt to defray the expenses of recerit campaign. The temperance meetings held here in opposition to licensing saloons culminated in a well-ordered opposition. Some fifty dollars was subscribed to hire lawyers, and last week a half dozen teams started to Rensselaer to fight the battle. Victory, victory, glorious victory is ours! The great enemy is met and vanquished, and Jasper county can boast of not having one licensed saloon in it. Much credit is due our noble board of commissioners. Long may they live to enjoy the fruits of temperance. During the past week business has been “as dead as a door-nail.” The snow-storm has kept 'everybody in-doors. Merchants are blue; “yon bet.” But a better time incoming; hold on. As to Justice Spencer being claimed by the spirit of unrest, as evidenced by his desire to move to East Tennessee. “Don’t you fool yourself.” A residence of nearly twenty-five years in Jasper county has growed b’ m pretty fast to the soil If he pulls up his stakes it will be because he sees a Big Bonanza somewhere else—sure, and that after he has made a fair bar. gain and sale of his interests here.

By-ihe way, th* Southern fever—yellow or black?—rages hereabout! and many of our best citizens in town and country seem to want to be on the wing. Northern Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee are the objective points. Some have gone and others are going. Advice: Go slow, and remember that six months of nice weather is near at hand. “Look before you leap.” If those discontented folks who are in search of Paradise on earth would visit the famous places that are talked about and try them one year before permanently locating, one-half or mor* would turn back and “let wellenough alone.” “All is not gold that glitters.” Thorns and thistles grow all over the South, and man must get his bread by the sweat of his brow there as well as here. Nature has done great things for the South, but art, science, enterprise, industry, nothing. Market reports: Corn is coming in and the warehouses are about to shut down ; price 33 cents a bushel. No oats in market. Potatoes, Si per bushel. Green apples, 60 cents. Butter, 13 cent a pound ; lard, 12| cents; eggs, 10 cents a dozen. Whiskey, usually governed by the price of high wines is very scarce in this market and can’t be quoted

safely.

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