People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1896 — MT. AYR. [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR.

Correspondence of People’s Pilot. Weather pleasant and roads improving. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap is improving. She has been very low but with good nursing we hope she will be much better by next writing. Misses Caldwell and Chilcote visited in Rensselaer Sunday. Mrs. Merry returning with them. John Baker, who lives east of town, is going to move to town the first of March and occupy the Scott Brinnar property. Mrs. Budd has left to visit her parents in the south part of the state. Mr. Budd will follow with household goods and accept a position at Kingman. We are sorry to lose him, as he is a jolly fellow and will be missed in his office by the town. His vacancy will be filled by Mr. Zerby, a former agent at this place. He served the public very successfully when here before and we hope he will again. Rev. Austin closed his meetings Tuesday of last week. The roads being very bad and nights dark, he did “not receive very good attendance. His talks were highly appreciated by the people. Jackson township will hold 'thejregular monthly institute at the school building next Saturday, Feb. 15. Their will be an examination at Mt. Ayr, Saturday, Feb. 15. for pupils to graduate from the common school. The Jolly Klan met at Lee Haskell’s Tuesday evening, Feb. 4. The evening was passed in social talk and playing crokinole. At ten the Royal Prince called the house to order and asked for those who had not lost a game during the evening only two could respond, Mr. Pumphrey and Miss Hess, and the medal was delivered to them by Mr. Sigler.