Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Austin & Hopkins put a fine large new safe in their office this week. The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the Christian church, is "A World-Famed Church;” in the evening, “Lessons, from History.” All are welcome. Councilman Gerber, Truant Officer Littlefield and Township Assessor Hardman attended the Jackson Day Banquet at Lafay. ette Tuesday night. They report a very enjoyable time. 4-XHiris Riddle of near Lisbon, N. J)ak., arriyed Monday for an extended visit with relatives and friends in and around Rensselaer. He reports less snow in No. Dakota this yqar than last. -Vnufue and Martin Warner of Thunder City, Idaho, are visiting their uncles, Norm, John P., and Marsh Warner, here this week. They left Rensselaer 29 years ago, with their father, Martin Warner The deeply interesting serial, “The Manager of the B. & A.,” which has been running in The Democrat for the past several weeks, will end next week. Watch for the opening chapters of another tine serial to begin at once on completion of this story. It will be something that you will enjoy and of a high class order. Burr Porter and Chas. May of Carpenter tp., were in the city Tuesday to leave their order with The Democrat for several hundred sale catalogues for the big Duroc Jersey hog sale they will have on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The Demoerat is also getting out this week 500 catalogues for A. J. Harmon’s Poland China hog sale, which will be held in Rensselaer on Friday, Jan. 25.

Mr. and Mrs. V, O. Patterson of New Boston, 111., visited the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Blue, here during holidays. Mrs. Patterson was formerly Miss Pearl Blue, and was married at Omaha, Neb., on Thanksgiving last. She is now teaching nt Broken Bow. Neb., but after finishing her school will return to New Boston —where she taught last year —and reside with her husband. yMr. and Mrs. Homer Faris of 'Wilsonville, Neb., returned home Saturday after a few days visit with the former’s relatives here. He is a son of Calvin Faris, a former resident of Rensselaer, who removed to Nebraska several years ago, and had come back to Indiana to get married. His wife was Miss Clara Klepter of Oaklandon, Marion county, and the marriage took place New Year’s day. Wanatah Mirror: Wanatah is certainly far from being a dry town at present. With six saloons and all doing a good business, there is probably more money spent here for drink than clothing and eatables. The remainder of the business houses sum up as follows: Two dry goods stores, two grocery stores, two butcher shops, one drug store, one general merchandise store, one barber shop and one hotel.

The funeral of Mrs. Daisy Hawkins was held Saturday afternoon from Trinity M. E. church, Rev. H, L. Kindig conducting the services. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. Deceased was born in Rensselaer, Maroh 10, 1879, and was married to Vermont Hawkins, May 19, 1900. Charles Farmer of Anderson and Mrs Addie Hawkins of Logansport, uncle and sister-in-law, respectively, of Mr. Hawkins, were out of town people in attendance at the funeral. Francesville Tribune: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kohley of Rensselaer were in town Friday greeting old time ticquaintances. They have a splendid farm a couple of miles from the Jasper county capital and are also engaged in the dairy business which keeps them very busy and they don’t get over this way very often. However they are enjoying the prosperity of the world which was indicated when they boosted their subscription to this paper into the 1908 column. Lafayette Courier: Frank J. Spitznagle, the congenial tobacconist, has received a letter from Rensselaer telling him he was the winner of a plow which was put up as a premium at a Catholic fair at that place last week. Mr. Spitznagle bought the ticket a month ago and had forgotten the incident. His friends say he has decided to purchase a small farm near the fair grounds and use the farm implement in working off surplus flesh. He expects to make an exhaustive study of agricultural subjects. An admiring friend of a poetic inclination is writing an ode to “The Man Behind the Plow.”