Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1919 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

REMINGTON. (From the Press)

George Besse has recovered from his recent ’ sickness sufficiently to be about again. Mrs. Sophia Lucas and Mrs. Jake Meyers were Wednesday guests of Mrs. George Foos, at Goodland. Mrs. Lewis'Ford and little daughter of Newport, Kentucky, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.' R. Geier. Mis a Ida Beal spent Sunday in Goodlahd with her brother, Will and family. Misses Edna and Esther Bridenbaugh of Logansport, came Friday evening for a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs.’G. I. Thomas. Mrs. John McCullough was a Remington visitor this week/ She has made very good recovery since her operation a few weeks ago. Mirs. Ray Perce of Watseka, Illinois, came Friday to spend a few days with Mrs. Fred Parker. Mrs. Pierce was formerly Miss Gladys Cobb. Mr. and Mirs. Marion O’Connor of Lafayette came Wednesday for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Ellen O’Connor. Marion is lust getting over the “flu,” and is still not able to work. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Gray celebrated their silver wedding anniversary Thursday by going to Saunemin, Illinois, to visit his mother. They will also visit other points while away. *M<O Stokes has purchased of MK/Guthrie Morris, the property In/the east part of town, foormerly occii‘pis)t .by himself, now occupied by Mel iMflien, and will move into the eiame short'time. Forbes moved his family to Saturday, where he is noW in full charge of one of Bogan’s poultry houses. Remington will miss aas he has been one of our Wading young mfen and with his excellent" family, are mighty fine Frank Goss of southwest of town, is in a very bad way with pneumonia. He had the flu some time ago_Jand thought he had about recovered from its effects. However, recently he suffered a relapse and . Is now in a vary serious condition. A trained nurse Scaring for him. It is reported that his wife is sick with flu and also his sister, Mrs. Wingard. ■■Henry Miller, an old and well Ifhown citizen of Remington, passed away -at the National Military Home at Marion, where he has been for the past several years, Saturday. Mr. 'Miller wae home

visiting his family shortly before Christmas, returning to Marion in time for the Christmas dinner. His illness vyas of only a few days and death was caused by pneumonia. He was born at Vevay, Indiana, July 11, 1843, and died January 11, 1919, aged 75 years and 6 months. He was marriea to Catherine Nelson of Crawfordsville, Indiana, October 29, 1877. To this union were born six children: Mrs. Jessie Brant of Frankfort, Indiana; George William Miller of Rossville, Illinois: Mrs. Madge Ostrander of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Clara Belle Miller of Remington; Charles iHarrison Miller of Indianapolis, and Henry Franklin Miller, who departed this life several years ago;

FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune) Alf Whitaker of Niles, Michigan, has been the guest of his brother, Ab Whitaker, who has been on the sick list lately. Mr/and Mrs. H. W. Bledsoe are leaving today for an extensive trip through the southern states. They will spend most of the time in Florida. ' Jud Osburn of Rensselaer was here on business several days last week. It is understood that be may tender his resignation to the “Batchelor £lub” sometime next summer. Mrs. Lewis Lehman of this place has received a card from Mr. and Mrs. Ora L. Duff of Laporte, announcing the arrival of their first born, a son. M,rs. Duff was formerly Miss Opal Taylor and a former principal of the Francesville schools. John Kruger, the real estate dealer is a patient in the Wabash Valley sanitoriumi in Lafayette. He was taken sick with influenza "while on a business trip to Illinois. Although quite sick for awhile he is reported to be much better and expects to be home soon. D. E. ?jtes has tendered h's resig nation as superintendent of schools to Trustee Edward Mayhugh, and it became ‘effective Monday. Mr. Sites has taken a position as salesman for the McConnell Map Company of Chicago, and will begin his duties at once. His brother Lieut. E. C. Sites, former assistant superintendent of schools here, and who was recently mustered out of service, has taken the position.

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Mrs. Perfect Spencer went to Remington today to visit relatives. Joseph Emond went to Kankakee Tuesday evening to visit friends. Miss Anna Bult of Lafayette was the guest Wednesday of Mrs. Richard Burke. David Neukoman went ,to Cisna, Park, 111., to'attend the funeral of Mrs. Gotleib Renter. Mrs. A'dam Jtfesser of Peoria was 5 ’ • d'"--' ■

the guest Thursday of Mrs. John Abersol and family. Mirs. Samuel Hughes of Logansport spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. M. C. Lyons. Miss Juanita Fisher went to Goodland Wednesday evening to visit her sitser, Miss Marie Fisher. Mrs. Frank Garvin and little daughter, Jane, went to Terre Haute Tuesday morning to visit her parents. Mr; and Mrs. Joseph Pelsey of Francesville were here Tuesday, to attend the funeral of Arnold Slebenthal. 4 Mrs. Samuel May of Remington visitedxaiitfr parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Sharkey, from Saturday until Tuesday. Jesse Starkey has been severely ill the past week with kidney trouble and confined to his bed the most of the time. Mr. and Mrs. John Dawsoil went to Aroma Park, 111., Tuesday evening to visit their daughter, Mrs. C. J. Smith, who is HE Patrick Comer went to Lafayette Wednesday evening for a few days visit with his daughter, Miss Ella Comer, who is teaching there. C. L. A. Miller received a telegram, Monday from his son, Cecil, saying that he arrived in New York from overseas Sunday on the transport Seattle. Mr and Mrs. Chas Carl went to •Remington Thursday evening and spent the night with their son, Lee and family, who are just recovering from the influenza. Miss Carrie Ross, who has been attending school at Valparaiso, has accepted a position as teacher in the schools at Ingomar; - Montana, and left Valparaiso last Thursday to cornimence her duties Monday of this week. Mrs. .Charles F. Waltz of Kokomo, who has been spending a number of days with her sister, Mrs. A. B. Wooden, returned home Monday. Mrs. Waltz contracted the influenza while here and had just recovered sufficiently to return home. Mrs. Eli Blume and Mrs. Edward Blume and son, Harold, went to Cissna Park, 111., Saturday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Eli Blume’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Samuel Rocke. They remained until Tuesday, and visited Mrs. Edward Blume’s mother, Mrs. John Brenner.

BROOK (From the Reporter) Mt. and Mrs. G. L. Thornton were over from Rensselaer oh Monday. Mrs. Laura Lyons and daughters, Pauline and Gladys, Mre.. O. M. Lyons and daughter, Dorothy, and "Miss Vivian Taylor went to Chicago on Thursday to spend a few days. Morton Ulery of Andrews, Ind., and his son, Vernon, were here the first of the week visiting relatives and friends. The latter is now with the firm of Sawyer & Potter at Rensselaer and is on the road buying clover seed. Lawrence Light, who has been at Camp Taylor and has received his discharge, stopped on his way home to Colorado to visit his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Corbin. 'He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Light, who at one time were residents of Brook. Rev. Dillman was called to Battle Ground on Monday to preach the funeral service of a young soldier, David Fisher. He had been home from the army a month and in-

fluenza and pneumonia proved hie undoing. He . was a 32nd. degree Mason and Master elect to hie lodge, although, only 24 years of Mfe. ■ —- ' Charles Gerrlch had a party of Chicago and northern Indiana hunters arrested one day last week for trespassing on hie land with guns in their hands. It cost them $9.50 each, but as tjiey were regular sports being prominent business and professional men they didn’t mind this so much as missing their train to Chicago. On Monday occured the death of George Murphy of Morocco. He had not been well for some time, having suffered several strokes of paralysis. But until the day of his death he could be up and around the house. His death was sudden, but not unexpected. He was 67 years of age and one of the pioneer business men of Morocco, having engaged In there when he was 20 years of age. Minerva C. Davis was born near the town of Rutland in the State of Vermont, the 7th day of July 1833. Her mother died In her Infancy and she lived In the home of an aunt until she was 20 years of age. In 1853 her cousin married a man who lived in Attica, Indiana, and she caime west with them to make her home. She became acquainted with J._ B. Foresman a little later and they were married April sth, 1855. They began their married llfeu as renters on a farm near Lafayette. Six years later they bought a farm in the neighborhood of where they lived and 11 years later in 1872, traded for the farm east of Foreaman which they still owned and was their borne until 1901. At that time they decided to retire from the farm and moved to Brook, where they lived ever since. She was the mother of 12 children, four boys and eight girls. Four of these have preceded her to the great beyond, three girls, two, Fanny and Jessie in Infancy, and one, Sallie, when eight years old, and one son Frederick, who died only a few years ago. There are eight living children: W. D. Foresman of Gate, Oklahoma, Alice Foresman, Mrs. Ida Hess and Mrs. C. E. Sunderland of Brook, Mrs. J. O. Sunderland and John B. Fonesman, Jr., of Foresman, and Frank Foresman ofTulsa, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Gwaltny of San Pedro, California. After ceaseless suffering and weary nights of pain surrounded by her loved ones and a few friends she passed away on the early morning of Thursday, January 9, being 85 years. 6 months and 2 days of age. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband, 8 children, 15 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NEWTON COUNTY Everybody busy getting up wood. No new canes of influenza within the last two weeks. Mrs. Christine Robinson, who has been in quite ipoor health since last fall, is no better at this writing. Wilbur Blankenbaker, whose home is in Colorado, is visiting relatives and friends in this comunity. The State experiment station at Purdue has recommenced the limestone in the quarry east of Kentland as being good for agricultural purposes. County Recorder Steward Informs us that the number of mortgages released in this county in' the last six months is the largest ever known for the same length of time. George H, Murphey of the firm of Kennedy & Murphey, died at his home in Morocco early last Monday morning. Mr. Murphey had been in poor health for several years. There is only one right way to settle disputes between a school hack driver of school. Let the township trustee lay down the law to both sides and then see to it that the law is obeyei--no» by one alone, but by al'. David Protsman, formerly of this township, b ut of late years a resident of Beaver township, died at his home in Tuirkeyfoot grove Wednesday morning of what was believed to be an internal cancer. He. was about fifty years old. The funeral of Benjamin Geesa, whose death was mentioned in The Democrat, was held at North Star the following Sunday afternoon and interment made in the cemetery -at Morocco. Mr. Geesa’s age was 85 years, 8 months and 5 days. If, within the next month or so, the citizens of this community hear a grating, jarring sound, aw if the very earth was being torn up by the roots, they not be alarmed. It will be Charles and Jay Makeevef operating that new stump puller. And then, too, when we come to think of it, it seems quite fitting that King Alcohol and Kaise'- Bill should sort of pass out together. The two have killed more innocent people, It is safe to say, than famine, plague, floods and the medical profession combined. | County Recorder Steward came up from Kentland last Saturday evening and spent Sunday amidst the scehes of his childhood. Edgar is getting on to the curves of his office quite rapidly and already can spit with an accuracy.'hardly excelled by the oldest court house habitues. At the present writing it looks as though it would be only a question of time —and a short time, too—when northern Jackson township will cease to be a timbered country. The high price of real estate js causing farmers to give their timber away, in order to get the land cleared up, and when timber is given away it goes fast. The editor who raves and rants through a column or two because he has bqen at the “hehm” for twenty, thirty or forty years, Will find coneifierable food for thought 'n the following: “S. N. Shesler, retiring editor of the News at Ak-

ron, owned that paper for 77 years, during which time he was present when, every issue but two were printed, and he wrote for every issue but one.** Mr. Shetler sold the News recently. While' in town the other afternoon we ran into a session of the Hot Stove Bo&hedrim—vulgarly spoken of as Never Sweats—and were surprised and pained to learn how almost criminally negligent and short-sighted have been the leaders in the present struggle against * Kaiserism. “Where shall wisdom be found and where is the place of •understanding?” Go on, you know where —down in Cy Hoskins grocery store. Land owners north of Morocco are all "'het** up over the possibilities of hemp culture. A few farmers in that 'region raised hemp with good success last season, and this year hemp farming will be carried on quite extensively, it is said. "Miles Jackson and a force of workmen,*’ says the Morocco Courier, "unloaded a large threeton hemp breaker here Tuesday afternoon. The machine will be used in handling the hemp raised north of town this year.’*

What a funny way we have of doing things in this country. Listen, "After serving four years of a life sentence for the murder of hl B wife and mother-in-law, Thomas Hardin, an Indiana convict, was given a 15-day furlough in order to enable him to spend Christmas with his parents.’’ On this basis may we not assume that if Tom had included father-in-law and a few neighbors in his killing he would have been entitled to a 30day furlough—or say 25 days and an iron cross? We observed that Brother Steinbach, of the Kentland Democrat, intimates that certain Democratic county officials wink at the law in their effort to beat him out of his share of the public printing; Quite a number of Democrats in this vicinity seem to think so, too, and gave that as their reason for voting the Republican county ticket at the last election. The "gang’’ has wreaked an Ignoble revenge on Steinbach, gratified a personal spite, but, in so doing, it has caused dissension among the Democratic voters of this county which will be felt for years.

A writer in a farm paper claims that on four different occasions he escaped being attacked by mad dogs by simply standing perfectly still and looking said dogs in the eye. This may be true, but we doubt it. It doesn’t sound right. And, anyway, what’s the matter with the good old way of climbing a 'tree or perching upon the rooftree of the barn until the dog leaves? We have known several of these quellers of mad dogs by the look’em in the eye process, but whep it came to a show down invariably it required considerable labor to pry queller and dog apart. This thing of a school, hack driver refusing to haul a child because it does not live quite far enough from the schoolhouse to entitle it to this privilege, reminds one of the railroad employe who applied for a pass in order to enable him to go home —some thirty miles distant —each Saturday evening. "Now, look here,” said the big man in the office, "If you were working for a farmer would you expect him to hitch up a team and take you home once a week?” "No, answered the employe, "but if he was going my way I’d think he was a durn mean man if he didn’t let me ride.” The pass was issued. As an illustration of the prog; ress of science, one needs only to recall the story of the young man who studied at a New England college some sixty years ago, and who one day showed his professor a bottle which contained a large ripe pear. As the pear was much larger than the mouth of the bottle, and as pears v/ere not yet ripe, the professor suspected witchcraft, and told the young man that he must give a Christian explanation of the mystery or be expelled frpon school for practicing the black art. At the present time any eight-year-old school boy would know how the pear was made to grow in the bottle. Dutch Bill should be able to sympathize with the North Carolina girl whose wedding was so suddenly and rudely interrupted, “They as the Lord hev jined let no man put asunder,” said the preacher. “Parson,” remarked the bridegroom, "I rises to question your grammar in that there sentence, I want this here weddin’ done right.” When the smoke cleared away the bride looked around and saw a dead parson, a dead bridegroom, a dead brother, two dead uncles ana five dead wedding guests. Then she heaved a sigh from her belt-buckle up and said, "Them new-fangled shootin’ irons sure hez played hell with my prospects.

GOODLAND. (From the Herald.) Mr. and Mrs. Z. F. Little will go to Florida to spend the remainder of the winter. Lincoln Hazen of St. Paul, Kansas, is here the guest of his brother, J. R. Hazen and family. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butler Monday. Mother and little daughter are doing fine. Mrs. Bryce Furgeson of 'Htuntington visited last week and this with her mother, Mrs. Martha Scott. Miss Sadie Heater of Winamac is visiting her brother, Quy Heater and family and other Goodland relatives. A. S. Pehcock, the veteran editor of the Attica Ledger, passed away at his late home in Attica Sunday of influenza, after a few days illness. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cox was taken to Montmorenci for burial Thursoay. The mother, who is an influenza-pneu-monia patient is improving. Arthur Rowland of. Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, was sailed to Goodland Monday by the death of his slater. Mrs. Edith Gilman, whose funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. OUen Harms, who has been stationed at Camp Humphries, Virginia, has been muetored out and is here visiting Goodlapd friends. His brother, C. B. Harms will arrive the first of the week. C. B. Hanns was home from Indianapolis Bunday. He returned to Ft. Benjamin 'Harrison, where he will be mustered out of Headquarters Company of the 137th F. A., this Friday. ' Again it has become our sad duty to report the visit of the Reaper of Death. This time it has taken to 'rest William Lods, one who will be greatly missed in hia home and community. He departed this life in bls home January 10, 1919. Age 57 years, 8 months and 10 days. Antoine Petit was born in Fresne St. Marnes, France, in 1833 and died January 10 1919. In 1853 he came to the United States and made his home at Watseka, Illinois, till he moved to Goodland, Indiana, in 1875. In 1856 he mas married to Fellcie Prlquet. To this union was born two children, Mrs. J. J. Eckman and Mrs. Leona Pratt, who with his wife survive him. He was a man of deep integrity and very industrious. He followed his trade of blacksmithing for seventy years.

Floyd Welshaar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welshaar of this city and Miss Dorothy Archibald of Morocco, were married at the Goodland Catholic parsonage Sunday at a p. m., the Rev, A. Henneberger, officiating. The bride is a talented young lady and taught schopl in the Welshaar neighborhood" and i» the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Archibald of Morocco. The groom is one of our prosperous young farmers and enjoys a large circle of friends. The newlyweds took the Monon at Rensselaer for a short honeymoon, after which they will be at home on the Welshaar farm six miles northwest of Goodland.

George Gorter passed away Saturday afternoon after an illness of only a few days. He suffered an attack of influenza ‘which terminated into spinal meningitis which caused bls death. George waa raised in this community and was a young man who was always industrious and spent most of his time on the farm. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. Interment In Goodland cemetery. George F. Gorter was born in Benton county, Indians, November 6, 1 888, and died at his home Saturday, January 11, 1919, at the age of 30 years, 2 months and 5 days. The most of his early life was spent in ? Qoodland, where he graduated from the high school, and was well known. He had lived in the present Gorter hopre some six yeans and made many friends in the community. He was associated -with friends at the Presbyterian church ’in Goodland and - was a member of tfie Brotherhood Sunday School class. His mother and sister preceded him in death and he leaves to mourn his loss, a father, John D. Gorter and two brothers, Roy D. Gorter and Wto. R. Gorter. Edith Lillian Rowland, the daughter of Peter and Sarah Rowland was born April 5, 1891, just east of Goodland. She departed this life about 8:30 p. m., January 12, 1919, age 27 years, 9 months and 7 days, being a victim of influenzapneumonia, j- She graduated from the graded schools of Jasper county and then from the Goodland high school in 1909. Her nobility of purpose and character were shown throughout her school life, and her schoolmates and teachers learned to love her and greet her open smiling countenance with genuine pleasure. After studying at the Chicago Training School for Missions and the Marion Normal College she returned to Goodland, where she taught one year in Grant township. On September 4, 1912, she was united in marriage to William Francis Gilman. To this union were born three children, Bethel, Maxine and Keith, one of whom, Maxine, preceded the mother to the Great Beyond. The husband and two children Bethel, aged 4 years and 8 months, and Keith, only 22 months old, the mother and two sisters, Vietta and Ruth of Downers Grove,’ Illinois, and brothers, Arthur of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Harvey E. of Goodland, survive.

MEDARYVILLE. (From the Journal) Tony Querry went to Chicago Wednesday to resume his old position with an electrical manufacturing company. \ Roy and Fred Comer went to Wahash Monday to visit their sister. From there they expected to go to Detroit and Kalamazoo. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Ivins of Alexandria, So. Dakota, are moving into the property >uat vacated by Mr. Douglass’ family. Mrs. Ivina is a sister of J. J. Van Buskirk. Harwood Call will leave for Poplar, Montana Friday in response to a wire from his oruther. Cieo, who has started s-pring work cn his homestead, and n6eds assistance. • Mrs. John Himes of Mt. Ayr made a visit at the parental home the first of the week. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Watson accompanied her home for a week’s visit. Mrs. Jacob Getz went to Cissna Park, Illinois, her former borne,, to attehd the funeral of a friend. Later word from Mrs. Getz say* the flu is raging badly there, sne haying attended several funeralswhile therei.