Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1901 — McCOYSBURG. [ARTICLE]

McCOYSBURG.

Miss Mae Verely spent Saturday in Rensselaer. Miss Mabel McDonald went to Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Holmes visited at Mr. Foster's Sunday. Mr. and Mr%. Hellengreen visited at Joe Pollock's Sunday. XI N ’ I? , S Bearl Burson w as the guest of Mabel Huston last Sunday night. Will Whittaker visited his mother, Mrs. John Scott, south of here, last Sunday. Bert Josserand and wife visited her mother, Mrs. Randle, last Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. Smith & Callahan of Monticello, were here Friday, soliciting further orders. Will Foster was the guest of Mr. David Culp an 1 Albert Lee last Sunday afternoon. l ire destroyed Jean Smith's barn last r riday night. It is thought to have been of incendiany origin. Quite a few people of this vicinity attended church at the Osborne which is held every two weeks. Mr. Foster is thought to be the first one in our locality to begin planting corn. He begun last Monday. Clarence Messenger and brother of Monon are ditching for C. W. Bussell. Olin Stewart, who has been unable to walk for some three or four weeks past was in Rensselaer Saturday. The Democrat knows that the 40-ib. cannon ball almost got that fellow and it is a shame that it didn't get more of his hat in the deal. Ha! Ha! don't the Democrat know these things?