Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1908 — Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BY OUR SUECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

SOUTH NEWTON. Farmers are all busy husking corn nowadays. Press Roberts took a load of fat hogs' to Brook Monday. Arthur Mayhew made a business trip to Brook Wednesday. George Bentley spent Monday night with the Paulus family. Quite a number in this neighborhood sawed wood this week. Mrs. Alice Potts spent Sunday afternoon with W. B- Yeoman’s.* Nelse Hough arid Harry Dewey were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Warner Hough and Frank Shipman were Mt. Ayr goers Tuesday. ' Mrs. Arthur Powell called on her sister. Mrs. Fred Waling, Wednesday morning. Arthur and Ernest Mayhew attended the Burns sale northwest of Mt. Ayr Tuesday. . » James Clifton of Fair Oaks, came Saturday to do some carpenter work fer Mrs. Mary Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weiss and family took dinner with W. B. Yeoman and family Sunday. , Mr. and Mrs. Philip Paulus visited relatives Saturday night and Sunday In and near Goodland. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waling nailed en the families of Silas Potts and Arthur Powell Sunday afternoon. Alvin, Walter and Emma Feldhaus and Warner Hough spent Sunday afternoon with Sadie and Bessie Paulus. Mr. and Mrs. James Dewey from Brook and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wagner visited with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dewey Sunday. We got a fine rain in this locality this week which was much needed to stop so many fires being started in the dry leaves and grass. Nelse Hough and Frank Shipman went to Lafayette Friday to see Taft andssee the sights* and while there Frank did some high kicking, so they say. Morgan Dewey and step-sister. Mrs. Myer, from the state of Washington. took dinner with Harry Dewey Monday, and spent Monday night with Charles Weiss and family. v , Harry Dewey reports another of Joe Ade’s horses sick. It seems to be a disease caused from the dust •n the grass, and is worse where there are so many horses in a bunch. Maybe the rain will stop It now.

MILROY. Abe Woosely was In Monon Monday. Ed Herman was a Lee visitor Monday morning. Trustee G. L. Parks visited the Banner school Tuesday. Mrs. Thos. Spencer called on Mrs. Mahlon Lamport Monday. Madge Wolfe spent Saturday and Sunday at her home In Wolcott. Ed Herman and family ate dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Blvans. I Martha Clark spent Saturday ■ight with her sister, Mrs. George Foulks. Mrs. E. Johns and Mrs. Mitchell and children called on Mrs. Thos. Lear Friday. John Mitchell and family and vMrs. E. Johns spent Sunday with Beo. Foulks'. Richard and George Foulks and 1 Roy Williams were in Monon Monday afternon. Mrs. Frank Coghill and children have returned from their visit to Kankakee, 111. The Monon barid gave its last concert for the season Wednesday Bight of last week. Mrs. Roland Johns of McCoysburg spent Friday with Mrs. L. .Foulks and family. Miss Della Davis is staying with the family of Charles Smith during Mrs. Smith’s absence. Chas. Smith accompanied his wife te Indianapolis last Sunday where she went for treatment. Mrs. Frank May and daughter Ruth visited Mrs. May s parents, D. Z Clark and family Wednesday.

McCOYSBURG. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Warner took dinner at Ed peregrine’s Sunday. Too late now to hunt b®es for their honey, as they need it for their own use this winter. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Armstrong, •f Michigan City, are visiting at their son’s, C. A. Armstrongs. Porter & Howe are fixing up their shredder and will start to shredding this week If the weather will permit. Frank Peregrine Is husking corn for James Downs this week and hauling It to Lee. The corn is a good quality and will average about 25 bushels per acre.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Porter have moved onto the S. H. Howe place and will live there till spring. Floyd has not yet decided what he will do then. < Sunday evening the milk tralp started quite a blaze just south of Lan McDonald’s barn, but was soon put out by people who had gathered here to attend church that evening. Mr. Large of Illinois is here remodeling his house where Arthur Williamson lives. Marlon Smith is doing the mason work and Will Noland and James Culp are doing the carpenter work. Ed Peregrine has sold his blacksmith shop at Lee to Will Noland of that place, who will take possession at once and wishes to have the patronage of that vicinity and will Insure them first class work.

SOUTH VNioN. Ray Burns and Estil Keener are in lowa husking corn this fall. Fred Stevenson of Parr called on Rev. Bundy’s Sunday evening. The rains have improved the looks of the wheat in this section, and it now looks fine. Rev. Clarke of Rensselaer filled his regular appointment at Good Hope Sunday evening. Chas. Lakin has purchased of Levi Renicker the latter’s 80 acre farm, known as the Haste farm, near Parr. Consideration J 66 per acre. Mrs. Lee Mauck and son and daughter visited uer parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Burns, Sunday and attended church at Good Hope in the evening. Miss Lestie Harrington is home from near 5 Pleasant Ridge, where she has been staying with Mrs. John Reed. Miss Anna Bond attended Sunday school at Good Hope Sunday morning and took dinner with Mrs. Walter Harrington.

Cleveland Price is still working for Amos Alter, hauling water for the stock and other odd jobs that usually go with farm work. Rosebud Sunday school had Rally Day Sunday. It held till 4 o’clock in the evening, a good time was had. A sermon was preached by the president of the M. P. church. William J. Bryan, if elected, will be for the common people, while on the other hand, if Mr. Taft is elected he will take care of the trusts and the special interests. Several of the farmers are gathering their corn in this section, and they say it is not as good as they anticipated. It seems to be solid enough but the ears are very small. Everett Burns says he is still looking for that young lady that will fill requirements, and if anyone should see her, just speak up and he is ready to take her buggy riding any old time.

We have not learned whether Amos Alter will close down his mill or not if Bryan is elected, but the way some republicans talk anyone that is not posted would think the world would come to an end at once if the republican office seekers should be defeated, and the Lord would send some great calamity upon us. Too bad that some people are so foolish.

Politics is somewhat mixed in this township on assessor, as there will be four candidates’ names on the ticket. Sol Norman’s name occupies the regular democratic ticket and Ed McColly the regular republican ticket. Because their resignation was not filed in time, Chas. Garriott and Ed Lakin’s names will also appear, but off to one side. They are not candidates in the regular sense, and each will urge their friends to vote for Mr. Norman, the regular nominee. Please remember this. •

WEST JORDAN. Hurrah for Bryan and Kern! Jesse Dunn was in Rensselaer Saturday. Art Wortley is husking corn for Hank Guahwa. The Praise Chapel was dedicated Sunday afternoon. Joe Is feeding the white horse plenty of hay this fgll. A' large crowd attended church at Mt. Hope Sunday night. Corn is making about 30 bushels per acre in thia vicinity. .Daniel Blake is painting at the Sam Smith farm this week. Benjamin Barger and son Hank were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Billie Doe takes a spin around the square nearly every morning In his auto. . ■ ' Maggie and Harry were visiting friends north of Rensselaer last week.

Jerry Branson was at Mt. Hope Sunday evening wearing a stiff hat for the first time. Ike Glazebrook and Louis Muster of Rensselaer are building a corn crib for Benj. .Barger.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Any person having an unsettled account with Wm. A. Churchill, deceased, will please call within thirty days, and settle the same with Wm. H. or Fenton O. Churchill, at one blj>ck north of the depot, in Rensselaer, Ind. WM. H. CHURCHILL AND SONS. October 13th, 1908.

EGYPT. Charley Gray Visited D. V. Blake’s Sunday. Philip Heuson called on home folks Sunday. Miss Eva Michael called on Frank Welsh’s Sunday evening. Frank Sommers is husking corn for his brother Charley. The long dry spell was broken Friday night with a rain. Emmet Fidler and family visited at Julius Huff's Sunday. Merve Welsh has been laid up with a sore shin the past week. Lilly Bowers and Ab Dewey attended church, at Mt; Hope Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Antcliff and Joseph Gailey were Rensselaer goers Saturday.

Grace and Ross Reed visited at Chas. Kessinger’s Saturday night and Sunday. Misses Hattie Iliff, Lilly Bowers, Nellie, Hannah dnd -Kate Welsh visited at Riley Tullis’ Sunday. Several of the young folks attended the surprise party on Emery Blake Wednesday night, it being his twelvth birthday anniversary. About thirty of the people of this neighborhood gathered up their old tin-pans, cow bells and shot guns and gave Osa Ritchey and wife an old time charavari. Guy T. Gerber, the democratic candidate for State Representative, and Arthur Tuteur, made speeches to a large crowd at Egypt school house Thursday evening. Hurrah Tor Gerber!

NEVER FAIL. Corn husking has begun in this locality. Kurg Burns was a Remington goer Wednesday. William Wortley hauled fat hogs to Remington-Monday. Abb Dewey called on Maurice Besse and family Monday. The Rowleigh Remedy man was in these parts last week. The long dry “spell” was broken Friday night by a fine rain. Ule Iliff attended the democratc speaking at Egypt Thursday evening. \ Mrs. Claude Williams and little daughter were Rensselaer goers Friday. Mrs. Clhude Williams spent Thursday evening with Mrs. Leonard Keister. Omer Iliff has returned from his trip west. How did you like the country, Omar? Several from this vicinity attended the dance at Leonard Shaffer's Thursday night. „ Quite a number attended church and Sunday school at James school house Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Charles Harris and Miss Pearl Timmons are visiting relatives near Attica at this writing. Mr. and Mts. George Hensler of Remington, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Dewey, Mrs. Elizabeth Myers of Kansas, and Miss Freda Steele took diffher at Jacob Dewey’s Sunday.

NORTHEAST CARPENTER. Frank Bartoo spent Sunday with friends In White county. Miss Georgia Dickinson reported a fine attendance at Black Oak church Sunday. Jacob Wagner is spending a few days in Chicago and South Haven, Mich., this week. Lewis Sharkey Is talking of building a fine residence on his farm jn White county. John Jordan has finished plastering his new house that he built during the past summer. Lawrence Gillespie hulled his clover last week, and to his astonishment got 12 bushels and 3 pecks of fine seed. Mr. and Mrs. Mat Nessius and her mother, Mrs. Smith, were guests of Mrs. Jacob Wagner Sunday evening. ( Henry and Jacob Wagner’s are the proud fathers of two bouncing sons. The boys are preparing to have their own help when they go to No. Dak. Sam Ravenscroft is having a part of his house shingled. He is uneasy about the weather setting in wet afte/ Bryan’s election. Charles Dye and Charley Peck of Remington made their first raid on the crows last Monday, and I guess they killed one as I noticed one gone Tuesday as I was looking them over. Are you a Democrat? Do you believe the people should rule? If you do, vote for William J. Bryan next Tuesday. He can be relied upon as loyal to his country in victory as defeat. This may be the last chance you will have to vote for so fine a man for president, as Mr. Bryan.

EAST JORDAN. Pearl Beach started to school Monday. Miss Alice Dewey was a Rensselaer goer Monday. Ed Moore and family visited at Williams’ Sunday. The roads are not so dusty as they were last week. Miss Florence Johnsop called on Mary Bice Sunday evening. Mary Bice visited at her grandparents Friday night and Saturday. Mrs. Johnson and daughter Florence were Rensselaer goers Monday. Charles Johnson assisted Lawrence Kellner in his carpenter work last week. The Shide brothers returned home Tuesday from their summer’s work in No. Dak. Mr. and Mrs. Bice attended the dedication of the new church in Jordan tp., Sunday. Miss Edith Johnson, who left two 1 weeks ago for Elkhart, Ind., likes it fine there. Vern Bice and Eugene Hasty attended prayer meeting at Rev. Williams' Sunday evening. Frank Britzlnger went last Sunday evening to Zeher’s to assist them in shredding, but the rain prevented work. There will be church at Blake school house, beginning Saturday night, Oct. 31, and lasting until Sunday evening.

Why James Lee Got Well. Everybody in Zanesville, 0., knows Mrs. Mary Lee, of rural route 8. She writes: “My husband, James Lee, firmly believes he owes his life to the use of Dr. King’s New Discovery. His lungs Were so severly affected that consumption seemed inevitable, when a friend recommended New Discovery. We tried it, and its use has restored him to perfect health.” Dr. King’s New Discovery is the King of throat and lung remedies. For coughs and colds it has no equal. The first dose gives relief. Try it! Sold under guarantee at A. F. Long’s drug store. 50c. and |I.OO. Trial bottle free.

LETTER FROM DR. TRIPLETT. Morocco, Ind., Oct. 28, 1908. Dear Comrades of 1862: I have just returned from a visit to the old battlefields of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Chickamauga. Nothing would have pleased me more than to have had you with me and looked over these old fields of carnage together. They are the same old fields after the lapse of forty-five years, with the exception of the enormous growth of timber now on them. When we were there we could see the marching Confederates all along the top of Missionary Ridge, now the growth of timber forty to seventy-five feet high, hiding its entire face except where it has been cut off to make way for some beautiful residences that have been built on the crest of the ridge. Chattanooga has grown to be a magnificent city, clear out to the foot of the ridge. From Sherman’s crossing on the Tennessee River to Rossville Gap and on to Lookout Mountain, is a solid city. Chickamauga battlefield is now a government reservation and has fine barracks that will house 5,000 soliders. It has as fine .macadamized roads running through and around the battlefield and to Missionary Ridge and along that summit, as any city boulevard. And its entire distance is through a beautiful National cemetery where rest 13,560 Union soldiers who fell in those awful battles.

It is a grand sight to behold. Here lies Colonel Andrews and his famous engine, a monument to commemorate his bravery in the cause of human liberty. My visit to those hallowed spots was forty-five years ago to a day since the bloody battles were fought that made them holy. My comrades, it would pay you one and all, you who bore the brunt of those battles, to visit these fields of carnage while the vital spark holds out to burn. In a few more short years the bugle will sound, summoning us to that roll call wherein wg shall go to our reward. '

Now, my good comrades, we fought for the Union and good government and we won the battle, and I am going to ask you to assist in fighting for good government Nov. 3. I ask you to throw party ties aside and vote for an honest farmer, Algie J. Law, for state senator. I have known him all his life and know him to be honest and sincere, and no vote of his will ever be cast to Increase our taxes and to lower the taxes on railroad property and corporations. He will do justice to all taxpayers. I appeal to you, as you love your liberty, to ponder and think for your own interest before casting your ballot. This appeal is from a friend who was with you for three long years and one and all know that I did my duty for all of you, and without any partiality to anyone. CHAS. E. TRIPLETT, M. D. Late Surgeon of the 87th Ind.

FAIR OAKS. Health is generally good In our town nowadays. Abe Bringle and wife were Rensselaer goers Thursday. Mrs. John Casey, who has been having a selge with the rheumatism, is slowly recovering. Mrs. S. B. Moffitt A. M. Bringle took dinner with Mrs. J. C. Thornton Monday. Abe Bringle and wife attended meetings at Roselawn Sunday and took dinner with I. N. Best. Mrs. Emery Cox and daughter, Mrs. Ida Hanley, visited relatives at Foresman the first of the week. It is reported that our old bootlegger was up to Roselawn a few days ago and got on another supply of hardware. Up to the present we have had two days and two nights rainy weather; so the dust is laid again, and let it lay. Mrs. Pearl Kight, who has been visiting relatives here the past] week, returned to her home at Lacross, Tuesday eve. The recent rains were very welcome as it put out the fires that were burning the muck and sod off the ground. The good people of Jackson tp., Newton county, are in the field again endeavoring to drive the saloon out of Mt. Ayr. I. S. Wade, a lifelong prohibitionist, who is a candidate on the prohibition ticket for congressman, was in our town Tuesday. Mrs. Crayton Copas and children, who had been visiting relatives in Ohio for a month, returned Tuesday. » Win. Blair, who has been working on a dredge in Wisconsin since last spring, returned the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Harold, who have been visiting at F. R. Erwin’s for some time, returned to their home in Ohio the first of the week. N. A. McCoy, who helped to rebuild the booze joint at Roselawn Tant week, is carpentering for Mr. Soifers over in Newton county this week between showets. "Hi” Day’s gang from Rensselaer name up Wednesday and put in a nice lot of cement walk for Mrs. Bodge. They will go from there to Mr. Eggleston's to put in some for him.

LEE. Ernest Mellender is working for Ray Holeman. The blacksmith shop has changed hands. Will Noland Is the present owner. > Charley Randle and family of Barkley visited last Sunday at Fred Steiers’. Sam Jacks and family and Hoy Rlohling and family took dinner Sanday at Ray Holeman’s. A moving picture show was in town Monday night. There was aot a very large crowd attended. Frank .Eldredge and family returned from their week's visit at Kentland and Mt. Ayr last Friday evening. Alvin Clark of Rensselaer was in our town on business and staid over night Wednesday night with J. H. Culp. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and J. H. Culp and family attended church last Sunday and went to Mr. Gilmore’s for dinner. Dr. Clayton was called to Ray Holeman's Wednesday morning to see baby Kenneth, who is sick with a very bad cold, almost pneumonia.