Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1909 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BY OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS.

Miss Ora Cheek visited in Boswell last week. Miss Loretta O’Connor visited in Monon last week. Ellis Jones was in Missouri last week on business. L. B. Elmore played in the band at the Boswell fair last week. Mrs Wm. Tribby returned last week from a visit in Indianapolis. Sidney Burton and sister,Rozella, are visiting relatives near Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Clara Keever and children bf Indianapolis are visiting her mother, Mrs. Geo. F. Bloom. The John Teter public sale last Thursday was well attended and property brought good prices. Lucius and F. C. Philips of Chenoa, 111., were here last week, the former to look after his farm here. Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Walker and sons of Frankfort, visited here with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rich a few days last week. Mrs. J. N. Beal is visiting her daughters, Mrs. Stella Dick at Watseka and Mrs. Floy Raymond at St Anne. 111. Mrs. Herford Jamison and two children of Wabash visited last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Taylor. Mrs. C. A. Balcom, who recently underwent another operation for cancer, is reported to be Improving considerably. 1 Arthur Vincent of Eldorado, Kan., was here last week closing up the sale of his farm in Gilboa township to I. N. Atkinson. J. F. Breeze and family moved to Lafayette last week where Mr Bre4ze will enter Purdue University to take a scientific course. Thomas Parks of Etna Green, Indcame over Friday accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Howard Brooks and son Roy, who have been visiting there. Bert Courtright’s team ran awty one day last week while hitched to a mowing machine, with which he was cutting weeds. The machine was pretty badly used up. George Jordan returned Friday from a three months * "cruise” through the west. He visited the families of John Kettering and Rev Carson in Washington while goneE. G. Roberts, a former resident of Gilboa township, died at Wabash last week and his remains were brought to Meadow Lake, south of Wolcott, for interment Thursday.

Frank O’Connor and family of Green Bay, Wis-, have been visiting relatives here for the past two weeks. Mrs. O’Connor and children are still here but Frank returned home last Wednesday. M. B. Graham and family, who have been visiting Mrs. Graham’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Luckey and other relatives and friends, returned to their home near Windfall, Ind., Wednesday. W. H. Cheadle was at Michigan City last Thursday with attorneys, taking the depositions of Robert Parker in the case of Mrs. E. B. Vondersmith vs. the Perpetual Buildand Loan Association of Remington, which it is expected will soon come to trial. Goodland Herald; We understand Fred Griffin, the former editor of the Remington Press, bought an elephant in the line of a restaurant at Monticello that was fixed up to sell a few months ago and now he is trying to let loose oi same. Well, a newspaper man gets stung occasionally. While Thomas Wallace was in the act of putting a twitch on a horse he was shoeing, last Saturday afternoon, the animal reared striking him a terriffic blow on the face cutting an ugly gash, but not seriously injuring him. Dr. Spencer dressed the wound and Tom put two shoes on the animal after the accident.— Wolcott Enterprise.

SURREY. A little frost last week. Our school will commence next Monday. Miss Alice Parks started to Rensselaer high school Monday. Jake Junglas pulled his thresher in for the winter Saturday. The pickle business is not paying as well this season as it did last Showers continue to come so the ground is in good shape to plow. The corn crop will be good if frost stays off a week or so longer. The acreage of wheat that will be sown this, fall will be larger than of former seasons. The threshing is all done now, but lots of the grain was almost ruined by the rains. Hugh Brosnan and his sister left one day last week for their new home in New Mexico. Hiram Davis and several others will soon " start to the homestead country in Colorado. They are expecting to go through by teams instead of by rail. MT. AYR. (From The Pilot.) James Elijah and wife. Walter Kelley and Miss Jennie Mauck spent Sunday in Chicago.

Miss Olive Johnson ■went to work in the central office yesterday, relieving Miss Nellie Harris. H. G. Clark and Harry Elijah were fishing at the Iroquois Thursday and made several nice catchesJacob Schanlaub came down Tuesday from his home at North Manchester to look after the threshing on his farm west of here. Harry and Elmer Hufty and Jay Miller left Sunday morning for Colorado where they will take in the sights and work during the fruit harvest. Mrs, D. E. Noland and children left Monday for a week’s visit with relatives at Brookston. The Rev. will accept any and all invitations out to dinner or supper. W. S. Greenlee was down from Plymouth a few days last week and this transacting business. Mr. Greenlee reports the crops in Marshall county on an equal with those here. Ira Sayler has vacated his property in the south part of town and has moved into the Dr. Martin building where he will open up a hotel. This town can well support a good hotel and we are glad to see one started by a permanent citizen.

McCOYSBURG. F. L. Peregrine made a business trip to, Rensselaer Saturday. Miss Bertha Cook is this week working for Mrs. R. L. Bussel. School begins here next Monday morning with Sam Noland as teacher Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Saldla and son Harvey, spent Friday in Mbnon. Miss Myrtle Lewis spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks at Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Howe and children were Rensselaer shoppers Friday. Miss Blanche Porter spent Sunday in Rensselaer with her aunt, Mrs H. N. Hurd. Misses Gertie Downs and Ethel Parker visited with Mrs. R. L. Bussel Saturday. , Richard Foulks of Milroy is moving back into his property here, just vacated by R. L. Bussel. Ed Peregrine and daughters, May and Myrtle, spent Sunday with Sam Noland and family of Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Reed McCoy visited with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McCoy of near Lee. * Robert Johns and Thomas Harter went to the former’s uncle’s, Thomas Lear’s of near Wolcott, for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Johns and little daughters, Berneda and Thelma went to Rensselaer Saturday evening via auto. Mk and Mrs. R. V. Johns and children visited relatives in Monon Thursday and Friday and attended home-doming. Mrs.i Nathan Eldridge and little daughter and Mrs. Chas. Saldla and son Hdrvey spent Sunday with Mrs.

James Nixon. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Eldridge and little daughter came home Sunday from Monon, returning again to that place in the evening. R. L. Bussel is to-day (Monday) moving to his property in the west end of town, which J. P. Gwin has recently vacated. Will Stiers of Lee is papering for them. Robert Johns, who has been working in Lafayette all summer, came home Sunday to remain with his parents. Thomas Harter accompanied him home for a few days visitMr. and Mrs- Nelson DuCharme and daughters Adella and Pauline and son, Calvin of Wolcott, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. F. L. Peregrine and family. Their little daughter, Edna who has been spending the past month here with her sister, accompanied them home to enter school Monday.