People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — FAIR OAKS. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS.

Wm. Burns went fishing to the Kankakee and brought home several piko. Gardens have been ruined by the dry weather. Haying Is the order of the day.

Mrs. Kirkaby will move to Chicago about August Ist. Walt Wiseman has returned from Chicago Heights. The early huckleberries are all gone and the late ones are ripening. It appears that something is wrong in regard to the new’ postmasters. What has become of the petitions that were sent to Congressman Hammond. Wm. Warren has traded 'his mule for Jack Humphrey’s troting horse. Enoch Phalon and Frank Lakin visited Englewood and Chicago and the World’s Fair. Mr. Phalon attended several meetings of merchant’s associations and is now in favor of a high protective tariff. Reed’s circus performed to a small audience on the night of the 25th. Two ponies and a few small dogs were on exhibition. * One of Reed’s men quit the show and w’ent to work for John Blomberg. True Blue. ■'