Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1901 — PARR. [ARTICLE]

PARR.

We are having zero weather. Mrs. Ed Leach is on the sick list. Mrs. Fay, who has the lung fever, is better. James Babcock is sick. The d»ctorwas called yesterday. Ed Fay has dropped his Leach. What is the matter, Ed? A Miss Crisler is visiting Mrs. John Porter of this place. Everet Warne has purchased the Fuller farm north of Parr. Mrs. Oscar Hines is on the sick list and is worse at this writing: S. A, Brusnahan has disgraced his family by going to work. Joseph Conway’s wife, who has been very sick, is much better. Judy & Wood lost another horse. It died tor the want of breath. Parr has been almost deserted —too many Dutch sales to attend. Mrs. B. H. Sheffer south of Parr, is sick, but better at this writing. Mrs. Emery Garriott was the guest of Mrs. M. O. Gant of Parr, Tuesday. L. S. Gant is a candidate for matrimony. Applicants call at his home 00 College ave. Protracted meeting is in full blast at Rose Bud. The reports are much good is being done. John F. Garriott has traded for a span ot mules. From all appearances he is going to work also.

The elevator force has been reduced one-half, Frank Reed and Clarence Nuss were the un'ortunates. Ed Putman’s boy, who was kicked by a horse last Sunday while playing hide-and-go seek, is getting along nicely. — 4ke Stephenson and Buck M.Curtain broke the record, killing rabbits the other afternoon. Twenty-four was their number. Skinner Price has opened up a new restaurant in Parr, and possessesa brand new r.izor. 1 suppose he is going to serve razor soup. L. S. Gant, Garriott & Gant’s huckster man, got stuck in a snow bank somewhere north of Aix Wednesday, and came home dragging himself. The Free Will Baptist people are contemplating building a new church. Let the good work go on. Their subscription list sums up nearly nine hundred dollars. Mr. and Mrs. John Martin lost their only son last week. The doctors pronounced the case diphtheria. He was laid to rest in Prater cemetery. They have the sympathy of the entire neighborhood. The box social at Parr seboolhouse Saturday night was quite a success. Proceeds amounted to near S3O. M iss Rosa Lane carried off the laurels as the most popular young lad), and Ike Stephenson as the ugliest man. The protracted meeting closed last Tuesday evening, with a number of accessions to the church The meeting was conducted by the Rev. Mcßride, State Evangelist for the Free Baptist church, with the exception of a few nights when the pulpit was occupied by a Bro. Lefiiar, who has perpetuated his glory in this place by attacking certain religious sects and or lerihg a mother to take her child and go home because it made a little noise. The best thing that could happen to our "brother" would be to be captured by some good spinster who would subject him 10 petticoat government for a short time.