Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1909 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

PLEASANT RIDGE. Mrs. M. E. Griffin Is visiting at W. S. Lowman's this week. Jess Eldredge of Parr visited at Will .Elkins’ Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. E. Potts. Miss Netta Turner spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Lowman and daughter Hazel visited at Will Elkins’ Sunday. Miss Jennie Parkison visited a few days thip week with her cousin, Miss Maribel ParkisonMiss Letha Parkison returned home Sunday from a week’s visit with her parents, at FickleMr. and Mrs. A. B. Lowman and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Lowman spent Sunday at Wash Lowman’s. Mr. and Mrs. E. Potts spent Saturday night -and Sunday with friends and relatives at Rensselaer. Mrs. Wm. Moore, Mrs. Jim Payne and Mrs. John Venice of Rensselaer visited with Mrs. E. Potts Wednesday afternoon. The social at Downs’ Saturday night was well attended- Everybody had a good time, and all the ice cream they could eat.

EAST JORDAN. Mary Bice was a Remington goer Thursday. Almost all the farmers are through cutting oats. Mrs. Bretzinger called on Carrie Hasty Sunday. Florence Johnson spent Saturday night at home. Mrs. Wilcox called on Mrs. Bretzinger Tuesday evening.

Florence Johnson and Edith Johnson called on Mary Bice Sunday. Chas. Gray and Lucy and Iva Blake spent Sunday at M. E. Bice’s. Eli Zehr and Carrie Hasty attended church at Lonsdale Sunday eve Several of the western people attended church at Lonsdale Sunday evening.

Ed Hasty and Frank Bretzinger are doing some carpenter work at Mr. Beach’s this week.

Vern Bice and Eugene Hasty went to town in an automobile Tuesday evening—or the next thing to an automobile.

John Shide left Monday for No. Dak., where he will remain with his mother, Mrs. Anna Shide- He went to Remington last winter and spring to school and was unable to go to North Dakota when the rest of the family went.

MILROY. Threshing on hands now. Mrs- Herman -was in Lee Saturday. Ed Herman went to Lee Wednesday.

Airs. Geo. Wood was in Lee Tuesday.

Airs. Frank Alay was a Rensselaer visitor Tuesday. , G. L. Parks and family went to Rensselaer Tuesday.

Thos. Spencer has an auto, the first in the township. Jessie Southard spent Sunday with John Mitchell and family. Richard Foulks returned Tuesday from a visit at Logansport. Mrs. L. Foulks and Ettle Underwood were in Alonon Tuesday. Earl Foulks and Vern Culp went to Francesville Saturday evening.

Mrs. Mary McCashen and Airs. Ennis went to Alonon Saturday. Wm. Culp and family called on Thos. Spencer’s Sunday afternoon. Wm. Culp and wife visited his father, David Culp, who is ill, Monday.

George Foulks and wife ate dinner Sunday with Thos. Spencer and family. >

Mrs. Wm. Alay and children of Alississippl visited John Southard’s last week.

Leon Parks has a swell new buggy, harness and whole outfit. But, say, girls, he also has the girl to ride In It. Too bad. *

Mrs. Mary McCashen and daughter Ettle, and Martha Clark, Earl Foulks and Alvin Clark and family visited Chas. McCashen’s Sunday.

The Milroy Sunday School will give a basket meeting or all day’s meeting Sunday, August 8, in R. Foulk’s grove, unless announced oth-

erwlse. A minister will be present and singing, orchestra and declamation. Come and bring your baskets.

SOUTH Alice Potts took blackberries to market Wednesday. Philip Paulus made a business trip to Rensselaer Tuesday. Arthur Powell is cutting oats for Fred Waling this week. Joseph Charles commenced work at Nelse Hough’s Saturday. Mrs. Chas. Weiss called on Mrs. Harry Dewey Friday afternoon. Oscar Weiss called on his uncle, Harry Dewey, Tuesday evening. Miss Leona Weiss called on Miss Bessie Paulus Tuesday afternoon. Ernest Mayhew and wife spent Sunday with relatives near Brook. Warner Hough and Joseph Charles were Mt. Ayr goers Tuesday evening. Little Charles Waling is quite sick with stomach trouble at this writing. Nelson DuCharme and wife visited with Mark Reed’s Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. E- Weuthner, Jr., visited friends in Rensselaer Sunday. A number of Rensselaer people were out in this vicinity picnicking Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pearson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Raymond.

Mr. and Mrs. Mar Besse spent Sunday with the latter’s brother, Harry Dewey.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Waling of Brook spent Friday with their daughter, Mrs. Arthur Mayhew. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Weiss and son Elva Sundayed with Claud Williams and family of Jordan tp.

Miss Sadie Paulus and brother Russell called on Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mayhew Sunday afternoon. Miss Bessie Paulus and Willie, Boyd and Irma Holmes visited with Leona, Oscar and Harold Weiss Sunday.

Frank Leek and wife and W. E. Leek of Rensselaer were seen in this vicinity Sunday in the former’s auto.

Wm. Holder and son Roy assisted Harry Dewey with his haj’ the latter part of last week and the first of this.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell and Airs. Mary Powell and daughter, Mrs. Alice Potts, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waling Sunday. Mr. and Airs. Frank Borntrager and children of Ft. Wayne visited Tuesday night and Wednesday with Mr. and Airs. Nelson DuCharme. Air. and Airs. Joseph Hough of Laporte and Air. and Airs. Barnett of Topeka, Kans., visited from Saturday until Tuesday with the Hough family. Airs- Philip Paulus and children Sadie and Russell, visited wth Henry Paulus and famly near Beaver City Tuesday. Sadie remained for an extended visit.

Nelse Hough and family and company visited Sunday with the former’s daughter, Airs. Ed Shanlaub. They also called on the former’s son, William, in the evening. Air- and Airs. Lyman Raymond and daughter Pearl of Jordan tp., came over in their auto Wednesday afternoon to visit their daughter, Mrs. Harvey Pearson.

FAIR OAKS. Health Is still good in our little burg. Chas. Gundy was at home with his family over Sunday. Mrs. Al Moore was in Rensselaer Monday on business. John Zellers has company this week from Winamac. Harvest Is moving along and oats will just about be through this week. George Marshall and family visited at Rensselaer Saturday and Sunday. Newt McCoy helped to do some repairing at the elevator the first of the week. Mrs. Waterman of Chicago is visiting her brother, F. R. Erwin here this week. The pickle company shipped another carload of pickles from here Thursday. John Kight and Jess Garriott are helping to harvest on the Hellis & Tolin ranch. Matt Karr went over on the Gaff ranch a few days ago after his threshing outfit. Emery Cox, who occupies the Cot-, tingham property, will move into Eliza Fay’s house this week. Sherman Richards of Rensselaer came up and hung paper for Abe Bringle the latter part of .the week. Chas. Brouhard is suffering from blood poisoning in one of his hands caused from a small sore on one of his fingers.

Mrs. Lemel of Chicago Is visiting her father, Mr. Bair, and sister, Mrs. Eggleston, south of town, and other relatives here in town this week. Tom Mallatt made another real estate deal last week wherein he becomes the owner of Blance Brasket’s property in the west part of town. WTs, Leander Kesler was called ttf Winamac the first of the week on the account of the death of an old neighbor of her’s some 25 years ago. Mike Duffy of Fowler, who had been to Chicago to buy some stock cattle, got off the train here Tuesday eve on his way to his ranch west of here. Mrs. Ed Kesler spent a few days the latter part of the week at Thayer with her camera, taking scenery pictures along the river. She has a fine collection, it Is said. Chas. Halleck got something in one of his eyes a few days ago and has been suffering quite a bit of pain with it. He went Rensselaer Wednesday to have a doctor examine it. There were, It is said, about 30 tickets sold here Sunday for the Kankakee river. Some went to have a good time, boat riding, some to fish and some for various other amusements.

George W. Barnes, who was night telegraph operator here for about two years, has been assigned to Parr as the freight and express agent. A. H. Lowe of South Bend is the night operator here now. The temperature went pretty close to the 100 degree mark Wednesday and Thursday. It Is reported that there were three or four horses killed by the heat in the harvest field down near Brook Wednesday. Mrs. T. J. Mallatt, who has been in poor health for a long time, was at Morocco last week a few days, being treated by a physician. She came home Saturday and took so much worse Saturday night they called Dr. Merrll of Rensselaer. She is in a very serious condition with a complication of troubles. We are very glad to hear of the interest that is being taken by the people for a mutual telephone system. We are thoroughly convinced that this is one of the best moves for the farmers and people in general that has been advocated for some time. We feel that we will be able to get service from here to Rensselaer and other points without paying two prices. We have to pay 20 cents to talk now to Rensselaer when we used to pay 10 cents. The company has refused to put in phones here in town from the time they got control of the Halleck line, so if we got any service any way near satisfactorally, we would have to go to the depot for it-

MT. AYR. (From the Pilot.) Since her return from the hospital at Chicago, Mrs. Harry Wortley has improved considerable and bids fair to completely recover. Mrs. Grant Warner and Mrs Jane Kinney, of Rensselaer, and Miss Jennie Chllcote, of South BOnd, spent the day yesterday with Dr. and Mrs. Merry.

The oats crop is nearly all cut in this, section and estimates coming from different neighborhoods range from twenty-five to fifty bushels to the acre.

Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Miller and Misses Madaline Penwright and Edna Gardiner, of Kankakee, 111., visited

over Sunday with friends and relatives here. Mrs. Hattie Hartong and daughter Villia, of Joliet, 111., and Mrs. Sam Sampson, of Foresman, visited Friday and Saturday at the home of Mrs. Geo. Johnson. Amos Coovert came one day last week for a visit with his father, Alfred Coovert, and other relatives and friends. Amos is working at the telegraph business at Ft. Wayne. Mrs. Ellis Redlnbow and daughter Zeltha, of Medaryville, came the latter part of last week for a several days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris, and numerous other relatives and friends. Mrs. Ned Hollister of Washington, D. C., formerly Miss Mabie Pfrimmer of Kentland, came last Thursday and visited until Saturday with J. M- Hufty and wife and numerous other relatives. Mike Nagle, whom we all know to be an up-to-date and progressive farmer, has just completed threshing his wheat and rye crop Of the former grain he had thirty-five acres and it averaged a little better than twenty-six bushels per acre. He had contracted his wheat at a dollar and for the crop from the thirty-five acres he received about $920. Of rye he had out sixty acres and the total yield was 800 bushels, oi) a little better than thirteen bushels to the acre. Mike also has out 250 acres of oats and he estimates that they will average about thirtyeight or forty bushels to the acre.

NORTHEAST BARKLEY’. Ed Oliver made a business trip to Chicago last week. Miss Lola Oliver visited with Mary Rees Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Silas Toombs made a flying trip to Rensselaer Thursday. Mrs. Lon Daniels visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Walker, Wednesday. Gladys Groom returned to her home Wednesday after a two weeks visit at Gifford. Mrs. Warren Galbreath cff Chicago visited her sister, Mrs. Aaron Vore a few days this week. Say, Floyd, what was the attraction at Gifford Sunday eve? Are the Jew girls pretty good looking? Those that spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Vore were: Mr. and

Mrs. James Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gratner and family and Mrs. Warres Galbreath. Mrs. Della Reed and little sons, Lee and Jennings, are visiting her sister, Mrs. Taylor Hankins at Gifford this weekWill Murray of Rensselaer made his usual trip to Gifford Wednesday to deliver to the storekeepers at that place their flour. If you would ask the ladies in this vicinity what they were doing, they would say, “Oh! preparing to go huckleberrying to-morrow.” Mary has decided if she can’t get Claude, rather than to be out of style she wilt take Art. That’s the way, Mary, be game. One of the name is as good as the same.

Those that spent Sunday with Ed Walker and family were: I. D. Walker and grandson John Groom, Mr and Mrs. Alonzo Daniels and family, Newton Bowman and sons Claude and Loyd, Floyd Tow, Geo. and Floyd Gratner, Ray Potts, Harry, Minnie, Frances and Wyott Toombs.

EGYPT. William Pruett was a Rensselaer goer Monday. Mrs. Jasper Pass was a Rensselaer goer Monday. , Marshall Pruett called on Maurice Besse SundayThe farmers in this locality are all busy cutting oats. Mrs. Jesse Dunn attended Sunday School at Mt. Hope Sunday. Will Karr and Wilbur Bowers called on D. V. Blake Sunday afternoon. Charles Sommers and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Julius Huff. Miss Lucy Blake is assisting Mrs. Frank Fenwick this week with her work. Mrs. James Dunn and Florence Antcliff were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Wilnot Ritchey and sister, Mrs. Laura Michaels, visited Grandma Michaels Tuesday. Mr. Washburn took Mrs. Farmer and her hired girl out for an auto ride Monday afternoon. Mrs. Karr and son Will and daughter Ida and Mary Thayer spent Sunday at Charles Antcliff’s. Wilbur Bowers and Claude Welsh were Foresman goers Sunday night. What is the attraction, boys? Mrs. Mary 'Welsh and daughter Carrie, Mrs. Foster Downing and Mrs. Laura Michaels spent Sunday at Frank Welsh’s.

HANGING GROVE. F. L. ■ Peregrine made a business trip to Rensselaer Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Myrtle Lewis spent Wednesday in Rensselaer. Mrs. Oscar Howe and daughter Belle were in Rensselaer Wednesday. Born, Monday, July 26, to Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Rishling, a ten pound boy. Clayton Moffitt of Fair Oaks came here on a business trip Thursday evening. - Clarence Montz and sister Anna went to Monon Thursday to visit relatives. R. L. Bussell and R. V. Johns went to Rensselaer in the latter’s auto Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bussell and baby spent Wednesday evening with Mr- and Mrs. C. W. Bussell. Miss Anna Montz of Chicago came Tuesday morning for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Montz. G. W. Infield of Lafayette, in company with a land buyer, were here looking Aver the former McCoy land Thursday. • Mr. Stroup and wife of Kersey moved here Monday. Mr. Stroup is working as engineer for B. J. Gifford bn the C. & W. V.

We should have said that the birthday surprise on Mrs. Thomas Eldredge was on the 25th of July instead of the 18th, as stated in our Wednesday’s items.

MAPLE GROVE. Charlie Downs was in Rensselaer Sunday. A. A. Gorbet started cutting oats WednesdayFrank Parlin was a Rensselaer goer Tuesday. Roy Lowman called down on Nubbin Ridge Sunday. Ralph Lowman was in Rensselaer Sunday afternoon. Miss Dora Platt was at Pleasant Ridge Tuesday morning. Miss Carrie Parker was in Rensselaer Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Stella Kenton was a Rensseli aer goer Monday morning. 1 Charles Moody called on A. A. | Gorbet Wednesday morqing. Mrs. Harmon called on Mrs. Wash Lowman Monday afternoon. Carl Gorbet called on Mr. and Mrs. W’illiam Rees Tuesday. I Grover Gorbet spent Tuesday night I with Meriman Tudor and family. Miss Netta Turner was in Rensselaer Saturday night and Sunday. Most everyone is getting ready to thresh; some have threshed already. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Downs were Rensselaer goers Wednesday forenoon. We had a nice big rain Thursday, which stopped the oats cutting for awhile. Miss Chloe Kenton attended the social at Mrs. Harmon’s in Renssel-

aer Saturday. Misses Ethel Parker and Gertie Downs were at McCoysburg Wednesday afternoon.

Mrs. Isaac Parker and daughter, Carrie visited with Mrs/ W. s. Lowman Wednesday. Mrs. Maggie Griffin of Rensselaer is staying at her brother, Wash Lowman’s, this week.

Fritz Lowman visited with his mother, Mrs. Jane Lowman, Saturday night and Sunday. Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock the mercury reached 110. That’s the hottest we have had yet. Misses Ethel Parker, Katie Maxwell and Gertie Downs were at McCoysburg Sunday afterncor-. Jesse Hagle spent Saturday night and Sunday with his mother, Mrs. H. Griffin near Renselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Randle and son and Grandmother Randle took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Harmon and family Sunday. Miss Dora Platt and Miss Bessie Lowman spent Tuesday afternoon with Misses Flossie and Frances Gorbet. It was the latter’s birthday, and they had a fine timeMrs. Howard Griffin and children Dora, Pansy and Willie, left on the milk train Monday morning for Knox, where she will visit her sis-ter-in-law, Mrs. Mell McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bowman and children, Mabel and Ruby, Mr. and Mrs- A. B. Lowman and son Emory, Mrs. Edith Lowman and baby, and Mrs. T. Hurley visited at W. S. Lowman’s Sunday.

BURNSTOWN. George McElfresh finished making hay Monday. Mrs. A. Eib was a Rensselaer goer Monday. James Lewis is still very poorly at this writing. Ernest Pullins called on George McElfresh Sunday. Miss Ethel Holmes was a Rensselaer goer Wednesday. Cleveland Price is helping Elmer Sulenberger shock oats this week. Leo and Arnold Kolhoff called on Alpha and Wm. McElfrbsh Sunday. s Samuel Holmes and Spencer is helping Michael Burns harvest his oats this week. J. C. Frazee of Peru was up for a few days this week, looking after £is farm in Barkley. George McElfresh’s little baby was taken very sick Friday. They called Dr. Moore out to see it.’ Well enough, Parr, that you didn’t play Possum Run Sunday. They would have “skinned” you to a frazzle.

George McElfresh’s little son Willie got his hand pretty badly hurt while he was oiling a binder Wednesday.

There was a surprise given on John Scott Sunday in honor of his fifty-third birthday anniversary. All his children and grand-children were present except one daughter in Illinois, including Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes and family and James Stanley, total number present being thirty. All came with well filled baskets and a supply of ice cream, and had an enjoyable good time. Subscribe for The Democrat.

LEE. •■■■ . Carl Westfall’s brother visited him SundayCharley and Earl Stiers visited their parents Sunday. Alvin Clark has received a car load of coal for threshing. H. C. Anderson and family took ’ dinner Sunday at S. M. Jacks’. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. David Culp is sick with billions fever, and is under the'doctor’s care. George Heartman from Ash Grove visited with Miss Ethel Lewis Sunday. Mrs. Overton and daughter Hattie Rensselaer spent a few days with her son last week. O. A. Jacks and wife and daughter Dollie spent Sunday in Monticello at his brother Wills’. Mrs. Bell Clark and daughter Mrs. Eva McCashen and baby called on Mrs. J. H. Culp Tuesday afternoon. Arm Lewis and wife and two daughters, Mrs. May Jacks and Mrs. Dora Jacks, visited relatives at Brookston during the past week.