Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1899 — BLACKFORD. [ARTICLE]

BLACKFORD.

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—B. B. Jenkins is working for T. H. Hurley, the Blackford merchant. —Bennie Benson of the Gifford district, has moved to Rensselaer. He has rented one of Mr. Churchill’s blocks. —Charles Swaim has moved where Henry Hays lived. Henry has moved on the Henry Hochbaum farm. —The 30th and snowing like blixen, and no oats sowed yet. Better sow the early oats, they will be plenty late. —Wonder if “Honest Abe’s $2,300 clock freezes up this kind of weather? If it does, use lots of hot lemonade, Abe. —Listen for the wedding bells. Madam Rnmor says there will be a knot tied before many days. Ask B. P. about it. —The Sunday school at the Burnstown school will be continued another quarter with W. H. Pullins president. —Such changeable weather is causing the people on ;N. R. to go aronnd with bad colds, barking like dogs after a treed squirrel. —There is some talk of oravelingjhe road between the Burnstown Sojiool house and the Ropp corner. A good idea, it needs some such tonic. —Harry Alter, from the Aiter’s tile mill, was seen on Nubbin Ridge a few days ago looking for a good milch cow. He finally bought one of Frank Hays. —lt has been reported that all of Gifford’s renters are to put out ten acres of onions and ten acres of potatoes this year. If that is the case there will be a good chance for some of the N. R. boys to get a job of pulling weeds. —We notice that some of the Rensselaer merchants do not advertise in the best and most extensively read paper in Jasper county— The Democrat. Why is this? Don’t they want any democratic custom? If so, democrats should govern themselves accordingly by taking their trade to business men who do not discriminate.