Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1912 — KNIMAN. [ARTICLE]

KNIMAN.

Farmers are busy threshing buckwheat. The potato crop is good in this vicinity. ‘Mr. J. W. Burget is making arrangements to move to Illinois Mr. Davisson, our ticket agent, who resigned sometime ago, was superceded by young Mr. Harrington, of Virgie. Messrs. John O’Connor, J. E. Meyers, H. B. Brown and others went to DeMotte to the speaking Saturday night. Mr. Plastiver, the principal here, dismissed school Monday and election day. He went to his home at Huntingdon to vote. A series of meetings are being held by the M. E. Pastor of Wheatfleld. Church all next week. Everybody invited. He is well worth your time and attention. 'Speaking of the excellent potatc crop in this section, the following outranks your ordinary fish story: “The enterprising merchant at Virgie, Mr. Reed, sent his son to plow out, the potatoes. After driving a short distance the boy broke the plow point. Upon extracting the plow he found the point sticking in a huge potato. This section certainly needs a revival. While older people seem to attend Sunday school and take an interest, the absence of the younger element is noticeable. Let’s come out and make our school an enthusiastic one. We now have regular passenger service here, the first trip having been made Friday mornin. The southbound is due here at 7:59 a. in. and thebnorthbound at 4:15 p. m. Already a ticket has been sold through to Momence. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander will occupy the J. C. Burget property soon. On account of the rain, the “Brownies” did not venture out Hallowe’en ’irtlfht. This neighborhood was free from the customary pranks. An interesting and unique program was rendered by the scliodl here under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. Willis. The exercises consisted of recitations, songs and pantomimes, ghosts, witches, fairies, brownies and indians took part in the exercises. Despite the bad weather several patrons were present. It seems to us that school patrons ought to welcome the Introduction of agriculture, manual training and domestic science in the schools, and do all in their power to encourage the teachers in their efforts along these lines. Such studies are certainly of vastly more importance than other subjects now taught Suppose these questions be discussed through the columns of The Republican.