Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1912 — Going Some at Parr, By Gum; Charley Cambell Gets the Mail. [ARTICLE]

Going Some at Parr, By Gum; Charley Cambell Gets the Mail.

Jt is a dull day when something is not doing at Parr. There are not many dull days and usually between sunup and sunset some occurrence worthy newspaper mention is pulled off, to say nothing of the things that happen between sunup and sunset which rarely get mentioned except in low whispers. The latest occurrence to cause folks Parrward to " have a big laugh was funny to about all the people of the town except Charley Cambell, who was the butt end of the joke. The brisk habits of the city have been indulged in by Charley but a short time, for prior to his removal to Parr he lived In Barkley township and never had ,a chance to witness the mad manner in which the trains rush along. The sight has proven very Interesting and it has become a daily pasttime'for Charley to go to the depot in the afternoon and witness No. 6 go through town and throw off the mail. Charley has become bolder each day until he has been getting dangerously near the track and a few days ago he took his position on a roll of poultry wire, and listened for the tootof the train. He had no thought of taking the toot as a warning, however, but jußt as a signal that the mail would be thrown off. He did not have long to wait on this occasion and he had hardly had time to exclaim “By jing, she’s coming.” when the door to the mail car was thorwn open and the mail bag kicked out “Uncle” Charley was at the receiving dnd but he had none of the regalia with which a modern catcher is equipped and he was a bit out of practice and when the mail bag came his way, Charley didn’t have hiß fins in the right place and the sack took him squarely on the side of the head and carried him headforemost into the sand. Agent Lowman rescued him from his perilous position and found him practically uninjured but swearing vengeance on the mail clerk, whom he thinks purposely threw the mail sack at him. The incident furnished considerable amusement for the citizens of Parr, many of whom witnessed it, and all were pleased that “Uncle” Charley escaped Injury. ; A J, Brenner, who for some time was landlord of the Makeever house and who has been at the head of the Randolph hotel at Winchester for the past year, arrived here this morning to attend the funeral of Harmon Wasson . Mr. Brenner was on his way to Jamestown, N. Dak., where he has a farm. He has been getting along well in the hotel business at Winchester and is Well pleased there. Mrs. Brenner , has been in quite poor health. “Jinks” recently purchased a 5-passehger automobile and Is enjoy life this summer as never before. He is the proudest grandfather we know of and reports that the 11-months-old baby of his son Will and wife is: without an equal. Hts son, Dr. Iran Brenner, Is taking a year’s coarse in surgery before beginning active practice and is securing ranch practical experience on the staff of the chief surgeon of the Big Four railroad at Indiafiapolls. He had his hands fall at the recent Big Four wreck. “Jinks*’ is feeling line and his old friends are all glad to see him again and to know that he is prospering in business.