Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1900 — JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

DUNNVILLE. Yes, Sharon, it is warir. Oscar Graves spent Sunday in Judson. Billy Fitzgerald had 1500 bushels of oats. 1 ■ Miss Tillie Olsdn is sad. I wonder why? Miss Edna Witt is working for Mrs. Bd.'y Fitzgerald. Rev. Mary Edingerj reached at Dunnville last Sunday. Ike Brown is on the sick list. He has the malarial fever. Anybody wishing crackerjacks, would do well to call on Chris Nelson. Miss Sadie Leon, who has been working near Knox,has returned to Dunnville. 'Collins & Miller are threshing withall their might. 'I hey cleared SlB5 last week. Mr. Vanoristund, who has been suf-, sering from an attack of rheumatism, is better. Charley Gross and Jake Brown are work trig for John Wy tiant in Starke county. Hon. T. J. Maloney and family were the guests of Trustee Kaupke and family last Sunday; Billy Bchles says .that his nerves are dried up. Goodness, he must feel like dried apples. Did you read W. J. Bryan’s Indianapolis speech? Did it sound like the speech of a traitor? - ClareHee Sairtls. wht> was kicketi last week by a horse and quite seriously hurt, is getting along nicely. tevie Paulsen and Misses Graves Gilbranson of Wheatfield, were Dunnville visitors lastjSunday. Clifford Fairchild and sister May, visited at Demotte last Monday. May said she was getting homesick.

Goodness, you ought tosee Billy Rheinharteat salmon and crackers. Mr. Dunnville helped him or Billy wouldn’t be living now. We wondered why Miss Cora looked so sad the other evening but after being informed that Johnny has gone hence, we understood. Miss Pearl Bohannan-an 1 Charlie attended church at Dunnville last Sunday. Come again, please do. Charlie is a fine democi at and* so is Pearl. Quite a number of Dunville people spent last Sunday in St. Joe, Mich. Ed Shrader came back hatless. He pawned it for sea shells and peanuts. Warren White and wife, Lydia Sands, Netta B. Collins and Irene Frazier were the cabbage-eating guests of the Misses May and Edna Witt last Sunday. Everett Wynant and girl number 7, attended church at Dunnville last Sunday I evening. My advice to Everett if, I "Choose ye this day whom ye will serve." Miss \\ inme !• razier, who is working in Porter county, is home for a three weeks vaca.ion. She said that the Dunnville boys are as sweet as ever. Miss Mattie \\ itt is working in her place. Corn looks nice. It nothing happens we will .have as much corn as North Barkley has onions. Stewed-onions, corn bread and a little pie scattered along the path of life, would create a race of never-dies. DUNNVILLE BOXERS. Last Sunday evening Dunnville was in an advanced state of acute fermentation. The foundation of society was seemingly gone and turmoil peculiar to an excited populace ensued for a very brief time. It appears by all reports, which was corroborated by the actions of the duelists, that b> being overfed they had stored away in the fighting part of the anatomy an unlimited amount of muscular energy which they thought must be used up. So the two boys of about the same fighting calibre, deemed it just and right to quarrel and if possible to knock the air of Eden out of their moral nature over a little insignificant .misunderstanding. So they quarreled .and they foamed; all of the time putting me tn mind < f a couple of deranged and badly abused soda fountains. Their actions portrayed a desire on their part to whittle one another, but this was defeated by a few Dunnville boys disarming them, leaving them only nature s ■weapons. Did they fight? Why, no! They kissed and made up and in the presence of ail smoked a pipe full of