Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1912 — Page 3

ANNOUNCEMENT

m have bought the Home 1. I Grocery and this space to to tell you from week to week of the good things I shall have for you. I will do my best to serve you and will appreciate any favors whenever thrown my way. Truly, JOHN H. RAMP New Proprietor HOME GROCERY

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Today’s markets: Corn, 5 7c; Oats, 48c; Wheat, 90c. Charles Weiss of Newton tp., went to Chicago Sunday on business.' Mrs. Clyde Ullrey of Brook left here Monday for a visit in De& Moines, lowia. Miss Hazel Woodcox of Chicago is here for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Thad Stevens. Mrs. Homer Slaughter was taken to Chicago Monday to undergo an operation for a Chronic ailment. Miss Ethel Potts of Geddes, So. Dak., returned home Sunday after an extended visit with relatives here. The Gwin & Watson Plumbing Co. drill 3,4, 5, and 6 inch water wells.—Phone 204, Rensselaer In<L ml „ Miss Letha Wright, after a short visit with her brother, W.- J. Wright, returned to Evanston, 111., Sunday. Mrs. John Kohler, who has been with her sister at Dowagiac, Mich., who is sick, for several days, returned home Monday. Butler windmills are guaranteed to pump more water, than any windmill .manufactured. For sale by GWIN & WATSON. m2O William Jackson of Chalmers, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. John Smith, west of town, returned home Friday. Miss Louise Mattern of Whiting, who has been visiting here a few days with Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Irwin, returned home Sunday. Mrs. Joeiah Davisson and daughter Fern returned to their home in Kniman Sunday after a few days visit with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs.' L. A. Harmon and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kiplinger attended the banquet of the T. P. A., at Lafayette Friday evening. Mrs. Peter Van Lear visited her husband in Chicago Sunday. Peter IS taking treatment in a Chicago hospital for a stomach trouble. W. P. Baker and Sam liowery, on the Baker farm north of town, lost a good fat steer a few days ago from its being .caught in a wire fence. ■ H The enforcement of the ordinance compelling property owners to clean off the snow in front of their property seems to have had the desired effect, almost all of the sidewalks in the city were navigable, at least, Saturday. •n E. J. Stone, formerly employed as foreman in The Democrat office, but who has taken a position' similar with the Valparaiso Publishing, Co., at Valparaiso, was here to spend Sunday with his wife. He has as yet not' decided upon moving to Valparaiso. Mrs. Sarah Garriott, after a visit of several weeks with O. A. Garflott at Hamlmond and fc. E. Gar- : niott of Uniion tp., returned to Broad Ripple, Ind., Saturday where she makes her home with her son, D. E. Hudson, the Monon agent at that point.

Reduced prices on rubber boots at The G. E. Murray Co. Joe Reynolds was down from Chicago to spend Sunday with his mother, Mrs. S. R. Nichols. Mrs. Geo. Stoudt of Remington was the guest of Mrs. F. E. Babcock from Friday till ._ _ .. V-4. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Osborne went to Chicago Saturday to spend a few days, returning home Monday, James P. Overton returned home Thursday after a visit of several days with relatives at Tuscola, 111., and Indianapolis. Slaughter prices on men’s shoes at G. E. Murray, beginning Saturday, March 2. See the shoes displayed in our window. John A. Dunlap went to Goshen, Ind., Sunday on business connected wiith the Mrs. Noah Yoder divorce case from near Mt. Ayr, Geo. L. Maines and family left Monday for their new home near Hume, Mo., where he purchased a farm several months ago. Remember the, illustrated lecture on Western Michigan at the opera house Friday evening. See advertisement in another column. Wnf. Augspurger and family of! Newton tp., loft Monday for their new home, near Mankato, Minn., where he bought a fine farm last summer. Advertised letters: Miss Cora Kight, Mrs. Sarah Bollinger, Mrs. Jim McElion, Miss Laura Osborn, Isaac Collins, Peter Winter, C. W. Campbell, L. King. The subscription price of the Indianapolis News will be raised 25 cents per year' March 1, and after that date our price for The Democrat and News will be $4.25. Saturday March 2d we will sell ' $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00 shoes at $1.98 a pair, shoe? shown in our window. THE G. E. MURRAY CO. ■Mr. and Mrs. Norman Warner celebrated their 56t'h wedding anniversary, which fell on Saturday, with a big Sunday dinner to which their sons and their families were guests. Otto Hooker, who has been living: on the Albert Warner farm in Hanging Grove tp., has moved to the L. W. Hubbel farm near Francesville. Arthur Williamson goes on the Warner - farm, vacated by Mr. ! looker. Edwin Holtz of Kankakee, 111., a graduate of the Chicago College of Pharmacy, has been secured to Ml the vacancy in B. F. Fendjg’s ci ng store, caused by the resignation of Thomas Jensen. Mr. Holtz and wife will move here. Ben Zellers of Fair Oaks, who had his hand so badly mangled in a corn she Mer near Roselawn last week, was down here Sunday to have the injured member dressed by his physician. The hand seems to be getting along nicely and amputation of the fiingers will not be necessary, it is thought. • Pythian Sisters, at their regular meeting Friday evening, gave a farewell luncheon in honor of M;3. Grace Pumphrey, who with her two children will leave Friday for their new home in Columbia City. The Sisters presented Mrs. Pumphrey with a souvenir spoon as a token of their regard.

M#s. Bruce White was in Monon Friday. Mrs. Harry Collfns is visiting in Chicago. Ed Parcels made a business trip to Indianapolis Friday.' A. C. Robinson was in Demotte on business Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Witham were in Monticello Saturday. U, “> Ed Peregrine of Mt. Ayr was in the city a short time Sunday. Alexander Frye transacted business in Lafayette Friday. , , Blanchard Elmore of Remington was in the city on business Monday. Hiram Day and Fred Yeiter took in the cement show in Chicago Saturday. ■ * 1 1 ■ m Feb. 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Donnelly, in the nortli part of the city, a son. W. J. Wright made a business trip to Chicago Friday in company with C. E. Osborne. S. O. Duvall returned Monday from a two months visit with his daughter in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hochstfetter and little babe are visitng relatives at Morocco a few days. W. R. Brown went to Tuscola, 111., Friday where he will spend a few days visitng relatives. Ralph Zeigler is moving onto the Wm. Augspurger farm in Newton tp., now owned by Dr. Hansson. M'iss May Dunlap came down from Chicago Friday to spend a few days with Mfs. C. C. Warner. Claude Kruzan, foreman in The Democrat offlep, was in Remington Sunday to spend the day with his wife and baby. fH. B. Tuteur was in Chicago on business going from there to Peoria, 111., to purchase his dry cleaning outfit.

Frank Foltz bought another farm last week, the Miichael Burns farm of 160 acres in Barkley tp. The price is understood to have been 165 per acre. Mr. Burns will move away, it is reported. George Ireland, a prominent citizen and business man of Montico;10, died Friday after a brief illness from uremic poisoning. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon and burial ipade at Warsaw. Mrs. Simon Leopold, w<ho has for several weeks been with her sister, Mrs. R. S. Coppock, at Peoria, 111. returned home Friday. Mrs. Coppock iis suffering from a cancer, and is in quite a critical condition. Mrs. Ida F. . Newels and daughter of Pueblo, Colo., came Thursr day to spend a few days here with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Ohilders. Mrs. Nowels has been visitng relatives for several days at Tuscola, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Dunn and iittlejdaugiiter, who have been living at North Powder, Ore., arrived here Friday night and will again take up their residence in this county. They are at present'visiting in Remington. : Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pancoast of Newton fcp., leave*this week for the south. They are undecided Where they will finally round up, bu,t will first visit Kentucky and Tennessee. •Claude Spencer has rented their farm for the ensuing year ■* V f ■ ■ ' ' ~ ■" - Claude Moore was arrested Saturday evening for intoxication and given the minimum fine. This is said to have been the boy’s first offense of the kind, and he was let dff as, easy as passible in the hopes that it would be a beneficial lesson to him. Mr. and Mrs. Devere Yeoman came down from Gary Friday evenfhg for a few days visit with relatives. Mr. Yeoman, who is assistant sewer inspector of Gary, returned home Sunday afternoon, but his wife will remain here for awhile longer. B. S. Bohd has sold his farm east of town, known as the Jud Moore place, to Henry Putt of Morocco, who with his fanuKy move to t!he same Miarch 1. Mr. Bond bought this farm with the past year, intending to take possession in March. He may now return to Miami county, but is not decided as to his future movements. We hope he may find another attractive spot on which to locate near Monon.— Monon News.

W. C. Babobck was a Chicago business goer Friday.. . m. ' ■ t - , Quite a few from here attended the Shelby Saturday night. Attorney E: G. Hall of Fowler was a business visitor here yesterday. ~ \ Basil Leech is now delivering for the Grocery under the new management. Advertising in the columns of The Democrat is an investment and not an experiment. A special train, “second 33,’ Sunday afternoon, carried the head officials of the Monon on an inspection tour from Chicago to Lafayette. James Smith and family, who live in the Charles Battleday property ,in the west part of the city, intend to move back to Missouri in the spring, it Is reported. Mrs; George Reed went to Chicago Sunday to be present at the operation on her husband’s injured limb Monday, in a hospital * there. Three inches of the bone was taken off and the final dressing on the wound made. The lecture at the M. E. church Monday night by Landon, impersonator, was one of the best ever heard in this city. Bad weather kept many people from coming out, although a good sized audience greeted, him. E. W. Stahl of nnHh of Mt. Ayr was in the city Tuesday getting n set of sale 'jllln printed by The Democrat. Mr. Stahl’s wife died recently and he has rented his farm •ad will go back to his hold home in Canton, Ohio. Rooesvelt has finally come out and announced himself as an active candidate for nomination for the presidency. , In spite of this, however, The Democrat predicts Taft will be republican nominee, but will fail—as would Roosevelt—of election. But it is an amusing situation to democrats. William Marlin died about midnight Friday from blood poisoning at the -home of his father, S. M. Marlin, of west of town. Young Marlin, who \yas about 24 years of age, was injured last fall in a runaway aocident and one hip became infected, which is said to have caused hiS death.

While turning out to avoid a loaded gravel wagon in front of the Harry Kresler residence Monday morning, Dr. E. N. Loy’s car skidded on the slippery street and crashed into the rear of the wagop. One lamp was broken and a few other minor injuries were sustained by the auto, which was being driven at a moderate speed by the doctor. Attorney H. L. Summons of Kentland has been elefcted county chairman of the organization, to succeeed John A. Wildason. W. J. Cunningham is secretary and Jolhn W. Ryan treasurer. Delegates to the state convention are: Samuel R. Sizelove, Truman Hardy, Martin G. Barker, Frank BiUinge and Walter Rainford. \w . " ■ Geo. O. Humphrey has sold his residence property to Thomas Lowe of near Julian, Newton county, who will move here with his wife and make Rensselaer their home. They are elderly people and their children are all grown. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey and son Newt and family leave this week for their new home at Columbia City. The best wishes of many fiiends go with them. Some o’s the farmers in this vicinity are considering tihe advisability of using limestone ( on their farms as a remedy for sour ground. It io said if a soft limestone of soluble qualities is used it will greatly in putting the soil in. good condition. A rate of $1.40 per ton f. o. b. Fowler has been quotqd those making inquiries but this is considered high and it is possible a better rate can be secured if farmers care- to invest.— Fowler Review. . . E The huge snow drifts disappeared quite fast Saturday, Sunday and especially Monday forenoon, and the way the river came up Monday was a caution. By the middle of the afternoon it had got out of its banks down by the. mill, but a sudden change of temperature stopped the thawing of the snow, and yesterday morning the mercury was down to within 10 degrees of zero. Had it not been for The change the river would have -gotten clear out of its tranks in many places- and no doubt have done considerable damage.

The. Brook overall factory has closed down and the effects of thq company operating it have been shipped away. ' « • —--———- . TV' ■ The Monon was unable to run its freight trains a couple of days last week due to the blizzard so blocking traffic, but they were again in operat|«n Sunday and - are no\y hustling to catch up.

“BACK TO THE LAND.”

An Open Letter to Mrs. Margaret Springer, 306 Canal St., Chicago. Dear Madam:—-In the Chicago lnteivOcean of Feb. 15th, I saw an account of what you propose in the way 6f a farm colony near Kniman, Jaaper county, Indiana. Your idea is right! If the millioniares of the country would do the same the solution of all our problems would be found, It is very natural that the Socialist lawyer, .Seymour Stediman, w'ill not agree with you. Socialists want nothing that has an element of manual! labor in it. People whose Ideal is two to four hours work for a day cannot sympathize with anything on your line. They prefer to work for child labor laws, compulsory education laws and for the shortening of working hours everywhere. The great obstacle to any getting of poor people back to the land are these very child labor and compulsory education laws. They are responsible for the idlers and youthful! criminals of the day. The poor people whom you get to the land must be entirely unhampered by social. religious or educational obstacles. They must go there to work, and otherwise to do as they choose and be let alone. The cry everywhere is for the back-to-the-land movement. Yet even the people who cry it are oblivious of the things, necessary for its realization, and utterly intercept it with other demands, Ev- 1 ery poor man that, goes to one of! your 4 0 acre farmis with his family should have the labor of every! member of his family, yet here is Owen R. Love joy planning to let 1 no child work on a farm until it ! is 14, 16 or 18 years of age. For some twenty years I have been making this call of back-to-1 the-land. I have sent out thousands; of circulars and newspaper articles. I 1 have called on every rich man! in „ the Hand to help. I have even callled on the States to abolish the public schools and put to the move-! ment the cash that to them,! for a time at least. I have been! called the father of the movement I in this country; but, as yet, neither; private nor public help to the end' has amounted to anything—as Mr I Stedman says, failure has marked such attemlpts as have been made. I The whole country is drifting to-' ward Socialistic laziness and living off of the state. All this is the re- 1 fult of the public schools. Just the other day Mins. Ella "Flagg Young 1 confessed and deplored this. Your colony is about the right distance from Chicago, but it is in a state where compulsory education 1 and child labor laws exist with a' vengeance, and if they could not be repealed in the case of your colony, with application to work considered as application to books, vain wild be all hope. Poor people moist have children’s help. Very respectfully, FRANCIS BUCK LIVESEY, West Friendship, Md.

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WAS NOT GRATEFUL

REV. HENRY DISAPPOINTED IN COL. BULLION. High Hopes Raised by Story He Had , Wore Rudely Dashed> Though He Had by No Meane „ Been Forgotten, ■ = ¥ ‘ The little country clergyman had Just read that very charming anecdote now going the rounds of the press telling how Mr. John W. Gates, the other day, on meeting the minister who had married him 40 years ago, after greeting him warmly, said to him: "When you married me I only gave you a flve-dollar fee, but I’ll make up for It now," and drawing out his checkbook he drew and presented to the astonished clergyman a draft for a thousand dollars. The little country clergyman rubbed his eyes when he read this, and then he read it aloud to his wife. ‘‘That is perfectly splendid,” he said. > ‘‘R certainly is,” replied the good lady. “By the way, Henry, didn’t you tell me that It was you who married Josephine Hickenlooper to Col. Bullion of the Shingle trust?” “Yes; it was 35 years ago. He paid me two dollars for tying the knot,” returned the clergyman. “Well, I should say,” said the good lady, “that If these millionaires are going to make a habit of this thing it wouldn’t be a bad idea for you to meet the colonel casually some day and remind him of it." “Curious coincidence,” said the little minister, “but do you know, Maria, I was thinking that very same thing myself.” “Well, Henry, dear, don’t let any grass grow under your feet,” said Maria. “If I were you I’d go to New York to-day, while this anecdbte Is fresh in the public mtad, and sort of get in touch with Col. Bullion. Who knows but that he has just read it hlmßelf and is thinking of you at this very momMit!” Hence it was that the next morning found Rev. Henry lingering about the portals of the massive office buildingin which Col. Bullion attended to business, and sure enough along about eleven o'clock the Impressive figure of the colonel was to be seen making its way through the crowded highway. “Why, Bill, how are you?” said Rev. Henry, extending his hand, as Bullion entered the corridor. “Morning,’’ Bald the colonel, glowering at him darkly and trying to get by. “You don’t seem to remember me. Bill," said Rev. Henry. "Don’t you remember that I married you to Josephine—” “Remember youj” roared the colonel. “Remember you? I’d give SIO,OOO if I could forget you. You are my most persistent nightmare. When I think of what I got for that twodollar bill I gave you 35 years ago for tangling me up for the rest of my natural life you ought to thank your stars I don’t Jump on your ding-basted neck*. Get out of here!” And Rev. Henry went back to hie flock.—Harper’s Weekly.

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