Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1905 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Aj~Matt Worden’s fire loss was adjusted Wednesday, he receiving the full amount of his policy, S4OO. J He was insured in the North “British insurance company, represented by C. B. Steward.

Mrs. Theodore Hurley died at her home in Barkley township last Friday from consumption. She was the third wife of Mr. Hurley. The funeral was held Sunday at 10 a. m., and interment made in Prater cemetery. Obituary appears elsewhere in this paper.

X'Will Donnelly and Louie Ramp returned Wednesday from a five weeks visit in the southwest, most of the time near Houston, Texas. Will has bought a saw mill and planing mill some thirty miles from Houston and expects to locate there permanently in a few weeks. Louie Ramp will probably go out there also. Frank Donnelly will carry on the lumber yard here,

A good sized company of the people of the First Baptist church called at ,the home of the pastor, Rev. J. B. Bair, Thursday evening and had an enjoyable time in which refreshments, music and sports were among the leading features. Music was furnished by Clyde Comer and Floyd Bair. All enjoyed themselvee, both old and young, especially the minister and his family, and extend an invitation to their friends to come again.

A report was circulated about Goodland last week that the Goodland Bank was “shaky,” and a small run resulted. The bank people brought in $40,000 in cash from Chicago, 6ays the Herald, and everyone that wanted his money got it promptly. Like the Dutchman, when the depositors found that the bank could pay, they didn’t want it, and the trouble was soon ended. The party responsible for the alarm will be prosecuted, it is said.

The sale at the Kent ranch near Fair Oaks Thursday was the biggest sale of the season. There was an immense crowd there and the hot lunch man was eaten completely out, selling over S6O worth of stuff. Property all brought good prices, one big team of mules selling at S4OO another mule team $370, etc. The entire sale aggregated about $6,450. Several span of mules were bought by an agent of the Knickerbocker Ice Co., of Chicago.

A RENSSELAER THAW. [With Apologies, Etc.] Swear, and the town * wears with you; Don't, aud the crowd is mad, For the whole town knows In the melting snows That the walking's p. d. bad. Oh, for a flat in some Vast wilderness where snow Is kept alway In a dry frappe Until it is time to go In a summer rush Of decent slush. And not the kind we know. Slosh, slosh, slosh, Out of the slush The gutters rush; Into the slosh The gum galosh Goes with a glickety-gluck-galuck. And out again with a slimery suck. Slippery, sloppery; Drippery, Droppery; Flippery, fioppery; Skippery, hoppery: We jump On a lump Of snow in a hump To find that it's only a sloppery slump, A devilish, deceitful, damply duihp. Aud we get Our feet wet From the icy jet That shoots up our— Well, no matter, We get the splatter J ust the same. And our temper is hot. Though are feet are not. Look at our pants, or skirts. Soaked in the slush that squirts, Out of the beautiful everywhere. Thawing fast in the melty air. Look on us; pity us, Kindly heaven; Let us say, “Damn!’’ Aud be forgiven.