Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1900 — JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

DUNNVILLE. Rev. Caiton has begun a revival meeting at D. V. Mr. Chris Nelson, our enterprising merchant, has received a large ment of winter goods. George Belcher and the hay pressing company, are pressing hay for Hon. George Taylor, our new fledged hay man. Joe Craig attended church at D. V. last Monday evening. Joe has a girl at Duunville who is the pride of his heart. The ducks and geese are coming in at a rapid rate. The boys of D. V. are throwing away their amunition at the fowls of the air,—i Master Freddie Booth, who has been working in the car shops at Michigan City, ijas returnrd. There must be some attraction here.

We received a letter from Mr. and Mrs. Wilmington last Saturday. They are well. They say Michigan is the finest place in the world. Mrs. Henry PHI had the misfortune to step on r. nail last Wednesday, seriously wounding her foot. Dr. Solt of San Pierre, was sent for at once. Messrs. Asa Hyde and your correspondent called on Mr. and Mrs. Mannon last Tuesday evening. After eating an apple we crawfished out and departed. We understand that Miss Emma Henry had rabbit for supper a few days ago. Just because she encased the rabbit in a paper, it, no sign that we thought it was a bundle of merchandise. We had the high honor of spending a very agreeable evening with that old tarheel c 3 an Independence. He has a grapbophone, which is his sole companion day and sight. Why. he even sleeps with it. We visited both departments of the D. V., schools last Friday afternoon. Prof. R. H„ Mannon and Miss Emma Henry are recognized to be the best teachers in the county. This is no empty dream. = - Born, to Mr, and Mr 6. Wilson Reddin, 1 a fine girl. Wilson was overjoyed, he j went out in k, : s front yard and sang, O, | Happy Day*' as a prelode to his lawn meeting. After the song he performed j tricks that would dumbfound an actor t Rev. A. M. Smith was the guest of j Miss Emma Henry a few days ago. j Previous to his coming, Emma ordered !the assassination of an old cfcicken, who had enjoyed the sunshine for fourteen yvears. We understand that the preacher [don't like chicke* any more, ! There will be a Peek-a-boo Social at ' Oak Grove school house, Saturday evert- | ing, Dec. I, Let all who love to play ■ peek-a-boo come and participate. Ladies will please bring boxes or full j dinner pails, loaded with the ammuai- ; rion of energy. A short program will be j rendered. j Am Hyde, our prodigal son of of D. V., has returned. He looks as hippy as ' ever. The reason he returned, was to s-e the gir! he left behind him. Asa j says that D. V. is the garden of Eden of j earth, and the end is not yet. To hear him proclaim the future of this country j sounds like a chapter of Gulliver's : travels.

FROM THE PHILIPPINES. (Orner Wilmington received the following brief letter from his brother William, who is a soldier in the Philippines.] Nueva, Caceras, Sept. 18, 1900. Dear Brother:—l thought I would write you a few lines to inform you that 1 am well as common. I hope this missive will find you the same. I have not heard from you for a long time but 1 get The Jasper County Democrat every week or two. We are having a fine time at present. We are on dutv about every four days. The natives had a great celebration on the 16th of September. We received our pay on the t2lh of Sept. Well, how is the farm? Are crops good? I would like a bucket full of old fashioned, home-stirred- cornbread and milk.- Our quartermaster received orders to pack up. I don’t know where we will go. Your brother, William A. Wilmington, Manila P. I.

ASA HYDE AS NIMROD. Asa Hyde, like the men of old, is a mighty hunter. He has an appetite for the sport which is so oppressive that it | sometimes leads its gentle follower into ; plates where angels would fear to tread The other day this propensity made him believe that all that be needed to [ fill his cup of happiness to overflowing | was a mess of fried fowls of the air. Be--1 evmg this to be the one thing most needful, be donned his hunting garb and started westward, upon a mission of mercy, for his stomach’s sake. He entered the confines of a farm having up a si?n of “No shooting allowed" and began to scour the underbrush for any thing in the poultry line. His piercing eyes soon discovered in the distance, a bevy of birds assembled 111 convention, discussing whether man was mortal or immortal, and upon these denizens of the forest, Asa fired, with an intent to kill, thus bird slaughter. As the echo pierced the distance the owner came out and said: “Chap, see here, we have a road a little wavs north of you whose heart would pulsate with happiness it it could hear upon its sandy bosom your lovely carcass.' With solemn tread Asa departed hence.

A SURrRIZKD PARTY. With laughter and other manifestations of unbounded happiness, a party of young neople, representing San Pierre and D. V., startl'd from San Pierre last Saturday evening to participate in a surprise party on Miss Jenseti, northeast of San Pierre. Everything up to the time of departure had worked in harmony toward the realization of the surprise but he wagon pulsating with genuine em Harassment at the idea of upholding such lovely weight, determin d tc plunge the iappy i rowd into a state, bordering on he u rge of a panic. The wagon, nowi ver, succeeded in maintaining a state of Uprightness until its sides contracting, and expanding in old-fashioned merriment caused by listening to the expressions of the fair sex, gave a lurch and tilled the atmosphere with huntanitv. For a moment all was Coufusiou; excitement was at a high temperature. To an

onlooker the midair feats of the boys and girls were amusing but to the dear souls wh > were star actoisin the great play, nothing was funny. To them the whole affair was saturated with k reasonable amount of solemnity. Some of the party turned in mid air like an apple on a wire, while others shot through space like an eagle in its flight. In this battle against misfortune Mr. Howard Wynant distinguished himself by describing some of the most difficult figures in mid air ever seen since the days of Paul. The first thing he did was to ascend like a chicken hawk, then follow a line like a bull-frog, then descend like a fiery-tailed meteor, thus plunging his head into the earth. Mr, Wynant, after he regained a position by which he could navigate, ctiedtut, “Is any body hurt," while the girls oi.ly thoughts were their nt .v dresses and new-fangled haircombs. Mr. Marion Sands was the only one hurt worthy of notice. The wagon ran over both of his feet thus making him a temporary cripple, hut at this writing he is getting along quite nicely.