The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-08-23

ireland, Indiana.
Mn. EpIToR: III our preceding lei
trr ONE or TWO mistakes occur. For iis-
ktanrr. The word mother should have
hsen father: the word grain.ry should
have bren yranart sounding the "A a.
ia grand The word does moi come
from Tie English word grain. hut from
the Latin word granlrium. Hence or
fhocpi~is sound The short as in bran.
I'm. &c. According 10 our analogy. the
Anfrlenultinaie vowel would be- short.
There seems 10 he nothing Of inpo, lance
iran>pirsug IN this village. Since last
writing we have made trip TO Peters
burg, West Saratoga. Union. Princeton
nd all around. passing over some de-
liglnfn country. We have often heard
Pike county lightly spoken Of, but the
finest country we have seen IN Southern
Indiana il ia Pike. and lies just between
Petersburg and Union. This section is
'alrsbc OF the highest stale OF improve
meat and u far preferable 10 Hat uni
form surface. Through this whole section
~ country the bou,tti!ulncss Of the crops
j. simply astonishing. The present
growing crop OF corn in many parts OF
Gibson certaiSly cannot he cxceled.
Act. we are told that wheat l. the staple
production Of that tiue country. Water
lncivn> grow 10 an enormous size aud
:i. nsany cases lie upon Tie straw which
.roncrAls iic earth entirely. Princeton
IS a handsome town airi considerable
business ~ done there. The railroad
gives them lie, power and money. We
called at the "Clar;Dn Office" aud were
warmly received and found the editor
- ben clever genial gentleman. Peters
burg j. good town, but they have no
railroad. Union surpasses Ireland il
lis exterior, simply 'because every house.
Tree. shrub aud fence II thoroughly
Mhilcwasliei Indeed, this makes y
small village look very pretty. West
Saratoga contains in Itself an indie
pendent fortune. The water contain.
initinsic properties, bat il is as warm
70 the taste a. new milk. What seemed
remarkable 10 US was, that there was
but one spring that was available, and
even that was a well. Ii contains Ii. ST
grains to one imperial gallon. Nj
shannon the proprietor and clerk j. ont
Of Tie most accommodating gentlemen
aud any one stopping at the Spring,
ilotei' will receive the best Of treatment
On last Saturday morning nj an earl,
hour the citizens Of this village wcr,
aroused BY the sweet strains Of musi,
from the jasper Band" as il passe,
through 20 WinsIow. where the Demo
cra,~ had grand rally. Late in III,
evening again. rs the BAND returned
il paid It's respects to our people Will,
iiS majestic sounds foatcd our upon Tic
wings Of a delightful Summer evening
Cur village az this hour OF day bein.
Gprntnfv .tttfaf u..l I.x:.
some distance from the "Rand," III,
music was exceedingly grand and yer,
charming. One good lldy had liked Il
lave gone into cc~tacics.r She cx
pressed the hope that they would RENAL,
upon the square from "dewy eve I,
rosy m0rn,' and not cease for singl,
moment 20 beat out those sublime note
~ majestic sweetness. Suc.: e ~,
eject % music upon some human hearts
t" Let mnsic charm rs last on earth,
And greet Us first ia heaven"
The funeral sermon Of Mrs. Morgan
will be preached at tho IIilIsboro churcI
next Sunday morning, Ecv. Maddel
officiating.
Considerable sickness prevails, and II
some cases the patients are seriously III
We understand school will open her,
the first Monday IN October, and will b.
taught by Miss Emma Hope, very esti
Unable young lady and considerable OK
pcriencc IL teaching.
We notice the Jasper aud Petcrsbur!
hack makes lis trips as regular as tn
SUM-" aud Is managed by Mr.. Nenial
IIoskIns, who u always full OF life AMI
ever ready TO accommodate the travcIin,
public.
The excessive heat continues 10 rage
but we hear Of no other cases D. siriasi.
The Sunday schools hercabouts ar
doing well, and much credit Il due I,
Mr.. Sam. Kirby for lis efficiency Il
bringing them up 10 q living point.
Two RAMELkRs.