Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1910 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BY OUR SUECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. * IF

NEW CENTER. Roy Mingling's children have the whooping cough. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Latta attended Sunday School at Milroy Sunday. Mr; and Mrs. George Caster spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. George Beaver. < .. Mr. and Mrs. George Caster and family spent Sunday with Nick Dlgman and family. Ernest Miles went to Rensselaer Saturday after his motor cycle, which he left there for repairs. Mrs. Mingling’s father, who spent the summer here,,* returned to his home in Missouri one day last week. Oliver Hamilton, who lost a horse a few weeks ago, has another one sick with little hopes of its recovery. Mrs. Permelia Billiard visited with friends at Wolcott, Monon and Hammond last week, returning home Saturday. Mrs. Isaac Hamilton’s father, who has been visiting her the past week, returned to his home north of Rensselaer Saturday. Grant Culp of Remington purchased a nice bunch of shoats of James Hamilton and Wiley Latta last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beaver, the newly married, couple, spent Monday night with thg former’s sister, Mrs Oliver Hamilton. Mrs. Hanna and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Georgs Hanna, spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. John Southard and daughter. Thomas Spencer, Mrs. Maggie Foulks and Mrs. E. Herman attended Sunday School convention last Thursday at Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Ed May and family, Mrs. Allen May and daughter Belle, and William Miles spent Sunday with John Southard and family. Miss Jessie Southard spent last Wednesday evening in Rensselaer with Mrs. McKay, and attended the Sunday S. hool convention on Thursday. - ■ John Southard spent Saturday afternoon with his neice, Mrs. Jake Heusler, and went from there to hear the Hon. John Peterson, the next congressman of the “Big District,” who spoke at the hall in Remington Saturday evening. Mrs. William Miles returned from Decatur, 111.. Monday after a three weeks stay with her daughter, Miss Mary, who underwent an operation therefor appendicitis. She says the latter is getting along fine and will be able to be home in a couple of weeks. A very pleasant surprise was given on last Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. Wiley Latta’s twenty-eighth birthday anniversary. The refreshments consisted of oysters, pie, cake and pickles. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Vanatta, Mr. and Mrs. John Southard and daughter Miss Belle.

LEE. Will Overton and wife visited at F. L. Overton’s Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Alvin Clark visited his sister at Parr last Sunday. Uncle David Culp and family visited Sunday at S. W. Noland’s. Miss Verdie Lewis js slowly improving from her recent spell of typhoid fever. The Ladies Aid served dinner Tuesday at the sale of Mr. Wetherton on the D. E. Noland farm. Mr. and Mrs. Querry of Medary-

ville came Saturday and visited Fred Stiers and wife until Sunday evening. Mr, and Mrs. Asa Hoteman visited the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mr%. Vandervort, east of Monon last Sunday. Mrs. Ostander and Mabie returned Thursday morning from tijeir visit. They will move to Indianapolis soon. . Elmer Gilmore, who was quite sick last week with symptoms of typhoid, is better, as it did not prove to be that disease. W. L. Stiers and family went Saturday to Medaryville ’to visit his brother, Earl and family, and returned Sunday evening. W. E. and J. H. Culp started Tuesday for the northern part of Wisconsin to visit their sister, Mrs. Sallie Conaway, and family and also to be present at the operation of their 18 year old daughter, Ethel, for appendicitis.

NORTH UNION. Rinhart Eilts is hauling tile this week. .1. W. Faylor and family were at Parr Saturday. Lena and Floyd Schultz went to Parr Saturday. Ed Casey called on Will Faylor Wednesday afternoon. Will Feylor hauled a load of corn to Rensselaer Tuesday. Miss Grace Peyton attended the ’nsliiute at Parr Saturday Grace Peyton spent Sunday with I. F. Meader and family Mr. and Mrs. Will Fa/’or attended the festival at Parr Saturday. Elsie and Fred Schultz spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Faylor. Mesdames. Todd and Millspaqgh and little ones were at Parr Saturday. J. W; Faylor attended the I. O. O. F. camp meeting at Rensselaer Friday night. Anna Reed, who has been working for Mrs. J. W. Faylor, returned to her home Friday. Ralph Weston returned to Illinois Monday morning to remain till after corn-husking is over. John Reed went to Rensselaer the first of the week after a load of lumber for I. F. Meader. Miss Pearl Lytle, who taught at Wild Lilly’ last year, is visiting at B. D. Comer’s the past week. We Were visited with another rain Thursday morning and it turned considerable cooler than it has been. Mrs. Will Faylor spent Monday afternoon with her sister, Mrs. Pearl Kight, who was spending a few deys with het mother, Mrs. Dodge, returning to her home in Indianapolis Tuesday. The friends remembered that Sunday was Mrs. J. Reed’s birthday anniversary and gave her a surprise, each one bringing a well-filled basket. In all there was about fifty present. All report a good time. May she have many more such days in the future.

FAIR OAKS. F. R. Erwin is out this week looking around his political fences. The crossings have been put in at the railroads on the new grade. Abe Bringle and wife took a trip to Chicago Thursday of last week. N. A. McCay was at home from Gibson over Sunday with his family. John and Tip Wiseman left here last week for Montana for* an indefinite stay. .' We are still having fine weather; it has been very warm and corn is drying up fast. _ . v Uncle Dave Winslow returned Tuesday morning from Lisbon N. D., looking fat and hearty. Chas. Halleck got on a very heavy shipment of nursery stock this week for distribution with his home stock. Mrs. John Kight and little daughter came up from Indianapolis Saturday and visited with relatives until Monday. Jap Wright of Mt. Ayr came up Friday to meet Rev. Mosier and family, the new M. E. pastor on the Mt. Ayr «circuit. Peter Call moved last week from the Locass property in the west part of. town to the Chas. Swanke house vacated by Touda Clifton. j There were several from here attended the street fair at Parr Saturday. John Ligget took dqw’n a

sample bf his potatoes and took the premium so he says. .? One of Mr. Barber's children from the Otis ranch got his arm broken at school last week. Dr. Rice was called and gave it the necessary care, and he is getting along fine. Luke Turner of Densselaer came up Monday and plastered Jos Burns’ new house and also Cottingham’s back room to his pool room which Jim McColly gave an over-hauling last week. Rev. McClure of Evanston, the new pastor on this circuit, preached his first sermon here Saturday night. It was a very interesting talk, and was listened to very attentively by a good audience. Mrs. Joseph Brown and Mrs. J. C. Thompson went to Chicago Monday to pilot Mrs. T, J. Fay and daughter Mrs. Sigma, through the city on their way to Joliet, where Tom is working on a dredge. They expect to cook on the dredge. Miss Minnie Cox went to a hospital Monday to undergo an operation which has been contemplated for some time. Her mother, Mrs. Emery Cox, went to Rensselaer the same day to stay with her mother, grandma McGlynn, during her daughter’s absence. The young folks of town gathered up Saturday evening and gave Will Cottingham and wife a shower and surprise party. They received many fine, useful and valuable articles. They spent a very pleasant evening in conversation and vocal and instrumental music.

MILROY. Mrs. George Wood was in Lee Monday. ’ Mts. Willard Johqson was in Monon Monday. Vern Culp spent Saturday night in Monon with Earl Foulks. Ed May and family took dinner Sunday with John Southard’s. Miss Lural Anderson visited Mr. and Mrs. Willard Johnson Tuesday night. Mrs. L. Foulks of Monon took dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bivans. John Southard visited his sister in Remington over Saturday and Sunday. “ Rev. Keuonen will preach here on Sunday night, Oct. 23. All are cordially invited to attend. A surprise w r as planned on Mrs. Latta last Thursday evening it being her birthday anniversary. Mrs. Ravenscroft and son Samuel visited her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Parks and family Sunday. Ed Herman returned from his trip to Dakota last Wednesday and was well pleased with the country. J. R. Clark and son Zelith, Jos. Clark and family and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks took dinner with Frank May Sunday. Mrs. Ed Herman, Miss Jessie Southard, Mrs. George Foulks and Thos. Spencer, delegates from Milroy S. S. attended the convention at Rensselaer last week.

FOUR CORNERS. Jasperson Bros, are putting in tile on their farm southwest of Tefft. F. W. Fished went to MoCoysburg Thursday to look after his building there. J. A. Hixon loaded a car of feeding cattle for the Chicago market Tuesday. plwopd Davis is walking with a crutch on account of injury received in hauling hay. Mrs. Ira Jackson of Wheatfield, who received a paralytic stroke some time ago, remains in a critical condition. William Turner is putting a new foundation under the residence ea£t of the Christian church recently purchased by John Greve. John Nichols and a cattle buyer from Brook were in this section purchasing cattle and stock hogs the latter part of this week. Harmon Melscher an old resident of Wheatfield, is visiting relatives and friends around Wheatfield. He went to Brazil Friday. Ed Jessup of near La cross visited with his daughter, Mrs. James Keen, Thursday and from there went to Momence for a few days. Mrs. J. T. Biggs started Tuesday to visit her son and daughter in Colorado. The son has been quite sick, but is reported better at this time. Wm. Stump and young McDaniels were shown through the dark and dismal forest of Woodcraft by the Woodmen team at Wheatfield Monday night. t The ball game at Burrow’s camp last Sunday between Wilders and Gifford resulted in a victory for Wilders. A case of beer wpnt to the ginning team. Lon Neese and Peck, Miles had a little misunderstanding Saturday night,. with the result that Peck

Continued from First Page. carries his hand in a sling and Lou mourning under his eyes. Joe Hammond and Louis Shirer and' other republican candidates were circulating among the voters of the north end this week. Cigars are within the reach of’all and will be for a few more weeks. Mrs. Morton went to Kentland Tuesday to attend a wedding. From there she will return to her home, in St. Louis. She has been spending the heated part of the summer will Mra. J. A. Hixson of Tefft. John A. Williams has traded his farm south of Wheatfield to George Hoehn for the city butcher shop, dwelling and 40 acres of land east of Wheatfield. He has moved to town and taken charge of the MeGlinn hotel. Ernest Trecbiel. Henry Hunsicker and John Finn were nominated for members of the advisory board. Herman Doliman for constable, George Belcher, the republican nominee, was indorsed by the democrats for justice. Kankakee township always puts best men forward. The usual crowd at the Burrow’s resort Sunday and the usual Sunday scrap. On next Sunday a game of ball for a prize—a case of beer—between Francesville and Wilders is to be the attraction. Everyone with the price of a bottle of booze is invited.' ’ ■ . t : ' Hoover, candidate for sheriff on the democratic ticket and Felix R. Ewin, candidate for clerk, visited Wheatfield and took a run through the north end to see that all’ fences were in good repair and all properly branded witß, the democratic brand, this week. The letter “B” on the blades of cats this year was a warning, for now the farmers of Kankakee tp. have discovered a bug working in their wheat. How much injury will result remains to be seen. The bug resembles a grain of flax seed and works just! above the seeded grain,

EAST JORDAN. Eli Zehr called on E. Hasty Sunday. Working the roads is the order Of the day. Leonard Schaffer visited at Conrad Schaffer’s Sunday. Ed and Eugene Hasty were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. M. E. Bice took a couple of cattle to Remington Tuesday. Eugene and Carrie Hasty were seen driving north Sunday; Frank Britzinger is doing some tiling for Chas. Gnttrich now. Chas Hall is assisting Dennis Marque in his work this week. Albert Toben is Visiting his brothers, John and Henry, at present. Mr. and Mrs. Marquie visited with the latter’s sister, Mrs. Anthony Ni§sins, Sunday. Mrs. Lawrence Kellner and Mrs. Wilcox called on Mrs. Bice Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Wilcox spent Saturday and Sunday with her brother, Meriman Tudor, north of Rensselaer. Mrs. Shumaker and daughter Hazel returned home Saturday after a two weeks visit with friends and relatives about 'Msp'ion, Ind. The dance at Lawrence Kellner’s was well attended Wednesday evening, there- being about fifty numbers sold and they run three sets. Quite a few attended Sunday School at Lawndale Sunday, but some of the boys were unable to get into the house. We don’t think any one will bite on the inside.

MT. PLEASANT. Edward Bartley has been topping onione at Harry Gifford’s this week. Mr. and Mrs. John Clouse visited with Levi Clouse and wife at Rensselaer Sunday. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hurley was.still in a critical condition with typhoid fever at this writing. Mr. an Mrs. Grant Davisson and Mr. and Mrs. Amos Davisson took dinner at the George Ade farm Sunday and visited Brook and Fowler and several other towns. Rebecca Hurley, who has been in poor health for a long time, was pronounced insane a few days ago and will be sent to Longcliff as soon as room can be made, whibh will be in about three weeks. Elda M. Clouse, who went to the Rush Medical College, Chicago, accompanied by her doctor.- I. M. Washburn, for an operation Monday, was operated on at 10 o’clock Wednesday and soon came out of the drug and is doing as well as could be expected. - SOUTH NEWTON. Mrs. Clarence Pruett ssent Wednesday with her parents at Goodland. Charles Waling was a business caller in this locality several days th if week. Philip Paulus and family spent Sunday with James Reed and wife’ of near Surrey. Mrs. *rtbur Powell helped be’-

sister, Mrs; Fred Waling, with some w ork Wednesday. Ades brought a large drove of sheep from near Brook to their farm in this vicinity Saturday. Arthur Powell and family and Miss Sadie Paulus took dinner with Mrs. .Mary Powell Sunday. ■' Amiel Sommers of hear Foresman took dinner with his sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett. Earl Leek and wife and Press Roberts and wife attended the funeral of Philip Brown of near Mt. Ayr Sunday. Mrs. Mattie Irwin, who has been visiting with the families of Arthur and Ernest Mathew, went to Brook Tuesday to visit with relatives. The box social at No. 6 school was well attended The proceeds amounted to nearly fifteen dollars and will be used for reading circle books.

EAST JORDAN By another correspondent) Mrs. Shumaker was a hub goer Tuesday. John Tobin made his usual trip Sunday evening. George Wenrick took in the Parr festival Saturday. The dance was well attended at Kellner’s Wednesday night. George Wenrick attended Joe Borntrager’s sale Wednesday. Carrie and Eugene Hasty spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox. Hazel and Harry Shumaker spent Monday evening with Bessie and Lynian Peters. Carrie and Eugene, Hasty spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. Shirmaker and family. There will be preaching at Lawndale a week from Sunday, by Rev. Clarke of Rensselaer. Miss Edith Wenrick and Hazel Shumaker visited Slaughter school Wednesday afternoon. Henry Tobin returned home Thursday. His brother Albert accompanied him home for a short visit. There will be a box social at the Slaughter school house Saturday evsening. Everybody be sure and go. Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Farr returned to Van Buren, Ind., after a few days visit with Mrs. Shumaker. Mrs. Shumacker and daughters. Misses Hazel. Vera Grace and Helen, returned home Saturday from a two weeks visit with relatives and friends in Van Buren and Marion, Ind.