Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11
Laporte Correspondence.

LLPoRTE, THURSDAY, Jan. IIth III
DEAR Mr.. MrLLIKAs:-Allow me TO wish YOU a
happy New Year, and as yeu are now sole proprie
tor Of the valuable REPUBLICAN. we wish Won nm.
equa lied sue cess. May your subscription list in
crease many hundred; and. may Won .his fall be
able to enr II gn"dlv maturity for the Iarty yo
50 faithfully repr The first I,aper We ever
II aa was the good old Laporte Union That WAS
over fifteen years agl: and many. MANY times have
We wished that the dear old sheet had never bee n
discontinued. We became So attached fberetn Ma
10 actually he sad Oh the news of its selling nut
TO the CullatOn Bros. and finally were Obliged To
entirety separate from il when those gent lemens
VINO by the way, became ve1y popular editors
ana prOprletors of the u ION. sold out TO O. G.
Powell Esq. lis true the Herald is left us: bnt
then We had the Union and the Herald also; aud IL
dad not suffice MS for the ed of the Herald to
huy the tHi0n and call his paper the Uaios d He =
aid As he did for months As the Union d Her,id
was only the good old Her,,ld and we lost entirely
the C"ton. IL is our opinion. however. that The
Marshai! Oohnty REFuBLIcsx will flourish in the
coming years. as did the Herald of our beautiful
mite city. and a. has the Arggs also. Wadswurih
Is an Intelligent gentleman and knows how to edit
FIRST class new spal~r
Taking II ali together | consider that the news :
papers throughout Northern Indiana, have ful;y
kept p'ce with the rapid prngre>s af the country
and times. The Herald is now run by steam pow
er. and business is Fl nrshing there Two or three
other papers til roughout The district are enjoying
the same blessingr'
The delinquent tax-list of Lapoite county for
1870 is published lin the Beraid) aud shows there
" ny dent tho county tax these 1882 male and te-
male dogs in our city. II these taxed our
taxes would lie slightly heavier. Total taxes I'M
laid 81 9is ~ Three greatest debuors, Mr L. S.
Organ Sii3 o. Mr.. Isaac ID. Dunn, Hanna Town
ship S3al II. and Mr.. David f. YeakIe of Dewv
ownship. 1898 81. Total sos 81. To al value of
taxahr SIS. 40. "Vat thinks yuEr county of dem
hgu es." And those are the figures IF The drlin
qu-nt tax payers property only Personal proper
~ Sl2,ssl-how small. Value of town and city
lots S56455 Value of lands and improvements
sll5,O9h. From which it will be seen that many
OF our city gents in,arrears Upoi this SIS4, t39
There will ne additional 10 per cent for penalty,
besides heavy damage for advertising so that he
who now owes 1913 "a. will have to pay 1854 81
IL does net pay ia become delinquent tax lay er,
Ol ho. On New Years day we. in injection with
our better half and sister Anna spent the day at
Uncle John Galhreaths new residence situated 81
miles North east Of Ro Hing Prairie Station 1t
was the tccason uf Grsndmoth err Loves (SIrs. An
IA Love- seventy fourth birth day. She WAS born
January lst D., 1885, has lived her three score
years and fourteen. and is YET hale and hearty.
l. mas been Custom Tor the past few years
among her children. and grandchildren, z We her
grand banquet, all collecting together at ihe resi-
debcs of one of her children on New Years morn
Ing. with we'll filled baskets, aud well roasted tur-
kies and Hiakles. and each one doing his OF her
level best 10 make the bid isdy happy and to help
hrr on-as II were through this lifes pilgrimage.
All save eight--John Love and Lady, George Love
and Lady and two children, Hiram Love ond A p
Love, son OF j and Maria Love. There were pres
ent "a souls, about IL of which were grown per
sons At about lZH noon, dinner was ANNOUNCED
and upon going Into the sracious dining hall our
eyes were treated to as fine sight they had been
during all of the old Year. the large tabIes-ona
for the little folks in the corner and ours fairly
groaned under their precious loads of viands We
counted less than kinds Of cake--includipe the
gold and silver cake by our better half, who in our
estimation and so far as heard from knows inst
bow TO get up an extra cake, pie or Hinsle-nine
kinds OF lie, boiled ham, tarts and all that goes 10
make up the very first dinner of the times. After
dinner Uncle John Galbreath, who presided oyer
the table and who gave thanks to Almighty God
for the preservation Of our lives AMI for His nu-
merous blessings bestowed upon us all-read aloud
the following very appropriate lines:
''Mother-This is the third time we have met to
celebrate your New Years birth day, witt kind
greetings.
Many years have passed away 81 8 ceiwe first made
your acq uaintance; but, mother, we are not al,
here to-day. kind husband nd fat her has passed
away-A daughter whose love and friends hip to me
was sweeter than life. and stronger than death has
passed away. A who promised to be your staff
and support in old age, has passed away forever
No. we are not al here to-day, mother.
Yonr Oldest SON is To-day lar from home and
those most dear to his heart. Two other sons are
day far from the old homestead, aud The scenes
of their childhoOd-oue of them Tar in he Western
wllds striving against tine disadvantages of From
tier life There art some of here to-day, in all
probability, thai are here to-day will never NIL
meet again TO show our kind regard for aged
mother"
After the reading. which was done with much
feeling on all sides, the reader especially who when
alluding to his spirit wife, could scarcely speak
Came O general .chit CHAT" and thus time
passed until So, when we were summoned to tea
ham, tea, butter, rusks, and after all had supped
many baskets full might have been gathered up.
After tea, chas.ed while, then all wended
their ways homewsrd to await another Happy
New Year. Yours most respectfully,
I'm Chaplain
Cor. Chicago Evening Mail.