Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1913 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pursiful remains in a very poor condition and has been very puny since birth. Miss Emma Erwin, an aunt of Mr. Pursiful, and who is a trained nurse, is staying: with them helping care for the baby. The agricultural meeting at the Banta school Tuesday evening was fairly well attended and a number of good suggestions were handed out to the farmers. But if the average farmer would really make an effort to put into practice what he already knows about the technicalities of farming, the results would he surprising. However, this is not intended to mean that the pointers from professional men are not worth while. Mr. and Mrs. Van Wood, of Rensselaer, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. ! Phillips, at McCoysburg. Ethel Parker spent Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bussell. A china and linen shower was given at the home of Mrs. J. R. Phillips Saturday afternoon, for Miss Edna Lefler, of Lee, who is to he married this month to Mr. Gifford Marrs, who was formerly a foreman of B. J. Gifford’s railroad construction work. Quite an exciting fire occurred at W. E. Zard’s residence Saturday morning. No ono was homo at the time except Mrs. Zard and the two small children. She smelled smoke, and started upstairs to investigate, but was repulsed by the dense smoke. The smoko immediately followed her out of the stair door hut she was able Charlefr Hague, a near neighbor, who soon arrived and gained entrance by a ladder to an upstairs window. He found it was a gutt of clothes lying on an upholstered eftair and was able to get the blazing chair and clothcu and toss them out of the window. The fire is supposed to have been started by mice gnawing some matches. f , J. D. Miller has left Mr. Large’s place and moved his belongings to the home of his son, Arthur, where he will husk oorn. Dora Phillips returned home Friday evening from Lee, where she had been spending a few days visiting ands assisting with some sewing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lefler. ,