Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1898 — Fair Oaks. [ARTICLE]

Fair Oaks.

.•..-.ak. . Miss Edith Moffatt began a 1 spring* *term of subscription! school Monday. Quite a number of our people are on the sick list. All at pres-. ent are convalseent. Our new doctor G- W. Proudley seems to be having plenty of practise and , good success which speaks well for him as a doctor. James * JJcColly of this place has removed, his family to Hammond.

Mr. 8.. W. Schofield left on Monday for Chicago Heights 111. to take of carpentering. Mr. C.J&. Fry who has been taking music lessons of Prof. Benjamin of R«qsselaer is home for a few days. *■ Mrs. Qus. Munden who has been visiting friends at Pleasant Ridge has returned home. Mr. and; Mrs. Rees. Dunn and their twb Interesting little boys, of DcMfrtflkspent Saturday and r Jw • wNfcHi place tisftiM*! 1 friends. Mrs. Jesse Fry of Rose Lawn and two chrildren spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fry.

The ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church gave an Easter supper, the receipts of which will be used toward paying the debt on the Church. Rev. Brady of Rensselaer preaches here every two weeks in the Christian Church and Rev. Brown of Evanston 111. in the Methodist Church every alternate Sunday. Rev. Burton of the M. E. Church of Dunnville preached ihrec sermons for us last Sunday, preaching with great power.

Our winter term of school closed on Saturday with sumptuous dinner prepared by the ladies lof this place: a surprise to the | teachers: Mr. Randal Overton | of Rensselaer, and Miss Gertrude | Taylor of Wolcott. They highly appreciated the compliment. In the afternoon the audience was favored with vocal and instrumental music, also dialogues and recitations which were received to the immense delight of all and deserving of much credit both to teachers and scholars. Space will not permit of special mention for all but as a true compliment the characters were all strongly drawn, the program well rendered. In general the pupils acquitted themselves with credit. A number of strangers were present B. Comer trustee and a former teacher, was present and expressed himself us being highly pleased with the progress of the school, he also favored us with a recitation.