Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1910 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BT OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS.

MILROY. Jias. Boon spent the 4th in Bradly, <r A good number of our citirens spent the 4th in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. L J. Clark visitea Monday with his brother and family. Miss Jesse Southard visited her sister Belle, in Tere IJaute over the 4th. Orliff Coghill. visited his uncle, Branson Clark and family Saturday night. Mrs. Ed Herman .and daughter Ruvia, spent Tuesday with Mrs. Underwood. Mr. and Mrs. John Southard ate dinner Sunday with Uncle Fred Saltweirs. .■ » Mrs. Frank May and daughter Ruth, visited her parents the first of the week. Nellie Stivers and Vern Culp attended singing at Wm. Brock’s Wednesday evening. Thomas Spencer and family and George Foulks ate dinner Sunday with Ed Herman’s. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark of Morocco came to visit his mother and sister, who are in still poor health. Mrs. Mary McCashen and daughter Ethie, visited the former's brother, D. Z. Clark and family Sunday. Earl Foulks and Clifford Morroaw of Morocco visited Geo. Foulks’ Tuesday and Wednesday, returning home Thursday. Foley’s Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney and bladder trouble not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more.— A. F. Long.

SOUTH NEWTON. Mrs. Nelse Hough was out looking for. a hired girl Wednesday. Warner Hough went to Kentland last week for an indefinite stay. Arthur Mayhew and wife spent Sunday with relatives at Brook. Bert Mayhew and family visited with Ernest Mayhew and wife Sunday. Charles Weiss got a new binder and brought it out from Rensselaer Monday. t I John Jenkinson helped W. E. Leek at Rensselaer Monday in the hitch barn. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Markin spent Monday with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Mary Powell. Miss Pauline Saylor of Mt. Ayr, was the guest of Nell Parker Sunday night and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett attended a picnic at Jake Sommers, near Foresman Monday. Charles Casto, who returned re cently for South Dakota, went to work for Nelse Hough Wednesday. Miss Elizabeth Getting and Stewart Wilson of Kentland, visited with the Paulus family Sunday night ana Monday. Philip Paulus and son Russell, spent last Thursday with his daughter and husband, Mr. and James Reed of near Surrey. Bela Roberts and Frank Cole spent the latter part of last week in Chicago. The latter went on to his home at Bisbee, Arizona, after a month's visit with the Roberts family. I - Walter Ponsler and wife and daughter Edna, of Columbia City, and Mrs. Elbert Harris and daughters Misses Georgia and Muriel, of Rensselaer, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Press Roberts. Friday.

SOUTHWEST JORDAN. Hugh Iliff spent Sunday with Harry and Cecil Shumaker, David Shumaker and son Cecil, were Rensselaer callers Tuesday. Ida and Charles Wenrick are visiting their father for a few weeks. Miss Iva and Letta Lanham were Rensselaer callers Saturday afternoon. David Shumaker and Noah Wenrick were Rensselaer goers Saturday night. George and Laura Wenrick called on Mr. and Mrs. Ross Porter Tuesday afternoon. . Mr., and Mrs. Conrad Shafer and daughter Opal, were Rensselaer callers Saturday night. Miss Hazel Shumaker, who has been working for Mrs. Conrad Shafer, returned home Saturday night. Floyd Burgoon formerly of Van Buren, Ind., but now of Kentland, is spending a few days with Harry and Cecil Shumaker. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Timmons of Plymouth, Ind., are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Conrad Shafer and family* of this vicinity. Mr. "and Mrs. Jack Wells enter-

tained the former’s brother, Morton Wells and wife, who were recently married. Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Co&rad Schafer had as. their at dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Harris and Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Timmons. Mr. and Mrs. David Shumaker and family entertained at dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cressinger and children Minnie, Blanche, Helen and Bernice, and Noah Wenrick. George and Charles Wenrick and sisters Edith and Ida, spent Saturday and Sunday with their Grandpa Wenrick. Miss Laura Wenrick of Piqua. Ohio, who was visiting at John Wenrick’s. returned home with them.

FAIR OAKS. We are still very much in need of rain. The pickle patches in these parts look fine at ibis writing. a Jap Warbritten traded his fine driving filly to Ripples Bros. show. ' The 4th is now past and everybody has got down to business again. It is reported that Al Helsel has again moved back from Pullman, 111. Arvel and Amy Bringle returned Friday from their visit to Hibbard. There were quite a number from here celebrated in Rensselaer the 4th.

Jim Clifton just Completed a new banister on E. R. Erwin’s porch last week. Ripple’s show exhibited here Monday evening and went from here to Roselawn. Mrs. Walter McConnell went over to Snyder last week where Walter is haying. Mrs. William Faylor of east of town visited her mother. Mrs. Dodge Tuesday. Cube Parks and wife of Surrey, were in attendance at meeting at Warren's Sunday. .<■> Newt McKay and Chas. Gundy spent Sunday and the 4th at home with their families. Grandpa Erwin left here Tuesday for North Dakota, to look after a claim he has out there. . The large tent that was used here during the tent meetings was shipped to Hebron Wednesday. There has been several of our nimrods out after the bushy thiled tribe (the squirrel) already. ’ Clint Gundy and family of Monon spent the 4th and several days following here with his parents. " The Gifford ball team played ball here Sunday with Fair Oaks and got it layed over them about 29 to 1. A. D. Washburn of Kentland, was here the first of the week trying to give some one a job of putting up hay. Mr. C. J. Thompson of Lafayette, was here the first of the week looking after his farm, six miles west of here. Mrs. Shein of Lafayette, came up Saturday and spent the 4th and the remainder of the week with her parents. . '

Jake Spitzer of Davenport, lowa, arrived here in time to spend the 4th in Jasper. He has a 20-day leave of absence. Frank Garriott came down from Valparaiso Saturday and spent Sunday and Monday with his best girl, returning Monday evening. John, Tip and Charles Wiseman, who went to Montana in the springy returned last week and reported everything dried up out there. Willard Rice, who was married to a young lady at Lafayette, Ind., last week came up Saturday with his bride to spend the 4th with relatives. Lou Moffitt got through working for Mr. Washburn down near Kentland and returned to Fair Oaks Saturday. He will ‘work on the .gravel road next. Hay making has .begun in these parts in earnest this week. Wheat and rye harvest will begin this week also. They have the appearance of being a good crop. John Vergine, who had charge of the grading gang for the gravel road people, went to his home at Bass Lake Saturday to celebrate the 4 th, returning Wednesday. Dr. Rice of Roselawn came down last Friday and lifted the quarantine from Al Moore’s place. All of the children went through with the scarlet fever all O. K.. Miss Ellen Dewese after a about a week’s visit with her brother Ed, near Wheatfield, returned to FanOaks Saturday and spent the 4th with her cousin. Abe Bringle and family. There were 52 celebrated the day at Joe Brown's place, east of town and the crowd mostly were made up of the descendents of the old unde 4

t Stephen Fay family, who has resided in Union township for a great many yearn. Ed Proudly, who is clerking for F. R. Erwin, has gone into the poultry raising business. He recently took off the second hatching. They are all of the White Leghorn strain and present a very nice sight, so many small white chicks. Owing to the tent meetings at Lake Village, which closed Sunday, Rev. Peterson did not hold his regular services here Saturday evening, but preached Monday evening. He reports they are going to build a church at the village. They have collections and pledges to the amount of >2,200. They want ,500 yet. They expect to build one of the largest and most substantial churches in the northwestern , conference. Let the good work go on.

FOUR CORNERS. Ernest Asher took dinner with Orville Fisher Sunday, j Read the new ad in the Democrat of Gus Reiss & Co. Sam Gillespie is home attending to his father during his sickness. Geo. Dunn and wife are visiting the former’s parents, I. D. Dunn and family. Mrs. Morton of SL Louis, Is spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Hixon. Susie, Bessie and Marie Jessup of Hanna were visiting old friends here the past Week. Lee Fisher has a position in Chicago until his school work calls him to Benton county. .. Marion Davis, our road supervisor, is busy hauling lumber for repairing bridges in his district. Trustee Shirer of Kankakee township. was a business caller at Kankakee last Wednesday. The Woodmen of Wheatfield are making arrangements for a blowout in the near future? Prof. Lee Fisher has accepted the superintendency of the Otterbein High school for the coming year. Leroy Gillespie is dhngerously sick with his old trouble and his many friends fear the end is near. Alfred Rasmussen, who has been working near Lowell, returned home the 4th and will remain here for the summer. Ross Nelson went to Lake county Tuesday to work for Sol Spry. Homer Fisher has worked for Mr. Spry for the past year. Turkeys have reached a high price in this locality. Two sold recently brought the unusual * price of |SO. Turkeys should roost high. Chas. Sands and wife are visiting with home folks. Charles looks like an old farmer when he has on a pair of overalls and jumper, instead of a bank clerk.

Mr. Perkins and Mr. McKay, of Rensselaer, will visit our Sunday school July 1(7. We have good attendance and want better or the best. Come everybody. The ball team from Thayer wou over the Wheatfield by the score of 11 to 9, the former champion team of this place was represented by one of the old players in the above game. Lovell E. Asher is improving his residence by a new addition. He is hauling his lumber from San Pierre, having purchased it from Mr. Moran. Lou Hilliard is doing the carpenter work. Wheatfield had a sane 4th, also a tame one. With the thousands of people who attended there was no disorder of any kind occurred. The Otto bus line made many trips to "the camp” and returned well loaded, but all went merrilly along. I. D. Dunn, who passed his> 87th milestone July 4th, walked from his residence to the river on that date. For one of his age he shows a great amount of vitality. His will power remains good and his political faith unshaken, as he remains a standpatter. Miss Clara Gul bransen spent the 4th at Wheatfield and is visiting with her mother for a few days. Clara graduated from one of Chicago’s leading institutions for trained nurses, in June. She will return in a few days and take a post-graduate 'course. Her many friends are pleased to hear of her .success and extend congratulations. The fine rain which came Wednesday evening 'made the farmers happy for it was the first for nearly five weeks. The corn In this section is making rapid growth, the wheat not so good as last year and the oats have been injured are not filling weel. The tame hay will not filling well. The tame hay will not be over one-half crop, but no on the bush. The last hope for fruit is gone.