Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1915 — All Over The County [ARTICLE]

All Over The County

VIRGIE. Alvin Reeder has the chickenpox. Lonzo Wiseman spent Sunday with the Hahn hoys. George Harms and wife were Rensselaer goers Friday. Arthur Florence is just getting over the chickenpox. Isom Reeder spent Sunday with Carey Williams and wife. John Guss and family spent Sunday with the Hahn family. Gladys Harrington spent Sundal r with a friend near Dunn’s Siding. Mary and Alvin Reeder called on the Cover family Sunday afternoon. Several from here attended the box social at Rosebud Saturday night. Misses Agnes and May Rider attended institute at Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. James Wiseman called on Mr. and Mrs. Sanderfur Sunday afternoon. Miss Ada Florence returned to Rensselaer Monday after a week’s visit with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mallatt of Fair Oaks, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Warren Zellars. f" Charley Florence left Saturday for a few days’ visit with his sister, Mrs. Ernest Mischer, of Remington. Zelah and Flossie Wiseman spent Saturday and Sunday with their sisters, Indus, Lizzie and Esther, in Rensselaer. Charley and Earl Wiseman, Warren Zellars, H. J. Reeder and wife and son, Isom, Torn Florence and George Cover were Rensselaer goers Saturday.

BAUM’S BRIDGE. Tom Howell will farm the Muffley farm this year. TJaniel Rich and Frank Lindy were in Porter county last Monday. Kenneth Gibbs was a caller at the Wiseman home Saturday evening. Zona Custard, who ig>sattending school at Valparaiso University, visited home folks last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Marine, Zona and Ethel Custard, Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Vandercar were callers at the Morehouse home Sunday. Hundreds of health articles appear in newspapers and magazines, and in practically every one of them the importance of keeping the bowels regular is emphasized. A constipated condition invites disease. A dependable physic that acts without inconvenience or griping is found in Foley Cathartic Tablets. MILRGY. E. C. Marchand spent Monday and Tuesday at Rensselaer. George Foulks was at Rensselaer this week on jury duty. James Wood and True Culp ate dinner Sunday at Mr. Ogle’s.

Mrs. Hamilton spent Tuesday with Mesdames Geo. and Earl Foulks. Sam Griffith and family spent Sunday with Albert Dolfin and family. Richard Foulks spent Saturday nigtlv with his brother, George, and family. Garfield Howell’s moved Wednesday to the farm he purchased some time ago in White county. Mr. and Mrs. Lud Clark and Mrs. Elsie Clark and children spent Sunday with Fred May and family. Mrs. E. C .Marchand and Miss Louise and Mrs. F. May assisted Mrs. George Foulks with papering Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Foulks spent Sunday with Mrs. Foulks’ parents, and also attended Sunday school at Blackoak. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marchand, Misses Irene and Louise and Fred Marchand spent Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Foulks.

KNIMAN, William Middlekamp is attending court in Rensselaer this week. W. H. Marble of Wheatfield was a business visitor here Wednesday. J. W. Heilscher left for .Morocco Thursday morning on a few days business trip. Mrs. Frank McColly of Wheatfield, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Thomas Davis. The Ladies’ Aid of the M. E. church served hot lunch at" Tom Davis’ sale Friday. ■* The domestic science class in our school received a fine new set of dishes Wednesday. W. A. Lake went to Valparaiso Tuesday to look after his mother’s property interests , in that city. Mrs. Robert Michaels, who has been visiting friends in Rensselaer, returned Wednesday evening. Charles Holle left Thursday for Desko, Ind., to visit his brother, William Holle, of near that place. Miss Sabina Hart, who has been visiting her cousin, Miss Gertrude Ott, at this place, returned to her home at Hammond Tuesday. Erne Davis, P. Simmonin, L. E. Harrington and Miss Gladys Harrington went to Baum’s Bridge Sunday to see the big dredge at that place.' Mrs. Martha Spitzer, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Ellen Cooper, this week, returned to her home in Fair Oaks“ Thursday morning. / : Ivan Sayler of our place filled the pulpit in Rev. Morris’ place at the M. E, church set Tefft last Sundav, and reports are that they had a fine meeting. There will be church services at the M. E. church Saturday evening, conducted by Rev. Morris of Wheatfield. Sunday school at usual hour, 10 a. m., Sunday morning; Epworth League Sunday evening at 7:30 p. m Everybody invited to attend all these meetings.

FOUR CORNERS. The Austin sale Wednesday was well attended and fair prices secured. 1 Geo. Hoosline is loading his machinery and expects to leave for Valparaiso Friday. Ed Wesner, who sold his personal property Monday, will move to Wheatfield and try city life.

F. Guy Barnard of Lochiel came up on business Friday, returning home the same evening. Warren Boyle, just south Ot Wheatfield, has sold his farm to Illinois parties at $125 per acre. Charles Neier of Galesburg, 111,., came Friday for a few days visit and rto loqk, his business here. The Behles Brothers will hold a public sale the first week in March and move to Chicago, we are informed. . "'J. Schriber & Hibbs are working on the one mile of stone road in Kankakee tp. They have one-fourth mile covered with coarse stone now. Ted Biggs subbed for Jack Smith, the rural man out of Wheatfield, Wednesday. Ted looks important, but a little out of place working for a democratic administration. Mike, son of John Misch of near Wheatfield, was operated on for appendicitis Monday by Dr. Fyfe and a Chicago specialist. At this writing the patient is doing nicely. Property at the Wesner .sale did not sell as well as expected, and the crowd was rather small. The public is getting tired of going to a sale every day in the week, it seems. The Wheatfield school gave an entertainment Tuesday night at the opera house which proved to be one of the best entertainments ever given by the school and did great credit to all who took part in it. A. Moyer, who owned the John T. Biggs farm, one mile east of Wheatfield, sold the same to Illinois parties last week at $125 per acre and will move back to Illinois, his former home state, in a few weeks. There is a great chance for someone to make a fortune manufacturing tile along the old, Kankakee, as the dredge is dumping thousands of yards of tile clay along the way as it moves east in the straightening of the river.

Geo. H. Luse and wife of Chicago, are visiting Mrs. E. W. Allen and Simon, Fendig and family of Wheatfield, at this writing. They 'go from there to Rensselaer, Thursday, for a day’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ilalleck, returning home Friday. Simon Fendig, of Wheatfield, who has been in poor health for some time, went to Kankakee to visit his brother-in-law, John Allen, and frdm which place, after a few days rest, will take treatment with some medical specialist for his ailment. His many friends trust he may return enjoying the blessings of health. Mrs. Patrick Smith, south of Wheatfield, who has been in poor health for several years, was taken critically ill a few days ago pneumonia and died last Thursday. She was buried from the Catholic church Monday. She leaves to mourn a family of four sons, two daughters and a host of neighbors and friends. ‘ . “I am it again,” which signifies that Charles Jensen is- again behind the prescription case in the Fendig drug store at Wheatfield, and is anxious to meet all of his old-time customers and will gladden them with the same old smile while he relieves them of their cash. Tfhat smile is worth going miles to see, especially if you have never met him. A smile is a great medicine; Charles’ health was poor while at Goodland, but after returning home, and basking in the smile of his prospective, he immediately rec overed. Last week we were informed that Bro. Bowie made a trip to Indianapolis in the interest of Demotte, to deplore, or demand, that the depot at that place be moved, and as he had raised Wheatfield to such a high standard he wished to show the citizens of that part of Jasper how they, too. might blossom as the rose and make the entire county rise up and take notice. How. about the expenses, John?-Did you go down in your pantaloons and dig up, or did they? We are informed the Improvement Association of Wheatfield has put a lock on the treasure box and but it nmkes no difference, spring is here and suckers are coming up stream.

Feared Prejudice. Down in one of the southern states,, a colored man was haled into court on a charge of stealing chickens, and in defending him his attorney challenged several of the jurors on the ground that they might be prejudiced. ‘‘Are tjiere any more of the jurors you wish to challenge?” finally whispered the lawyer, leaning toward his client. “No, sah,” returned the client, negatively shaking his head, “but I t’inks yo’ had bettah challenge dat jedge.” “The judge!” exclaimed the amazed lawyer. “What do you mean?” “It am dis way, boss,” explained the client. “I hab been up befo’ dat jedge several times, an’ I’ce afread dat he may be a leetle prejudiced agin’ me,” —Philadelphia Telegraph.

FAIR OAKS. Health is quite good in our town, except for a few colds. Ira Bozell is visiting relatives down about Edinburg this week. C, B. Stewart of Rensselaer, was in our town Thursday on business. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Sam Potts’ residence Wednesday evening, with a good turnout. W. S. McConnell has a hunch of men at work building a corn crib, hog shed, hen houses, etc., on bis farm east of town. Rev. Postill delivered another one of his all-convjncing sermons in the M. E. church Sunday, and took into the church three new members. Carl Carpenter purchased and moved into Grandma Brouhard’s property this week: She will- go to live with a daughter down about Sheridan.

The report oarne a few days ago from Longeliff that Miss Fawn Casey, ■Who was taken there some time ago, ihad undergone a surgical operation and since then had much improved and was on the road to recovery. That sounds good. The little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Hillis, of the Hillis ranch, died Wednesday morning of a complication of diseases. It was but three or four months old. They took it to Greencastle Thursday for interment. There was a large crowd of sympathizing friends gathered In and: followed the remains of William Man Cleve to the depot Sunday. A large turnout of Odd Fellows from Parr led the procession. The body was shipped to -Sheridan for burial'. Floyd Baxter, who has been living on section 22 'on Ahe Otis ranch for several years, will move in a few days' to the Otis home ranch near Roselawn. John Walstra Will occupy the place which Baxter vacates. Monday night, while it was raining, a fellow by the name of Myers ■who had worked for G. H. Hillis, on the ranch a year ago, slipped into -Mr. Hillis’ barn and stole two heavy draft horses, one driver, four sets of harness and a buggy. When the;v discovered it in the morning, they 1 got busy with telephones and Mr. Hillis and Will Odell pressed the latter’s runabout into service. They tracked him away out between Hopkins Park and Momence, where they overtook him. They took possession of the stuff and hiked Myers off to Kentland to be taken care of.

LEE ’•* C. A. Better lost a good two-year-

old colt a short time ago very suddenly; Alvin Clark and family spent Sunday at Charley McCashen’s. A. B. and family of Remington, were here last Sunday, calling on relatives. - The young people did choir practice Wednesday- evening at Miss Chloe Overton's. The Ledies’ Aid did quite well serving dinner at Kelley and Miller’s sale Wednesday. Leona Snedeker visited during the past week with her grandfather Miller and family of Medaryville. Brooks Snedeker and family and Fred Stiers and wife went from Sunday school to H. C. Anderson’s for dinner. , Frank Overton was called to Walnut, lowa, to attend the funeral of his grandmother Overton, during the past week. G. A. Jacks and wife and his sisters, Mrs. C. A. Lefler and Mrs. Jos-eph-Clark, and his neice, Mrs. Gifford Mars, went in the former’s auto to Remington last Sunday afternoon to see their uncle, Edward Gulp, who has very poor health.

McCOYSBURG. Moving is the order of the day. Miss Dora Platt spent Thursdaynight with Josie Stultz. Josie Stultz spent Wednesday afternoon with Sadie and Grace Herr. The Ladies’ Aid met with Mrs. Frank Ringeisen Wednesday afternoon and did sewing. Grandma Robinson spent Wednesday afternoon with her granddaughter. Mrs, Paul Stephens. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Barker, and* family of Zadoc, are moving in with Levi Herr at this writing. The surprise given for Cletus Ray last Friday night was well attended and all enjoyed a fine time. Mr, And Mrs. Wash Lowman and family have moved oil til? farm recently occupied by Russell WilletS. Mrs. 0. E. Hitchings, Mrs. R. L. Bussell and Mrs. R. c. McDonald spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs, Wm. McDonald. t Mrs, Owen Barker and children and Mrs. Charles Ferguson and children spent Thursday evening with ivTt-s. Charles Stultz. Mrs. J. R. Phillips and mother, and Mrs. Jake Ray-, Mrs. Paul Stephens and baby and Mrs. T. B. Stevenson and daughter spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Charles Stultz.

Mrs. Wm. McDonald, Misses Miles, Dora Platt, Alice Stevenson,, Sadie and Gracie Herr and Josie Stultz called on Mrs. D. W. Johnson and bid her a farewell Sunday afternoon.

POSSUM RUN. Warmer weather, please. Mrs. G. H. Comer is on the sick list this week; Mr. and Mrs. William Polleck were Rensselaer callers Tuesday. Orpha Parker called on Mrs. William Polleck Monday morning. Charley Parker spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parker of Gifford. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Parker spent Sunday with .Mr .and Mrs. John McCurtain. Mr. and Mrs. John McCurtain called on Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Parker Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. George Heil spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Comer and family.

FOUR CORNERS. The dredge people are building two more boats to use on their river contract. Mrs. F. W. Fisher returned home Thursday from a week’s visit with her mother, Mrs. Lee Noland, of near Lee, White COUhiy.