Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1881 — Barklev Township Items. [ARTICLE]

Barklev Township Items.

Weather warm. Use St. Jacob’s Oil. Roads are very rough. Euchreville is booming. Buy your clothing at Reed’s store. Mr, Hayes is the boss sorgum maker. Sunday school is • stifl progressing at Independence. Hogs in this section are very high and scarse. Go to Casey's for your choice groceries of all kinds. Marion township has some fine looking wheat. Some fields of wheat have been sliuhtly injured this fall by ent worms. Sylvester Galbreth, of “Canada” has returned from Attica. Mr. Hemphill, of Marion, is preparing his dwelling for rainy weather. Albert Campbell is erecting a smoke house for Jacob Clouse. The Dunkers had preching at the Sand Ridge school house last Sunday,

The Rev, Thompson will preach | this year on the same Circuit that he did last year. H. A. Barkley, ex-Auditorof Jasper County, is erecting a wind engine. H. A. B. will never be surpassed. The hay pressers are still pressing hay for Philip Blue. Potatoes are very scarce this fall--• will not be enough to supply the Irish Paddies. Poor show for Swa.klehamtner. Wesley Price is still insane, and arrangements are being made to send him to tneasylum. Charley Pullins shipped a ear load of fine hogs to Chicago one day last week.

Louis Kenton, nf Kansas, paid his sister, Mrs. Sniih, of this township, a pleasant visit last week. Think the next time the Air Line runs an excursion she will hitch on acother coach. William Lowman talks of hi ving a well put down this fall. W. L. means business. The Paris school house is being propared for the winter school. Considerable corn has been husked this fall, though but li tie has been cribbed. The pastures never looked better than they do now, and consequently stock is doing excellent. A fine drove of cattle passed thro’ this township one day last week, going north. Abe Sparling, of Marion township, lost one of his horses last week, and is now without a team. Isaac Alter, of Nubbin Ridgp, is moving his saw mill up on Granville Moody’s farm ibis week, so we understand. Georue Haste talks of moving his mill to Salte*elyo, where he will run opposition to J. A. Since the recent rains vegetation has taken the second growth, and everything now looks as fresh and green as in early spring time. The letter received last Thursday f rom D. L. Pritchard stated that they reached Bloomfield, lowa, the 2d inst., and announced all well, and getting along as well as could be expected. The Euchreitej don’t seem to appreciate the new name by which their little village is now known. Its kindah puhquliar where Swacklehammer got his edification to strike maps. He must be a second Humbug Humbolt, I mean. Willie Eldridge died this morning. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents. H. B. Murray is the proud father of a bouncing boy. And we wish him joy-great’joy. £JThe word “dimmsimmaquiver ’ was simply used as a burlesque on D. B. S.,and has no real meaning. Grape Island may as well shut up his Dictionary—its not there. Jim Antrim intends teaching the Cosy Palace school this winter. Jim has had considerable experience, an eighteen months license, and will no doubt teach a good school. $2 per day. Farmers are putting in considera ble of tile this fall, as they have discovered that no other system of drainage will improve a country so fast. A READER. October 12,1881.