Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1913 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Williamson went to Lafayette Tuesday, where Mr. Williamson will consult Dr. R. B. Wetherall. Mr. Williamson has been in very poor health for some time and - hopes to obtain relief through special treatments. • • Agriculture is being gradually Introduced in-Hie public schools. The trustees have been required to place the Weekly Breeders’ Gazette in each school. Sunday was quarterly meeting at Lee. Supt. A. T. Briggs preached at 11 o’clock and the regular business meeting was held at .Vo’clock in the afternoon. This was the first quarterly meeting for this conference year. No material change was made in the business affairs of either of the four points on the circuit. Neither Barkley nor Gillam were represented at the meeting. Scott Robinson arrived here Sunday from Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he has been employed since leaving here last spring. He has been- working for a firm that have a patent on refrigerators. It is called the McCoy process, as it was invented by a man named McCoy, and who also composes a part of the Ann. They have secured patent rights in Canada, United States, South America, France, Italy and a number of other foreign countries. They have sold out to the western half of Canada and are locating an office in Chicago, where they expect to canvass and no doubt will sell the patent right to some firm in each state or possibly the entire territory may go to one firm. The process of refrigeration is done entirely without ice, and is said to be the latest invention in existence. Scott returned to Chicago Monday morning, where he may he stationed for some time, hut will probably make frequent visits here. Not many Hallowe’en pranks were played anywhere, except In MeCoyshurg a few lively stunts were pulled off. The store doors were, barricaded with every loose door step in town and H. E. LowmaiAs automobile was run up on the band stand. of Harve’s friends tried to make out that he had come home from town late and mistook the bandstand for the garage. 1 Ethel Parker spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Armstrong. Jtollie Stewart came from Shadeland Saturday for a short visit with his parents and other relatives, returning home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wash Cook took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. R. CJMcDonald Sunday. Sam and John Cook and Gifford Marrs took dinner with iMr. and Mm. R. L. Bussell Sunday.