Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1877 — Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Md\M r* , . v J A little atm of Wm. Paxton, in Newton township, was tntown out pf a awing a few days ago and bad an artq broken. Mos.t of the farmers of Jasper county have laid their corn by, nearly all of it being iu good condition and looking well. i YTe are gjad to note that Barber Rhoades is again at his post wielding the rasor and shears iu his usually gracefhl manner. A youthful female Visitor put in an appearance at the residence of Mr. Ira W. Yeoman last Sunday. Ira ears she has come to stay. Carpenters are at work on C. C. Starr’o new building, getting the first floor in readiness for bricklaying, which will oonnnence in a few flays. Commercial bummers, wind mill peddlers, sewing machine agents and other traveling gentlemen have been quite numerous in Rensselaer the past week. Two basket meetings, one at Al~ tcr’s Grove, near Remington, and another at Alter’* Mill, north ol' Rensselaer, furnished our citizens with places to go to last Sabbath. Get your card printing done at Thk Union office. Fine lot of cards just received—latest and neatest designs—handsome card type, wnd prices so low you car. have nor room to grumble.

A little son of George Kitsinger, of Columbus, was run ever by a log wagon and crushed to death on the sth inst. He was running along beside the wagon and stumbled and fell under the wheels. A boy named Wasson was run ever and instantly killed at Plymouth, on the sth inßt, by a PiltsInCTU freight train. lie came from Mansfield, Ohio, where his body was taken for interment. Irate Hibernian: “Boot®, you baste, where are my shoes?’’ Boots: “Sure, Sir, I left them in yonr room.” I. H.: “I can't find them there, and if you don't, bring them I'll throw them at your head.” •‘Pay me thatsix-and-eigbl pence you owe me, Mr. Malrooney,” said a village attorney. “For what?” “For the opinion you had of me.” •“Faith, I never had any opinion of you in all my life.” There is no more neatly arranged w better kept store in Northern Indiana than that of Willev «fcSigler's. Everything always looks clean and tidy, and both proprietors and clerks display good taste in the arrangement of goods. XL. H. Purcupile will furnish parties, picnics, festivals, Arc., with confectionery at the lowest prices. Do not forget to ask his prices before concluding purchases elsewhere. Corner room opposite the bank.

Two tramp printers called at Tiir Uniox office Monday looking after a “stake,” but being informed that pocket books were not flush with money they contented themselves with a “chaw of terbakker” and skipped out. “Whew, John, how your breath smells pf inguns!” exclaimed a fair damsel Sunday evening as her loverealled to take her to church. “Oh,” lieTeplied, “it isn’t onions, my dear; it is a new kind of highly flavored candy just come to town.” Cortis Hutson, of Logansport, who was accidentally shot by bis father some days since died of bis wonnds. llis brother was killed by the accidental discharge of a •gun some years ago. It is feared mat bis father will become insane from grief. , An unsuccessful attempt was made to kill Mrs. Chaney, of Plymouth, one evening last week. Some viliain knowing her custom of sitting at. the window fired a shot at the usual spot, but as she had just left her chair to.pot a child to *d*e escaped unharmed. inotiveTor tbedeed can'be assigned. i. • It is announced that the operating companies in the Pennsylvania snlbracite coal regions have determined to close all the mines very soon in order to restrict the supply and compel higher prices. Thousands of tnineis will be thrown out of employment, snd serious if not rlotoo* times are anticipated. r.i-i .. . ... <

CholeVa morbus and cramp cholic in the shnpo of sliced cucumbers now make their appearance daily upon bote! and boarding house dining tables, while the physicians are quietly replenishing their pill bags and slyly auiekering in their sleeves at the prospect of a demand for their services. ‘Twas ever thus. It now come* to light that Fulton county can justly lay claim to being the birthplace of the great poet of the Sierras, lliner Miller (now known as Joaquin Miller) was born and reared to the age of twelve or fourteen years on a farm in Richland township, from whence he emigrated with his father arql the rest of the family to Oregon about twenty-five years ago. Mr.'TSeorge Bridge, a well known farmer of White county living about four miles northeast of Mouticello, was struck and instantly killed by 'lightning on ti e sth instant, lie in company with another man had taken shelter from the storm under a tree and at the time the lightning struck it Bridge was leaning against it. The other person was standing i off a short distance and wa& only stunned. An oak tree in Mr. Barney’s front yard, Laporte county, about eighteen inches in diameter, was, during the recent tornado, taken up roots ami all and carried eighty rods, says the Chronicle. Mr. Barney's total loss to property, including three houses, outbuildings, waguus, farming tools, fences, orchard and injury to crops, will reach $5,000.

We arc under obligations to lion. Alex. Iloron, secretary of the Indiana state board of agriculture, for a premium list pamphlet of the next state fair, to be holden at Indianapolis* September 24th to 29th inclusive. The agricultural board are doing everything in their power, to make this, the 25th annual exhibition, better than any previous one, ami in order to-accomplish this result are offering $15,000 in premiums. Isn’t it nearly time for the old settlers of Jasper and adjoining counties to begin to make arrangements for their annual reunion? Interest in this direction should not be allowed to wane. These reunions are a source of great pleasure to a'l who participate in them, eepe daily to ih<| older class of citizens, as # they revive the memories of olden times and keep alive a feeling of friendship which could not otherwise exist. A few d;.ys ago Mr G. W. Seer i st, while ditching on the farm of Mr. McWilliams in Beaver town ship, Pulaski county, found a tortoise with this inscription'-on its back: “H. 11.. Hazard, June 18, 1854.” Mr. Sverist presented the venerable pedestrian to Mr. Buzaid, w ho recognized it as the identical creature on whose hack he had inscribed his name more than twenty-three years ago, and said it did not look

any larger than when he first met his tortoiseship. What is still more remarkable, Mr. Hazard said it was not a hundred yards from the spot where he first found it.— Winamat Republican. We learn that a few minutes’ excitement was created in Medaryville a few days ago by what was ! at first supposed to be an attempt (to commit suicide. A local M. I). i who, having been separated from . Ids wife for some months, returned and desired to establish fraternal relations—shake handa across the bloody chasm, as it were—with the former partner of his joys and sorrows. He braced himself with villninois whiskey, steadied his | nerves with opium, aud announced j his policy of conciliation. Hut the 1 lady rejected his overtures, and his joy prospective was turned to gall; and in his sorrow lie resolved to ■ put- a bullet through his—outer ; clot hing. He repaired to an upper chamber and drawing his deadly j weapon pointed it as he supposed ! so that his clothing over the region jof his sorrowful heart would be perforated, but that tender spot escape harm. Fortunately his hand was unsteady, and instead of makimg a dean mia>s of his person he lodged the ball in the muscles of . his left arm. lie will be more } careful hereafter to let his left arm ’ kuow what bis right is doing ro it can keep ,out of the way.— Wina* Mac Republican.

Agricultural Department

Care of Stock in Summer. Do not neglect thp live stock at this season of the year. It is one of the busiest periods in the round of farm labor, and the demands on the farmer's time and attention in saving his crops, may cause him to neglect his stock. The hay and wheat harvests impose exacting, laborious and almost unceasing toil, until they are over, and it happens not nnfrequently'that domestic animals are neglected. The pastures in some localities get short of feed, and the water partially or wholly fails, and the result is that the animals subsist on very short commons, sometimes going without water for several days, and obtaining an inadequate supply of grass for their daily wants. It tells on their health and development, as the farmer subsequently learns to his cost. True economy in the summer management of live stock consists in keeping up a thriving condition; otherwise constitutional vigor is impaired, to say nothof a loss of time in the process of recuperation and the extra amount of food required to restore an animal to its normal

physical state. The trying season of dry weather should be provided for before it arrives, so that no detriment may result from its advent. The water and the grass fail when they are the most needed, and it is at this very season that the farmer who cultivates grain and grass crops has the least time to meet thepressingrequi' e ments to which his stock is subjected. But if circumstances make it inconvenient to provide in advance For these requirements, no efforts should be spared to make some provision to prevent waste and suffering during the heated term when it arrives. We have heretofore referred to the necessity of good water for stock at all seasons of the year, and shown, in connection with the dairy interest, how serious are the losses that follow from the lack of it. It is not from shrinkage iu milk, however, that the greatest loss arises; the tax upon the vitality of all stock JVo in insufficient _water and food represents a greater deterioration. And

what is true of cows in milk, so far as physical strength is concerned, holds good with other kinds of stock; especially with young and growing animals. Calves are so stinted from this cause, sometimes, that they never fully recover from it, even with subsequent generous treatment. So it is, too, with colts and lambs. And here we nre impelled to say, that some farmers labor under the hallucination that sheep require but little water and do well enough on what they get by the deposit of dew ou grass. It is a cruel error, and should be dismissed at oilce forever. Sheep require water quite as imperatively if their health and vigor are maintained as other kinds of domestic animals; and when by carelessness or neglect they are deprived of it for any length of time they suffer in constitution as widl as in fleece. The fiber of wool may be grown evenly and strongly, but that sort of growth is api ested when food and water are denied sufficient to keep up the animal’s vitality. The fiber shrinks as the sheep shrinks, aud wheiji the animal again gets into its former condition and the' wool assumes its normal state, there is a weak spot in it which the expert wool buyer is not slovy to detect. Nor can ewes furnish a sufiicientjflow of milk for their lambs if they are deprived of enough water to amply supply their wants. The same thing applies to other do-

mes+ic animals that suckle their young. AVhen these important considerations are taken into account and properly appreciated, it would seem that no matter how pressing the work at harvest time, the farmer whose require attention will see that water and succulent food necessary to their comfort and growth are provided, and not permit them, in a measure, to perish from thirst and hunger. Western Rural.

Thinning Fruit.

At the regular meeting of the American Institute Farmers’ Club, a member said that in abundant seasons it is absolutely necessary to thin fruit for profit. Thinning saves labor in the regular picking, assorting and packing. If all fruit growers will thin, they will soon gain large, fine fruit. Some varieties of peaches—the Barnard, for instance—pay well for thinning. The cost of thinning pnaches will not exceed five cent per basket, but will bring almost or quite double the usual price per basket, besides producing a favorable effect in the next year’s growth of the fruit and wood. The process of thinning is very simple and easy, and was given for the benefit of any who chanced to be uninformed. In thinning leave one peach on a limb six inches long. On last season’s growth make the space as even as possible on the tree, distributing them so they cannot swing and rub one another, or the neighboring limbs and fruits. Finish thinning one limb at a time, and work from the center of the tree. This member thinned his pears as well as his peaches. He leaves but one pear on a spur, picking off from one-half to one-third of the fruit. AVeak trees should be thinned more than strong ones. Apples liable to overbear are increased in size, color and quality by thinning.— Western Rural.

To Make Butter Hard.

An English butter maker of large experience, who is now 7 on a visit to this country for the purpose of looking over our cheese and butter dairies, gives us the following information concerning a method in practice among the best butter makers of England for hardening or renderins; butter firm and solid during hot weather: Carbonate of soda and alum are used for the purpose, made into a powder. For twenty pounds of butter, one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda and one teaspoonful of powdered alum are mingled together at the time of churning and put iuto the cream. The effect of this powder is to make the butter come firm and solid, and to give it a clean, sweet flavor, it does not enter into the butter, but its action is upon the cream, and it passes off with the buttermilk. The ingredients of the powder should not be mingled together until required to be used, or at the time the cream is in the churn rcady for churning.— Western Rural.

Real Estate Transfers.

For the week ending July 11, 1877, the tollowing transfers of real estate were recorded in Jasper county: ' Lester Goodger to Daniel Gordon, ne se 15, 33, 6—40 acres, S4OO. Jasper Circuit Court to Elkanah B. Vandcrsniitli, 3, 27, 7—Bo acres, $6,000*. Commissioner’s deed. Elam C. Sawyer to Mary J. Johnson, wj se 19, 28, 7—Bo acres, 52.400.

not easily earned in these times, but V I / /i* can l,e wade in three mouths by any tD I I | oneol either sex, in any part ot the T * " ■ couutry who is wilting to work steadily at the employment that we furnish. SB6 a week in your own town. You need not be away from home Over night. You can give your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments. We have agents who are making over S2O per day. All who engage at once can make money fast. At the present time money cannot be made so easily and rapidly at any other kind of business, it costs nothing to try tbe business. Terms and $5 Outfit free. Address at once, 11. ll*h,xtt A Co., Portland, Maine. »-f*4-y p A TYT'vo and nobbiest styles of Cards, printed on now tv pea of the most repent and popular-designs. A doien tints and a score of styles of cards. Fifty designs and sines of type. Address, business, and calling cards. Work neat. Stock best quality. Prices below competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. HORACE K. JAMES ft CO., Rensselaer, Indiana.

KGChIIR HAT SUBS. One of the Greatest Labor-Saving Machines Invented for the Hay Field! Cheap. Practical. Durable. Efficient. Two men ami one span of horses can hail and stack more hay with the Hoosier Hay Slide in one day, than five men and two span of horses can in the same time with any other appliance. Easy to load,and onloads itself. Price, 14-foot Slide, $7 ; 16-foot, $lO. A. J. REED, Pleasant Grove, Jasper County, Ind. Manufactured by U. A. Nelson Ac Co., Francesville, Ind., and G. W. Terhune, Rensselaer, Ind. Aoent: —F. W. Bedford, Rensselaer, Ind.. AGENTS WANTED.—Territory cheap and on leasouable terms. Patented late— April 6, 1875. 44tf.

M Estate and Collection Over 2,000,000 acres of land in Missouri and Arkansas, on the line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway offered on leu years time at 6 per cent. interest.+V Also, 100,000 acres of prairie and timber lands in the counties of Lonoke, Prairie and Arkansas, in the state of Arkansas—very tine quality and cheap. Round-trip railroad tickets from Lafayette to Little Rock, via St. Louis, good for 60 days, for $32.80, on sale at this office. T3XAS LAND SCRIPT For sale at the lowest market price. This is a rare chance for persons witli a few hundred dollars to get large tracts of line laud that will be a fortune in a few years; 246 Lots in Leopold’s Addition to the Town of Rensselaer,, for sale very cheap. These lots are very desirable property, both as an investment or for occupation. Will be sold on liberal terms. Have 320 acres of splendid land in Kansas to exchange for a good farm in Jasper or Benton county, Indiana, .and will give some boot. Improved farms and excellent wildlands in this county, for sale cheap and on easy terms. 'VvH.ll T’aoces, Furnish Abstracts of Title to Land, and make Collections. 2v£o2>r:Ei3r to loai:t on five years’ time at nine per cent, interest, in sums of SI,OOO to $25,000, secured by mortgage on real estate or city property. Money furnished promptly. The usual fees and commission charged. Office in room No. 3, second floor Bedford & Jackson’s brick block, Rensselaer, Ind THOMAS BOROUGHS,

" THE ECUPSETOHER! No Thresher made lias attained to the position now held by the ECLIPSE in so short a time. Its career has been, in fact, a succession of triumphs. It has never known failure. From the very outset till the present its superiority was and is acknowledged as one of the leading Threshing Machines of the day. The Eciap.sk is a grain saving machine, runs easy of draft, threshes fast and clean, is a durable machine, will thresh wet and dry grain, attd cannot be beaten in flax and timothy. MO CLOGGING! NO WASTE! NO SWEARING! SPLENDID LIST OF HORSE-POWERS! Mounted Pitts., 6,8, 10, 12 horse Down Pitts 6,8, 10, 12 horse 4*Wheel Woodbury 8, 10, 12 “ Down Climax...., 2,4, 6, 8 “ 2-Wlieel The 4-Wheel Woodbury has five patents,exclusively ours, aud not found on any other power. We make our own engines 8, 10 aud 15 horse-power, and warrant them to combine safety, economy, power, strength, finish. These engines will make more steam with less fuel than any other in use. For terms, prices and particulars, call on C. B. STEWARD, Agent, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SENT FREE WHEN ASKED FOR. j w> DUVALL'S LIVERY STABLE AND DAILT BACK LINE. United States mail hacks run daily,except Sundays,between Rensselaer and Franeesville, making connection* at the latter place with trains on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad, and conveying passengers, expressage, aud freight each way. Goods or money shipped by Express to any part of the United States. Livery Teas;, with Drivers, or Without, : fnrniehed upon application. Stock boarded by the day or week. Office and Sale Stable on Fron* street, above Washington Rensselaer, Indiana. HAIR RESTORATIVE POSITIVELY RESTORES HAIR TO BALD HEADS. SMITH'S SMITH'S TZK la not a hair dye. Makes whisker* CMTTW’Q SMITH S no* hare a full suitor hair, aud one lady ia OOUiEL S OJU.AAXJ. O Kentucky, who was once bald, bow haa nnwDoes not contain poison. Takes out aU.dan<lruff. in. hiir SIX,FEET ln lenath M ■ ■ 111X1 —produced b» the uaaof Dr. J.NevrtonSmiUi l SMITH S SMITH S .. d „ de _ Restores hair to the head. Is Ist class hair dressing. all waaviw rnn QIIiTTTIT’Q Itetopatha hair from ratlin* out, at one# SAIliJu S OullAll o eleanaes the aealp from all dandruff, and ia a Cheeks hair from felling. Is admired by all ladles, h “ r drc “‘“*' SMITH'S SMITH'S rriroetMforlWtUes.oipre^ojreeaipt Makes hair grow six feet. Is death to all wigs. j7P. SSOKSCOUt A GO.,LotltviUa, Ey- '•* «..: '*•' ' ' f . . _ , - V

J. S. -WICKkdIOIEtX:, WATCH AND CLOCKJjAKER, Shop in W. J. lines’ drug store. AH work warranted. Prices as low as will insure good See! See! * + + NEW GROCERY! Having moved into the new brick building of Messrs. Bedford & Jackson and added largely to his snpeTb stock C. G. STARR iuvites 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, Sait Sugars, Cofees, Teas, Spices, Salt Fibh, Cigars, Tobaccos, Meal, Nutmegs, Flavoring Extracts, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Queensware, Glassware. 3F* "CT Jfc and mauy articles we have not the space to euumerate. kept in stock at all times. Goods exchanged foi marketable produce. Remember the place—he has moved recently, aud is now in Bedford & Jackson's New Bloek, right hand door. The largest, beat, and cheapest assortment in Jasper county,- with out exception. Come aud see for yonraelves 21-3 m C.C. STARR. MONEY TO LOAN AT NINE PER CENT. INTEREST, IN SUMS OF SI,OOO TO SIO,OOO, ON FARMS AND CITY PROPERTY, FOR FIVE YEARS’ TIM E U'This is th 9 cheapest mom y ever offered the public west of the Alleghany mountains. Call on, or address, R. S. & Z. DWIGGINS, Attorneys and Loan Agents, Rensselaer, Ind. Book-keepers, Reporters, X* Operators, ' School Teachers, At Great Mercantile College, Keokuk, lowa-