Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1915 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

GOODLAND. [From The Herald.) A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Youngs Monday morning. , A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Orval Barnes, near Wadena, on November 16. Lucile and Marie Alexander visited with relatives in Kentland over Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Brewister Hornbeck of Elgin, 111., are here the guests of the latter’s parents. The Newton County Corn and Poultry show will be held at Brook December 20 to 24, inclusive. Mr. and Mrs. John McDermontt came down from Chicago Wednesday afternoon for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McGraw. - A number of friends;, gathered at the home of Mrs. Charles Dunkel last Friday night in honor of her 46th birthday. A general good-time "was had. Dr. Frank Kennedy returned Tuesday afternoon from northern Michigan, where he spent several days hunting deer. He brought home with him a venison weighing abou, 180 pounds drawn. He reported a good time. Mr. Clyde McCarty of Kentland, and Miss Bess Getting, uaughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Getting of Hartford, Mich., married at 2:30 Thursday afternoon at the presbyterian parsonage in South Bend, Ind., the Rev. John S. Burns, formerly of Goodland, officiating. The newly weds left immediately after the ceremony for the home of the briue s parents at Hartford, Mich., for a weeks visit after which they will return to Kentland and their newly furnished home. They will be at home to their many friends in Kentland after December 1, on Goss and South First streets.

WOLCOTT [From The Enterprise.) Harve Watson has purchased the Fitzgerald property on North Range street. Mrs. Will Beal went to Chicago Saturday to attend the funeral of a relative. D. F. Leatherman of Rensselaer, spent Wednesday night with Wolcott frineds. Mrs. J. W. Sullivan of Kentland, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sullivan Tuesday. Mrs. Griswold went to Kokomo Saturday to visit her daughter, who is teaching there. Mrs. W. A. Winters returned Tuesday from Lancaster, 0., where she had been visiting her sister. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Irwin went to Indianapolis Tuesday evening, to attend the funeral of Mr. Irwin’s cousin, which was held there Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson went •to Manteno, 111., Sunday to visit Mr. Jackson’s brother and sister. They returned home Wednesday evening. Albert Plummer went to Flushing, Mich., Tuesday for a ten days’ visit with his daughter, Mrs. Carl’Wynekoop. On his return trip he will visit relatives in Logansport. Albert Miller returned Friday from his trip to Lisbon, N. D. Mr. Miller drove through with C. H. Westfall in his Ford. They left here Wednesday 7 morning at four o’clock and reached Lisbon at noon Sunday, passing through Joliet,

Minneapolis, St. Paul and several other large cities. They had fine weather for their trip; burned 75 gallons of gasoline and’ say they could not have asked for a more enjoyable trip. On Monday morning Mrs. E, B. Dibell, who has been spending the last few months at her home in Wolcott, started for an extended trip through California, where she will spend the winter. She was joined at Monticello by Miss Lizzie Dodge, who will accompany her to the expositions at San Diego and San Francisco, after which Miss Dodge will go to Vacavill to spend the winter with her niece, Mrs. Duifn, while Mrs. Dibell will go to Los Angeles and Long Beach to spend the winter. They will stop enroute at many places of interest. Their friends wish them a very pleasant journey and hope the change will be very beneficial to them.

MEDARYVILLE. [From The Advertiser.) F. M. Reed has returned from an extended business trip to different parts of Michigan. Comrade Robert Abell of Fair Oaks, was a welcome visiter here several days last week. Mrs. Feme Molitor and baby of Francesville, visited 'her parents here last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams returned on Saturday last from a two weeks’ visit with friends in Chicago. Mrs. Joseph Chandler, who with her husband has spent the summei on their farm near here, returned Saturday to her home in Chicago. Frazier Antrim or Hebron, was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Howe, and family, here several days last week. Mrs. John Ziller and Mr. Robinson of Wing, 111., were the guests of the former’s aunt, Mrs. R. p. Hackley, over last Sunday. Ed White spent the greater part of last week at the bedside of his wife, who is in the St. Elizabeth hospital at Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Spinner of Ncp-th Judson, arrived here Saturday for a visit with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Selmer. Ray Miller is recovering from a paralytic stroke the latter part of last week, and which at first threatened to lame his whole left'side. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cottrell of McDowell. 111., and Mrs* Charles Perme of Wing, HL, the former a brother and the latter a sister of Mrs. R. p. Hackley, visted her here this week. We wish to correct an error of last week. Edward E. 'Faris and small son, Calvin, of Beachland, Mont., are visiting with his father, George V. Faris, who has been sick for the past five months and still continues very poorly. Mr. Faris lives in the Judith Basin of Montana. He reports the crops wonderful this year. 'He raised over 7,000 bushels of wheat, and this sister, Miss Mattie, has over 4,000 bu. on her claim next his.

BROOK. [From The Reporter.] Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hanson spent Sunday in Momence, the guests of the former’s parents. j- ----- Mr. and Mrs. Woolley and Mr. ami Mrs. Ray Ward visited friends in Watseka on Sunday. Thomas Davis was down from Kniman the last of the week visiting his son, , George, and family. George HarnojJ went to Bicknell, Iml., the first of the week to attend the funeral of an uncle whose death occurred there. Mrs. Maxwell, sister of Mrs. Cora Brown and John Lawrence, who has -been their guest for a few weeks, left for her home in Ohio on Tuesday. 'Mrs. Howard Myers returned home on Monday. She reports having a delightful time, while in the west, but is glad to be with brook friends more. Jacob D. Rich has finished installing a brand new hot water furnace lln hiti home, and carrying the hod [ Will cease to be one of His ways of getting exercise. This community has been furnishing more people for the Chicago hospitals than any town in the country. At this writing there are three in one hospital in Chicago and another one, Mrs. Mallatt has just

been taken to the home of her daughter in Chicago. We have one other in Lafayette. J Mr, and Mrs. W. P. Griggs returned on Saturday from an extended visit with their son, Fred, and family, in Arkansas. They report the crop conditions in that section bad on account of the extreme wet weather. Wilson says it is a fine climate though and the youngsters were still going bare foot when he left. Oscar Leech of Valparaiso, was in town on Wednesday calling on friends,. He came from Rensselaer, where he had been engaged in settling up his mother’s estate. He says that business is good in Vai paraiso and at Gary they are hiring everybody that will work and then cannot get men enough to run all the factories. Mr. Coan, father of J. A. Coan, of Forest, 111., died at his home in that city on Friday and was buried on Sunday. Mr.* Coen was well known to many of our people here, he having been a frequent visitor here when J. A. was a resident of Brook, and was the owner of a farm near Remington. The cause of his death was a stroke of paralysis. The editor of this paper turned his 48th milestone on Wednesday and was the guest of honor at a dinner party given, by Mrs. Fred R. Foresman and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hanson. While growing old is not considered a particular blessing, when one can enjoy such pleasant anniversaries as that of Wednesday with relatives and friends, the passing of the years is bereft of its sting.

MT. AYR. I From Newton County Enterprise.) Mr. and Mrs. Wenrick, of North Dakota, are visiting the latter’s grandmother, Mrs. Standish. The infant son born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Travier on Nov. Ist, passed away Saturday night, Nov. 13. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stucker left Tuesday for Lafayette, where Mr. Stucker will attend school. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. E. church served lunch at the Huntington sale and cleared SIB.OO. Miss Lettie Bachelder, operator at the telephone central office, spent Sunday with her parents in Morocco. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bruner and Miss_Marie Bruner of Hebron, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bruner. Beala Roberts is at Indianapolis this week attending the I. O. O. F. grand lodge as a representative rom the Mt. Ayr lodge. J. S. Brenner is expecting to go south this winter and about December Ist will leave for Demopolis, Ala. He will do some carpenter work while there for his son-in-law, Ray Adams. A land deal was closed recently in which Foster Brunton gets the Holley farm of 140 acres northwest of town. Mr. Brunton traded the 80 acres known as the Noah J. Yoder place in on the deal, paying the difference in cash to the Holley heirs. Birth announcements for the week are as follows: Nov. 9, to Mr. and Mrs. Elias Yoder, a girl; Nov. 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hopkins, a son; Nov. 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson, a son, and on the same date a son to Mr. and Mrs-, Bruce Hardy. ’ Raymond Stucker closed a deal last week wherein he becomes the owner of the. Charles Penwiight property in the north part of town. Consideration S7OO. Elias P. Dungan has also purchased the residence property just north of the Penwright property of Ed Brown for $650.

WHEATFIELD Wm. Bush went to Kersey last Saturday evening via passenger train. Rev. Robert Mannan occupied the pulpit at the Christian church last oariday morning and evening. Ob Brown is putting a new roof ort his house, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Vandercar. He is assisted by his father in the work. Yes, we (have a poet, a real one, and he has short hair, too. He doesn’t deal out poqtry for pay, but just for fun. His name is Roy, I Trustee Keene started his shredder last Monday with Ed Seeley as operator Charles Woodard is pulling the shredder with his engine. ’ Husking corn is in full blast. Although the quality and quantity of the corn is poorer than last year, yet it is surely good to follow an exceptional wet season. Samuel Payne is working on the Dr. Salsbury farm, north of town. Sam intends to move there between now and spring, and manage the farm for the owner next year. - Our high school basket ball team

is covering itself with ho, nor and is fast reaching the point whenHt can not only declare that it is one of the best teams in the state, but prove the same by force of arms. Congratulations, boys. p A few of the bc»ys who have been working on the river clearing work, have returned home. As the water is high in places, it makes work there a little hard, as a ducking these days is not conducive to a good nature or a creator of happiness. Cupid is still busy in these parts and we are reliably informed that three or four more couples will, ere long, enter the realm of matrimony. A couple of the boys are at this time composing their proposal speeches and they are surely fearfully ana wonderfully made. We will soon be basking in the light. We intend to throw off the mantle of darkness and walk in the light. No more will our citizens walk the streets with fear and trembling, for fear of running into each other or falling over boxes and barrels, but they will walk like Roman military heroes, for they will see their way, for the electric light has turned our darkness into day. With domestic science and agriculture added to the work of our schools, we are surely getting down to earth and working along lines of true training. It is perhaps alright to soar in the realm of the starsand comets, if we are so situated that we need not labor, but to those who form the real strength of this great nation, a real training along vocational lines is surely a good supplement to add to our schools. As an education is to act as a bulwark to the individual by developing a character, it should do so by giving confidence to the student by preparing him for the battles of ilfe.

filly,* 1 year, wt. 700; 1 horse colt 1 year, wt. 600. (In the opinion of those who have seen the above animals, this is the best bunch of horses ever ottered in Jasper county. For a number of years Mr. Barkley has used the best class of brood mares the county afforded, and used the Barkley Bros, stallions, which are known to be of the best ever brought to this country.) \ 13 Head of Cattle Consisting of 1 red cow, 5 years; 1 Hereford cow, 5 years; 1 red cow, 8 years; 1 red cow, 6 years; 1 white face cow, 9 years; 1 red cow, 3 years; 1 red cow, 5 years; 4 good spring calves; 2 yearling steers. Farm Implements—! Deering binder, 8-ft. cut, with tongue trucks 1 Hoosier wheat drill, with grass seed attachment; 1 one-horse wheat drill, with grass seen attachment; ! stardard mowing machine, 6-ft. cut, cut about 20 acres; 1 standard mowing machine, 5-ft. cut; 1 Low Down oats seeder, with grass seed attaohment; 1 Oliver plow, 12-inch, nearly new; 2 Case sulky plows, 16-inch; 3 cultivators —2 Averys, 1 John Deere; 1 Gopher; 1 3-section flexible woodframe harrow; 1 Cutaway disc; 1 hay rake; 2 wagons, with boxes. Terms of Sale— ll months credit will be given on a?l sums over $lO without interest if pttid when due; if not paid when due, notes to draw 8 per cent interest from date; 6 per cent discount for cash on sums over $lO. EARL BARKLEY. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer; C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot lunch by Bever & Eiglesbach.

William Geier and family were guests of his sister in Goodland Sunday. Morris and Fred Peck spent the first of the week in Chicago on business. Samuel Bowman spent the latter part of the week with his son at Monticello. Mrs. Lois Rich of Goodland, visited her mother, Mrs. Dorr Blood, on "Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Glennen and children of Logansport, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marion O’Connor. Kenneth, the little son of Albert Dodge, formerly of Remington, but now of Burlington, Kans., is sick with scarlet fever. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Warner of Rensselaer, were Remington visitors Monday, Mrs. Warner spending the day with Mrs. Charles Brand. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnston and daughter, Margaret, and W. E. Johnston and daughter, Frances, attended the funeral of Mrs. Catherine Wakefield in Heyworth, 111., Saturday. Henry Phelps went to Chicago Saturday to spend a few days with the family of Roy Purple, former ; Remingtonians, and with whom Miss Lena has been visiting the past i month. Mrs. B. F. Tedford came Saturday for a visit of some weeks With her ■daughter, Mrs. Frank Peck. She reports that her daughter, Anna, was operated on for a tumor last • Thursday at the Wesleyan hospital in Chicago. Mrs. Eliza Bartoo, who has been spending a few weeks here with her sons, returned to Wabash this Thursday morning. She and her daughter, Harriet, will go South directly after Thanksgiving to spend the winter in Florida. Lex Fisher has just received and erected in his store one of the finest new refrigerators we have seen in a good while. It is a very large and roomy affair, and is particularly adapted to the meat business, for which use he purchased it. Another small fire occurred Monday morning, when some one lit a match to tell if gasoline or water was leaking from his car over at the Auto Sales Co.’s garage. He found out all right, but it took quick work of several fire extingushiers to save the car from destruction. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Merritt were called to Lafayette this Thursday morning by the death of Mrs. Merritt’s grandfather, the venerable Wm. Whittenger, 90 years of age, who died Wednesday from the infirmities of advanced age. The funeral will be held this Friday afternoon. Jackie Harris, who has been in the sanitarium at Lafayette for a long time, was home this week looking after business matters. He is getting along nicely now, and there seems to be no reason why he should not get well. He has reduced from 200 to 150 pounds in weight and feels good. Fire broke out in Dr. Besser’s tenant house, just west of the Chris-

tian church, Monday morning about 10 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Turley had just moved into the property, and the latter had lighted a coal oil heater and left it going while she was away from the house for some little time. The stove, evidently became overheated and exploded, setting fire to the furnishings near by. A. E. Kyle and family, Mrs. Lois Wilcox, Mrs. Ella Parks, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hyman arid Mrs. William Beal .went to Chicago Friday evening to attend the funeral of E. A. Barnard, which was held on Saturday. On the return trip from the funeral services, the deceased man’s nephew, w. W. Barnard, of the seed firm of Barnard & Co., was stricken with paralysis, and when the folks returned, was in a very critical condition. Mrs. Kyle, Mrs. Wilcox and Mrs. Parks remained for a few days, until his condition should become better. The deceased, while never a resident of this place, at the time of his death still owned the farm now occupied by Mr. Kyle. WANTED—Two girls to work in laundry.-—McKAY’S LAUNDRY.

FORESMAN. [From The Brook Reporter ] Mrs. Miller spent Friday and Saturday with her daughter at Goodland. Mrs. Kreig Gilmore of Goodland, spent last week with friends and relatives here. Mrs. Denniston, Mrs. P. L. Brown and Mrs. Bengston were Brook visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harve Pierson and family were the dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Pierson. -Mrs. Ralph Brown spent a few days last week as the guest of her mother, Mrs. McGlinn, of Rensselaer. . -'W——L ; • Mr. and .Mrs. Chester Sunderland motored to Roselawn Sunday and were the guests of their uncle, Edward Boyle. Dick Bowman was called to the southern part of the state Monday, on account of the sudden death of a brother. Quite a number of our people attended the illustrated lecture on the Passion Play given at Brook Monday night by Rev. Miu—es of the evangelistic company. Mr. and Mrs. 11. C. Pierson were the week-end guests of their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Pierson. They were on their way home from a five weeks’ visit with relatives at Wichita, Kan.

FRANCESVILLE.

[From The Tribune.] -Mr, and Mrs. T. M. Wise were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Burget in Chicago, from Friday until Wednesday. -Mrs,. Emily Daseke left Saturday for Indianapolis, where she will spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. James Galbreath. Mrs. Carl Haring and daughter of Monon tp„ left Sunday for Milford, 111., having been called there on account of the sickness of the former’s daughter, Miss Jesse Allen. Mrs. Charles Judy and children came here from Converse Wednesday of last week. Mr. Judy has been here for several weeks in charge of the Blue Front drug store, and they are now to be permanent residents of Francesville. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Goble are expected <iome from Rochester, Minn., this evening. They have been there for the past month where she underwent an operation for the'improvement of her general health. A card received from them Monday stated that five inches of snow had fell and it was ten below zero. Mrs. Henrietta Brownschweig of Peterson, la., who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. Christopher -Miller, and other relatives in the community during the past month, returned home Monday. She was accompanied by .Miss Irene Stine, who will make an indefinite visit with relatives there. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Koebcke of Helix, Ore., are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Garling. They came through from San FranCisco, where they attended the exposition. They stopped over at Lamar, Colo , to visit with her uncle, John Tiede, for a few. days ana he decided to come along and make an extended stay here with relatives.