Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Don’t forget the excursion to Chicago next Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Conway visited in Roselawn this week. Mrs. Iva Smith moved to Mt. Ayr this week, her former home, where she will reside in the future. , Richard Beck left yesterday for Lebanon where he will work for "Billy” Merica in his bakery. Geo. Heuson and William Elkins are looking at the country in the neighborhood of Yukon, Okla., with a view of buying, this week. XJJames R. Sigler and family of bn>Ayr came overland by the James Dunlap route and took a train for Chicago, yesterday w’here they will visit until Monday. The mother of Dr. Zeuch of Wheatfleld died at his home Wednesday night of cancer, and will be taken to Chicago for burial, where one of her daughters reside. ' s *Rev. Chas. Pitzer, who puts in time running a meat market at Thayer, was in town Thursday. With his law business, his horse doctoring and his charge over in Milroy township, where he preaches regularly, he is a very busy man. G. D. Gregory, who sells Dr. Baker's remedies in the county, went to Wheatfleld Wednesday afternoon to cast his vote in the special election. In doing this he lost one day’s work and his expenses, but saved the day in Wheatfleld township. The report was current—in fact letters were received here —stating that Governor Hanly had called off the 1 special election for state senator in Starke coiiuty, but on receiving the Starke county papers we are informed that they were preparing to hold the election just the same, and they did Ijold it. G. M. Wilcox, who is the whole thing at Surrey, has been treating himself to a little outing, arriving home Tuesday night. He visited Sandusky, Springfield, Dayton, and Put-in-Bay, Ohio. At Springfield he visited his son Louie, who ’is jn business there. He had what fie denominated “a bully good time” while gone. George W. Sharp brought his two lehiaining children here Thursday dnd found a home for the boy with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rishling, and the girl with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Parks. These homes may not be permanent, but puts the children in good hands for the present. Mr. Sharp Yeturbed to Indianapolis Thursday afternoon. J. C. Frazee, who went to Miami county some years ago, wns in town Monday and Tuesday, looking after his farms in Barkl#y township. He says it is drier in Miami county than it is here, and he has been feeding his stock for two weeks, with a prospect of feeding until spring. The corn in that county is in worse shape than it is here, and the oats were about the same as here. Moral: Old Jasper is not so bad- after all.

Thomas Driver writes us to change the address of his Democrat from Lewiston, Mich., to Atlanta. Mich., '.and says he likes his new home real well. All grain there is good, he states, except corn, oats making 40 to 60 bushels to the acre. The climate is real healthy and he has not had a cold since he went there. His old catarrh trouble has entirely disappeared, he says, and he is in better health than for years. \R. B. Harris and wife and Hale Warner and wife started on a pleas-. \we trip last Friday, visiting Chtca- ?*>, Waukegan, Racine and Milwaukee. They got home Tuesday. The smoke from the forest and peat marsh fires that are now raging la northern Wisconsin was something awful at both Racine and Milwaukee. We have several experiences of the same kind heres but the smell as well as the smoke is somewhat diluted after passing over so much space, but the peat smoke is easily detected even here. , —— Miss Gretrude Ames of Madison, a grand-daughter of John L. Ames of this city, came Wednesday for a viait with her grand-parents and other relatives here. Miss Ames reports that everything is burning up in southern Indiana, and that the Ohio river is so low that it can be waded at Madison. Mr. Ames, who Is the gardner at the Hill ranch, on the old Mark Reed farm, says he has a cabbage that measures 18 inches in diameter the long way, and it is doubtful if the equal of this nan be found in this county. He is an old steamboat builder but it is evident that he knows how r to tend_a garden also.