People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1897 — MILROY TP. [ARTICLE]

MILROY TP.

There will be a box social at Qenfcer school house, Saturday January 9th. Everybody invited. . T. Johnson has purchased a buggy ; look out young ladies. Mrs. L. J. Foulks is on the sick list. The oy ster supper, which was to have been at Mr. R. Foulks’ Saturday evening, January 2nd, was a failure on account of bad weather. We have a new iron bridge in our township. The Christmas tree at Center school house was. a grand success. Eli Critser has his new house almost completed. Some of the roads in our township are almost impassible since the rain. John Suthers received a nice suit of clothes from the Christmas tree and is well pleased with them.

Elisha Short was intending to have a turkey roast at his house New Year’s day, but when New Year’s came, Mr. Short could not find his turkey; there was a turkey roast in this township the Sunday following. Mr. Short doesn’t know the joke. Sell Morrow’s father of Illinois was visiting him this week, £>. R. Bensbn arid Charles W. Beaver bailed some hay for Elisha Short and S. Morrow week. . -<■ There was church at Center school house Sunday, Dec. 27. John Yeager has come from Benton county to spend the winter. Bertie McSweeney has a very sore hand by cause of a felon, but is’now some better. Bummer. “Excuse me” observed the mau in spectacles “but 1 am a surgeon, and thyt is not where the liver is.” “Never you mind where his liver is,” retorted tL other. “If it was iu his big toe or his left ear DeWitt’s Little Early bisers would reach it and shake it for him. On that you can bet your gig-iampe.” A .Fiona.