Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 March 1881 — Page 7
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(jrEENCASTL^
VOL. 8.
GREENCASTLF., IND.,
Staf
MAR. 26, (881.
SUCCESS!
Tom. Abrams,
CORRESPONDENCE
THRreaders of ThkStar will please bear in mind that we do not hold ourselvea aecountnj ble tor «>r endorse the opinions of enrr«8jiondenta published in these column*. We simply {five space to our correspondents that the oeo-
what the thoughts of tneir
Wwing te a largely ^increased
m VH busines; een obliged to moved his stock c
pie may learn neighors are
The Star always welcomes
j spopdenco from various parts of the county. I^endulong the news of youu neighborhood,
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contrivancea were used. Buckwheat was ^i>wla. Acordingly, her husband prupround in coffee mills. In this way flour cured a goodly number of chickens, and was ground for many a toothsome flap- among them, to please her, a pair of dear jack. Meat, of course, was very cheap, little ducks, ono of each gender, as a 1 was informed hy Bazil Pursel, to whom matter of course. When night came on 1 am indebted for many reminiscences, she thought she must take care of them
r e .'I ! ' 5, » 't'®! he sold in Grecncastle a two-horse She watched them for some time, and as
Groceries, Provisions, GLASS &QUEKNSWARE
To the large room on the
Xorth *id< k of Public Sqtiu Noit door to tho dry goods store of I. II iwkin*^
where hi« friend** and tho public generally will } cencos
tee^w^r^un'^-lo^V, lower Mutn whisk, in the early affairs of the elsewhere in Western Indiana. Therefore, I deem it proper to say Home-
lor .T1 ui k<‘l- on ih 0 subject of temperance-
able Country Produrr. . .......
Among the very first public places es-
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wagon load of jerked or Inoian smoked they did not appear to bo in a hurry venison hams, in 1824 for 2!.. cents per about «ccKing a roost, she caught them
or | otter From J D 4' pound, and it was still cheaper at an ear-j up and hurried off to the henhouse.
lier day. 1 will here say that Mr. Pur-j Her husband, knowing her ignorance of
\\ 1 siei , 1a., Man b -1, 81. n( , V(?r i ) p l . alno a permanent citizen of tho habits of ducks, followed at a safe . t’utnam County. Having attended the! distance. As soon as she was busy be I have before noted in these reminis- first land sales at CrawfordKville, he pur- hid behind the aforesaid bouse, and peep the important part played by chased land in Montgomery County, and, jmg through a crack, saw the whole pro-
ounty. after assisting to build the bridges on the | ceoding. Three times did she vainly enold national road, he left I’litnam. Mr deavor to place them on the little round i Pursel said when moving to Montgomery pole so as to make them stay, hut each j he found great difficulty in getting along time would they tumble off backward to | with his team, as there were no bridges the ground. At last, becoming disgusted
and scarcely any roads. On arriving at Kaccoon, then out o its haanks, it had to
In Dry (jiootls, Drrss (moo<1s, Notions andjj Millinery, at LANGDON’S FANCY IIAZAR, No. 0, South Side Square, Grecncastle, Indiana.
T. O. BOWMAN.
JO UN BI Rl.fcY,
Ublished in Greencastlo were two groceries, the main business of which was the sale of liquor, not then considered a
Tb»* umlorHicrned beg* leave to inform tho puhlin that bo ha* added to hie livery stock
some of the
Finest and Latest Style of Carriages' 9ceine lhat th0
1 driv- ’
mnr- habit of intemperance
riasex for purlieu, wedilinax and funerals or short notice. Prices to . ..it the times. Horses 4 uor!
and mules hnuaht und sold.
disgraceful traffic. The genial habit of ! be crossed. They had as yet no ferry drinking is common in alI new countries, boat, not even a canoe, and wagons, and the same thing may he noticed in the yokes, chairs and furniture had to bo Western Territories to-day. Perhaps taken over on a log raft. The ceniral Putnam County was no worse than the current, too deep for setting poles, swept general average. If this flood tide had them a long way down stream. The not been stopped Putnam would be a far wagon had thus been taken across and different county to-day. landed in shallow water, and the four Home of the best men of the county, oxen driven across, yoked and chained
prevailing and growing
in the use of li-
wouid lead to the ruin of the
And liufrgiet, and tine finale and double 1 ins horses. I am well prepared to furnish riuKes for parties, weddings and funern lort notice. Prices to *oit the times. Hi
>d mules houaht und soli. j county, early united in an effort to supG RAND C h >» 1 It A L press the terrible evil. They were in LIVERY. SALE and. . earnest, and determined to stop short of aw. ■ . 1 \ A TIT T T nf ' < l 1 ' n " * 1U * *^ p prohibition by law of 'be ■ io'di * ® ^ ^ * sale of intoxicating liquors. Kor many
O^nncasUe. Ind"'"'^ )h'n OaV LEY."’ 1 ho,reVttr - tl,0 >' fou « ht R losin e bat - liU a11 but one < ;hto
itle, hut they gained converts steadily,
| and were gradually making a change in public opinion by steady and persistent effort. The greatest change was made under tho Washingtonian inevement.
with their awkwardness, she exclaimed, "If yon can’t stay there, just sit on the ! ground!” At that a roar of laughter rent the air, ard her husband rolled and tumbled and laughed till he could laugh no more, but finally found breath to say that lhat was just what the ducks wanted. I could mention a great many moi like instances, but I think these will he sufficient to convince the most skeptical that country people are not the only ones
T. (*. Bowman & Co's
C H E A P CAS H STORE Wholesale ami retail dealers in Staple & Fancy GKFtOCIBIFtllES Highest Market Price paid for Produce in trade or cash
T. G. BOWMAN & Co.,
Southard’s Block, I door Fast of Langdon’s Book Store, Wash. st.
together. The traps were being loaded who don’t know know everything. I upon the wagon when the oxen, with bo- know some will excuse themselves by vine stubbornness, took it into their heads ; --aying that they should not be expected to return. When they struck the main to know such things, as they have not current it swept them down stream, and l been raised where they are learned. So they soon became entangled in their it is with counlry people. They have chains and the drift wood. Thus they not been raised to put on so much style
sale of intoxicating liquors, for many struggled and strangled for st veral hours, j to play on the organ or piano, to eat with
GEORGE BICKNELL.
Manufacturer and Dealer in
C^LUL. .AT BUTLERS DRUG STORE REELSVILLE, IND., Fur Drusx. Medicinfx, Chemical*, Oil*. Varni*he», Paint*, Ola*«, Putty, Fine Soap*, Perfumery, Dye Stuff*, Fponge*. Druuhe*. and all articles kept at firat-clasa drug store*. Preaeription* carefully compounded at all
hour*.
up and seemed tola fork alone, sip coffee with a spoon, or
to have a through ticket for the Wabash, use a napkin so gracefully, and a groat Old Cen, the old roan, could scarcely re- many of us would not know what use to frain from both laughing and crying j make of a napkin ring, (of course there when relating it. They would paddle for are exceptions in both cases.) or how to the south bank whenever he came in eat with half a dozen small dishes around
At ore time there were five distilleries sight. They finally got fast in some j our plate. The I’.vct is wo haven’t time in a radius of that many miles around drift and made no effort to get loose. A ; for such ceremony. Wo just sit down,
WAGONS, PLOWS, HARROWS, Ami Farm Machinery Generally. Iron Hnd Steel, llorfeSboe- and Hor»t-Sboea NVile.
Bainbridge, all in operation. Tho old young man came along, who stripped and
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Washingtonians continued to administer swam to them, and with a pocket knife the temperance vermifuge of moral sua cut the how keys, unyoked the oxen and
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Alcoa complete xtock of Family drocerie* : sion unti) tlle - espt . lled Iuany sti || wornis ami Notions. tinEH 1
out of the county.
I might enlarge on this subject if space would permit. Let it suffice for me to say that, notwithstanding the important part played hy whisky, it is surprising
January ’Xth, 1SS1. I’UINKAS COCKKKI.L.
ot
< O N St W I» T I O v I lirouirht on by a severe cold on the I lung*.which might have been cured 1 by one bottle ot Sinks’ Srserio' T.u:. Wild Chkrkv ash IIoakhound, if taken in lime. limJI
got them uli safely to land. Mr. Pursel said late at night, hungry, tired and scratched, he called at the cabin where the young man lived, to remunerate him, but ho was met with uproarous laughter
at the joke of his wanting to pay for the And as we are not in town everyday,
pass around the eatables, and go to eat- ' ing, justas we go to woik, with all our 1
might.
As to our gaping propensities, 1 don’t 1 suppose we are guilty of any more im- j propriety than they would be on u farm ' Of course, if they come to the country they like to see all that is worth seeing.: Tho
Ha* jn*t received another car-load of tho celebrated OLIVEU CHILLED PLOWS.
Also"the
CASSIDY SULKY BLOW, Warranted to sivc »aiiffaction, or no sale, alter a fair trial. On sale also
Umpire Richmond S t ec l 1*1 o irs< Celebrated Bed Jacket Iron Beam Steel Plews f Ladow Rolling Harrows; Genre & Mansur Rotary Drop Corn
Planters, and the Deere Cultivator with springs.
how free the early history of the county service. ^ when wo do go wo want to see what’s to |
! ,s from grave crimes. Usually the un'-| Jack, your biography of yourself is he seen Sow. each one can decide on Arel|t for thc K)£(!elKior RBapcr Mower aad Twlne Bind , a(l Ma( . Mne , aBd tka ^ settled condition of society attending the positively declined. Your $•>, or five winch side there seems to be the most Twino Binder Keap«r and Mower., Ju»t arrived, a car-load of the celebrated Bmdebakei early sottlenient of a new country is al- times $!», would be no inducement for its verdancy. 11.'n"* i«cured'^.mptcnV wo’rkm.• t',’.' vin"!'n’"urI'd '"iVcp»Tr" .Ud ' rep»mt h b*g'i”aYn«ac-i
I ' There is another subject 011 which we| ctl '.. on reasonabio term*—give mo » trial.
tended with a marked disregard of mur- puhl.cation in these reminiscences.
U 1 TT IR, S A..L AGMAY,
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ality, and the cry of murder is often I refer yon to Harper's Weekly. Fo: $10' would like to say a few words. If we heard. But Putnam Counly has no such you tn»y secure the publication of your 1 have business in town on horseback, will [ a history, as 1 was informed by the old sketch with a full-page portrait hy Nasty ; some one inform us where there is any- ' pioneers. Ti.omns. But, seriously, l would not thing like a stile for a woman to dismount | The days of pioneer life passed peace- have you commit suicide or any other by. I have been compelled to get oft'on j
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” ably along, the settlers busying them- rash act; hut I cannot allow your own
f-elves in the upbuilding of their future I eulogy. Se, your gull trap again—Pm prosperity. Differences arose and antag easily caught. J. I). C. onisms were developed, of course, hui — they did not extend to the point of taking Mirk a I'm llrr«>. ItrollitTs ami human life. It is said that for over 3uj StMers. years the county remained undisturbed Madison Townuhip, March 21, 'SI.
Mn. Editoii: »Ve would respectfully had, for that peroid of time, lost his life at the* hands of another, except in cases of accident. I suppose the scene ot the first murder was some six miles west of
1*. Went Pearl Street, Indianapolis. Kepresentina F. Buhl A Co. ? Detroit.
Consign meet* »oKcited. Giuiyj by the cry of murder—no human being
MARK
tv* have tested tho invaluable riualitien of niurcier.H committed during tho pioneer ItnnKET-sHoKSK Hr.K’x-’T.T IN.vM.Kiounonour ( )ay.s they certainly weio not of a very own stock, nml in juatice to our lellow citir^n** J J J * deem itour dutv to recoininemi tho amne to all | atrocious charactor, or the old .settlers
owners of Mock, not only in ce*es where atock
in i*iok . but find it very beneficial to n»‘w mileb ; would recollect them,
t h * h or * *8 ml 8 z.\ At the time of my coming to the county SnUme Dd " U ' ir * n, * ed t0 *' ra0t “ < ’ Ur *’ lf fim" n 1 P ionecr elsewhere, was or.u of
| I .. ImiUtioii KOl<lt r >- f»*'llil
Cnr your own n«<- or npnruUliv*
PHON A 00., 1 Si N
1 sn;uif
the hitching rack and creep under the till to get into the street, nnd mount from a wagon or hack. Now, the persons who tr< at us to this bit of contempt are not of the class aforementioned, hut it seems to mo are no less caieless in the way they misuse us. Can’t some one see to it, and erect something, if it’s noth
hog leave through tho columns of your ' n l" a P, 0 °ds box. 1 hear some cornvaluable paper to say a few words in do P'» int of provisions being scarce in , fense of country people. Ureencastlo. There aie some who deYou are probably aware that, ingener- s * rTe punishment for the treatment we,
Grecncastle, the killing of Ryneroson hy |al, rity folks consider persons living in i receive at their hands, and I know of no Thompson, neither of whom were cili- 1 tho country decidedly verdant. It is a better way than to let them go hungry
zens of tho county. If there were any | f a ct which we will not dispute that, so
far as style is concerned, we cannot com pete with our city friends Hut in the way of good, sound, useful knowledge, the kind of sense which teaches to overlook the faults of others and to treat with due defference persons who are ouri
equals, although deficient in many quail- l: ‘ rth P ut ^ ‘ ,,;r falrest robM last Sun -' fi cations, we claim to he, as » class, fari' i * : V ,’ •"’ Mr ’ U * r ™ lc88 thc
superior to the class of persons who treat,
us almost with contempt simply because ' " ^ * ll,r ‘‘'“J.^Marrh
we aru country people. I suppose some I will not sco the matter as we see it, but,
Northeast corner Columbia and Indiana streets, Grecncastle, Particular attention to horse-shoeing and repairing generally HANNA & BLACK,
THE
Furniture
w.i>-hr.. *ii-mwiR-i«r.,.im*. wi >t.m-'t.iiiuittin- f «., stern realities and serious Inals, espc-cial-
rti.lM .-.1,1*11 .I,. l*-.l , . i , , , v.u. vra- ly for the sick and aged while so removed
' from points of supply and almost completely cut off from communication with tho outside world. If a stranger from any distance came into the new settlement
a while, hut beg patdon of those whoare
not to hlume.
A Coi ntky Woman.
W Tom usliip.
tjuito a number of our farmers are I making sugar and molasses The *
he was treated with unusual cordiality.! having lived both in country and city, we and questioned with unabating zeal with claim to have hud ample opportunity for
j regard to the great world matters with-^ observation.
out; and if ho saw fit to accept theinvi-, Now for a few comparisons: Suppose
■fiiiiglcs tly Our school closed
24, with but little
excitement—F. M. Lyon, teacher I’ollum &• Co. will remove their saw mill | to Fern Station soon Corn is scarce at 40 and -45 cents per bushel Mr. Elijah Gardner nnd I’reston Mullenix have gone to Iowa to try their fort-
Have in Ftock a full and complete line of Parlor Furniture. Library Furniture, Chamber Set.-. Dicing Room and Kitchen Furniture, Lounge**, Patent Rockers of the best styles, Marble To and Plain Tables, Pictures and Picture Frames, and in fact, evorythih* desirable In the Fn p
niture line.
Largest Stock and Lowest Prices. TTXTDEItTAISIlTG
In all its lo-ani-he*. carefully atteml.il to. A full stock of I'nderlakor'* Hood* constantly ou
tation of the settlers to share their hum- we invito some of our young city friends , " ,ies an ^ ' ,I, P rov, ‘ th,jir health , hand. Our Hoarse i* one of the bne.t in this section of tbeStatc
Mr. Stuart, of Putnamville, has rented
V ho ‘T' ! ' ll ".v in welcome for many days. ( to visit us, and after a few days’ stay we
jjg' he might rest assured that he must pass find that they actually do not know a :lie 1,u,ul n ' n , “ nu - one m,le ,! » st ^ Man
HANNA & BLACK, 14 ami 16 E. Washington St.
HB I've travelled Fast, I’ve travelled We*t, ThrouRh many n weary day;
K But the one thing that icet-* 1* why the hens don’t lay.
fcKtfs, 50 »:tH. per dovten. —F.x« han«**.
through that long siege of innocent ques goose from a gander, a duck from a drake. U!la '' UU '* " ,l1 rTI0V '‘ ‘ ,oon Mr ^ Zoning by tho inquisitive settlers, from a gobbler from a turkey hen, and a grout new house is near complc- (JxlICK.ERINGr which ho often would derive ns much many other things equally as simple ,io " Mrs. Lee will he our fash- . — 1... —
pleasure and profit as they. ^3,^ you will not he surprised 'to learn that ,onab,c t,rP8SD ' aker thi8 8 F rin ? an<1 sl " u -
Mrs. Friend was called to'
Very often after getting to the trailing! we are inclined to think that town folks. ra ' ’
_ "l'ry « packuitc of M. H.'"" FoIi'kri'’* I’oi ; i n points the settlers would find things are a little green, too. But we are t00 •' lt,, ‘nd the marriage ol her sister last
P"M'diikh, prepared h> Hinks’Mv’n On. of Phil hie her in it.... 1 . * .o - 1 1. .. week
adelphin, r^,, lor sale hy nil ilruiiyi"!*. m l ^ I
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on if they 1
pot*
price than was expected,or that magnanimous to treat them badly on that
Miss Hhoda I ollum is stay
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on’tlny, they are only fi ( tto’’, u his produce would not bring enough account. We have heat d of a young and i"' t * 1
money to buy what ho wanted. 1 will stylish girl from the city who visited in
^ 1—1 L ^ | give an instance to illustrate this; Three the country, and on going with the farm-
Mrs. Torr now.
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of my neighbors went to l.owroncoburgh er's daughters to milk inquired which of lls from Chicopee Fads, that Mr. Albert' On arriving it was discovered that in or-j thc cows furnished buttermilk. Also of Cuetnhor, under Wild's Hotel, has used ' dcr.o secure the necessaries for tho , a lady who complained of tho smallness «sY oT^heumaS’and'iV party 1 wo were compelled to remain and of the eggs brought homo from market, cured him as if hy magic. He also used work a week in the distillery in order to and n quested her servant to tell them to it with great success among his horses, make up what *hey lacked in money. please let the hens sit on them longer.! ln c * 8 ® 8 °* 8 I ,r# ’ na > sor,s > ®^ c -> cures Fh>ur was unknown at first and meal 1 But this is hardly equal to a joke which ever ^
Great I * ; Kerim r«l Prices.
Paw*. 1* win’-i'rnw.; iiis^'rvuB! ItiIi niiiaH acarce. M-alofhome manufacture was 1 know to he true of a very dear friend | The peculiarity of the s. T. A Co. I p<,r,, ' inH *“ , ’ ur '* lli - ie
were gratili-d our Piano* in Hi. (iKKAT C’enlrnniuljhx bition.Philadelphit.'Tff. are rerpvctfully] invited to ria
»:hI itt.o-t. 1 1 1 “ ] made by pounding boiled corn in a sort! of mine, now living in Greencastlo, which I NI af, * c Yip is that it is independent of the 1 " ' ’ iu ’s , *rs" 1 .v.’ t* ’ * * r of mortar made in the top of a stump. 1 must hero relate, omiting names. jj av J ll PP er - and j ilm P , T P ro * ec (' 4 '( from wear
Til. poumliii^ ... d,„ .ilh an gm.-.d... .».il fain, Jn.l n, U Z""£ZZ
wedge fastened to • stick, \arion30thcr town, she concluded she must raise somejon to the upper.
'or e-xamincllknutruinent*
onr ware-roonid.
inrAHE to which Horn#*a an t ( atilt* ar»* auh^rt. **’OTn v’I* I'OWDKKH Vt ILI.OIV* t* A * iai'AC TI 1 . 1 !* •
old cvcrywhera.
DAVIP r,. TOVTZ. Proprl«%or,
BALTIUCiii.. MO.
CMckering & Sons, 130 Fifth Avonue, New York. ! 156 Tremont Street. Bosto*.