People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1897 — PERCY. NEWTON COUNTY [ARTICLE]

PERCY. NEWTON COUNTY

The Acme literary last Friday night was a success. The Singing school at Union is prospering. The literary at Iroquois is a grand success. Protracted meetings are being held at Foresman. Ths box supper at Union was highly spoken of. Miss Annie Wortley received the prize as the most popular young lady at the box supper. Mr. Hyatt is slowly recovering. - Robt. Wampshire has moved to Goodland. George Johnson will move onto the farm. Charles Sage of Colorado, brother of John Sage, nas come to Indiana to make his future home, he will build on his farm as soon as the weather will premit. The recent rains made the roads bad again. It looks as though sleighing was going to be scarce this win-, ter. Humming Bird. [All the above interesting batch of news was written on a postal card in a plain legiable hand. Who can beat it?— Editor.]