Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

For artistic job printing at reasonable prices, call on The Democrat. The Democrat’s list of new subscribers this week is as follows: Surrey, 2; Fores man, 1; Wheatfield 1; Fair Oaks, 1; Rensselaer, 1. John Keiper has purchased a 59-acre farm 4 miles north Plymouth, Marshall county, and will move upon same early next month. A primary election law may be all right for large cities, but it would be a useless and expensive luxury if made to apply to the smaller populated counties. Uncle James Culp is lying dangerously ill at the home of mis daughter, Mrs. Thomas Jacks, at Lee. The old gentleman is 92 years old, and his death is looked for at any time. Albert Krasney died at the home of his son Frank Krasney,\|n Newton tp. Tuesday evening age 85 years. The funeral was held trom St. Augustine's Catholic church Thursday forenoon and interment made in Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of town. A dispatch from Laporte states that three 'wells' were completed last week near Wilders, in Laporte county, all of which are flowing lubricating oil. Oil has also been struck near Lacrosse, and that town is anticipating quite a boom. —Starke County Democret.

At last year's meeting of the farmers’ institute, Lee E. Glazebrook replied to the querry, “What is winning true success on the farm?” Mr. Glazebrook’s paper was considered of such merit that it was published in the late Indiana Agricultural Reports, at page 1029. During the year 1900 County Clerk Callaway issued 142 marriage licenses, and there were eleven divorces granted in the circuit court.—Monticello Herald. We tie you, Bro. Newton. During the same period Jasper county issued exactly the same number of each. Mrs. Caroline C. Gant, the aged mother of Frank and Marion Gant, who has been living with the latter at Parr for some years, was taken to the insane asylum at Logansport Thursday. She had become so bad that she required constant care and attention, and it was thought best to remove her to the asylum. The old lady is 70 years of age. Paradoxical as it may seem, Al Robinson was cutting hay at the Blue sea last week while other people were cutting ice. He had four mowing machines going and forty men at work most of the week to finish a harvest that has lasted since along in the ides of last July. The crop that he has harvested for the past two months is what is known as rope and packing hay. The work of the closing days was greatly favored on account of being able to pass right over low places on ice.—Monon News.

A man w T ent into a store and asked if he could rest for a fewhours. The proprietor w-ho had just removed a nest of new born mice from a coffee grinder, told him he could, and then asked him why he didn’t go to a hotel. The man replied: “I am suffering from nervous prostration, and the doctor said to get a quiet place to rest and as 1 see you do not advertise I knew that I could not find a quieter place.” And with that he settled back in his chair and watched the swallows build their nest in the cheese case.—Ex.

The Jasper County farmers’ institute finished its two days sesSfon Tuesday with a night meeting at the M. E. church presided over by Mrs. J. F. Warren. The institute was exceedingly well attended during the session and considerable interest was shown. The leading speakers were H. M. Randel, a prominent and successful farmer of •Putnam county, and Mrs. J. W. Bates, of Broadripple, a suburb of Indianapolis. The latter is a sister-in-law of N. 8. Bates of our city. B. D. Comer was re-elected president. and L. 8. Alter, of Carpenter, was elected secretary.