Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1904 — THE JASPER COUNTY SINK-HOLE. [ARTICLE]

THE JASPER COUNTY SINK-HOLE.

The last quarterly report of the superintendent of the Jasper county poor farm showed a total of 15 inmates in the poor asylum. The superintendent’s requisition for supplies, which was approved at the May session of the board of commissioners, asks for the following for the months of Juue, July and August. Tax-payers should read this list over carefully, for they have to “pay the freight”: 600 pounds sugar, granulated H. & E. 10 pounds sugar, pulverized 60 pounds coffee 60 pounds beaus 75 pounds rolled oats 45 pounds crackers 15 pounds laundry starch. 2 pounds corn starch 4 pounds Royal baking powder 6 pounds soda 6 pounds concentrated lye 1 box soap 25 bars large size toilet soap 10 pounds caudles 20 gallons best coal oil H dozen brooms 10 gallons cider vinegar 6 barre Is best Minnesota flour 40 pgunds hominy 10 bushels potatoes 10 pounds Crown Muscatel raisins M dozen cans cocoa 2 pounds baker's chocolate 2 pounds cocoanut 10 pounds full cream cheese 25 pounds prunes, 50 to 60's, Call. 10 dozen lemons 1 barrel salt 15 pounds uncolored Japan tea 2 pounds mustard 2 pounds tapioca 14 barrel white flsh 6 gallons molasses, in pails 28 pounds star tobacco 10 pounds Corn Cake smoking tobacco 10 pounds sealing wax 2 dozen cans corn. Drexell brand 2 dozen cans peas, Drexell brand 600 pounds fresh beef 1 dozen No. 2 lamp chimneys 25 yards bleached muslin 1 dozen work shirts . 2 calico wrappers \ 1 dozen thread 6 yards oil cloth 15 yards ginghams 1 dozen pairs socks 1 dozen handkerchiefs 6 suits women's underwear 2 papers pins 2 cards safety pins 2 dozen pairs overalls 2 suits clothing % dozen men’s wool hats 10 pairs men’s shoes 3 pairs women's shoes 2 gallon and gallon H dozen chambers