Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1878 — HEATHEN CORNER. [ARTICLE]

HEATHEN CORNER.

A Terrible Secret Organization of Communists in Jasper County. Determined to Desolate. Devastate and Mexicanize the Country! Interesting Discoveries of the Chief of “The Union’s Special Interior Exploring Expedition FkiibYihy Id, 1878, —Editqi* U.Nipx: La..t iiL'hcl ~ 1 ‘n* far-ftsmait TTrutbrn Corner, which is situated in the western portion of Jordan lowtiHlfip, .Jasper county, state of Indiana. Ilepfct has told that the mliiibiftiu* of iliis region had handed themselves together into n Communistic or sumo other dreadful order, to resist their creditors, writ* of execution and orher processes in the hands of officers, and were ready, at a given signal from thu jrrnnd somebody who was chief of countless number* of -ihiitar organizations that rumor ha* in operation all uver the # west, to co-opcr.iir with communists, socialists, iramps, railroad strikers and everybody else in general, lo lay waste the country, wipe out old scores and commence anew—in short to Mcxicauize the Unite! .Status government ! But I found no such feeling existing among tho good peoplo of that district. They have quite a pleasant orgMiiization called The Farmers’ Trotcctivc Union. Its object is to t.uy farmers’ supplie- in quantity thu* saving to themselves the retailer’s prjfli; and lo prontolo their iutcro.ts by friendly intercliarigc of thought on the subject of a higher and better cuiti val.im of the soil, and kindred topics pertaining to agriculture. 1 found them grappling with the subject of national finance—greenbacks, goldbugs, money robbers, c'c., mider the teadersiiip of two of the most eominuni-tic tricksters and demagogue blatherskites in the west, 10-wit '. The Sun. published at Indianapolis by tint! lim hamiii who peddled himself eiit for i hies clerk of the Indiana sciinte fur the benefit of the dear, oppressed people who wanted to see an honest man in au nllioinl position ; and +W ♦ml'tH’iotts Brick Pomeroy’s Democrat, a publication that failed at Lacrosse, Wisconsin, and nftorwwt«ls in New York city for want of patronage from political associates who became ‘itiß]jnvrcd“ wt(ti its pciuistcttniTvocacy of the sentiments of the ultra, fire-eating, disunion, repudiation southern detiioenicy. T rt> if llJaTltle club TvUI hcbllt UupcrlchtJy • nj+ghtened from such sotm’es. 1 • order to ]iiit liieinscTves aright on the • fitcsti 'ii us (’uMtiutuisie.. the tbllawing resj oLiiien, \. ere presenl.'d. and ndiqa-ed with- ! i. I - i-ietj known a- The Fa finer* I i ’•. iir.li i r \ a.; in by with ■i o!lit-r uiilawj ii.. !>■ we of re-isting • ■ : ."I iim - . o.i.m of debts by the proper pr.c . .uw. 'Z. PI. T we -.ii-i law; abiding citizens of JisqtCT eounty a.. ! stare of Indiana, s;d j( et to tho stnturus-of *atd state, and wi 1 Lasti -1 by moral -.msiott tho execution of said statutory laws, and by force if necessary. !!. Be have no sympathy with railroad strikers or any other unlawful organization of force, me have an abiding faith in the people of the nation, and are satisfied that if tlie existing laws tire in any way in-ufii-eienl to protect our interests we have ample means of redress at tho ballot box. Jo*DAN.

Starr’s cheese is-the best in market. Oranges and lemons at C. C. Starr's a_s fine and cheap as any place in Jasper county. Until further notice Ludd Hopkins will continue to si ll all goods at red-treed prices. “Two car loads—nearly 10(1 “barrel*—or* new Saginaw salt has just been received by C. C. Starr, and will be sold at reduced prices. Charley Starr declares lie will not be undersold in qnecnsvvure, glassware, table cutlery, groceries or provisions by any house in Rensselaer. Spring styles of calicos and 25 pieces of black m'js]hi/*ill favorite brands, just received direct from New York, at F. J. Scars & Co’s. Call and sec them. Go to Starr’s cheap cash grocery sot ten, coffee, sugar, spices, dried fruit, canned fruit, cured meats, glassware, queens ware and table cutlery. It pays every lime to trade at this house. Now Orleans sugar, 12 pounds for $1; sugar cured hams, 11 cents a pound; dried peach llß , 8-J cents a pound—a! C. C. Starr’s cheap cash grocery. This house will not be undersold by any store in Jasper county. All 1 say l mean just as 1 say. lints, caps, gloves, gents’ underwear, boots, and shoes will be sold without reserve. Those indebted to me should call soon. Lent) IJoi’Kixs.