The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-14
For the Jasper Courier
IRELAND ITEMS.

Mn. EDITOR Your correspondent
has n few interesting items to report this
week from the lively little village of
Ireland.
Last week our energetic Road II as
ter tore up The ground. cleared up the
streets, and strai ghtened up things gen
orally. He iniruded upon the premises
of his Excellency, Gov. Keen, so that
some supposed that there would be
trouble between the two powers for .
few days, but all is quiet now.
"A strong talk Of incorporation here.
Don't ksow how the Governor will ap-
prove the project.
--Our mechanics are all busy. One
of our blacksIniths has recently left
which has been the cause Of putting
Tom on double duty, though he docs up
work TO order. He aud Zack are turn
..g out some good wagons aud bugsies
this Spring.
The Mill Co. have let their OLD mil
Ter off on furlough. Guess he will ap-
ply for final discharge If he should be
successful IN pedaling books.
- The Ireland Single Machine is cut
ting out shingles by the thoussna.
Mack and Monroe propose TO be ready
10 supply the market when ycuget your
Iron horse ready TO haul them OF.
Our village is filling up with good
class Of citizens We have good
school. also q sabbath school; preach
ing nearly every week by different de-
4 80. Al
otter day preached a sermon on the
Mode OF Baptism. One point Ina HE
argument reshindcd me OF the anicdote
OF the Dutchman which will relate for
the benefit OF your readers:
The Dutchman was listening 10 a ser.
mon on the same subject, when the
preacher undertook TO prove that the
proposition, into, meant at or near By.
30 our Savior was not In Jordan nor
Philip and the Eunuch in tho water, but
close by. After the preacher was done
he gave leave for any one 10 express
their feelings la regard 10 the sermon.
Several of the brethren arose and said
they were glad that they had come out
to meeting to-night: they were - glad
that the preacher had explained those
difficult passages of Scripture, and that
into didr mean what I said, but meant
nearby, and that our Savior was not in
Jordan after all After the brethren
had got done talking an old DutchmaR
arose up aud said: Brother Breacher,
ish SO glad dat ! vosh come to meeting
tonight, for has heard dat vexcd ques-
tion Of going down into de water ex-
planned. Day yos not In de water at all.
Day vosh jus at or nearby IL. Oh ish
30 glad ish com here tonight, for |
never did tink Daniel vos cast into de
! lions den. for dem big lions would have
eat him up; he vos jus so near ~ dey
couldn't calch him. And l never could
see how de Hebrew shildren vosh cast
Into de frey furnace; but now 1t ish
plain they vosh 20 near by ash TO warm
in cold day. ish so glad comes
here to- night. Now Broder PREACHER.
there ish one more bassage Of scripture
I wants explained then | ish so glad
ish come here Tonight. DE Bible saws
de wicked shall be turned into hell with
all de nations dot vorget God; IL dosh
not mean Into. but close by; and De
richeous into life everlasting; o brod-
or preacher, broder preacher, don't ex-
plain this into rear by, for II viii just
shut us all outssle OF Heaven. Then |
| ish 80 glad ish come here tonight.
Ireland, May 10. rs AJAX.