Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1917 — Page 5

The WEEKS'S DOINGS

Mayor C. G. Spitler made a business trip to Chicago Monday. John Jay of West Carpenter was Sk business visitor in- the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. William Fitzgerald of Tefft were* in Rensselaer on business Thursday. A new supply of vegetable parchment butter wrappers just received at The Democrat office, 30c per 100. z Patrick Maloney, son of Thomas Maloney of Kankakee township, was in Rensselaer on business Friday. , Miss Mildred Hume of Springfield, Ohio, came the latter part of the week for a visit with her sister, Mrs. C. Mrs. E. G. Cliggitt and son James of Chicago were guests Sunday of Joseph Reeve, Mrs. Cliggitt being the latter’s landlady. Old Boreas also put one over on the weather man Sunday, as the latter prophecied /‘Fair and warmer Sunday and Monday” for Indiana. J. V. Creeg of Campus, Illinois, who had been here for a visit with his sister, Mrs. A. Quinn, of southeast of the city, returned home Friday. Rev. D. M. Ellsworth of Vancouver, Washington, who had been visiting here, departed for his home Saturday. His nephewJLlvan Ellsworth, accompanied him as far as Chicago. John Halliday- the carpenter, has moved into the former Sayler property on Front street, now owned by' A. Leopold, and has also rented the old B. S. Fendig poultry house for a carpenter shop. ‘‘Krista Boy,” the registered Aberdeen-Angus bull to be sold at James E. Lamson’s sale next Tuesday, is perhaps the best blooded bull ever brought to Jasper county, 1 and stock men desiring an animal , of this breed will do well to attend the Lamson sale.

DR. EDWARD T. HAGERMAN.

“The World We Live In," “Wealth and Worth." "The Square Man"—these are some of the notable lectures given by Dr. Edward T. Hagerman. It has been stated that in not a town where he appeared during his first season on the Lyceum platform has the committee failed to book a return engagement One lecture calls for more. At Ithaca. Mich., on Dr. Hagerman’s lecture date the city lighting plant •was out of order from the middle of the afternoon until 9 o’clock at night

DR. EDWARD T. HAGERMAN.

Lamps and lanterns furnished feeble light at the auditorium, but Dr. Hagerman was undaunted by adverse conditions and soon had-such a grip on his audience that the people did not care whether they had kerosene lamps, tai low dips or no lights at ail. Dr. Hagerman Was. born on an Ohio farm and worked his way through Baldwin College. As a Methodist mln Ister he served some of the largest churches, including pastorates tn Mil waukee and Des. Moines. He Is still serving his fellow men. but in a broad er field, where no single -denomination secures all Of Ills labors . Tile, menhger of a West Virginia Ly ceum course wrote the Red pa th Bn reau: “We have had Gunsaulus. Cad man, Glllllan. Bain. Bede. Ott. Cannon.. Flowers. McConnell and many other high class lecturers, but few if any have caused more favorable comment than Dr. Hagerman.” ’ g Thursday, February 8, at the Methodist church.

Mrs. Mathena is reported quite sick at her home on Cullen street. A Mrs, Albert Wolfe of Chalmers came Saturday for a visit with relatives.

The PAIGE car ip sold by the Auto Sales Co. at Remington. Why not buy one now. ts

Farmers, bring in your harness and have it repaired and oiled up ready for spring work. —MATT WORDEN. f-8 Miss Jennie Comer, the trained nurse, returned to Chicago Monday after a short visit here with relatives. Jay D. Roth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Roth, has been quite sick with pneumonia, but is much better at this writing. Vernon Harrington, ■who has been confined at the hospital with plural pneumonia, is reported considerably improved. Ray Hopkins, who underwent an' operation for appendicitis about three weeks ago, was- able to leave the hospital Monday. According to the Florida resort news in Sunday’s papers, E. L. Hollihgsworth of this city is among the Indiana people sojourning at, Ft. Myers. Miss Hazel Marie Putt of Monon and William J. Mengel of Lafayette, a conductor on the Monon, wer* married in Lafayette Monda?/ afternoon. , ♦ Yesterday the weather had moderated to such an extent that it was thawing some and the mercury in the shade had run up to 30 above zero at 2 p. m. Some pure food inspectors struck town and as a result it is said that the back rooms of some I of the grocery stores have been' given their first clean-up since the memory of -man knoweth not. C. C. Warner and wife were in Chicago Sunday and visited Mr. Warner’s brother. Grant Warner, who is taking treatment in a hdspital there for ulcers in the stomach and is said to be improving nicely.

Attorney and Mrs. George E. Hershman and children of Crown Point visited here over Sunday with Mrs: Smith Newell. Mr. Hershman had been in Indianapolis since the legislature has been- in session looking after matters affecting his home city. ‘ Among- those going to Chicago the last of the week to take in the closing days of the auto show were Sheriff McColly, Walter V. Porter, _ Leo Reeve, Granville Moody, A. Halleck, Charles Halleck, George Long, E. D. Nesbitt and Herbert Hammond. Another new supply of typewriter ribbons and carbon papers just received in The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office Supply department. We keep constantly in stock the famous Neidich brand of ribbons for practically all makes of standard typewriters, old. or late model machines. The Rensselaer high school basket-ball team went to Delphi Friday evening and suffered defeat by the score of 22 to 15. The second team went to Monon the same were defeated 58 to 5. The next game this season will be with the Fowler high school Friday evening, the game to- be played in Rensselaer.. Auctioneer McCurtain. desires The Democrat to state that by reason of having a big sale near Kouts •on the same date he will not assist in the Clyde Gunyon sale on February 15.' He also desires us to state that the C. L. Fritz sale, advertised in his dates for February 10, has .been postponed, and the date will be announced later. Mrs. Jacob Wilcox' has received a letter from h.eh granddaughters. Missed Beatrice and Coffine Branch, who reside with their parents a| Stockton, California. The weather there of late- has been much colder than usual, dropping to -jvithin 12 • degrees of zero, and Mr. Branch has been - suffering with the grip for several days. Mrs. Branch is enjoying very good health.

Alfred McCoy of Barkley township is suffering with bronchitis. '* s . Emil Hanley and Victor 'Hoover were home from Purduo over Sunday. Miss Ethel Perkins spent Sunday in Chicago with a friend, Miss Dawson, "a student at the Chicago university. . ■V ,1 I ■ ■■ Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Deßower and Linn Dansdell of Chicago were guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Barkley. Mrs. Nicholas Krull and daughter Louise went Wednesday for a brief visit with relatives in Rensselaer. —Kentland Democrat. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 92c; oats, 51c; wheat, $1.55; rye, $1.15. The iprices one year ago were: Corn, 61c; oats, 41c; wheat, $1.05; rye, 85c. Mrs. O. F. Parker is visiting friends in Chicago for a few days, aijid yesterday was joined by Mr. Parker, who is buying new goods in the city. Joseph Adams, who has been in poor health for some time, was taken worse Monday, but at this writing was thought to be somewhat better. E. L. Bruce and Mrs. Barney Comer were notified Monday that their sister, Mrs. A. B. Rowley, of Mitchell, South Dakota, was quite sick and not expected to live long. Joe Reeve, Edwin Robinson, Forest Morlan and Fred Rhoades were down frum Chicago Sunday visiting home folks. Joe came down again last night to attend the Woodman dance at Remington. The case of the state vs. Jesse with the murder of Donald! McGregor, which was called before Judge Wason at Fowler Monday, has been continued until April 19 on petition of defendant. Letters remaining in the Rens-, selaer postoffice for the week Ing February 2: Sol Mier Co., T. L.. Rutledge, Oscar Bowell, Frank Thompson. The above letters will be sent to the dead letter office February 19 if not called for.

Anybody- wanting trees,, ornamental or fruit, see Charles Peftey, Rensselaer, Ind. Every tree or shrub guaranteed to grow and true to name. From the Guarantee Nursery- Co., Rochester, N. Y. Trees replaced this fall free of charge if they die this spring. ts

Joseph Graber, notice of whose public sale appears elsewhere in The Democrat, is going to move back to near Peoria, Illinois, from whence he came to this county a few years ago. Frank Payne will move onto the Rich farm in Barkley township to be vacated by Mr. Graber. George Michaels left Saturday night with his car of goods for his new home near Monte Vista, Colorado, and Mrs. Michaels and little •son Marvin left Monday via Gallatin, Missouri, where she will visit a sister and brother before joining her husband in Colorado. The best wishes of their many friends go With them to their new home.

HATS OFF TO MR. GROUNDHOG

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the bare places on the roads and fields filled the air. We have seen as blustery days as last Sunday but do not recall of having ever experienced such extreme cold with it. The mercury registered from 2 to 6 degrees below zero all day long and with the fierce wind the cold penetrated to the marrow. It was a very hard day on stock not completely protected from the weather. Following is the official temperature as shown by the government thermometer at St. Joseph college for the twenty-four hours previous to 4 p. m. of the dates given, except yesterday, which gives the high and low temperature for Thursday night only: - High Low Friday ....... ...... 1 2 -—ll Saturday •• • • -23 r > Sunday . . . .—4 —-6 Monday ....... ...10 Tuesday (a. tn.) 6 2

AND NOW THEY ARE 11 TO 12c

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If you are well to do you may possibly be able to buy a mediumsized one. If ’ you have a large hank account you can buy one full grown. at 7c per pound.” But now 7 cents a pound for hogs is not to be thought of, and a farmer would almost imagine he was giving them away at that price. But it was a mighty high price in those days and the farmer who had a big bunch to sell was considered onq of the nabobs of the neighborhood.

GIRAFFES SEAT THE POLES

One ( of the Difficulties Faced by Men Who Built Telegraph System in Africa. Every industry has its troubles. Some of them can be foreseen and some of-them cannot be. It is doubtful if the men who toiled to build up a telegraph System .in equatorial Africa foresaw the peculiar diflieulties they were to have. fr<’m wild animals,- ' ' . .... "7 . IA several provinces of British .East Africa the giraffe and elephant are given special protection by law. It costs SSO to get a license to kill a bull giraffe and $l5O for a license to kilt a pair of elephants. In mauy parts the killing Of giraffes is forbidden entirely. Consequently in this vast game preserve elephants and giraffes take special heed to the voice of the Creator as transcribed in the first chapter of Genesis: “Be fruitful and multiply.*'’ The lions have done likewise and they h;fve caused real inconvenience to General Smuts more than once In his recent military operations. besieging the general himself once in his motorcar. The elephants and giraffes, however, make a specialty of telegraph poles. According to a zoologist who writes in the London Times, the giraffes have been giving trouble by pulling down the telegraph wires and thereby interrupting communications. The beautiful creatures, which habitually feed on the acacia, stripping it of its leaves as high as their long necks and prehensile tongues can reach, rarely resist such attractions and, as many of the telegraph poles, in this region of Africa sprout with leaves each year, their temptation is easily understood. —Current Opinion.

CONTRARY SORT OF WORLD

Most Powerful Sto_ries of Love and Domestic Bliss, Written by the Unmarried. The more popular books for children have been written by the childless, and some of the most powerful stories of love and domestic bliss or misery have been written by unmarried women and men. And then, as you probably know, almost everyone thinks he knows more about other branches of business than the one in which he is engagedThe average man can recall the time when he thought the other fellow’s job was much easier than his, and was haunted more or less with the notion that if he had taken up almost anything but what he had he would have made a great success of it. It is said there has never, or hardly ever, been a great comedian who didn't believe, or think he believed, that ids forte was tragedy; and as if not to be outdone, the successful tragedian never ceases to curse the luck that prevented him from being a comedian. You may hot think this is a contrary sort of world, but there are a lot of people who do.

Mother Was Safe.

The minister had to leave home on a long preaching tour. Just before leaving he called his family around him, to say good-by. When he came to Bobby, he said: “Old man, I want you to be a good boy and take care of your mother." Bobby promised: All day long he looked preternaturally grrfve under the heavy responsibility thus suddenly assumed. When night came and he was called to his prayers, the young guardian said: “O laird, bless father, and Brother Tom, and Sister Alice, and Aunt May, and the little Jones boys, and me, but you needn’t trouble about mother, for I am going to look after her.”

An Imaginary Cabby.

A penitent-looking man was on trial for vagrancy and disturbance' of the peace. The judge seemed inclined to be lenient. “What was the prisoner doing when .you arrested him?” he said to the policeman. “He was having a very heated argument with a cab driver, your honor.” “But that doesn’t prove that he was the worse for liquor,’’ the judge said. “Many sober people have argument with cab drivers.” “So they do, your honor," said the policeman, “but in this case there was no Cab driver.”

Long Playing.

“Talk about long playing,” said the New Yorker to Pat. “Why, your countrymen wouldn’t get a loqk-in with us. I know a fellow citizen who played ‘Beautiful Stars and Stripes’ on the piano for several-hours." , • “Arrah. close your mouth,” said Pat. “You ought to lie ashamed of yourself to be talking about nothing. Sure, I know an Irishman that played ‘lreland Forever’.on a flute.”—New York Morning Telegraph.

And Endless Affair.

Homer—Old Tightwad invited me to take lunch with him yesterday. Heiny—l suppose there was ho end to the good things you had to pat. Hpjner—Kight you are. There‘was neither a beginning nor an end to them; . H.ei ny- —Why, how was that? Homer—All we had was pretzels.

She Fell for It.

Patience— He propose! marriage while he was skating with her. Patrice—With what result? V “She Irecame very much confused and fell for it.”

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

Lake county, the wettest county in Indiana, will be hardest hit by yie state-wide prohibition law. There are. 725 saloons in Lake ctrunty. Todav manv of our .roads carry ■ * . a motor traffic far in excess of. the total traffic of all classes carried twelve years ago. At the present time there are about 2,500,000 motor vehicles in use on our pub- , lie roads, or about one motor vehicle for every mile of road. The body of Frank Fox, who was burned to death at Joliet, Illinois, was brought back to Monticello, his former home, last week for burial: Death resulted from burns caused by the explosion of a can of coal oil. Deceased leaves a wife and one son, who reside at Monticello. Two carloads of hogs were sold in Indianapolis a few days ago at $1'2.30 per cwt , a new high record price. One was sent in by Mansfield 1 & Puckett of Muncie, seventy- < no hogs of average weight of 227 pounds: the other by 11. F. Pinnell of Kansas, Illinois, sixty hogs of average weight of 201 pounds. Robert B- Shaw, for many years active in politics and rfh officer in the Typographical union, has announced himself as a candidate for mayor of Lafayette on the Republican ticket. He will be opposed at the primary by Edwin Boswell. George R. Durg'an. who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor, will have no opposition at the primary. Henry Poole, 36 years old, is in jail at Lafayette with assault and battery with intent to tnurder Earl Staley, a policeman; When Staley attempted to arrest him on a charge of intoxication Poole fired four shots at the officer. Staley returned the fire and three shots struck Poole, one in the right hand, another in his right arm and a third in the chest. The arrest followed.

WE’RE NOT CRAZY But this is OUR 4fh ANNIVERSARY In past years we have given carnations to commemorate this event This year— SATURDAY, after 10 a. m. we are going to give these UNHEARD OF VALUES with any other purchase of 10c or more. Limoges French China Plates, 3 sizes Limoges French China Cup and Saucer 1 IIA regular 70c value Genuine Cut Glass Tumblers, 4 patterns I II II worth 50c. " • ■ ■ ■ -■■■- ■ ■■■ _ ' ' ONE TO A CUSTOMER Additional China 50c each. Additional Cut Glass Tumblers 25c SATURDAY ONLY ■ Watch for the announcement of the arrival of our new lines of MILLINERY and NACO CORSETS, made by National Corset Co.

Jessen Our careful examination—without charge —will tell you if your need is Glasses or Better Glasses. We will call at your home if inconvenient for you to come to our office. ’v. ...I 4..- ‘-L; Glasses Licensed Optician and Optometrist in Illinois and Indiana. Clare Jessen With Jessen, the Jeweler Telephone 1 3

Purchase your calling cards, correspondence cards, correspondence stationery and envelopes from The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. We carry the most complete line to be found outside the large cities. » _

Christian Science Uhrlstian Sclefice services at 11 a. m. every Sunday In the auditorium of the public library. Public cordially invited. ts

DATES OF LYCEUM COURSE

Hagerman, lecturer, February 8. Rob Roys, quartet, March 5.

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