Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1901 — Page 7

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

REMINGTON. remington h. w. time tablc. BABT. I TRAINS. I WEST. :10 a.m. Mail aud Passenger 9:38 a.m. :38 a. m. Local Freight 12:42 p. m. :33 a. m. | Mail and Passenger 3:20 p.m. :35 a. m. Passenger (Sun, o’ly) ? :38 p. m.

Will Hardy of Goodland, was a caller :re Monday. Ernest Rawlings was over from the jb Tuesday evening. Perry Blake of Wolcott, was a Remgton caller Monday. Miss Myrtle Blake spent Thank>givgv lyiib her father in Wolcott. Silss Fauny Hicks was the guest of datives in Wolcott last week. John Rush went to North Dakota last eek prospecting for a farm. 0. P. Taber returned home from his ip through the south Monday. Miss Clara Bond spent Thanksgiving ith her brother Ed, in Oxford. A. B. Coleman spent Saturday and unday with his family in Kouts, Ind. Mrs. Hawkins of Otterbeiri, is the uest of her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Allman. Joe Milner who is attending school at ldianapolis, spent Thanksgiving at ome. Mrs. Fred Hicks spent Thanksgiving ith her brother, Steve Yoeman, m Inianapolis. Rev. Freed and two sons spent hanksgiving with his parents in southn Indiana. Lowell Parker, who is attending :hool at Richmond, Ind., spent Thanksiving at home. Mrs. Ica Morris and son Wellington, nd daughter Nora, spent Thanksgiving ith relatives in Wolcott. Dr. Robinson and bride of Fowler, ame Monday and have begun houseeeping m the Nate Reed property. A large crowd, including the band, at;nded the football game, Wolcott vs. loodland, at Wolcott Thanksgiving. Mrs. Hattie Shepherd shipped 120 of er Mammoth Pekin Ducks to a Pennsylania poultry breeder last week, receivig £i each for them. Mbs Catharine Worthington, who has een trimming for Miss Harper during le fall season, left for her home in Inianapolis Thursday. Frank Gray, of Remington, was in lorocco, Monday. Frank informs us lat his wife. Aurila, recently secured a ivorce from him in an Illinois court. — lorocco Courier. Married, at the home of Mr. James 'aylor, south of town, Wednesday night, liss Flora WeerJ and Will Shaull. hev left for Chicago Thursday, where e has employment, A. B. Renfrew, who went from near ere to Jennings county some four or ve years ago, died at his home near Irayford, that county, Nov. 14, aged bout 36 ye"rs. He had been sick for everal weeks. He leaves a wife and Dur children.

LEE.

Quite a lot of corn is being hauled in t Lee. Several around here sold their turkeys or Thanksgiving. The box supper at Lee Saturday night .’as well attended. _ Some from here attended the dance at laltwell's Tuesday night. Mis. J. E. Donalson and children pent Sunday in Rankin vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Johnson visited aeir uncle, Mark Hoover, last Thursay and Friday. He is dangerously sick. If any one else has any cats to dispose f, they had better send them to the "catome" in Chicago, as everybody here, ave all they want. The small child of Mr. and Mrs. Vlfred Miller, formerly of McCoysburg, ut now of Star City, was buried at the )sborne cemetery Monday.

NEWLAND.

Gerald Gifford is on the sick list. M ss Mabel Caster is on the sick list. Dutch FasSof Gillarn, attended church icre Sunday. Miss Mamie Ahlers visited Miss Nora laker Sunday. Fred Germaine was in Rensselaer on •usiness Friday. Earl Newland was in Rensselaer on msiness Friday. James Russell is getting along slowly nth his sore foot. George Buck is building a new crib lere for B. J. Gifford. Harry Gifford shipped a car of potaoes to Flvansville Saturday. Mr. Collins and family of near Valma, isited William Collins and wife Saturay. William Foisel and Mr. Ballard of Melaryville, were here on business last veek. The shooting match given by T. M. .allahan Saturday was a success, reeipts $73.90. Turkeys won, 53. Sam English won 10 turkeys; Everett Brown von 9; Emmet Pullins won 7. Several [hers done some very good shooting mt did not get quite so many turkeys.

HANGING GROVE.

Little Walter Randle is sick with a ad cold. I wonder why there is such a demand or carpet rags? Mrs. Iselman has returned home after month’s visit among friends and relaves in Illinois. Some of the turkeys in this communy moved away in the night, in order to et away before Thanksgiving. Some of the young men in this neigh•orhood seem to be getting ready to go nto business for themselves next season. Pearl Burson has returned to Valpaaiso, where she is continuing her tudies, under the instructions of Proses-

sor Clark, in the musical department of that school. Several of the neighbors assembled at Mr. Drake's Wednesday afternoon and helped to raise his fine new barn. Wash Cook is head carpenter, and has done some fine work in this community this season. Saturday was Mr. Stacy English’s eightieth buqhday. He is visiting his daughters, Mrs. Luke Hemphill and Mrs. Joseph Rowen in Rensselaer, while his son Melroy, is building a new addition to the ; r house. Will Stytrs, Mr. Maxwell and several others have finished husking corn. Others will soon finish and some are wishing a shredder would come into the neighborhood. Most otthe farmers want to shred their fodder this season.

ncCOYSBIIRG.

C. A. Lee has purchased a hardware store in Medaryvill*-. Mr. Besse of Pic isant Ridge, killed, the fatted calf last Monday Last Thursday ana Friday was examination day in the sch >ol Here. Lewis Foster traded a bicycle to Jgan Smrtn lor a cow the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Ben |os«eran<l visited her mother, Mrs. Raridi-, last Tuesday. A box social wall be mvru here 011 i Nov. 30. Evcryb" Iv is invite > to come I’he dance at iiciisn Vs last Saturdav i night was well ..item led ami a general ■ good time was the re-iiit. Robert S Drake, 3 miles northeast of here, h.a .t regular-old fashioned barnraism* 11st Wednesday afternoon. Rue Orcutt and Bert kishling of Lee, returned from the North Dakota harvest fields last week. Wages there are good, but the Hoosier girls are better. Any one wishing to purchase a first class “Webster and Whitcombe" best hard steel jewelers’ lathe, please address the McCoysburg cor. for particulars. Miss Lola Besse, who has been visiting at Ridge Farm, 111., for the past week, returned during the first of the week accompanied by her uncle, John Besse, of that place. “How's my Johnnie?” Is all O. K. at present writing. Now it was’nt my name that was mentioned but you are not going to be charged anything for a laugh anyway. A smiling countenance is the purport of no evil. What is becoming of some of the jolly correspondents of the good old Democrat? Now, my dear friends, we would like to hear from you each week and then if we only send one or two items, it is not a clean failure on our part. Why can’t that Chicago lady visit around through these parts and preach the advantages of “Home Missions" instead of sending every thing over to starving China? We need to help the poor here more than we do, and from the present out look it seems as though there will be millions to feed in America before spring if grain and stock still keep going higher. Americans try to show their gratitude to their helpers in many ways, but the Chinese only in one, and that is with the knife and tnusket.

WHEATFIELD.

Bessie Tilton is quite sick with a fever this week. Arthur Laughlm was in Chicago a few days this week. Willie McNeil was in Kniman, Sat urday on business. Simon Fetidig has a nice line of holiday goods displayed. Mrs. Mealy of Chicago, is visiting relatives in this vicinity. Hans Giibranson of Eau Claire, Wis., is visittng his brother, Louis, and his son, Henry. J. G. Perrv of Goodland, was here Monday looking after the buildings on his farm. The C. & E. I. R. R. Co. built a new platform in front of the depot the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. George Sharp of Rensselaer, spent Thanksgiving with the editor and family. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Funk attended Primitive Baptist Meeting at Mt. Ayr, Saturday and Sunday. Louie Paulsen represented the Wheatfield Odd Fellows at the Grand Lodge at Indianapolis last week. Allie and Maud Neese of Lowell, are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Mary Clark, and other relatives.

Mrs. Sanders came Monday evening to visit her daughters, Miss Lena Sanders and Mrs. Ward Hamilton.

Eloa East entertained the seventh, eighth and ninth grades at her home Monday evening. A pleasant time was enjoyed by all.

The Choral Society rendered some very beautiful music at the concert Sunday night. A large number were present despite the inclemency of the weather. Quite a number of changes of residence have been effected this week. Harry Remley’s baiber shop now occupies the basement in the bank building; the Lebarge & Wallace store has been moved into the rooms just vacated by the barber shop; Tom Hurley’s now live in the J. Smith property on Grove St., and Branson's in the Kalanska property.

FAIR OAKS.

We had no school Monday—the teachers were visiting other schools Rev. Bhall of Chicago, occupied the pulpit in the M. E. church last Sunday. John Kimble and wife and little daughter Jennie, spent Sunday with Abe Bringle's. Mrs. Ike Thomas has been very sick with neuralgia and rheumatism, but is better at-this writing. Four teams were busy Saturday and Sunday hauling household goods from the cars to the Hill ranch, to occupy the new houses built there this fall.

James Cox took his wife, who has been on the sick list forborne time, to Lowell last Sunday to Dr. Gerish for treatment. Ike Right was up to Chicago a few days ago to visit his wife, who has been for the last three weeks under the doctor’s care. He reports her getting along fine. Mr. Eggleston's lumber for his new house and barn has arrived and the work on the same will begin at once. Bill Brockus and Ed Kesler are doing the carpenter work. Quite a number attended the birthday turkey roast at Uncle Billy Cox’s, it being his 71st bir.hday anniversary. His children were all here besides friends and neighbors from far and near. Mr. Magee, who lived on Sam Yeoman’s farm, a few miles east of here, reported John Liggett for shooting quail, and when the trial came up he was asked to swear it was Liggett who done the shooting, but be would not do it, so they couldn’t make an> thing out of it. It raised Liggett’s Irish to such a degree that when he met Magee in town the next day, he proceeded to “hug” him, as he termed it. Canes and umbrellas few round pretty lively for awhile, but they were finally parted, They went before Esq. Lamoine and paid their fine with a promise to hold their peace next time.

PARR.

Most all the farmers are done husking. John Price has quit working for Judy & \V o'>d. ( David Elder is building a barn for Robert Stephenson. J. L. Myers has rented the Cull farm and wiil move there soon. Some five or six from here will attend Ihe fat stuck show next week. There is a good deal of corn coming to market, but it does not weigh out. Several from htre attended the football game at Rensselaer Thanksgiving. William Gilmore, who has been working in 111., is now visiting his wife at this place. A boy is stopping at T. F. Brusnahan’s since Tuesday. He tips the scales to the tune of six pounds. There are two new iron bridges being built over the dredge ditch in the Schultz neighborhood, in Union tp. Jesse Shaffer is building a house on his kit in the north part of town, and a neat little cottage it will be. S. P. Thompson is building an addition to the Dr. Kirk residence, also one to the store building. James McColly is | doing the work. It would seem, after the Wednesday’s ; blow out, we ought to be ready for the i next man that wants a liquor licence in I Parr and vote him out, as he brings j such disgraces on a place of enlightenment. The so advertised shoot, foot race and I wrestle to took place Wednesday to the : disgrace to all that witnessed the same. | The race between Owen Hurley and the j Wild Man of Borneo—we could not ! call Parcel by any more fitting name j as he appeared on the s:reets undressed for the race—but resulted in a victory for Parcel. But the final result should be the arraigning of the wild man of Borneo before the court and inflict a heavy hne. Fcr it was a most shocking shame and an insult to decency, and a decent people should not toler.ite such conduct. The wrestle between Frank Snider of Kniman, and Chas. Martin of this place resulted in a victory for Snider.

VALMA

Charley Arnold lost a fine horse last week. Rose Murray has been quit£ sick but is better now Ralph Lewis helped J. T. Miller haul off hugs -Saturday. Corn husking is almost over in this part of the county. Miss May Norman has gone to Kansas, thinking it will improve her health. The son of J tseph Leach, who has been very sick, is better at this writing. Miss Maude Walker spent a few days last week with her sister at Rensselaer. Miss Anna Wrightman and Miss Bertha Hopkins called on May Hays Sunday. O. E. Frazee attended the teachers’ association at Rensselaer Friday and Saturday. Glyn Baker, who is working for Mrs. Hinkle, will soon be thrown out of employment. Miss Rena Newconte and Mr. Roy Smith were guests of Wheatfield Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Ora Bushong, who has been spending the last few weeks with her brother in Michigan, thinks she is improving in her health.

INDEPENDENCE.

Mr. Gaffey lost a valuabe horse last week. Miss Lyda Wray was in Rensselar Monday. Will Wray has purchased a fine driv ing horse. Samuel Hopkins hauled his hogs to market Tuesday. Geo. Snow and family spent Sunday with John Hurley's. Misses A and B called on John Hays Sunday. Mack Comer and family spent Sunday with Frank Hays.' Edward Jenkins and wife called on John Hurley’s Sunday. Miss Vernie Barkley is working in Rensselaer at this writing. Rev. Wray and family spent Sunday with Rev. Miller of near Rose Bud. Miss Opal Barkley, who has been sick for some time, is slowly improving. Leonard and May Hays and Chris Morgenegg spent Sunday at J. Swim’s. Samuel Hopkins is having some plowing done 011 his lately purchased farm. Ehas Arnold helped to take his cattle away Tuesday, which he soli to Mr. Harris.

• Miss Nellie Barkley attended the teachers association at Rensselaer Friday and Saturday.

PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Subscribe for The Democrat. The Democrat is all home print this week. Read the Chicago Bargain Store’s page ad. New pensions: Charlotte M. Boyle, Kentland, original widow, f Eureka harness oil—bust on earth —at Lee’s hardware, McCoysburg. Parker has moved to Oxford, where he will look after Ed Heath’s horses. George Morehead of Carpenter tp., was a Rensselaer visitor yesterday. 'J Miss Tillio Linn of Attica, is the" gltest of her sister, Mrs. W. H. Parkison T. B. Herron of Brookston, is visiting old friends in Barkley tp. this week. The South Bend football team will play the Rensselaer team here next Monday. A young daughter of George Maines, northwest of town, is sick with lung fever. day is building a couple of new tenement houses in the Leopold addition. A new stock of wedding and at home invitations just received by The Democrat this week. ‘Vjdrs. C. H. Porter of Delphi, spent Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Williams of this city. It is now thought that not less than 85 persons lost their lives in the big Wabash wreck in Michigan Wednesday night. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postottices; Filmore, Utah, 1; Rensselaer. 1; Goodland, 1; Fair Oaks, 1. VE. T. Harris and family of Remington, spent Thanksgiving here with the former’s parents, j Mr. ar, d Mis H. O. Harris. V Ex-County Clerk W. H. Coover, has purchased an interest in a lumber yard at Boulder, Colo., and will shortly move there. D. May hew of near Beaver City, has bought Harrison Warren’s 80 acre farm in Newton tp., consideration $52.50 per acre. Charles Baker, six miles south of town, who has been sick for some time, died Wednesday. The funeral was held yesterday. Thomas Price, aged 60 years, of Barkley tp., has been declared insane and application will be made for his admission to the asylum.

There has been no confirmation of the minor that B. J. Gifford had bought the large landed interest of Nelson Morris in this county. 'Y-'JVill Schanlaub of the Morocco schools, is spending his Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr and Mrs. John Schahlaub, of this city Wood, aged 20 years, died at the home of his futher. George Wood, in Milroy tp., Wednesday evening from typhoid fe\er. Harry E. Gallagher and Miss Grace Bicknell of Jordan tp., wore married at the Makeever House Tuesday morning by Esq. Burnham. If you want elegantly printed calling cards, almost equal to engraved, at the price others charge for poorly printed ones, come to The Democrat office.

Charley Kelley is now in the employ of the International Correspondence Schools of Chicago, as solicitor aud collector, with a good salary attached. The ladies of the M. E. Church will serve dinner and supper in connection with their bazar, to be held Dec. 12, in Mrs. Hopkins’ room on Liberal Corner. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wlient 65; corn 56; oats 42; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 52; oats 21; rye 42. Simon Leopold will move his stock of merchandise to Rensselaer next week. After his present stock is closed out Mr. Leopold is undecided as to his future plans.— Kentland Enterprise. The Apologist calls the Chicago Chronicle “the leading democratic paper of the west,” notwithstanding its democracy is considered by all democrats to be on a par with the Inter Ocean, Tribune and Rec-ord-llernld. But, then, the Apologist calls the Barnacle a democratic paper!

Kentland Enterprise: Sheriff Wildasin has contracted for the Mrs. Sawyer quarter section of land lying south of his. farm east of town. The consideration will be SIOB an acre. John has long viewed the landscape of the Sawyer land with an euvious eye, and now his dreams are realized. This will give him a half section of as good land as lies out of doors.

A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Bow the New Office Boy Fooled Hit Employer. “I never felt so cheap before in fny life,” declared the well known business man. “I am a great stickler for honesty, and I simply will not have any one around me of whom I have the least suspicion, and when I find a man that I know 1 can trust I regard his honesty as a valuable asset and pay him accordingly. The result has been that I have gathei*ed around me a force of employees of whom I am justly proud, from the janitor up to the cashier. The other day my old office boy left mo, and I was obliged to hire a new one. “Out of the numerous applicants I selected a bright and honest appearing boy and put him to work. The the old question arose. Was he honest? lam old enough to realize that appearances are sometimes deceitful, and I resolved to test the bov in a mild way. So one night when I departed for home I left a nickel prominently displayed upon mv desk. After reaching home I felt sorry for what I had done. I realized that hv my act I had been placing temptation in the boy’s path and that there was little to excuse my plan, so I was very much relieved the following morning to find the nickel where I had left it. Then I saw there was something there that I had not left, and that was a hit of paper upon which the money lay and upon which was written in the new boy’s hand the inscription, ‘To be left until called for.’ I’ve got a smart lad in that new boy; too smart, I’m afraid.” —Detroit Free Press. He Told the Truth.

Beggar—There was a time when I rode in a kerridgc. Mr. Notsoeasy—Yes. I saw you in the patrol wagon not long ago. Failed on the Test. - “No, Mr. Whipcord,” said the Boston young woman rising. “It is useless to urge me. I had-l egun to hope that we were congenial, but 1 see my error. I cannot marry you. I could never endure the daily companionship of a 111.. a who pronounces gen-e-al-o-gv ‘ge-ne-010-gy.’ o-gy.’ ” —Chicago Tribune. Hopeful. “Do you think that literature is : on the decline in this country?” “I don’t know,” answered Miss Cayenne. “If half the books are j as clever and convincing as the ad- | vertisements of them, 1 should say ! that we have entered upon a re- ! markable era of genius.”—Washing- | ton Star. A Philadelphia Kidder. Mrs. Kidder—Mrs. Ncxdore is having a new dress made. Mr. Kidder—How slow she is! She isn’t in the same class with you. Mrs. Kidder—llow do you mean? Mr. Kidder—Why, you had a new dress made several years ago. —Philadelphia Press. The Other Way Around. “Are you doing anything to elevate the stage?” asked the serious personage. “No, sir,” answered the manager who needs the money. “What I want to do is to make the stage give me a lift.”—Washington Star. A Cause For Rejoicing. Nemesis has caught up with its victim. A Pittsburg baggage smasher 6lammed a valise on the floor of a baggage car the other day. The valise was from Texas and, as a matter of course, it carried a revolver, which it promptly fired at its abuser, shooting him through the leg. All pnpers published at baggage transfer centers please copy.—Boston Herald. Tell your neighbor to subscribe for the tax [layers’ friend, The Democrat. It gives all the news.

Morris' English Stable Liniment Cure* I.amoneaa, Cult, Bruiaea, Scratch**. o*ll*. Sweeney, bp* vine. Splint. Curb, etc. Pnefl. SOe. per bolU* Sold by A. F. Lour.

FOR THE LITTLE ONES.

What Happened to the Chick That Tried to Go It Alone. “Cluck, cluck!” said Mother Hen, calling very loudly to her little ones, for it was getting dark and the nights were cold. It was quite time for her large family to go straight to bed. Very obediently the little chicks came running to her call and snuggled up under her wings. Thera were ten of them altogether, but Mother Hen only counted nine. “Why, where’s Pecky?” she said, “What a naughty child she is! She never will go to bed when she’s called.” “If you please, mother,” said Tawny, the eldest of the chicks, who was always sent out to mind the ot hers, “Pecky heard you call, but she wouldn’t come. She said she was growing up and it was too early to go to bed.” “Oh, did she!” said Mother Hen. “Well, let her be. She will soon be frightened at being out alone.” But Pecky was in no hurry. She marched up and down the farmyard very independently and took no notice at/all of her mother’s calls. “Ridiculous.” she said. “Why, it’s quite light. Any one would think I was a baby a few days old. I shall go for a stroll and see how my friends the ducklings are.’ ; But when Pecky came to the duck pond she found it was quite deserted, and a muffled quack from a neighboring house told her that all the little ducks, too, had gone to bed. “They certainly are a lot of sleopv heads,” said Pecky. “Oh, well, I must enjoy mvself alone. I expect I shall catch it, hut it’s absurd of mother to think 1 must obey her at mv age. I’m going to da just as I like.” But Pecky had forgotten all her mother's warnings about the enemies that might lurk about, and just as she turned the corner by the barn an enormous old rat in search of a meal came dashing out. Oh, poor Pecky! You can guess what happened to her, for her mother never saw her again. And this was all through being disobedient.

A Tribute. A touching little tribute of respect to our dead president was seen in New York city among milesof flags at half mast and buildings, draped with somber bunting. Up town in a sparsely settled district there is a large, open lot overgrown with weeds, where wort horses belonging to people in the neighborhood are allowed to feed and roll on Sundays. At one end of the lot. roughly built out of old boards and stones, is a little hovel inhabited by a family of poor people, the father apparently a tramp. In front of this “cottage” a pole about ten feet high was planted, and on it fastened a long string with many knots, apparently a collection of cords from the butcher or grocer. Half way up this improvised flagpole hung a tiny flag about 0 bv Vi inches. In that tiny flag the na* c erbv,who happened to glance at the hovel, could read the truest patriotism and personal love which came straight from the loyal little hearts of the children who had placed it there.

On the Left—Johnnie’s foot-, prints on the way to school. On the Right—Johnnie’s footprints going home.—Philadelphia Times.

The Pebbles’ Lesson. How smooth the sea beach pebble* are I But, do you know The ocean worked • hundred year* To make them to? And once I law a little girt Sit down and cry Because she could not cure a fret With on* amall “try I” '-ErchaafSL ,