Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1901 — Btackford. [ARTICLE]

Btackford.

E. L. Clark and wife, of Rensselaer, visited his sister, Mrs. E.'L. Switzer last Thursday. A. McCoy and daughter Oram, of Knrman, visited at E. C. Switzer’s last Saturday and Sunday. , . Steve Williams and family and Father Master’s had a strawberry dinner at Tom Zimmerman's last Sunday, C. Peters and* F. Peters and family,of Dew-’ drop,' spent Sunday with their sisterhere.' ■ ■ 1 Mrs. Nan and children spent frbm Saturday nfight till Monday at G. B. Switzer's near Aix. » > < Mrs. Rosa Shields’ children and Miss Sylvia Hurley have the measles'. G.‘ B. and Ezra Switzer went to the city last Saturday on business, as the big rain Friday made the ground too wet to plow corn. Zebedee Swaim and family, of Aix, spent last Sunday with her aunt here. , James Hurley is saying pa to himself just to find out how it sounds. They had a new girl last Saturday morning. Rev, Appleton preached at the new school ■house at Blackford last Saturday and Sunday nights. They made arrangements for him to preach there every two weeks. Rev. Appleton lectured last Monday night and Tuesday night at Blackford and showed pictures of criminals and good men, explaining how to tell their character by looking ht them.