People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — Page 2

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Death of Alfred Thompson.

. [t is with sorrow that the «-«tizens of Jasper courty will (eairn of the death of the above well known citizen. The funer will take place this afternoon tit 1:30 o’clock from the house Rev. Austin of the Church of God officiating. He was one of ihe first business men of having been here ov r foity years, and successful bo, ~.d the lot of most men

Alfred Thompson was born in Stark county, Ohio, on October 17th, 1829. He was the third child of David and Eliza (McCoy) Thompson in a family of ten. Of that family lour brothers are still living-. When Alfred was four years old ttie family of seven moved into the forest of Hancock county, Ohio. They endured the hardslrps of a frontier life and their only school was the family lireside. Eater, short winter schools were supported by subscription. When Alfred was fifteen he commenced teaching school' in winter At the age of twenty-one he ongag ed as a clerk in the bank of Ins uncle. Thomas McCoy, in New Lisbon, Ohio. On June 12th, 1855. he was married to Mary E. Travis, at Prairie Bird. Illinois. This marriage was a most happy one. Their spirits were congenial and they were truly help mates to each other.

They moved at once to Rensselaer, Indiana, where their home has been ever since. They have three living children, Mrs! Florence Sears, Mrs. Ora Koss and Delos Thompson and five grandchildren. Home was to Mr. Thompson the only place. He was a wise, just arid devoted father and for over forty years there w r as mutual, filial, conjugiH and paternal love in the family. Mr. Thompson was, during all his life, a busy worker. He tried to live as a practical Christian, caring for his own household, aiding his worthy neighbors and giving no just cause of offense to any one. Several months since he was stricken with what he believed was a mortal sickness. He bore up under tin* affliction with patience ai d fortitude. His mind remained clear and calm to the end. His whole fain ily united to give him every attention and care that could he bestowed. All fiat human skill and effoit could do, was done to prolong Ins life. The living cum ut ebbed slowly away and in the midst of the most friendly cate by his whole family at 2 a. m.. on March 3rd, 1896, at the age of sixiv-six years, four months and fifteen days' he went to sleep in a sure and certain hope of ihe resurrection. Mr. Thompson so lived that in the silent halls of death he was sustained and soothed by the knowledge that he had tried to follow the golden rule in fighting the hat t ie of life. He believed and acted at all times on the gentle principle that the soul that can be honest, nearest approaches perfection in liviug.

Alvin Fisher has gone to Frankfort to work for a dairy man J. P. Warner is now able to sit up after three weeks of severe illness. Children’s photos a specialty at the Pavilion. D. H. Yeoman andß. D. Comer are at Radner, Carroll county, this week purchasing caiiie to feed. C. E. Hershmari will soon erect a new millinery store room.

Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications ns tb<\v esinne* the diseased portion of the ear. There is only ona way to cure and that is by Constitutional remedies, ip*..,m ss is caus, .1 by an inflamed condition of the nnn ous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When tills turn' Is inflamed you haven rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and « hen it is ir«iy Closod. Deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can lie taken out an t uns tu • • restored to Its normal condition, h ur ng will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh; which is nothing out an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused bv Catarrh) that cannot be cured by Ha'l’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free. „ ~ , F. J. Chknky & Co., Tolerto, O Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best..

REMINGTON.

Correspondence as People’s Pilot. There was about seven inches of “the beautiful* fell here last. Saturdaynight, and as a result some of our people enjoyed sleigh riding Sunday, notwithstanding the ground was hardly sufficiently frozen to make a good foundation. Remington received a phone message Saturday morning from Fowler, to the effect that a murder had been perpetrated in a saloon there the preceding evening. The murdered man's name was not learned. but the deed was reported to have been done by a saloon keeper named Pritehard. the fatal result being the effect of fist blows.

We now have our telephone system in complete working order, there being fifty 'phones in active use, all of which are giving general satisfaction except to Miss Clara Bloom, the ’ hello girl” at the central office. The "kids” about town keep her more than busy all the time, and they will probably continue to do so until the novelty wears off. We understand that the company will get a new switch board and put in twenty-five more phones. Our real estate men and others are now busily engaged closing up the land deals consummated in this locality last season. Nearly all the sales made will be closed up without any kicking. Last Saturday the Bank of Remington here handled over seventy thousand dollars, being principally used in land sales. We met James W. Oswald, attorney, from Goddland, on our streets last week. He was accompanied by Mr. Wiles, cashier of one of the Goodland banks. The board of town trustees of Remington will probably order an election on the waterworks proposition on the evening of March Gth. It now seems that there will be no difficulty in securing the necessary petitioners to warrant them in ordering the election. It is also probable that the election will result in favor of the waterworks. If the work is undertaken it is the intention to purchase the materials and have the labor performed by our own working people, in order to give them employment and keep as much of the money at home as passible. Melford Langley will soon leave this community and locate in the state of Washington. We are sorry to lose him from among us as he is a good citizen. W arren L. Roadefer has removed from Jasper county again and will this time locate at Coffevville, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. George Major has gone to Bloomington, Ind.. the object being to select a suitable location for their future residence there. Dt. C. C. Jiahdoh,dentist of Hoopeston, 111., was married the forepart of last week in Chicago, and with his bride spent the week with the family of his father. Dr. N. Landon. M e wish the young people abundant happiness anil success.

Delightful Iowa Weather.

To the Editor of thu People’s Pilot. I cannot help speaking of our delightful weather for this time of year. Yesterday we had a shower of rain, the first rain since we moved here last October ;ind nosnow. To day isa beautiful spring day sixty above at 4p. m. Please find inclosed cheek for SI.OO for your paper this year. J. F. Sears. Storm Lake. lowa, 2-22-95.

VIRGIE.

Correspondence of People's Pilot. Roads are very good., Frank Lakin and son Austin have returned home from their trip toTennessee. Dr. W. W. Salisbury’s new house and barn will soon be completed. Mrs. George Cover is some better at present. Dan Wolf of Hammond is visiting his daughter, Mrs. August Shultz, Mrs. James Wiseman is on the sick list. JohnW. Taylor, Powel Shultz and William Hudson have bought a new threshing out fit. Who Is I.

The Republican Convention.

The earliest and largest county convention ever held by the republicans of Jasper county convened at the opera house in Rensselaer last Monday at 2 p. m., and resulted in the naming of the following ticket to be voted for at the election next third of November: Recorder, R. B. Porter of Marion. Treasurer, J. C. Gwin of Ranging Grove. Sheriff, Nate Reed of Carpenter. Coroner, T. P. Wright of Marion. Surveyor, John E. Alter of Marion. Assessor, J. R. Phillips, Hanging Grove. Commissioners First District. Abraham Halleck, Keener. Commissioners Third District, Fred Waymire, Jordan. U might be remarked by some that the choice made for commissioners was open to criticism. One of the nomineeshaving but recently settled in the county, and the other being a young man with a rather unsuccessful business record. But taken as a whole the ticket is probably a strong one.

Marriage Licenses.

The following is the reeord of marriagi licenses issued by the clerk of Jaspe county since last reported: Jules Nicolet to Emma Portener. Jonas Vandusen to Phebe A. Charleß Will am J. Zellers to Pollie A. Parker. John L. Adams to Lillie A. Smith. Alva Nichols to Mahala Walker.

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT. RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, MARCH 5 1896.

The Tenant Farmer.

I am a farmer, a tenant farm er; for the year, just closed. I have paid S2OO cash rent for£o acres of land. From is farm I nave sold: Oats 122.44 Hay 1T1.2M Pasture *3.60 Stalk field *ll.OO Total 11&5.32 I have a ¥lO haystack yet to sell, 1000 bushels of corn to dispose of and at 22 cents it will bring me $242; so corn and hay yet to sell and the ¥108.32 worth of stuff sold, makes $350.32 worth of produce I have to spare. Now take my S2OO cjsh refit from this and I have, as "rose receipts, for the year ¥150.32. In raising this crop, I had to hire a little help in hay harvest (my oats were raised on the shares and really made more than had I raised them myself) I will say sl2 covered the actual cash I paid for help. In husking, a sprained hand kept me out of the field for a time, and I had to have help which cost me $17.25. Now take the sl2 for harvesting and the $17.25 for husking from the ¥150.32, what I had after paying the S2OO rent, and I have left $121.07. I was lucky the past year, having but little breakage and repairs to see after and I was also blessed with good health, I think $lO will pay nay medicine and repair bills. This $lO taken from the $121.07 leaves me a net balance, for all I can spare off of this farm, of ¥111.07. On this place I have kept, three horses and three cows, I have had a garden, a house to live in and chicken range. I have fatted my meat and have enough feed to keep my cows and horses till another crop is raised. Through the winter I hauled enough wood to town to pay for sufficient fuel to last me till winter comes again. As before said I have had good luck, no farm implements to buyj* have had in my family uncommonly good health, raised an ex tra crop of corn, had no loss of stock and at the close of the year have ¥111.07 with which IQe pay my little tax and clothe myself and family, our marketing paying our grocery bills. With tnese figures'before me I have no great visions of wealth, but on the contrary I am discouraged; let a little ill luck come to my home, let ray team suddenly die, let sickness or a broken limb take me a few months out of .my crop and.where am I? I make no complaint against my land-' lord, for S2OO is none to much' for this piace, it ought to be worth more, but can I pay more and how much more than ¥2OO could the owner make tend ; ng it himself! Prices must change or farmers can't live. How can a man pay ¥18 —$20 per month for farm help, and sell corn at 20 cents, wheat at 55 cents and oats at 16 cents? With the low price of grain goes the low’ price of stock.

The report of the secretary of agriculture shows that since Jan. 1. 1895, the value of live stock in the United States has fallen of 191,520,222. This government report shows that in live stock alone the farmers of this country are nearly one hundred million dollars poorer than they were one year ago. Nothing that the farmer sells has risen or even held its own. while most all he buys has advanced. Wepay more for nails, iron, flour, prints, harness, boots shoes, copper, tin, etc , than we did before the decline in grain and live stock. During this per iod of agricultural depression the railroads have increased their earnings, banking has flourished, taxes have grown higher and official salaries and professional fees have suffered no diminution. This order of things cannot long continue. If farm products come down other things must proportionally decrease; the trusts and combines that are keeping up and advancing the prices of manufactured products; the powers that are holding up transportation tariffs continuing high official salaries and increasing taxation must be controled some way or trouble for this county is not very far away. lam not wise enough to suggest a remedy, but I do think something could be done if the laboring class would lay aside their party prejudice and quit following after these loud mouthed politicians.

Advertised Letters. Postmaster Honan has the following unclaimed letters which will be sent to the dead letter office on the 16th of March if not called for by that time Mr. Emil Yeter, Mr. Hermain Jentz, Mrs. Susan Busey, Mrs. Marg Galey, Mrs. Coalman, Miss Cora Jenkins.

Alfalfa With o ut Irrigation.

The recent abnormally dry seasons have caused a partial or almost complete failure of clover and other i ay crops in many sections. As a result there is an unusual inquiry about pasture and forage plants that promise a morecertain -‘catch” than clover, and are better able to endure drouth than the common clovers and grasses. Very naturally attention has been turned to alfalfa and kaffir corn, plants adapted to dry irrigated regions. Alfalfa is preferred by many as it produces a hay equal to clover and has a similar good effect on the soil. Although alfalfa can, when well started, endure drouth better than clover, itcaunot produce three or more crops the same season without irrigation. Alfalfa has been grown at the Indiana experiment station for several years. As a result of trial, we find:— 1. That alfalfa is more feeble than clover at the start, and is very liable to be choked by weeds the first season. 2. That it increases in vigor until the third year at least, and thus maintains itself better and longer in the soil than a common red, mammoth or alsike clover. 3. That in very djy seasons —like 1895—it may yield more hay than clover. 4. That in normal seasons it sometimes yields less than the clover. 5. That but two cuttings of alfalfa may be expected the same season without irrigation In any fertile soil, having a sufficient porous sub-sail, to permit it to strike deep root into the lower, permanently moist earth, the alfalfa will probably do well. It is said to do best in light, calcarious loams, underlaid with a porous subsoil. The land should be thoroughly and deeply drained, and if the subsoil is at all compact, it may be plowed to advantage. Subsoil in the fall, Hut sow the seed in the spring. Select ground as free as possible from weed seed, and thoroughly prepare the seed bed as early in the/spring as the ground will bear working well. If the land is worn it should be enriched before, or at the time of seeding. Commercial fertilizers supplying lime, phosphoric acid and potash are best at first, but farm manures may be used as a top dressing after the first year. Sow seed in shallow drills (15 to 20 pounds) or broadcast (20 to 25 pounds) to the acre. If broadcast. harrow the seed in well. Heavily roll the ground to insure prompt and even germination. If necessary, mow the weeds with machine so as to admit light and air to the tender alfalfa plants, and rake off the clippings if heavy. . Do not harvest a crop the first season, unless the growth is very heavy, and even then do not cut late. Mow when in bloom and cure the same as clover. Close pasturing by any class of stock is injurious to alfalfa, and sheep should not be allowed upon it, but if not grazed too close, it will endure pasturing fairly well. It is however, best for hay.-Bulletin of Purdue Uni versity Agricultural Experiment Station

John Beachley has moved back to Stoutsberg. Jacob Hill is going to move to Walker township. Farmers in this locality still have a good deal of shock corn to husk. Arthur Yeagley is going to spend the summer on a farm in centra; Illinois. Mrs. Juan Lintner, who has been in poor health all winter, is very poorly at present. Chester Miller thinks some of removing to Ohio. We hope he will decide to remain in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps and daughter of Wheatfield spent Sunday with A. Stimson and and family. Mr. M. Dillahany and Messrs. Conquelin of Ottawa, 111., have settled on their farms which they purchased of Horace Marble. The box social at the Moates school on Friday night was well attended considering the almost impassable condition of the roads. Wild geese and ducks have been quite plentiful on the river marsh north-west of here. A sportsman from Illinois is reported to have killed forty ducks in one day. B. J. Gifford has purchased several thousand acres of land in this vicinity lately, and is now engaged in building houses and. barns. He has a saw mill on the Stout ranch sawing timber for frames. March 4. 1896.

HAYSEED.

BY W. C. LATTA.

Stoutsburg and Vicinity.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Benjamin Hord to Mary Addie Diamond, Jan. 30, 1896. ne ae 24*30-5, SBOO. Benjamin Hord to Thomas 8. Diamond and Mary Addie Diamond, Jan.'3o. 1896, nw se, 24-30-5, SBOO. James H. Haw he to Arthur J. Hawhe, Feb. 25, 1896. vt% ne 4-31-5, nw 9-31-5, sl, Q. C. D. MTilliam O. Piper. H. M T : aud Anna B. Jackson, Feb. 14, 1896. w % sw 17-29-6, sw nw 17-29-6, 120 acres, $6,600. William Penwright to Robert Parker, Feb. 25, 1896, n% swj 16-28-0. 80 acres, SBOO. James Shindler to Joseph and Minerva Francis, Feb. 4.1896, nw 34-26-7, se nw|34-29-7. 120 acres, $4,200. John A. Sigler to Mary E. Peck, Jan. 24. 1896, e end It 1 bl 3, DeMotte. $175. Warren W. Sage to James Shindler, Feb. 27. 1896, se John W. Taylor to W. Salisbury, Oct. 1, 1895, ei£ ne 1-30-7, 91.5 acres, $1,830. Austin N. Lakin to William W. Salisbury, Dec. 12,1895, pt n% nw 1-30-7, $92 Rial B. Harris to Benjamin J- Gifford, Oct. 11, 1895, se 33-30-5, sw se 33-30-5 nw se 33-30-5, e% ne 33-30-5, pkjiw ne 33-30-5, 222 acres, $6,438. Chresten P. Hermansen Gamaliel D. Cuddeback, Feb. 28, 1896, se 13-29-5, IQO acres, $5,760 Eli Yoder to James Shaeff er and Schuy- 1 ler C. Jones, Dec. 23, 1896, w% nw 9-29-7, sw 9-59-7, nw 9-29-7, sw, 4-29-7, $9,000 Benjamin J. Gifford to Amos Bradbury Feb. 18, 1996, pt sw 39-32-6, $1 Q C. D. Nathan S. Hazen to Ole Anderson, Feb. 27,1896, 1-29-5, ne ne 12-29-5, $13,362.31 George Gillogly to George H. Brown Feb. 15, 1896, nw 15-29-5, ne 16-29-5, $6,500 Robert S. Parr et al, Shadrack F. Brown, Feb. 21, 1876, sw 7-31-5, 85.33 acres, $1 Q. C. D.

Epworth League notice.

The next Indiana state Epworfh League conference will be field at Andderson, June 25-26. As the location is central it is expected that this will be the largest Epworth League conference ever held in the state. No effort will be spared to secure the very best speakers and to make the meeting practical and spiritual. Special sessions will be held for each department. Every E. L. chapter in the state is urged to send delegates. The railroad rates will be announced later. M. Vayhinger.

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DR. MENDENHALL, Indian Name MON-GOS-YAH. The Great Indian Doctor! The Doctor will positively be at Rensselaer, Indiana, Thursday, March 12th, 1896. And will return EACH MONTH for One Year. Office at MAKEEVER HOUSE. Shis life atoong tjjiel ndl tearrdng Consultation all 'of - Aged Men who are \vrlt^j—' Thousand* cured at-home by plaintsby 'return mail. Address alEletIDIS. CHAS. LOGANSPORT, INDIANA. 13^“Office Hours—9 a. m., to 2p, m.

Ooalt /

Same optician; same method for testing; a perfect fit guaranteed. Over 100 pairs of lenses ground for people in this city. See references and investigate. Mrs. J. T. Randle, Mrs. Chas. Benjamin, Mrs. Alfred McCoy, Mrs. Henry Purcupile Mrs. Eger, Miss Anna Nagle.. H. E. Woodard at Henry Percupiles, March 12 and 13.