Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1900 — WHEATFIELD. [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD.

Will Remley has gons to the Springer ranch to work. Prof. Beaman is getting his ground ready to try his luck in beet raising. Somebody ask Gertie where she went Sunday and who she went to see? Mias Clara Keeue and Mrs. Jumper of Lafayette, are visiting relatives here. The children with the scarlet fever are getting aloug nicely. No new cases are reported. Jim Smith says he's the happiest man he's been for forty years, since his beet girl come back. Jeff took his little girl out buggy riding Sunday to show her what a fine team he cutrid drive. A man from Indianapolis was here the first of the week to inspect the oil found on the Fisher farm. The people iu this vicinity are calculating on making a fortune raising sugar beets and pickles this season. Job. Austin's sale was well attended Saturday. Horses sold as high as ll», cows at MO and chickena H |*r dosen. Hoys, get your cow-bells and shot-guns ready there's going to be a wedding here in the near future, as mother was'ut measuring the rooms to see bow many yards of carpet it would take for nothing. Marshall Brown has been successful in "cooping his chickens" up to Saturday evening, when ho put a little fellow in the "coop" and on Sunday ulght—wo suppose with the aid of tome one else-he tore the hinges off the door and made his escai>e and has neither been soon or beard of since.' *