Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1881 — Slip-Up Items. [ARTICLE]

Slip-Up Items.

Weather most too dry for wheat and oats. The farmers all busy—some plowing corn: some finishing planting; some plowing for buckwheat. Farmers would all do well to sow buckwheat Trade is improving at Piannaville. A meeting Will be held at Piannavilie school house, next Sabbath morning, at 94 o’clock, a. m.. fop the purpose of organizing a Sunday school. Spikey Thornton will be chairman. Last Sunday we took a ride on the construction train of the I. & C. Air RR. to the Black Marsh, and are proud to say that J. C. Connor is doing first-class work in the way of tr ich-laying. As we pass Slip-Up and Hob-Tail school house we discover the frogs have all disappeared, and but few are left in the Black Marsh. John Thornton is making softie improvements. He has a nice lot fenc. ed plowed and planted. We met our old friend, James Haney, who lives on the borders of the Black Marsh. He says he has good prospects for curn this spring. Engineer Heistand will rin F. L. Cotton’s engine. Farmers will do well to take their grain to the elevator, Slip-Up has one goat.

Stephen Nowels, one of tire first settlers in Jasper county, now living in Elk Falls, Kansas, a short time ago fell from a load of hay and was taken home for dead. He recovered and is fast improving. He is in his 73d year. Is well satisfied with the locality where he resides. He has many friends in Jasper county. Health good and mosquitoes plenty. SAND LAPPER. May 23,1881. Buy your Sugar and Syrups, pure aud uupdulterated, at Kern’s new Grocery Store. A full stock of Groceries just received, and will be sold at bottom prices. at R. Fendig’s. Twelve pounds of light yellow Sugar for $2, at Kern’s new Grocery Store. New.dry goods, large assortment, just received, and will be sold at the very lowest prices by R. Fendig. Choice Codfish cents a pound, at Kern’s new Grocery Store.