Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1912 — Page 1

No. 12®.

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I LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Chio starter and chicken feed at John Eger’s. Mrs. Elizabeth Alter went to Chicago today. Bee the famous J. I. Case Gopher at Hamilton ft Kellner’s. Mrs. Colvert has been quite poorly . the past week. All kinds of poultry feed sold by Hamilton ft Kellner. 'Frank Putts went to Lafayette today to make a short visit with friends there. s Born, this Saturday morning, May 26th, to Ml*, and Mrs. Emmet Fidler, a son. (Mrs. F. M. Shell, of north of town, went to Monticello today to visit her daughter. & A can of fancy table lemon cling or yellow peaches or apricots for 16c at John Eger’s. . Miss Helen Hill left this morning for Madison, for, a visit of about a month with relatives. Only one member of the junior class received a roll of honor this year and that waß Miss Mary Childers. We still have plenty of those nice seed and table potatoes. 'V-' JOHN EGER. Miss Opal Remley went to Ft. Waynf today. From there she will go to various points in Ohio for a three weeks’ visit Mrs. Mary E. Troxell came*from Delphi today to visit for several days with C. J. Dean and family and other relatives. Harry Townseny, of Louisville, Ky., came yesterday evening for a short .Visit with his sister, Mrs. Charles Rhoades. Mrs. I. M. Davis, who has been visiting her son, King Davis, and family since Wednesday, returned to her home In Monticello today. fThe condition of James George is practically unchanged. While he is no worse, neither is he making any noticeable improvement Miss Nettle Price, the librarian, con tinues to improve and yesterday and last night rested well and made considerable advancement toward recovery. * Mrs. E. E. Fritts, a member of the alumni association and Miss Josephine Boyd, x as her guest, came from Delphi yesterday to attend the alumni banquet. Misses Thelma and Maxine, daughters of J. B. Martindale, went to Terre Wants today to visit for about a month with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson. B. J. Jarrett, who has been living on Rutsen street, has rented the house on Work street, recently vacated by C. M. Bands, of Frank Foltz, and will move there the first of June. Virgil Dennlston, who started to work ’Wednesday in Calvin Cain’s barber shop, took sick yesterday and went to his home in Brook to recuperate. He IjilF return to work in a few days. l - * *j4 •' The following are* requested to report at the train at 7:30 a. m. Sunday: Haas. Thompson, Ducharme, Parks, Robinson, Beam. Hemphill. Elders, Cox. J. Moore, B. JT Moore. Capt. ' ' * Dr. W. L. Meyer returned from Indianapolis and Frankfort today, where he has been for several days. At Indianapolis he attended the annual state dental association meetings the greater part of the week. Ed Randle and son, Walter, went to Lafayette on business today. Bd is having^JMs^GoaimersKijwo^ .» i...a ta wrflf not Kp finiflhpii in -- - ; —* IHiy* 7. - ■ - \* ’* f ’ j *, . -

The Evening Republican.

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: , Mrs. George Werner and children, of near Pleasant Grove, and her mother, Mrs. May, returned from Allendorf, lowa, today, where they went Monday to attend the funeral y>f her sister, Mrs. Nasers. Ross, the oldest son of Calvin Cain, has been troubled greatly this winter and spring with an adenoid, which affects his hearing. A specialist will come from Chicago tomorrow to remove the growth. Mr. and Mrs. Werner Miller went to Lafayette today for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Scanlon. They will also call on Joseph Nagle, who is still a patient at a Lafayette hospital, and who is understood to be slowly regaining his health. Father Christian Daniels attended a conference of Catholic churches held at Logansport this week. He went there by way of Lafayette, in order to be able to call on Joseph Nagle, who has been a patient at St. Elizabeth’s hospital for some time. The Ladles of the G. A. R. are requested to meet at the hall at 10:f5 a. m. on Sunday morning to attend Memorial services in a body. MAUDE WOODWORTH, President Miss Mary Robinson came from McCoysburg this morning where she has been visiting relatives since Thursday. She will visit here with her sister, Mrs. Harve J. Robinson, over Sunday before returning to her home in Morocco. Henry Roorda, who lived at Fair Oaks for some time and who resided in Rensselaer for a short time 4laaf fall, has now moved to Chicago, where he has accepted a. clerical position with the PullmaiL Car Co. He has ordered his Republican sent to their new home, 1D705 Wabash Ave. W. R. Meguire has been spending most of his time lately in Chicago with W. W. Sterling and Mr. Kohn, selling stock in the United States Match Co. He came from Chicago last even-, ing-and reports that they have been quite successful in making sales and they are planning to resume building operations here by June Ist. Mrs. Frank Stafford and Mrs. Ray Stafford, of Bluffton, came Wednesday to visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Davis, and to attend the commencement week functions. Mrs. Ray Stafford will return to her home today, while Frank Stafford will visit here over Sunday and accompany his wife home. W. H. Cornell, of Grand Rapids, Mich., was a Rensselaer visitor a short time yesterday, spending a few hours with his brother-in-law, C. W. Duvall, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary D. Eger, Mr. Cornell was returning from a trip to the pine lumber forests of the south, made in the interests of Jils employers. He bad the misfortune a few months ago to lose his wife, formerly Miss Jennie Duvall, of Rensselaer. , ' Margaret Turner, a crippled girl about 12 years of age, who lives with her grandfather, Luther Turner, has been Quite sick for some time, suffering a severe attack of appendicitis. An abscess formed at the appendix and the little girl needed hospital attention but the family was without funds and she could hot be sent to the hospital. Today the abdeess broke inwardly and is having drainage in that manner, but it is quite certain to go very severely with her and 'possibly leave her an invalid if her life is saved. It seems a pity that there is not some organized charitable organisation with funds available to use in cases of this kind. The Republican would consider the saving of the life of a little girl like this much more practical from a spiritual standpoint than contributing to the support of a (Salvation Army section that comes to a community and creates a lot of emos&s&s&Mm It seems to us that the time is now ama j. . f lr'- r © ® weaa wsana» people.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MAY 2S, 1912.

ALUMNI BANQUETERS WELCOMED CLASS OF 1912.

Feasting, Toasting and Dancing Concluded Busy Week in Which Graduates Participated. The alumni banquet Friday evening was the concluding event of the busy sehool closing week and marked the last step in making the seniors into full-fledged members of the alumni association. It was one of the happiest of the annual events at which those who have completed the school course in former years receive . the newly blown graduates into full fellowship and treat them to a good supper, some lively toasts and a splendid socialevening. ' r The Job of feasting the banqueters this year ujps taken by the Methodist ladies, with their husbands and the pastor, Rev. Harper, as aids and they performed it to the great satisfaction of all and furnished the following excellent banquet: Consomme Olives Wafers ;r Cream Chicken Saratoga Potatoes Asparagus . Rolls Preserves Butter ~ pickles ~r ir Coffee;' Salad Cheese Wafers Ice Cream Strawberries Cake Intermingled with the feasting the toast program was carried out and the banquet lasted from 7 o’clock until after 10. Delos Thompson, as president of the class, made a pleasing address welcoming the 1912 class into the association. He introduced Louis H. Hamilton as toastmaster and the latter proved especially fitted for that place, introducing the several speakers in a very amusing manner and keeping each speaker on nettles pending their time for speaking. The repartee was very sharp and Mr. Hamilton acquitted himself with great credit. The following toasts were responded to: "Today”.* Nelle Sawin, ’l2. “Just Folks” ....7y; : ....Mrs. Kenton Parkinson, ’O4 “The Weed” Woodhull' I. Spitler, *O6 “Our Wisdom” Ethel C. Perkins, ’9B “Our Follies”.. -W. H. Parkinson, ’96 “Bubbles” ....... Helen Lamson, ’OS All were well received and The Republican is fortunate in being able to publish the toasts offered by Miss Ethql Perkins and Miss Helen Lamson. Responding to “Our Wisdom” Miss Perkins said: It is a difficult matter to talk upon anything that is self-evident without becoming commonplace. Perhaps, however, our wisdom, the wisdom of theAlumni of the Rensselaer high school, is coining to be taken too much for granted. Perhaps our friends who have been so unfortunate as to rbceive their high school training in soma other school, perhaps even we, ourselves,' may at times doubt whether our experience has exemplified that wisdom which we feel to be one of our distinctive characteristics. If this be true, it Is not unfitting that we should devote a few minutes this evening to bolstering up our confidence in ourselves and to impressing our guests of the evening, the Senior class of 1912, with the reality and uniqueness of the worth of that body of which they now become members. Should anyone here present feel doubt as to the existence of the said wisdom all he need do is to glance again over the program of the evening. Who but a wise alumni committee would think of selecting such a toastmaster as is ours this evening? Who but a genius could have selected so talented a group of people to respond to the toasts? I feel no hesitation in saying that probably such toasts as are given, here tonight will never be given again- Ton will please notice that this tendency of ours to do what no one else would think of doing is a mark of our uniqueness. What is the mrture of this possession of which we are so proud? Pope says it is knowing, seeing and feeling. If we might venture to improve on Pope we would add a further essential, willing. However, a little psychological error need not disturb us. “What is it to be wise? Tis to know how little can be known.” Wisdom is not synonomous with knowledge. It is knowledge pins a Recognition of the limitations of human understanding. It is the bower to see truly, to grasp relations. Perhaps^ hadJPope Hved^in aeroplane and modern theology, be would have had more faith in ultimate ~

Doubtless he did his best with that “Essay on Man.” “ ’Tis to see AH other weakness.” Here we entirely agree and feel that we can lay just claim to an unnsual degree of wisdom. It would take too long to give the wealth of illustration of this form of our wisdom which is at our command. Such illustration is unnecessary, moreover, for each of you supplies your own example. Perhaps even now some of you are inwardly commenting on the weakness of this toast. If yon are, congratulate yourselves. You are wise. Of the last essential of wisdom the less we say, the better. To feel our own weakness makes us uncomfortable. To fail to feel it makes our friends uncomfortable. Such a situation brings us face to face with the principal law of life—the law of selfpreservation. Should some of us adequately feel our own weaknesses the least we could do would be to give up our task of preserving. But preserving is a sweet task as well as a juicy one and none of us wish to resign it. Such a tragic situation makes us hesitate to drink deep at the fountain of learning even though we have been admonished to do so and even though we have been warned that a little losing is a dangerous thing. In consideration, therefore, of your natural tendencies, and of the speaker who is to follow me, I close with this comforting remark, which shows that Pope himself saw the folly of his too strenuous attempt at wisdom: ' : "If ignorance is bliss, "Tis folly to be wise.” Miss Lam son’s toast subject was “Bubbles” and was as follows: Mr. Toastmaster, class of 1912, friends and fellow-alumni: Please do not fail to appreciate bow considerate of you the committee has proved itself by giving me as a subject for my toast “Bubbles.” They gave it because they knerw it couldn’t lasting. What are bubbles, does know, Whence do they come, and where do they go? Perhaps they are dreams of a bright summer’s day, With pleasures rose-colored, that soon pass a^ay; Leaving behind vague memories sweet, Of delights unnumbered and joys complete. Perhaps they are hopes that rise and - Soar i - - ; ; Upward and upward, more and more. Hopes sometimes are lost just as bubbles may break; Hopes may be regained as we new bubbles make. Perhaps, and, to all, the reason is plain The bubbles we blow are our “Castles in Spain,” That we build In good faith so stately and; tall, . Always forgetting how soon they will fall. Perhaps they’re the treasures of .. .wealth that are gained By those whose sole happiness is v therein contained. Btat be it remembered, whole fortunes may sink Like any bright bubbles, as quick as a wink. What e’er they are, where e’er they go Who does not like to bubbles blow? Can there be one who fails to find In that refreshment for the mind? By way of a Utile relief from the sage advice they have been receiving and the serious things they have been hearing, I ask the class of 1912 to go back with me for a moment to those halcyon days of yonr early childhood, when school was a consideration of the future, and yonr only books were of fairies or Mother Goose and her family. Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; v He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl. And a cake of Ivory. He forgot all his troubles in blowing soap bubbles And n very good blower was he; If* the one he blew first just happened to burst, Hq would laugh quite merrily. - Big round soap babble flew in the Mr, Big round soap bubble had a great scare; : V; /7 V ... All the king’s horses and all the king's Couldn’t put that bobble together little Bdy Blue come blow us a bubble. The cow's In the meadow, the sheep in the stubble MM# ... 7 - Where la the Utile boy who settles •V. is© '■ -> : S*-5

y, all ! THAT GOOD OIL"jll 6EST ’°» AUTOS J ~__Z- : IIELI tYTIN WEATHER FORECAST. B Song Psay AUTLUBO," “That Good Pair tonight; Sunday fair and nOi!,” Best for Antoe, they tell the ehtly warmer. truth because AUTLUBO Is ■ made according to the specifications of the foremost lubrication the back doorstep blowing soap expert in the country. Try it bubbles. and yon will be glad you believed in signs. Ale Jack Horner sat In a corner Boo*/«i Trw*m. _ with suds and a pipe of clay, Address THE HOOKE OH. CO. Ele blew a big bubble with almost || n no trouble; » ranc n urn

WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight; Sunday> fair and slightly warmer.

On the back doorstep blowing soap bubbles. little Jack Horner sat iura~ corner with suds and a pipe of clay. He blew a big bubble with almost no trouble; It made him happy and gay, But he stuck in his thumb And then there was none, And then he cried out in dismay. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, . . / : • ,v She had so many children she didn’t know what to do. Did she whip them and spank them and send them touted? No, no, my good friends, she tried this instead: For pipes and for soap a small price did she pay, ' ' And kept them blowing bubbles tbe livelong day. Cofiling back to you in your dignity of new made members of the alumni association, I offer you this wish: Here’s to the class of 1912, May all your troubles be like bubbles, soon to disappear; May they leave no trace on mind or face, Or rob you of good cheer. May your hearts be light, your lives as bright As the bubbles clear, May all pleasures and duties be filled ;..T with such beauties ; Through each oncoming year.

Jordan Township Convention Will Be Held Sunday, Jane 3rd.

The Sunday schools of Jordan township will have a convention and jubilee on Sunday, June 2nd, and an Interesting and instructive program is being arranged and will be published laterr-'A big audience is hoped for and all within the township and the friends from outside are urged to make their plans -to attend the convention. The Carpenter township convention Wi]H be held the following Sunday, June 9th.

Funeral of Holdridge Clark To Be Held Sunday at 3 P. M.

The funeral of Holdridge Clark will be held at 3 p. m. Sunday at the house. The G A. R. Post will turn out in a body to pay last respects to their comrade. Rev. W. G. Winn, of the Christian church, will conduct the services.

, : Notice to Old Soldiers. The old soldiers are to meet at the Grand Army ball Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock for*the purpose of attending the funeral of Holdredge Clark. ■ . - > \ —r By Order of Post. Leave your order for Strawberries for your Sunday dinner, with us. Berries are new nice and cheap. JOHN EGER. A Classified Adv. will runt it

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Bought a Ready Furnished Home and Wfil Move Here.

That It pays to advertise in The Republican was clearly demonstrated Friday when a real estate trade involving 11,900 was consummated at a result of an expenditure of 76 cents for a classified ad. Mrs. James Matheson advertised her residence on Cullen street for sale. Mrs. Peter McDaniels, of near Wbeatfteld, read the advertisement and told Peter that was just the place they were looking for. She wrote to Mrs. Matbeson and a meeting ensued and a deal was made. Mr. McDaniels not only bought the property but also the house furnishings except a few things which Mrs. Matheson is now advertising in The Republican. Mr. McDaniels, whose farms in Wheatfield are being managed by his two sons, will move to Rensselaer the first of June and take np his residence in his recently purchased home. Mrs. Matheson will remain here for some time, bnt plans to return to her former home in Canada to take up her residence with relatives.

Music Lessons.

Miss Jennie Black, of Crown Point, a well recommended teacher and performer on the piano, Intends to come to Rensselaer for the purpose of organizing a class. Any one desiring to take lessons should leave orders with Fred Phillips. , *M

Music Lessens.

» We can give mnsic lessons during the summer months to several pupils at the Monneti Home and Watte de Peyster School. Phone No. 447.

Methodist Chureh.

•" . Mf’i- ajp* fetetegfti Union Memorial Day services Sunday morning at Trinity M. E. church, sermon by Rev. J. P. Green. Evening service subject, "The Love of God." Sermon by the pastor.

Piano Tuning.

Now is the time to have your piano tuned, cleaned and polished. Call o«* Otto Braun, the band teacher. When baby suffers with eczema or some itching skin trouble, use Doan’s Ointment A little of it goes a long way and it is sate for children. 60c a box at all stores. —' Andrew Smith, one of the wealthiest men in Johnson county, was killed when his team became unmanageable and ran across a field into a fence, throwing him forward in front of a roller, which crashed him to death. > Never can tell when you’ll mash s finger or suffer a cut bruise, burn or scald. Be prepared. Thousands rely on Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil. Tour druggist sells it 26c and 60c.

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