Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

To-day’s markets: Corn, 57c; Oats, 47c. 1 / J Fred Kilgoss and family left Tuesday for Union Hill, 111., where he will live on a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Quarlle of Chicago came Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holden. climbing out a buggy Sati urday, Gus. Zacher of near Surrey, fell and fractured the small bone of his left leg.’ Rensselaer’s board of trade shop has rented a private Western tlnion wire, and Leland Jessen has been engaged as operator. Rev. Thomas Meyer was called to Otis Tuesday on account of the death, of the priest in charge of the parish at that place. Mrs. Lucy J. Burris, who has been living on one of the Halligan farms near McCoysburg, moved Tuesday to Sheridan where she has relatives. Ivan EBsworth, as a Texas land agent, accompanied Earl Saidla to Chicago yesterday, and from there they may go to Texas and invest In land. Max Kepner, who is fireman on one of the Sternberg dredges near Seafield, came Saturday to visit for some time with his mother, ' Mrs. Luke Turner.

Miss Margaret Scott, who is teach-’ ing school in Chicago, returned Monday after a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Scott of south of town. ■pMrs. F. A. Ross and son Livingston banqueted the members of the Beta Phi Sigma fraternity and their “best girls” at the home of the former Monday night. The aji in last Wednesday’s Democrat for a farm hand brought a host of replies, and would indicate that there are several married men hunting a job on a farm. and Mrs. Harry Jacobs, who wlere ma.ried here Friday, went to Monticello Saturday where they will spend a few’ days. They expect to make Rensselaer their permanent home. All the rural route carriers made their rounds Monday except John Q. Alter on Route 3. He started out but encountered so many brokun poles lying across the road, he said, that he turned back. Advertised letters: Wm. Eaton, Gazette & Sun, J. L- Hewett, W. F. Michaels, M. C. Van Hall, C. F. Kinsey, W. T. Knight, Mrs. Jos. Starn, Mrs. Loma Hasent, Miss Mabel Karch, Mrs. Frances Godding. Moore, who fires the boiler at the Babcock & Hopkins elevator, is the third person in this vicinity to suffer from a mild parayletic stroke, his entire left side being affected. His shock came last Thursday. J. B. Sayler, who was called here last week on account of the death of his father, Lew’is Sayler of Kniman, returned to his home in Braddock, North Dakota, Tuesday. Mrs. Sayler will remain at Kniman with relatives for a short time. 'Apr. A. R. Kresler accompanied N|rs. John Marlatt to Chicago Tuesday morning for examination by a hospital surgeon for a trouble of long standing. It is possible that she may decide to remain and take treatment in the hospital. Tom Huston of Roselawn was in town on business Saturday. We are indebted to Tom for the report of the little girl burning to death in Roselawn Friday afternoon. The family formerly lived in one of Tom’s tenant houses there. The residence and household goods of # J. Francis, three miles south of Wheatfield, were totally destroyed by fire one night last week. Mr. Francis appraises his loss at $1,500, with $1,300 insurance in the Ohio Farmers’ Co. Charles Penwright of Mt. Ayr and three brothers from Oklahoma left Tuesday morning for the former’s home in Mt. Ayr where they will visit for a short time before returning to their home. J They were called here to attend the funeral of their mother, Mrs. Lois Penwright. Don’t kick because you have to button your wife’s waist. Be glad your wife has a waist and doubly glad you have a wife to button a waist for. Some men’s wives waists have no buttons on td button. Some men’s wives who have waists with buttons on to button, don’t cate a continental whether they are buttoned or not. Some men don’t have any wives with waists with buttons on to button, so cheer up.—Ex. L Mrs. J. H. Perkins, who has been sick as a result of an attack of grip, which settled in the bowels, is in a critical condition at this writing. Three experts in this trouble have been called in consultation with local physicians. Dr. Walter Rhodes, an osteopath of Terre Haute, Dr. J. C. M. Chafee, professor of materia medica in the Western University, and Dr. Byron Robinson of the Mary Thompson hospital in Chicago. Saturday she showed some improvement, but Monday she suffered a relapse and the result is at Vest very doubtful.