Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1910 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BY OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS.

McCOYSBVRG. Miss Dora Phillips is visiting relatives in Monticello for a few days. 7 Mr. arid Airs. R. L. Bussed and daughter Lucille visited Win. Jacks and family Sunday. ... * — s Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hamilton spent Sunday evening with J. R. .Phillips and family. Ed' Peregrine, daughters Mary and Myrtle and son Ross, spent Sunday with F. L. Peregrine. i ' Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Johns and daughters. < Thelma and Berneda, visited the formers's mother Sunday. Miss Saliie Rishling returned to her home in Remington after a couple weeks stay with her brother, Cecll and wife. • Rev. Quonen and family took dinner with Reed McCoy and wife Saturday and attended commencement in the afternoon. ___ _ Mrs. Smith Hughes and family attended the funeral of a relative at Sitka Saturday. They were taken via auto route by Ray Herr. Mr. arid Mrs. F. H. Porter and baby, Mr. and Mrs. George Parker and daughter Ethel spent ‘Sunday with C. A. Armstrong and wife. The commencement exercises Saturday afternoon were well attended. The singing was very good and the themes and recitations well delivered. Mrs. Grace McCarthy and daughter who have been visiting Reed McCoy and wife for the past week, left Monday afternoon for a visit with relatives at Lee. —‘—•* Mr. and Mrs. Estel Osborne of near Rensselaer,’ came Saturday afternoon to be present at the commencement exercises and visit relatives Saturday night and Sunday.

SOUTH NEWTON. Boyd Holmes visited with Oscar Weiss Sunday. C. R. Weiss hauled lumber for a bridge Monday. Isaac Parker sold a horse to the Downs boys last week. Isaac Parker hauled hay for Harris’s Friday and Saturday. Chas. Waling As building another Toom onto Fred Waling’s house. Fred Waling and wife took Sunday dinner with Arthur Powell’s. Mrs. C. R. Weiss called on Mrs. Robert Overton Tuesday afternoon. George Bentley of Brook visited the Paulus family from Friday till Sunday. Misses Sadie and Bessie Paula., called on Mrs. Clarence Pruett Friday afternoon. Emmet Potts and uncle, H. Potts, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell Sunday. Mrs. John Murfiitt and daughter Ethel called on Mrs. Wm. Hough Friday afternoon. Mrs. Philip Paulus and son Russell called on Mrs. Fred Waling Tuesday afternoon. James E. Reed and family of Surrey took Sunday dinner with the Paulus family.

Chas. Waling and wife and daughter Carrie are visiting with Arthur Mayhew and family. x A few from this neighborhood attended the band concert at Rensselaer Thursday evening. Mrs. Alice Potts and mother Mrs. Mary Powell, called on the Roberts family Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Prueitt visited with the latter’s brother, Jake Sommers and wife Sunday. Rev. Parrett of Rensselaer preached at Curtis Creek Sunday. Quite a large crowd attended the services. The Paulus family entertained Clarence Pruett and wife and Ernest Mayhew and- family with phonograph music Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mayhew, Clarence Pruett and wife and Misses Sadie and Bessie Paulus called on Arthur Mayhew and family Tuesday evening. .

LEE. Jink Johnson and family visited Sunday at L. M. Jacks’. Mrs. Carrothers was calling on friends here Monday afternoon. George Foulks and wife attended church Sunday, and then took dinner at O. A. Jacks’. W. L. Stiers is doing quite a

business here buying and testing cream, and shipping same. Miss Annabell Wartena_--of ‘ Rensselaer visited Mrs. S. M. Jacks a few days during the past week. Nathan Eldridge and Asa Roush and families of-Monon spent Sunday here with Frank Eldridge and family.-. ; ( ' Most of our young people and some older ones went to the Children’s day exercises at. Palestine last Sunday evening. Sunday was Charley Lefler's birthday anniversary, and T. P. Jacks, S. M. Jacks and Joe Clark and families took diriner with him and family. . . Alvin Clark, our hardware man, has bought a lot and is commencing to build for himself an eight room house with porches, and when complete will be a fine improvement to our town. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Snowberger went from here Sunday, evening to their home near Monticello, having been here for the commencement at McCoysburg. Her brother James Jordan being a graduate. Last Saturday night the lodge people of this place who meet every Saturday night in the hall, gave an ice cream -supper. A large crowd was present and music was had by the blind musicians, Mr. and Mrs. Ostander. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark of Morocco visited several days here last week with relatives. His mother Mrs. Daniel Clark, is in very poor health. They visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore, and went from here to Reynolds to visit her sister, Mrs. Ray Hoienian. About two weeks ago a strange dog was through here and the peoplewere afraid it was a mad dog. Several men chased it and tryed to kill it, but it got away from them. It bit Mike Peregrine’s dog and one of his cows which both went mad and were killed. There is no telling how much damage was done by the dog.

FAIR OAKS. The F. OT ball team went over to Gifford Sunday to play ball. Rev. Rariden of Rosebud was a business visitor here Monday. Warren Zellers went to Winamac Monday to begin work for the Winamac Bridge Co. Cabe Parks of, near Surrey was here to attend meetings at Will Warren’s Sunday. There were several from here attended the barbecue at Parr Saturday, reporting a good time, Frank Goff spent a couple of days at Kninian the first of the week in the interest of the Pickle Co. Minnie Cox, who has been at Chicago in a hospital for about six weeks, came home Wednesday. The weather has warmed up since our last report, and crops are beginning to take on a good color. Miss Cora Lintner of near South Bend, came down the first of the week to visit her sister Mrs. Ed Kesler.

Hurrah for Water Valley, Shelby and Lowell “which were remonstrated dry the first of the month. Let the good work go on. Rev. Rariden of Rosebud, and Rev. Hess who is the American Sunday school organizer, were all night callers at Abe Bringle’s Wednesday night. Mr. Vergeene and Mr. Meeks, who are gravel road people, made a visit to their home near Winnamac Sunday in the former’s auto. They returned Monday. Bert Warren who has been at Hoopeston, 111., for about three months working at carpenter work, came home Monday to make preparations to put out a patch of pickles. Fonda Cliffton moved Monday from Al Moore’s property into Chas. Swanky’s property on Front street and Mr. Vergeene mbved from the Proudly house into the cue vacated by Clifton. „

The meetings are still going on here at this writing, but will close this week. There has been quite a bit of good done. Dr. Briggs was here Sunday night. He performed the rite of baptism to four by sprinkling. There are several to be baptised some time in the future by immersing. There was something over fifteen taken into the church. The stork, with Dr. Rice pf Roselawn as pilot, delivered a fine boy

to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Zellers a few days ago, ’also Mr. and Mrs. G. Hillis of the Hillis & Tolen ranch are the proud parents of a nice big baby, the first in their 12 years of married life, and Mr. and Mrs. Farm Wiseman of the Lawler ranch were the second time made glad by the arrival of a .nice little boy last week, which is the second child come to make up the family, the first being a girl. Sunday at 3 p. m., there 4 were services for the men held in the tent by the pastor, and Miss held services in the grove at the same time. It is said a few young Smarts from Parr and a few of the same kind of this-place and a couple from east of town without a spoonful of respect and not half that much manners, collected on the ball ground which lay between the two services, to show their raising by starting a game of ball, but were shown the way off the ground by one of our citizens. Of course they didn’t have sense enough to know they were laying themselves liable to a fine. Some people have to be knocked down before they will take a hint.

COTTAGE GROCE. John W. Holmes was a Renselaer goer Thursday. John and Henrj' Tobin called on W. M. Holmes Sunday. Miss Mary Gowland called on Maggie Greenlee Thursday. The weather still continues rather cold, if the comet is gone. Howard Holmes' is working tc. Mr. Francis the rest of the summer. Lewis Alter was oh the sick list last week, but is better at this writing. , Willie Greenlee had the misfoi tune to loose his shepherd dog a few days ago. John Zimmer and D. S. Makeever shipped a mixed load of stock from Surrey Thursday. Earl Bruner was fixing up the telephone lines and setting in new poles that were destroyed by lightning, Thursday. Mrs. Eva Greenlee has returned froth Seafield. She left the folks some better, except Mrs. Willbanks, who remains about the same. Crops are all looking good and especially wheat, down in that neighborhood.

PINE GROVE. Ben Hopkins and Chester Arnold, were guests of Will Miller Sunday. Miss Bertha Cooper spent last week at home, returning to her work Sunday evening. • Mrs. Wm. Jordan and family of near Newland, spent Sunday with James Torbet Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet and son Charley, called on Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ropp Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Fletcher anu family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs- Chas. Shroyer and family. A good many from this vicinity attended the barbecue at Parr Saturday, and reported a good time. Mrs. Sarah Cooper and daughter Bertha and son Thomas were guests of Mrs. Chris Morgenegg and family Sunday. Quite a number of young folks of this vicinity attended the Children’s day exercises at Rosebud Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Walker and three children spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hurley of near Gifford.

NORTHSIDE GLEANINGS. Alpha and Win. McElfresh called on John Lewis Sunday. Henry Ropp called on Frank -Shroer last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Will Whitaker and little son spent Sunday in Rensselaer. Mrs. Rachel Price and son John, visited with Newt Price’s of Parr Sunday.. ’Master Elvin Schroer spent Wednesday afternoon with Miss Anna Morganegg. John Garriott attended commencement at Barkley church Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hurley and family called on Barney Kolhoff and family Sunday, Mrs. John Hurley is improving from her recent sick spell and is able to be up now. We are having fine weather at this writing and the farmers are busy in their corn fields. Several from our vicinity attended the barbecue at Parr Saturday ahd report a largte crowd. Miss Katie and Mesdames Dalton and Arthur Ropp called on Mrs. W. Henkle Friday afternoon. Quite a few from our neihborhood attended the Children’s day egxerfilses at Rosebud Sunday night. Mrs. Lizzfte Cooper and daughter Bertha and son Thoipas, spent Sunday with C. Morganegg and family.

Misses Lucy and Kathryn Morganegg and Bertha Cooper attenao<_ ’Sunday school at Independence Sunday.’ ' Miss Lucy.. Morganegg, who has been working, for Mrs. Ernest Lamson of Rensselaer, returned home Saturday. Now, Mark, when you start to commencement, if you expect not to be too late, you must not take such a long road.

MT. AYR. (From The Pilot.) J. Miller visited with Charles Bengston at Foresman, Sunday. Mrs. Jasper Wright visited friends in Pulaski county during the week. , # Mrs; Witham and daughter Lillian, visited Mri Al Witham, at Parr, Sunday. - / Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hopkins visited with Bernard Hopkins and wife, near Foresman, Sunday. Miss Jean Sigler of Chicago, is here on a two weeks vacation visiting friends and relatives. Miss Jane Makeever has spent a .section of the week With her sister Mrs. Bengslon. at Foresman. Mrs. Kendall and son, .of Wolcott, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clinton, during the week. Leslie Miller accompanied by his mother, Mrs. L. Miller and dauhter Miss L. Miller, leave this morning idr Kankakee, where he will thi? evening lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Edna Gardiner. ,

CLOW & HENDRICKS. A partial list of our lands that we are offering for sale in Ransom county. We only give a few of the many bargains we have in first class lands, and with our wide experience and acquaintance throughout The county we can always help vou find a snap. Come and see us. No. 1. 320 acres, 3% miles from good town; 70 acres under plow, balance prairie. A fine hay tract and very good soil. If broke up and sown to flax would half pay for the farm first year above expense. Price S3O per acre. No. 2. 160 acres. All under cultivation, very best of soil. 7% miles from town. No buildings (except granary.) Price S3B per acre.

No, 3. 160 acres 5 miles from town. Lays gently rolling; black loam with clay sub-soil. Price S4O per acre. No. 4. 160 acres all under plow. 4 miles from Elliott. Very best of soil. No buildings. Price $41.50 per acre. I No. 5. 320 acres. Lays very fine and the very best of soil. 140 acres under plow; balance prairie. 4 miles from town. Price $37.50 per - *£> * acre. No. 6. 3‘ 0 acres well improved; good set ouildings; nice grove and lays gently rolling. Very best of soil with clay sub-soil. 6 miles from town. Price $47.50 per acre. No. 7. 320 acres well improved. Good buildings and practically all under plow. 4 miles from good town. Price $37,50 per acre. No. 8. 320 acres 5% miles from town. Lays very fine. 135 acres under plow; 160 acres fenced. No buildings. Here is a snap. S3O per acre. No. 9.« 800- acres well' improved. Fine set of buildings, good soil. 450 acres under plow; balance can be broke; one-half section fenced with 3 wires and cedar posts.-s 6% miles from town. This is a snap. $32.50 per acre. *No. 10. 480 acres. This is one of the finest farms in the county. 6 miles from town, good 10-room house with furnace heat;, fine large fiarn, granary and other out buildings. Nice grove. All under cultivatibn, Price for quick sale %47.50 per acre. No. 11. 160 acres. All prairie; lays fine and good soil. Price s3l per acre. No. 12. 320 acres, 4 miles from Lisbon; lays gently rolling. All prairie and it’s a snap. S4O per • acre. No. 13. 160 acre, all prairie. 8 miles from Lisbon. Very best of soil; lays gently rolling. Price $32.50 per acre. No. 14. 160 acres, all under plow; lays gently rolling; very best of soil. This is a snap. $37.50 per acre, a No. 15. 320 acres 5 miles from Lisbon, improved; lays gently roll-

ing- Very best of Soil. ings. Price for quick sale $36.50 per acre. No. t 6. 160 acres improved; all fenced; good buildings and fine grove. 7, miles from town. Price $45 per acre. All the above lands are subject to sale, withdrawal, or change in price ’without notice. We have cheaper land where the soil is not quite so heavy that has always raised gqod crops. Nearly all the alcove list have possible connection with R. F. D. and Telephone. School houses and churches are many througbtbut the county, as the map will show. If interested, do not fail to write particulars. CLOW & HENDRICKS. Lisbon, No. Dak.