People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — NOTES AND ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

NOTES AND ITEMS.

BY A TRAMP.

David Michael is building a good house on his 5-acre lot just east of the old fair ground. Alt Padgett received a severe kick on his right hip last Saturday afternoon. He was too familiar with a contrary colt at the stock farm. It would be a good thing if the supervisions would cause those people who trim hedges to pile and burn the limbs. Barefooted republicans might get hurt. R. B. Harris of Barkley township is to occupy the fine residenc built by Geo. H. Brown, sr., just opposite his home. James Pierce who livds two miles south of town, is preparing to build a good barn to take the place of the one burned by lightning several weeks ago. Alf Hoover has nearly completed a barn on his farm. Alf may long remember 1895. He got married and built an. elegant dwelling and now a fine barn What next? Alf Hopkins is building a nice’ little cage on Butter Milk Avenue, west side. We wonder if he has a bird in view to occupy it!! That was a queer find one of our citizens made when he found a man and his little boy stealing wood. That man had better, move out in the country where wood is cheap. But come to’ think, he is too lazy to cut it. Firman Rutherford has sold his interest in the milk business. It did not prove to be what it was represented to be. Dave Worland will make it go. Come in boys. We can laundry for you all as well as one, “boys.” Spitler & Kight. Frank B. Meyer has the sale of township and town school books and keeps the finest line of school supplies in Rensselaer.