Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1902 — Blackford [ARTICLE]

Blackford

Mrs. Peters, of Dewdrop, visited her daughter here last Saturday. Horace Daniels and family spent Sunday at E. C. Switzer’s. G. B. Switzer and family spent last Sunday at Korah Daniels*. Mrs. Daniels has poor health. Her father, Rev, A. Abbett, is at present visiting her and his daughter Mary, near Aix. Rained and snowed a littld here Sunday and the wind from the west was very cold and windy all night. Freezing hard and very cold Monday. Mr. Smith is going to stay on the Frazee farm another year and Mr. Ducharme talks of moving on the farm he bought of S. Galbreath. G. B. Switzer and hired men cut down a tree last Saturday for wood on A. McCoy’s farm north that had a swarm of bees and two squirrels in. it and plenty of honey comb but no honey. Rev. Byrd did not commence a protracted meeting at Brushwood last week as announced for the Methodist minister at Rose Bud conseries of meetings all last week that was doing rrpich good and Rev, Byrd and his class at the U. B. church went there almost every nighty