Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1913 — Former Resident Renews Subscription and Writes Letter. [ARTICLE]

Former Resident Renews Subscription and Writes Letter.

Bloomington, Ind., May 22, 1913. Messrs. Healey & Clark, Dear Sirs: Inclosed please find $2.00, for which please send The Republican and the Weekly Inter-Ocean and Farmer for one year, and oblige. Now, I wfil add a few lines about our country as I see it. I saw in The Republican a few days ago that ice could be found. It was cold here, but not cold enough to freeze ice. But either the cold wave or the drought has played havoc with the fruit crop in my orchard. Two weeks ago I expected to have three thousand bushels of apples, this being a low estimate. Peaches and plums are also cut short. I think it is the drought more than the cold that has caused the trouble. We may have one thousand bushels of apples if nothing happens to them. We will have peaches, plums and cherries enough to do us. There has been no rain to speak of since the flood in the spring. Corn planting is being done as rapidly as possible. Owing to the cloddy condition of the ground, I think wheat will be fair, but short straw, with oats a close second to wheat. Tell all of my old friends in Jasper county that the latch string is always hanging out, and I send my best regards to them, and especially my old friend, F. E. Lewis, and W. E. Boyle. Very truly, G. R. HANNA, R. F. D. No. 1, Bloomington, Ind.