Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1903 — FAIR OAKS. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS.

George Marshall has a new corn binder. Mike Shinn of Lafayette, spent Sunday with his family here. James McColly built an addition onto Mrs. Halls house last week. Sherman Richards finished painting the Christian church this week. A very enjoyable social hop took place at Honnis baker's Friday eye. > A. McCoy brought Walter Porter up here last Sunday to see bis goats. A. J. Erwin of Indianapolis, visited bis brother at this place over Sunday. Miss Myrtle Bringle of Newton tp., visited her brother Abe this week-. T. J. Maliatt and family visited Alexander Leech's in Rensselaer Sunday. Unde Wm. Hurley and wife attended meeting over on Nubbin Ridge Saturday. A. McCoy got 34 bead of his goats killed Monday by a train on the Monon.

Mrs. Mary Burroughs visited her sister, Mrs. Norman, at Rensselaer, the past week. Mrs. John Casey visited her daughter, Mrs. Charley Holley at Morocco, the past week. The Kent ditch contractors are moving their dredge machine on the ground this week. Our schools will begin next Monday with Miss Edith Moffittand Miss Tucker as teachers. Doctor Kirk, the “Cream of Hops” dealer at Parr, was in our town the latter part of the week. Mrs. Leander Kesler, who has been seriously sick the past two weeks, is better at present writing. A. D. Washburn's family of Renssel* ear and his father and mother of Kentland, spent Sunday at the ranch. S. B. Thornton, wife, mother and Miss Aulta Nowels of Sorghum Valley, took dinner at Abe Bringle's Tuesday. Mrs. Miles Moffitt and daughter Edith visited the former’s sister, Mrs. Byers, at Wheatfield, the latter part of the week. Mrs. Cottingham returned home Tuesday from Brookston, where she had been for a tew days, visiting her mother. Colonel Gobel sold his dray outfit to Lon Stowers, last week and the latter was properly installed and took charge of the work at once. Ed Gobel has resigned his job of coal hauling for the C. & E. 1., ana has moved onto section 31, on the Otis ranch, in the house that Cal Parks lived in. Parks moved to Rose Lawn to take charge of a livery stable. Charley Fay’s little boy, while playing near a tub of water last week during the absence of his mother, fell in and would have drowned had it not been for the heroic efforts of his little three-year-old brother, who succeeded in pulling him out nearer dead than alive. Charlie Baker moved out of Dr. Washburn’s property on front street into Mrs. Karr’s property, Monday. Charley Swankey moved out of Joiner’s house into the house vacated by Baker, and Barney Dewitt moved out of the Stower’s house into the one vacated by Swanky, while George Stowers moved into the one vacated by Dewitt.