Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1914 — A Splendid Rain Last Friday. [ARTICLE]

A Splendid Rain Last Friday.

The rain which started in about noon last Friday was one of the best we have had since early last spring. It continued all afternoon and practically all of Friday night, and wet the ground down to a sufficient depth tb make fall plowing comparatively easy. It was quite general, all through thia section of the state at least, and did a world of good to pastures and the late planted corn. In Rensselaer the lawns, which had been barren for a long time, are now generally nicely covered with a green sward and