Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1911 — Page 5

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Let Us Boom Your Trade. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Charles Hill spent yesterday in Indianapolis. See the new J. I. Case Gopher at Maines & Hamilton’s. * ' ■ John O’Connor of Kniman was in the city Wednesday. Come and see our disc cultivators. — Maines & Hamilton. F. B. Ham, W. F. Smith and F. E. Babcock were Lafayette visitors Wednesday .a Today’s markets: -vorn (No. 3), 47c; Oats (No. 3), 30c; Wheat (No. 2), 86c. A daughter was born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Russell W T illetts of McCoysburg. Miss Gertrude Leopold has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Leo Wolf, in Hammond this week. As famous as the plow a man can pull are the J. I. Case cultivators. See them at Maines & Hamilton’s. William Murray of Texas came Thursday to visit his aged father, Wallace Murray, and otfher relatives. Mrs. Adam Flesher of Barkley tp., was taken to Chicago Wednesday to undergo an operation in a hospital there. Read the dhange of ad of L. B. Elmore’s, on last page of today’s Democrat, giving new prices on Hupmobiles. Monticello papers state that small crowds visited the Gollmar Bros. Show' there Monday. Everybody was too busy. The 15-months-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cooper so near Gifford died from brain fever and was buried yesterday. The 21-months-old dughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Havens of Barkley tp., , died Wdenesday from pneumonia following w r hooping cough. Mrs. Ida Pierce and family have moved to her farm south of town, w'here she has just completed a fine new house on the Range Line road. Mrs. I. A. Glazebrook was called to Terre Haute Wednesday by the death of the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bridges, a neice of Mrs. Glazebrook. The ladies of the L . B. church at Parr will serve a supper in the Parr park next Saturday evening, May 20, for the benefit of the church. All are invited to come out. m2l Tuesday’s Hammond Times: Mrs. Orlan Grant of Rensselaer came to Hammond this morning to visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kasson at tfheir home in Webb street for a few days.

H. N. Moulds of Eylar, 111., and unple/ John Richardson of Pontiac, 111., were in Rensselaer on business Wedn e sday. The latter camp over to look after his farm interests near McCoysburg. " j Father Sylvester Hartman of the college left Wednesday for New York City where he will take passage for Europe to visit and study the various conditions in the several European nations for the next three months.

Just in, fresh Kellogg Corn Flakes.— Home Grocery. Van. Wood' and son. Jay, spent Thursday in Monon with relatives. Mrs. W. H. Beam and Mrs. L. A. Harmon were in Lafayette Wednesday. •• •• i Miss Ethel McCarthy went to Crawiordsville yesterday for a short visit with relatives. Mrs. Nellie Harris came from Brook Wednesday for a short visit with relatives here. Hiram Day was called to Danville, 111., yesterday bv the serious illness of his mother. Mrs. J. D. Babcock returned to Liberty Center. Thursday after a few days spent here with relatives.

Rev. J. Carl Parrett went to Kentland to officiate in the installation ceremony of a Presbyterian minister Thursday evening. Ralph . Chupp of Indianapolis, who has been visiting here with Mrs. Wallace Chupp for the past two or three weeks, returned home Wednesday. “Dick” Grow and Admiral Mabb were the only Rensselaer old vets to attend the state encampment at Richmond, Ind., this week, so far as learned. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hopkins, who for the past year have been living at Kalamazoo, Mich., have returned to Rensselaer and will again take up their residence here. * / Mi. and Mrs. Geo. A. Williams left Wednesday -via auto for a visit in Springfield, 111., with the latter’s brother and thence to Carthage, 111., to visit Mrs. Williams’ mother. : Walter Graden, who moved some stock nd other goods from near - Nashville, Tenn., driving through with horses and wagon, took the train here Wednesday to return home. ;;V. A three-months-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. George Spangle of northwest of town, which had been puny sincb birth, died Thursday and was buried at Wolcott yesterday. Perry Torton is moving his piano store into one of the rooms just north on Cullen street from his present quarters, and J. A. McFarland will move his grocery back into the corner room. Fred Arnott and family have moved into one of Hi Day's tenant houses on Milton street, and Mrs. Ascue and daughter, who purchased the Ed' Warren property vacated by Mr. Arnott, will occupy the same. Farmers never had a better season for corn planting than this, but just now rain is needed badly for wheat and oats, and even corn, in the dryer sec-tions,-will., not come up until a" little more moisture is had. A. J. Biggs and daughter were called to West Lebanon Tuesday afternoon by the death of the aged mother of Mrs. Biggs. The latter had been at her mother’s bedside for several days before she passed away. —.

PORCH FURNITURE • * % ... * Don’t you think it rather a * * waste of time and energy to J J dash into the house and * * drag out a rocker every time you want to use your \\ porch? .Particularly annoy- \ l ing when you have visitors, < J isn’t it? Why not buy some Willow Porch Furniture—- < l no more comfy furniture on o earth—or anywhere else—- <► and it’s reasonably priced—- < > We have some excellent bar- \ > gains in Rugs, too—Just the y thing for adding a touch of < ► color to your porch—- ;; Furniture and Rug Man

Geo. M. Babcock and Floyd Spain went to Chicago yesterday and took in "Maggie Pepper” at the Illinois theatre last night. Miss Elizabeth Spitler. a member of this year’s graduating class is suffering from a nervous breakdown, being unable to attend the closing days of school. Mrs. J. J. Burns came Thursday for an indefinite visit with relatives £he shipped her goods from Omaha, Neb., a few days ago and will probably either make her home here or in Wolcott. Mrs. Rebecca Hemphill, mother of Dr. F. H. Hemphill, was operated on in a Chicago hospital Monday, her left breast being removed. She has not been getting along very well since and is in quite a critical condition. Mrs. B. Forsythe. wCio has been with her husband at Winamac since her recovery- from a severe surgical operation last fall, has had a recurrence of her trouble and was taken to the Hahnemann hospital, Chicago, last Sunday to undergo another operation.

The Mt: Ayr Pilot man seems to have also soured on Purtelle, the electric road promotor, and says: “As far as selling more stock, the Pilot does not believe that Purtelle could sell five dollar gold pieces for fifty cents apiece, they would be afraid they were bogus.” Miss Marry Washburn of Chicago is here superintending the erection Of and putting the finishing touches to a statuary fountain begig set uji* on the Mrs. M. E. Thompson residence grounds on River street. The work is plaster of Paris and »vas modeled by Miss Washburn. We are informed that Ray Markin, son of Geo. Markin of Pleasant Grove, was married a few' weeks ago to Miss Inez Davis* of Mitchell, So. Dak., w'here he has been employed as a baker for the Dast year. They are living now' at Clarkston, w'here Roy is at present employed in a bakery. Miss Elizabeth Luers accompanied her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stephens of New York City, to Chicago Wednesday morning. From there they will go to Grand Rapids, Mich., Plymouth and South Bend, Ind. Mr. Stephens will go from South Bend to New York but Mrs. Stephens will return w'ith Miss Luers and make a longer visit. The Starke County Democrat at Kpox has changed hands again, H. F. Schrickev having disposed of the plant to Henry E. White, formerly cashier of the bank at Hamlet. Mr. Schricker succeeds M. C. McCormick as cashier of the First National Bank at Knox, he having resigned owing to the condition of his health. The next issue of the Democrat will appear under the new' management.

Perhaps Purtelle might have had a better attendance at his railroad meeting Thursday night had he proposed to make a short cut from Rensselaer to Goodland, instead of going to Mt. Ayr. The latter town is dry as a bone and will remain so for two years at least, while Goodland. the only oasis on the “grand prairie’' of western Indiana. to many is a to conjure wit hthese hot, sultry days. J. C. Passons and wife, accompanied by the latter’s sister, went to Marion Wednesday, being called there by the sickness of Mrs. John Jerrigen’s little son. Mr. and Mrs. Passons will visit for a week or two with relatives there before returning home. Mrs. E. X. Evans, who accompanied them to Marion, has recently returned from a three months visit in Oakland, lowa, with 'her brother, Riley Evans. Mrs. Evans’ home is in Marion. “ North Judsori News: Whether oil is to be found in northern Indiana will be known soon, the Rolling Prairie-Xevy Carlisle Oil and Gas company having reached the Trenton rock at its first well, which is now 1,425 feet, and seventeen feet into the rock. No oil was found in . the first sand. The company has several thousand acres of land under lease in St. Joseph and Laporte counties and will begin drilling on n extensive scale if the first well proves good. The well is on the Sutherland farm in Laporte county.

Mrs. William Lee died yesterday of quick consumption at about 9 o’clock at her hfofne in the east part of the city. She leaves a husband and three small children to mourn her loss. At this writing funeral arrangements had not been made. C. P. Wright was over to Wadena Tuesday where he closed up a real estate deal by w hich George Mitten, the w'ell known Wadena merchant, trades his store, business and all other real estate owned in, Wadena for a finely improved farm of 220 acres near Garden City. Kan., upon which he expects to move. Mr. Mitten also gets $2,000 in cash. The big fertilizer works two miles southwest of Knox was destroyed by fire last week entailing a loss of $30,000, with insurance. The plant had recently been overhauled and new machinery added. In another week two shifts of men, thirty each, would have been working. The plant will probably be rebuilt. It was ow'ned by Peoria, 111., people.

SIDNEY HOLMES WRITES

Of Country and Crop Conditions About Jamestown, N. D. Sidney Holmes, who moved from Newton tp., Jasper county, a few months ago to a farm near Jamestow'n, No. Dak., writes Yem J. Cristler, the North Dakota land agent, under recent date as follows : . Jamestown. N. D.. May 16. 1911. Dear Mr. Crisler:— According to promise, I will write you a few lines to tell you how I like this country. I like this country fine and think if we had come here 15 or 20 years ago we would have been worth something and could have been riding in an auto. The spring has been a little backward, but since beginning in the fields we have only lost two days. There has been an abundance of moisture so far; had a big rain last week and another yesterday afternoon and last night. Have 470 cres of wheat and will sow 30 acres more. Have 34 acres of oats sowed and up and It is fine. Will sow 100 acres more, and will plant 100 acres ot corn. The wheat is all up but the last two days sowing. It will be a grand sight to see so much wheat at harvest time, as there are no fences between farms and that way it Just looks like one field as far as your eye can see with the houses every mile or two apart. The land is rich and anyone wanting 'a home in the northwest would do well to invest here. But let everybody come and see for themselves is my advice tqanyone. The land is advancing and in a few years will be as high priced as in Indiana, and no quicksand or mud to contend with either. Am sending you a slip- from the Alert to have published with anything I have written you if you care to do so. With best wishes to all. from W B. HOLMES AND FAMILY. The clipping from a Jamestown paper, which Mr. Holmes refers to, is as follows: Beginning Wednesday morning at about 10:36 o'clock rain began failing in this locality and continued during the greater part of the time until 11 o'clock Wednesday night. There were over twelve hours of rain, part of the time very hard, and part of the time lighter. The rain came from the west as the weather grew colder towards evening. The ground absorbed the rain until it could hold no more and Thursday morning there was a good deal of water standing In the streets. While the rain was not really needed and nothing in the way 6f crops was suffering, the moisture at this time wiH ha«ten the growth of young grain and put new life and vigor into vegetation of all kinds. The rainfall is abundant for all purposes for several weeks and will hasten the starting up of late sowed crops such as flax and barley, etc. The weather was cool and cloudy, following the rain, and is fine for stooling of wheat. It makes plowing and ail farm „ work easy. Farmers wear a broad smile at the prospects that now confront them. As a rule more careful cultivation of ground has been done this spring than usual, and with the abundance of moisture now in the ground there is no good reason, with dragging and harrowing at the proper time, that a revolution in the way of handling crops cannot be brought about, and an increased yield obtained over the haphazard, old-time method of farming, in which as much grain as possible was seeded, and the rest left to Providence, without effort to counteract the affects of evaporation when the warm days came. The rain Tuesday night, which was reported greater in nearly every part of the James River valley than here, was Stiff further increased by heavy' rain Wednesday and Wednesday night. On the Dakota division of the X. P. rainfall was reported in most places Wednesday and up to 11 o clock Wednesday "night. At Moorhead the rain of 24 Hours up to Wednesday afternoon was .5* of an inch and with the rains previously recorded for Monday and -iturday preceeding there was- a total of .74 of an inch. The Red River valley had a fine rain. Valley City had a heavy rain Tuesday night, lasting two hours as well as Qrafton and Larimore hi the northern part of the state. Heavy rain was reported at Hankinson. Where four hours down pour occurred. The rain between Jamestown and LaMoure was also hespry, water s .Of in pools on both sides of - the railroad track. The entire state, in fact seems, to have had excellent rains and gives promise of good crop yields, and general,in-creased-activity in all lines of business. Anyone desiring further information regarding this section of I the r great prolific northwest j Should call on or write Vern J. I Cristler. Rensselaer, Ind.

Jarrette’s Variety Store

16 c. p. Electric Lamps . 2 for 25c, Peroxide of Hydrogen **‘EL 25c . 10c Window Screens . . 20c, 25c, 28c Handy Household Paints . can 10c Japanese Porch Mats 5c Lawn Rakes, Garden Hoes, and Rakes 25c Fancy Sewing Baskets 10c, 15c, 20c Child’s Garden Set— “' , . 10c

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. May 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Leech of East Chicago, a son.

EXCURSION TO CHICAGO.

Sunday, June 4, the Monon will run its first excursion to Chicago. The special train is at Rensselaer about 8:30 a. m. Returning, excursion train will leave Chicago at 11:30 p. m.

CHURCH OF GOD SERVICES

Elder Joseph Williams of Frankfort, lnd. f will conduct the following services at the Church of God Sunday: At 10:45 sermon, “The Essential Basis of Prophecy 3 p. m., Bible Lesson on Baptism;’’ 7:30 p. m., sermon, “Tabernacle Shadows.”

DO YOU WANT LIGHTNING PROTECTION?

I sell the largest and best lightning conductors that are made. I also handle the copper cable at the following prices: 28 strand, pure copper, 7 1 / 2 c per foot; 32 strand, 9c; 40 strand, extra large, \2 l / 2 c. It you are interested, call and see me or write me at Rensselaer.—F. A. Bicknell.

TO FRIENDS OF THE DEMOCRAT.

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Humor and Philosophy

Br DVACAN M. SMITH

PERT PARAGRAPHS. SPHERE are many people who know enough to attend to their own affairs, but It la noteworthy that few really like to do it. It requires a tactful rather than an appreciative person to laugh at a Joke without a point. Intellect Is a mental quality possessed by the person that is talking about it and a few others. The loafer has his part In the economy of nature. It la to cheer and encore the busy man. People who are so well bred that they would acorn to drop a hint often offer a suggestion. The cold white light of publicity makes the fourflusher look like thirty cents. A plain woman with a bad complexion wears face powder for a plain reason. A man litre to beat the game for the same reason that a boy likes to beat a drum—to be noisy about it. Evidence. “He likes the sound of his own voice.” “Has an ear for-noise, I suppose.” Tuneful. j' The money lender sat at his desk. And it was late at night. Around him silence reigned supreme. Dim was the yellow light, 1 7et there was music In the air. To It his ear was bent. He heard his dollars everywhere. Each earning Its per cent.

HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE

Closed Roasting Pan With Sliding Tray.

A combination pan that can be used either for roasting meat and potatoes or for baking bread baa been invented by a Colorado man. The bottom portion is rectangular, and above it risen a slanting top like a mansard roof. A tray ulides back and forth in the casing on slide ways that run along the sides. The front end of this tray operates to close the lower half of the opening In the front end of tin* casing, and a hinged flap closes the upper half. Across the center of the pan is a flat tray with perforations that allow the draining of liquid from anything that requires draining or keeps two articles separate. The advantage of an inclosed pan of this type is that In cooking meat, for example, all the flavor la kept In the pan Instead ott evaporating In steam, and the meat Is done molster. Articles cooked la it require leas attention than in ia old style utensil too. Baked Shad Ree. Wash the roes of four shad, then pare them. Batter a pudding dish, sprinkle over with finely chopped onion. parsley and a few herbs. Add the roes, sprinkle over them more chopped onion, parsley, salt, pepper, paprika and grate of nutmeg and a few pieces of butter. Then add half a cupful of white stock; let all cook in the oven for thirty minutes, basting often. Drain the roes and thicken the liquid with one tablespoonful of flour mixed with one tablespoonful of butter. Pour this over the roes, add one glass of white wine, then sprinkle over fln® breadcrumbs, put pieces of butter on top and bake in a hot oven for fifteen minutes. Serve in the baking dish. Spiced Halibut. Boil two or three pounds of balibnt In salt and water about half an hour, drain, then put into a stone crock, with half a teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and allspice. Cover with vinegar and close crock. When cold It is a ni*s relish for snpper. The Bell Buzzard. Tbe bell buzzard has come back to Ohio, according to the newspapers. He waa seen two weeks ago In Roes county, which is in the southern part of the state, and his little belt was tinkling as merrily as ever. He has worn the bell around bis neck since the days of bis youth, when some one caaght him and gave him the musical necklace. Every year since then he has come back to tbe same part of Ohio. The First One Up. Tbe first one up in our house is the smallest one of aIL Before tbe sunlight wakes us up be comes across tbe hall And gently opens mother's door to make his morning call. The first one up of all the flowers out tsv the garden bed. Tbe crocus, sure of welcome, shows bis little baby bead Before tbe earth has thrown aside the blanket winter spread. —Toutb’e Companion.

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