Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1917 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

ROSEBUD Thomas Yeoman spent Sunday with Roy Gunyon. Sunday school every Sunday at the regular time. Everyone come. Misses Hazel and Ruby Gunyon spent Sunday with Clyde Gunyon at Parr. Several from here: attended the funeral of Grandpa Myers at Aix Saturday. The revival meetings are progressing fine. The attendance is very large. Several from here are planning to attend the box social at’ Parr Saturday night. We hear a' fine program is to be given.

VIRGIE. Mrs. John Reed isn’t any better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Estel Marion spent Sunday with home folks. Miss Ada Florence went to Rensselaer Monday to work for Mr. Wright’s. Miss Minnie Homfeld returned from her Christmas vacation Sunday evening. Miss Bertha Reed went to Fair Oaks Wednesday to work for Mrs. F. R. Erwin. Mr, and -Mrs. Charles Wiseman are here from Montana visiting relatives and friends. , '~ Miss Blanche Hayes - spent several days last week with her cousin, Miss Bertha Gasaway. Frank Middlecainp has been hauling buckwheat to Rensselaer to be cleaned this week. Miss Minnie Homfeld and Mrs. Pearl Zellers and son Dean, called on the Wiseman’s Tuesday evening’ , Roy Marshall of Fair Oaks visited Sunday with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrington, and daughter Gladys. '..Misses Zelah and Esther Wiseman spent the week-end with their sister Indus .at Lakeside hospital, and friends in Chicago. There was quite an exciting time in Virgie Tuesday when James Hill’s house burned down. Most of the furnishings were saved. An insurance of S3OO was carried on the furnishings and S7OO on the building. The family has moved into James Wiseman’s house.

WHEATFIELD Ira Clark delivered a cow at Kouts last Tuesday. Quite a few of our farmers are delivering their corn. i Otto Hoehn assisted Samuel Payne with his corn husking a few days last week. ; Neal Glager informs us that the Tefft school house will be completed in about a week. ' Archie Hendricks, who is taking q course at the Valparaiso university, is getting along Archie is a studious boy who will make his time at school pay a large dividend. Salisbury and Payne completed, their corn husking last Monday. They will have over 3,000 bushels of corn, but the hot, dry weather of last summer greatly reduced the yield. William Rockwell, who had a good position in the steel plant at ■ Gary, spent Christmas and Nejv Year’s with his parents here. “Bill’’ is still single and it seems that Cupid’s darts can not pierce his armor. ■ - University professors used to say fto their classes : “Aim high. Tie your chariots to the stars." They aimed all right and they chained their chariots to the fiery steeds, but when the “ chariot started upward they would fall off. Earth is the stage, ; , j In the words of the chief of pel-

ice of New York city, let us say as a Nejv Year’s resolution: We will play the game of life according to the rules of the game. We will be a true sport; As every game has rules which makes it interesting, so we have laws of the land which are the. rules by which the game of actual life is played, and those that do not play the game according to rules are unfair. Grant Hill, who left 'here about 17 years ago to try his luck in the great Northwest, arrived here a few days ago. for a few months’ visit ’ with friends and relatives here and in other parts of the state. He was accompanied by his wife and children. At the .present time they are living in Canada and are doing well. Grant has not changed much, although Father Time has lightly stamped him, but he is still of . a happy disposition which, in days past, made him popular with the ladies.

MILROY G. L. Parks made a business trip to Monticello- Tuesday. Mrs. Lud Clark visited her mother Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brand spent Christmas with G. L. Parks’ Schools all begun work again, this week after a week’s vacation. Martha Clark and Roy tended church at Lee TuesdayfMf ning. ' ■ Trepcy Johnson accompanied her aunts to their home in Indianapolis for a visit. Sophia and .Edith Clark spent the holidays With their aunt, . Mrs. Fred May, and family. H. Ogle’s have moved a load of implements to the farm which they rented near - Idaville. Mildred Hamilton spent her vacation nursing the scarlet but in a lighh-fcrrm. Mrs. John Johnson and daughter Marie called on Mrs. George Beaver Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. G. L. Parks spent some of the time last week with her mother, Mrs. Ravenscroft. Miss Frieda Wineland visited Mr. and Mrs. William Chapman and other friends here the last of last week. Miss Kathryn Bassett of Goodland spent Friday and Saturday of last week with her uncle, W. B. Fisher, and family. Edith Johnson fell on the ice last Sunday while skating and cut her forehead so badly a physician was called to take stitches in, tile wound. xA birthaav surprise was planned for S. D. Griffith last Sunday, a number of friends and neighbors being present. A fine time was enjoyed by all present/. Frank May, J. R- Clark, and families. Clyde Clark and family of Newton county, Mrs. Creighton Clark and children. Martha Clark. .Mrs. George Foulks and R. O. Keve spent New Year’s with' Joseph Clark’s, south of Lee.

JACKSON TOWNSHII* —NEWTON *’'COVNTY.

Newton county has bought 'ten new voting machines at a cost of SB,OOO. The Beaver Valley canning factory at Morocco was sold last week for taxes. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Watkins are abundantly pleased with their Christmas present—a. fine boy. John Bissenden of Chicago is visiting in Jackson township this week with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blankenbaker. Mrs. Lida Johnson and daughter of Rensselaer visited here over Sunday with the family of Clarence Blankenbaker. ”The women of this city," says

a newspaper, “are thinking of enlarging their athletic quarters.” Not so loud, brother. Ben Thomas killed a large wolif near Bogus Island the other day—shot it with a rifle. The skin meas-> ured six feet from tip to tip. We are told that Attorney Dwight Babcock of has the largest and finest private collection of relics and curios to be ' found in Indiana. . ■ '

. Jacob Kaqfman, a former wellknown resident of Jackson township, died recently at the home of his son-in-law in Arthur* Illinois. He was a member of the Amish church. A farm in the Beaver lake region, northern Newton county, sold the other day for S2OO an acre. Twenty years ago this farm could have been bought for less than sls an acre. Miss Survilla Baldwin, employed in the telephone office at Morocco, accidently gouged tile instep of her foot with a pair of shears the other day, inflicting a wound which has since caused her much pain. A man and woman, who claimed that they had traveled 1,600 miles, passed through this vicinity yesterday. The very best road traveled over during the journey, they said, was between Morocco and Mt. Ayr, * * Dr. C. E. Triplett of Morocco celebrated his 82d birthday recently. The doctor landed in Morocco May 8, 1856, from ol’ Kaintuck, and began the practice of medicine, continuing in this profession up to within a few years ago. It looks very much like we were going to have a big shortage in rough feed before next spring. More than half of the roughage. apparently already has disappeared, when, according to experienced feeders, there should be half remaining on the first of February. Thirty years ago when a farmer finished husking corn he .forthwith forsook the active life and proceeded to hibernate until the next spring. But, now, with wood sawing, corn shelling and shredding fodder, every day is a work-day the year round.

FAIR OAKS Ernest Allen, wife and baby went to Chicago to spend New Year’s. Roy Gundy and wife of Gary came and spent several days with relatives last week. J. G. Liggett, who spent the holidays with relatives,near Attica, returned a few days ago. Will Wendel of near Edinburg has been a visitor at the Cottingham House the past week. Mrs. Charles Gundy of Rensselaer spent New Year’s with her daughter, Mrs. John Dean. ' Miss Alice Moore of Lafayette returned home Sunday after spending the holidays with her aunt, Mrs. A. M. Bringle. C. A. Bringle and wife of Remington came over Saturday evening and visited home folks until New Year’s eve. " William Bowsher, who lived out on Neen Littlefield's farm, moved Tuesday do town, into Enos Moffitt’s property. Milt Gundy begun filling his ice house Monday morning, but the weather softened, up Tuesday so he had to lay off again. Holidays are 'now over and the people have got down to business again, Gur gchools opened with a new vim Tuesday mobning. A. D. Washburn of Kentland was here last w r eek and while here traded his “Lizzie” to Frank Goff for what is known as the old Joe Burns property near the stock pens on Front street. Owing to the extremely serioue condition of his father, William Cottingham came hojne the latter part of the week to help, care for him. It is thought the latter cannot last much longer.

John Kimble and wife of Copemisch, Michigan, came to Fair Oaks Tuesday and stopped long enough at the writer’s home to say “Heßo!” They were on their way to Hebron where their -children were to- meet them. This is ’the first time John has been here for six or eight years, but his wife was here a year ago. ReV. Henslee delivered a splendid sermon from the M. E. pulpit Sunday, at 11 a. m. lie took his text fronr 139th Psalm, verses 2324: “Search me, O.Lord, and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts." Owing to the series of meetings he is conducting at Lee he did not preach Sunday evening, but left his appointments for the usual hours two weeks hence. Mr. Teafth’S stone road operations came to a sudden halt last week during the cold spell. The stone quarry works at Thornton where he got the stone, burned down’&nd will not be able to resume work until spring. He Js talking of finishing " this job with teams. He will move his outfit to the west of Roselawn, where he has another job waiting him. He has two s miles coarse stoned and 1 % miles finished, and is rolling it, leaving one • mile to coarse stone and 1 3-4 miles to finish. * MT. am: (From the Tribune) A girl babe was born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wooten Tuesday morning. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry 'Brnifiton Saturday, December .30, a boy; ? * .

John Miller left for Sugar Creek, Ohio, Thursday for an' indefinite Stay. ' Grandma Standish is visiting in the home of John Bicknell in Rensselaer. •; . ' John Snow spent Sunday •with his uncle, Frank Snow’s, northeast of Rensselaer. ■ Misses Katie Chupp and Katie HarshbergCr of Goshen are visiting relatives here. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Watkins op Wednesday, December 29, a boy. Felda and Man.no Anderson went to Nappanee Friday to visit relatives and friends. Phil Smith of over near Morocco lost a good barn by fire Wednesday, the origin of which is unknown. Vera, Ruby and Lera Standish Visited their sister, Mrs. E. Shindler, of Surrey two days last week. Mr. gnd Mrs. J. M. Wit-ham came over from Parr for a few days’ visit among friends here last week.l Miss E. Tuliev of Edinburg spent the holidays with Addie (Harris, going home Monday morning via Rensselaer. Mrs. John Brooks and three children of Kniman were the guests at the home of Frank Burns Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bruner and baby of Morocco spent New Year’s with Mrs. Bruner’s mother, Mrs George Johnson.

Mrs. Harry Brunton’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald, of Morocco spent New Year’s with her and the new babe. Mrs. White, and daughter Violet of Demotte were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom White last week, returning home Monday. “ , Mrs. Eva Croxton and baby of Kankakee, Illinois, spent the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Loma Miller, and other relatives here. Clarence Craig of Chicago Heights spent the vacation week visiting in the home of his uncle, Fred Standish, returning home Saturday. Mrs. Dr. Ransmeir and her mother, Mrs. Mills, of Chicago spent the holidays with the family of John Murfitt, leaving for their home Monday. Mrs. Joe Huntington and granddaughter of Lochiel, who have been visiting in the £ home of Mrs. F. P. Huntington, returned to their home Saturday. Mrs. Alfred Stakley has \as her guests her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. G. yV. Gilles, of Lafayette, They will probably make extended Visit. Misses Stena and Victoria Peterson of Chicago visited over. Sunday with Miss Cora Morton. Miss- Morton gave a big dinner in honor of her guests and ten young ladies participated. A fine time was reported. Dr. /Martin was called to the Ray Wood home east of Fair Oaks to attend a babe whose parents had nearly smoothered it by over-wrap-ping in taking it on a trip out of doors. Life was nearly extinct, but it recovered and is doing well. Jasper Wright returned home last Thursday, • having spent the week with friends and relatives at Crown Point. ’While away Mr. Wright accompanied his old friend, Mr. Whitaker, the sheriff of Rake county, on a trip to Jeffersonville, assisting him in delivering some twenty, prisoners.

A birthday and Christmas dinner combined was enjoyed at the Ransom Elijah 'home. It was Mrs. Elijah’s fifty-fifth birthday, and Frank Elijah and family. Jim Elijah and family, Alex Elijah and family. George Handley and farnily, .John Meharrv and family, Mrs. Kd Putman and Mr. and Mrs. Manno Miller of Wheatfield all- took wellfilled baskets and" enjoyed the day with Mr. and Mrs. Elijah,. Uncle Joe Miller’s family assembled at the old home and ate Christmas dinner with’ the worthy old' couple. His daughter, Mrs. Emma. Hochtetler. and family: his son Bonie and family, all of Middleberry: Manno Miller and family of Wheatfield;. Joe Miller. Jr.. and family and Mrs. Elf Yoder were all together at home for. the first, time in twenty years. A most ehjoyabjo time-was had. A good dinner and ever z so manv reminiscenses indulged in in the good old German way. ;

WOLCOTT.

(From the Enterprise.) .... Herman Blume of Beloit. Wisconsin, is visiting bis brothers and sisters here for a few days. Gary Wood, who is attending school at Valparaiso, is spending his holiday vacation with his parents here. ' S. . M.» Middleton and daughter Myrtle are spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Patsy Graham at Poneto. . < Miss Ada Spencer and brother Rpssel,. are attending Indiana university, are home for the holiday vacation. Mrs. Cv E. Ross, who has been spending several weeks at Cincinnati, Ohio, returned home last Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Hughes went to Logansport Sunday to attend the wedding of their son, Samuel Hughes. . - • Mr. and Mrs, Earl Markin aiitoed to Camden Thursday and spent the day with Mrs. Markin/s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zinn. , Miss Julia Winter, who is attending Indiana university, is spending

her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Winter. Miss Alberta Sands and brother Tony of Burnettsville are, spending .the week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Conley. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Holderman of Morris, Illinois, are spending the week with Mrs. Holderman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George 11. Ferguson. ’ W. C. Churchill and wife of Big Rapids, Michigan, spent Christmas here, the guests of his brother, Ed Churchill and family, and other relatives. Mrs. Harvey Watson,’ Mrs. Minnie Parsons, Mrs. Perry Spencer and Mrs. Eldon Ford spent Friday at Kentland the guests of Mrs. Aaron Brown. Mrs. Clair and children of Flushing, Michigan, came Wednesday to visit her father, Albert Plummer, and her. sister, Mrs P. G. Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Spangle of Gilman, Illinois, were guests from Saturday until Tuesday of Mrs Spangle’s parents, Mr. and Mrs Herman Foster, and Mr. Spangle’s father, H. C. Spangle.

The many friends of George F. Baker will be pleased to learn that he has so far from his recent severe illness as to bo able to leave his bed, and for a goodly portion of the. time to be up and about the house. Mr. and Mrs. William Sullivan entertained at their home on 'Christmas day at a goose dinner their sons, William Sullivan, Jr., of North Dakota, Alpha Sullivan of Salem, Earl Sullivan and family of Remington, Sam Sullivan and wife of Cissna Park, Illinois, John Sullivan and wife of Kentland, John Roberts and family of Remington, James Watson and family and David Sell* of Wolcott.

FRANCESVILLE,

(From the Tribune.) Dr. L. R, Retherford of Newcastle was here Monday visiting Miss Della Shumaker. Ray Leeson of Leipsic, 'Ohio, was visiting Mr. and Mrs. W.. B. Leesen the first of the week. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Kahler Friday, a nine pound boy. A queen and a king now. Charles E. Osbon went to Indianapolis Friday whore he visited his daughter, who has been very •sick. Stanley Merica, now attending Purdue, and 'brother Forest of Rensselaer, were in Francesville Sunday. u Mr. and Mrs. Orla Clouse of Rensselaer were -the Christmas guests of her mother, sister and brother. •Mrs, S. K. Jones went to Wolcott. Wednesday “where she was called on account of t'he illness of her mother. -- Mr. and Mrs. Guilf Westphal of near Star City are holiday visitors of Mrs, Fred Kruger, the mother of Mrs. Westphal. Mr. and Mrs. A, T. Patty and daughter of Vicksburg, Michigan, have been visiting with Mbs. James Hill and daughter. Miss Alice. . Mr. and Mrs-. Vai Riggens pnd children of Advance, Indiana, were visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Beesley the fore part of the week.

Miss Gladys IHudgens will leave the hospital next Sunday, of course feeling pretty jubilant over the outcome of her recent operation. Mr. and Mrs. Ab Whitaker returned from Niles, Michigan, Tuesday evening, where they had- been visiting his brother, Alf Whitaker. Miss Laura Pike, who is ah instructor in the Lowell high school, is spending her holiday vacation at the Henry Pike home south of town. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Morgan Of Whiting are the guests' of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Geyer’ and Mrs. Joseph, Burk‘ at the Commercial Hotel. > . Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Porter of Rensselaer were Christmas visitors at the hoiiie of Mr. and Mbs. William .Fitzpatrick and Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Ives.' George Webb has sold his farm north of the county line and bought another .near Auburn, where he will move March 1. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Warner returned to their home at Ladoga Tuesday after a visit, with the lat-» ter’s sister, and husband, Mr, and Mrs. Harry W. Foster. Miss Ethel Pike. who is taking a course at Depauw* university at Greencastle, is spending her holiday vacation with her parents; Mr. and’Mrs. Henry Pike. V ,< Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Reprogle and son John of Michigan City were ■ - ’. .■ j. ; -

Christmas guests of" Mrs, Rep-rogle’-s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Coey. John will return Friday. Mrs. S. K. Jones and two daughters and Gus. J. Daseke were Christmas day visitors of Mrs. Jones' mother and brothers, Mrs. Sarah Hamilton and sons, of near Wolcott. Donald McNulta has rented his farm southeast of Francesville to Albert Walters, near Moody. Mr. McNulta has made a good selection and Albert will take possession at once. . Wilbur Stigleinan, the station agent, who was recently operated upon for appendicitis and who has been in a very critical condition the past week, is reported to be a little better this morning. Rev. Harry Huber, who has been the Christian church minister here for the past two years, resigned from his pastorate here, the resignation to take effect the first ofi the new year. It came as a great surprise to the officials of his church as well as the members of the congregation, who Consider his leaving with great regret, but sincerely hope for his future success wherever he might go, as he was a man though young in years, experienced in his work. From here he will go to Battle Ground.

A miraculous escape from death was the experience of Carl Kaupka who, while driving his Ford car was hit by a freig'ht train here early last Friday morning. Freig'ht train No. 57, better known as th® “Owl,” due hero about midnight, was running about seven hours behind schedule and arrived here "Friday morning going south about 7 o’clock; the train had some switching to do and was backing north with a full car of household furniture, when Carl with his Ford was going west at the same time; the box car struck the Ford on the main crossing*’ and threw it 40 feet to the north and at the same time hurling Carl about 15 feht farther than the car.. The fact that Carl escaped serious injury with but one cut upon his upper lip, which required three stitches to close, is certainly termed a miraculously release. There was nobody guarding the crossing and Carl claims that the train was moving at a greater rate of speed than a switching freig'ht train usually does, although he did not see it until it struck the car. The Ford is a complete wreck and Carl is recovering from the nervous shock as well as his injury, but he should consider hlmshff mighty fortunate •that the accident was not fatal.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE'

Franc's E. Goff to Angus D. Washburn. December 20, lots 9, 10,' block 4, Fair Oaks, $4 00. William Poise) et ux to Carl L. Johnson, December 21, lots 6,7, block T, Kersey,, Sigler’s addition, SIOO, Charles W. Hanley et al to William IT. Parker of al, December 22. lot 1, block 2, Hogan, $ I.’