People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1895 — THE WEEK AT HOME. [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK AT HOME.

Old settlers’ day. Miss Thena Little of Chicago has been a guest of Mrs. B. F. Meyer for a week. W. H. Burgess has returned to the city. There must be some strong attraction for Mr. Burgess here. What is it? Mrs. J. J. Montgomery who has been with her husband while he was putting in the telephone system here, accompanied him Monday to Wolcott to be near his present field of operations. Rev. Moot, Christian pastor at Francisville and Medaryville, occupied bhe pulpit in the Wolcott church last Sunday on ac count of the absence of the regular pastor, caused by death in the family circle. There will be a box social at Jackson Center school (No. 5), Newton county, miles west of Mt. Ayr, given by the school, assisted by school No. 2, under the supervision of the teachers, Misses Lillie Seward and Lora Roberts. Proceeds to go to the reading circle. Albert Fendig and his aunt, Mrs. Borchordt, who have been visiting relatives in Rensselaer for a month past, returned to Brunswick, Georgia, Monday afternoon. Mr. Fendig is a prominent real estate dealer and very much in love with his state. Mrs. George Meyer of Chicago is spending the week with the family of C. C. Starr. She was with the party that camped at Idlewile Park, Wisconsin last •August and this is her first visit to renew the many acquaintances made there. She is now a model cyclist. The following party ‘of Rensselaer young people were at Monticello Sunday: Messrs A. R. Hopkins, A. W. Hopkins, H. E. Wemple, Louie Wilcox and

Misses Martha Robinson and Lynne Kelly. They paid Miss Edith Bushnell a visit returning on the morning train Monday. Mrs. Mary N. Martin, of Medaryville, once a resident of Rensselaer, was in town to-day looking after some property interests. and kindly left her subscription for the Pilot. A fine, new house for sale on corner of Ceader and Scott streets —44x26—5 rooms and closets, 3 poarches, summer kitchen, wash house, well and cistern. This property will be sold at a bargain as the owner leaves city. Call at this office for further information.

R. E. Perkins of Mishawaka, Ind., visited in Rensselaer over Sunday with his brother, Judson H. Perkins. R. E. Perkins is connected with the Perkins Wind Mill company at Mishawaka and has a fine farm four miles southwest of Goodland, which he will visit before returning home. J. C. Schenk of Chicago passed through here enroute to Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington and Atlanta, where he will take a short rest and return via Nashville and Louisville. He had some trouble reaching this place, as he rode through the most sandy regions. The entire journey will be made on a bicycle. John Garling. living on the old David Gray farm in Hanging Grove township, was killed by lightning Wednesday night last at eleven o’clock. He got up and was in the act of lighting a lamp when the bolt struck him, killing him instantly. There were two families in the house, seven in all,' but no one else was injured. He was a man 30 years old. The following is the official and estimated increase in weight of the hay fever convicts who have been exiled in the wilds of Michigan for a few weeks: Mrs. W. H Cpovers lbs., Clide Coover 811bs., bertrude Robinson 12| lbs., Harve Robinson 7 lbs., Albert Overton (estimated entirely) 50 lbs. They have brought their appetites with them on their return and it would be eminently proper for their friends to ask them out to dine.

The farmers institute, held at Union school house, Jordan township, and Center school house, Gillam township were well attended. The discussion of the subjects was lively and quite a number took part. At Center Prof. Huston of Purdue gave the relative feeding value of corn fodder and all compared with timothy hay. After that a general discussion of the practical side of the question, which was interesting. These meetings were not a failure by a long ways and the more we have the better they will become.