Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

4-Jini Randle of Red Oak, lowa, nas been visiting bis father Nelson Randle, here this week. Miss Clara Yeoman of Ambia visited her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Strong, here this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Bolser of Frankfort visited the former’s brother, A. E. Bolser over Sunday. ''i-Arnold and Lizzie Luers went to Bronkston and Lafayette last Friday for a few days visit with relatives. M. B. and Glenn Wishard of Chicago and Dr. Ernest Wishard of Noblesville have been visiting here with their mother, Mrs. Jenie Wishard. is made of the engagement of Firmer Thompson,' eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Thompson, to Miss Faye Clayton a popular young lady of Monon. If you are in the market for any farm stock or equipment, look over John A. Randle’s list. His sale will take place on Jan. Bth, at his farm one-half mile east of Pleasant Grove. At this writing Referee Bowers has made no decision in the Delos Thompson case wherein the r old Rensselaer Stock Farm company owes the McCoy bank estate some' $54,000. The republican district convention to elect a new district chairman to succeed Henry W. Marshall of Lafayette, and who is at present under a doud, will be heli in Lafayette, Jan. 14. yfax. and Mrs. Albert Marshall and baby of Chicago are visiting here this week. They are preparing to move to Medford, Oregon, where he will superintend his uncle G. E. Marshall’s fruit farm. While at Monon Thursday we Were told that Tony Strickfaden, formerly of Rensselaer and who later conducted a saloon at Monon, had gone totally blind, and that the doctors held out no hope of his regaining bis eyesight.

Any subscriber having paid his subscription to The Democrat within the past 60 days can, by paying 35 cents additional, secure one of The Democrat’s popular Wall Charts. They are worth many times the price asked for them, and to non-subscribers we charge 75 cents for them. Joseph Sohearich and Miss Rose Carr returned Monday from their visit to Enid, Okla. Both were well pleased with the country and think Enid a fine town. Miss Minnie Sohnerich, who accompanied her father ont there, will remain indefinitely with her sister, Mra. John Carr. . W. Stockton, just northwest of town, has erected a hill-board at the corner near his residence for the convenience of the public desiring to post sale or other bills thereon, a convenience that could be adopted by many other farmers throughout the country at slight trouble and expense, and hundreds would rise and called them blessed.

- The fire department was called otlt Wednesday morning by a slight blaze at Tom Parker’s in the north part of town. A little girl had been playing with tnutchesgand the lace curtains caught tire, communicating to the carpet in falling to thb floor and causing quite a scare and doing perhaps SSO damage. Mrs. Parker was burned somewhat in smothering the flames. Advertised Letters: Mrs. Roy Flanders (2), Miss Nettie Bonles, Mrs. Joseph Kenton, Miss Bell Rogers, Mrs. May Williams, Mrs. Chance Wilson, Mrs. Mollie Miller, Mrs. Lizzie Sigman, F. N. Bauk, M. L. Campbell, J. Whook & Go., Konday Kord Amoery, Geo. B. VanAlen, Freeman VarKuren, Dave Bigler, Charles Smith (2) Luke Ratt, E. S. Nilema, Jacob Reed, O. G. Maxwell, Melvin Johnson, Frank Grabemaun, V. W. Johnson, Walter Hill.

There are still thousand of acres of oorn yet to be hnsked in Jasper county. One farmer told us Saturday that he had 60 acres yet to husk. The bad condition of oorn this season made farmers late in getting to work at husking and it is reported that a great deal of that whioh was hnsked and piled up in cribs has been giving the owners considerable anxiety and in some oases has heat badly. One of the elevators here has a drier and therefore has been able to handle a limited quantity of the new corn, but generally speaking it is still in bad condition, tbs cob is still green and wet and. is drying out very slowly. The corn crop through thisseotion of the ooontry at least is a decided disappointment, both in quantity and quality, and not for a great many years has so poor s orop been