Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1909 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

WHEATFIELD. Olive Adams of Kankakee spent Saturday with her uncle Chas. Myers and wife. Will Finney and wife of Kouts are visiting his parents, Everett Finney and wife. Bert Dunn and family moved to Lacross Wednesday to take charge of the White hotel. Mrs. Minnie Meyers accompanied her brother, Bert Dunn and family, to Lacross Wednesday. Miss June Jessup returned home Monday from a few days visit with her parents at Lacross. Mr. and Mrs. George Danford spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Wolf at Beaver City. Mrs. Mary Stallwood returned home Thursday from an extended visit with her daughters at Momence. Dr- and Mrs. M. B. Fyfe returned from Chicago Monday where they had been visiting his sister, Mrs. Dr. Riebel. G. D. Gregory, who is canvassing Starke county for the Baker medicines and extracts, spent Sunday with his wife. Mr. and Mrs. E. Jensen spent a few days this week with their son and daughter, Jens Jensen and Mrs. J. P. Hammond, at Rensselaer. Mrs. Glass and little son of Chicago are visiting her husband, who is nursing H. Marble. They are rooming with W. J. White’s family. Mr- Stamate of Elkhart, a salesman for the Buescher Band Instrument Co., of that place, was in town Friday and succeeded in selling three new horns. Mr. and Mrs- R. A. Mannan are spending a few days in Chicago, shopping and visiting the latter’s brother, Will Grove of West Chicago and sister, Mrs. Kate Glascoe, of Warrenhurst, 111. A farewell party was given Dr.

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and Mrs. L. H. Zeueh in the Odd Fellowß’ building Saturday evening. The evening was pleasantly spent in social conversation and games. The half a hundred guests all regret losing the Doctor and his family as Wheatfleld citizens.

FAIR OAKS. Weather is fine at the present. Mrs. Ike Kight drove up to Roselawn Wednesday. Frank Hooper made a trip down to Joe Gains’ farm Sunday. Mrs. Cottingham made a visit about Reynolds over Sunday. County Supt. Lamson was in these parts visiting schools Monday. Ben and Warren Zellers, and Roy Casey are making posts for Lawler. Walter McConnell spent Thanksgiving with Dr. Fyfe’s at Wheatfleld. Mrs. Shein of Lafayette visited relatives here the latter part of the week. Mr. Lawler made two shipments of cattle from here to Chicago this week. Supervisor candidates are still on the boom. There is only about four in the field. Rev. Peterson will preach at the M. E. church Saturday evening. A full house is desired. Walter McConnell, our hustling hay man, is out over the country buying hay nowadays. Rev. Dunckleberger filled his regular appointment at the Christian church Saturday eve. Mrs. W. A. Hillis of San Francisco, visited relatives on the Tolin s & Hillis ranch the past week. Ike Kight and family and John Kight and family spent Thanksgiving at Thayer with J. R. Right’s. Uncle Wm. Gundy and wife and son Tom of Roselawn visited their son Milt of this place ThanksgivingChas. Halleck has quite a force of men at work digging fruit trees and preparing them for shipment. Edith Moffitt and Lou Stowers are still in poor health. Dr. Washburn came up Monday evening to see Edith. Chas. Mullaney, who has been down the prairie husking corn, had an attack of rheumatism and had to quit. He came back Wednesday. Joe Brown’s women folks arrived here Tuesday eve from Dundas, 111., where they lived the past season. Joe and Harry Keller came through with their car of stock and household goods. John and Warren Zellers and Roy Casey returned from 1 Ike Right’s timber ranch in Arkansas Friday. It has been raining so much of late there that It is impossible to work much with the timber. Grover Makeever, son of F. M. Makeever of Jackson tp., Newton county,' finished up his four years enlistment as a soldier boy a couple of weeks ago. He was stationed at Port Townsend, Wash. He is at home now, but has re-enlisted and after a furlough of three months will return to the service again.

' LEE. T. S. Cowger, the teacher, is boarding at S. M. Jacks’ this week. Harold LaMar went over near Wolcott laßt Monday to husk corn. Mr. and Mrs. Vet Young called on Will Stiers and family Sunday evening. L. M. Jacks and family and Chas. Jacks and family took dinner Sunday at T. P. Jacks’. Vet Young intends to be here Saturday evening to commence his orchestra class again. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne of Chicago visited his parents, Fred Stiers and family, a few dayß last week. Tuesday Mrs. Ostander’s grandmother of Indianapolis, came to make .them an extended visit. Mrs. Ola Randle and children came Saturday to make her sister, Mrs. Cora Stiers, a short vißlt. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sparling of Demotte and S. M. Jacks and family took dinner at J. H. Culp’s. Mrs. Saxton, the blind lady of south of town, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ostander, the blind people of this place, Monday. Several from here attended the entertainment given by the blind peo-

pie of this place at McCoysburg last Saturday night. Rev. Queonan commences a series of revival meetings at this place next Sunday evening. jiveryoody cordially invited to attend. Twenty-two ladies of -the Aid Society met Wednesday at Mrs. Hoy Rishling’s and did all day’s sewing. A very pleasant time was had. Last Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sparling of Demotte came to visit Arm -Lewis and wife and Mrs. May and Dora Jacks. They returned home Monday morning. George Holeman and wife and baby of Monticello and Mrs. Kate Holeman and sons Asa and Orville, took Thanksgiving dinner at Frank Overton’s. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Snowberger and little daughter of near Monticello spent Thanksgiving here at Walter Jordan’s, and enjoyed a fine dinner given for the Jordan and Gilmore families. Saturday evening some thirty young people surprised Miss Verda Lewis and reminded her it was her 16th birthday anniversary, by having a post card shower. Refreshments were served and a very good time was had.

BURN STOW X. Take the good old Democrat for news. C. A. Reed was in Rensselaer Wednesday. Wesley Price is hauling corn to market this week. Mrs. C. A. Reed was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Mrs. Clyde called on Mrs. Samuel Holmes Wednesday. John Price’s aged mother is very sick at this writing. Miss Lucy Morgenegg spend Sunday with home folks. L. A. Greenlee is hauling his oats to market this week. Michael Burns called on Samuel Holmes Monday evening. The corn shredders started up in this locality Wednesday. Cleveland and Ben Price spent Sunday with home folks. Samuel Holmes called on Clarence Green Wednesday evening. Manley Stowers is husking corn for C. Morgenegg this weekRollie Eib helped S. H. Holmes husk corn Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Caddie Cornell is visiting for a day or two with Mrs. Morgenegg. George McElfresh bought some seed oats of L. A. Greenlee Saturday. Mrs. Frank Schroer has about recovered from her recent sick spell. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pullins visited with friends and relatives at Fair Oaks Sunday. S. H- Holmes sold some fat hogs Wednesday to Swaney Makeever at $7.50 per hundred. Mrs. Chris Morgenegg and children visited with Mrs. George Cooper and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Reed and family visited with Mr. and MrsJohn Marlatt and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Addle Warren are spendig a few days with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hurley. Mrs. J. C. Frazee and daughter Lora of Peru are visiting friends and relatives in this locality for a few days. Spencer Greenlee of Plymouth is visiting friends and relatives at Rensselaer and Mt. Ayr for a few days. Mrs. Clarence Green is very sick at this writing. Her mother, who lives in Hamilton county was called to her bedside. Mrs. L. A. Greenlee spent Wednesday evening with her aunt, Mrs. James Knight, who is dangerously sick at this writing. Victor Yeoman has made quite., an improvement on his Nubbin Ridge farm in the way of painting and re-covering the house. W. M. Elkins and family and Miss Mable Besse of Britton, S. D., who have been spending a few weekß with friends and relatives, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes and family.

SOUTH NEWTON. Arthur Mayhew had a horse die Sunday night. Dan Richards helped Harry Dewey haul in fodder Tuesday. Com husking in this vicinity ia about a thing of the past.

Frank Shipman took dinner with the Hough family Sunday. Fred Waling and wife visited friends near Brook Sunday. “G. M.” was seen out hepe in this ; vicinity again Sunday evening. Miss Sadie Paulus is visiting friends in Rensselaer this week. Will Hough and wife visited with Frank Staton's in Brook Sunday. Oscar Weiss called on Boyd and Willie Holmes Sunday afternoon. Wm. Bringle of Jordan tp., took dinner with Nelse Hough’s Monday. Henry Shipman made a business trip to Rensselaer Monday afternoon. Warner Hough and Joseph Charles attended lodge in Mt. Ayr Tuesday night. Arthur Powell took Mr. Casto and little son to Mt. Ayr Sunday afternoon. A- Dewey and August Rosenbook were duck hunting in this vicinity Monday. Mrs. Arthur Powell and children called on Mrs. Philip Paulus Friday afternoon. Miss Grace Reed and brother Ross called on Miss Bessie Paulus Sunday afternoon. Mr- and Mrs. George Schanlaub of Mt. Ayr spent Tuesday with Mrs. Nelse Hough. Mrs. John Jenkison and daughter Cora called on Mrs. Fred Taedtey Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Paulus and son Russell visited Sunday with Chas. Grant and wife. Misses Sadie and Bessie Paulus called on Arthur Mayhew and family Thursday evening. Misses Ruth Yeoman and Mae Kelly visited Curtis Creek school Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dewey spent Sunday with the former’s parents, Morgan Dewey and wife. Frank Crltser and Claude Brown, who are ditching for Carr Bros., are boarding at Philip Paulus’. Albert Harris of Rensselaer was out on the farm and had dinner with, Nelse Hough Monday. Mrs. Mary Powell and daughter, Mrs. Alice Potts, visited Sunday Arthur Powell and family. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Weiss and son Alva visited with Mr. Sanmyre and family near Foresman Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Powell and children visited with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs- Silas Potts'last Thursday. Ade’s were up here from Brook Saturday and brought some cows. They took some fat hogs back with them. Henry Shipman went Tuesday to Jefferson county, 111., to visit his sister. He may remain with her all winter. Mrs. Woolie came Monday evening to visit with her daughter, Mrs. Will Hough and husband, for a short time.

Charles Weiss and family spent Thanksgiving with relatives over by Goodland. Oscar, Harold and Leona remained till Saturday evening. Carr Bros, had another car load of tile shipped to Julian and had quite a number of teams employed hauling them to their farm in this vicinity. Warner Hough and Joseph Charles took dinner with Bro. Taedtey Sunday. (We hope Joe didn’t get another apple fast in his neck, like he did once before.) Curtis Creek school had Thanksgiving vacation from Wednesday till Monday. The teacher, Glen Kinne, visited with his parents in Valparaiso during that time. Warner Hough and Wilber Hoshaw had quite an acicdent while going to Renssellaer Thanksgiving evening. They met some hunters and the horses became frightened tfnd broke some of the harness, which detained the boys quite a little while.

NORTH union. James Garriott was seen in our parts Monday. A great many attended the sale at Wm. Newberry’s Thursday. Homer Stanley and wife and son spent Sunday with Wess Faylor and family. David Yeoman and family spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Faylor. Mrs. Dave Yeoman and little ones spent Thursday with Wess Faylor and family. Paul Schultz has the addition on his house about finished, making quite an improvement. Mrs. Wm. Faylor , spent Thanksgiving afternoon with her mother, Mrs. R. H. Dodge at Fair Oaks. We are having a few good days again and the farmers are making good use of them, husking and shredding. Marie. Dodge of Fair Oaks and Mrs. H. Howell and little son of Lacross spent Friday night with their sister, Mrs. Will Faylor. Quite a number from this vicinity took in the box social at the Grant school Saturday night They report a large crowd and a good time. There was a large turn-out at the entertainment given at Union Center school house Friday night. Everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. Michael Shultz and wife celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday. A large crowd of relatives

and friends were there and the young people spent the evening in dancing. A good time is reported.

McCOYSBCRG. Chas. Lefler and daughter Edna were in Rensselaer Wednesday. Miss Vera Parker of Chicago is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Parker. Mrs. (Mary Ann Robinson and Mrs. J. R. Phillips spent Wednesday With Mrs. Wash Cook. Misses Carrie and Vera Parker and Mrs. C. A. Armstrong visited Mrs. R. L. Bussel Tuesday afternoon. Miss Margaret Richmond of Pleasant Grove came Tuesday via the C- & W. V., to be on hand to begin clerking in Reed McCoy’s store Dec. 1. Jerome Harmon and family moved from the McAffee farm to Rensselaer Wednesday for the winter. They will live on a farm again in the spring. Grover Petree, who has been working for James Lefler in Wisconsin, went back to his home in Heiskell, Tenn., after a few days visit here with friends.

PINE GROVE. Harry Gifford shredded corn Wednesday and Thursday, Mrs. Rpbecca Hurley spent Saturday with Mrs. Andy Ropp. Shelby Comer was through thlß vicinity Monday buying hogs. George Daniels and Harry Gifford delivered their hogs to Newland Tuesday. Gusta McCleary and Bertha Cooper were Gifford callers Wednesday afternoon. Several from this vicinity attended the dance at Wm Kennedy’s Saturday night. Newton Jenkins spent Thursday night and Friday with Bluford and John Torbet. Mrs. Andy Ropp and Mrs. James Torbet were guests of Mrs. Henry Ropp Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Parker and family visited Mrs. Sarah McCleary and family Sunday. Miss Ruth Gilmore who has been working east of Rensselaer is staying at her sister’B, Mrs. Walter Danids’. Mrs Walter Daniels and Ruth Gilmore, spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Chas. Walker and family. James Torbet, James Campbell, Everett McCleary and Chas. Shroyer delivered their hogs to Parr Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs- James Torbet and son John were guests ot Mr. and Mrs. John Helengreen and family Sunday of Valma. The oyster supper given at the home of J. M. Torbet was well attended and all enjoyed a good time, leaving well filled with oysters. There will be literary at the Independence school house Dec. 10, at 7:30 p. m. A good program has been arranged. Everybody welcome.

MT. AYR. (From The Pilot.) Mrs. Jane Jenkinson is sick with pneumonia. Frank Dweese, who has been huskcorn over near Brook, returned here Tuesday. Frank Haskell and wife of Rensselaer were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dunlap. Miss Virgie Crow, of Virgie, visited the latter days of the week with Mr. and Mrs. John McColley, east of here. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller went to Chicago Thursday afternoon on account of the serious illness' of her sister. The elevator at Foresman will hereafter be operated by an electric motor, the power being furnished from Brook. Dr. J. W. Merry spent giving and the remainder of the week with his daughter Blanche at Marlon. Ind. At Carter of Claypool, InA, came the first of the week for a visit with Ws daughter, Mrs. James Shlndler, -and other relatives. The aged mother of Perry Brown, of Foresman, formerly of this place, is in a very serious condition from heart trouble and dropsy. Rev. Noland took the train Monday for Feresman and that evening began a series of revival meetings at the Methodist church there. Mrs. Jasper. Wright went Millford, Ind-, Tuesday tor a visit with her daughters, Mrs. J. B. Marion and Mrs. Chas. Clark, both of whom reaide near there.

Word was received here Tuesday of the death from child birth of Mrs. Wm. Barbour of Roselawn, a neice of Mrs. J. B. Ashby. Deceased was about 25 years of age and was the mother of three small children. The early part of her life she lived with her parents near here, where she will be remembered by many as Miss Daisy Harlow.

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