Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1910 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BY OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS.

SOUTH UNION*. Mi;a Gertie Rardin has been on the sick list this week. [ The Ladies’ Aid met at the Rosebud church last Thursday. Miss Nettie Davisson called on Miss Marie Comer Tuesday aftercoon.. . Miss Rettie Brown of Virgie attended Sunday School at Rosebud Sunday. There will be an ice cream social at Rosebud a week from Saturday night. Aug. 13. * Rev. Rardin will preach his. farewell sermon for this year at Rosebud Sunday night. Mrs. Taylor Wood called on Mrs. James Myres and daughter Myrtle Tuesday afternoon. Miss Irene Barcus and brother of Wabash are visiting their uncle, B. D. Comer and family. Mrs. Andy Myres and Miss Marie Comer called on the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith. Friday afternoon.

MELROY.

Uncle Fred Saltweß was in Lee Monday. J. Boon was a Wolcott visitor Monday. Threshing is the business of the day at present. Quite a few attended the circus in Rensselaer Saturday. Thos. Spencer attended the circus in Monticello Friday. Veda Spencer is spending the week with her grandmother. Thos. Spencer took in the Buffalo Bill show at Lafayette Saturday. Geo. Castor’s entertained quite a few of their friends and neighbors Sunday.. Lon and Dan Chapman went to Lafayette Saturday to see the Buffalo Bill show. Mrs. Underwood and Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Boon called on Mrs. Blankenship Tuesday. Mr. Kaufman and John Sommers and families spent Sunday with Frank CoghMl’s. We now have a deed for the cemetery, it being transfered to the Milroy tp. trustee. J. Boon’s two daughters and two grandchildren of Madison county are visiting him this week. (Branson Clark and family and dell Clark and family took dinner Sunday with Lud Clark’s. Chias. Smith, who located in Michigan this spring, was here this week on business and called on J. Boon.

CURTIS CREEK.

Little Robert Maybew is on the sick list Mr. and Mrsi. Philip Paulus spent Sunday near Brook. Ernest Mayhew and family visfiiBrook Sunday. Geo. Heuson’s Jsaby is quite sack with cholera infantum. Most everyone attended the show at Rensselaer Saturday. The rains have been a great benefit to the corn crop. James Reed of Surrey visited his father and family Sunday. Cooney Markin is visiting his sister, Mrs. Robert Overton. Mr. and Mrs. Doan spent Sunday with S. B. Holmes and family. Miss Sadie Paulus is visiting for a week with relatives at Brook. Chas. Weiss and family visited relatives near Foresman Sunday. The hum of the threshing machines are heard in every direction. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Werner visited with W. E. Jacks and fataly Sunday. Miss Oka Pancoask and friend, Mr. Pierson, were in Morocco Friday. ' “Daddy” Francis and wife were at Ethardt Wuerthner’s, Jr., Sunday evening. Mts. Cena Arnott and uncle, James Carr, transacted business in Rensselaer Monday. The threshing machine broke Wednesday forenoon and delayed the work for a half day. Miss Virginia Holmes and Mrs. Flora Sohanlaub are assisting Mrs. Kelson Hough to cook for threshers. Sidney Holmes left Tuesday for 'Jamestown,, No. Daik., to visit his brother and family, and look for a location. l|rs. Mary Wuerthner is quite poorly again. Mrs. Marlin is doing her work and taking care of her generally Miss Sarah Holmes went to MtOoyshurg Wednesday evening to help her aunt, Mrs. Chas. Bussel, cook for threshers. Rev. Clark will preach next Sun-

day afternoon, Aug. 7. Rev. Parrett will preach Sunday afternoon. Aug. 14. Everybody come. * The little girls of this neighborhood spent Monday with Miss Mildred Rush, it being her eleventh birthday anniversary.

McCOYSBURG.

Mrs. J. R. Phillips is on the sick list. Chas. Stultz was on the sick list a few days this week. Wash Low man finished putting up hay here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Johns were in Monon Monday evening. , Mrs. Eldredge of Crown Point is visiting relatives in this vicinity. Robert Johns is visiting relatives and friends in Lafayette this week. MBss Dora Phillips spent a few days this week iwth Miss Ethei r Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Parker spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bussed. J. R. Phillips and J. H. Montz bought some fine pigs of George McCoy Monday, Cecil Rishling is running the engine for John Herr through the, threshing season, Mr. and Mrs. M, Ringeisen spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. J. Wilkens and family. Misses Myrtle Lewis, Ada Gwin and Dora Phillips spent Sunday with Miss Clara Ringeisen. Wash Cook and family and C. A. Armstrong and wife spent Sunday with Ed Peregrine and family. Threshing started here Tuesday. Oats are of fine quality and are yielding about 35 bushels per acre. Mrs. Fred RisMing is spending the week with her son Cecil and assisting in the care of his wife, who is sick. ■ ■■’ Mr. and Mrs. Estel Osborne of near Rensselaer spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lefler. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Messenger and little son Claude are spending bhe week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Martin.

FAIR OAKS.

Everybody is busy and news is scarce this week. A few of our town people are on the sick list since the show. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Chas. Parker's Wednesday evening. Supervisor Goff done the final work on the new road past the depot Monday. There was quite a crowd from here attended the show at Rensselaer Saturday. Miss Mildred Gundy is on the sick list this week with symptoms of typhoid fever. Rev. Peterson did not fill his appointment here Saturday evening owing to ill health. The pickile people got their large shed covered Saturday, and are taking in pickles now.

Oh as. Halleck’s-young folks took the day off Monday and went fishing on the Kankakee. The grave* people were idle Friand Saturday owing to the fact that they had run out of gravel. Chas. Holiey of Morocco was over in these parts Saturday, looking after his farm east of here. Uncle Tom’s Cabin show exhibited here Tuesday night. It is said they had a very good attendance. Uncle Isaac Best, the Roselawn liveryman, drove a traveling salesman down here Monday evening. Yieter & Louis, cement men of Rensselaer, put in a nice lot of cement walks for the writer this week. The gravel road people finished up two more miles of road Wednesday. They have now 6 miles completed. Mrs. James Clifton after a week’s visit with her mother west of Rensselaer, came home the letter part of the week. Frank Hooper will begin stacking his wheat this week of which he has about 40 acres, and, it ia said to be very good. James Ei-win of Demotte has been here the past week painting and fixing up the Proudley property near the church. Mrs. Kight and Mrs. Erwin witu a host of young people from here attended the church social at Roeoiawn Wednesday evening. Mrs. Jacob Younglas and little brother of Ohio changed cars here Saturday on her way to Surrey to visit, whie Jake is running his thresher. Chas. Mallatt of Michigan City visited his father a few days the past week. He left here Monday for Hoopeston for a short visit with relatives. It is announced that Rev. Duncleberger of Lowell will preach at the Christian church Saturday ev*-

ning. All are invited to come out and hear him. Carl Carpenter, who some time ago was night telegraph operator here and who is now located at Cedar Lake, came down Sunday anu called at the Cottingham house. Mr. Vergine and Mr.. Leech, the gravel road contractors, made a business trip to Rensselaer Monday. They also visited Remington, Keniland, Ade and Morocco while away. The writer and family and Mr. Vergine and family took an auto drive dowh into Jordan tp., Sunday and attended church at Mt. Hope. We heard an excellent serman delivered by Rev. Rardin. We dined and spent the remainder of the day with W. D. Bringle’s family.

WHKATFIELI).

John Pinter made a business trip to Chicago this week. Alva McNeil of Lacrotss made a business trip here over Wednesday night. Mrs. Simon Fendig and son Allen visited over Sunday with Rensselaer relatives. * Mesdames A. S. Barlow and Cyri Steele visited over Sunday with Barkley tp. relatives. John Allen of Kankakee spent a few days at the bedside of his niotiier. who is very sick. Mrs. Bernice Clark and son Malcolm and H. W. Marble Sundayed with Crown Point relatives. Mrs. Pearl j Hart of Hammond came Saturday for a few days visit with her father, Tom Clark. ' Mrs. Anne Hibbs returned from a visit with her daughter,-Mrs. John Woods, of Spencer, Monday. - . Truant Officer mC. B. Steward of Rensselaer, attended the meeting of the school board Tuesday evening. Miss Mabel Downey, who has be?u spending the summer with relatives in Benton county, returned home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jensen and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Jensen’s sister, Mrs. Jacob Melser, at South Bend. Mr., and MrS. E. Jensen and daughters Ita and Hudla attended the Hagen beck-Wallace show at Rensselaer Saturday. Mesdames Maria Biggs and Carrie McNeil spent a few days with

their brother, George Dunn and family near Medaryvllle. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sands and children of Francesville visited a few days with Mrs. Sands’ parents, A. P. Rockwell and wife. Miss Lillie Langdon, who has been visiting Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Hickman of Rolling Prairie for two weeks, returned home Monday. Misses Bernice Munda of Sheldon, 111., and Lucy Paris or Earl Park, Ind., came Saturday for a visit with Rev. C. E. Downey and family. The fourth quarterly meeting of the M. E. church will be held here Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7. Supt. A. T- Biggs will have charge of all the services.

Mrs. Joseph Hilliard and son Max and sister. Miss Hazel Herath, left here for Denver, Colo., Tuesday for a two months outing. Mr. Hilliard accompanied them to Peoria, 111. Misses Mabel Myres, Iva Ward, Ida and Tracy Pinter. Messrs. Louis Pinter. Gale Ward, George Miller, ! Oscar Turner and Frank Clager and 1 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Remley and j Mr. and Mrs. W. J. White and children spent Thursday at South Bend attending the ball game and Buffalo Bill’s show.

BARGAINS IN LAND.

5 acres, on stone road, just outside the corporation. 20 acres, all black land, in corn, cement walks, good well; four room house and outbuildings. 25 acres, all cultivated, fair house aud outbuildings. > 120 acres, near station, school, aud three churches,' 50 acres cuK tivated, and remainder pasture, Good five-room house, outbulldlnga, and frnit. Only S2B. Terms, SBOO down. 160 acres, near station, all black prairie land in pasture; lies along large ditch, has good fence, well, and windmill. Only $35. 88 acres, Barkley township, al black land, in cultivation, lies alomg large ditch, has some tile and good six-room house, good barn, double cribs, and deep well. Price $56. Terms, SI,OOO down. 105 acres, all cultivated or meadow, lies level and nice, has good outlet for drainage, and has good fire-room house, fair outbuilding*;

is on gravel road. Price S6O. Terms, I $ 1,500 down. 80 acres, good buildings, orchard, well, all good land, and all In cultivation and well located. Price $55. Also have several farms from 89 to 160 acres which can be bought, right, on favorable terms. G. F. MEYERS.

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SURREY, , Lee Maupk has his new gasoline engine in working order. Charles Parks made a business trip to Bourbon last Friday. Mrs. Lem Huston attended Sunday School here last Sabbath. Mr. and Mrs. Postil of Fowler are spending the summer on their farm. ' Most all. of the sick and maimed went to the show at Rensselaer Saturday. The folks that are in the pickleraising business have commenced delivering same. Mr. and Mrs. Biggs of Thayer are making their daughter, Mrs. Will Byerly, a visit. Mrs. Thos. Lang was called to Indianapolis last week by the sudden death of her father. Mrs. W. D. Parks and Robert of Bourbon are making C. L. Parks and family a week’s visit. The Sunday School is moving along nicely at the school house. Every Sunday at 10 a. m. Threshing has commenced. Grain is yielding good and of a splendid quality. Wheat 25 to 30 bushels per acre; oats, 40. i This is the place to make a small fortune easy. Two girls walked five miles for four quarts of blackberries, selling same for eight cents a quart.

NORTHSIDE GLEANINGS.

Manuel Williams spent Sunday with WM'l Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Donnelly spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hurley. Miss Margaret Hurley is working for Mrs. John Marlatt at present. Most everybody from around here attended the big Show at Rensselaer Saturday. Miss Carrie Garriott spent the latter part of last week with Mrs. Garter Gantfott. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schroer called on Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Henkle Wednesday evening. Mrs. Cad Caldwell and Grace Price helped Mrs. Samuel Price cook for threshers Monday. Misses Carrie Garriott and Lillie Hurley spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Lucy Morgenegg. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Kolhoff and family spent Sunday afternoon witn Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schroer. , Misses Jennie and Alice Eib returned home Friday after a month’s visit with their sister in North Dakota. Fred SchTeiner of Chicago came Saturday to spend two weeks with his neiee, Mrs. Geo. McElfresh and family. Mrs. Edward Barkley and daughter Gertrude -galled on her daughter, Mrs. Frank Schroer Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Schroer and eon Mark spent Sunday with their daughter. Mrs. Ed Price and family of Parr. . Mrs. Elias Arnold and daughter Marie and Mrs. James Torbet spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Chris Morgenegg. Those who spent Sunday afternoon with C. Morgenegg and family were: Geo. McElfresh and daughters, Bessie and Jennie and sou William, and Fred Schreiner of Chicago.

SOUTH NEWTON.

News is scarce this week. Nelson Hough was a Rensselaer goer MondSjr. A good rain would not come amiss in this locality. Mrs. Arthur Powell spent Monday forenoon with Grandma Powell. Philip Paulus and son Russel were ML Ayr goers last Thursday. Miss Ruth Marsh is working for Mrs. Arthur Mayhew a few days. ' Mrs. Fred Waling called bn Mrs. Philip Paulus Tuesday afternoon. Sidney Holmes left Tuesday for Jamestown, No. Dak., on a prospecting trip. \ A Philip Paulus and family took Sunday dinner with Henry Paulus near Morocco. Mrs. Sommers of Goodland spent Che first of week with her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Pruett. Sadie Paulus went Sunday for a -two weeks visit with her uncle, Henry Paulus and family near Moroeoe. . Mr. and Mrs. Will Eaton of! Brook spent Sunday with the latter’s I

sister, Mrs. Arthur Mayhew and famiiy. Mrs. James Clifton of Fair Oaks returned home last Friday after a week’s visit with her mother, Mrs. Mary Powell. i Sarah and Virgie Holmes and Mrs. Arthur Rowley helped Mrs. Nelson Hough cook for threshers Wednesday. Mrs. Alice Potts went to Rensselaer Thursday afternoon for a few days visit with her sister, Mrs. Clarence Pruett. Earl Leek was quite overcome by the heat the first of the week while working in the hay field at Randolph Wright’s. Mrs. Otto Bengston and daughter, Mrs. Stella Whiting and son Delos of Mt. Ayr were guests of Mrs. Earl Leek Thursday of last week. To make a long story short, all the women of this vicinity are helping each other cook for threshers, there being some three or four machines within hearing distance of one another.

Charles Waling of Brook made a business trip up to his farm in this vicinity Wednesday. He is preparing to put in a new pair of scales on his farm, which is occupied by Arthur Mayhew. Jacob Younglas of near Parr is thre.-hing the run in this vicinity. The wheat is all threshed and made a good yield. Oats threshing is in progress now, and promises to be a fine crop. Corns looks fine in this locality.

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NORTH UNION.

Paul L. Schultz was in Rensselaer Tuesday. , J. W. Faylor was in Parr Monday afternoon. 1 August Schultz threshed Thursday and Friday. Josie Dexter was in Rensselaer Wednesday. Sam Potts went to Parr Wednesday morning. Wm. Reed went to Rensselaer Tuesday on business. Etta Fay spent Saturday night with Miss Lena Schultz. Mrs. Strain and little folks went to Parr Monday morning. Amiel Schultz was a business caller at Rensselaer Tuesday. Will Faylor and All Keener went to Virgie Wednesday evening. Mbs Cora Dexter came home Wednesday for a short visit. Charles Harrington was seen in our part of the county Wednesday. Otto Schultz and family attended church Sunday at the Lutheran Church. News is scarce in this part of the country, as everybody is busy threshing. Watson Humes intends starting to erect a house on his farm west of Aix this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Potts and little grandchild attended church at Fair Oaks Sunday. All Keener and Raymond Faylor went to Rensselaer Tuesday after coail for threshing. This part of the country was well represented -at the show at Rensselaer Saturday. A brother of Mrs. Otto Schultz and his wife and little child are visiting them at present. Miss Lena Kulila.? has came home from Rensselaer, having resigned her position at the Racket Store.

Mrs. Dodge and daughter Marie •of Fair Oaks and Mrs. H. Howell of Laoross spent Sunday with Mr. and Mr?. Will Faylor. Sam Potts had a breakdown Wednesday as he was coming home fro'm Parr near Will Faylor’s. We did not find out what the trouble was.

Mr. Whitlow and\famlly visited at Mr. Lamport’s Sunday. Born, August 1, to Mt. and Mrs. Creighton Clark, a daughter. Ghloe Overton visited her grandparents jn Rensselaer last week.; Several from her?, attended the Wood reunion at Monon Wednesday. Tuesday afternoon Uncle David Culp and family called on Obe Noland's. . ('■- Mrs, Ann Rishling and Mrs. Walter 4,prdan visited Thursday at Mrs. Gilmore’s. • *. f ■ S. M. Jacks has bought H. C. Anderson’s interest in the former’s store here.

Mrs. Holeman visited with her daiighter, Mrs. J. H. Culp, from Sunday till Wednesday morning. Monday Ben Denton and family of Monon moved into the property lately vacated by the blacksmith. Rev. D. E. Noland was here calling on old friends Thursday and attended prayer meeting tnat evening. Miss Lural Anderson went to Madison Monday to visit relatives, she expects to be gone three or four weeks.

Lonnie Noland accidently got kicked on the head by one of their horses and received a fractured ; ikull. He is improving very nicely. A little son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Westfall Monday, but did not live only a short time. Burial was made in Honey Creek cemetery. Obe Noland is hauling his oats and rye from his brother’s place. S. W. Noland's, to his home and stacking theni. Norman Warner and wife and Simon Phillips and son Fred and little daughter of Rensselaer came in their auto Tuesday evening and called on A^ vin Clark's. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde' Clark of Morocco visited over Saturday at Mr. Gilmore’s and Sundayed at Daniel Clark’s, returning home the same evening. Little Amy Clark returned home with them.

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 you 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 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.. 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“t) acres well improved; good set ouildings; nice grove and lays gently rolling. Very best of soil with clay sub-soil. 6 miles from tow r n. 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; 16G 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. 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 barn, granary and other out buildings. Nice grove. All under cultivation. 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. $3*7.50 per acre/ No. 15. 320 acres 5 miles from Lisbon, improved; lays gently rolling. Very best of soil. Good buildings. Price for quick sale $36.50 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 good crops. Nearly all the above list have possible connection with R. F. D. and Telephone. School houses and churches are many throughtout the county, as the map

will show. If interested, do sot fail to write its for particulars. CLOW ft HENDRICKS, Lisbon, No. Dak.