Rensselaer Union, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1879 — Page 4

RENSSELAER UNION Thursday. £ept 18th, 18?£.

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.

Of eigbty-OMP applicants sot lb cense at tbe last examination twenty eight failed, one received license for two years, four for eighteen months, fifteeir for twelve months •nd thirty-three for six mouth*.

Orthography.

There is cowvidtfuhle difference of opinion among educators of the present age, as to what is the proper limit of study ami proficiency in the more popular branches of education. • S;nic persons maintain t hat this is tile abused branch, others that something' else is (oo much neglected. It in difficult, in such a diversity of opinion*, to say which branch is abused, since the world knows that whatever a certain man. is remarkably proficient in lie is apt to make a hobby of, and pHxc it too highly. Hut, throw ing aside nil prejudices and predictions, we can, we belieVe, safely nflirm that penmanship and orthography claim a more thorough attention in ttie schools of to-day. If Hie' acquisi lion of knowledge tends.toward the elevation of mankind, eich of the above named branches, and orthography in particular, ought to be early attended to, as p'rofiehmey in other departments is known almost entirely through these. Comparing the common school bramohrs, we must decide that incorrect spelling is more to be deprecated than any other inefficiency pertainirg to school instruction. If poor penmanship offends the eye, what of incorrect spelling, which offends .the e\e, the ear, and the ideality of beauty, gathered from the rytliin and flow of sound? Incorrectspellhig may not only change the mean ii‘g of a word, but it destroys the Jiey by which its etymology is ns ctMlnii.ed. Again, it not only argues negligence, l)ut is a confession on its very face, that the speaker or writer, who employs it, is ignorant*)! the derivation of the word. Not that everyone who spells a word correct!y understands' the i;ont from w hich it was derived, but. he who spells it incorrectly most certainly does not, or lie would never have so spelled it. It matters not whsvt poetical strain or eloquent thought may come forth, if clothed in words wrongly spelled the music dies on the listening ear, and the ryihm of song is iost amid the incongruity of the thought aud diess. besides, incorrect spelling argues an unpardonable negligence, and argues an ignorance, to what extent is Incapable of being judged, yet certain l»y evidence manifest, su.d implied by analogies drawn.

J. L. MAKEEVER.

Summer Feeding Cattle.

SjiccidD Correspondence of Thk Uxiox. Hleapant Grove, Ini>., Sept. 10. For tbe purpose of testing whether it would pay to summer feed cattle on corn, I made the following experiment: On the 3d day of March I selected 72 head of cattle that bad been well wintered on hay, and fed them 15 bushels of corn a day until the olh day ol May. 1 l.en I divided them as equally as possible as tor'quality and number, . Half of them I turned pasture and fed 15 bushels of corn daily lor 70 days—until the *24, day of July. The other hunch of 36 head were turned on pasture without corn. On the 6th day of May the firsthuncli ol cattle weighed 40v032 pounds; the second ' 1 jt, 30,168 pounds. For convenience- I estimated the value of all on the 1 . s*.li day of May at 4 cents a pound, at which price there was some profit up to that time. Tabulated, the account is as follows: May 5, 36 licnt!, 40,f1C2 pounds at 4 cents per .pound. $ ICS! JV l.I« bushel's of corn at SOccnts per , bushel SSSJO . 70days pasture aLS cents per day 85.00 Total cost. *2,012.13 July 24. rolii3l bead, 48.230 pounds * M »4.03 i-crrwt. $ 1013.80 Vnlue droppings for bogs loe w) Tw o Steers uot sold, 2.100 pouuds at 83.50 per wp... si .on r, , . . Total » Deduct cost. 2,012.10 Net profit $ 80 30 On tl c 1-jt not led uith com: M»v 5.8 C lica«l, 38,178 'pounds a* 4 ccnU |>cr pound .. .$ J.SdT.JJ IUJ days pasture at 3 cents ' 117^73 • Total cost | 1.084.84 Anp 341 h. enM-Khcad,46.773 pounds * nl *3.70 per rwt » 1.730.60 One steer not sold, 1,200 ) ound.« at 13.50 per curt. .. 42,90 Total $ 1,772.60 „* • IJedneVcost l.UdAi Net prafft..... 5 87,7 c That it will lie seen that the poorest lot'of cattle, fed entirely on pustule,at less cost >of feed and bare, returned a larger profit. Other experiments, might show different results. But I deduce from this that iu our country about the onlv advantage to be derived from feeding corn to cattle in the summer is that th« producer thus finds a market for his surplus grain. If he has to buy corn for them nothing is made by it. A. Pakkison.

Can Such Things Be?

Mr. George Major, of Jasper oounty, is spoken of as the democraic candidate lor congress in the “LaPorte. District.” He is at present a slate senator, having received the sapport of the democrats mid nationals. He is an oid humbug, but rather sharp, and may therefore stand a chance. —La Fayette Times. What! Majors for Congress? Great Gcd! Mirci/nl heavens!,Has it come to this ? Is it to be undersiood that ihe great dcmocrs'ic party of jndi&iiu is so infernal v

poverty stricken and barren of suitable men for office as to select such ignorant, illiterate gsloot* as Majors to represent them in congress? Why, Majors has less sense than Thompson's coll that jumped into ihe river to get out of tha rain. He Is n good, easy, simple minded, good Matured sort of a fellow, but when democrats undertake to'make statesmen out of such material,- the idea is preposterous. They might as well try to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. , The democratic party is remarkably robust and able to carry heavy loads, hut if it is to be weighed down with such incompetant, undemocratic, unprincipled professional office-seekerß as - Majors Landers, «fcc , it might as well be knocked in the head and sent to the political honeyard at once. These men have never been democrats and profess to be only that they tnay obtain office at the hands of ttic dominant party. i There is such a thing as piling on ignorance, stupidity, incompetency, illiteracy and contemptible isins as to-crush even so stalwart and noble an organization as the democratic party. It seems that there are altogether too many, professing to he demo crats who are using their influence in a direction that will surely lead to an easy victory for radicalism in 1880. If the democracy ol Indiana can find no better, truer and more com-petent-standard bearers than Majors, Landers, «fco. who never were democrats, they deserve the defeat that certainly will follow the iromtnaliou of such men. —New Albany Ledger- Sta uda rd.

The acquittal of Gully in Missis si|mi in the face of Mrs. Chisolm’s clear and positive testimony will exert no little influence on the approaching Presidential election, It is easy to say that it has no more bearing upon national affairs than the undue postponement of the Hey. Mr. Hayden’s trial in Connecticut. Hut most of the northern people do not look upon it in that way. They regard the bloody outrages at the south, like that by which Mr. Chisolm died, as proofs that the w'ar is not yet entirely fought out —that its victories are not yet complete; and they are naturally apprehensive that if the democratic party, which includes ikv former confederates, almost lo a man, were to get control of the executive dc-partnient of the gov eminent, such outrages would increase in number, and the Union nien in the old slave states would find'life hardly* endurable, if possible. We believe the American people, by a large majority, are determined, first and foremost, that ihe fruits of the war shall be fully preserved, and that the slaveholding spirit shall never be permitted to rule tbe nation again. They, care more for this than they do for the currency or any other question. Hence arises the most formidable, difficulty in the election of a democratic candidate.— N. Y. Sun.

, The friends of tho Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago road arc much eluted over the business the road is doing. In the seven months it has been in operation between Rensselaer and ’ Monticello it-has paid operating expenses, and has earned enough besides to pay cents interest on bonds. There is a strong effort now being made .to push the road through to Indianapolis without delay. Parties interested art seeing what can be done in the way of disposing their bonds, providing the enterprise was immediately undertaken. The Bee Line company have propose to allow them to use llieir tracks from llrightuood into the Union depot, and their city freight depot lo transact their Ire ight business in, providing they will connect with them at Brightwood, give them their East-bound business, and erect their shops at Brightwood. Delphi is also a bidder for the shops, having offered to donate lo them seventeen acres of ground if the company will build shops at that point. The 1., D. «fc C. company are negotiating for the building of coaches and freight cars with the patent adjustable trucks, which they propose to use in their business, which passes over standard erauge roads, aud for their Ideal business their narrowgauge rolling slock now in service will be used until worn out.—lndianapolis Journal.

There can norionger be a reasonable doubt that the third term movement is distastful to General Grant, and that 60 far as his own choice and personal feelings go he would like to see it subside. The evidence of this is found in all the letters of the Herald correspondent, who is in daily communication with General Grant, in his interview with Hi Lung Chang, in his letters to Mr. George W. Childs,' and finally in his recent letter to the Hon. E. B. Wasbburne. It may therefore be taken as a settled fact that if the name of General Gram is kept before the people as a candidate for the presidency it will be done in disregard of his expressed desire. General Grant has a wonderful hold upon the confidence ,of the people of the nation nnd possesses points of strength which may ultimately be called into requisition, notwithstanding his own choice in the matter. The result in this respect will depend largely upon 110 action of congress next winter, ami the demand made upon the country by tho confederate democracy.-" Indianapolis Journal. The democracy are brought face lo with this situation: Their

only hope of electing a president next year depends on carrying iTew York. Without that state and twelve more electoral votes in the north added to the solid south they cabuot succeed. If they could get the thirty-five electoral votes of New York they might poswibfy snake up the remaining twelve in the north, thongh even that is doubtful. But without New York they do not stand the ghost of a chance, and as matters now look they are already defeated In that state. This means inevitable defeat next year, and this is the situation which is now eliciting such a mournful wail all along the democratic line. —Indianapolis Journal.

“Agree to Disagree”—A Novel Verdict.

Thursday last week, a Mr. Redding, of Fowler, brought action against editor Maddox of the same place, for provoke. Maddox, it seems, had used several ugly epithets towards Redding, who, in revenge, was anxious for the scribe’s incarceration. At tbe end of a long- winded trial, the jury, after an absence of about ten minutes, returned, and tbe foreman an oid, gray-haired citizen, plenty old enough to know better, replied to the question of the clerk, that they had agreed, and handed him the following extraordinary verdict: “We the jury in the case of the State of Indiana vs. Maddox, do agree lo disagree.” The J edge, after recovering from the great shock of amazement, told them that it was their business to agree and not to disagree, and very properly sent them back to the jury room. A much longer time elapsed, and they finally brought in a verdict of acquittal. There is but one similar instance of parallel stupidity, not to say idioey, on record. A jury in the state of New York once returned a similar verdict and were very promptly fined 8.50 each for contempt of court- — La Fay Cite Courier.

The Northern Prison Fight.

One of the earliest decisions to be handed down by the Supreme Court upon its re-assembling will be that in tho case of Lee versus the stale auditor, settling the controversey as to the wardenship of the northern prison. From reliable authority a Journal reporter learned yesterday that the decision will be favorable to the new board of directors, and in that case the May no regime will speedily close. The present suit simply decides the question as to who is entitled to pay, but probably with that point settled there will be little further dispute. James Murdoch will be tne new warden when the old board vacates. —lndianapolis Journal.

lion. R. W. Thompson, secretary of the navy, who is spending a short time at his home in Terre Haute, writes lo friends in Washington that he has never known republicans of this stale to be more united and thoroughly awake to the importance of pending political issues til in they arc at present. The Secretary predicts that the republicans will carry Indiana next year. Thousands of republicans will say to him “shake” on that. — Indianapolis Journal. Harvest is over and the tr -p was excellent, unprecedented. i’riccs are good and cash is ready lor it. Delinquent debtors have been treated with uniform courtesy and leniency. lam uow about to withdraw from the business in which these accounts were contracted aud desire to close up my books. Those who have been favored as above indicated will not only prove their (honor but also show their appreciation of favors by making settlements without delay or personal solicitation. Respectfully,

HORACE E. JAMES.

Orwin, the jeweler, will be with us only a few days. If anything in his line is wanted now is the time to get the benefit of low prices. He is bound to sell all his present stock before leaving, if low prices will be an inducement to buyers.

To Whom It Concerns.

Being about to retire from the control of The Union I desire to settle up accounts for subscription, advertising and job printing. All persons who are owing me are respectfully asked to call and make payment without further delay.

HORACE E. JAMES.

Mr. Clifton, the sewing machine expert and mechanic, will remain in Reusselaer until after the fair. Parties wanting their machines repaired, cleaned or readjusted should drop a postal at the post office or leave their machines at E. L. Clark’s hardware store.| A superior class of needles, oil and repair on sale.

Real Estate Transfers.

For the week ending September 17th, the- record of transfers of roul estate In Jasper county was as follows: Isaac Miller to John W. Duvall, e side ne lie 19, 40, 6 —30 acres .. | 250 Simon I*. Thompson to Luciuda Potts, »}; sw, and w> 4 ns sw 24, 80, s—loo acres, quitclaim , 131 Jane McCullough to John A. McCullough, ne BS. 2S, 7—160 acres 3,000 John A. McCullough to Jane McCullough, s.‘, ne, 85, 28,7, part n>, ne, 85,28, 7—S»5-8 acres 1,800 SamuOl Milluudone to Robert E. Stewji I. sw ne 23. 23, 6—200 acres Mulinda Spitler to Simon P. Tbomprtin, sw sw 4, 80, 5. Quit claim 1 Sheriff of Jasper county to James T. Ilunna, nw se 33, 29, 7 296 State of Indiana to McCoy & Thompson, all of 16.28,7 8,880 John Q. Leu is to Isaiah Ginn, s>4 ne nw 22, So, s—2oacres.! -rr . .j- 800 John 6. Braddock to George Ks&nnH sc'4 17, 30, 8. n K ne 20, SO, 6—240 acres 3,000 Joseph A. Robinson to Thomas Uobiasou etal, sw se, 16,38. 6, sw 16,28,6. . 4,000 Thomas Robin sen to Joseph A. Robinson, sw 10, 29, 6—160 acres 4,000 .tolla Makeerer to F. A. and B. C. Wart, se** 6, 81, 6, nJi sw 4, 81, B—2lo acres 85 Also placed of record four school fund mortgagee* three chattel mortgages, two mortgages.

t)BODUCt. —I Save special arrangements I with a large produce house, and am able to pay higher price* for nil kinds •( produce any other house in town. SO. A. Leopold. Howe 6EWIXG MACHINE—the model from which aU others are copied. PI rat class machines in every respect, felly warrant* ed. for sale by HaLPU mntC, Arent. 11-0 Rensselaer, Indiana. 'TRUSTEES NOTfc*.—Notice is hereby riv--1 en that on an after April Ist. 1870,1 wifi be at niy residence in Barkley township, Jasper county, Indiana, on the Aral and third Fridays in each month, for the transaction of township business. 8. K. NICHOLS, Sl-eowy Trustee Barkley Township. LESLIE G. GRANT, BLACKSMITH. Shop at Terbuue’s old stand on Front street. All work warranted. Call. A. L. WILLIS, GUNSMITH AND IRON WORKER. Lathe for Turning: Iron. Shop on river bank south of School House. Hunters, Inventors and owners of ThershiiiK aud other Machines are respectfully invited to call. 11-51 GROCERIES, Cigars, Tobacco, CONFECTIONERY, &C„ FIRST DOOR ABOVE AUSTIN’S HOTEL. U. TUTBUR. w. 0. onw ikt Keeps a fine stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY nnd all kinds of Musical Merchandise, which are offered cheaper than any other House in Jasper or adjoining counties. Agent for the Rockford Watch, the best watch for the money in the world. Sells the Elgin Watch ten per cent, cheaper than any other House in the county. Agent for several different manufacturers of Organs and Pianos. A flno stock of Knives, Revolvers, Scissors, Spectacles, .Jewelry, etc., lust received. All work warranted to give satisfaction, or no pay. B&yKiue Watch Work a specialty. Hans. Howland, Marble Worker, Rensselaer, Indiana. i . Will handle American and Italian Marble, Quincy and Scotch Granite, and give special attention to building work. 11-51 GEORGE GRAUEL, Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS, SADDLES, Bridles, Collars. Whips, HORSE CLOTHING, &c.,&c. . Strict attention paid to repairing. Flout Street, below Washington, Reusselaer, Indiana. Solid Insolet*. Solid Counters. Hand Made. Every Pair Warranted. FALLEY &, HOES’ BOOTS AND SHOES None are genuine without Onr Diamond Shaped Green Paper Stamp • ;■■ f • i , . • ... bearing our firm name, on the r 1 Bottom of Every Pair. We cut into our goods only the IIELEBRATED West Virginia Tanned Stock. Our goods, for Style, Fit and Wear, have no equals. Ask for them. PALLET & lIOES, LaFayette, Indiana. Genuine Falley & Hoes Boots and Shoes are sold by A. Leopold, Rensselaer, Indiana, at Bass’stand. 11-49-6 m

PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI & ST LOUIS RAILWAY. “PAN-EANDLB ROUTE.” Condensed Time Card-Columbus and State Line Division. MA Y 19, 1878. OOINO EAST. No. 1. No. 5. Lve. State Line f 2.05 p. ui. f 6.30 a. in. Arr. Cogan 5p0rt....... 5.00 “ 9.15 “ Lve. *• *I.OO a. ni Arr. Marion 2.51 “ 11.07 ** *• Hartford 8.17 “ 11.50 “ “ Ridgeville. 4.10 “ 1140 p.m. “ Union City 5.05 “ 1.10 “ “ Bradford Junction 6.00 2.0 C “ “ Pinna 9.23 “ 4.15 “ “ Urlmna .... J 10.85 “ 5.20 “ “ Columbus 12.85 p. m. 7.25 “ ooixu west. No 6. No. 8. Lve. Columbus.... .....* 6.80 a. in. + 5.40 p. m. Arr. Urbana 8.05 “ 7.40 “ • k l*>qua 8.58 “ 9.00 “ “ Bradford Junction* 9.22 “ +9.80 “ “ Union City 10.26 “ 10.48 “ “ Ridgeville 10.58 “ 11.20 “ “ Hartford 11.50 “ 12.35 a.m. “ Marion.... 12.40 p. ih. 1.20 “ “ Logansport 2.30 “ 8.00 “ “ State Line ...10.20 “ M 0.40 “ Richmond and Chicago Division. 001x0 KOH+H. No. 2. . No. 10. Lve. Cincinnati. +T9oa.m« “ Richmond. +10.60 “ I Arr. Hager*town 11.38 M ; “ Newcastle 12.06 p. mi ** Anderson... 1. 1.20 “ “ Kokomo 8.00 •* • 2.15 a.m. “ Ixignnsport 4.60 ** 8.05 “ “ Chicag0.T.......... 8.30 “ 7.50 “ UOIXG SOVTD. No. L No. 7. Lve. Chicago * 8.20 p. m. + 9 00 a. m. Arr. Logansport. 12.45 a. in. 1.40 p.m. “ K0k0m0........... 1.50 “ 8.00 *• “ Anderson...... 4.87 “ “ Newcastle 5.85 ** ** Hagerstown..' 6.05 “ “ Richmond 6.65 ** “ Cincinnati......... 9.50 “ •Daihr. fDaily except Sunday. Trains do not atop wtaxte time is omitted. W. L. O’BRIEN, Uen’l Pass, ft Ticket Agent, Columbus, Ohio,

Bargains! Bargains! JIJST RECEIVED! j > .V\ •' «- . .<'.»■ ; j I j • J ■■■■ ■ ■ ■■ • ' ■ t-. The largest and best stock of Dry Goods and Dress Goods; The largest, cheapest and best stock of Clothing.. The largest and x best selected stock ot Boots and Shoes, The greatest variety of Notions. j The finest stock of ladies’ and gents’ Fusnishing Goods, The largest and best stock of Fancy Goods, Laces,, Trimmings, Inserting, Edging, Hosiery, etc., etc., ever displayed in Rensselaer. FOR THE SPRING TRADE! These Goods were bought for Cash, at a liberal discount, and will be sold cheaper than any other ’ I • - '. " _ ‘ . - ; - 1 r. ' house can afford to sell them. Call and examine this SUPERB Stock and learn prices before making purchases. It costs nothing to look at Goods and is no trouble to show them. A. LEOPOLD, . .• •' i j:: if . > Stone Building, Rensselaer, Indiana. - ' --- * - SXBAfcVKnr CrOEHSPESTSTXOZII 1 ornsMi '-* j ' v We announce a New Invoice of Men’s, Youth’s Hi Boys’ Clothing VALUED AT $4,000, 92 Dozen Pairs of Shoes, HUNDREDS OF HATS AND CAPS, NEW STYLES, DRESS AND MILLINERY GOODS. These goods are first quality in all respects. They will be sold at prices to correspond with the times. No House. undersells us. Cash buys astonisningly cheap these days. We take produce in exchange for goods, and allow the highest market prices. Also, in addition to the stock partially enumerated above, we keep a select stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCBRIHS. Bring cash and produce to Rensselaer, ask for Willey & Sigler’s store, and trade where you canalways do best.-