Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1900 — DUNNVILLE. [ARTICLE]

DUNNVILLE.

More ram, more rest. Otto Schrader is plowing for rye. He likeS rye bread and milk. Mr. and Mrs. Rola Goodpastute were at" Wheatfield last Friday. A Mr. Timmons of Chalmers, has moved on the Arr.sler farm. Nelson Fairchild and Miss Maggie Hart visited at DeMotte last Sunday. We wonder what that new ring that Miss Leon is wearing on the engage- • Dent finger, means. Marion Albin was a Wheatfield caller last Friday. He talked politics like W. J. Bryan. George Anderson of Wheatfield, was perambulating the streets of IT. —V. last Monday. George Sands and Miss Lulu Hilliard were the railroad walking guests of Edna Witt last Sunday. The Kankakee river is raising very rapidly. No more fishing this year, is the verdict of fishermen. Marion Albin, who is working on the section at San Pierre, visited his parents last Saturday and Sunday. Howard Hoffacher of Chicago, who has been visiting at D. V., and vicinity departed for Chicago last Tuesday. John Mannan and wife, Mr. C. C. Jones Robert Hall and Mr. M. Rodgers attended the G. A. R., encampment at Chicago. We called on Marion Albin and family last Saturday and ate pie with them. Mr. Albin has no more sense than to be a. democrat. Miss Edna Geary of Chicago, is the pie eating guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sleight. As a boat-roweraud snake assassinator, she has no peer. ► Marion Brown and the Misses Cora Wheeler, Lula Hillard and Ivy DeArmond were buggy riding in these parts last Sunday. Miss Annie Jasperson. whose cakeeating reputation is international.departed for Rensselaer last Friday to attend the teachers' institute. Chris Nelson is trying to rival W. S. DeArmond as a politician. Last Sunday Chris delivered a two hours speech, in reply to W. S. DeArmond. Messers. Joe Fenzil, N. Hendryx, and I William Shirer and Rev. Keller, and Miss Lydia Sands were the guests of Mr. and Mrr. White last Sunday. Marion Sands has purchased a new “Coquillard wagon of agent W. S. DeArmond. Now, girls, don yourself in your Sunday best, and have a wagon ride. A person that can't keep a secret has no right to exist on this planet. Therefore cultivate a secret-keeping mind, until you arrive at an earthly state of perfection. Wilson Meiser and Mr. D. V. took a flying trip to Mr. A. G. Hendryx's, who lives in the northern part of Walker tp., last Friday. Mr. Hendryx and sons are carving a fine farm out of that timber covered land. The lightning gave us one of the finest electrical displays last Friday evening that we ever saw. A number of fence postsand trees north of Dunnville were sadly misused by this instrument of distruction. Rev. Hickman was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wynant last Sunday. Goodness, how the beef disappeared before the appetite of the pastor. His beefeating exhibition was a parody on Mr. D. V's pie-eating notoriety. Miss May Fairchild, in the presence of the Dunnvilie correspondent, declared that she was worth thirty thousand dollars. We wonder if the administration of President McKinley had anything to do with this advance in the price of girls? The following should have appeared last week; Mrs. Vancristrand of Porter county, while driving north of D. V., had a runaway experience. Had it not been for the timely arrival of her husband it might have resulted in a serious catastrophe. Rev. Hickman preached his farewell sermon at D. V., last Sunday. We understand that he will not be returned. Rev. Hickman is an ideal man who has the courage to do what he thinks is right. We wish hitn all the success possible in his new field of labor, whatever it may be.

PATTERSON-WILSON NUPTIASL. Married, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. Frank Patterson and Miss Belle Wilson. Squire Vanduzer of Wheatfield, officiated. The following are the names of those present: Mrs. Charles Knapp George Gross Emma Knapp Mr. Deertlinger Bertie Knapp Cora Wheeler John Knapp O. Graves Daniel Gross Irvin Davis Charlie Grows - L. Kinser .. O. M. Turner and wife Mr. Daniel. Gross was the groom’s best man and Miss Emma Knapp was the best lady. May peace, plenty of pie and corn-bread and a long life, be their lot. « FISHING EXPERIENCE. Mr. Billie Jones and the Misses Gusta ajici Patrick, after holding a convention, declared that it was too warm to work. This being the case they determined to have a fish killing time at the famous summer- resort at Dunn's bridge. So they pitched their mighty 7x9 tent and began a temporary lifeof pleasure. After enjoying the happy life two days they arranged to have a picnic exhibit, in metropolitan style, their hospitality? Invitations were issued and sent out and the following persons with pockets full of fun and old fashioned smiles responded in person: Miss Mike of Chicago, and Messers Jesse Collins of Chicago Heights, Howard Hofacker of Chicago, and the D. V. correspondent. The forenoon was spent in counterfeit fishing—it must have been counterfeit for nothing was caught. The afternoon was spent in playing games of which a pillow ball game was the chief attaction. After palying games until no one could play any more, Mr. Hofacker, who had a camera, photographed the crowd in various postures, such as sitting against the base of a large tree and on a log, like a congregation of frogs, and in congregation form listening to a speech from Mr. D. V. At the close of the days enjoyment every body declared that they had a fine time; Miss Mike declared that Dunnville was much nicer than Chicago. OUR OIL WELL. A few lays ago an oil well was struck on the farm of Mr. Rodgers, miles northeast of Dunnville, that merits the name of champion. We can truthflly say that qo well yet struck in Jasper county can equal it in quantity and quality of its oil. It is a flowing well, a gusher, running at the rate of five barrel per day. Apply to it a pump and the outpyt would be a record-breaker. The well is 136 feet deep. The last twenty inches was through rock similar to flint in density. It required two drills to penetrate it. After this strata of rock came the oil sand, into which the drill went a.iout six inches. Being night, they pulled up the drill and to their astonishment, the point was covered with oil. They expected to go deeper but in the morning, to their great surprise, the oil was running over the top of the pipe. They have built a tank over the well into which the oil runs day and night. People are coming to see the wonderful well from far and near. Seventy teams were at the well in one day. It is the Mecca of attraction. An oil magnate who visited the well a few days ago pronounced it a wonder and as to quality he said it was superior to the product of the Ohio wells. The oil is free from water. Those who have tried it pronounce it excellent for lubricating purposes. Mr. Rodgers and Mr. McCory have a right to step high.