The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-05

Upper HARRISON Township Items.
LvnLow, Ind, Aug. ~. ls7s.
In. CcrxEE.-Four wears ago when II
1rst ncsatne correspondent ofthe Cour-
Ter there wa~ not a CORES pendent for
your valuable paper IN this section Of the
'couuiry- hut very soon they became 50
numerous that sny communications could
not fini place ia vour columns. even
.of The deaths OF our citizens. But since
Rose Hill lsas host ils charms. audi friend
Heiscn has died. aud constable Opel has
lquit coming into our section. peace aud
quiet reign~. But still there i abund-
lance that would be Of interest 10 the
readers of the Cocrier. and your humble
servant will give YOU small comniuni-
cation. One OF our oldest citizens died
Yesterday morning. widow Pilgrim. In
terred 10 day NJ Noore's church. Con-
siderable amount Of sickness and deaths
among children -complaint. lux. No
marriages 70 record. but some are anx-
iously waiting for the good time to come.
There ARE several persons elected 20 teach
school. who will fail 20 get certificate.
aud we hope the trustees by next year
will secure teachers according the school
law. without having MI everlasting siifii-
entity in srhool districts by having school
elections. which lays the Foundation for
trouble i'm the schools The farmers
were well pleased with the yield Of their
wheat this YEAR, and from the amount Of
ground being broken there will he much
more sown this fall than ever before.
The recent rains have much improved
the corn crop. and ii we have a late fail,
we will have an average crop Our
fruit crop j. very light this year: there
will be but few apples for winter use.
lP0raroes are good and moderate yield.
A finer lot OF pumpkins never grew. 30
give Us = call and we will have pump
kin pie While | think of the amour;
Iof news and produce which we have. and
then think that we have neither tele-
graph NOR railroad. il makes my pen
Withhold its eloQuence. and our wagons
: groan under their heavy loads OF pro-
lduce which they have TO bear to get 10
the railroud. so we are like Nike Fink
when he wished and prayed; we wish
and pray. but don't see that II does ans
good for the railroad. A. we don't know
which we did last. G. w. Ellis is Civ.
ing employment TO great manv men
and teams to get his walnut lumber 10
the depot NJ Jasper. SO go ahead and
get your paw, We lumber haulers. Cooper
and Cooper are doing good business il
the lumber trade and Alb Cooper i put
ting up quite an elegant farm house
which will be quite An ornament TO The
lneighborh pod Of Hickory Grove. a. +
Potts j. doing his share i'm furnishing
Ildry goods and groceries for the people
!of his vicinity. and Revs- Rundell and
Little are doing their part in reforming
the bad habits Of the people, and getting
them to become christians II. y. Brax
y ton has bern ia our neighborhood pnr
|, chasing horses. You that have horse
ito spare may rub them up, for Tom vii
come around again. for he j. live man
Politically all quiet. A. Tilden and Mr.
III. have PLACED out for the Democrats ans
Grant and Hayes for the Republicans
Iso think rarity strife hail better be lais
rlaside and see il the people cant get bacl
/, Ito old and honest principles
Well. Doane: have you applied for
pension IL not, WHY in the THUNDER
; don't You raake an application Fo
1 men who ne YER saw q battlefield. no
even left camp. but drank vinegar Z,
make themselves look sickIv are gertin.
pensions. and more are making applica
l lions. 20 you had better put in. or try
and stop such everlasting swindling 0
the government. Honest men are GET
ting tired OF such conduct
The recent high water in Pafeka rive
= has cleared ont the Nicholson bridge. 81
! the Commissioners will have somethin.
to do for the people in the north part o
the county. or the people will have some
= thinv 10 do next election OSE Two.
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