Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1877 — Page 8

TOWN AND COUNTY.

Keep your eye on the potato bugs. The pronpeet for nn abundance * of grapes is very flattering. Mr. Henry I. Adams is in Ohio this week on private business. If you want to save money patronite the merchant who advertises. Mr. Willie Sears sends us a copy of the Dixon (111.) &a, for which be has thanks. Calling and visiting cards executed with neatness and dispatch at Thu Union office. Bring on your orders. The of picnicers that went down the river in a boat last Friday report a splendid time. Sorry we were not along. The basket meeting at Alter’s grove last Sunday was attended hy about 1,000 persons. The counties of Bunton, White, Newton and Jasper were all represented. Fishing in the Kankakee is reported to be belter this season (han it has been for several years, and anglers are drawing out daily a number nf fine pickerel and bass. . e Another refreshing showervisitcd this section of country last Sunday night, giving a new impetus to growing crops and causing all kinds of vegetation to loom up in newness of life. The Sherwood folding top lock desk is pronounced by the Rensselaer school board to be perfect. It -is made of hard wood and malleable iron. Address Sherwood School Furniture Co., Chicago, 111. Prof. Oben has come aud gone. He left Rensselaer a wiser it not a better man, and has learned perhaps, by this time, that the citizens «f our quiet town are only willing to patronize liberally performances of genuine worth. . Mr. Henry L Adams, treasurerelect of Jasper county, filed his •official bond with the county commissioners last Monday, which was approved. Mr. Adams will assume the duties of treasurer in August. We have no doubt he wiH make »n efficient officer. Mr. John P. Dunlap was in town the fore part of the week and reports the grades over the Kankakee river at Baum’s Bridge progressing finely, He has some twenty hands at work throwing dirt and thinks it will take him about three months to complete his contract. The township trustees re-clected Mr. J. 11. Snoddy county superintendent for another term, at their ■aosioii last Monday. Good enough. Mr. Snoddy is the right man for the position, having performed the <duties of his office to the entire satisfaction of all parties concerned. The Saturday evening social was held at the residence of Mr. 11. W. Wood, last week. A good lune is reported. Another one of these socials will be held at Mr. N. R. Bowman’s residence next Saturday evening.. Ice cream aud other refreshments will be served. Bring your lady and have a good time. In another column of The Union will be found a list of valuable books for the farm, garden aud household, any one of which will be supplied from this office at publisher’s price. These books are all standard works, are firmly and handsomely bound, and the low girices at which they are offered place them within the teach of all. Make your selection from the list and leave your orders at, or send them to, Tue Union office and they will receive prompt attention. i A colored preacher lectured to a slim audience in the Baptist church in this place*-last Monday evening. The inclemency of the weather k pt a great many at home who would have gone to hear him out of curiosity had it been a favorable night. It is reported the same reverend gentleman preached to a fair congregation at a certain school house not a hundred miles from town where a co!* lection was taken amounting to eighteen cents and given him tor his ministerial labors. He thanked his bearers very kindly for their donation and told them “if it •• • • wasn’t begrudgingly givpn it would be sA—kfaliv received;” t . w.r:w f

A pttitition is being circulated for signatures this week, praying the honorable board of county commissioners to make a quarterly allowance of a sum sufficiently large to relieve the wants of Mrs. Mary Lewis, who is said to be in destitute circumstances and unable to earn her own living. We are glad to note the petition is being quite numerously signed by our generous hearted citizens. Miss Mollie Robb, teacher of Independence school, in district No. 9, Barkley township, reports for the month ending May 25th, an enrollment of 30 pupils, with an average attendance of 25. Earnest Pattee, Louisa Adair, Nellie Galbreth, Flora Daniels, Mollie Daniels, Cora Daniels and Ida Clark Were perfect in attendance, punctuality, deportment and study. The pati rons and friends of the school are ' invited tu come and see the progress being made by the pupils. At the meeting of the town council last Monday evening, Mr. Thomas Sharp was elected to supercede Mr. Warner G. Smoot, whose time expired with the meeting of the board. Mr. Sharp is a young man full of energy and enterprise, and his election to the 1 office of marshal will meet with the approval of a majority of the ! citizens of the town. There were ' two other applicants tor the position besides the one selected, viz.: Mr. Smoot and Mr. Win. Powers.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. A firemen’s tournament is to be I held in Laporte on the 4th and sth days of July. The pension agencies at Fort Wayne and Madison were recently ' consolidated with the agency at Indianapolis. Young ladies who attend church at Knox, Starke county, amuse themselves at the naughty practice of making faces during services. John S. Wilson, one of the oldest j citizens of Rushville, died of heart . disease about 7 o’clock Tuesday morning of last week. He tell dead I as he was standing behind thecouni u ’ r - .. I “It seetns to me,” said a customer t<» his bat ber, “that in these hard ' times you ought to lower your price for shaving.” “Can’t do’it,” ! replied the barber. ‘-Nowadays everybody wears such a long face i that we have a great deal ol suri face to shave over. The torpedoes used by Turkey consist of large iron cases cylindrical in shape, filled with some 1,000 ’ pounds of large grained powder, i and so arranged as to float within thirty-five feet of the surface of the ’ water. They are intended to be fired by electricity from the shore. Mr. Bright is the greatest orator in the British House of Commons, ; and the slowest speaker, not averi aging more than 115 words per minute. Daniel Webster was also ! a very slow speaker, and his words were called minute guns. Young : orators will do well to bear these facts in mtudT The man who cut a big hole and a little hole in the door so that the big and the little cat could both go i in and out, has been matched by a Lowell man who put up a single j bell in his house and attached a wire from it to his front door and i one to his back door. It usually takes two journeys to discover at which door somebody has pulled the bell.

Agricultural Department.

I A horticulturist furnishes i the following recipe to preserve all kinds of grain from i the ravages of cut worms, birds, etc: One pound sulphate of iron, one ounce aloes. Dissolve in water heated to ninety or ninety-five* degrees, and pour over one bushel of grain.- Ohio Farmer. Many young fruit trees, especially pears, are burned to i death during the hot season. Even when the ground is kept wet, and their roots are moist enough; young and newly-set trees upon which the bark is thin and tender are cooked by the sun as by a fire, and the branches and trunks die • while the roots remain alive. This may often be prevented by winding the trunks with cloths, which shut out the sun.—Mirror and Farmer.

Strawberry Culture.

The best noil to produce a food crop of strawberries, is a eavy, sandy loan:, and if possible, a piece should he selected that is not easily effected by the drouth. As early in the spring asthe soil may be in i good working conditinn, plow under a heavy coat of well-rot-ted barn yard manure; harrow fine, and plow light, straight furrows, four feet apart; and set the plants against the land side, about a foot apart, spreading out the roots as much as possible. Set no deeper than they grew before, and make the earth firm about the roots; set none but well rooted young plants; do not set old plants under any circumstances whatever, as it is labor lost to do so. An old plant may be easily told by the roots, which are long, black and wiry, while the roots of young plants are white and fibrous. Cultivate, and hoe frequently, at least often enough to keep out the weeds; it won’t do to let them get the start. When the runnel’s begin to grow, train them along each side of the row, narrowing up the cultivator a little at pvery hoeing, and by fall the plants ought to have covered the ground, except a narrow path every four ieet; late in the fall give a top dressing of fine manure, and a liberal dressing of wood ashes will be found very beneficial. Treated in the above manner, a piece will bear two crops I without further labor, except the annual manuring and covering in winter; it will not usually pay to clean out an old bed, but it is much better to plow up after the second crop and set a new piece. Some growei s advocatesetting plants in the fall, but I would not set at this season even if plants were given to me; nothing whatever is gained,and thedanger of loss is very great; it is claimed that plants set in fall will produce a crop of fruit the first year, and so they will, provided they are not destroyed by the intervening winter, which will be very probable, but plants set in the spring will produce just as good a crop. In either case it is best to pick off the flower stalks and not let them bear the first year; it tends to weaken the plants, and besides, the berries will generally be so covered with dirt as to be of little value. The Green Prolific, Charles Downing and Russell’s Prolific are the most profitable on my soil—a medium sandy loam. The Green Prolific is the most profitable variety I have ever tried; it is a very strong grower, with dark green leaves, and extra prolific, and the fruit is borne on strong, erect stalks. The berry is -of large size, sound, and very uniform and of good flavor. Charles Downing is a vigorous grower, with a large conical berry of the highest flavor, and is very productive, a profitable market sort, and for family use probably has no superior. Russell’s Prolific is also a vigorous grower, and a great bearer, with a berry of large size and fine flavor. Green Prolific and Russell's are pistillate?, and must have about every fifth row set with Charles Do wnin gor both e other staminate variety (pollen bearers) to fertilize the blossoms and ensure a crop. It is passing strange that a fruit which is.so healthful and so easily grown a§ the strawberry, and one which everybody likes, is so little grown for family use, especially among farmers who have plenty of land. A square rod or two, well taken care of, will produce enough to supply any ordinary family with an abundance of this delicious fruit every day through the season, and the cost need be but trifling.— Cor. Mass. Plowman.

Where and How to Churn.

According to the Scientific Farmer. “Churning cream to make good butter is not so simple a process as some may think. It must be-churned at the proper time and at the proper temperature, and the churn should be stopped as soon as the cream has broken, but before the butter has gathered in large balls. In warm weather it is of great importance to watch the pro. cess closely, and to notice just when this change is to take place. At this time add enough cold water (not’ice) tn reduce the temperature of the mass to about fifty-six or fifty-eight degrees, and then complete the churning, which will be as soon as tlie butter is in a granulated form, with particles about the size of peas. Then draw off the buttermilk and dish in cold water, repeating the washing until the water drawn off appears clear. Now take out a layer of butter into the tray,and sprinkle on finely sifted salt, at the rate of about an ounce of salt to the pound (more or less as'consumers may wish). Then take out another layer of butter and salt as before. After the but ter is salted, set it away for it “to take salt” and “harden the grain.” Now work it a little with a wooden paddle, and set it away again until next day, when it will need but little working before preparing it for the market. By handling in this way you will get a clean bright article, with a perfect or unbroken grain, which will keep sweet whether consumed immediately or packed dowh for future marketing. If the butter is soft and white, it is from a lack of proper cooling before churning and it may be hardened by putting in about three times the usual amount of salt, and working it a little for two or three mornings.” Many of our very best dairymen and butter-makers of Philadelphia, gild edged butter, from two to three ounces of salt to five pound of butter. In this case the salt is usually added at the final working, and of course all remains in the butter.”

The Crop Prospect.

From our exchanges and correspondents throughout the state, we learn that the crop prospects are unusually good. Wheat, grass, and oats are uniformly reported in excellent condition. The cold, wet weather in May delayed the corn planting to some extent, and in some localities caused the seed that was planted to rot thus necessitating, replant ing; but despite these drawbacks the acreage of corn in the state will be largely increased. In some portions of the state, especially the central, the fruit crop will be very short, while in other parts of the state, principally in the southern, there will be an abundance, making a fair average for the state. In some central and northern counties the Colorado potato bugs have already made their appearance in large numbers, and the indications are that our farmers will be compelled tomake a vigorous fight for the tubers this season. Everything considered, the prospects are exceedingly favorable, and if the season should continue propituous, a new and more prosperous era will soon commence in Indiana. — Indiana Farmer. When we see a man standing out with an umbrella to keep the. raiu from his potato patch we know he is a book farmer. — Home Sentinel.

HARDING & PEACOCK, DJCALKBBIN GROCERIES, NOTIONS. CANDIES, NEWSPAPERS, x 3 3exzxoxjxc. a t rfn. WRITING PAPER, ENVELOPES, PENS. HI, &C. We liHve opened a select stock of fresh Family Groceries which we mvite the public to inspect, and promise our patrons as true weights, full measures, good quality, and reasonable prices as anybody gives. Chicago Daily Newspapers, The Tribune, Tunes and Inter-Ocean, supplied on the evening of the day of publication. We make a specialty of the News and Periodical trade, and can furnish all the popular Weakly Papers and Monthly Magazines at publishers' prices. We also keep an assortment of excellent Tooacco azxd. Cigrars which, we think, are a little Superior tu any other brands in the market offered at the same price. Our place of business, which all ire invited to visit, is in The Shanghai Building. Rensselaei, Ind. Call and see us, anyhow, whether you trade or not. 9 9 See! Seo! GROCERY! Having moved into the new brick building of Messrs. Bedford &. Jackson aud added largely to his superb stock C. C. STARR invites everybody to call and examine his Canned Fruits, Dried Fruits. Hams, Bacon, Shoulders, Lard, Molasses, Vinegar, Cheese, Rice, Homony, Beans, Soap, Starch, Indigo,” Baking Powders, Soda, Cream Tartar, Salt Sugars, Cfc, Teas, Spices, Salt Fish, Cigars, Tobaccos, Meal, Nutmegs, Flavoring Extracts, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Queensware, Glassware. f’il.our, and many ar'icles we have not the space to enumerate, kept in stock at all times. Goods exchanged for marketable produce. Reinember the-place—lre has moved recently, aud is now in Bedford & Jackson's New Block, right hand door. The largest, heat, and cheapest assortment in Jasper county," with out exception. Come and see for yourselves 21-3 m O.C. STARR Printed nt the UNION OFFICE cheaper than any other printing establishment in the state. HORACE E. JAMES & CO.

THE POUNDER HARROW As a Slanting-Tooth Harrow. W-3 V«kE7 ’uur ' Don’t Buy a fa Harrow until you have Seen GEO. H. ZF’OTTZbTTDZBIU’S Flexible Diamond Harrow Work. It will Clean itself perfectly in Cornstalks or other Rubbish. It will run over any Fixed Obstacle that your horses can get over, without injury. It Adjusts itself Perfectly to the Inequalities of the Surthce. It is Lighter on the Team. It does Twice the Work of a 40-tooth Scotch Harrow in the same time. It Combines Three Harrows in One, viz: The Straight Tooth, the Slanting Tooth and the Flexible Harrow. The Teeth are of ( W»Ol«HT STEED, and every part of every Harrow is fully warranted for.one year. SEND FOR. CIRCULARS, . - h. ■ .... ~——..-—.-a--..—1 -- - - ■ Or call and see the Harrows at Goodland, Rensselaer or MRemiugtou. See Cut above. J. F. WILLCOX, GENERAL AGENT, GOODLAND, IND. NORMAN WARIER. JAMES PEFFLEY, 23 Agent at Rensselaer. Agent at Remington, —J... ' ' . ar. W". DUVALL S LIVERY STABLE AND DAILY HACK'LINE. United States mail hacks run daily, except Sundays, between Rensselaer and Francesville, making connections at the latter place with trains on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad, and conveying passengers, expressage, and freight each way. Goods or money shipped' by Express to any part of the United States. , Livery Teams, mih Drivers, or Vital, furnished upon application. Stock boarded by the day or reek. Office and Sale Stable on Front street. above Washington Rensselaer, Indiana.

T. S. WATCH AK’D CLOCK MAKER, ’ Shop in W. J. lines’ drug store. All work warranted. Prices as low as will in'sure good ‘ work. fi-17-tf. I A. J REED’S HOOSIER HAY SMDI One of the Greatest Labor-Saving Machines Invented for the Hayfield! Cheap. Practical. Durable. Efficient. Two men and one span of horses can hau and stack more hay with the Hoosier Hay Slide in one day, than five men and two span of horses can in the lame time with any othef appliance. Easy to load, and unloads itself. Price, 14-foot Slide, $7 ; 16-foot, JUO. A.J.REED, Pleasant Grove, Jasper County, Ind. Manufactured by O. A. Nelson & Co., Francesville, Ind., and G. W. Terhune, Rensselaer, Ind. Agent:—F. W. Bedford, Rensselaer, Ind.. AGENTS WANTED.—Territory cheap and on leasonable terms. Patented late— April 0, 1875. 44tf. WARNER, DKALKB IN HARDWARE, Of All: Kinds, RENSSELAER, IND. Keeps constantly on hand u large stock Store, Tinware. Furniture, etc, etc. Would respectfully invite the citizens of Jasper and adjoining counties, when in need of anything in his line, to give him a call before purchasing elsewhere. A careful inspection t>f his stock is all tlrat- is necessary to convince anyone that he keeps none but first-class goods, and sells them cheaper than they can be sold by any other dealer in the country He defies compati- > tion. Remember the place. luiloexa.l Corxxer, I 9-5-ts. * Rjn-<selaer, Ind.