Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

George Platt was doing his best to down the rum evil—or rum, rathfir—Wednesday, and was producing a fcreat deal of noise about it when the night-watch arrested him on a plain drunk charge. "Judge” Irwin, t at a hearing Thursday morning, caused him to pay $8.55 as the price of his hilarity. “Shorty” Adams also had on a pretty good skate Thursday afternoon, but for some reason did not run against the officers. xJacob Schanlaub, a brother of |ohn Schanlaub of this city, returned to North Manchester Wednesday after a ten days visit with his brothers in this and Newton counties. He says that Charley Carter, who went from north of Mount Ayr to Silver Lake, four or five years ago, a little north of him, has 30 acres of wheat that made 980 bushels, and that wheat and oats were both good, but corn is looking about as it does here.

Monday’s Laporte Argus-Bulle-tin: Mr. Thaddeus Stephens, of Rensselaer and Miss Bessie Woodcox, of Chicago,, were married at noon today at the Methodist parsonage by Dr. E. A. Schell. The groom is a printer employed in one of the Rensselaer offices, and the bride is a charming young woman from one of the exclusive west side social circles in Chicago. After a brief wedding trip they will settle down at Rensselaer. An exchange says that if the old brindle cow should get out, many a man would walk the streets half the night looking for her, but let a twelve year old son fail to show up and the parents retire for the night without an anxious thought. We dare not be hopeful over the future of the human race as long as the fathers and mothers think more of rounding up a S3O cow or a $4 shoat than they do of corraling their sons and daughters at a seasonable hour in the evening. Forty years ago Wm. Washburn got his first job as a farm hand. In 1867 he began work for Peter Smith on a farm near Galien, Mich. The Smiths have lived on that farm ever since, Peter Smith having died two or three years ago, but his widow still resides there. Grandma Smith, her daughter, Mrs. Horace Morley, and husband and Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, another daughter from near Painsville, Ohio, came Tuesday to visit Mr. Washburn and family. The meeting was a very enjoyable one. They will all return to their respective homes today.

“What if high water comes while they are moving the bridge and washes their blocks away?” remarked a by-stander as the bridge movers were working Wednesday—and it cate, but the bridge men were too smart for the high water. About three o’clock a. m., Thursday morning the “boss man” was awakened out of his sleep and informed that the river was rising. He summoned his men and they began work at once. All the loose blocks were removed from the channel and everything that was liable to float away was carried to safety. The water had risen more than 38 inches above the low water mark Thursday morning at 7 a. m., this increase in water having taken place in about five hours. Nothing was lost by the bridge men, but the temporary bridges were out of- commission and the creamery bridge was the only crossing place, unless by ferry, Thursday. Don’t forget that V. G. Collins at the brick livery barn handles farm implements of all kinds. Give Genuine “Quaker Parchment” butter wrappers, blank or printed, for sale at Tbe Democrat Office In any quantity desired. Notice—Anyone holding accounts against the late J. L. Smith or knowing themselves indebted to same, will please notify R. B. Smith, Rensselaer, Ind. 45

Foley’s Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. A. F. LONG. PUBLIC SALE OF HORSES AND MULES. T. H. Robertson informs us that he will arrive in Wolcott about August 25 th with a consignment of horses and mules which he will sell at - public auction at the Wolcott Sale and Exchange Stable In Wolcott, Ind., on Saturday, August 29th, 1908. Tom says this is the best lot of high grade draft horses he ever offered for sale in Wolcott and will be sold under a guarantee to be as represented or money refunded to the purchaser. He ~ has sold a great many horses in Wolcott and his motto has always been “Good horses easy terms your own price.” Such business methods certainly merit the patronage of all.