Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1877 — Page 8

TOWN AND COUNTY.

t«ra*d (ram Wubinf U» iMt FriTry that potato bate pol«>n at Kennel 1 * drag itara. it will knock ibn baga every time. The delioiou* etrawberrie* ere now ripe and era selling in this market at IS cent* a quart. Emmet Kennel will furnish picnics, faativala, parties or individuals with ice cream in any quantity on short notice and at reasonable rates. The social at the residence of Mr. N. R. Bowman last Saturday evening was quite an enjoyable affair. The attendance of young folks was good, and all who fortunate enough to be present felt that it was good to he there. Considerable rain has fallen daring the past week, more than is necessary for fanning purposes. Some fields of oorn are almost taken by* the weeds, and theground being full of water, it is Impossible to get into them to do any Work. The Jasper Connty Sunday School Uaion will convene next Wednesday and continue in session two days. The programme of exercises was published in these columns a couple of weeks since and promises to be very interesting. A good attendance is expected. Next Batnrday evening the ladies of tfie M. E. church will give an ice cream and strawberry festival. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody to come and bring your ladies and have a good time. No pains will be spare d to make the occasion a pleasant one for all. We ere requested to announce that Rev. H. B. Miller will preach at Center school house, Barkley township, next Sunday st 10$ o’clock a. m., and at the Howard school honse in the afternoon of same day at 2$ o’clock. It la hoped there will be a good attendance at both places.

Mr. Chas. W. Clifton, returned from Texan, a week or two since, well pleased with the country, climate and people, and intends moving with bis family to that state as soon as he can arrange his business t® that effect He reports prospects good for an abundant harvest in that country this season. “Touch me Gently,Father Time,” is the title of a new and beautiful •ong and ohoras, by Charlie Baker, author of the famous “He Holds the Fort of Heaven.” Dealers are ordering it by the thousand. The whole country will soon be singing “Touch me Gentlv, Father Time.” Any music dealer will mail you this beautiful song for 40 cents. Pubby F, W. lielmick, 50 West4lhSt, Cincinnati, Ohio. M • wetting of the board of •ehool trustees of the town of Renseelfttr, held at. Mr. M. F. Chilcote’s law office last Tuesday evening, it was reorganized as follows: M. F. Chileote was elected president, It. Fendig treasurer, and S. P. Thompson secretary. The board resolved to have five schools this year, the full term to commence on the first Monday iu September next No teachers have yet been employed.

Mrs. E. L. Switzer, teacner of Baras' school, Barkley township, rvportd tor the month ending June Bth, an enrollment of 29 pupils, with a daily average of 23.45. Rebecca Jenkins, Mary Jenkins, Ada Hen* kle, Margy Henkie, Nanny Casey, Minerva Price, Margaret E. Price, Melissa Puilm, Haney Price, Willie Pallia, John Hardesty, John MuCurtain and Eddie McCurtain were perfect in attendance and punctuality. The M. E. church was filled to overflowing last Sabbath evening with attentive hearers who had come to listen to the children’s day exercises, and they were well paid for their trouble. The singing was excellent, the recitations were well spoken, the colloquies were rendered in a very creditable manner, and, in fact, the peformanocs throughout were roerritorious and highly interesting to the audienceAll Who participated io the exercises are entitled to praise for the able manner in which they acmutlfd themselves. sL'lfix , VTAXm't* <*t:" «.t * ♦

Stra wberriee, ice cream, orange#, lemons, cakes, candies, etc., at Kannal’s ice cream parlors. 9 In publishing the names of the new officers elected at the last meeting of the Jitter Connty Temperance Union, the name of Mrs. E. L. Clark wan accidentally inserted as being elected treasurer. It was Mrs. Mary E. Hopkins who was eleoted to that position for the ensuing quarter. Wm. Fleming has purchased the Fort Wayne Sentinel, at aherifTs sale, for SIO,OOO. A thrifty bird of Franklin wove into hie nest several yards of Valenciennes lace belonging to Miss Nannie lierriott. Its nest was wrecked in recovering it.

EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.

The exquisite South Bend bridesmaid of the period oats her too nails bits, hut her cords march in esohelon all over her feet —South Bend Register. The Indianapolis Herald: Eb. Henderson says that whenever bo wants a blood and thunder article to appear in the Sentinel, he goes around and gets a few beefsteaks and throws them in at the window, and the fresher the meat the more vicious the article. O. P. Davis, of Opedee, was offered fif.y cents a bushel for his oorn a few weeks since,but thonght it wonld go a little higher. Last week he sold at forty-five cents, losing just $1,500 on the lot of 30,000 bushels by bolding off for better prices. —Newport Hootier State. Terre Haute Express : Mr. Dick Tiernan, now a resident of this city, has in his possession a silver wa'ch weighing twelve ounces, which was on the person of Slade, the Rocky Mountain desperado and stage agent, when he was hnng. All who have read Mark Twain’s “Roughing It” will remember Slade. The watch is no doubt the heaviest in the state. Ben. Waldrof, recently a clerk }u the Boston Store and for a long time a salesman for Mr. Brownfield, left on Monday for Rensselaer, this state, to engage in the grocery trade, in connection with his fath-er-in-law, Mr. Ludd Hopkins, an old-time resident of South Bend. Beil, is a good fellow, has many friends here, and we hope to hear of his success. —South Bend Register.

ALL SORTS.

“Julius, did you see the Catskill Mountains?” “No,” rtnlied Sambo, thoughtfully, “but I’ve seen the cats kill mice.” We speak of distancesas“stone's throw” or “five minutes walk,” but in lowa they »ay: “within the bawl of a-'inule.” In a recent divorce case in California the husband exhibited a broken arm, a tarn ear, a lame leg and thirteen scars to prove that his wife hadn't tried to make home happy. “You go to Shecaggo, hey?” said a gentleman from Germany. “Veil, you pe bretty garful about dat water dare. KF yon dond vant to ket seek, you trinks none of dat vater dill you ket used to him.” —Ho cluster Democrat. I am willing to rock the baby while wiminen folks are biting soap; I am ready to kut rags to work into rag carpets; they kan keep me hunting hens' eggs, or picking green kurrants; or I will even dip kandles or kore apples for anas, but I won’t churu. —Josh Bitlings. Thns talks an old farmer abont his boys: From sixteen to twenty they know more than I did; fit thirty they were grilling to hear what I had to say; and at thirtyfive they askej my advice, and I think wheu they are sixty they will acknowledge that the old man did know something. \

Josh Billings’ Aphorisms.

Be merciful to all dumb animals; no man own git to heaven on a sore-backed horse. The grate tight is fust for bread, then batter on the bread, and then sugar on the batter. The grate secret of popularity iz to make everyone satisfied with himself first aud afterwards satiz fied with yu. The grate mistake the moat people make iz, they think more av thar cunning than they do ov tbar honesty. The uubappineee of thia Hie fteems principally to konsist in gitting everything we kan and wanting everything we hain’t got. I have finally coin to the konklalion that the best epitaff enny man kan bar, for all praktikal purposes, iz a good bank ackonnt. Paupers suffer less than mizers do—the man who don't kno whare he iz going to git liis next dinner suffers less than the one who iz anxious to kno haw much it is going tokeet him.

Agricultural Deportment.

Death to the Carrant Worm. The destruction of currant bushes for years past by worms has been the means of enhancing the price of that very valuable fruit in most markets, while with a little care it can lie cheaply protected. It is a well-known fact that white hellebore is sure death to the currant worm, but at the same time many will not try it, while others apply it in such away that it is soon washed off by rains, or only couches the tops and outside leaves, leaving the inside of the bunch of bushes for the worms to feed upon. The whole secret is to apply it on the under side of the leaves, where the worm 9 fasten to eat. To do this I take a piece of cotton cloth that the powder will shake through sparingly, about ten inches square; put in about four ounces of the powder, and gather it up around the end of a stick about three feet long, and tie it on, making a sort of bag at the end. I then make the application in the morning before the dew is off by opening the bunches of bushes and putting the bag, end down, nearly to the bottom and shaking it, the current of air is then upward, and the leaves being damp, the powder then sticks to the under side. If the cur. rent of air is a little sidewavs, shake low on the wind side, on the outside of the bunch of bl ushes. It is not best to wait the appearance of the worm, but doctor the bush as soon as theblossoms are well developed and the leaves are halt’ or t ynt? thirds grown, and again after the fruit has fairly set. This will usually do the work for the season. The main point is to rightly apply the helleebore, and with these hints and a careful attention, with the use of a little judgment, tlie currant bush can be preserved. We have a row about six rods long that we'have preserve! 1 for over twelve years in tine, healthy condition, producing from sls to S2O yearly besides what we use, at a cost of care not to exceed $1 per rod. — Rural New Yorker.

Potato Bugs.

Joseph Harris, in bis talk with the deacon, in the Amercan Cultivator writes as follows of the bugs: The potatoes are just coming through the soil, and the hogs are promptly on hand. The first plant I examined had six beetles on it, and I concluded not to look any farther. There is nothing for it bat Paris-green. Last year I mixed the Parisgreen with cheap wheat flour ,- —about four pounds to the barrel of flour— and dusted it on all the plants when the dew was on. we made our dusters out of old starch boxes. VVe cut out about half the bottom of each box and tack on wire cloth. Then we nail a handle on the top of the box, and the thing was complete and answered the purpose very well. The sliding cover to the box is quite convenient, as it is easy to open and shat in filling. A nail holds it to its place. “Is is better,” said the Deacon, “to mix the Paris-green with water and put it on with a whisp broom or & wateringI tried both plans lasi year, and thought the sprinkling with water, was the most effective. When water is convenient t should certainly prefer it to using floor or gypsum. The real point is to commence earlv enough, that is, as soon as tLe eggs begin to hatch out on the leaves. “It is a great bother,” said the Deacon, “but it will do no good to grumble. We must fight if we would win.” *‘Yes,” said I, “and to fight

successfully we mu9t study the habits of the weeds and insects if we wish to conquer. Science will help us so far, and the rest will depend on onr forethought, skill, energy and perseverance. There is a great deal of work to be done in the world, bat there are a great many people to do it. There is work enough to keep U 9 all usefully occupied.”

The Orchard Caterpillar.

At this season the orchard caterpillar (Clidocampa Aa mei'icana) commits its depredations in apple trees. The gray, tent-like nests, are entirely too well known to all acquainted with apple trees to need any description. Theeggs are deposited on the smaller branches in clusters containing from 300 to 500 each, by a yellowish browajgjiller, in the latter part of summer, and are protected from the weather by a water-proof varnish. ' They hatch about the time the leaves appear in the spring. The worms are very small at first but continue in size for several weeks. When full grown we are all well acquainted with their appearance. They injure the trees by destroying the foliage and thus taking their strength. They are sometimes so disastrous as to entirelystrip the trees of their leaves. These pests are easily destroyed by attacking them early in the morning while they are all in their nests, with a swab made by wrapping a strip of cloth around the end of a long, slender pole and fastening it with carpet tacks. Saturate the swab wltb kerosene oil and insert it into the nest, turning it aronnd among them until all have been touched. If the swab is kept well saturated with the oil this method will prove entirely effectual. Horace Greeley said that “no man who-harbors caterpillars has any moral right to apples.” Whether this is so or not it is certain we need no better evidence of a slovenly farmer than to see his apple trees covered with caterpillar nests— Husbandman.

Small Fruit in Gardens.

But few people seem to know the value of small fruit to a family, when grown in their own gardens. You commence with strawberries; they continue about a month. You pick, perhaps, from six to twelve quarts a day. You have them on your table as a desert, if you please, at noon, and your tea table is loaded with them at evening, and you want bujb little else bat your bread and butter. Your family consumes, in one way or another, about eight quarts a day, and while they last no medicine for bodily ailments are required, as a quart of strawlierries daily will generally dispell all ordinary diseases not settled permanently in the system. After strawberries, raspberries come, to continue about three weeks; then we have blackberries, where the climate is not too cold for cultivated varieties; then the currants ripen, which will remain until early grapes mature; and taking the season through, any family with a half acre of land in a garden, can grow small fruits that make country life delightful, and at the same time hundreds of dollars can be saved in the Supply of the table. — Chatar qua Farmer.

Mulch for Sweet Potatoes.

A correspondent of the Rural Sun advises that sweet potato hills be mnlcbed with old Btraw, Borgo cane stalks, leaves, shavings, sawdust, old spent tan bark, or anything that will hold moisture, filling up between the ridges to the top; the mnlch keeps down the /' ' ■ ' " - ' :v '

weeds and grass, and keeps the vines from taking root between the ridges, and keep 9 the ground moist and warm, two very necessary conditions to the rapid growth of the tubers. Last season the vines so mulched produced far more and better potatoes than the unmulched portion. 1 The mulch is applied about the time the vines begin to form runnersstrongly.

The Time to Cut Grass.

The proper time to cut grass for hay is a matter of some dispute, though the weight of testimony is in favor of early cutting. As an old writer on agriculture has wittily said, “grass should be cut while it is grass, and not after it has become hay.” The flavor or richness of the grass passes away as soon as the stalk becomes dry, tough and fibrous and evidently muoh nourishment is lost, as well as the fragrance which gives it relish by leaving it standing too long. Farmers as a rule do not attach that importance to the hay crop which its real value demands, and are apt to consider the exact time of harvesting it as a matter of no great consequence. But when it is considered that it is the crop that furnishes the largest share of food for both horses and cattle during at least one half of the year, it will be admitted that it is of value enough to warrant the best care in cutting and curing. If it is cut at the right time a very few hours of sunshine will fit it for the mow or stack. It is better to be put up a little damp than to have all its moisture dried out in the sun. It should be put away in such a condition as to show green and bright when fed out in the winter. Jt is then eaten with the greatest relish and yields the largest amount of nourish meat .-Indiana Farmer.

FMaoU, L'lEimj 1 St. Louis H’y. «.-f> a -t-s-.-rr a SOtTTB.” Condensed Time Card—Columbus and State Line Division. Maty 13Ux, 1370. COIN,; HAST. So. 1. So. E. Lve. State Liue + 2.40 p. m. + 0.30 a. ni. Arr. Transport 5.35 “ W.H ‘* Lve. “ *12.55 a. m. + 9.25 “ Arr. Marion S.BB “ H. 07 “ « Hartford. 3.17 “ 11.50 “ “ Uldgevflle . 4.10 “ 18.40 p.m. “ Union Uitv. 5.05 “ 1.10 “ “ i trad fori I ‘Junction 0.00 “ 2.00 *• “ Piuun 0.35 “ 2.51 “ Urlia na. 10.38 “ 4.02 “ “ Columbus 12.35 p. m. 6.10 4 GOING WEBT. So. 0. SO. 8. Lve. Columbus * 0.30 a. in. + 5.40 p. ni. Arr. t.’rbuun 8.04 “ 7.40 “ “ Fiona 0.02 “ 0.02 “ *• Bradford Junction * 0.25 “ \ 0.30 “ “ Union City 10.25 “ 10.48 “ “ Kidireville 10.58 “ 11.20 “ “ Hartford 11.50 “ 12.35 a. m. “ Marion 12.40 p.m. 1.20 “ “* Loganspnrt 2.30 “ 3.00 “ “ State Line 10.40 « O.UO « Richmond and Chicago Division. GOING NORTH. So. 2. So. 10. Lve. Cincinnati + 7.SHa. m. ........... “ Ru-limonil -j-10.50 “ Arr. Hagerstown 11.88 “ “ New Castle 12.05 p.m “ Anderson. 1.20 “ “ Kokoiuo 3.U0 “ *2.15 a. in. “ Logan sport. 4.00 “ 8.05 “ « Chicago. S.SO “ 7.60 “ GOING sot’T’H, No. 1. No. 7. Lve. CliiMigo ..» * 8.20 p. in. -r 9.00 a. m. Arr. Lngnnsport. 12.45a.m. 1.40 p. ni. “ Kokomo. 1.50 “ 8.00 “ “ Anderson 4.37 ** “ Newcastle..: 6.85 “ Hagerstown 0.05 “ “ Richmond 6.55 “ Cincinnati. 9.50 “ ♦Daily, fDaily except Sunday. Trains do not stop where time is omitted. W. L. O’BRIEN, Uen’l Pass, ft Ticket Agent, I Columbus, Ohio.

See! Sl©©! GROCERY! Having moved iuto ihe new brick building of Messrs. Bedford & Jackson and added largely to hia superb stock O. C. STARR invites everybody to call and examine his Canted Fruits, Dried Fruits.. Hams, Bacon, Shoulders, Lard, Molasses, Vinegar, Cheese, Rice, Homony, Beans, Soap, Starch, Indigo Baking Powders, Soda, Cream Tartar, Salt Sugars, Cofees, Teas, Splees, Salt Fish, Cigars, Tobaccos, Meal, Nutmegs, Fluvoilug Extracts, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Queenswsre, Glassware. FLOUH. and many articles we have not the space to enumerate, kept la stock at ail timoa. Goode oxehaoged foi marketable produce. Remember the place—he hs* moved recently, aad fa now in Bedford & Jackson’* Hew Block, right hand door. The largest, bast, and dumawt assortmeiit in Jasper county,' with out exception. Came and see for yooreelvee 21-3 m3# C.C. STARR

n 1 ■ ■— . i v,/yi ta T. s. WIaMORE, WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER. Shop In W. J. Ime*’ drug store. An -work warranted. Prices aa low as wIU latere rood work. 9-17-ts. HARDING A PEACOCK, DXALXRSIK GROCERIES, NOTIONS. CANDIES, NEWSPAPERS, g»»s».xoxacn a tab. VRITOTC PARK. ESYELOPES, FQB.HK.fcC. We bave opened a selec t stock of fresh Family Groceries which we invite the public to inspect, and promise our patrons as true weights, foil measure*, good quality, and reasonable prices as auybody gives. Chicago Daily Newspapers, The Tribune, Times and Inter-Ocean, supplied on the evening of the day of their publication. Wo make a specialty of the News and Periodical trade, and can furnish all the popular Weekly Papers and Monthly Magazines at publisher*' prices. We also keep an assortment of excellent ToToacco and Glgratrs which, we think, are a little superior to any other brands in the market offered at the same price. Our place of business, which all ire invited to visit, is in The Shangtni Building. Rensselaer. Ind. Call and see us, anyhow, whether you trade or not. 9 9

N. WARNER* IiKALtR IN HARDWARE, Of All Kinds, RENSSELAER, IND. - -- 1 - . • Keeps constantly on hand a large ttoek of Stores, Tinware, Furniture, etc, etc. Would respectfully invite the citizen* of Jasper and adjoining cenntiea, when in need of anything in his line, to give him 'a call before purchasing elsewhere. A cartful inspection of his stock is all that is necessary to convince anyone that he keeps none but first-ela» goods, and sells them cheaper than they can be sold bv any other dealer ih the country. He defies competition. Kemeinbvr the place. XAberal Corner, 9-5-ts. R.Mmelaer, lad.

7. W. DUVALL'S MVSRY STABLE AMD DAILY HAOK*LINB. United States matt hacks ran daily, except Sundays, between Rensselaer and Franecavilie, making connections at the latter place with trains on the Louisville, New Albany do Chisago Railroad, aud conveying passengers, espressage, and freight eaeh way. Goods or money shipped by Express to any part of the Uuited Stales. Livery Teams, with Drivers, or Witkt, furnished upon application. Stock boarded by the day or reek. Office and Sale Stable Freni street, above Washington Rensselaer, Indiana.

A. J. REED’S HOOSIBR KAY SX.IDB. One of the Greatest Lsbor-Savjtir Wachints Invented for the HayFietdl Cheap. FrudesL ' Durable. Bffieient Two men and.ooe epnn of borate can ban and aleck more hoy with the Hoeeier Hay Slide in one day, than five men and tweapaa or horaea can in tha aamo time with any 1 other appliance. JEaay to load, and onload* Itaelf. Price, 14-foot Slide, *7 ; IG-fbot, *lO. > A. J-REED, Pteamnt Grove, Jaapcr Coaaty, lad. Mannlactured by G. A. Kciaon ft Co., Franoeaville, Ind., and 0. W. Torhune, Renaaelaer, Ind. Aomrr:—.F. W. Bedford, Rebaaeiaer, Ind., AGENTS WANTED.—Territory cheap and on teasonabla tarma. Fatanted late— April 6,1875. 44tf.