Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — Page 3

[WEDNESDAY, DEC. 81, 1010.

BIG PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will offer at public sale at her residence, 2 miles north of Gifford, near the Buckhorn school house; T miles south of Wheatfield, commencing at 11 a. m., on FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920 FIVE HEAD OF HORSES 1 bay mare 9 years old; 1 sorrel mare 11 years old; 1 black colt coming 2 years' old; 1 bay colt coming 2 years old; 1 spring colt. SIX HEAD OF CATTLE 1 spotted cow 8 years old, will be fresh in January; 1 black sow 5 years old, with calf by side; 1 red cow 6 years old, was fresh im November; 1 red cow 3 years old, fresh in February; 1 red heifer 2 years old, will be fresh in May. These are milk and cream cows; 1 spring calf. FARMING IMPLEMENTS, ETC. Consisting of 1 14-lnch walking plow; 1 cultivator; 1 2-sec-tion harrow; 1 narrow-tire wagon; 1 open buggy; 1 sulky; 1 set of double work harness; 1 set of single harness; 1 cross-cut saw, almost new; 1 buck-saw; 2 cream separators, 1 Great Western; 1 hand seeder; 5 dozen chickens; household goods, and other articles too numerous to mention. TERMS A credit of 9 months will be given on all sums over 810 approved notes to bear 6% interest from date, but if not (paid at maturity 8% Interest will be charged from sale date; 2% eff for cash when entitled to credit a W. MARBLE, Clerk. MRS. HUGH GAFFEY

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

GOODLAND (From the Herald) It is reported that our streets will be paved in the early spring. Mr. and Lon Gilmore of Brasil spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Weidenbaker. • Mrs. James Little of Muncie i 3 spending' Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph HalL Evelyn Hinchman and Elizabeth Bales, students at the Holy Angels Academy, are home for the holidays. ? Mr. and Mrs. Milton McCollum Chicago spent Christmas here Sith the latter’s parents, Mr. and rs. T' M. Ponton. Mrs. Martha Clark will leave Saturday for Indianapolis for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Campbell and husband.

HAMPSHIRE BRED SOW SALE RENSSELAER, INDIANA January 14th, 1920 All Cholera Immune 60 HEAD 60 Of the best blood lines of the breed, including tried sows and fall yearling gilts A NUMBER BRED TO THE GREAT HERD BOAR The HARVESTER No. 12553 OTHER BOARS IN SERVICE ARE Niles De Sota No. 79903 Laddie’s Perfection No. 83609 Perfect Plummer No. 33543 lowa Pilot, No. 27979 Hampshires have been Grand Champions over all ‘breeds at the International Live Stock show for past two years, in car load lots. There Is A Reason / RAISE THE MOST PROFITABLE BREED. I For further information and catalogue address I J. N. LEATHERMAN, I ’ / Rensselaer, Indiana

Kathryn Bassett, Helen and Winona Welch and Eleanor Meade, students at DePauw are home for the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Brewister Hornbeek of Elgin, 111., spent Christmas here with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs- C. E. Burgess. - Mrs. Wan. McCurry and daughter Elizabeth went to Monticello Tuesday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Spencer Hamilton. Mr. and Mr®. A. J. Kitt and son Spoor of Fowler, motored to Goodland and ate Christmas dinner with the former’s mother, Mrs. Anna Kitt. Work on the Rider garage is progressing rapidly—the steel work is almost up and the masons are making fine progress for this kind of weather.

THE TWICE-A-WEEJK DEMOCRAT

Mr. and Mrs. R. Lyle Constable and little son are spending Christmas with Mrs. Constable's ' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J- G. Allen at Washington, Ind. Mrs. John Kelley and son Glen of Colorado Springe, Colo., came Wednesday to spend the holidays with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beavers. L. W. Gerrich has purchased the Wm. King property on west Jasper street and will move to town soon. George Mitten accompanied his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Martin- of Kentland to Indianapolis the latter part of last week, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis and is getting along fine. Dick Fox and his new Ford car and a Panhandle freight train that was switching Monday morning collided at the James street crossing about. 8:30. Dick was going north and the track was obscured by a car on the switch by the poultry house on the west and when Dick started across the track the train hit the car amd dragged it about a hundred feet, breaking a wheel and bending the running board. Dick was uninjured.

R. L. Hill, our electric .light superintendent, amd family met with a narrow escape just after noon Monday when a C. & E. I. switch train hit their Ford at the Mill street crossing. The was nearly demolieihed and Mrs. Hill was bruised about the body and limbs. They had been to the funeral of the former’s mother north of Remington and were returning honu and we;<t going west on Mill street and when they were crossing the C- & E. I. tracks a string of box cars ahead of the engine hit them square and carried them about twenty feet down the track and piled them to the side of the track, completely demolishing the car. It was a miracle no one was killed. 'Mr. Hill saw the cars coming and thought at first he could get across, then decided he would not try it and clamped on the brakes and the car slid right in front of the cars.

MEDARYVILLE (From the Journal) Frances Malcolm is home from Logansport high school for the midwinter vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hindsley were to Indianapolis Monday to spend Christmas with their daughterMr. and Mrs. I. E. Petry and son Paul are down from Gary to be in their own home for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Whitaker and Harwood Call came from Niles, Mich., for the holidays with Mrs. Maude Kessinger and family. White Post Masonic lodge held their regular annual election Monday evening of this week. Ray Conn was elected W- M.; P. C. En-

gle, 3. W.; Ennis Byers, J. W.; Claude Record, secretary, and Frank M. Reed, treasurer. The joint installation of the Masonic and Eastern Star officers for the Coming year will be 'held at some early date after this week. The committees are planning to have one of the old time “feeds.” Mrs. Barbara Weiss, mother of Rev. C. E. Weiss, died Saturday, Dec. 20, at the home of her son in Cass township, after am illness extending over a period of seven weeks. Mrs. Weiss was born in 1842 in Germany and was 77 years of age at death. In 1863 she was married to Daniel Weiss and to this union was bora two children, a son and daughter, the latter dying at the age of three years. In 1881 the family came to this country first settling In Wisconsin, then In South Bend, where they resided until the death of the husband In 1908, at which time Mrs. Weiss came to live with her son, remaining there until death came. The body was taken to South Bend for burial.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Ira Huntington is home from Indiana university for the Christmas vacation. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gillis of Crawfordsville are here visiting their daughter, Mrs. Alfred Stanley. Ernest Harris, who is attending school at Purdue, came home Saturday for the Christmas vacation. Ed J. Randle of Rensselaer accompanied his brother-in-law, D. S- Makeever here on business Thursday. The family of Travis Spears left Saturday for their old homo in Kentucky. Mr. Spears Intends to follow in a few daysMrs. Harry Elijah left Tuesday for a Christmas visit with her mother at Royal, Center. She expects to visit her son Lisle- at Anderson before returning. Harvey Goff, our hustling meat market man harvested a fine 10-in. crop of ice the past week. The town therefore will not be In the plight we were last year when there was not a pound of ice in the place.

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Mrs. George Banes of Remington was a Wolcott visitor between trains Tuesday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carl at their homo in Remington, Saturday, Dec. 20, a daughter. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Ross went to Danville, Ohio, Monday to spend Christmas with Mrs. Ross’ parents. Miss Ada Spences, who is teaching at Savanna, 111., came home Saturday to spend her holiday vacation. George Harper of Forrest, 111., came Tuesday evening to spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Abe Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. Jay L. Dawson went to Terre Haute Tuesday to spend Christmas with Mrs. Dawson’s parents. S. W. Ballard of St. Louis visited his sister, Mrs. A. B/ Wooden from Saturday evening until Tuesday morning. Albert Furr, the meat cutter at the city market, will go to Kingman Wednesday to spend Christmas with his family. k Miss Ida Shaw, who has been staying with her aunt, Mrs. Albert Wilson, returned to her home in Fowler Tuesday. Geo. Scripter went Wednesday morning to Ade, to spend the holidays with his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Gorr’ch and family Mr. and Mrs. Abe Smith received a fine box of fruit from Mr. Smith’s brother this week, who has a fine fruit farm at Fresno, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burke of south of Wolcott will go to Fort Mayne Wednesday to spend Christmas with Mrs. Burke’s parents. Miss Lenora Winters and Miss Grace Dixon went to Morocco Monday to attend the Owl club Christ mas party, which was held M mday evening.

Miss Esther Luppold of Lafayette and Miss Lulu Fauber of Delphi came Friday and spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Miller. Mrs. Martha Reed of Loubren, Canada, came Saturday and is visiting (her brothers, Lewis and Albert Miller, and families, and other relatives in this section. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pelsey, Jr., at their home In Francesville, Wednesday, Dec. 17, a son. Mrs. Pelsey was formerly Miss Ella Abersoll of this place. Mrs. Hugh Vahey of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., who is visiting her mother, Mrs. Inez Smith at Monon, accompanied by her sister. Miss Vera and her brother Dale Smith, came over Monday for a few days visit with her aunt, Mrs. Q. L. Hughes. Dr. and Mrs. Welsch go to Ambia Wednesday evening to spend Chistmas with Mrs. Welsch’s parents, Mr and Mrs. W. F. Holston. From there they will go to Fowler for a short visit with the doctpr’s parents, returning to Wolcott Sunday evening. Mr, and Mrs. Stewart Hughes this week Issued ij/vltations to their sixtieth wedding anniversary which is to be held at their home in Wolcott Wednesday, Dec. 31. Sixty years married is a thing that befalls but few people and Mr. and Mrs. Hughes’ many friends will unite in wishing health and happines§_on this occasion. Monday'was the sixty-second anniversary of the birth of Harve Watson, and neighbors and friends to the numiber of about twenty, decided to give him a surprise—and they did. Harve was about ready for bed when the party arrived, but as he still enjoys a good time as well as a kid, he decided

Big Public Sale A* 1 am going to move to California, we will offer at public auction on the Fred Roae farm, 8 mile* east and 2 mile* north of Rensaelaer; 6 mile* west and 2 mile* south of France*villej 1 mile east and 4 mile* north of McCoy*burg, commencing at 10:00 a. m., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 18 HEAD OF HORSES 18 1 bay mare, 8 year* old, wt. 1650; 1 brown mare, 8 year* old, wt. 1500; 1 bay mare, 4 year* old, bay mare*, 12 year* old, wt. bay year* gray year* 1500; 1 bay hoipe, 6 year* old, bay year* gray year* old, wt. 1200; bay ■ mare, 11 year* old, wt. 137 5; bay mare mule, 8 year* old. 1175; 4 bay colt* coming 3 year* old; black horse colt, coming 3 year* old; 1 bay horse colt, coming 3year* old. ~ 18 CATTLE 18 6 splendid milch cow*, 4 now giving milk, other be I fre»h before *ale; 1 Hereford bull, 3 year* old, pure bred but . not registered; 2 ateer calve*, 10 month* old; 1 iteer calf, 8 4 * f HE month* old; 2 calve*, 3 month* old. ■■ "J so 25 pigs 2 months old. One Deering binder, 8-ft., in fine ahape; 1 Osborne corn binder; International low lift manure apreader; 2 Peter Shutler wegona, 40-in. box** and spring seats; 1 all iron truck wagon, 4 ton* capacity; 1 trible box truck wagon; 2 J. I. Cu* 16-In. culky*; 3 J. I. Cm* cultivator*; 1 New Century cultivator; 1 Janesville 4-sec-tion harrow, new laat apring; 1 J. I. Case 3-section harrow; 1 Peoria endgate seeder; 1 wheat drill, grass seed attachment; 1 Emerson mower; J. I. Case corn plantar, 80 rods of check wire and fertiliser attachments; 1 International 8-in. food grinder; 1 International 3-horse engine; Satley 1 1-2 engine; pump jack; 2 scoop boards; 1 John Deere 14-in. walking plow; 1 International corn shelter; some 4-in. rubber belt; 1 hay ladder; 1 gravel bod; enclosed buggy, glass top, good as new; 5 sot* of leather harno**, one breeching; 1 act single harness. STACK OF GOOD OATS STRAW. SOME HOUSEHOLD GOODS including largo siao Splendid Stewart base burner; largo sise soft coal burner and numerous articles of lesser importance. TERMS—A credit of 12 month* on *um* over 110.00, approved note* to bear 6 per cent, if paid at maturity, but if not *o paid, 8 per cent intereat will bo charged from sale data; 2 per cent off for caah when entitled to credit. Virgil W. Hobson and Fred Rose JAMES H. BRANDENBURG, and FRED PHILLIPS, Auctioneera. C. G. SPITLER, Clerk. Lunch aerved by Ladiea of MfcCoyaburg.

to change the program, and stay up and help them make merryThe company epent a very pleasant evening and departed wishing Harve might be able to celebrate sixtytwo more anniversaries.

During our 19 months of war more than 2,000,000 American soldiers were carried to France. Half a million of them went over in the first 13 months and 1,500,000 in the last six months. The highest troop-oarrying records are those of July, 1918, when 306,000 soldiers were carried to Europe, and June, 1919, when 364,000 were brought home to America. Most of the troops who sailed for France left from New York. Halt of them landed In England and the other half landed in France.

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Registered PERCHERONS at Auction c. I Strickland’s closing out sale of registered Percherons will be held at Pleasant View Farm, 2 miles south of Lowell, Ind., and 1 mile east of Bel Shaw, Ind., at 1:30 p. m., on Wednesday, January 7, 1920 Consisting of the following: 15 MARES AND STALLIONS All Registered in the Old Percheron Book. Lowell Girl, No. 129882, foaled May 25, 1916, wt. 1800. Fantine, No. 129662, foaled May 20, 1915, wt. 1850. June, No. 83781, foaled June 2 1910, wt. 1730. Maude, No. 147237, foaled May 20, a little thin, will make big mare. Lady Louella, No. 59857, foaled May 10, 1908, wt. 1730. Black Beauty, No. 65504 foaled May 13, 1907, wt. 1640. May, No. 50314, foaled May 17, 1898, has weighed a ton Fern, No. 145386, foaled May 20, 1918. Flora, No. 147839, foaled May ?5, 1918. 2 mare colts coming 1 year old; Bunion colt coming 1 year old, eligible to register. Joe Cannon, No 219881 foaled Tulv 4 1915. wt. 1950, extra-good breeder, four of ihis get in this Mie color’black Model, No. 14 5385, foaled June 5, 1917, wt. 1600, will’ make a large horse, color gray. Five of the mares are in foal. This is a lot of well bred, big boned, heavy mares and in ordinary flesh. USUAL SALE TERMS Morning trains will be met at Lowell on Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Ry.; also, at Belshaw on New York Central Ry. GENERAL FARM SALE AT 10 O’CLOCK A. M. SALE WILL BE HELD IN TENT. C. I. Strickland. F. W. Strickland & Son, Auctioneers.

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