Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1919 — Page 8

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14 oz. HUSKING MITTS $1.75 S DOUBLE PALMS Plain Wrist Knit Wrist ONE DOZEN SOLD AT A TIME ONLY CAN ANY OTHER . STORE DO IT?

NEWS from the COUNTY

FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune) Mrs. Samantha Thrasher of Andrews is the guest of Mrs. T. M. Wise. Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Koebcke halve returned from an extended visit in Oregon. Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Sharrer and son Gbrald of Benton Harbor spent n day with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Sharrer. Mrs. L. G- Bullinger went to Lafayette Monday where she is a patient in St. Elizabeth’s hospital. She recently underwent an operation and she may undergo another in order to secure permanent relief. Mrs. Bradley Circle of Hammond has been visiting here for several days with her mother, Mrs. Elisabeth Byers, and daughters. Her son Vernon, who had bean in the navy and who recently was dismissed from the service, was the

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guest of relatives over Sunday. He returned to Michigan City Monday. Fire, caused from an overheated stove, did considerable damage to the cottage occupied by Clarence Miller in the east part of town Thursday afternoon. The Miller s lost most of the household goods and unfortunately did not carry insurance. The cottage is owned by Mrs. Rose Finnegan -and the damage is covered with insurance.

WALKER CENTER Mrs. Ellen Cooper called on Mrs. F. M. Lilly Friday. Ernest Tomdlson called on A. PHuntington Tuesday. Clarence Hurley finished his threshing run Wednesday. Julius Schultz and wife called on Noah Wenrick Sunday. Miss Lottie Porter spent the week-end with Miss Eva Lilly. Daniel Bartsch and wife visited F. Waitkins and family Sunday. Claude Saylor and family spent Sunday with 'friends in Kniman. Will Stalbaum took some stock to the show at Rensselaer last week. Walter, Willard and Robert Jennings spent Saturday at Clarence Hurley’s. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Poole took dinner with Lee Jennings and family Sunday. Elizabeth and Lewis Hurley were callers at the ho.me of Isaac Knapp Friday evening. Delos Pass set his sawmill in J. Bicknell’s woods Monday to begin work again.

F. M. Lilly 1 has been very sick for several days with a severe attack of lumbago. Jesse Wynekouip of Wheatfield sowed rye on his farm near Walker Center last week. Dan Williams and wife returned friends and relatives at Thayer Saturday. Supt. Sterrett visited Buckhorn, Oak Grove, Hershman -and Walker Center schools Tuesday. Chauncey, 'Henry, Earl and Ed Huntington of Mt. Ayr called on A. P. Huntington Monday. Clarence Bridgeman and family took dinner with Mrs. J- J. Totmiilson and son Will Sunday. Mrs. F. M. Garrett and children left Friday for a few days’ visit with her parents at Collison, 111. Frank Waitkins and family are moving to Chicago, having recently sold their farm, known as- the old . Meyers place. i Mr. and Mrs. > Roscoe Poole, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jennings and children, Marvin and Myrtle, spent Saturday at Lowell.

THE TWICE-A-WEBK DEMOCRAT

LARGE ATTENDANCE SATURDAY

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baum; 2 year old heifers, first, Charles Schleman. - Horned Hereford*. Senior Yearling Bulls, first, Smith 1 Bros.; second, Quality Stock Farm. Junior yearling bulls, first, Guild & Prevo. Senior bull calves, first, .Chamberlain & Son. Junior bull calves, first, Smith Bros.; second. Quality Farm; third, Fleming & ‘son. Champion bull, Smith Bros. Aged Cows, first, Fleming; second, ’Guild & Provo. Two years and under three, first, Smith Bros.; second, Fleming; third, Fleming. Senior yearling heifers, first, Smith Bros.; second, Quality Farm; third, Ross Faris. Junior yearling, first, Smith Bros; second, Quality Farm; third, Fleming. Senior heifer calf, first, Fleming; second, Chamberlain. Champion cow, Smith Bros. I Polled Hereford*. . 1 Yearling bull, first, Quality Farm. Senior bull calf, first, Stalbaum. Junior bull calf, first, Quality Farm. Champion bull, Quality Farm. Aged cows, first, Stalbaum; second, T. C. Cain; third, Quality Farm. Heifer, 2 years and under 3, first. Quality Farm; second, Cain. Yearling heifers, first, Quality Farm; second, Cain; third, Stalbaum. Junior heifer calf, first, Quality Farm; second, Cain. Champion cow, Quality Farm. I Shorthorn*. ! Aged bull, R. A. Parkison & Son; second, W. H. Wortley; third, Stephen Kohley. Senior bull calf, first, Paul Wood; second, J. W. Amsler; third, Kohley. Junior bull calf, first, Sylvester Amsler. Champion bull, Parkison. Aged 'cows, first, J. W. Amsler; second, Clyde Garriott. 2 year old heifer, first, P. H .Hauter; second, Theodore Amsler. Senior yearling heifer, first, Clyde Garriott; second, R. A. Parkison. junior yearling heifer, 'first, J. W. Amsler; second, P. H. Hauter. Senior heifer calf, first, J. W. Amsler; second, J. W. Amsler; third, J. W. Amsler. Junior heifer calf, first, Hauter. Champion cow, Hauter. Shorthorn Association Special* for Produce of Club Heifers. Bulls, first, Cletus Kohley; second, Sylvester Amsler. Heifers, first, Sylvester Amsler; second, Theodore Amsler. Hampshire Hog*. Aged boar, first, J. N. Leatherman. Yearling boars, first, John R. Lewis & Son; second, Russell Van , Hook. Senior boar pig, first, Lewis & Son; second, W. H. Pullin. Junior boar pig, first, Van Hook; becond, Max Kepner; third, Van Hook. Champion boar, Lewis & Son. Aged sow, first, Lewis & Son.. Yearling sow, first, second and third, Lewis. Senior sow pig, first, Pullin; second and ' third, Lewis. Champion sow, Lewis & Son.

Spotted Poland China*. Aged boars, first, P. H. Hauter; second, Osa Ritchey. Yearling boars, first, Elmer Jacks, second, Lawsen Bruce; third, Emmet Pullin. Junior boar pig, first, Jesse Snyder; second, Charles Reed; third, Charles Reed. Senior boar pig, first and second, P. H. Hauter. Champion boar, Elmer Jacks. Yearling sows, first, Quality Farm; second, Quality Farm. Senior sow pig, first and second, Arthur Watson; third, W. H. Wortley. Junior sow pig, first, Watson. Champion sow, Quality farm. Chester White*. Aged boar,- first, McElroy & Son. Senior boar pig, first, O. L. Lambert; second, Lonergan Bros. Junior boar pig, first, Lonergan Bros; second and third, McElroy & Son. Champion boar, Lonergan Bros. Aged sow, first, Lambert; second, Lonergan Bros. Senior sow pig, first, McElroy; second, McElroy; third, Lambert. Junior sow pig, first and second, Lonergan Bros; third, MeElroy. Champion sow, McElroy & son. Duroc Jersey*. Aged boars, first, Fred Waling. Senior boar pig, , and ®t co , ’ Alters & Downs; third, Charles Schleman. Junior boar pig, first, Guss Yeoman. Champion boar, Alters & Downs. Senior sow pig, first, second and third, Chamberlain & Son. Champion sow, Chamberlain & Son. Herd, Chamberlain & Son. A Big Type Poland Chinas. Aged boar, first, J. W. Amsler. Aged sow, first, William Stalbaum. Ponies. First, George Reed; second, John Hill. vva A meeting of the exhibitors was held the day after the show and extended a vote of thanks to the committee in charge for its fine work in conducting the event in such a creditable manner. The exhibitors were unanimous in their praise of Secretary Van Hook and Chairman P. H. Hauter, who gave an unlimited amount of time and energy toward the success of the show.

COMMUNITY SALE AT PARR Another community sale will be held at Parr on Saturday, Oct. 25. 6 brood sows, due to farrow hy date of sale. • 3 head horses—one bay gelding, 5 years old, one team good work horses. 12 head cattle —7 good milk cows, 3 2-year-old steers, 2 2-year-old heifers. 1 pure-bred Holstein bull, 2 years old. 1 set new work harness. 1 DeLaval cream separator, good as new. 1 marrow-tire wagon. 1 feed grinder. 1 Victrola, good as new. 1 new single buggy and harness. 1 baseburner, used tone season. If you have anything to sell, bring it over on day of sale. —Advt. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Stella E. Stockton to Thomas Brien, Oet. 10, 1918, It 8 10 ft It 3, bl 2, Benjamin’s add, Rensselaer, $2,100.

GET GOLD FROM SUNKEN VESSEL

Laurentic, Torpedoed During War, Carried $35,000,000 in Ingots. IS RETRIEVED BT DIVERS British Salvage Ship Conduct* Operation* Off Shore of IrelandPrecious Metal Brought Up In Bucket*. Portsalon, Ireland. —Salvaging $35,000,000 worth of gold ingots and bullion the White Star steamship Laurentic is reported to have carried when she was sunk the night of January 25, 1917, off Fanad Light, one of the northernmost headlands of Ireland at the entrance to Lough Swllly, is being conducted by the salvage ship Racer. The princely cargo, lay at a depth of 22 fathoms. The gold and bullion were contained in the strong chamber amidships, rendered almost impregnable by its thick steel walls and heavily bolted doors. At first portions of the Laurentlc’s decks were blasted away and a passage was made clear for the divers. On June 20, the retrieving of the treasure began. Gold Brought Up. The first bucket sent up contained only copper pennies and a few silver coins. Then for several days, bucket after bucket containing three or more gold bars, each worth more than $5,000, were hoisted to the surface and dumped on the deck of the Racer. The first of these bars brought lusty cheers from the crew of the salvage ship, but tossing fortunes about soon came to be merely another form of manual labor to these sailormen. Most of the gold bars were 9 inches long, 2 inches thick and 4 Inches wide and weighed about 28 pounds. For days not one was found, as many of them were hurled clear of the wreck by the blasting necessary to make the strong chamber accessible. Several feet of sand have now been washed over these scattered bars beneath masses of twisted steel and it frequently requires hours of patient labor to pry them loose. The record day’s haul so far had been 47 bars — worth approximately $350,000. Thus far several million dollars’ worth of treasure has been salvaged. Diver* Work in Shift*.

The Racer carries eight divers. Their “tricks” are so arranged that one diver is at work throughout the day. Each works half an hour and then must spend 30 minutes in coming to the -surface as otherwise the sudden relief from the tremendous deepwater pressure might cause partial or complete paralysis. They are brought up in ten-fathom “hauls,” with tenminute “rest” Intervals. When the day’s work is over, the day’s “catch” if considerable, is dispatched to London with an armed convoy. When first built the Racer was a square rigger man-o’-war —one of the “Wooden Walls of England,” as the ships of the British navy at that time were known —a century ago.

NOTICE TO FARM BORROWERS

The Walker Township Farm Loan association will meet at the Walker Center school house the first Saturday night of each month. Anyone wishing any loans should see some of the members or be present at the regular meetings. Everybody welcome. —William Stalbaum, president; V. M. Peer, sec-retary-treasurer. 11

SEE THE “PILOT SIX”

We have the agency for the Pilot Six 45-horsepower car, and the public is Invited to call and look them over.—KUBOSKE & WALTER.

A new supply of that popular Thistle Linen correspondence paper in ruled, unruled and pound boxes, just received in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. Also Thistle Linen correspondence cards.

No. 11470' TREASURY DEPARTMENT Office of Comptroller of the Currency Washington, D. C., Oct. 3, 1919. WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that “TH® FARMERS AND MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF RENSSELAER” in the city of Rensselaer, in the County of Jasper and State of Indiana, has complied with all the provisions of the Statute of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of banking; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Thomas P. Kane, acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that “THE FARMERS AND MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF RENSSELAER” in the city of Rensselaer, in the County of Jasiper and State of Indiana, is authorized to commence the Business of Banking as provided in Sectiofi Fifty-one Hundred and Sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness my hand and seal (Seal) of office this third day of October, 1919. . (Signed) T. P. KANE, Acting Comptroller of the Currency. jfiO

In the Villey of the Itchen

ON THIS morning of spring, when the sun, at last, after many weeks of retirement, has shown his golden face above the eastward downs, any cityeven so fair a city as Winchester—seems for the moment, undesirable. One seeks instinctively a wider skyspace, hills and meadows, and the flow of the new-fallen waters for company. These are in the valley of the Itchen, writes a correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor. Through the cathedral close the way lies, down the avenue, past the western door and out before the spaces of emerald lawn, above which towers this majestic pile, within whose walls, and around them, ffre memorled so much of England’s history, from great Alfred and Chanute, past William of Wykeham and Wolsey, to the modern men of learning and lawn sleeves. Beautifully harmonious are the surroundings, both in line and color —soft grays of full round Norman-arches, vivid greens of cloister-garth, blending with the darker tints of immemorial yews, and the golden sheen of lichens upon gnarled tree-trunks. ' Here are rich reds and browns, upon the tiled copings of mossy walls, on bargeboards of ancient gabled roofs and in the delicate rose-pink network of interlacing twigs, through which the cathedral town Is seen. Thus, among ever-changing charms, you twist and turn, now round a corner, beneath the shadow of an arch, now out again Into the full sunlight, before another bend leads you once more through the pleasant gloom of the eastern gate. Beside Wykeham’s college, modestly fronting the road, is a little humble, buff-colored building, with an prlel window, and a legend reminding us that here Jane Austen lived her later days. Her house, among so many surrounding grandeurs, wears —as I suppose the writer herself wore —an air of shy timidity, not withottt grace in these, sometimes, too blatant days. Here are Wykehamists, fresh-faced, in straw hats, symbolizing a coming summer, and here, past the gray guins of Wolsey castle —where Mary of England, before her marriage, feted her Spanish husband-to-be —are the fresh green water-meadows of the Itchen, and beyond, clear-cut against the skyline, the tree-crested ridge of St. Catherine’s hill, with memories of King Charles H and of the college’s “Dulce Dornum." /

The Waters Splash and Bubble. On either side the meadow path the waters splash and bubble, swish and eddy, with a music most melodious and meaningful, even to those learned In fish lore. Gray gulls hover, mirrored In the shining surface, and Unger over It, so as to set one wondering what lure It was that led them from their open sea into this Inland Hampshire valley. Down below, above a sandy bed, the forest of fernllke water weeds bends to the current, and the minnows—or the minnow-kind —dart and play about Its glades. Right ahead there is age-long majesty again—the gabled roofs and towered church of the Hospital of St. Cross, embowered in ancestral elms. Here I sit, upon a white stile, to enjoy a fleeting glimpse of a thatched roof, and watch, across the sliding water-mir-ror, the fringe of pink feathery grasses nodding and quivering to the breeze. I am tempted almost to go Into the hospital, and demand the “Wayfarer’s Dole” —not that I want the dole — which, moreover, Is meager during these days—but that It is pleasant to partake of a charity practiced for so many centuries by the brethren In red and black. Some say—l hardly know with what truth —that St. Cross.ls the hospital in which Anthony Trollope placed “The Warden” of the novel sc named, and of “Barchester Towers.” Trollope, in his autobiography names Salisbury, not Winton, as the city in which he first co’nceived the story ol that gentle priest-; but, Barsetshire being a county of his own imagining, he may well have conjured d little with English topography. And, think Ing of Trollope—while my eyes lingei upon the crocus-gemmed lawns of St Cross, and the orange-budded chestnul twigs shiny with flowing sap—hov many others, famous in literature have trod these velvet paths, and those of the hills on either hand! A Goodly Five. “Old John of Gaunt, tlme-honoree Lancaster” perhaps, from his place ai

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2g, 1010-

St. Cross, Winchester.

King’s I^ambourn; Alexander Pope, a boy from fair Twyford village, musing already uilon the nature of man; John KebUe of the “Christian Year,” frqm his vicarage at Hursley; John Keats, from over Hazeley Down, with the “Ode to Autumn” fashioning itself in his m|nd: Where are the songs of spring-«ye where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy mu-' sic, too, While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, 1 And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue— ~ “ and —matching the best of these in genius and In chanfl —the gentle author of “Emma” a%d “Northanger Abbey” from her modest home by the cathedral close. Truly a goodly five! Hereabouts the path mounts awhile from the river bed, beside hedges, tfiat are vocal with the soft flutter of wings, the fluting of hidden birds, and the sudden stir and rustle of small hedgesow life. Drawn by patient brown ponies, slowly mounting the hill, come two gypsy-carts, greenpainted, from whose rickety chimneys long wreaths of blue smpke curl upward and vanish. The weather-tanned nomads, each at a horse’s head, the cheeky, eager-eyed, tangled b?ys behind them, the momentary glimpses of a “home,” caught through half-open doors, leave somehow, a sense of alluring vagabondage. A moment later I am down in the valley meadows again, where going is not easy over those winter sodden ways. But what matter mud and water, when every copse is bursting into leaf, and the young spring carols In your ears? Everwthe pink pigs cease from their nosing on the bank, to gaze and grunt acquiescence. Two gray mares cock their ears, and stare; a speckled trout splashes from under my very feet, ankle-deep in the flood that pours joyously through every watergate. Across bridge . after bridge, wading rather than walking, I reach terra flrma again, and boon am resting beneath the big yew tree that stands beside Twyford church.

MASS OF WONDROUS COLORS

Beauties of Sea-Gardens Along th* Massachusetts Coast Are Almost Beyond Description. Along the rocky coast of Nahant, Mass., the tide, rising and falling through a distance of nine feet, leaves as it recedes, quiet pools in the holes and crevices -at the base of the cliffs,, where flourish little worlds of marineplant sand animals. Of these tidepools of Nahant, the “Agassiz cave" contains one of the most beautiful of the sea-gardens of the northern shore. Completely covered at high tide, at low water the mysteries of Its recesses are revealed to wondering human eyes. Many-colored star-fishes and sea anemones, gorgeous sea weejjs, fragile, pink-hearted hydroids clustered in flowed-llke masses, delicate pink fronds of coralline, iridescent, violet-tipped Irish moss gleaming like jewels In the sunlight, and velvety green clusters of sea-lettuce —these are some of the beauties of the tide-pool. All have been exactly reproduced in the American museum, under the direction of Roy W. Miner, associate curator of the department of invertebrate zoology.

I was a member of the summer colony in a small New England town. We were ever in search of novelty, and toward the end of the season decided to have a play and give the natives a ' treat. , : The whole town came, out, and (we I thought) were duly Impressed. At the , climax the hero stalked In, brandishi Jng a document, and, in a dramatic voice, cried, “I have the papers.” Then a voice from the back row bellowed, t“I have the makln’sl” That, of course, ruined our play. Needless to say, we attempted no more dramatics. —Chicago Tribune.

For weeks the weather had been beautiful, and tile morning of the picnic there was not a cloud In the sky. When everything was packed and all were ready to start, Buddy hurried into the house and came out carrying 'an umbrella, muttering to himself, “It’ll be sure to rain before we gets iback.” .

Ended In Smoke.

Little Pessimist.