Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1898 — County Correspondence [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence

■4!- m fc-4. - SURREY. Farmers are almost; through husking corn now, G. M. Wilcox is buying some and paying market price for it. Protracted meeting at Parr still continues. i % • Rev. Rendall, of Ridgeville, preached at Vaughn last Thursday night. Vaughn has turned out another promising young minister; viz, Clinton D. Thorntou who made his first attempt at Parir last Tuesday night.

Robert Hopkins spent Wednesday night at Parr. J. V. Bringle, teacher at Parr, is going into the Odd Follows Lodge, at Mt. Ayr now. He took some of the work last Tuesday night. Mr. Perkins is putting down a new well at Surrey school house now. TLcy c 1 ":'’ 1 ' rock at 'b 99 Ts no misfortune happens, they will finish some time next week.

A young ma'h from Parr tried to “bum” his way to Rensselaer on the local last Wednesday evening but was invited to vanmoose at Surrey which hr d’d. The Chicago Chronicle People have been doing some great hustling for new subscribers in this vicinity for some days past. Manv have been receiving complimentary co \'s. A LiONG juIFB. For sixty-nine years Downs’ Elixir Las kept on ouriug coughs, ooids, cioup, ouiiournption auu un uuuut and lung troubles. Some people think it good only for lung troubles, b”t * ,w ' is that it is the best remedy known for cold in the head, or cold settled in the joints or bowels, as it acts upon the whole system and speedily eradicates a cold whereever found. We sell it and guarantee a 50 cent bottle to cure any cold or money refunded.

A. F. LONG.