Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1879 — More and Better Work. [ARTICLE]

More and Better Work.

Moral Instructor. —The papers say th*t “Major Burk, of C'nauncy, will very ably disohargu the duties of deputy warden”, when Mr. Murdock succeeds Mr. Mayno as warden ot thojiprtl'ern penitentiary ; and tjiatS. E. Sidner, as Orawfordsvillo, will be clerk of that institution. This arrangement nlmost insures the selection of Rev. Hope B. Miller for moral instructor. We take it that a man of the kindly manners, plain and unpretentious exterior of Mr. Miller, coupled with the sincerity of his appeals to tho human heart to repent, reform and sin no more, will find less difficulty in approaching and moving tho sympathies and better natures of the class of men to whom he will be called to minister than the more gundy and pretentious and aristocratic gentlemen who are his competitors. But in the event that the choice of the board of directors proves to bo Mr. Miller, keen pangs of bitter disappointment are in store for more than one heart of that colony whom the Sentinel's correspondent says were rejected by the authorities Monday of last week because of their upon their arrival” at Michigan City; for if The Union knows the temper of the new board of directors, Jasper county is not likely to have a very large official representation in that institution, indeed she need not exoect that more than one hungry mouth can be provided for there. The Union feels warranted in observing that Mr. Miller will be the gentleman provided for unlefis it shall be that men'in whom he has been led to place confidence prove treacherous to the hopes they have purposely ih«piredjn his breast.

United Bhktiiren. —ln all kindness and good feeling The Union is compelled to decline a class of correspondence that, however good and interesting jmd seemingly beneficial to mankind, is better adapted to the columns of a newspaper specially devoted to religious information than to one that is exclusively secular. Notices of meetings, accounts oT and statistical information relating to local religious work, are properly included in the department wherein The Union attempts to serve. But gb struct disquisitions or controversial writings are entirely foreign to its field. The Union is not the advocate of any theory of sect or retig ion, nor is it the opponent of theo logical teachings, any more than is the telegraph, the steam engine, or »fiy other medium for the trail stniasion of thought and action. It has its peculiar place in which and for which to work, just as papers devoted to scientific discoveries, the several arts, religion, education, law, medicine, Sunday schools, etc., etc., have theirs, each its owrf. Therefore should tho articles of “United Brethren,” for whom the writer has formed an exceedingly friendly opinion, fail of appearance 4n these columns, let there follow neither disappointment nor chagrin. Human nature, as seen-from an editor’s poit-af observation, is 1 ike a ferocious wild animal; harmless -enough in slumber, but dangerous to peace and life when aroused in anger and intoxicated by the scent of blood. On tho most of men sectarian discussionsproduee much the same effect that the spied ot blood produces upon a famished tiger of the jungles.

Political Honor.—The Valparaiso Messenger asks what the editor ot Tuk Union knows about politic al honor? Well let us illustrate that subject by a statements Hants. Mr. Charles Jouvenat, editor of the Crown Point Star, was a citizen oi Remington, Jasper count)’, last year, and a conspicuous member ot the democratic party then as now. In the 30th judicial circuit therewere three regular candidates for prosecuting attorney, noiiiinnted respectively by the republican, national'wnd democratic parties. Im mediately proceeding election day tho democracy of Jasper counts clandestinely substituted upon their tickets the name of tho national candidate for prosecutor for that ot their regular and even democrat in the county, save D. B. Miller ulonl*, endorsed the shabby trick. Mr, Jouvenat had knowledge of this matter iiiid consented to v it.v into

Lake comity, thujgentiemaii vigor- ! ously denounces tho Porter county j democracy and the Valparaiso Met setsfer lor pursuing a course precisely identical towards the democratic candidate for Congress. ! This, dear brother Messenger, is one [ thing that The Union knows about political honor aS illustrated by at least one democratic teacher.

Special corrcipoucUnoo of Tjie]Uniok. How strange, and yet how true it is, that parents are seen daily to permit their children to gatj the streets in rags and filth instead of teaching them lessons of industry. Surely God will not hold such pa-, rents guiltless of a henious crime against society • and themselves. Parents ought to be careful to train up their offspring to practice habits of industry and cleanliness. Work makes everything easy. Then why not go to work at once ? Clean and scour houses, wash and mend clothes and try to attain the rank of respectability instead of groveling in obscurity and degradation. Look about and see if some improvement may not be made. Be industrious and frugal. Try to do something to benefit somebody. I hate the idea of hi ing dependent upon anybody. Temperance, industry and frugality patiently practiced will not only place us above want, but will soon find us in position to help our afflicted worthy neighbors. If we would be loaders let us first set good examples in our own households. f Let -ns imitate - otir Savi or as much as possible—dress plainly, keep cleanly, live frugally, be industrious, and do all good possible to our fellow-men. Let ns take heed to onr ways that our days may be long in the land which the Lord our God has given us. Let us be up and doing while it is called today and look with steadfast faith for the better "day*-, which will surely come and is not far off from the prudent man. United Brethren-