Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1910 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

X BY OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS. X

SURREY. Quite a number are slightly sick this week. «. ■ Mamie Rice and family went to Mt. Ayr Sunday. Earl Thornton had a real lively run away this week. Sunday school is steadily increasing in number and interest. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Shirer of Rensselaer made L. D. Mauck a visit Sunday. Charles Parks is in the Sage neighborhood this week putting up lightning rods. T. F. Dunlap got kicked by a horse this week which rendered him unconscious for some time. Dan Wirick and Mat , Wintland, the hustling thresher men, are still accomodating the people with first-class work. Mr. and Mrs. W. D- Parks, of Bourbon and M. T. Parks of Bainbridge returned to their homes this week after making C. L. Parks and other relatives a visit. Will Zacher got his hand badly cut and bruised in a street car collision in Chicago Wednesday. He came home to stay until he is able for duty again. He will oversee the tiling on the fine farm that he bought of Everett Halstead last rpring.

SOUTH NEWTON. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leek visited with relatives in Mt. Ayr Sunday. ; Mrs. Alice Potts visited with the Roberts family Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Clarence Pruett and Miss Sadie Paulus were callers near Mt. Ayr Saturday. Bert Mayhew and family of near Brook visit with Ernest Mayhew and wife Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Powell called on Nancy Carr and Mrs. Arthur Arnott Monday afternoon. A fine rain fell here Monday which did everything good. Hot weather still prevails. Threshing was finished in tliis run Saturday with, not? one rainy day. The oats were real good on an average. Bela Roberts and sisters, Mrs. Roy Flanders and Mrs. Frank Cole were guests of A. J. Hufty and wife of Mt. Ayr Sunday. Lee Richards, who worked for Nelse Hough through the harvest season, returned to his home in Rensselaer Sunday. Mrs. Philip Paulus and daughter Bessie visited with the former’s daughter. Mrs. James Reed, Wednesday. The latter remained for an fhdefinite visit. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Overton and Mrs. Irwin Lewis took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Markin of north of Rensselaer. Miss Pearl Bridgman spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett. They all took dinner with Joseph- Branson and family of Jordan tp., Sunday.

FOUR CORNERS. L. S. Gillespie, who has been sack nearly alt summer, is reported some better. Mrs. Allen, who has been dangerously sick, is now on the road to recovery. A nice rain fell Tuesday forenoon and wet the ground about two or three inches deep. Lee Fisher is attending institute, in Laporte this week in the interest of the Educational Journal. Alfred Tilton, north of Wheatfield, holds the honor of the largest yield of wheat. 34 bushels per acre was reported. J. A. Hixson shipped two cars of cattle for F. G. Barnard the first of the week, and oh account of dry pasture more will follow soon. The Michigan City excursion was

well patronized from Wheatfield and Tefft; 87 tickets were sold at »he former place and 48 from Tefft. The Camp of Woodmen at Wheatfield have plenty of work ahead of them; 12 applications were voted on at the last meeting night and others to follow. ' Two more weeks" of continued dry weather, and all of the wild hay on the upland will either be in stack or have been shipped away. The crop is very short, about 1-3 to % , this year. Ernest Asher, who has been hauling hay for the Gulbransen Bros., had quite an exciting runaway the last of the week, but with no serious results, only a repair bill for the wagon-maker. The oats and wheat crop were above expectations as to yield and grade. Wim. Fitzgerald of near Tefft, threshed 4,171 bushels of oats from 85 acres. This was machine measure. They would have weighed out 50 bushels per acre. The continued dry weather has cut the corn short in northern Jasper. Some farmers estimate their loss will be from 25 to 50 per cent. One farmer informed us that he had a week ago a good prospect for corn but z the hot winds of Saturday and Sunday ruined his crop and it would not make 10 bushels per acre. It is strange that The Democrat editor and other citizens of Rensselaer were not aware that alfalfa has been grown in Kankakee tp. for the past four years, and on the F. G. Barnard farm. At this time two fields can be seen if one will stop and take a look; the trouble is that the fields are near the stone road which leads to '"Burrows Camp” and while on their way perhaps Rensselaer people don’t take time to look, and on their return they only see through a glass darkly. "

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CURTIS CREEK. Warner Hough was in Goodland Friday. A fine rain fell Monday night and it was needed»very badly. Roscoe Halstead got one of his fingers badly hurt the other day. Mrs. Harvey Pierson called on Mrs. Chas. Weiss Friday afternoon. Walter Kelley took dinner Thursday with Sidney Holme? gnd family. Miss Pearl Graff of lowa is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Goetz, and other relatives. Miss Hazel Jacks and Miss Hazel Jones spent a few days with the Holmes family last week. Miss Grimes has gone on an extended visit with relatives in the central part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Werner and Porter Litha. the Indian boy, were in Brook Sunday afternoon. William Kenton of Mitchell, So. Dak., visited his daughter, Mrs. Fannie Parker for a couple days. Threshing was finished in this run Saturday night, but there is still a great deal to do in other runs. Mrs. Erhardt Wuerthner, Sr., was taken Ito- Longcliff again this week for treatment. The three little children should be placed in a good -home or instiution somewhere.

WHEATFIELD. Severity-seven tickets were sold from here for Michigan City Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Schultz of Chicago is visiting her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Meteer. W. S. McConnell of Fair Oaks visited his sister, Mrs. M. B. Fyfe, Monday. Tom Jensen of Rensselaer spent Tuesday and Wednesday here with hds parents and others. W. S. Walton, a former resident of this place, came over from Beardstown, Saturday. Mrs. Nora Mattock and child of Kankakee are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, Sr. Mrs. George Turner and son of Tefft were the guests of Mrs. Wm. Turner and family Wednesday. Mrs. Bernice Clark went to Kankakee, 111., Wednesday for a fewdays visit with her cousin, Mrs Ed Adams. H. W. Marble, W. B. McNeil, John Bowie, and Malcolm Clark, returned Saturday from their Niagara Falls trip. Miss Laura Anderson of Gosport accompanied F. H. Scott home Saturday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. F. H. Scott. Miss Minnie Tinkham. who has been teaching at Angola for the past two years, is home for her vacation now, having arrived Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Helmick and daughter Essie of Groveton, Texas, came Friday for a visit with their parents’, the Scotts and John M. Helmick. MrsS Blanche Steel, who has been visiting friends near Rensselaer returned home Saturday. Her father, Cyrl Steel, who Works near Rensselaer, spent Sunday at home. Mrs. Roy Williams; and children of Rensselaer returned home Monday from a visit with the Williams families. Miss Edna Williams went with her sister-in-law for a short visit. , ’ •Misses Lena Gilbranson, whose home is in northern Wisconsin ant Mabie Larson of Chicago came Tuesday for a visit at the home oi the former's brother. Henry Gilbranson. Miss Viola Rayher of Rensselaer visited over Sunday witty her sister, Mrs. J. A. Stump, returning home Wednesday. Mrs. Stump accompanied her home for a fewdays visit.

FAIR OAKS. Mrs. Cottingham is on the sick ? Jfct. ■ Mrs. Anna Gilmore was Quite ” again last week, but is some better this week. Mtw. Jessie Cedarwall and children nsdted her uncle, Abe Bringle’s, ihraday for a few hours. Chas. Gundy and Newt McKay igtsre ot home from Gibson with UMr tamflies over Sunday. MH Vtaaren got home Monday (

from Wisconsin,* where she had -been for about 10 days attending Burning Bush meetings. Dan Lintner and family of Wheatfield partly moved back here Wednesday, and live in Ed Kesler’s house at present. Earl Leech of Rensselaer was a visitor at Tom Mallatt’s from Sunday until Monday. Wonder what is the attraction? Several of the gravel road people took a few days leave of absence the latter part of last week and the first of this. We were informed Monday that George Geesa, who has been down for several weeks with typhoid fever, is not making any improvement.;/ Dora Cottingham was overcome Tuesday with the heat while picking pickles, and at present is feeling pretty badly, but is slowly recovering. Rev. Rarden and wife and Amos Alter and wife of Rosebud came up in the latter’s auto Sunday , and had a pleasant visit with the writer and family. We are still wanting rain. Corn in lots of places will be cut short if it Should not rain soon, while in other places the drouth hasn’t affected it yet. Jessie Garriott has been installed as substitute carrier on the railroad out of this place to succeed Ben ZeHers, who made one trip and then jumped the job. It is reported that Uncle Joe Burns is to take unto himself a ne w wife in the near future. That’s right, Joe, improve your opportunity while you are young. Mrs. Kight returned Tuesday evening from the campmeeting at Battle Ground. Her grand-daughter Beula Shein of Lafayette, came home with her for a visit of a week or more.

We got a fine rain Monday night which will be a great benefit to growing crops, but it shopped the threshing machine a day or so. There is about a week’s work in these parts yet. The gravel road contractors have two more miles to build and then the contract will .be completed. Then they will begin on a four nr'le job from the county line w-est and to within two miles of Roselawn.

Fred Williams, the painter, and his assistant, Leslie Warren, went to Henry C. Pierson's, nera Pullins’ bridge, this week, to paint his house and Several other buildings. A good workman never wants for a job, and he surely is one of them. While driving through the country down at North Star in Newton county, we run across our old time friend,. Ira Sayler, witty a paint brush, with which he was making the school house take on a better appearance. We had a short talk with him. The sight of his good natured and pleasant Countenance would bring back to memory many childhood days when we were boys together, but now our heads are very much streaked with gray.

Pickle harvest is getting along nicely now F. M. Goff, the manager, here, informs us I that they expect to take in and pickle about 2,000 bushels of onions this fall, and if the farmers will take hold and raise cabbage and tomatoes and sweet corn, they will build a canning factory here next year. We feel that the proposition is onfe worth considering as it would no doubt bring lots of money into this vicinity, which would be distributed among the people at a good time of the year.

NORTH UNION. ' Al Keener spent Sunday with Geo. Casey’s. ’ We had another fine shower Monday night. ■' ” Miss Tona Schultz is home on a short visit. Steve Comer bought a. fat hog of J. W. Fay lor Wednesday. Gertrude Faylor was on the sick list the first of the week. John Price and son Will are putting up hay on the marsh. Paul Schultz is the proud father of a fine boy, born last. Friday. Jack Reeder and family spent Sunday with D. Hahn„ and family. J. W. Faylor and wife called on Geo. Cover and family Sunday. Will Faylor and wife called oh I. F. Meader and family Sunday. A sister of Mrs. Andy Myers helped her cook for threshers Wednesday. - • r "

Mrs. Todd Millspaugh and ' Mrs. J. W. Faylor were Rensselaer goers Monday. '* ■-’ Quite a number from this Vicin-

tty were 1 in Rensselaer on business Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. Millspaugh spent Sunday with A. Ropp and family east of Aix. Miss Olive Austin, who was visiting her uncle’s family, returned home last Friday. Mrs. Todd» and Mrs. Millspaugh and Mrs. J. W. Fay lor were Rensselaer goers Monday. . Miss Ora Austin returned to her home near Fulton Friday after visiting with her uncles, J. W. and W. C. Faylor and families the past ten days. August Schultz had relatives of Hammond visiting them the past week. They returned home Wednesday. Miss Lena Schultz returned with them for a visit. Wheat in this part of the county turned out an average of better than 20 bushels to the acre. Oats run from 30 to 50 bushels and better. Rye is good. Everyone is going to put out wheat this fall around here.

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Faylor gave a party last Tuesday evening in honor of their neice, Miss Ora Austin. Many games were enjoyed by the young people until at a late hour, when refreshments were served and the guests departed, all declaring that they had had a fine time. Those present were Josie and Chauncey Dexter, Anna and John Reed, Wallace and Lew r is Miller. Fred Kullas and Helen Meader.

LEE. i The blind musicians have bought a new piano. Rev. Kuonen and family took dinner Sunday at Obe Noland’s. Mr. Carrothers’ are leaving their farm and moving to Monticello this week. Mass Mary Jacks of near Rensselaer visited relatives here during the past week. “ Walter Gilmore attended campmeeting at Battle Ground Saturdaynight and Sunday. O. A. Jacks is tearing dow-n his barn and rebuilding it making a good livery and feed barn. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore attended church Sunday and then took dinner with Fred Stiers and wife. Miss Myrtle Lewis went to Indianapolis Sunday to make a couple weeks visit with her aunt and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Osborne of Kankakee, 111., came to visit her parents, this week, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stiers. Grandpa and Grandma Williamson and daughter and family of Hamilton county, came Wednesday to make a visit. Mrs. Overton and daughter Hattie of Rensselaer visited her son Frank and family of this place the first of the week. They were threshing Monday at T. P. Jacks’ and he was overcome by the heat. A doctor was called and he is now- iAi proving nicely; Charley Jacks and family of Rensselaer visited his parents -here the first of the week, his father, L. M. Jacks being sick, but is better now-. Mrs. Holeman w-as called to Monticello Sunday evening to ta-ke care of her new grandson, which was recently born to her son. Geo. and wife. Served as coffee, the substitute known to grocers everywhere as Dr. Shoop’s Health Coffee, will trick even a coffee expert. Not a grain of real coffee in it either. Pure healthful toasted grains, malt, nuts, etc. have been sb cleverly blended as to give a wonderfully satisfying coffee taste and flavor. And it is “made in a minute” too. No tedious 20 to 30 minutes boiling. John Eger.