Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1901 — CENTRAL CARPENTER. [ARTICLE]

CENTRAL CARPENTER.

Lige-fs Ist assistant on the Culp larm this year. The Ladies sowing circle met at Jno. Rush’s yesterday. Township Trustee Bellows is making the rounds, taking the school census. Oats sowing will soon be done in this region and some are plowing for corn. Geo. Banes is back in the old neighborhood again, having rented the Art Wood in house. John Wagner's son is slowly recovering from a severe siege of typhoid fever. He is still unable to work. For rent, a interest in Mr. Bosier’s buggy seat. A good driving horse furnished. A pretty young lady preferred. Chas. Frazer of Benton county was looking for cattle yesterday. He lacked a few of having t nough to make up a “bunch." Lost, in Carpenter tp.. by Mr. Williamson, a pair of shoes. Finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving the same at his home. The young people met at N. Wagner's last evening and had a rousing, lively, enjoyable time and tripped the light fantastic, till the small morning hours. Albert Moorhead takes semi-weekly northeasterly trips, but we don’t know whether he is trying to catch a catfish in the Blue Sea or a calico bird in that vicinity. Neighbor Smalley is traveling salesman tor the Osborn Harvester Co., this season and parties wishing anything in his line will be nicely treated by giving him a call. Illinois land buyers are quite plentiful these days and Harris, Tarman & Co., keep the roads pretty warm showing them the country hereabouts. Messrs Colihurstand Joe Banes sold farms last week consideration §6l and §65 per acre. Ab Dickinson is pretiy busy building a house for A 1 May, to be occupied by one of Mr. May’s sons and a certain young lady. Ab is a pretty good allaround man. He is a first-class carpenter, tile-ditcher, farmer, lawyer, stump speaker, auctioneer and if the occasion required could preach a flowery sernon.