Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1909 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BY OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS.

SOUTH NEWTON. Carey Carr made a business trip to Brook Tuesday. Mrs. Alice Potts visited with Mrs. Roy Flanders Thursday. Mrs. Fred Waling called on Mrs. Paulus Thursday afternoon. Miss Sadie Paulus called on Mrs. Mark Reed Monday afternoon. The Carr family attended the soldiers’ reunion at Brook Thursday. Ernes', Mayhew and wife called on the Holmes family Monday evening. Riley Tullis of Jordan made a business trip to Fred Wallng’s Friday. Arthur Mayhew helped his brother Ernest to haul hogs to Julian Monday. Chas. Weiss and family took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Dewey. Sydney Holmes was subpoenaed to Rensselaer Monday and Harry Dewey Tuesday. Fred Gilman of Goodland and Chas. Weiss made a business trip to Mtr Ayr Monday. The big rain Tuesday afternoon and night put a stop to the wheat sowing for a while. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Grant and daughter Jessie, took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grant. Arthur Mayhew sold twenty-three head of sheep to Wm. Michaels of Jordan last Thursday. He drove them home.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mayhew spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, near Brook. Miss Sadie Paulus returned home Sunday from a two weeks visit with her sister, Mbs. James Reed of near Surrey. Mr. and Mrs. Nelse Hough, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Markin spent Sunday with Mrs. Mary Powell. Mis Lura Yeoman returned to her grandmother Powell’s Sunday, after several days visit with her aunt, Mrs. Fred Markin. Warner Hough helped Arthur Mayhew to plow for wheat several days this week- He is putting in 4 0 acres on the Ade land. Mrs. Chas. Waling of Brook spent Friday and Saturday with her daughter Mrs. Arthur Mayhew. She returned home with her mother Saturday afternoon and stayed till Sunday evening. The guests at the Paulus home Sunday were: Mark Reed and family, James Reed and wife, Nelson DuCharme and wife, George Bentley and Clinton Hayworth of Brook, and George Wenrick.

BURNSTOWN. Mrs. A. Eib was a Rensselaer goer Monday. Wm. Gratner is building an addition to his residence. Philip Durant is doing some ditching for C. A. Reed this week. J. C. Frazee of Peru was up for a few days this week on businessMiss Bessie McElfresh was shopping in Rensselaer Tuesday. Joe Pullins leu for a two weeks visit with his sister at Mitchell, S. D. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe of Rensselaer were out in this locality Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George McElfresh called on Mr. and Mrs. Bud Lewis Sunday. • Spencer and Esta Holmes called on Add Shook’s two little boys Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Merimon Tudor visited friends and relatives south of town Sunday. George McElfresh and Samuel Holmes are attending court this week, as jurors. Quite a crowd from this locality attended Xhe ice cream social at Brushwood Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Reed visited with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac McCurtain, of near Sunday. Elmer is trying his new buggy sufficiently. He is putting in a good deal of the time buggy-riding with his best girl. Quite a crowd of young people gathered at Mr. and Mrs. C. Morgenegg's Sunday evening and had an enjoyable time. John Hellengreen, Thos. Brown and L. A. Greenlee started Tuesday for North Dakota with the Intention of locating there. Joe and Sol Norman began the foundation of Charley Pullins’ big barn Monday which he is going to erect on his farm. The ball game between Possum Run and Pleasant Grove Sunday, resulted in favor of Possum Run by a score of 24 to 7. Samuel Hopkins has got one of the finest autos that runs through our town. Himself and family took a trip down in Benton county Sunday. The Sternberg dredge has cut through Burk’s bridge. The people north and east of us have to come through Burnstown to go to Rensselaer.

• SOUTH UNION. Rain, rain, lots of rain. Mrs. Charles Lakin Is still on the mend. Ray Stinson is preparing to leave for Colorado soon. Elmer Gunyon has vacated the Charles Lakin farm. Miss Lewis Meades’ visited Miss Flossie Smith Sunday. Amos Alter is kept busy cleaning seed wheat for the neighbors nowadays. The Rev. Reardon from Indiana-

polis will fill the Rose Bud circuit this year. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hordeman attended church Sunday morning at Rensselaer. The president of the M. P. Conferance preached at Rose Bud Sunday morning. The ice-cream social at the Brushwood parsonage Saturday night was a financial success. Phil Heuson went to the county capitol Monday for a load of goods boxes for kindling. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wilcox of Rensselaer spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davis of Vincennes are visiting the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Alter. Abe Aery harvested 800 bushels of onions from 1% acres. Who can beat that from South Union? Misses Della and Mayme Smith returned home Sunday from Lebanon, where were visiting the past two weeks. A surprise dinner was given on the Rev. Jesse Jenkins Sunday, to remitd-chim of his 40th birthday anniversary. A good time is reported. A large acreage of wheat is being sown in South Union. The list follows up to date: B. D. Comer and tenants, 100 acres; Amos Davisson, 50 acres; Newt Gunyon, 40 acres; Chas. Lakin, 40 acres; Dallas Gunyon, 40 acres; Amos Alter, 25 acres; V, alter Harrington, 20 acres; Sol Norman, 20 acres; Everett Burns, 23 acres.

McCOYSBURG Sheriff Shirer was in our burg Wednesday. Miss Vera Lefler was in Rensselaer Tuesday. Ray McDonald is now nightwatch on the Gifford engine. The farmers in this vicinity are about through sowing wheatW. S. Lowman went to Monon Monday where he has a job of ditching. Superintendent Lamson and Trustee Parker visited our school Monday. J. AV. Hitchlngs and John Moritz were in Rensselaer Wednesday on business. John Moritz went to Monon Wednesday evening and will be gone two or three day's. Marion Crowder started to thresh Tuesday, but owing to the rain had to stop for a day or so. C has. Stultz, who has had a very sore hand for the past six weeks, is improving some at this writing. Arthur Williamson hauled wheat to our burg Wednesday, it being the

first we have handled this year. Floyd and Arthur Miller have rented the farm where P. B. Downs now lives, for the coming season. O. M. and R. E. Peregrine returned from Wolcott Wednesday, where they had been visiting friends for a couple of days. We had a very hard rain Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday night, making too wet to finish sowing wheat for a day or two. Mrs. Cora Osborne of N°w Albany, who has been visiting relatives in this vicinity for the past week, returned home Wednesday. Ed Peregrine is now making Sorghum, and if there is anybody who wishes their cane made up he will be glad to make it for them. Loring Hicks who has been working for his father here for the last four months, went to Peoria, 111., Tuesday where he has a job switching in the yards there, Woosley Bros, are hauling tile to the farm where John Woosley now lives. His landlord is expecting to put two car loads of tile in on the farm this fall. Nate Eldridge and James Nixon are doing the ditching.

FAIR OAKSWe are getting plenty of rain nowadays. James Cliffton was at Roselawn Friday on business. Oliver Robinson of Rensselaer was in our town Friday. Mrs. Cottingham visited at Wheatfield Thursday of last weekJoe Davis and wife of Kniman slight attack of the auto fever. Lola Tow and Leota Moore are visiting in Lafayette nowadays. John Zellers finished up his job of sawing on the Howard ranch last week. Al Moore’s extra gang on the Monon was layed off Thursday of last week. Mrs. LTm and little girl of Rensselaer, visited at the Cottingham house Sunday. There were several of our young folks who spent the day Sunday at the Kankakee. Oscar Atwood and wife moved to Roselawn the first of the week to take charge of a hotel. Rev. Dunkleburg delivered a very interesteing sermon at the Christian church Wednesday evening. Ben Darroch of Roselawn was seen on our streets Friday. He has a slight attact of the auto fever. Shorty Henderson of near Streator, 111., arrived here the first of the week to stay an indefinite time. Floyd Cox and Lloyd Williamson who went to Dakota a short time ago to work In the harvest fields, returned Tuesday. Daniel Kistner and family went up to near Wheatfield Saturday. They will take their household goods there in a short time. Cora Trump, who has been living with her uncle, Chas. Parker, the

past year, left for her home at Cates, Ind., the latter part of -the week. C. T. Otis’s men begun to fill their silos this week. They have about a dozen large ones to fill which will require several hundred acres to fill them. The men who have been buying junk in these parts for about a month, loaded their car the first of the week and will probably go to some other field of junk. Every parent who has children old enough to go to school, will have to go down in his jeans and give the school book trust another boost this year. What a nuisance. George Blair, who has been staying with his aunt, Mrs. Dodge, since last spring, had a misunderstanding the latter part of the week with her, and then departed for Streator, Hl., where he said he had a job. Miss Hazel Helsel left here Wednesday eve for her home In Pullman, 111. Her father came back on the milk train Wednesday morning to pack up and ship a part of their household goods up there. Mrs. Erwin Hooper has decided to move away from Fair Oaks in the near future. She will move back to her old childhood home at Ancone, 111-, and live with her father. She expects to sell her property before she leaves.

John Zellers and several others will leave soon for Pine Bluff, Ark., to set up a saw mill on Ike Kight’s land and begin, the work of sawing and working up the timber for various purposes. Ike will go in the course of a week or ten days. The first teachers’ township institute will be held here Saturday and the following Monday the schools will open with Frank Garriott as principal and Miss Clara Brusnahan as Intermediate and Mrs. John Gwin as primary teachers. Bert Warren arrived home last Thursday from Hoopeston, 111., with his new bride. He was met at the depot by a number of girls who proceeded to give him l hearty welcome with a shcwer of rice. On Thursday night several boys gathered about the house with guns and a supply of amunition and gave them another serenade. Eph Hickman and another party came up Monday morning on the milk train to repair and take down to Rensselaer an auto that had been disabled the day before out on the county line road about a couple of miles from here. They found on examination they were unable to patch it up so they went back to Rensselaer and got a machine and hauled it in the same evening.

LEE. Alvin Clark and family visited Sunday at S. W. Jacks’. Paul Stiers visited home folks over Sunday at this place. Mr. Catlin of Monon made a business trip here Wednesday. Frank Overton and family visited his parents in Rensselaer Sunday. H. C. Anderson and wife went to their farm Monday afternoon to gather grapes. Ray Harp, a young man from Monticello, visited the Holeman boys Saturday night and Sunday. Edna Brock is working for Mrs. David Culp, who does not gain very fast since her recent sickness. Lora Culp is helping her grandmother, Mrs. Holeman, who has rheumatism, work up peaches and grapes this week. Orville Holeman, who has been ■working near Monticello the most of the summer, came to help cut corn and work at home for a while. Rev. O. S. Stewart and family of Pence, who visited his parents and relatives last week, returned to their home Friday to be ready for his appointment on Sunday at that place. Rev. D. E. Noland of Mt. Ayr called at this place Thursdy of last week and attended preaching at the church that evening by O. S. Stewart. He returned home Friday morning. Miss Eunice Adamson, who has been taking care of Grandma Mellender the last five weeks, went to her home in Rensselaer Wednesday morning, Grandma being able to be around the house again. Leroy Noland has bought the hardware store building, which formerly belonged to D. E. Noland and A. S. Parcels, and the blind man, Mr. Saxton, a son-in-law of the Mr. Miller on the Isaac Parcels farm, south of here, has a broom factory in a part of the building and is making brooms

i MILROY. Albert Wood was in Lee Sunday evening. Mrs. Peter Shide called on Mrs. L. Parks Friday. Branson Clark’s visited Robt. Templeton’s Sunday. Mrs. Lamport spent Wednesday with Mrs. Thos. Spencer. Mrs. M«ry McCashen and Ettie were in Monon Saturday. Mrs. Geo. Wood and son Albert were in Monon Saturday. Jack Boone and family left Tuesday for a visit in Mlnnestota. Albert Wood returned to Momence Tuesday after an extended visit here. Mrs. L. Parks and Mrs. Frank May called on Wm- Goodnight's Tuesday. John Clark and sister Laura called on Mrs. Mary McCashen Wednesday. Mrs. Mary McCashen and Ettie went to visit her son Alva and wife Sunday. Mrs. Mary Johnson and Mrs. Elmer Johnson were in McCoysburg Monday. Thos. Johnson and family moved Monday to McCoysburg where he is ■working

Chas. Wilbanks and family spent Sunday with his brother John and family near Rankin. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson spent Tuesday night in Monon with his brother Willard and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clell Clark and Mrs. Mace Barker. Robt- Templeton called on Branson Clark’s Saturday, Everett Clark going home with him for a visit. Mrs. L. Foulks and Mrs. E- Underwood ate dinner in Rensselaer Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Michael. Mrs. Anna Chapman and daughter Pearl and Mrs. Elmer Johnson and little daughter spent Saturday ■with Mrs. Thos. Johnson. We forgot to mention last week Mr. and Mrs. F. Wood of Rensselaer and G- L. Parks and family spent Sunday with John Southard and family, and one of the main features of the program was eating watermelon. Lon and Dan Chapman and Daniels were in Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. Daniels buying to begin housekeeping in the house on the old Benson farm, as soon as his wife arrives from England. She started on her journey here last Saturday. He came last spring.