Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1903 — JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. PROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. PROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Oscar Huff of Goodland spent Sunday here. Avy Locke went to Chicago Monday on business. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Winger, March 2, a daughter. Nason Turner and John Sullivan spent Sunday in Wolcott. Berlie Parks went to Huntington Saturday for a lew days visit. B. F. Spencer went to Laporte Monday to learn the jeweler’s trade. Toe Mehan is now traveling with the “Elmdale Farm” theatre company.. Miss Fay Cannine was the guest of Myrtle Fergesonat Wolcott Sunday. We understand that Tom Mullen has traded his store for land in Arkansas. Uncle Alf Elmore of Bluffton, was in Remington the first of the week on busir ness. W. F. Camden and family left last week for their new home in Fountain county. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Spencer entertained a few friends at their home last Friday evening.

Don’t fail to hear Melvin Robinsdn, the clever monologist, at the Christian church, Monday eve., March 16. Mattie Wahl returned to her home in Wolcott Monday after a two weeks visit with her sister Mrs. Wm. Hallihan. Mrs. Ed Maxwell returned to her home in Huntington after a few days visit with triends here and at Goodland. John May, accompanied by his brothe r Charlie, left last Friday on his return journey to the Klondike. His wife will remain with his parents east of town. Mr. Ray Friday and Miss Eva Tedtord were married at Idaville last week. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tedford, formerly of Remington Sam May has bought the old mill property, consisting of two lots on the xorner of Indiana and ’Railroad streets, and will erect a big hitch and feed barn on the same, we understand. The Monday Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Balcom Monday evening. One of the special features of the evening was a vocal duet by Mrs. Balcom and Mss, John Clark, entitled "An ’Orrible Tale composed by Mrs. Clarke. The remains of Mrs. W. H. Shaw were brought here last week for interment. Mrs. Shaw died aL the home of her daughter, at Elgin, 111., after a brief illness from appoplexy. She was a former oid and well known resident of Remington. If it's bilious attack, take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver tablets and a quick recovery is certain For sale by A. F. Long.

VIRQiE. Virgie is on the boom. Everybody is moving. Mrs. George is visiting relatives at Hebron, Jim Pierson bought a fine horse the other day. J. M. NcColly has completed Mrs. Weiss’ house. . Charles Harrington is agent for Packer's fertilizers. Every couple is not a pair, but we can count on a few. Julius H. took supper with the Weise boys Sunday evening. Carl Hamachers’ visited his father-in-law, Alex Leech, Sunday. George Davidson made a dying trip through our town Saturday. ... Mr. Shinnman has returned from visiting relatives near Morocco. Ducks have begun to come, but are so wild that none have been killed. Wonder what Fred is up to now? He is starting a little black mustache. Chas. Weiss has gone down near Remington where he will work for his brother Will. Those fine black and tan boots the boys are wearing arouhd here are equal to Snider's. Cbas. D. Lakin is putting in a woven wire fence for Wm. Cooper. He handles the Page wire.

Boys, come out to Sunday School again, bring your friends and neighbors; we need your help. Wonder what is so attractive at Kniman? Our boys take a walk in that direction every Sunday. J, C-McColly and his men started for Monon Wednesday morning to finish a barn they were workihg on. Sax Geesey has made a boat and will float to the Kankakee and stay until duck shooting is a thing of the past. George Jones has occupied the house where John White lived, the latter having gone to DeMotte to take charge of the Halleck telephone line. The Dunnville correspondent propounded to us the following delicate question in a recent issue: "Mr. Virgie. would you accept us as a nephew?' 1 Now with all due consideration for the feelings of our friends and would be nephew, we would say perhaps we might be compelled to do so if he could by any of bis lofty flights of imagination clothe himself with such a splendor and

halo of glory as to induce our fair young niece in a moment of exultation, produced by the siren tone of his musical voice, to use the sublime word, “O, yes." But we beg leave to inform him that she is a very practical girl and it is very doubtful if she could be induced to do so, even by his wonderful legerdemain of words. We rather think, Bert, you had better come Evangeline, secure those Virgiefied hay press wheels, rig you up a go-cart ana start northward toward the cyclones and blizzards of North Dakota, and there hunt up the lady that so cruelly disappointed Vou that July morning, when you so confidently expected to bask in her presence. Perhaps you might by your consistency and devotion induce her to revoke what seems to you to be her inevitable decree. Foley's Kidney Care makes the kidneys and bladder right. Contains nothing" In-' jurlous. Sold by A. F. Long.

PEMBROKE. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Bunk Seegers, a boy, Sec 31, Otis ranch. Cal. Parks, who has been on the sick list all winter is out again. Messrs. Heiney and Hamstrah, Otis tenants on Sec. 30, have vacated. J. J. Fry of Rose Lawn, went through here last Saturday with 60 head of fine horses. Chas. Roman of Chicago, will move in the house vacated by R. Sipkema, on Sec. 31, Otis Ranch. L. J. and C. T. Otis are having all of their tenants houses re-paperea, under the management of C. P. Fry. Growers and stock holders of the pickle factory, will meet at Fair Oaks school house, March 21, (Saturday eve) Everybody come. The Newton County Star, published at Goodland, had the brass to call north Newton and Jasper county fanners crazy loons and stag horses, because they phnt pickles and advocate the erection of pickle factories. The Star warns the north end farmers that they, the crazy loons, will not have corn enough to winter a hen. We don’t know of any other man in the United States low enough to call farmers and pickle growers crazy loos, stag horses. Last season the growers realized a net profit of $l4O to $l6O per acre raising pickles on ground unfit for corn. ■ m m La grippe coughs yield quickly to the wonderful curative qualities of Foley’s Honey and Tar. There is nothing else “just as good." Sold by A. F. Long,

SURREY. We hear very little talk of bicycle riding now. The quicksand, pike is impassable west of town, now. Will Zacher received $5.00 for the fox he caught a few weeks ago. Miss Ella Murphy is having a rather severe time with lung trouble this winter. C. W. Clemonds is able to sit up some now after his severe sickness of pneumonia. The frogs and bluebirds have been giving us lessons in their new spring music. Theodore Lang got home' Tuesday from Florida, after an absence of three months. Simon Kenton returned home from Arizona last Friday, after spending a very pleasant winter. The shipment of stock from this place to Chicago was rather heavy last week, there being six loads sent. Miss Nela O’Neal of Hammond is here Jor a two weeks visit with her grsMfatb«r and family, Thos. Murphy's. The hard freezing and wet winter has damaged le amount of the tile that are scattered out along the Makeever and Borntrager ditch. Frank Leek was seen m our town jtftfrjp. The attraction must be very .great, for it is bard for Frank to stay away very Jong at a time. Two bright young boys (we will not mention their naqpes) came from toward Parr the other day, very badly affected, and their breath and actions gave evidence of too much juice of the forbidden fruit, or sod corn juice. We would be glad too see the blanket remonstrance cover the entire state.

BLACKFORD. Mud! Mud! Mud! More mud. Moveing is about a thing of the past. Theodore, are you going to batch this lummer, or—? John Gray and children visited Korah Daniels' Sunday. Mr. Watson has moved on the old Charley Pullins farm. Elies Arnold viaited Burnstown school Thursday of last week. . The infant child of Mr. and Mr*. Clarence Nuss died last Friday. Cleveland Price and brother Villas, visited their grandfather Sunday. Korah Danaila and Birton Jenkins helped Johu Grey butcher Monday.

Mrs. Wideman and Miss Sayler visited Mrs. N. Price Baturday afternoon. Lincoln Jenkins visited his uncle Fet Jenkins, Saturday night and Sunday. Say, Al, the next time you go to Parr do not put such a big load on your cart. Newt Jenkins, who is working for Fred Schreiner, was visiting his father Sunday. George Schreiner and sons were helping buzz wood for Fred Schreiner Monday. Alex Hurley of Possum Run is going to move to Chicago Heights the first of the week. Lester Schreiner bought a fine saddle horse at Mr. White’s sale. Mr. White is moving to Fair Oaks. Mr. DuCharme of north of Aix, moved down on the farm formerly occupied by John C. Frazee, which he has bought. Wesley Price moved upon Wesley Henkle’s farm last week. Willie Price moved on his place which was occupied by the former. Say, Eli, the next time you want to go to town you had better take extra double-trees along with you and then you will have them when you break down. If you wanted be happy all this year year, you want to give The Democrat man a dollar and get the best paper in the county—it gives all the home news. Lon Daniels beguu his summer’s work for Korah Danails the first of March. He is getting S2O dollars per month and his horse kept. Wages are out of sight this year, if it turns out this year like it did last year the farm bands will come out ahead. Theodore Hurley has moved to Rensselae.; Jessie Nuss has moved in the house vacated by Hurley; Charley Hurley has moved in the house -occapied by Nuss; Mr. Raska has moved in the house vacated by Mr. Leffel; Ike Miller moved in the house vacated by Raska; Millard Fross moved in the house vacated by Miller; Paul Wigens is moving awar; Dan. Lakins is moving in the house vacated by Wigens.

WHEATFIELD. Teachers Institute at Dunvilfe to-day. Don’t forget the mask ball at Dunville to-night. The young folks have organized a sewing circle. Gale Brown from Kniman, was in town Tuesday. Mesdames Brewer and Langdon are on the sick list. Miss Adelaide Phiilips returned from Chicago Monday. Billy Wise of Kersey spent the week with friends in town. Mrs. Ed. Biggs spent Saturday with relatives in Wilders. Ambrose Hendrickson was in Rensselaer Saturday on business. Lewis Paulsen attended the funeral of his uncle in Chicago Sunday. Dr. Schwier spent Tuesday in North Judson, attending the medical association. , Mr. Ashby of Chicago, came Monday for an extended visit with Mrs Phillips and family. Ferrel Whitqmpd Dave Spriggs from Walker tp., wprieen on our streets Tuesday night. Dr. Warring from Chicago attended his patients Mrs. Demison and Mrs. Shrier, Tuesday. Misses Floa Funk and Blanche Steele spent Sunday with the Misses Clark of Wheatfield center. There is a great demand for houses in Wheatfield at present. People are coming in here for the purpose of farming but cannot secure horses. John Whitaker was seen with his coat off Monday running after a man and telling him what he would do for him. The man happened too be to swift for him.

DUNNVILLE. Our liquid roads are being reduced to a solid. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrel called on Mn Sbirer last Sunday. Hon. John Finn took a cannon-ball trip to Chicago last Friday. Jim. don’t jump at hasty conclusions too soon. Give them a little time to grow. Mrs. J. A. Adkins, who has been quite sick for the past few days, is rapidly improving. Miss Ollie White, who has been very sick for the past few weeks, is slowly improving. Our livery man is well pleased with his situation. So far, business has been good for this time of year. Louise is opposed to peddlers circulating through the country. She says two peddlers a day, demands a shotgun. Misses Fannie McCarthy and Maggie Behles called on Mrs. Pence last Saturday. Of course they had a fiue time. Rev. Montgomery preached a fine sermon last Sunday. Let all come out; Give him a full house, at each service. Brother John Behles departed for Illinois last Tuesday. Three of the D, V. firls, with tears in their eyes said goodye to him. Buck DeArmond, after living a year in Porter county, has returned to our peerless tp. Kankakee tp„ is one of the best spots in Jasper Co. , The ducks are beginning to congregate in the bayous along the Kankakee. ■ls they are not careful, a duck cemetery will be started at this place. Henry Floars, has ordered a buggy of the princely style. He has bargained for a horse of the Nancy Hanks tribe. Price $6. Now look out, San Pierre. Ross Hawkins of Rensselaer, visited his sister, Frank McCarthy, last Friday. They visited Miss Watson’s school Saturday and very becomingly behaved.

A Sunday School has been organized at the Danche school house. It begins at half past two o’clock. All are invited to attend and help make it a success. boys, when you borrow a lantern frdm your best girl, to light you home on a moonlight night, leave it at the post office. We offer this as a suggestion—a 20th century idea. T,‘ B, && s is now a full-fledged Odd Fellow, and is therefore entitled to lead the goat through the misty avenue of the undeveloped future. His last ride resembled the celebrated ride of Paul Revere. A calf muzzle is a calf muzzle the year round. A young lady got one of them mixed up with a base-ball-face-an-tt-smasher the other day. Whether the mistake was a joke on the calf or baseball catcher is something we can’t decide. Anybody having a billy gdat with well developed horns and a head as hard as the butt end of a beer keg; a goat which can stand against any person who wishes to run against him, would do well to confer with W, S, DeArmond. Sealed bids will be received until April, 1903. We will admit, without a bit of coaxing that it is a wise stroke of policy to call on a lady friend, especially, when her pa is gloriously absent, but the idea of borrowing a lantern to dispel the darkness while enroute homeward, when the moon is in the zenith of its fullness, is an imposition of the rankest kind. Moon-eyed people should never venture out without a chaperon. While returning from San Pierre on a railroad bicycle, last Sunday evening, Messrs. Owen Betz and Emmonds Miller had an axperience which for melancholy strangeness has no duplicate. Being sleepy and naturally cross, they were putting the bicycle down the track at a humming-bird speed when all at once they ran into a bundle of humanity, masculine gender, thus derailing their car. After investigating the cause of their mishap they found a boy who was frightened to the hair-standing point. During his frenzy of terror he asked them if the street car hurt thence wagon. After being restored to his right mental gear he said he was scared almost to death If he had got struck by the real thing he wouldn't have known whether he was a rooster or a billy goat.

GIFFORD. The roads are almost impassable. Grace, did you get a pair of shoes to fit? Harry Gifford was on our streets Monday. The soft drink shop is quite a nuisence in our town. Mrs. Walters is very low at this writing with consumption. V. E. Lenox of Harvy, visited his son Earl, Monday and Tuesday. Rev. I. Vandercar and wife visited James Noland Sunday night. James Noland and Bert Nees were in Newiand Tuesday on business. Mrs. Chas. Smith and Minnie Collins have been on the sick list for the past week. The quarterly meeting wasn’t very well attended, on account of bad roads and weather. Mrs. Dave Lalders and family of Asphaltum, are visiting her parents, J. Tinder’s. William Perkins and wife of Rensselaer, are visiting friends and relatives near Gifford. * The lady who drank coffee out of a cream-pitcher, has decided that coffee tastes much better out of two teacups than a cream pitcher.

Frogs have thawed out and are croaking. There is said to be more smallpox in Monon. Mrs. Daisy Creal returned to Sheldon, 111, Saturday. Harrison Carrothers has gone to Illinois to work. ' Mrs. C. A. Holman called on Mrs. W. O. Carrothers. Revivals closed Sunday night with about twelve new members. H. C. Anderson who purchased the Dick Sparrow property will take possession soon. Monday being Malon Lamport's Charles Pape's and Wm. Brook's birthdays, they all met at Mr. Pape’s and remembered the occasion by eating oysters.

ASPHALTUn. Walter Hershman was at Medaryville Monday. Frank Hershman visited Alva Hershman last Sunday, Miss Balaski was visiting at Mrs. Stalbaum's last Monday. Mr. Stalbaum and son are getting up their summer’s wood. Miss Stella Record was the guest of Miss Josie Toyue Sunday. Miss MiHer was the guest of Mrs. Waiter Hershman Tuesday night* Don’t forget the spelling school and box social, at the Hershman school, the 21st. Mrs. Forie Stalbaum and Miss Roberts were the guests of Mrs. Jas. Hershman last Sunday, We notice that everywhere a great number are being taken into the church. Thanks to our Christian workers* Our new preacher is a very good one. It was quite strange to him to come out here in the mud, as he had always been where the roads were good. Alva Hershman has killed his first duck this spring. He says that, if you get the first one you are after you will always have good luck from that on. STOUTSBURO. George Murry is helping Joe Grube. Volney Peer was visiting at Btoutsberg Sunday. Mike Harrington is reported quite sick with measles. Pete Grube of San Pierre, spent Sunday with his folks. Miss Helena Grube spent several days with friends at Winimac. George Grube and Coral Grimm visited at Joe Grube’s Sunday. George and Dave Heil are going into the poultry business this year. Mr.Stimpson’s are loading theitfhouseh old goods in a car at Stoutsburg. Mrs. Aliie Woods, who has been sick for some time, is not improving very Miss Ella Watson of Rensselaer, is teaching school in place of Jessie McCarthy, who is sick.

FAIR OAKS. Mrs. Cottingham is on the sick list this week. John Bruner of Rensselaer, was in town Tuesday. Protracted meetings began here Monday, in the M. E. church, conducted by' Rev. Allen. We are having a rather lengthy spell of cloudy weather, but oue sulit shiny day in the last two weeks. Mrs. Shein of Lafayette, visited her parents, Ike Right’s, from Friday until Monday. Her mother accompanied her home for a week's stay, Mr. Campbell of near Brookston, moved here Wednesday, occupying Grandina Cox’s property. He will work tor Charley Ferguson this summer on the Monon section. Maud Fry and Pearl Mailatt went to Michigan City Friday, the former to see her sister. Mrs. Schofield, who is very dangerously sick with hemorrhage of the stomach, and the latter to visit her brother Charley Mailatt, for a few days.

NUBBIN RIDGE. Charley Reed was at Rensselaer Wednesday. Bill Lewis, the ditcher, was seen on N. R. Wednesday. Spring is surely here, because James Frost is making garden. Clara Markin of near Rensselaer is working for Mrs. Charley Reed. Thomas Driver and John Gray were in Rensselaer on business Wednesday. It is reported that there are some cases of smallpox in the north end of Barkler tp. . Newton Jenkins, the boy who is working for Fred Schreiner, was on N. R, Sunday. Emmet Pullins apd Philip Durant went to the Kankakee river, duck hunting, Wednesday. Uncle John, our rural delivery carrier, says the dirt road is better than the gravel these muddy times. Alex Hurley and family of Possum Run, and Will George and taimly moved to Chicago Heights Tuesday. Theodore Durant was seen going north again last Sunday. Say, Theodore, what is the attraction in the northern regions? Wesley Price has moved cm Wesley Henkle s farm and John Frice of near Aix has moved on the farm vacated by Wesley Price. B| ack»ord cor, Mark was «** aLachool that Friday, he was at the doer hut the teacher sent him home. Beware, brother that you do not go to Monon too often or you will come home nursing a tore head like Mark ia doing. to/* ...