Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1891 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

Hauglag drove Items. Rabbit hunting in full blast since tbe snow. Air. Reed Banta spent a few days in Hammond last week, looking for a location. wrw— A crowd of young folks enjoyed New Years evening eating oysters at Bob Drake’s. Mason Kenton gave a dance Saturday night in his new house. Quite a number were present and a good time is reported. Di. Hounei, the cancer doctor, has returned to his home in Clinton Co., after a two weeks sojourn in Hanging Grove lie treated four patients while here. They weie Elijah Culp, Robert Stiers, Chas. Randle and Grandma Noland.

Windy Dick.

Hogau and moonshine. The weather has again taken cold. The snow of last Friday stopped the mowing machines that were cutting grass on the ice south of Mr. Holle’s place. Joyner’s hay press was on the edge of the marsh so as to press the hay as it come off the ice. • ~ John Meyers reports that on Saturday last he lost a pocket book, containing SB6, between Rensselaer and this place. Uv U" ;-• / Rabbits here are like unlimited coinage, not a legal tender. , Frank Russel, the saw-mill man, now at Hebron, Lake county, is arranging to return to his mill at this place. According to reports and by the way the children are learning at the Hogan school, our excellent teacher, Mr. Rayburn, has the full confidence of both school children and parents. Especially the children when they receive from his generous hands a sack well filled with candy as a Christmas and New Years gift to each one of his scholars. We learn from our trustee, Mr. Hershman, that the Hershman school house had a Close call of being burned lately. He has called on the Continental Ins. Co. to repair damages or pay for the same. That is right, Mr. Trustee. We wish Mr, Henry Meyers and wife much joy and congratulate them of their narrow escape of being dashed to pieces with that runaway team on the day of their marriage.

Moonshiner.

Barkley Hems. The alliance is booming and good feelings prevail. The Creamery is proving a big boom to Barkleyites, and good cows are in great demand. J. C. Hinkle is visiting friends and relatives in Kansas, and Georgie like a good boy is seeing after the widow’s wood pile. $5,000 reward for a safe, sure and speedy plan for marrying off old maids and bachelors—Barkley is getting over-stocked. Uncle Geo. Kessler has grown a a pumpkin weighing 202 pounds and now has m his larder 3 squashes averaging 80 pounds each. We have one school marm in BarkIcy who never walks to town. She sighs—Will-ey come? And he comes.

Tobias Pullins is back from Ohio visiting friends and relatives; his sister, Mrs. Horace Daniels is lying low with lung disease* at the home of her parents. Jaek Willey, a traveling salesman for the St. Louis Store Co., threatens sueing Edison, the electrician, for infringment; he says Edison’s Phonograph is a talking machine and consequently infringes on his vocation. lie says, ‘gi\ e the check and it will make a crack taue.-'-man.” ' Theodore Hurley claims to have shipped ">O.OOO rabbits this winter; wckavn’t the papers for this. We wH nossed o;;e of the- hugest crowds iur some time, at Miller’s sale, last week. Uncle Simon Philips, -the time tried auctioneer, seemed in extraordinary good spirits and his ready wit and humor kept everything a-glow. Sam Hoover has sold his farm to Chris Arnold and will return to Wabash. Hr,.!.' its. with best wishes and leaves many friends behind. Geo. Drown is wearing a new suit of clothes and a nice warm overcoat; his good wife raised a large flock of choice turkeys, and George was a silent pmtner. The school marm did a skating went, To have some fun was her intent, The ice was thin and it did bent, And the schoolmarm’s gone;—where McGinty went. v" Chipmunk.

From Remington. M. Cassell has moved his stock of goods into the new Butler building, on So. Ohio St The Sand Stone Co. is shipping from 8 to 10 car loads of sand to Kokomtf each week. With the new machinery they will soon put in, they will ship in much greater quantities and employ more men.

The(week of prayer was observed by the Presbyterian and Methodist congregations in the M. E. church, conducted by the very able ministers of both denofninations. Rev. J. H. Worrall, of tbe latter church, will continue the meetings at least through this week and possibly longer. Mr. Samuel Cam be, who bas been ailing ft»r some time, is not improving as rapidly as his friends could wish, in fact, his condition causes them serious anxiety. V-tst quantities of corn and hay ! arc being brought into town and as the means of transportation are better than they have been, dealers are eornvjxirdmgiy h-poy. I'.ov. J. L. Green way and wife are Snugly settled in Greeneastle. We understand that Mrs. Greenway will enter the music school, at DePauw University.

The Woody Concert Co. gave one of their excellent entertainments in Durand Hall last Monday evening. Since the departure of Mr. W. H. Wells, for so many years cashier of the Exchange bank, now known as the Durand Bank, our young friend Mr. G. A. Chappell has been acting as Clerk and Assistant Cashier. Will Morris and his sister Miss Mary, left last Friday, the former to resume his studies in the Dental College in Indianapolis, and the latter to visit relatives and friends in Anderson. Hon. Robert Parker left on Tuesday pf last week to enter upon his duties as legislator for the great and growing state of Indiana. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter Mabel as far as Logansport. While playing on the ice a few days ago, Frank Peck slipped and fell and in some way had one of his ears so badly cut that several stitches were necessary to close the gaping wound. The schools are in fine running order since the holidays—teachers and pupils alike refreshed by a pleasant vacation. Those who are attending schools away from here have taken their departure. Misses Fannie Hawkins and Flora Hollett to DePauw, at Greeneastle; Luther Patton and Merrill Fisher, at Lafayette and Hartley Church, to Earlham, at Richmond. An alarm of fire was sounded last Saturday night about 10 o’clock. It proved to be in J. K, Bingman’s shop, but the prompt arrival -of the fire department prevented what might otherwise have been a disastrous conflagration. As it was, the damage was but slight. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. Look out for fire bugs. Miss Alberta E. Yeoman, formerly of Jasper county, Ind., but now of Jaspei eounty, Mo., was married at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Yeoman, in Oronogo, on Wednesday evening of last week to Rev. Wm R. Printz, of the Methodist Protestant Church. The bride is well fitted to adorn any station in life to which she may be called as she is a young lady of more than ordinary ability and force of character, united with ease and grace of manner. We wish them abundant happiness and success in the future that lies before them. Perhaps it is a little late to speak of the loan exhibition and the entertainment given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church, but they were in every way successful. The Peake Sisters, including Miss Jerushy Ann Pettingill, were $ jolly company notwithstanding their demure looks. Their quaint costumes were good to look at, and their fine singing was a pleasure to hear. It would take too much time to mention half the articles in their really wonderful display of old relics. There were books and garments bearing the imprint of centuries; articles of use and beauty from all over the world, mosaics, niincrals <fee. The display of rare and curious coins by Homer ft Hardy and of bank notes and paper fractional currency by Mr. Parker were worthy of the attention of a professional numismatist. Among the coins were two which are older than the Christian era, having been found in the ruins of PompeL Remind toni an.