Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1881 — Gillam Scraps. [ARTICLE]

Gillam Scraps.

Mr. Editor; We notice that Gillam items were rather scarce in your paper of last week, and fearing that folks might think Gillam dead, we again take up our pen to inform your readers as to its welfare, knowing that we are incompetent to write and cannot by any means cope with our superiors—-Grape Island, Sand-Lap-per, and Mogul (what a funny name) —who are in every sense of the word unparalleled writers, we beg to in-

form you that this is why we have been quiescent. Weather warm and indications for rain. Look out for another wedding. We guess he is twenty-one (21.) The last we saw or J. G. Hunt, he was sitting on his orchard fence dreaming of the past, contemplating the present, and thinking seriously of the future. The serious part no doubt was the thought of his eldest son Oxcar: taking for a life companion a I man—(Mann.) . Mr. and Mrs. John Tillett, jr., of Peru, are visiting their parents Of Central and Southern Gillam.

Sally-Ratus begs us to inform Grape Island and the Union folks that he finished his edification and received his diploma at the Brushwood school house, (about three years ago), which is situated some place on “Nubbin Ridge,” where the frogs are always croaking, and the mosquitoes are never at rest. We are sorry that Grape Island is not aware that the “top buggy fever” has not struck Union yet. He is mistaken, for we know several gentlemen living in that to wnship who do own “top buggies,” but the great mystery to us is this: Why is it, when they come to Gillam they always discard the top? Auditor Nowels and family were visiting in Southern Gillam last Sab. bath at Mr. Robert Randle’s.

Our peddler, in company with Miss Harris, of Pulaski, had a pleasant drive through Gillam Sunday afternoon. Miss Addie Hoard has a new Organ and Ed thinks it is boss. Hanging Grove style—The gentleman walks into church, takes a seat, and allows his lady to follow suit. Polka & Waltz. June 29,1881. The above came to hand at too late an hour for publication last week.— Ed,