Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1918 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

FOUR CORNERS

John Akers of East Walker has moved to Fair Oaks for the winter. J. T. Biggs, Republican candidate for treasurer, is not making a very energetic campaign. Wednesday a steady rain set in which lasted all dayyand night and called a halt with tire farmers who had commenced husking corn. Orville Fisher and family have all been down with -the influenza. At this writing (hey are some better, and if no complications set -in will soon be out again. Miss M. Minor, who has been taking a course in nursing at Valparaiso, came home sick with the influenza last week, but is better now and will soon return to shool. The fate of our nMion depends

upon our school system. When you vote for a man for township trustee be convinced that he is a school man, and one in whom you can place your trust. There is a movement on foot by the farmers of Kankakee township and adjoining territory to build a farmers elevator at Tefft. Another meeting will be held in z the near future and an organization perfected, so that as soon as the war is won and a permit secured the necessary steps will be taken to perfect the organization and get down to business. J. W. Mannon of, Lacross took dinner with F. W. Fisher and family a few. days ago and the first time in over twenty years. (He

came to take out a subscription to the Fourth Liberty loan. Mr. Maanon is an old soldier and is willing to back up the boys at the front to the limit, and between loans he purchases W. S. S. Kankakee tewnship went over the top with her quota of $12,000 and, we trust, in the next loan that the amount of each subscription will be assessed on the valuation of land and personal property of resident and non-resident alike. Then perhaps the poorer and middle class will get a square deal. Some who have no boys in the service and whose income is said to be in the thousands subscribed for an insigniflCent amount, showing that their loyalty is in shouting and not in supporting the U. S/ A., or the boys who are fighting there battle as well as their own. If in the future these parties .ask for an office could you support them? Well, it look now as though Wheatfield township is billed for a political house cleaning in (November. That it needs it goes without saying, but we would rather hawje seen some one selected by the rank and file of the Democrat party as the one to do the act, than a self-appointed cuss to take the bit in his teeth and run away with the Democrat band-wagon, but if"Bowte will use some of the Kankakee germ killer and disinfectant and hire us to help him do the work (as we have tried this j Kankakee dope and know that it is better than that which Anderson used while he was in business' in Wheatfield) we will try and prosper under the Bowie administration.

ZADOC

Miss Nettie Hewett of Wheatfield was home over Sunday. Mr. and M. Dewey and daughters went to Illinois Saturday, returning Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McDaniel went td Tennessee Thursday for a fortnight’s visit with relau.ves. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel of Rensselaer are here taking care of the farm and stock during the stay of their son Lawrence in Tennessee. The “Miles of Smiles” being sent by the Herald'-Examiner to the boys in France is a gigantic and a wonderful undertaking. Neither the boys or their friends will ever forget it. Mike Misch and Bert Vandercar toured through Newton county Sunday and called on Mr. and Mrs. Pete Dollinger of Roselawn, who were former residents of this place. They have a fine new boy. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe ogers of Valparaiso, Mr. and Mrs. A- JBush and son William of yjpaum’s Briuge, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Stan- 1 - Hebron, and Mrs. Almira Miller and son John, of Kouts, called on the Vandercar family Sunday.*

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NEWTON COUNTY

Now that we have whipped the Huns what next? The influenza epidemic appears to be abating somewhat. Not in a number of years have pastures been as good at this season. Claude Seward is stepping purty high these days. It’s a ten-pound girl. Corn husking began this week. The yield is good and the same is true to quality. Last week’s Kentland Democrat contained the announcement of eighteen deaths. Jacob and Joseph Shanlaub of North Manchester, visited relatives here over Sunday. Ono handy thing about Germany’s daily war reports they require no change of type. King Albert of Belgium will have every reason to feel that the old home isn’t what it used to be. The potato crop is turning out better than was expected, we are told. Still the crop will be short. Mrs. Elizabeth Schanlaub of Mt. Ayr, will spend the"" winter in Missouri with her daughter, Mrs. Ella Shull. Joseph Wildrick, whose home was in Colfax township, died Monday morning of influenza. He leaves a wife and four children. Foster Brunton has been appointed administrator of the estate of Elisha Dungan, whose death from l influenza occurred recently. David Protsman, formerly of this township, but now of Beaver township, is in quite poor health, we are informed, with Bright’s disease.

The scale descending: “We must have a strong German peace. We must have ass honorable peace. We must have peace. Please give us peace.” Mano Dun, living east of Rensselaer, was in Jackson township last Sunday shaking hands with old friends and incidently abusing Emperor Bill. <■ We have been having excellent wheat weather. In fact a little too good, it is feared, as early planted wheat is in danger of growing too rank. Mrs. Christine Robinson, ‘whose illness was mentioned in the Democrat, is in a Chicago hospital at the present time, recovering from a surgical operation. The man who would rather vote for a “yaller dog” than support a candidate outside of his own party is another breed of plain fool that is fast becoming extinct, Gott! “Thrice the brinded cat has mewed,’’ Bill. “Thrice; and once the hedgepig whined. Harpier cries—’Tig time ’tig time!” Bill, won’t you please take warning. ' • This, from a Chicago paper, is downright cruelty: “Who knows but in a few years the Kaiser may find a job as king of some bush league nation down on the east coast of Africa.” / A labor census pf Newton eoun-

ty was made last week, the purpose of which is to furnish information for the district draft board in its consideration of deferment of agricultural classes. Disease is causing the death of quite a number of cattle in tnis part of Newton county. Blackleg appears to be the chief trouble, but there has been quite a loss, stockmen report, from other diseases. We see by the papers that the Huns now claim that Christ and Moses were bot£ Germans. Well, we have always' contended that it is possible to be a-German-and still be good. Honor and fan\e from no condition rise, we are told by the poet, “Imported cheese is no longer available,’’ says-a newspaper. Well, what you beefin’ about? Among other things, are we not in this war to discourage imported cheese, blutwurst and other hellish mixtures from Germany and her bordering states? There are a number of influenza cases in this vicinity, but, fortunately, no deaths have resulted as yet. Other points in the county— Morocco, Brook and Kentland — have not fared so well, however, i_e death toll' exceptionally heavy in each of these places. Of course the American soldiers can and will fight, but the same is true of the English, the French, the Italians, the Belgians and the rest of the entente allies. Those hysterical U. S. patriots who are alreay shouting, “We Done It,” are not only unfair but foolish. Here is something for that class of farmers who insist that Indiana soil will not successfully grow spring wheat. On something over 7,000 acres of spring wheat in the state yield, according to the October crop report for Indiana, averaged slightly better than winter wheat. * Charles Makeever came across two dead two-year-old heifers in his pasture the other day, and in an adjoining pasture, owned by Edward Schanlaub, were found two dead yearling calves. No effort was made to determine the cause of death in these cases, but It was thought to be due to blackleg or an overdose of acorn?.

Those boys who have been catching Ernie Schanlaub’s western sheep in their rabbit traps are hereby warned to desist. So long as each trap contained not more than one sheep at a time Ernie interposed no serious kick, but when three to four of his biggest weathers are (ailed at a single clip patience ceases to become a virtue. Lots of people still labor under the delusion that northern Newton county is a vast swamp surrounded by muskrat houses, cat-tails and the graves of lowly bandits and counterfeiters. A trip through this country, with its fine stone loads, *t s big silos and large, fine dwelling houses would no doubt give these people the surprise of their lives. The other day, while in a neighboring town, we picked up a copy of Al Kitt’s paper and it was just like meeting an old pal after years of separation. When we were editing the “Leaves of Healing” at Morocco, Kitt and the writer used to cuss each other scan’lous but through it all there existed between them a sort of David and Jonathan love which at times was truly touching. A Morocco lad who was asked jjy his teacher to write something about the U-boat produced the following: “Our hired man says that the ewe boat is sompin that knocks the guts out of ships, and Dad says it’s a child of the hydraulic ram. But, both bein’ Demercrats, they don’t know ''eny too darn much, so you cin believe this or not, jist es yu please. That’s all I know about ewe boats.” “The quality of mercy is not strained” says Shakespeare, and the sam is true, we :,re pained to observe, of the bulk of the Avar poetry now circulating. And that reminds us that Josh Billings once upon a time Sent a poem to a magazine only to receive it back in a few days with the following letter from the editor: Dear Sir: You may be a domphool, but you are no poet. Yours in haste. Friday of last week was a sort of red-letter day in the life of Henry Burton, recorder of Newton county. This is the way it happened: On October 18, 1863, Henry, who was in the 4th 111. Cav., was but in the rear of Vicksburg doing a little scouting, when a rebel, without the fear of God

in his heart and instigated thereto by the devil, shot him through the body and seriously wounded him. Uncle Henry has an old soldier comrade living In Morocco—John Vayette—-and the two “boys” enjoy nothing quite so much as to get together' and hike out for a day’s fishing on the Kankakee. Not long ago we wasted a good hour’s potato digging, listening to the mouthings of a man whom, as we understood It, was just r’arin’ to die for his country. He desired particularly to cross the raging main and thump h— out of the Huns, but, as he was too old for that, gosh blame it, he was ready to throw away his life in any other worthy cause, by geminy crout, up matter what. The very next day, while we were returning home from calling on an influenza patient, we met this same "dare-devil’’ in the road, and upon learning where we had been be began shying like a three-year-old colt at a Republican rally—afraid of catching the flu, don’t you see. He also abused us for being a blame fool,' "reskin’ our life when we didn’t have to.”

GIFFORD

Clyde Davisson was In our burg Thursday. Oscar Smith is carrying mail in his Ford now-a-days. Ralph Timmons is home from Kensington on a visit. 4 < Vern and Ruby Keen are both report™ better from influenza. Mary and Marie Smith have been ill with Influenza, but are better now. Lizzie Caldwell and daughter, and Miss Florence are ill with the mumps. . ' It is reported that Goldia Peregrine ana Floyd Hilton are " ill with influenza. ■ i Clifford and Clara Grim are doing nicelv from their recent illness of influenza i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Antbruin and children are visiting here this week with relatives. Misses Hazel and Ola Lambert,) who have been confined to their home with influenza, are recovering nicely. John Jenkinson of Chicago, who) has been in the county hospital suffering from influenza, is able to be out again. The house of David Popel west of here, caught fire Sunday and burned down. Cause of the fire jvas not learned. Mrs. Sylvia Wilson was called to her husband at Camp Sherman, Ohio, on account of his taking pneumonia after paving influenza. George » La/mbert returned to Kensington, Illinois, where he is working, after spending from Friday until Monday with his daughters here. ' Word was received here of the serious sickness of Miss Mae Snyder of Clinton, Illinois, daughter of Ed Snyder. She is suffering from influenza. Two letters were received here from John Peterson, w'no landed in France the last part of June, saying that he was feeling fine, had plenty to eat and had a good time with the French people.

FAIR OAKS

Roy Swartz is husking corn down about Kentland now-a-days. Bert Warne has about a “half dozen men cutting cordwood for shipment. J. J. Lawler has several teams hauling corn to fill his three large silos on the ranch near here. It is reported that Clint* Gundy of Monon, is not expected to live from the effSCts of the “flu.” The rainy weather h s put a check on the hay business for McConnell on the Kankakee bottoms. The weather has been fine up to Wednesday when it rained a slow steady rain all day and all night Ex-editor Schanlaub of the Morocco Courier, is the first in his neighborhood to begin cribbing corn, and to say it is fine is putting it mildly. Henry Wilson and family of North Dakota arrived at Ransom Elijah’s Tuesday evening. They made the entire trip in their automobile. Charles Warren, who has lived

on the old Templeton ranch since last spring, moved into town Monday and occupies the Smith proper*! ty in the south part of town. I Luther Myres, who has lived ont the Hillis ranch the past year,' moved to Fair Oaks last week and occupies the Mat« Karr largj build* ing in the > orth part of town. I There has been several cases of the "flu” in town since our last report. While same have been serious, none have been fatal. Most of them are improving very nicely, now. / li * Mat Karr, who has been out west since last spring, returned home the latter part of the week, I He is preparing » set up his saw* mill on the J. J. Lawler ranch! west of town. | There was two large touring card struck torn Tuesday evening loaded with nimrods from the city to in the quail, rabbits and prairie chickens which the farmers have raised and fed.

LEE

October 17, born to Roy Stierg ar.d wife, a son. Walter Jordan is down with an attack of the grippe. The Spanish influenza situation is better around here now. Gail Culp attended a military funeral at Headlee last week. Roy Heltzel and family visited relatives in Francesville Sunday. • Several from here attended tha stock show at Renrselaer last Saturday. Miss (Hazel Jacks of near Rensselaer is here this week visiting relatives. J. H. Culp and wife and son Gail, ate Sunday dinner at Oryal Holeman’e. J. H. Culp is building a qrib on the Horner farm, where Wlm. Smith lives, about two miles north of here. S. M. Jacks and family visited Saturday night and Sunday with his brother, William, near Rensselaer. Lnwrence ' Snedeker, who has been very sick with pneumonia, following influenza, is improving at this writing. > Mrs. L. L. Lefler and baby of Lafayette came Thursday and visited her parents, G. A. Jacks and wife, till Tuesday of this week. An armload of old newspaper* few • nickel at The Democrat office.