Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1915 — Schoolmates Surprised Boy On His Twelfth Birthday. [ARTICLE]

Schoolmates Surprised Boy On His Twelfth Birthday.

Thursday, Sept. 2nd, was the twelfth birthday of Russell Paulus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Paulus, west of town and was made the occasion of a very pleasant surprise when his schoolmates gathered at his home during his absence and greeted him on his return home. He was quite overcome but soon rallied and entered into Hie spirit of the amusement. A fine supper was served at 6 o’clock and all had a nice time. Russell’S friends brought him a number of beautiful presents. Those present were: John Strain, Vem .Strain, Alva Weisse, Lawrence Amott, Charles Waling, Robert Mayhew, Edgar Bare, Walter Mayhew, Roy Mayhew, H'arvey Reed, Roy Wuerthner, Clyde Schriner and Lloyd Powell.

See the Rensselaer Cement Tile Co. for a silo. Can ship and erect immediately. Fowler has an 11-year-old boy tramp named Joe Estes. The boy ran away last Friday and was gone until Monday. He may be sent to the reform sdhool. Some one telephoned to Prosecutor Sands today that Jamison, the man who was supposed to be badly crippled by a pistol Shot fired by Officer Childers, had again “beat up” his wife. It was suggested that the prosecutor and an officer come out right away. The prosecutor, however, does not care to either go or to send an officer, and is feeling that if Jamison is physically able to whip his wife he is not seriously injured by the pistol shot. Officer Childers and Dr. Hemphill planned to go out to see Jamison either last evening or this morning but have not gone up to the hour The Republican went to press. Monticello has arranged to buy a tract of land known as Brearley’s Run and make of it a city park. <Some fifty years or more ago Brearley’s Run was known as Molasses Creek and an old resident of the town stated to the writer a few days ago that it got its name from an incident that occurred in the dim past. It was before Monticello bad a railroad and supplies were brought in wagons from Lafayette. Molasses formed an important factor in the family menu in those days. A barrel rolled from a wagon as it was being brought from Lafayette and the barrel burSted and the syrup was spilled and trickled down into the creek ■whidh was thereupon named Molasses Creek. Monticello proposes to make it a very beautiful park. The Chamber of Commerce, organized last spring, gave impetus to the plan of securing the tract of land. *