Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1917 — Page 3

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1917

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HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, JfEWTON COUNTY

Mt. Ayr’s new school house is practically completed. We had our first taste of that “mild, open winter” last Saturday. A number of farmers in this vicinity will finish husking this week. Well, Jerusalem ought to be used to being captured by this time. What? The last few days of cold weather has helped corn some in the way of drying it out. Scott Brenner contemplates spending the present winter in a more congenial climate —probably Oklahoma. Mrs. Christine Robinson shipped fifteen turkeys recently that brought her $65 clear of all expenses. The skin of the lowly muskrat is worth $1 to $1.50. Time was when it hurried this varmint to bring a dime. In Short, if we catch Woodrow’s meaning, its “Lay on, McDuff, and damned be the man that first cries hold, enough.” Ira Chupp trotted out the little old wood-saw this week, and for the rest of the winter Ira expects to be a mighty busy man. Miss Beth Perrigo, formerly of Morocco, has been appointed to the position of stenographer in the department of mines in government service. W. D. Stevens of Morocco has resigned as superintendent of schools in that city and now has a clerical position in the quartermasters department of the army. Truly the American government is patient and long-suffering. F'rinstance, the disloyal German element has not been requested to » observe a krautless Tuesday, a limburgerless Thursday or a pretzelless Saturday. Pass the horse, please: Montana, according to newspaper reports, offers 100,000 range horses for food, and asserts that in the northwest 1 -there are more than a million useless range horses that could be profitably used in this way. The cold snap, we are told, caught some potatoes in this part of Newton county. A Beaver township citizen is reported as having lost thirty bushels by frost. However, taking it all in all, the damage probably was not heavy. Clem Williams, at one time a resident of Beaver township, but. now living at Murpheysboro, Illinois, underwent an operation recently for the amputation of his'

AUCTION SALE OF FARM This farm, located miles northwest of Rensselaer, consisting of 131 acres, will be offered for sale at public auction on the premises, on Monday, December 17, 1917 Land is all tillable, well tiled, entirely fenced and cross fenced with four-foot woven wire and cedar posts; land 'fertile and productive, cattle having been fed on the farm for several years. Greater portion of soil is black, sandy loam, except about 8 or 10 acres, which is especially adapted for truck raising or onions. Farm is located on one of the main traveled stone roads, and is only a few minutes run to Rensselaer, a splendid city of some 2,800 inhabitants. Public school less than a quarter of a mile from the house. Improvements are largely new and substantial, except the house, which is old but comifortiable; good horse barn; well and wind mill, engine house, shop room, cattle barn, nearly new, 40x60, cement silo, 140-ton capacity; feed room, feed cook house and bin, two nearly new com cribs, three agricultural implement sheds, chicken house, milk house, cement and galvanized water tanks, and a nearly new 4-ton stock scales and rack. In addition to the above have one of the best feed lots in the country, natural drainage, and the soil being sandy, and on this account never gets muddy; also a fine young orchard, just beginning to bear. I am offering this splendid farm for sale account I wish to locate in the West„jthe coming year, 'and for the person that wants a good home close to schools, churches and a first-class town, this farm cannot be beaten. TERMS OF SALE — Subject to a mortgage loan of $5,000.00 at 5 per cent, due January 1, 1922, to be assumed by purchaser, onethird of the balance of purchase price on day of sale; one-third due June 1, 1918, and the remaining third due June 1, 19191, with interest at 6 per cent on deferred payments from March 1, 1918. Purchaser has the privilege of making full cash payment on day of sale. Possession will be given on March 1, 1918. Sale begins promptly at 2 p. m. on Monday, December 17, 1917. Charles H. Porter COL. FRED A. PHILLIPS, Auctioneer.

foot, the result of an injury received a few days previous to the operation. Salt is being uesd quite extensively in this vicinity as a preservative for soft corn. Those who have had experience with this treatment assert, as a rule, that t'he best results from the use of salt are obtained where the corn is free of husks and silk, with a reasonable amount of ventilation. On February 11, 1861, Abraham Lincoln said to his neighbors at Springfield: “Today I leave you. I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God who assisted him be with me and aid me I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm- that directed and protected him shall guide and support me I shall not fail —I shall succeed.” Speaking of camouflage or whatever it may be called, Albert Anderson, Dutchman and patriot, is probably the greatest camouflager in these parts. Observing Albert from the rear one would readily affirm that it was a hip-roofed cow shed, sagging at the southeast corner, while a front view would tempt you to bet your last dollar that it was a painting of a western sunset circled by a field of alfalfa. In order to keep in touch with conditions on the “Western Front,’’ one needs only to observe our immortal Abraham Bringle, the mail carrier. If the English and French are having the best of it Abe whistles and sings and anon relieves his chest of a war-whoop of the most blood-curdling nature. But if the Germans have advanced ten feet a deep gloom pervades the little old U. S. mail wagon, and a school for the deaf and itumb would seem loud and boisterous compared to the silence of A. B. One day recently Voor Carter of Brook drifted into Mt. Ayr and inquired ill a loud, mud-colored voice if there was any trotting stock within the sacred precincts of the burg aforesaid. Firstly, Ed Harris owned 'a horse, “Rags” by name, that could trot circles around any Brook horse that ever happened. Secondly, Jap Wright was the proprietor of a critter that contracted the habit early in life of coming in ahead of all competitors. This animal had a leg out of commission at the time, it is true, but a threelegged horse was plenty good enough to put the kibosh on any equine that ever came out of Brook, and so on, and so on, after the manner of hot-airing that has preceded every horse race from the time that Levi Iscariot’s gray mare executed a mile dash with old Bell-

shazzer’s chestnut sorrel out an the | plains of Judea. Arrangements for a half-mile race were soon made, Harris and Carter doing most ors the arranging, as Wright and his threelimbed beast were considered unworthy of notice. Well, to cut this narrative short, it was the story ot the hare and the tortoise repeated. While Harris and Carter were playing to the galleries, Wright’s decrepit steed, that game leg working like the arm of a Dutch windmill, attended strictly to business, and shot under the wire a safe winner amid the plaudits of the multitude.

GIFFORD

Will Steel has been on the sick list this week. Jess Nuss and Bob Grimm were Medaryville goers Saturday. Mrs. Lizzie Swisher visited Miss Vesta Brown’s school Friday afternoon. Albert Akers of Tefft spent Sat-' urday and Sunday with relatives here. Mrs. Lemma Hankins and children visited Mary Obenchain Monday evening. George Lambert and daughter took dinner with Guy Zook and family Tuesday. There will be church services here Sunday at 7:30 p. m. Let everybody be present. Mrs. Laura Antrim of Range Line is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Steel. There was no school in Miss Ruth Kennedy’s room as she could not get a fire in the stove. Mrs. Maude Jenkins and two sons came Monday to spend the week with relatives and friends here. Harry Ballard, who has been overseeing some onion harvesting this fall, returned to his home near Indianapolis Monday. Ralph Timmons and Ralph Ballard of Medaryville were in our burg Monday. Will Obenchain purchased a pet coon of the latter. John Akers, Jr., went to Brook Monday to husk corn. Jess Grimm and Grover Norris, who are also husking there, spent Sunday with home folks. Mrs. Charley Walker and Roscoe Zook were called to Demotte Sunday, as the latter’s mother was very ill. She >was reported some better Tuesday.

MT. AYR

(From the Tribune) N. C. Shafer of Rensselaer was a business caller here Saturday. W. R. Lee was a business visitor in Chicago a couple of days this week. August Bengston, who works for George Ade at Hazelden, spent several days here visiting his brother Otto and children. August is a single man and owns a good farm near Remington. Mrs. Sperry and little son, who have been visiting her sister Mrs. J. R. Sigler, left for their home at Allentown, Illinois, Tuesday. After looking after matters there for a few days Mrs. Sperry expects to leave for Hot Springs, Arkansas, where she will spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Albion Nelson, Mrs. Edward Bengston, Oscar Bengston, her son, and Edward Nelson of near Wolcott, and Ernest Nelson and wife, Ole Bengston and wife and Otto Bengston were Sunday guests at the hoThe of Gus Bengston, north of town. The gathering was principally in honor of Mrs. Bengston, who recently came to this country from Sweden.

IS RENSSELAER SATISFIED?

The Evidence Is Convincing. The Testimony Open to Investigation. Before a statement can be accepted here, it must be supported by local testimony—by the evidence of someone residing in Rensselaer. Statements from unknown people in remote places may be true, but we cannot prove them. Here is a statement by a Rensselaer resident: C. B. Steward, insurance agent, S. Front street, says: “I had been subject to serious attacks of kidney disorder. My back for a long ,tin>o was lame and sore and I was hardly ever free from backache. Whenever -I feel any signs of that trouble now, or imy kidneys are not in good condition, I get a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Long’s drug store. They quickly fix me up all right. In that way I keep free from the old suffering and in good health.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Steward uses. FosterMilburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. -—Advt.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

William G. Caldwell et ux to Anthony C. Symmes, November 28, pt n % ne 10-28-6, 100 acres, e % sw 3-28-6, s % sw se 3-28-6, 190 acres, Milroy and Marion, $lO. Floyd Meyers to Charles S. Chamberlain, Decetober 4, n pt ne ne 4-30-6, 42.37 acres, Barkley, $3,000. Charley W. Coen et ux to Jesse L. Brady, May 28, 1914, und 5-9 It 2, bl 37, Rensselaer, Weston’s Second add., $500.’ Jess& L. Brady et ux to William Moore, October 4, It, bl“ 37, Weston’s Second add., S7OO.

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‘‘Ever turnip in Germany is registered an’ tagged an’ made t’ do its bit,” declared Wash Timberlake, V. S., an’ his voice filled ever’ nook an,’ cranny o’ Melodeon hall, last night. Th’ occasion wuz a patriot-

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Big Closing Out Sale As we are going to move to Michigan we will offer at public auction at the residence of 0. J. Kenton, 4 miles north and 2 miles west of Rensselaer and 1-2 mile east of Surrey, commencing at 10 a. m., sharp, on MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1917 15 Head of SL Horses Mules Tj* 60 Head Cattle Consisting of milch cows, (10 of which are owned _ Ji by M. Tudor and will be sold as his stock, are fresh with calves by side); 10 pure bred Shorthorn cows; 2 pure bred Shorthorn bulls, all registered; the others are steers, heifers and yearlings f ----■- - . . - - 50 head of Hogs Consisting of 10 head of pure bred Spotted Poland China shotes, the others sows and pigs. Implements, Wagons, Etc. Consisting of all our farm tools and machinery of every description, harness, wagons, etc., used in farming 550 acres. HOUSEHOLD GOODS—Consisting of range, 2 base burners, household and kitchen furniture, etc., etc. TpD||/ICa Ten dollars and under cash in hand; on sums over $lO a credit I t months will be given, purchaser executing note with approved security bearing 6 per cent interest from date if paid when due, if not paid when due, 8 per cent interest from date; 2 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. No property removed until terms of sale are complied with. WM— Ob J. KENTON JAMES REED

ic entertainment t* raise a yarn fund, an’ Mr. Timberlake, who has traveled in Germany, addressed th’ crowd. "I don’t reckon you folks appreciate what it would mean t’ th’ United States if th’ Hohenzollerns won this war—what it would mean t’ our institutions an’ our ideals! I’ve been in Prussianized Germany in peaceful times an’ I know somethin’ about German ‘kultur’ an’ efficiency, an’ militarism. Nothin’ goes t’ waste but th’ air in Germany an’ there faaint enough garbage in th’ entire empire t’ keep a self respectin’ coyote on a payin’ basis. Th’ military class has all th’ recognition an’ privileges while th’ poor an’ middle ere ruled with a hob nailed heel. Th’ rich have plenty t’ eat an’ wear, but they don’t cut any more ice than a Bible teacher at a Commanche outin’. Domineerin’, , arrogant an' chesty, th’ military wing o’ th’ populace has th’ preference ever’where, in th’ railway cars, in th' the’aters, in th’ parlors even, in th’ .streets an’ stores an’ cases an’ parks. You kin have anything in Germany th’ soldiers don’t want. They strut about th’ streets four abreast, jest th’ width o’ th’ sidewalks an’ park seats. Believe me, I didn’ do nothin’ but sidestep th' whole four days I wuz in Germany. Jest suppose, four peasants went in a resturint an’ set down an’ ordered some knackwurst. Then four soldiers came in, an’ then what? Why, they'd have t’ git up an’ give ’em ther seats an’ eat ther knackth’ best they could. Ever’ inch o' ground in Germany is under cultivation. Th’ ground haint idle long enough fer a fish worm to git settled. . It’s a common sight t’ see a German woman hitched up alongside a hoss plowin’. A. young German farmer alius selects a wife that’s harness broke. IL you, cut a tree down, you have t’ plant two more. I want t’ give Germany credit fer bein’ a wonderful country—a wonderful military ridden country. Th’ common people love ther country because they’ve never lived in a regular country. They have t’ like it. Germany is a wonderful musical country an’ a wonderful turnip country. Germany is a toy center an’ a sausage producin’ country. Ther we find Intense farmin* an’ intense manufacturin’. An’ why shouldn* we? Th’ people

are driven like Eskimo dogs. They know where t’ head in an’ where t’ head out. Ever’thing’s censored, ever’buddy’s watched an’ ever'buddy’s utilized. Our country is filled with Germans who left th’ fatherland in th’ 40’s an’ 70’s t’ escape th’ tyranny o’ th’ pompous, sneerin’, bristlin’ mustached HohenzoK lorn military clique. Here they have been allowed th’ use o’ th’ sidewalks an’ have th’ benefit of our tree institutions They know when they climb uip on a resturint stool that they'll be allowed t’ remain ther till they’ve swallowed ther last bite. They have thrived here an’ become good, thrifty citizens, an’ I believe that fer th’ most part they are true an’ loyal. If th’ Hohenzollerns win this war, an’ o’ course they won’t, th’ grindin’ Prussian military heel will be felt throughout th’ world. My friends, Germany is a carrot lovin’ country an’ that fact alone is enough.’’

■ ■■ ■ x 1 • HHV..... w. a. Mccurtain AUCTIONEER. A Real Live Livestock Auctioneer. Five years successful experience. Have a wide acquaintance among the buyers. It pleases me to please everybody. Terms 1 per cent. Call Rensselaer 926-R for dates. Write Fair Oaks, R-2. SALE DATES December 17, O. J. Kenton and James Reed, % mile east of Surrey. General sale. December 19, Perry Polsel, 5 miles west of Medaryville. Stock sale. December 27, William O. Gourley, 3 miles east of Fair Oaks. General sale. February 5, John Lesh, 4 miles east of Rensselaer. General sale.

February 12, Farm Wiseman, 3 miles southwest of Roselawn. General sale. February 14, Ernest Asher, 4 miles southeast of Wheatfield. General sale. Feb. 18, A. B. Lowman, near Hebron. General sale. February 20, John R. Lewis, Barkley township. Sale of Hampshire hogs. February 21, Roorda and Otis, 1 1/. miles north of Fair Oaks. February 27, B. T. Lanham, southeast of Rensseflaer. General sale.

PIONEER Meat Market EIGELSBACH & SON, Props. Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna AT LOWEST PRICES The Highest Market Price Paid for Hides and Tallow

tt insurance Why not insure your cars when we can carry your insurance for Fire, Lightning, Wind Storm, Theft and Collision for about $1 per SIOO. I also have several farms for sale or will trade on town property. If you need anything in insurance or real estate, see me. Walter Lynge Phone 455 Rensselaer, - Indiana

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