Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1899 — PARR. [ARTICLE]

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—Roads are almost impassable. —Chas. Martin’s baby has been quite sick. —Farmers are feeling discouraged on account of the cold weather. 1

—Geo. Binns, of Lafayette, was seen on our streets Sunday. —Jas. Babcock and Robt. Stephenson are up and around again. —Quarterly meeting at Vaughn church, Saturday and Sunday, April Bth and 9th. —John Garriott is now a resident of our burg, occupying the property recently vacated by Uriah Hardesty. —Mrs. Luna Brooks, of Crothersville, is visiting her sisters, Mrs. D- E. Hudson and Mrs. Emery Garriott. —W. V. Hudson, who is employed in the Monon car shops at Lafayette, spent Sunday with his family at this place. —Theodore Warneand wife and Evert Warne and family attended the birthday dinner given to Mrs. Louisa Thornton Tuesday. —Thos. Hamacher and family of Virgie, and Mrs. May Marshall, of Lake Village, were the guests of M. O. Gant and wife Sunday. —The schools closed here last Friday with an excellent dinner to which the boys and girls, both old and young, did ample justice, and a literary programm which was well carried out. —Mrs. Robt. Stephenson met with quite an accident one day last week. The lid bursted from a can of boiling tea, throwing the hot liquid in her face, scalding it so baidlv that she has since been confined to her bed. She is better at this writing. —Our Sunday school was organized for the next quarter with officers and teachers as follows: Wm. Blankenbaker, Supt.; Allen Thompson, asst. Supt.jD. E. Hudson, sec. and treas.; M. O. Gant, teacher of class No. 1; Allen Thompson, No. 2; Ed Putman, No 3; Robt. Stephenson, No. 4; Mrs. Allen Thompson, No. 5. Miss Nannie Blankenbaker, organist We have a Sunday school that we can be proud of.