Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1911 — Neighbors Just as Helpful as Of Old Up at Rosebud. [ARTICLE]

Neighbors Just as Helpful as Of Old Up at Rosebud.

Editor Republican: No, indeed, the good old fashioned neighbors, thoughful and helpful, are not all gone, by any means. The Rosebud threshing ring is made up of just that sort While threshing Leslie Alter’s oats Friday, they drove as care--fully and talked as quietly as possible, and even set the -machine where the least noise would reach the houses. The wives of each man expected to prepare lunch for them, so that preparation for dinner need not be carried on within the house, but as the machine finished at Mr. Saul Norman’s about the middle of the forenoon, they insisted on every man coming back there for dinner, so they did that, inconveniencing themselves in many ways just to relieve Leslie of all confusion and shocks possible. With tearful eyes and grateful hearts we wondered -at this genuine respect and love of our neighbors. Leslie is slowly improving from the awful burns caused by boiling water. ALTER FAMILY.