Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1916 — GOSSIP CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOSSIP CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU

PAIR OAKS Health still continues pretty good in our neck of the woods. Uncle Harold moved the first of the week into his new house. Bert and Leslie Warne are deadening timber for J. J. Lawler. Several from here went to Rensselaer Wednesday evening to a show. The Virgie mayor and his assistant were in our town on business Tuesday. W. T. Kight and wife of Roselawn called on his brother Isaac and wife Sunday evening. John Thorn, who is employed at Gary, spent Sunday with his family at the Halleck nursery. The show that was billed to show here the 19th skipped our town and went to Foresman. How sad! Lon Mbffitt took Can Manderville to Monon Wednesday to consult Dr. Stewart in regard to his health. At this writing (Tuesday evening) we are getting a pretty hard shower and the prospects are good for an all-night rain. Frank Huffiker and Bark Crawford shipped three carloads of fine black fat steers to the Chicago market Sunday evening, weds, and a cousin of Mrs. F. R. Erwin, visited them a few days and returned to Chicago Tuesday evening where they will reside. Mrs. A 1 Moore, who had been here the past IQ days, went to her home at Lafayette Tuesday evening, and Mrs. s. B. Thornton went to Rensselaer the same evening where she will visit friends before she leaves for her home in Washington, to which place she expects to go in the near future. Charles Penright of Mt. Ayr came up last week to help Uncle John Casey pack up preparatory to moving away. Uncle John and sister and daughter moved Monday to Marion. His sister, Mrs, Dickinson,

left the renting of her property in the hands of Abe Bringle. It is vacant at present. A few of the rural carriers of Jasper county and one from Morocco assembled at the postoffice in Rensselaer Saturday evening and reorganized. They elected the same officers that held before. They expect to have a picnic August 5. It will be held on the lawn at W. A. Davenport’s residence in Rensselaer and a good time is expected. Ward McKean and wife, newlyRev. Downing of Lochiel was here from Saturday evening until Monday. iHe was entertained at James Clifton’s. His daughter, Miss Mabel, who has been at home the past month on a visit, returned to Fair Oaks Saturday, and will go in a few days back to Michigan where she will take training in a sanitarium.

FOUR CORNERS Freeman loaded a car of hogs for the Chicago market Wednesday. “Happy” Hoehm has his license again to run his tin Ford and is happy indeed. ' We see F. E. Babcock’s name in the Wheatfield Moom-a-rang-ue. How times do change. , F. G. Barnard of Lochiel came up Sunday to look after his land interests in Kankakee tp. Dr. Downie, V. S., of North Judson is a busy man these days; has more work than two V. S.’s can do. A heavy rain visited these parts Tuesday evening and the farmers had Wednesday in which to ditch or loaf. The stork visited Waiter Powell and Wife Saturday, and now they are happy in their seven-pound boy. All doing fine. Mrs. S. O. Stembel is quite sick and Dr. Sehwier of Knox came down to see her Monday in. consultation with Dr. Frye of Wheatfield. Dan Meyers, northeast of Wheatfield, had a colt bitten by a rattler and Dr. Downie, V. S., of North Judson, was calledwith satisfactory results. Wheatfield is talking of having a home-coming this fall. Whether it will amount to more than talk depends on interest taken by the business men of the towm. F. W. Fisher drove to Medaryville

Tuesday and marketed his crop of wool. Under high protection he sold for 15 cents per pound; the present prices under “free trade,” 33 to 35 cents per, pound. What next? The writer made a trip south Tuesday and found a discouraging outlook for the farmers, especially is this true along the Francesville prairie ; The corn in and around Tefft shows up fine in comparison. Patrick Malony is home on a vacation and took a hand in defeating St. Joseph's college team Sunday. Jerry in the box and Sam DeArmond behind the bat makes up the combination that the Lowell team comes up against at Burrows' camp next Sunday. St. Joseph's college found the boys <)t Burrows’ camp equal to the task in las* Sunday's ball game. Score stood 3 to 2 against them after 12 innings. All the Rensselaer team got was in the first inning, before the home team warmed to their work. Burrows’ team is made up of 'a bunch of husky lads who are able to give any team a heated argument.