Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1909 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BT OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERB.

INDEPENDENCE. Everybody is planting pickles this week. Algy Coffman visited at John Faria’ Tuesday. Mario Long cut hedge for John Antcliff Monday. The rainß have left lots of water standing in the fields. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rathfon visited T. L. Smith’s Sunday. A large crowd attended the show at Medaryville Saturday night. Fay Vanßuskirk of Medaryville, visited at John Rayne’fc this week. Mr. and Mrs. Dali Prevo called at Otto Chasteen’s Sunday evening. A large crowd was out to the ser-' vices at Independence Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bible spent Saturday and Sunday with Winamac friends. Misses Alice and • Francis Guild visited Bernice Antcliff from Saturday till Monday afternoon.

WEEPING WILLOW. Simon Cooper was a Virgle caller Tuesday. Ben Hopkins spent Sunday with John Daniels. Charles Britt spent Sunday with Simon Cooper. Mr. Baker and wife were in this vicinity Tuesday. “More rain, more test,” is what the lazy boys like best. Simon Cooper called on Everett McCleary Monday evening. Mrs. William Smith called on Mrs. James Britt Tuesday afternoon. Verna Shroyer and Bertha Cooper visited with Nile Britt Tuesday afternoon. I wonder if E. P. went to Gifford Sunday afternoon? He seemed to be in such a hurry. Mrs. Frank Cooper of Indian&polis is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sarah McCleary, also Mrs. Sarah Cooper. Services at Independence school house Sunday were not very well attended on account of the funeral Of Albert Long.

AIX. Plenty of rain; farmers are beginning to look rather blue. Mrs. Zeb Swaim and Mrs. dames Wiseman were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Miss Lizzie Wiseman returned to her work at Mr. Borntrager’s Sunday evening. Miss Belle Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Korah Potts and Jesse Smith spent Sunday evening with the Wiseman’s. Mrs. Hazel Haste of Rensselaer spent a few days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Davisson. The Sunday convention will be held at Aix church one week from tomorrow, June 20. Everyone welcome. The funeral of Albert Long, better known as Bert Long, was held at Aix church Sundar at 2 p. m., and was largely attended. Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Watson and two little daughters took dinner at Mr. Wisemanls Sunday and attended the funeral in the afternoon of Albert Long. Frank Fross is cleaning the Sandridge cemetery this week. The work was badly needed and will make quite an improvement in the looks of the cemetery. Quite a number of the boys around here have been spending part of the rainy time at the Kankakee, fishing, and were well paid by getting a good catch of fish.

EGYPT. Iva Blake called and Florence Antcllff Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Jesse Dunn attended Sunday school at Mt. Hope Sunday. , James Bicknell visited Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gallagher Sunday. Mi*.- and Mrs. Jasper Pass attended church at Goodland Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Galey took Sunday dinner with Charles Antcllff and family. Charles Antcllff, who has been ■ sick with erysipelas, is better* at thin writing. Charles Gray and Miss Lucy and Iva Blake were seen buggy riding Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Huff and children took Sunday dinner with Alva McCashen and wife. Mrs. John Sayers and little son visited W. F. Michael and family Saturday night and Sunday.

John Michaels spent Saturday night and Sunday at John Kelly’s. George, Ed and Charles Antcliff called on Charles Antcliff Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Jesse Dunn, Mrs. Alva McCashen and Miss Antcliff did shopping in Rensselaer Saturday, Miss Verna Bill spent last week at John Tanner’s while Mr. and Mrs. Tanner were away on a visit. 'Mr. hnd Mrs. McFarland and Mrs. Sarah Pruett spent Sunday with Joseph Branson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Besse and little daughter Hazel called on Frank Welsh and family Sunday afternoon. Several from this vicinity attended the box social at Lonsdale school house Saturday night and reported a fine time. The ball game between Egypt and the Stewart team played Sunday at Welsh’s was well attended. Score 17-18 in favor of Egypt. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Pass and neic’e, Mrs. Brownly of Tennessee and friend, Miss Randle of Mexico, visited with Joseph Galey and family Tuesday afternoon.

SOUTH NEWTON. Ernest Mayhew was a Brook goer Saturday. Harry Dewey was a Rensselaer goer last Friday. More rain, more rest, more weeds in the cornfields. * Philip Paulus bought a new cream separator last week. Ernest Mayhew and wife were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Mrs. Alice Potts called on Mrs. Philip Paulus Wednesday morning. Henry Shipman made a business trip north of Rensselaer Wednesday. .• Earl Leek went to Rensselaer Sunday afternoon to see the ball game. Mrs. Fred Waling called on her sister, Mrs. Arthur Powell Friday of last week.

Mrs. Nelse Hough and Mrs. Alice Potts made a flying trip to Rensselaer Monday. John Jenkison, who works for Earl Leek, spent Sunday with home folks at Mt. Ayr. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grant spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Grant of near Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grant went to Rensselaer laßt Thursday night to see the water fight. Miss Alice Holder returned home Sunday after visiting two weeks with Mrs. Harry Dewey. Mr. and Mrs. Nelse Hough took Sunday dinner with their daughter, Mrs. Ed Shanlaub of near Mt. Ayr. Emmet Potts of near Brook visited Sunday afternoon with his sister, Mrs. Arthur Powell and family. Harry Dewey and wife spent Sunday with the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Dewey or Jordantp. Mrs. Alice Potts and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waling ’called on Arthur Powell and family Sunday afternoon. Chester Halstead and wife and Philip Paulus and wife and son Russell visited Sunday at E. Wuerthner, Jr.’s. Some people say they stand out in the rain to take a bath and get their clothes washed. Easy way of doing things, eh?

Chas. Weiss and daughter, Leona went to Goodland Sunday where the latter will leave for Chicago- Monday for a two weeks visit with relatives. Miss Sadie Paulus returned home Tuesday evening after and extended visit with relatives and friends in Brook, Kentland, Goodland and Fowler. The thrashermens’ meeting held at No. 6 school house last Friday night was well attended and all f g l®f d *k° have Steve p rotzman thrash the run again this year. Mr and Mrs. Alva Rimer, who have been at Mt. Ayr for some two weeks, spent last Thursday and Friday with their neice, Mrs. Earl Leek, returning to their home in Wabash Saturday. Mrs. James Reed of near Surrey spent last Thursday night and Frl-

day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Paulus. Her sister Bessie returned home with her for a two weeks visit. Garland Grant and Omar Elder got to the former’s brother’s home, at Chas. Grant’s In time for breakfast Saturday. They had all the fish they could eat and then were ready to return home. Pain stopped In 20 minutes sure with one of Dr. Shoop’s Pink Pain Tablets. The formula is on the 26 cent box. Ask your Doctor or Druggist about this formula! Stops womanly pains, headache, pains anywhere. Write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. for free trial to prove value. All Dealers.

FAIR OAKS. John Kight drove his thoroughbred over from Wheatfleld Saturday. . F. R. Erwin and family visited with relatives in Chicago from Sunday until Monday. Fish Gilmore has once more become a resident of our town, his goods having arrived here Tuesday. There will be services again at The Christian church Saturday eve. All are invited to come out to these services. George Marshal, who lives just out of town, expects to make a prospecting trip- out into Arkansas In a few days. Newt McCay went over on tte old Beaver Lake Wednesday efe to do some carpenter work for the Hon. Zack Scifers. John Zellers and family visited his brother-in-law, Tom Johnson of west of Surrey on one of the Everett Halstead farms, over Sunday. Mat Karr and son Moses took a spring wagon load of boiler flues over near Morocco Wednesday to repair an old boiler and engine. Neen Littlefield and family came up from Rensselaer Sunday afternoon in their auto to visit F. R. Erwin’s, but found out that they had gone to Chicago. Health is good in this neck of the woods now. But wet! My, but we have been having some awful rains the past week, from which the crops will suffer considerably. It is reported that Mrs. John Roorda of the Otis ranch, who has been so poorly for about six months, is very much worse and is not expected to live but a short time.

It is reported that they had quite a lively time at the dance at the hall Saturday night. Several of the boys got into a dispute and ended in a knock down but no one was seriously hurt. Clayton Moflitt came down from McCoysburg Saturday and said that a frame of the dredge had been broken, it will take several days to repair it. He went back Sunday f. ve . l ° I . begin the w °rlc of putting it in shape again. Mrs. Ike Right came home from Lafayette Sunday eve She brought w, tb her her two grandchildren, Beula and Rorbert Shein. Mrs. John Kight was operated on in a Chicago hospital the first of the along fine. &S getting

Chas. Brouhard, who lives about two miles east of here, had a good young horse killed by lightning Monday night and another very seriousThu »m W K iCh W!H P r °hably die. This will be pretty hard for him as he only had two teams and is a poor, hard working man. The Monon had three or four section gangs at work a few da vs ago lowering the large sewer which goes through the grade near the depot, it was put in several years ago but was not in deep enough, so they had to put it down a couple of feet in order to take the water out of the ditches and streets. Abe Bringle and wife went to Rosebud Sunday to attend a meeting of the officers of the different Sunday schools in the township for the purpose of making out a program for the next Sunday school convention which will take place soon. The time and place we have not as yet learned. But when they got there they were much surprised as there was nothing doing at all

McCOYSBUHG. to ß MrL^?°B nß ., made a busln ess trip to Monon Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bussel were Rensselaer shoppers Monday. w,M M arke » B , pent Saturday witn Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bussel. *• . v - Joh ns purchased an organ Saturday of Mr. Mitchell of Milro “ Mr. and Mrs. Lan McDonald went vlsn ° ntlCeUo Wedneßda y for a short iJ'n/° hn . 8 and omar Church hrday l Ren,Belaer on business SatM < JI!Ev EV , a Hu * he " of Monon came Mend? ,0r ‘ Bhort with wi4h r l- R ' L ' Bußßel “Pent Tuesday Parker Pare “ tß ’ Mr ‘ and Mrs - °®<> snd5 nd Mrs. Brannon of Monon SS2 £ sa? : ,t, ‘ *»“ «“• VSt* *“ h c - * a™-

Mrs. Joseph Wlllitts spent Saturday afternoon with her daughter, Mrs. C. Rishllng. Miss Gertie Downs and Miss Ethel Parker spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. R. l. Bussel. Mrs. J. R. Phillips and son Harvey returned Saturday from their visit in Monticello. Mrs. Chas. Saidla and son Harvey and Mrs. R. V. Johns went to Rensselaer Monday. Mr. and .Mrs. F. L. Peregrine and little sons spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Porter. Miss Lora Phillips xgent to Hammond Tuesday evening for a few days visit with Miss" Mary Watsel. • Mr. and Mrs. Elza Miller and ljttle son of near Wolcott spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Miller. Estel Osborne and Miss Vera' Lefler spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Culp, Jr., of near Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Eldredge of near Lee spent Saturday evening with the former’s brotfcter, Nathan and family. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rishllng spent Saturday night and Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs Joseph WiHitts. Mrs. Arthur Meadows and little son of Monon, and Mrs. Richard Foulks of Milroy, spent Tuesday at R. V. Johns’. Misses Mary ana Myrtle Peregrine and Mrs. Lewis Hooker andlittle son spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Floyd Porter. Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Crowder and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Marion Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Robinson. All the men and boys in tftis vicinity are busy fishing in the cornfields and the small ditches, and lots of large fish are being caught. Mrs. Margaret Brannon and little son of Monticello returned to their home Tuesday evening after a few days visit with her parents, Mr and Mrs. J. H. Montz. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Becker and uttle son of near Remington spent Saturday and Sunday with James Nixon and family, also Chas. Saidla and Nathan Eldredge and families. Reed McCoy was on the sick list and unable to attend his store R L. Bussel was working in the store during his absence, but he is better now and was able to go to his store Monday. Mr, and Mrs. R. V. Johns, F. L. Peregrine, R. L. Bussel, Reed McCoy and Lora Phillips went to Crown Point Tuesday morning where they were called as witnesses in a trial at that place. /

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PLEASANT RIDGE. Mrs. C. Hilderbrand was In Rensselaer Monday. Mrs. Jim Pleraon spent Thursday at John Reed’s. Mrs. Jim Pierson visited with her parents near Parr aunday. Jake Parker of Marlon, Is visiting his sister, Mrs. Ida Kenton. Wm. Kenton of Mitchell, So. Dak., Is here visiting his son Frank and family. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lowman and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wash Lowman’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Parklson and Haven Rinehart spent Sunday evening at Alf Lowman’s. Mr. and Mrs. Alf Lowman and daughter visited with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Caldwell of Parr Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kenton spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Parker near Mt. Ayr. „ Haven Rinehart returned to his home at Fickle Monday, after a few days visit with his sister, Mrs. Clifford Parkisoh. Pleasant Ridge ball team played a ball game at Parr Sunday with the Parr boys. TJie score was 13 to 26 in favor of Pleasant Ridge. Mrs. John Reed called on Mrs. Jim Pierson Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Letha Parklson called on Mrs. Alf Lowman Wednesday afternoon.

PARR. Ed Warren spent Sunday with home folks. • Jim Hurley and family moved to Parr Saturday. Mrs. Nannie Potts spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Rex Cliffton. Mrs. Lucretla Warren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Price. Miss Mildred Hall spent Wednesday afternoon with Miss Clara Hurley. Mrs. Austle Nichols spent two or three days with Mrs. Cora Cavinder. Miss Edna Price spent Sunday and Sunday night with Miss Rixie Gunyon. Mrs. Lucretla Warren spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Chas. Warren. Mrs. Mary Illff and Mrs. Neva Caldwell were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Mrs. May Warren and little son David spent Wednesday with Mrs. Cora Cavinder. Mrs. May Warren and little soff David spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Chas. Warren. Miss Lula Rowen is staying a couple of weeks with her grandma and grandpa Chupp. Edward Price and family and Newt Price and wife spent Sunday with Willis Hurley. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Warren spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Rex Cllftton. Mrs. Lucretla Warren and Deva Hurley spent Wednesday afternoon with Misses ftytha and Mattie Fay. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Shefter got seriously hurt Thursday by a mdle which kicked him. He is in a serious condition. Those that were guests of Mrs. Isabelle Price Sunday afternoon were: Mrs. Blanche McCurtain and her two children, Mrs. John Whitehead and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Price and family, Mrs. Jim Longstreath and children.

BURNBTOWN. Mrs. George Ott«is on the sick list at present.

Jim Stanley spent Saturday night with S. Holmes. Frank Shroer called on Charley Pullins Tuesday. Rain, rain, rain, though a little sunshine preferred. Michael Burns attended church at Rensselaer Sunday. Samuel Halmes and family were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Carl Gorbet visited with E. and W. Brown Saturday night. Miss Agnes Hurley returned home from Wm. Bierly’s Wednesday. Mrs. A. Gangloff called on C. Morgenegg’s Friday afternoon. Dan and Stella made a flying trip to Rensselaer Thursday evening. Miss Lucy Morgenegg came home from Mrs. C. W. Coen’s Tuesday. T. G. Brown and son Walter called on S. Holmes Wednesday evening. Eli Arnold and D. E. Lesh were up to the Kankakee river on a fishing trip last week. t. Morgenegg called on George McElfresh calshrduletalonshrdluetaoi McElfresh Saturday. The tall end of Barnum's show went through our town Saturday night on a ten cent whizz. Mrs. George McElfresh and children visited with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Morgenegg and family Sunday. Charles Greenlee and Mrs. Rutt, who keeps house for him,* visited with S. Holmes and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Wasson and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel- Holmes and family Sunday. Charley Arnold is hauling his wheat to market this week at $1.40 per bushel. Gee whizz! won’t biscuit taste good? W,m. Folger was in Rensselaer Wednesday to get the gold stars and gold medals to be given to the pupils at commencement Thursday night.

LEE. George Carrothers Is home for a time oh a visit. The blacksmith has purchased a new driving horse. Harry Rlshling and family visited Sunday at David Culp’s. Rev. Simonson and wife and son Dale stayed Saturday night at T. Jacks’. Mrs. Margaret Hoover uas been visiting H. C. Anderson’s for several days. Leroy Noland is putting down a well on th£ place he recently bought for Lizzie Redd. - Mrs. Donaldson went Sunday morning to Hammond to visit her two daughters who live there. Charley Jacks and family drove from Rensselaer Sunday to visit his parents, Lute Jacks’ at this place The Monon tp., commenceme it will be held at the M. E. church at Monon June 18, at 8 o’clock p. m. Mrs. Grace Lefler of Lafayette and sister, Miss Ethel Jacks of Rensselaer, visited relatives here during the past week. Mrs. Alvin Clark spent a couple of days last week with her parents in Rensselaer, Thomas Smith’s, her mother being poorly. There was .a large crowd at the ice cream social here last Friday evening and the Lee orchestra gave some good music. The people in general seemed to have a good social time.

NORTHEAST BARKLEY. Ethel Walker is sewing for Mrs. Taylor Hankens this week. Still we have those heavy rains so the farmers can not get in their corn fields. Floyd Towe spent Saturday night and Sunday with his parents near Wolcott. Jud Zook is making headquarters at Aaron Vore’s since the death of his father. Clifford Wells spent Saturday night and Sunday with Everett and Ray Walker. Wm. Folger and family spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sprage. In spite of rain and high water, Ed Oliver will plant potatoes. That is right, be gritty, Ed. James, Willie and Homer Jordan 4pok dinner with Everett, Ray, and Harry Walker Sunday.

Tom Eastburn was in this part of the county Wednesday. There is rumor of a land purchase. Miss Day Jordan will return home today to be present at the commencement Thursday night of which her brother Homer is a graduate. MT. AYR. (From The Pilot.) J. H. Dunlap has, gone out of the hotel business and still hereafter confine his attention to the livery business. Spencer Greenlee came down Wednesday to spend a few days with friends and to look after business interests. e J. M. Miller- of Chicago formerly of this place visited relatives here last week and arranged to move back in the near future. Roy Willey has sold the lunmebr yard at this place to Earl Barkley, We are not informed as to wether the yard is to remain nere or to be taken away. The stork rested heavily on Mt. Ayr last Thursday night, there being four births recorder as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beagly, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hufty, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. James Davis, a boy; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Arnold, a boy. The latter, however, did not live and was interred in the North Star cemetery Friday afternoon.