Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1910 — IN THE AULD LANG SYNE. [ARTICLE]

IN THE AULD LANG SYNE.

David Culp, who resides in the vicinity of Lee, was in Monticello on business Tuesday and called at Loughry Bros/ Mill to ascertain the present state of the grain trade in Monticello. Mr. Culp recalled that just 59 years ago he made his first visit to Monticello, bringing a load of corn for Robert Parker, Sr., who lived in the vicinity of Rensselaer. Mr. Parker had on hands the accumulation of three corn crops and was compelled to haul it overland to Monticello where he sold it to Rowland Hughes at 25 cents a bushel. It took two days to make the round trip and cost Mr. Parker half the price of the corn to have it hauled to markets —Monticello Journal.