Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1909 — OLD BUSINESS MAN RETIRES. [ARTICLE]

OLD BUSINESS MAN RETIRES.

John Vannata, who has been located in the harness business in the Hildebrand brick building near the Washington street bridge almost ever since the building was erected, some 29 years ago, has retired and will devote his attention to looking after his >OO acre farm three miles east of Fair Oaks, the former A. N. Lakin farm, ; and take life easy from now on. He got 11,0 00 insurance on an endowment policy a few weeks agQ which will help to smooth over the rough places. He is now building a barn on the farm and otherwise improving it. He will continue to rent the farm and live in town himself. Mr. Vannata was among the pioneer business men of Rensselaer, locating here in 1865 n the harness business, and except for ten years which he lived in Valparaiso, from 1870 to 1880, he has lived here and been continuously inthe same line of business since that time. The room which he has just vacated was first occupied by R. F.- Priest as a general store. Priest was there only about six months, however, when he

moved to Francesville; where he died a few years ago. Mr. Vannatta then moved into the room and occupied it continuously for 28 years.