The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-01-21
REPUBLIC NEWS.
>GoOD TEMPLAR sUPPER.


The Good Templars' Lodge, of thi
place, will give a supper a supper a
their rooms on Tuesday evening O
next week, Jan. 25th, at which musl
and milk and other refreshments vii
be served. Admission, twenty-fiv,
cents. The proceeds will be used {,
defray expenses of the Lodge, and il
promoting the cause in which they ar,
engaged. The fitting up of their new
hall has nearly exhausted their treas
ury. The "Bill of Fare" announced
Is very popular in many places fol
similar occasions, but is rather a nov,
city here. a general invitation j.
extended to all, whether members o.
the order or not, and a pleasant time
is anticipated.
THE OYSTER SUPPERS,
At the Presbyterian church on Friday
and Saturday evenings, of last week,
were the occasion of two very pleas
ant social gatherings. The attend
ance would have been much larger but
for the extremely unfavOrable wealth
er. The proceeds for the twoevenings
was fifty-eight dollars, which goes to-
ward paying for the
THE CHURCH BELL.
This fine, large bell has been on
hand over a year, but cannot be hung
until it is paid for. Various devices
have been resorted to, for raising the
necessary amount, but there still re-
mains at this time balance of about
S72, unprovided for by funds on hand
or by subscription. This amount
should be made up Immediately, as
this bell will be a great convenience
to the citizens generally and credit
to the town.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. l.. E. Hall, for more than thir-
ty years resident of Republic, now
one of the Judges of the County Court
of Bates county, Missouri, is making
a short visit to his friends here, after
an absence of nearly three years.
DR.. P. o. Eastman's lecture on the
Creation and the first Ages of the
WOrld'' was delivered at the NJ. E.
Church last Tuesday evening, by his
daughter.
Hon. E. T. Stickney came home
from Columbus last Saturday on a
short visit to his family here.
A SUCCESSFUL HOME ENTERPRISE.
The Farmers Mutual Relief Asso-
citation was organized in 1860, by a
few farmers living in the vicinity of
Republic, where the meetings of the
Association have been held, who
signed . Constitution which is in fact
an article of agreement, by which the
persons whose signatures are attached
mutually pledge themselves to share
losses bS fire or lightning in proper
tiOn to the amount of property enlist
ed. Officers are chosen from the mem
bership, who receive a merely nOmi-
nal compensation for services.
One dollar per thousand is paid
when the property is enlisted, after
which there is no further charge un-
til a loss occurs, when each member
pays his proportion. No office rent
or salaries are paid. SO quietly and
unOstentatiOusly has the business of
the Association been conducted that
many of our citizens are, perhaps,
scarcely aware of its existence, and
few probably have any definite idea of
the magnitude which it has attained,
yet an examination of the Secretary's
books shows the fact that there has
been steady increase of numbers and
strength until now there is a men,
bership of over six hundred, with
about one million dollars worth of
property enlisted, all on detached
property within Seneca county,
Eight losses have been paid, amoun t.
ing to four thousand dollars.
This result has been accomplished
without any special effort, but is the
spontaneous outgrOwth of a demand
for insurance on safe farm property at
actual cost, and may be considered a
successful application in a practical
way of the principles ofthe "co-opera-
tive system" so much advocated in
many quarters.