Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — BLACKFORD. [ARTICLE]

BLACKFORD.

—Weather fine and cool. —Alvin McCurtain has been having the ague for a few days. —Madam Rumor was right when she said there would be a wedding soon. —The people in this locality have done threshing and are now sowing wheat. —The hog cholera is still abundant. Several more people in this locality have been losing hogs from it.. —There was a party given at John W. Hurley’s last Saturday evening. About twenty-five couples were present They played till 12 o’clock and all went home well pleased with the time they had.

—J. E. Sullenbarger, the young; gent that got married here a few weeks ago, is cutting corn for Jacob Lesh. —Will Fisher is woiking for Mr. Jacob Lesh. Mr. Fisher says it is the sweetest he has struck for a long time. —John Martin, the Monon threslierman, says it looks bad tothrash all the season and then end by going to the poor farm —Lester Shriner has bought 1 him a pony. Lester says he lias got tired of riding horses that he $ has to take a ladder to get in the,' saddle. —Well, the war is over and our soldier boys are returning home. It seems as though McKinley takes the cake and not the dough as the people thought when the war begun.