Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1912 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

H. E. Lowman has been sick for the past few days. M. L. Food is preparing to ship a car load of hogs Thursday night. Robert Drake and family and Ed. Cook attended the Chas. Lowe sale east of Monon Wednesday. Gifford Marrs went up to his farm at Laura, Sunday, to see how things were progressing. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur German spent the latter part of last week with relatives near Montmorenci. C, W. Bussell is doing some repair work on W. B. Waites house south of Plegsam Ridge. . J. F. Price and Sherman Morris were up from Lafayette to visit the former’s farm Saturday. Wash Cook and family autoed up to LaCrosse Sunday and took dinner with Cary McDonald and family. Mrs. Roy Rodgers and daughter Edna visited a few days last week with relatives in Carroll county. The insurance agent was out to Arthur Williamsons Friday to adjust his fire loss. Friday was preliminary institute at Fairview school house in Gillam tp. Our schools opened Monday. W. C. Rose has been spending a few days in Ills, on business f.nd visiting relatives. Miss Delena Lefler visited with her sister Mrs. Estel Osborne and family near Rensselaer from Thursday till Saturday evening. Robert Drake has his automobile in running order again, having just got the repairs put on late Saturday afternoon. Rollin Stewart went to Montpelier, Ohio Thursday to attend the funeral of an uncle, who had died very suddenly from blood poisoning caused, by a scratch. R. M. Jordins’ are soon to have a new house. They have the basement dug and part of the material on the ground. It will be a modern nine room house. Ira Williamson and wife have moved up from Chalmers and will work for his parents this fall and winter. They are occupying the Geo. Stalker house. Harry, Clarence and Roy Cochran, John Holdwer and son Roy are camping and fishing a few days on the Kankakee This is fine sport for this time of year. J. J. Molitor has been trying his new Studebaker wagon some this threshing season. One day last week he hauled 181 bushels of oats to the Meyers elevator at Francesville and then, didn’t have it near full. This was the largest load of grain ever dumped into that elevator. Mr. Molitor expects to fill the wagon up full some day and see bow much he can haul. Mr. Molitor is one of Jasper county’s best farmers, but unfortunately he is going to move away in the spring.