Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1898 — Page 2

The Republican. OFFICIAL PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY GEORGE E. MARSHALL, PUBLISHER ANB PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—In Republican Duildlag on corner of Washington and Weston Streets. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 50 Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1898.

McWhiddle’s Bootjack.

How It Hit A Cat And Caused An Elopement. A True Tale and a Just Tribute to the Business Men of Rensselaer. “Where is that boot-jack?” roared the stentorian voice of Belshazzer McWhiddle. Mrs. McWhiddle’s 32calibre snore vibrated in an instant on the night air, and then in a half wakeful way she ejaculated, “What?” “Is that the way to answer my question? Is “What” keeping wateh and word over the household?” “Oh, the boot-jack,” said Mrs. McWhiddle. “Why under the bureau. What are you going to do with it?” “Kill a cat. 1 ’ McWhiddle lived in Chicago, and his next door neighbor was banker Billups, whose charming daughter Daisy, was entertaining her beau, Charley Larkspur. Daisy had taken music lessons of a French teacher, and was just playing the piano in two languages. Charley had popped the questien and been accepted a few minutes before and they were as happy as two turtle doves. Charley was turning a leaf of music and Daisy’s voice had ascended to high C, when suddenly something crashed through the window’ with terrific ferce. Daisy screamed in G Major top shelf—and fainted. Her father rushed into the room and found Charley trying to recuscitate her. and not understanding the situation, promptly kicked him out of the house. And this was the work of MeWhiddle’s boot-jack. But love luughs at angry fathers, as well as locksmiths, and the next day Chas. and Daisy met and decided not to ask the father’s consent to their union, but elope, be married and pay a visit to a rich uncle of Charley’s living near Rensselaer This program was accordingly carried out, a telegram was sent to Uncle Reub, who met the young couple at the depot and took them to his home. After learning the circumstances, he was so delighted at their exhibition of what he called grit, that he proposed that if they would locate in Rensselaer, he would give them a start in life. They accepted, and the next day came to town to buy the outfit. Now folks here is the store that saves our people money, said the old gentleman, as they entered the department store of B. Forsythe. Mr. Forsythe I want to make you acquainted with my nephew and his wife o' Chicago. They expect to locate in this locality and I wanted them to see the finest store in town Charley you can sell your produce here and buy everything you need here under the same roof. It is . now on the same plan as the big department stores of Chicago. They carry a full line of dry goods, carpels, notions, ladies and gents furnishing goods. They also have a full and complete assortment of ladies and geets shoes of all styles and grades. Then they handle a full line of boys and mens clothing and quote unheard low prices. Thev actually sell clothing cheaper, it seems to me than the cloth could be bought for. Then they have a large grocery and queenswure stock as you can find in the town. They make competitors hustle I tell von. They carry ns complete a stock in each line as you can find in any exclusive store of either kind so they always have the goods to select from and the people all over the countv are talking about their wonderful low prices. As they drove along the street Uncle Reub said, “Charlie the next thing to see after is some hardware, ► I need to furnish your house, and we will go to N. NVuruer it Sons* hardware store. ’ “Good morning Mr. W nrner,” says Uncle Reub, as they stepped into the store. “Charley this is Mr. Warner, he and his sons are the best all around hustlers in town. Mr. Warner, this is my nephew and wife from Illinois, whom I am going to start in life and we will start right here. Daisy, you can find an elegant cooking stove or range here and everything you will want in the eookmg utensil and tinware line. I guess you still sell the Minneapolis binders and Stand’ard mower. The machine I bought •of yoq some time ago is in line

jJiape and does the best of work. Charley, Mr. Warner & Sons sell goods that they can recommend, buggies and carriages of all kinds and the Coquillard and Birdsell wagons, you will find this store headquarters for all kinds of general hardware. Just bear this in mind, will you. “Another thing we must look after Charley, is a harness shop, and we will go and see my friend John R. Vanatta who is an expert harness maker and repairer. Besides whips, robes, fly nets and dusters, as well as other horse goods he has on band a full line of harness of his own manufacture. So you can see why he sells cheaper and better harness than other dealers and can guarantee everything too. He also does repairing neatly and promptly and is reasonable in his prices. “I expect Daisy would like to get acquainted with, one of the best milliners of Rensselaer, said Uncle Reub, “so we’ll just step upstairs over Long’s drug store into Mrs. Imes’ store. She has an awful stylish place. The ladies say her prices are very low, while her goods cannot be beat for style. I’ve known Mrs. Imes, and know that she is up-to-date when it comes to the millinery business so Daisy call on her when you buy a new hat.” It was very near noon time and Charley, ever attentive to his young wife, asked Daisy if she would like to go the hotel and get something to eat. She did, and they went to the Foster House where Uncle Reub introduced them to Mr. J.L. Foster, the genial landlord and his estimable wife. “I tell you. Charley, you will always find everything run in firstclass shape here. But dinner is ready, let us go into the dining room.” “Have you a good photographer here?” asked Charley. “Have we?” said Uncle Reub, “To prove to you that we not only have a but a better gallery than most cities have, we will go and see J. A. Sharp who is an artist photographer in every sense of the term, and have a group taken. Here we are at the gallery. Look at those lovely platinos. That’s what I call high grade work. I’ll have a picture enlarged, too, so you’ll always remember the one who gave you your start in life. Mr. Sharp’s prices are extremely low,” Daisy, while passing along the street admired the lovely millinery display in the windows of Mrs. Helen Purcupile’s millinery store, so Uncle Reub took her in and introduced her. “You see,” said'Uncle Reub, “Mrs. Purcupile carries a nice stock and she is posted on all the latest styles, is an expert trimmer and keeps the best stock of goods in town. She is now closing out her summer stock at cost. “Charley,” said Uncle Reub, “let us step into the Commercial State Bank. Charley, I must tell you Rensselaer has a mighty solid bank. This is as safe and sound an institution as you can find in Northwestern Indiana, and it saves us farmers lots. Many of the best farmers of this section are putting their money on deposit here. You can also buy exchange, sell negotiable paper and borrow money here. I tell you this bank is conducted on safe lines, and is a great benefit to our town. “liow, Daisy, 1 know it won’t be long before you will be looking for a dressmaker, so we’ll just go aronnd the east side of the court house square and meet Mrs. W. A. Hopkins, the stylish dressmaker. I have known this estimable lady for years. She keeps posted on all the latest fashions and is an expert in cutting and fitting. Her charges, I learn, are very reasonable, for high grade work like she does. She always guarantees a satisfactory fit.”

“When I got stone for your new i house,” said Uncle Reub. “I went jto see Mackey & Barcus, this firm | handle and make a specialty of fine i marble and granite monuments, j Their work is always first class and I what they represent it to be. They do a lnrge business, and are known I for miles about here as straight forward. reliable business men." “Before we go home 1 must call !on Mrs, Martha Butler, the dress- | maker and see if she has Aunt ! Martha’s dress done. Mrs. Butler, i you know, is from Chicago, and is j posted on all the latest fashions like vour city folks always know about first. And her charges are very reasonable. ‘ “Well 1 must go to the livery stable of Short & Parker and sell a ] load of lniv and some grain. They ■ keep the finest rigs in town, and are 1 not a bit stingy with their feed. There is nothing too good for them and thev always pay extra for 1 something that is extra good. They are very modest in their prices too. Always put up your team here when in iovvn. Charley, and they will be well cared for." “I must next go ami see my friend J. M. Gardner of the Moniter Mills. ; 1 want to get another sack of his ! Snow Drift flour. Aunt Martha says 1 it makes the fineft bread of any flour we ran get. Mr. Gardner’s mill is

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equipped throughout with the best of machinery and he is a practical miller. 1 guess that is what makes his flour so excellent. He also handles meal a»d feed of all kinfls.” “All the ladies in our neighborhood make Mrs. C. E. Hershman’s millinery store their headquarters for buying their fall and winter hats, ss we’ll call and buy Daisy one. She employ* a city trimmer and is thoroughly posted in the latest and correct styles. She has a fine stock to toake/selections from and is very moderate in her prices.” “The next thing to see after will be some wall paper. Now we will see A F. Long. This gentleman, Daisy, has one of the finest drug stores in the county. His shelves are full of patent medicines and drugs to cure all ills. Here you can buy books, letter paper, account books, ladies toilet articles, perfumery and almost anything you want. For anything in the drug line Mr. Long will do to tie to. He is an expert at filling prescriptions I can tell you.” “Oh yes, begosh, I want to go arourid to Coen & Brady’s elevator, and see what they are paying for grain” exclaimed Uncle Reub in his rural fashion. The proprietors and managers of this elevator, are mighty nice young men. They are backed by lots of capital and I tell you when you have a load of hay or grain take it to their elevator and you will get the last red cent it is worth, for they pay the highest market prices and give the best weights, too. They buy hay, grain and seeds. I’ve sold them lots of grain because it is handy to haul it to Rensselaer and they have always been fair and square in every transaction.” “Where did I purchase the lumber for our new house?” said uncle Reub in answer to the same question put to him by Charley. “Well, I’ll tell you; ,1 saved about SSO by buying at the Rensselaer lumber yard of J. W. Paxton & Co. This firm handles rough and dressed lumber and have everything you can think of in the wav of building material. They also handle sewer tile. A specialty is made of porch work and inside finish. They also have window and door frames. They figure on this plan—that a small profit will make them more sales, and the way they are kept on the go would make is clear to any person that this idea it a correct one. They sell doors, sash lath and shingles, and quote awful low prices.” “Hello there!” This greeting was caused by uncle Reub coming fuee to face with Mr. Stoner and Mr. Day of the River Queen flouring mills. “Charley, allow me'to make you acquainted with our millers. Thev have one of the best equipped flouring mills in Northwestern lndiano, and if you want the best of bread don’t use anythiug but their River Queen brand of flour. Stoner & Day have the most complete mill you ever saw. We will drive around to see it before we go home. They do custom grinding and sell ineel und feed at very low prices. Uncle Rueb said “the next thing to see after is our furniture, and suggested that they go at once to Jay W. Williams’ store, as this gentleman has the largest and best select-! ed stock in this part of the country. As they entered this place Mr. Clurk i the genial salesman greeted them in his usual pleasant manner. They priced the goods and found that he sold every thing cheaper than the same goods ooul ! be bdught for in

other towns and selected a lovely parlor set and bed room suits and their kitchen furditure. They bought an oak suit cheaper here than they could have bought an elm one at any other store. “Now, Charily, I must go and B. S. Fendig, the produce dealer of Rensselaer. He always pays better prices for poultry than I can get anywhere else and of course when I have anything to sell I see him first. I have a lot of nice spring chickens this time and want to get their prices. He also buys eggs, hides, and game so you see we have a good market. He’s a genial fellow and besides paying good prices I always get good weights too, so you see it’s no wonder I always call there when I have something to sell.” “Why, how do you do, Mr. Eger,” said Uncle Reub, upon entering the nice grocery store of that gentleman. “Charley, this John Eger is one of the solid merchants of Rensselaer. His store is recogidzed far and near ns one of the best at which to sell country produce, He carries the largest stock of glass and queensware in town and we’ll just buy our dishes here and save money. He pays the best prices and sells groceries and provisions away down low. A child can always buy as cheeply as the parent, as Mr. Eger is an honorable man and gives fair weight and honest goods to every patron.” “Is there a good jewler in Rensselaer?” asked Charley. “You bet,” answered Uncle Reub. “There is W. A. Huff, who has worked at his trade a long time and understands how to repair the most complicated watches. He also has a nice stock of watches, clocks, jewelry and silverware. He is also a competent optician. He can correct errors of refraction scientifically because he is equipped for doing this delicate work. He will have the finest line of holiday goods and silver novelties in the city this year.” Now, Charley, we must go and get the horse shod. I always call on Hansen & Wartena, who are expert shoers. They are also fine mechanics and can do anything in the way of general, blacksmithing with speed and promptness. There are are so many blacksmiths who do not know how to shoe a horse, but these gentlemen are professionals. They also repair wagons and set tires, and don’t take a back seat for anybody. “Now Charley,” said Uncle Reub, “we will leave Daisy a little while and step in and see C. W. Rhoades, the barber. Nothing is pleasanter than to drop into a barber chair where you have polite attention, clean towels and a sharp razor. Mr. Rhoades has been shaving me ever since he opened his shop here, and I know he is all right. He is a genial gentleman and can give you a neat hair cut, shave or shampoo as you can get in the county, and then Uncle Reub clucked to the horses, pulled up the lines and the party d rove to the handsome country home of the jolly old gentleman.”

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Application For Liquor License. Notice Is hereby given to the cltlzeiis of the town of Fair Oaks and of Union township. In Japer County. Indiana, that the undersigned, Charles A. Dundy, a male inhabl’ant of the state of Indiana, over the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character, and a man not in the habit of becoming Intoxicated, and has been a continuous resident of said town and townshin for over ninety days last past and who is in respect to all legal qualifications and requirements a fit and proper person to be Intrusted with the sale of Intoxicating liquors and who is and will be the actual owner and proprietor of said busine-s. if license be granted him: Will apply to the Board of Commissioners of said Jasper county, Indiana, at their December Terra, 1898, said teini commencing on Monday December ftth, 1838, for a license to sell and barter, splritous. vinous and malt and all other intoxicating liquors. In a less quanity than a quart at a time wiili the privilege of allowing aud permitting the same to be drank on the premises, where sold and bartered. Said applicant will also, atthe same time aud ( lace ask the Board, to grant him the privilege of establishing and conducting a lunch counter and furnishing me-ils aud edibles, all kinds of soft drinks, aud tobacco and cigars, in lhe same room, and In connection wi.h said retail liquor business The precise location of the premises wherein said appllc nt desires to conduct said retail liquor and lunch business. Is the northeasterly room, In the lower story of a one and one-half story frame hnl.dlng situated on lot six (6) In block one (1) lu said town of Fair Oaks, the said room particularly 1 cated and described a. follows, to.-,lt Commenc ng at Ihs northeasterly corner of said tot six (ti; thence in a westerly direction parallel with second (2; street. Twenty (20) feet ih nceln a southerly direction parallel with Hendricks str, et. e gh.eeu (18) teet, theuce in au easterly direction parallel with First (Ist) Street, tweniy (2U; tee , theuce in a northerly dir. ctiou parallel with Kent street, eighteen. (18) feel to ill- said point of commencement. The said loom in nts on buhl Kent street, hastwo windows and one door fronting on said Kent * tieet.and N seventeen (rfee by nineteen (19) feet it side meusurment, said room Is Joined ou > ho somberly side by u loom nine (9) ieet by nineteen (IP) teet msiue measurement, wltti one cooueollug door, on the westerly side of said room there Is one room eight (8) feet by eleven ill) teet and tour (1) inches inside measure with no connecting door from said Iwr room, anil part ul a room eleven ill) feet and lour (4) Inches hy nineteen 09) feet and three ,8) Inches inside measurements, Joins on ttie westerly s do with ore connecting door from said barroom. The tioith side of said liar room Is the outside wall of said building, having o-* windows or doors therein, the other rooms of the build mg ere usid and occupied for sierugo and living room.'. The said described bar room Is separate from any other business of iiny,kiml, and Ims no devices for umusenieut or music ot any kind, or character, aud there are no partition* therein. The said bur room can be secure.y closed aud locked und admission theret > prevented, und Is so arranged with glass windows that the whom of sod room may Ire view ed from the side walk aud street in trout of tile same. Bald license will bo a-ked tor a period of one year noni April Oth. lout), at which time the lice-se now hel l by Said applicant for said premises will expire. CHABI.E9 A. DUNDY. Notice of Administration. Notice is hereby given tb it the uuderslgtied has been appointed by ilie Jasper Circuit t otiri of the County of Jasper Mat" of Indiana Administratrix of tbe estate of Martin Kelhlow. deceased, late of .Jasper County. Sabi estate Is supposed to tic solvent. Novembers, 1899. PUJCBKK KKIHLOW. Nov. 9-18-22. Admlulstratrx. Stoves Wanted. Wanted second hand stoves in good condition cookers aud heaters, at Phillips 1 auction room, on Van Rensselaer street, next to Carmi chad's harness shop.