Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — In Honor of Billy. [ARTICLE]

In Honor of Billy.

On last Wednesday night a stag banquet was given in honor of William Schanlaub, who will leave our town Saturday, for Terre Haute, Ind., where he will enter the State Normal school. Mr. Schanlaub has just completed his second term of school work in Morocco. The banquet was given at Murphey’s Hotel at 9:30 p,. m. A very elegant spread was laid for fourteen guests. The dining room was beautifully decorated, and the feast unparallelled in our town. After the feasting, a jolly smoke was enjoyed. Toasts, speeches and topical discussions followed with such interest that the wee small hours of morn crept in before they were aware. In concluding the degree of “Good Buffalo” was conferred on Mr. Schanlaub, with good wishes tor success. The guests voted a unanimous applause upon the generous and kind hospitality of the proprietor, Mr. Parke and his services.— Morocco Courier. The raising of sugar beets is a most certainly profitable engagement for the farmer, as the following figures will testify. C. S. Pratt devoted three and one-half acres of ground to the raising of beets the past season, and after paying for seed, freight, etc., found that he was reimbursed to the amount of >201.35. Mr. Pratt announces that this year he will plant six acres to sugar beets and go into the business on a larger scale.—Coloma (Mich.) Courier.