Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1908 — Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

DUNNVILIiE. Ross White went to Valparaiso Monday. Miss Grace Hilliard is attending school at North Judson. t Miss Freda Rockwell is attending school in Knox this term. John Finn Is progressing nicely with 'his ditch and will be through in a few days. Mrs. Cummings and children visited Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson. Mrs. Carrie Seagrlst spent Sunday afternoon with us and brought a fine pall of ice cream. Hon. I. D. Dunn presented us with a fine picture of the new M. £. church, which we highly appreciate. Misses Emma and Rllla Williams of Lacrosse are visiting with Bert Vandecar and family at this writing. School opened Monday morning and as we have all good teachers there will be good work done this year. Miss Ada Vandecar of Knox, who has been visiting with relatives and friends here the past week, returned home Wednesday. The absence of the D. V. news last week was due to the fact that our little son was very sick, but is better at this writing. Several from here attended the services at the Catholic church at San Pierre Sunday, and quite a number of children took their first communion. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Frye of Lake Forest, Ira Frye and family of Hebron and Mr. and Mrs. Zeri Miller of Kouts, spent Sunday with the Bush family. i

EGYPT. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reed visited James Reed Sunday. Mrs. D. V. Blake and son Emery were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Wm. Pruett and Mort Ritchey left Monday for South Dakota. One of Ernest Maxwell’s valuable horses died one day this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Kisner and family visited at Janies Reed’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Michaels and family visited at Riley Tullis’ Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Keister called on James Keister and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Branson and family visited at William Pruett’s Sunday. Misses Ida Karr and Ruth Kisner spent Thursday night at Charles AntcllfT’s. Andy Ropp has been hulling clover in this neighborhood for the past weekr Mrs. W. F. Michaels and daughter Katie called on James Bullls’ Sunday afternoon. Egypt school opened Monday with an attendance of fifteen scholars. Roy Maple teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Galey, daughter Grace and James Bicknell visited at Henry Gallagher’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Besse and daughter Hazel attended the dance at Charley Weiss’ Saturday night. Miss Hannah Welsh called on Miss Nettie Bullis Monday afternoon and reported the latter some better.

EAST CARPENTER. Jake Hensler was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Abe Hurley and brothers shocked buckwheat Tuesday. Mrs. Anna Hensler called on Anna Kellner Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Milt Sigman were Remington goers Saturday. John Frey’s attended church south of Remington Sunday. Claude Miller called on Frank Bartoo’s last Sunday afternoon. Will Dickinson is working for Lawrence Kellner at thiß writing. Georgia. Martha and Eunice Dickinson called on Harmon Dickinson’s Sunday. Daisy Sharkey is working for her sister Mrs. Emma Banes at this writing. Mr. Hurley and family took dinner with their son Abe Hurley and wife last Thursday. A new well is now being drilled on the John Jordan property, close to the new house. Ida Bartoo returned home Saturday after spending a few weeks in Fort Wayne and Fulton. The ground is very dry in this vicinity and if we don’t get a rain soon the corn crop will be quite short this year. J. A. Teters returned home from

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the State fair and he says he did not receive any ribbons at all this year. It is something new for John as he is used to getting several premiums.

SOUTH NEWTON. Wanted:—j-A good rain. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leek visited in Mt. Ayr Sunday. Philip Paulus transacted business at Brook Thursday. Chas. Weiss was calling on several neighbors Thursday. W. E. Leek and a civil engineer was at Earl Leek's Monday. Mrs. Fred Markin visited her mother, Mrs. Powell Wednesday. Mrs. Arthur Powell visited her mother, Mrs. Silas Potts, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mayhew spent Sunday with Arthur and Ernest Mayhew’s.

Mr. and Mrs. Nelse Hough took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Delong. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dewey spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dewey. Harry Dewey made a business trip to one of the Ade farms near Brook Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B, Yeoman and family attended the Yeoman reunion at A. C. Pancoast’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grant spent Sunday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Grant. Mrs. Jas. Clifton of Fair Oaks is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Powell and other relatives this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Ducharme and Misses Sadie and Bessie Paulus visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Reed Sunday. - .; ' ■ . '■■■. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leek attended the ball game at Mt, Ayr Thursday afternoon. Goodland crossed bats with Mt. Ayr. School began in this district this week. Miss Jennie Parkison is teaching and Alva Yeoman has the contract for hauling the children. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leek. W. E. Leek, Ross Benjamin and Lizzie Riddle called on Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leek Thursday, enroute to the Ade farm.

Mrs. Ed Waling of Brook called on her sister-in-law, Mrs. Arthur Mayhew. Friday. Mrs. Chas. Waling. who had been visiting the latter. accompanied her home. The dance given at Chas. Weiss’ Saturday night was well attended and everybody reported a good time. Music \t-as furnished by Mr. Jacob Dewey and Ed Lane and Miss Sadie Paul Us.

Mrs. Jeff Smith and Mrs. Chas. Grant started Tuesday for a visit with the former's son and latter’s sister, Mr. and Mrs. Everal Smith of Burke, So. Dak. They will probably be gone about two weeks. Mrs. Fred Taedty was called last Tuesday night to the bedside of her father at Urbana. 111., who was seriously ill. He died < Thursday morning and Mr. Taedty went to attend the funeral Saturday. They returned home Monday evening.

MILROY. Omar Brown attended church} here Sunday. Chas. McCashen and wife were in Rensselaer Saturday. Albert Wood returned to Momence, 111., last week. N. Littlefield of Rensselaer was in our vicinity Monday. Miss Clara Garvin called on Miss Wolfe Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foulks were in Monon Wednesday. (Edward Johnson and family were visiting in Monon Thursday. Mrs. Chas. Smith and Mrs. Geo. Wood were in Monon Monday. Vern Culp was in Monon for band concert Wednesday evening. Earl Foulks and Martha Clark started to school in Monon Monday. > Mrs. Mahlon Lamport called on Mrs. T. Spencer Tuesday afternoon. Miss Ida Winters of Wolcott visited this w r eek with Miss Clara Garvin. Wm. Culp andl John Willbanks were transacting business in Monon Monday. Chas. McCashen and wife called on Mrs. Geo. Geo. Foulks Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank May took dinner with Mrs. Mary McCashen Sunday. Mrs. Tevis of Montlcello is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Spencer. Thos. Spencer is spending this week in Texas, where he traded for a farm. , ■».' Walter Britton and Cady Underwood attended the band concert at Monon Wednesday night. Elmer Clark and wife spent Wednesday with the former’s father, I. J. Clark and family. Thos. Clark of Rensselaer who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Chas. McCashen, returned home Saturday. Mrs. Dobbins is at present visiting her daughter, Mrs. Derfllnger in Benton county, but will soon visit her son and family in Oklahoa. As some have suggested we change the Sunday school from 10 a. m. to 2:30 p. m., it will be voted on next Sunday morning. Everybody come. Rev. Mrs. Belcher preached here Saturday night, Sunday morning and Sunday night. At 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon two candidates for baptism were immersed in the dredge ditch by Rev. Miller of Rensselaer. Mrs. Belcher will preach here next Sunday. All are invited.

FAIR OAKS. Dr. Fyfe was at the hub Tuesday on business. Health is generally good in our heck ot the woods nowadays. Our band boys are billed to play at the speaking at Roselawn Thursday. Miss Edith Moffitt visited with her aunt, Mrs. Byers of Wheatfleld, over Sunday. Milt Gundy and O. W. Cedarwall put in a couple of days at the Kankakee fair last week. Mrs. Casey and daughter and Ethel Crawford visited relatives In Morocco over Sunday. Mrs. Ike Kight left here Tuesday for No. Dak., to visit her brother, William Spry, a week or so. Bruce Moffitt left here for his farm the first of the week in No. Dak., after being at home a week. 'Pete Wood and little daughter returned from No. Dak., the first of the week. His son Charles came back with them. John Kight and family, who have been visiting relatives here the past week returned to their home at Lacross Monday. W. L. Bringle of west of Rensselaer passed through here Monday enroute to So. Dak., to visit her son, J. V. Bringle. * The weather is still dry. Owing to the fires in the muck in the Kankakee marshes and in the northern pine countrys, we are having a very heavy smoke hanging over this part of the country. Will Warren’s are making an improvement on their property in the way of building a cellar. It will be walled with cement blocks. They have the gravel on the ground to make the blocks and Mr. Platt, the cement man, from Rensselaer, is to do the work. The excavation is to begin soon.

The pickle harvest will wind up this week. They hgve something ike 13,000 bushels. It is reported the company is talking of putting in a finishing plant that would mean a good deal more for this place; as there has been a great deal of money paid in at this place this year for pickles. Albert Brooks of Peru, formerly of this place who clerked in Ike Right's general store for several years before moving to the above named place, was here Wednesday visiting old friends. It has been about nine years since he moved away. He is one of Uncle Sam’s boys now,-as he is in the rural free delivery service having route 7 out of Peru.

PINK GROVE. Mrs. Chas. Shroyer called on Mrs. George Cooper Sunday afternoon. 'Tommie Cooper, Elmer Shroyer and Ernest Nubs visited Charley Snow Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Walker and family Bpent Sunday with Mrs. Hurley of near Blackford. School will open Monday at the Independence school, with Walter Lutz as teacher. Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper and Mrs. Chas. Shroyer were Newland callers Tuesday afternoon. A few from here attended the burial of Mrs. J. N. Baker Sunday, which was at the Prater cemetery. Miss Maggie Torbet returned to Indianapolis Friday after a six week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Torbet. Mrs. Sarah McCleary and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet and Mrs. Belle Dickey attended the surprise dinner on Mrs. Joe Davis of near Gifford Sunday.

LEE. Miss Martha Clark visited Lora Culp Sunday. Ray Holeman and wife went to his mother’s last Sunday. Rev. Simonson and wife stayed Saturday night at D. J. Clark’s. „ Rob Stiers, brother of Fred, came Wednesday evening on a visit. Miss Lural Anderson commenced her school at Farvlew, in Hanging Grove tp., Monday. Mrs. Van Stiers started from here Wednesday evening to go to visit her mother at St. Joe,f Mich. Miss Whittaker, of Hammond, who has been visiting Leroy Noland, returned home Sunday morning.

Mrs. Marker, mother of Mrs. H. C. Anderson and Mrs. Mort Deardorff, has been very poorly for some time past. Friday and Saturday Mrs. Addie Walker of Lowell and Mrs. Carr and daughter Agnes of Monon visited their sister, Mrs. Dodd. Arthur Parcels and wife, and Gladys, Sam Jacks and wife and Oscar, Mr. and Mrs. Simonson and son Dale took dinner Sunday at T. P. Jacks', Mrs. Stella Holeman and baby Mable came Wednesday to Mrs. Kate Holeman's and George came Thursday. Then they returned home ••that afternoon. Arthur Parcels has traded his 80 acre farm in Hanging Grove tp. for one-half section of land in Texas. He is preparing to move there in the near future. Jim Overton of Rensselaer and his mother of Walnut, lowa, came Friday evening to visit Frank Overton. They went back to Rensselaer Tuesday morning. Mrs. Ola Parcels, Mrs. Corda Overton and Mrs. Della Culp went to see their mother, Mrs. Kati Holeman, Thursday and also their grand-mother Mellender who is visiting there. She is going to her home north of Rensselaer the last lof the week. The old lady will be 89 years old in November, and is enjoying good health for one of that age. There was quite an excitement in town Monday about noon. The train set tire out in Mr. Gilmore's hay field and it burned up three ricks of hay and a hay stacker, but the men finally got it whipped out. Then, in the afternoon, another train set fire on the place where Mr. Lewis lives and it got one rick of hay there before it was under control, and in the evening the men backburned the right-of-way along the town. Everything is so very dry there is great danger of fire.

MT. AY It. (From The Pilot.) J. Lyons, A. Hufty and Win. McCord took in the ball games at Chicago Sunday.’ Mrs. T. E. Hufty and children returned Friday morning from a ten days visit with friends aud relatives at Rensselaer and Monticello. J. B. Ashby went to Star City, lnd., to attend the annual reunion of the Ashby family at that place. He returned the first of the week. Enos Yoder has purchased the well machine of Ed Stahl and it is quite likely we will see the familiar brand of blue clay on Enos' trousers now any time. Mrs. Jasper Wright and Miss Ellen Crisler attended the state fair last week and visited with relatives there at the same time. They returned home last Friday. Reuben Yeoman and family left last Thursday for Indianapolis to attend tlKt state fair, after which they went on to Johnson county for a visit with friends and relatives at Trafalgar. Mrs. H. G.. Clark, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. John Barton, left Saturday morning for Chicago for a short visit with relatives. From where they will go to Cleveland, Ohio, where they will spend some

time with relatives before returning home. „ Arthur Andersoq of Chicago Heights caijie last Saturday for a visit at the home of John Romine. Mrs. Anderson had been there for about a week, and both returned • home the first of the week. " Mr. j Anderson was at one time a resident of thlk section and his former friends may be pleased to learn that he has purchased 80 acres of land in Texas and will go on it soon. Charley Brown moved last Saturday to a ranch over north of Morocco. For some time Charley has been working on the section but the house in which he has been living has been sold to George Corbin, who is working in the blacksmith shop and desired to occupy it himself. thus making It Recessary for Charley to move. As he could get no house in town he had to do the next best, which was a position on the ranch where he is moving. Jap Wright and Jack Brown, who have been away with their race horses for the past three weeks were home over Sunday. They report a very successful trip, although they say the racing was close and some fine races were pulled off. At Watseka week before last “Pretty Girl” won first three times and “Miss Cotton” won second once. In a novelty race there (a purse for each quarter) “Flossie Cotton” won three-quarters. At Kankakee they took second Tuesday and first Friday. This week they are racing at Piper City, 111., and of course we expect a favorable report from them there.