People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — Walker and Barkley Townships. [ARTICLE]

Walker and Barkley Townships.

Snow Flake, June 3,—Henry Hall and family on the east side of Gifford marsh were visitors at the home of James W. Smith on the west side, last Sunday. Christian Heffner of Boone county is in this locality looking up a location for a tile factory. There was a large gathering at the basket meeting held at Dew Drop last Sunday. Mrs. Stockwell has been enjoying a visit from her parents of Wheatfield, who will also visit their sons in Chicago before returning home. B. J. Gifford of Kankakee, 111. , was in -this locality last week superintending the staking out of a ditch running through the Miller farm, which will dram his north-western land. Any one who desires to read Coin’s Financial School can borrow a copy of the book of James W. Smith. John L. Smith has his wire fence up and will quit herding his cattle.

Quite a proportion of the fanners are through planting corn. All that is up is looking well. Wheat is poor, rye fair, oats light, potatoes good. Alonzo Boyd of Boone county, who is working for J, W. Smith, is reported stricken with that dread malady, homesickness, and there seems to be but one influence here to counteract the desire of returning to his old field of operations, where Cupid is reported to have shot a wounding arrow, and that is the blooming beauty he has found in this section. The Brethern church will hold a Love Feast at Kniman commencing at 2 p. m., Saturday, June 15th. Btother Miller of the Missionary board at Delphi will be present, other brethern are expected to stop over on their return from the annual meeting held at Dacater, Ill..