Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1909 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

LEE.

Ed Kopka is very sick with lung fever. Sam Noland’s little girl has the whooping cough. George McCoy, north of town, b.as been very sick the last few days. Bert Eld ridge and wife of Nauvoo visited Sunday at MVs. Lewis’ at this place. Alvin Clark, the hustling hardware man of our town, is enlarging his store room. M. V. Deardorft had a sale last Friday. He is undecided as yet where he will go. The Ladies’ Home Missionary Society met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Mable Rishllng. Last Sunday Miss Lena Culp went home with Miss Myrtle Lewis from church and spent the day. There was no school here Monday, on account of Mr. Cowger, the teacher, attending his uncle's funeral. Mr. Clawson, who owns the Dodd farm east of here, is having his house repaired. J. H. Culp is doing the work. Ethel Webb of near Monon came to her grandmother Holeman’s Friday evening and visited until Sunday afternoon. Sunday evening Mrs. Harriet Jacks went to Remington to visit her brother, Edward Culp, returning Tuesday morning. Orville Holeman commenced work for Arthur Stewart last Monday morning, for the summer. He worked there last season. O. A. Jacks and wife and Dollie went on the milk train to Rensselaer Saturday to visit his sister, Mrs. True Woodworth, returning in the evening.

Clyde Clark was treasurer of the Lee Sunday school, but now that he Is married and moved away, Tommy Clark has been appointed in his place. . Last Sunday evening Mrs. Sam Jacks and Mrs. O. A. Jacks went to Remington to visit their brother, J. C. Lewis, returning Tuesday morning on the milk train. Will Noland and wife and little daughter Helen visisted several days last week with her brother, Fred Burr of near Winamac, before going to their new home in Tennessee. Thursday evening of last week, at the home of Arthur Williamson, occurred the marriage oi his daughter Ola and Floyd Miller. Rev. D. E. Noland of Mt. Ayr performed tlje wedding ceremony. The eleven o’clock train stopped here Thursday and Will Noland and family and his son-in-law, Worden Donaldson and family started for their new home in Tennessee. We wish them success in their new home.

Leroy Noland, guardian of Lizzie Redd, has bought the M. V. Deardorff farm south of here for her, and her mother and step-father, David Culp, is to move on the place and take care of her. They will move in the near future. Thursday Mr. Shultz, the blacksmith, moved his family into the Maxwell property. He Is here now and ready to do all first-class blacksmithing. Come and give him your 'work. You will find him ready at all times to attend to your wants. The 18th of March Isaac Parcels is going to have a public sale at his place 2 miles north and east of here. He was going to farm, but since the death of his mother he will have no one to keep house for him and he concluded to have a sale. The Ladies’ of the Aid Society will serve lunch the day of the sale.

PINE GROVE.

Willie Miller called cn John Torbet Tuesday evening. Charley Torbet was a guest of Seth Walker Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Shroyer returned home Monday after a few days visit at Goodtand. Mrs. Wm. Price and family of near Parr visited with her sister, Mrs. Arthur Snow, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nuss spent Sunday with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Barker. Mrs. Sarah Cooper and daughter Bertha spent Friday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cooper of Gifford. Mrs. Sarah McCleary and daughter Gusta spent Tuesday evening ■with Mrs! Sarah Cooper and family. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Daniels spent Sunday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Daniels and family. Mrs. Jane Hurley and granddaughter Nellie Gilmore were guests of Mrs. Chas. Walker and family Sunday. Miss Carrie Pierce, the school teacher at Blackford, who has been boarding at Ray Williams', commenced to boarding at Andy Ropp’s and will board there the rest of the term. Those that took dinner with Mlbb Bessie Ropp Sunday were Misses Agnes Kahler, Stella Marion, Gusta McCleary, Carrie Pierce and Chloae

BT OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

MT. AYR.

Torbet, also Messrs. Bluford, Roy and John Torbet. The young folks from around here made a surprise at the home of James Torbet ift ’honor of his two sons, Roy and Rlhford. A good crowd was out and the evening was spent in playing party games.

WEST CARPENTER.

Frank Eck is visiting at Virgie. Amy Dennis visited Miss Stockton Sunday. John Dennis called on Wm. Cain Wednesday. Peter Nafziger was a Goodland goer Thursday. George Eck called at Elmer Stan l dish’s Wednesday. Frank Eck and Levi Koboski were Goodland goers Monday. Elmer Standish has moved o» the farm vacated by Ed. Weller. Fred Dennis visited with Wesley and Melvin Tanner Sunday. Arthur Wray and daughter Dorothy were Goodland visitors Tuesday. Frank Antcliff and Wester Bowdy helped Max Weller move to Goodland Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis visited with the latter’s brother, J. Waling, near Foresman Tuesday. Wm. Hubbel of Francesville was in our neighborhood Saturday, canvassing for fertilizer.

(From The Pilot.) Alfred Coovert will leave in a few days for Chicago to undergo an operation for gall stones. Twins were born Monday night to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schanlaub. Mother and babeß are doing well. Unless different arrangements are made in the meantime, the Mt. Ayr schools will close the 26th of March. Several of the local sportsmen went to the Kankakee river Sunday morning for a week or ten days hunting. Jesse Warren and family of near Brook, spent Sunday here with Mrs. Warren’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Standish. John- Allen, q brother-in-law of Geo. DeVries, west of here, has moved onto the Brunton farm recently vacated by Frank Herath. John Bengston, who has been at Fowler for some time and expects to work near there the coming summer, was in town the first of the week. Ernest Huntington returned the latter part of the week from Danville, Ind., where he has been Settending school for the past several months. Perhaps the commissioners did right in awarding the contract for the Lake township stone roads to the highest bidder, but it looks strange, in-as-much as the success-