People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1895 — SOUTHEAST MARION. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHEAST MARION.

School is progressing nicely. Very little sickness. The protracted meetings at Fairland closed Sunday night. Mr. Chilcotehas gone to Terre Haute to visit a sister. Joseph Penwright, who has been visiting his brother and friends here has returned to his home in Oklahoma. Arney Best and father were in Warren county last week on legal business. Charles Slaughter was at Brookston last week. A. G. W. has purchased a new home. William Haley and Dr. Stockton contemplate making a trip to Tennessee in the near future. Aftei* an absence of fifteen years Mr. Gish of Coal county is visiting his brother Charles of this locality. Arney Best was at Palistine Sunday and partook of the fatted calf. Ed Switzer broke the handle bars from Chas. Slaughter’s bicycle while giving an exhibition of his prowess as a rider. «M. Y. Slaughter and wife were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hunt Sunday. Joseph Adams and wife were guests at John Evans’ Sunday.

Financial School Boy. JOTS FROM JORDAN. Miss Julia Kissinger is visiting in this vicinity. There was a dance at the residence of Mr. Coleman Saturday night. Every one is gathering nuts. Miss Altie Prine was the guest of Miss Mabel Brinley last week. Dances are the thing at present. There was a dance at Enos Timmon’s Tuesday night, and one will be given at Coleman’s Saturday night. Every one will listen but they will have to go to Egypt to hear the good sermons that are preached. There is preaching there every night this week. Wild Zingeralia. MORE FROM JORDAN. Charles Sigman left for Benton county Monday for a few days. Lewis Swartz returned to his home in Jefferson county, lowa, Tuesday, after a few weeks with friends here at his old home. Rev. A. C. Elliott of Remington is holding a series of meetings at Egypt school house this week. John Ulm, Joe Slide and Henry Cullis are doing business in Rensselaer to-day. John Bicknell was in this locality yesterday. Wild Zingeralia, the pencil pusher from this vicinity, seems to think that Pumpkin Roller can’t roll pumpkins. Ask Frank Welsh dear reader. Pumpkin Roller. MT. AYR NOTES. Our nice weather still lasts. John Crisler is building a new brick ice house. 4 Miss Richy of Morocco is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Hamm, west of Mt. Ayr. Miss Minnie Haskel has been appointed organist at the M. E. church. Mr. and Mrs. Brunner are at their home near Mt. Ayr, where the people wish them a long and happy life. Mr. Haskel is going to move his stock of goods into the Odd

Fellows’ building, where he will have a nice spacious room. A surprise was given for Miss Flora Parks Friday evening, Oct, 4. It was not very well attended on account of the surprise at Mrs. Harris’. N. C. Pumphrey will give a box supper at No. 3 school house, two miles north of Mt. Ayr, Oct., 18. Every one is kindly invited to bring baskets. The proceeds are to be invested in books. The box supper at No. 5 school house last Saturday night was a success. The boxes were sold by Gus Grant of Rensselaer, who showed his ability in that line of work. As Mr. Grant is yet a young man by the time he has attained the age of manhood he will be to the front. Art Baker, our enterprising liverman, had a lucky runaway Saturday night. He was attend ing a party at his father’s, east of town. When his team broke loose and went home passing George Ferguson and N. C. Pumphrey with safety and lodged between Mr. Stucker’s yard fence and a tree without injury to anything. A large number of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harris’ friends surprised them by walking in upon them while they were eating supper last Friday evening, Oct., 4. The cause of the event was the moving of Mr. Harris and family from here to Rensselaer. Every one enjoyed themselves, and returned home at a late hour. What Mt. Ayr looses Rensselaer gains. People who were driving from Mt. Ayr to Rensselaer Saturday, met two strange looking people. They said they had come a long way, so far as the Jasper county poor farm. They were heavily laden with market baskets. On arriving in Mt. Ayr they were recognized as a couple of fair school marms. And the baskets they had carried from Rensselaer sold for one dollar and a quarter each. Is walking a success?

HANDY ANDY.

Keystone Corn Husker and Fodder Shredder. Sold by Robt. Randel. Indiana school books at Meyer's drug store.