Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1912 — Page 3

More Leaders This Week.

Corn Flakes, fresh and fine, package - - - 8c Virginia Sweet Pancake Flour, package - - - 8c Geiger’s Self-Raising Buckwheat, package - - 8c Money-Back Recleaned Currants, package - - 8c Royal Brand Fancy Seeded Raisins, package - 8c Great Western Hominy, can ----13 C American Navy Chewing Tobacco, pound - -33 c

THESE PRICES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. Home Grocery

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Jack Hoyes spent Sunday in Chicago. Today’s markets: Corn, 61c; Oats, 50c; Wheat, 95c. Perry Horton attended the dance at Shelby Saturday night. Mdh. 9, to Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith, -in the north part of town, a son. Henry Hochbaum of Chicago was down yesterday looking after his real estate interests nortfh of town. Orta Clouse, Melbourne and Vern Haas, Tom Hoyes, Harry Eger, Frank Cox and J. A. Dunlap spent Sunday in Chicago. 1 —■—————— —— Mrs. A. A. Fell, wife of treasurer Fell, will begin a series of revival meetings at the M. E. church Sunday night, Meh. J. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Meyers left Monday for a month’s sojourn at and about Mobile, Ala., for the benefit of their health. Earl Herr and wife of Marion came up Sunday to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Herr, near MteOoysburg. Mrs. Mary Meyer-Healy and trimmer, Miss Hattie Grant, went to Chicago yesterday to study the spring millinery styles. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Perrigo returned to their home in Mt. Ayr Sunday after a visit here witih her parents, Thomas Crockett and wife. a - • ■ - . , - ■ ■ Butler windtaills are guaranteed to pump more water than any windmill manufactured. For sale by GWIN & WATSON. m2O William Platt returned to Lafayette Sunday where he is firing on an engine, after a visit with his parents, Charles Plat and wife, since Friday. ______... . • v 1 • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rhoades are moving their household goods to Morocco where he has a good position with the telephone company as lineman,The C. E. Society of the Christian church will hold their monthly 10c social at the church parlors Thursday evening, March 14. Everyone invited.

Mr. and Mrs. Simon Leopold spent Sunday with his father, A. spent Sunday in Chicago with his father, A. Leopold. They report him getting along nicely. ■ ■ I I "I II ■ .1 Farmers complain of rough fodder for stock feeding very scarce on account of the long winter, and ■hay in some localities of Jasper county has sold as high as $25 per ton. Timothy Comer, an aged citizen who lives with his cousins, the Comer sisters, at the Comer House, got a bad fall on the ice Monday, and it was thought his right hip may be fractured. Among the increases of pension granted during the" past week to citizens of this vicinity we npte: Ezra L. Clark and John P. Warner, Rensselaer, to S3O and S2O per month, respectively; T. M. Foltz and E. G. Boicourt, Wolcott, to sls and S2O, respectively; Thomas G. Thompson, Monon, S2O.

Brook gets a postal savings bank April 8. Now will Bro. Stonehill be good? John J. Lawler was down from Chicago on business the latter part of the week. James George came down from Chicago Saturday evening to spend Spnday with his mother, t Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wallace and daughter went to Chicago Sunday for a visit with his parents. Miss True George has been confined to her home the past week by sickness, but is much better now. Two of the number of new engines ordered by the Monon, were delivered at Michigan City Sunday. Edson Murray and George Babcock attended a birthday party at Remington Saturday night, given in honor of Miss Ruth Stoudt’s 18th birthday anniversary. Come and see J. V. Collins fo| Buckeye Grain Drills, Seeders, Buckeye Cultivators, and Superior Fertilizer Disc Com Planters. Also Miller Manure Spreaders. West side of public square. 10a Miss Myrtle York was taken to Chicago Sunday morning to have a needle extracted from her hand. It is reported that the hand is giving her a great deal of pain and it is feared blood-poisoning will set in. Delphi Herald: Mrs. John Paxton of South Bend, Ind., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Edward Baech, returned to her home yesterday. .. Mrs. Catherine R. Watson of Rensselaer came to take care of her sister, Mrs. Edward Baech, who sprained her knee some time ago, and is now getting along nicely. Eugene Purtelle, the electric railroad "magnate,” has been in Rensselaer for several days, and it is rumored —although <we have‘found no one who attended—that he had a “railroad” meeting here a few nights ago. ’Gene has, no doubt, some new plans of finance in his mind and wants to let his Rensselaer friends in on the ground floor if they will cash a few checks for him while he is waiting for his treasure ship to arrive.

CHAOS •I / I ~ ■ • ■ .4 ;: • ■ Will be published by the High School again this year. All persons and Alumni wanting copies o f this year’s book, $1 post paid, will please order as early as possible. Fill out blank and mail to circulation manager, Florence Ryan, Phone 263; John Hemphill. Phone 121. Circulation* Manager Chaos; I will want , numbers of the Annual. Name _ __ ... , , Address T « be delivered on abont May 17

Advertised letters: Mrs. Emma Ward (2), Ismeal Ayala. Remember The Democrat is well equipped for printing horse bills. V. M. Peer went to Indianapolis Saturday to attend a meeting and banquet of the Watkins agents. • Fred Daniels left Sunday for Mitchell, So. Dak., where he will work during the coming summer. Mrs. E. H. Shields returned Monday from an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Malone and family, in Chicago. Miss Martha Spencer, who has been visiting there a few days with Hale Warner and wife, returned to her home in Hammond Friday. The Democrat carries road tax receipt books constantly in stock. Township .trustees and road supervisors will please bear this in mind. A Rensselaer young lady sends The Democrat the following: “Girls, don’t kiss each other in public places. It’s awful to see a woman doing a man’s work.” Mrs. G. L. Thornton of Surrey was called to Canton, 111., Friday by a telegram informing her of a serious sickness in the family* of her son George at that place. George Newman came Wednesday from Oklahoma City, Okla.,* where he had been working the past four years. He will be associated with Bert Hopper here in the carpenter business.

Senator and Mrs. Proctor of Elkhart spent Sunday at St. Joseph’s College, where they have a nephew attending school. Senator Proctor is the author of the Indiana liquor regulation law known as the “Proctor law.” A picnic at John Sommers’ southeast of town was attended by several couples from here Saturday afternoon. Dancing and refreshments were indulged in until the wee small hours when the guests departed for home. Mrs. Bruce White went to Tefft Saturday for a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Warren, and neice, Mrs. Hattie Grube, who left Monday to join her husband who is working as an engineer on a railroad construction job in North Carolina. 1 W. R. Lee has traded the farm near Kalman that he secured recently in a trade of the Home Grocery, for a stock of goods at McCook, 111., and thia stock he will close out personally, being there now invoicing same 'and getting ready to sell it. B. S. Fendig came down from Chicago Saturday for a short visit with his family. Miss Miriam Fendig has beefi quite ill recently, but is now improving from the effects of the illness. Mt. Fendig is very well satisfied with his position in Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Clint Brown will move soon into their remodeled house at Surrey, his brother Everett and family will occupy the house near Pleasant Grove, vacated by Clint. It is reported that Estel Price will move from Parr into the house left vacant by Everett. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Randle of Clarks Hill are visiting his parents, H. W. Randle and wife* here for several days. He has sold his business in Clarks Hill and himself and family expect to leave Meh. 20 for Medford, Ore., where they will probably make their future home. Mrs. Minerva Florence, the aged mother of Thomas Florence of Virgie and a former resident of Rensselaer, died last Friday at West Lafayette, where she has made her home wit\ her daughter, Mrs. John Woodfield, for the last ten years. She suffered a stroke of paralysis some three years ago and had been practically helpless since that time. Her age was 83 years. She leaves three children besides Mrs. Woodfield, Edward of South Charleston, Ohio; Wilbur O. of Canada, and Thomas of Virgie.

County Attorney Higgins was advised to Look up the bonds given by Eugene Purtelle to secure the costs of the railroad election held in Jackson and Lincoln townships. The county paid the costs of these elections, and will prbbably be left to hold the sack. Purtelle appears wholly irresponsible and it is quite likely the bonds are not worth the paper they are written on. Such wild cat. schemes as Purtelle’s interurban roads should be denied unless the cash is advanced to meet th£ expense incurred.—-Newton County Enterprise.

James Willis attended the auction sale of automobiles at Lafayette last week. He said that several Ford cars that one could buy complete for $690, were sold/at the sale for S7OO. This is explained .by the sale purchaser getting the car on several months time at a low rate of interest. *. ——.»— _ _- ' The democrats of Tippecanoe county have instructed their delegates to the state convention to vote for Boehne for governor. Mayor Durgan of Lafayette and Judge Lawrence Becker of Hammond were also endorsed for delegatee to the na’ ional convention from this district. A full six inches of damp heavy snow fell Monday, about as heavy a fall as we have had all winter. The snow clung to the branches Of trees and everything was covered with a heavy mantle, presenting a very pretty sight yesterday morning, but we are all getting so tired of this long winter that few could appreciate the beauties of the drapery. ' Henry Nevi! is reported to be rapidly regaining his former health, following the injurious crushing and amputation of his right foot a few weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Nevil have rented the Kinndy house on Front street, vacated by Mrs. Pumphrey, and will conduct an up-to-the-minute boarding and rooming house. So far as learned there are no new developments in the match factory matter. Mr. Sterling, it is reported, ie running down the Ohio match factory man whom he seeks to induce to consolidate his plant with the factory here, provided, etc., and when last heard from was in St. Louis, where the latter had gone on business. He wants to get the Ohio man here and then have a stock subscription meeting, it is stated.

Short Furrows By "Abe Martin” In Indianapolis News.

More’n once durin’ our long hard blusterin’ winter I’ve thought about th ole time family circle we used t’ see thro’ th’ windows as we trudged along th’ street thro’ th’ snow in th’ evenin’. Ther wuz mother an’ th’ girls an’ father an’ th’ boye, all huddled around a quart lamp with a green shade in th’ settin’ room, with real contentment written all over ’em. Mother knowed where her children wuz then, an’ father wuz content with only one lodge. Ever’buddy knew what t’ do with ’emselves in th’ ole family circle days. Father had th’ easiest chair on th’ best side o’ th’ two leaf table an’ read Pilgrim’s Progress er talked t’ mother while she quilted er set th’ buckwheat. Emmy made wax flowers er worked mottoes while Alice got her algebry er sewed. Bob an’ Henry played checkers on th’ floor er poured o’er th’ pages o’ Daniel Boone er Robinson Crusoe. Ther wuz a big-thick Bible on th’ table, with th’ pages cut.’ Ever’buddy wuz at home where they belonged. Sunday wuz sparkin’ day an’ th’ column stove ip th’ tidy little musty parlor wuz red hot from two p. m. till ten, an’ th* door leadin’ int’ th’ settin’ room wuz never closed. Bob an’ Henry would shine ther boots an’ git out new paper collars an’ put oil o’ bergamot on ther hair an’ strike out, an’ mother didn’t worry no more’n if they’d gone down cellar after a apple. These feverish days o’ woman’s clubs, ' cigarettes, lodges, the-ater goin’, autos, an’ interurbans have destroyed th’ family circle jist th’ same as civilization destroyed th’ Indians. Ever’buddy from ten years up is lookin' for a pew sensation. Call around t’ most any modern home on th’ most blizzardly winter evenin’ an’ what do you find? Little Kenneth playin’ with his blocks an’ th’ hired girl gossipin’ o’er th’ phone. Mother fe attendin’ a suffrage meetin’, Violyette is gigglin’ her head off at some musical show with a strugglin’ clerk, Edythe ’s visitin’ in Seymour, Harold is in college preparin’ his self fer light employment, father is not available an’ nobuddy has seen Clarence Ter two days. Whether it’s gentle spring, warm, lazy summer, golden autumn er cold, bleak winter, th’ modern family never gits t’gether unless ther’s a funeral—an’ even then ther’s alius one missin’.

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Dog Caught in Steel Trap.

“Buster,” Joe Pullins' little terrier, followed Joe back to the timber where he was cutting wood Wednesday afternoon, but when he finished about 3 o’clock and went home the dog did not put in appearance, nor even at bedtime. All' night long the family expected to hear him at the door. When he did not come they arose early and Joe started on a search, going around all woven-wlre fences thinking he might be caught, and looking in every furrow, trench and ditch, but <no trace could be found. Finally, while going down . the river he thought he heard a dog rather indistinctly, so he started to run, guided by the plaintive yelps, which grew louder and nearer. At last he last he located Buster down in the bottom of the dredge ditch with his front foot fast in a steel trap. His foot was frozen stiff and the poor fellow was in much distress. It is needless to say he was carried home and every care given him. He had probably been there 18 to 20 -hours as it was almost noon before he was found. For years he had been the general rat-trap as well as a body guard by day and a foot warmer by night. The swelling is receding and looks now as if he may recover the use of his limb. xx

Many Changes Again This Spring.

Many subscribers to The Democrat have changed their address this spring and winter as the following list of changes received since the first of January will show: A. A. Fell, Remington to Rensselaer. ' ' C. L. Parks, Surrey, to Burns, Tenn. D. W. Mauck, Fair Oaks to Mt. Ayr. F. M. De wees, Brook to Disco, 111. John Vogel, Amboy to Swazee, Ind. H. E. Wade, Deerbrook, Miss., to Rensselaer. Wm. Bowers, Beardstown, 111., to Rensselaer. Walter Kelly, Rensselaer, R-3, to Fair Oaks, R-l. T. M. Callahan, Newland to Rensselaer. S. E. Kershner, Rensselaer to R-3. Clyde Davisson, Parr R-l, to Wheat- 1 field. M. D. Dodge, Fair Oaks to Streator J 111. R. Foulks, Wheatfield’ to Monon. Archie Giay, Remington, R-3, to 1 Renselaer, R-4. ' J. A. Schreiber, Seattle, Wash., to Sunpydalc, Wash. Tobias wood, R-2, to Demotte. Dallas Gunyon, Parr, to Patton, Ind. Albert Harrington, Parr R-l, to Rensselaer, R-2. J. E. Bislosky, Rensselaer, to Chlcago. ■ , ' J;?’’ R. E. Yeoman-, Chicago, to Terre Haute. A. J. Potts, Colome, So. Dak., to Talent, Oregon. Allen Louks, Maxwell, la., to Cambridge, la. ~ Robert Overton, R-3, to R-2. George Bond, McCoysburg, to Pleasant Grove. John A. Gray, Remington, to Wheeler, Ind. T. J. Huston, Rensselaer, to Roselawn. Claude Williams, R-4,. to Star Route. John Holder, Rensselaer, to McCoysburg, Ind. W. L. Rich, Remington, to Goodland. Mrs. M. Dickinson, Demotte, to Fair Oaks. M. Rice, R-3, to Mt. Ayr. Chas. E. Smith, Francesville, .to Newland. Wallace Jenkison, R-3, to Spooner. Wis. ’ A. R. Wentz, Pleasant Grove, to Francesville. Alvin Dunn, North Powder, Ore., to Remington, M. Strain, R-2, to Kniman’ George Culp, R-l, to R-2. Jos. Norman, R-2, to Parr, R-l. Wm. Augspurger, R-3, to Mankato; Minn. Wm, Markin, R-2, to, Parr, R-l. E. O. Gunyon, Parr, to Newland. T. B. Steveson, Wolcott, to Kentland. I - I . . .- !• - . 1

CALL HIM OFF!

—Harding in Brooklyn Eagle.

Ellsworth Webb, Seafield, to Francesville. Roy Williams, Wheatfield, to Monon. Geo. Heil, Wheatfield, to ' Monon. C. E. Peregrine, Mitchell, So. Dak.» to Artesian, So. Dak. Mrs. O. M. Peck, Virgie to R-3. Ralph Johnson, Brook, to Parr, R-l. Zack Stanley, Rensselaer, to Parr, R-l. J. A. Norman, R-l, to Parr, R-l. Alva Potts, Rensselaer, to Pleasant Grove. J. C. McColly, R-3, to Hlnsvllle, Mont. Jay Wood, Brook, to R-3. Gail Michael, R-4, to Kniman. Wm. Havens, Star Route, to Wolcott. George Brown, McCoysburg to Pleasant Grove. . Oscar Harlow, Lee to Roselawn. Mrs. Nellie Webb, Markle, to Huntington, Ind. Jos. Eichelberger, Parr, R-l, to Medaryville. Philip Heusen, Pleasant Ridge, to R-l. Fred Schreiner, Rensselaer, to R-l. John Clouse, Parr, R-l, to Rensselaer, R-2. ' J. E. Sullenberger, R-2, to Rensselaer. Charles Tubbs, R-4, to R-l. Martha J. Bensen, Knox, to Hanna, Ind. Charles Wood, Medaryville, to Des ‘ Moines, lowa. . David Shumaker, R-4, to Brook. E. Greenlee, R-3, to Star Route. John Wells, Fair Oaks to East Chicago. Wesley Price, Rensselaer, R-l, to Parr, R-l. Milroy Sigman, Remington, R-4, to Chalmers. J. Theiss, TeUt, to Wheatfield. Mm. Jennie Boston, Santa Monica, Cell., to Ellsmore, Cali. Isabel Price, Parr, to Rensselaer Star Route. James Rooberteon, Pleasant Ridge, to McCoysburg, R-l. R. W. Burris, Pleasant Grove to Francesville, \ S. A. Potts, R-2, to parr. Alice E. Hughes, Redfield, So. Dak., Frankfort, So. Dak. John Call, Parr, R-l, to Fair Oaks. Theodore Smith, Newland, to Gifford. Clarence Green, Parr, R-l, to Kalman. Homer A.. Timmons, Remington R-3 to Medaryville, R-l. Mrs, C. D. Hopkins, Lamar, Mo. to Irwin, Mo. ' Charles Pattee, Stuart, la. to Dexter, la. Walter Belcher, R-4 to McCoysburg R-l. Wm. Havens, Rensselaer Star, Route to R-4. 1 , J. E. Walter, R-2 to Rensselaer. Frank Buckley, Francesville to McCoysburg, R-l, Wm. Wood, R-3 to R-l. Wm. Markin, R-l to Parr R-l. Geo. R. Masters, R-l to R-2. H. F. Feldhaus, R-3 to R-2. Gus" 5 Pratt, R-3 to R-2.

Kanne Bus Notice. Hereafter our bus headquarter* will be at Tone Kanne’s residence, phone 214. Calls may also be made for us at Leek’s hitch barn, phone 342 or at the Rensselaer Garage, phone 365. We make all trains, answer all calls for city trade and solicit a Phare of your patronage. Respectfully, KANNE BROS.

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