Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1909 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Rev. Crowder assisted in meetings at Burnettsville Last week. Read The Democrat for news from all sections of the county. Recent births: Feb. 9, to Mr. and Mrs. George Foos, a daughter. The sleet storm struck Remington good and hard and put the telephone lines out of business. Mrs. Ed Lucas and baby of Fowler visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brooks, here last week. The high school seniors will give a box supper at the Townsend hall Saturday evening. Proceeds for benefit of commencement exercised. Miss Ollie Henricks. a former weil known resident and teacher in our town schools, now living at Laurel, N. C., is visiting old friends here at this writing. , D. M. Forry, who had been in poor health for a long time, died Wednesday evening, and the funeral was held from the Presbyterian church Saturday. The colony of farmers from about here who are going to move to Larimore, No. Dak., soon are getting their business affairs in shape to bid good-b/» to Jasper county. John Kettering Is another old and well known resident who will leave us soon. He has sold his property here to J. G. Morris and will move to Pullman, Wash., near which place he has a farm. Fowler Leader: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel James of Oklahoma, and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Thomas, of Remington, spent Saturday night and Sunday at the home of Daniel Swan on West Fourth street. Mr. James left Bentdn county fourteen years ago, prior to that time he lived on the Barnard farm where Ab Edmonds now lives. He |s looking well other than he has lost a foot while away from the county.

Henry Dahncke is in Chicago this week on business. We have a guess coming as to how soon we shall have another short spring. Mr. Russell, the local merchant, is stocking his store with hardware of various kinds. Mr. and Mrs. Osa Nicholson of Parr visited Mr. and Mrs. John Rush a couple of days last week. Frank Antrim has moved in the house vacated some time ago by Mr. Hamilton, who went to Romney, Indiana. It is one thing to do things and another to be able to do them. Evidently a few in and around here are void of one or both of those attributes. Mrs. Bruce Caster of near the oil field is some better at this writing, it being a recovery of the second attack of appendicitis this winter. The Gifford people attended the box social at Newland enmass, hand-cars and ankle-express being the means of conveyance to and from. Parents now have an opportunity to protect their boys by voting saloons out of their reach. If a saloon exists in any county in Indiana aftqr the present law, it will be because the majority of the people wants it. Able discussions both pro and con were heard upon the subject: “Resolved, thait intemperance has caused more misery and suffering than War,” at the Literary here Saturday night. These debates are becoming very interesting and popular to the

people around here. The house is usually packed and the very best attention is given. The program, which was in honor of Lincoln’s birthday, was full of interesting topics. One of the very good numbers was an oration delivered by Oscar Byerly, on Lincoln.

AN lOWA LETTER. Industry,‘lowa, Feb. 13. Editor Remocrat—Received a copy of your paper today and was glad to read it, as it is a welcome visitor and I would not be without it. I had my son, Alonzo Kiser, sign ->for it six months, and by that time I will probably be back in Rensselaer.

We have had some very severe weather out here, snow storms and wind. It was 20 below zero in January and followed with a snow storm, that was so bad it was impossible for anybody to leave their house long enough to do ttielr chores. It raged for two nights and two days. Last Monday, Feb. 8, we had another, blizzard that lasted until Feb. 10. Farmers lost cattle and hogs and it took roofs off of barns and sheds. Snow was drifted 10 feet deep in some places, as it is a prairie and has such a good sweep. It is at zero’ this morning.

Sylvester Galbraith and help have finished dredge No. 7, and will be ready to commence work as soon as the weather will permit, and are tearing down No. 27. That will be moved about a mile from Industry, on a contract for a new ditch to be dug 15 miles through the sloughs. As my other.. letter reached the paper, and not the waste basket, I hppe this one will do the same, SADIE E. GALBRAITH.