Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1910 — GOOD CROPS IN ILLINOIS. [ARTICLE]

GOOD CROPS IN ILLINOIS.

Mrs. Sadie Galbraith writes The Democrat from New Canton. 111., where Mr. Galbraith is employed on a dredge, and say*. "Crops out here look good. W heat is good, oats fine. Threshing is almost done. Corn in field is almost large enough for roasting ears. Farmers say the corn crop is going to be good.

“We had a severe storm Thursday, July 28. Our cabin broke loose no telling how far it would have gone but for the dredge being ahead of it. Lightning struck the telephone exchange in our little town of New Canton and burned four buildings, the postoffice, drug store, grocery and barber shop. The water raised five feet in the ditch in a little over an 'hour and everything was flooded. It was the worst storm they have had here in years.”