Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1910 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

J. R. Phillips is on the Jury th& week. John Herr went to Rensselaer Wednesday. Wash Cook unloaded a car of fe »N tilizer at McCoysburg Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Miller visited Floyd Miller Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George V. Long and family spent Sunday with C. W. Bussell and family. Wm. Knapp, of Indianapolis, is moving into the English house, which has been vacant for several years. The kitchen will need reroofing and a few' other minor repairs. Tl}e census takers And very few of the blanks filled that they mailed a few days previous to beginning their duties. Some of the farmers did not understand exactly what was to be done and others failed through neglect. A telephone message from Wolcott Wednesday afternoon stated that chicken thieves had raided a neighborhood north of there and made their escape with several chickens. An effort should be made to catch these thieves, as it is getting ta be a very common practice of late. The postoffice department has sent instructions to postmasters, asking rural route patrons to paint their mail boxes and the. posts to which the boxes are attached a pyre white color, thus identifying them all over the country as United States mail boxes, also making a more sightly appearance and affording better protection from the weather. It is also desired that the boxes be erected on neat, solid posts in a conveniently accessable place by the road, and that the boxes be fastened securely on a projecting arm of wood or iron. This however, is not a compulsory order, but is only a desire of the department to add to the improvement of the service and beautify the country. This can be done at a trifling expense to each patron and should be done at the first spare time.