Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1890 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

Banging Grove Items. Plenty of wind this week, whicl is very favorable for Windy Dick |S“ John Kepner has moved fron Austin Moore’s farm here, to s farm south of Rensselaer. Washington Cook now occupies the farm vacated by Mr. Kepner. The Banta School has been closed for some few days on account of the teacher, Miss Banta, losing her speech and having to go to Chicago for medical treatment. The Lefler school has also been closed for two weeks past on account of unruly pupils, and the teacher’s resignation. We think they need some kind of treatment. Henry Randle and Austin Moore are hauling a good deal of tile for draining purposes. We think this a good step, not that their farms need ditching more than many other farms, but a tile ditch is a benefit to almost any land. Mr. John Philips- has a new clerk in his store. They have not named it yet. Miss Lillie Peregrine made a flying visit to Hanging Grove, Sunday week, on business. Miss Lilly now teaches in Walker tp. The literary at Marlboro is having splendid success and now that our new instrument has come, don’t we have a fine time. When Reed Banta plays us a tune first on his violin and then on his fiddle, we all get to feeling first rate, and very much like shaking oui feet, but when Miss Laura steps up to our new instrument and by simply working her fingers produces such melodies, we backwoods fellows think we have struck the eighth wonder of the world, and no one enjoys it more than Windy Dick.