Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1901 — Funeral of D. J. Thompson. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of D. J. Thompson.

David J. Thompson’s fnneral services ware held Sanday evening, at 6 o’clock, in the spacious and well shaded lawn at bis brother, Judge 8. P Thompson’s residence. The services were brief but very impressive and appropriate. They were under the general direction of Prairie Lodge, F. & A. M., Lafayette Commendery, No. 3, Knight Templars conducting the ritual. The services at the residence comprised two songs by the Male Quartette, prayer, Scripture reading, remarks on the character of the deceased and a short obituary, by Rev. C. D. Royse; and the funeral rites by the Templars. The procession to the cemetery was very extensive, and included 25 Templars iu uniforms and Prairie Lodge in a body and the Rensselaer Citizens’ band playing a dirge. At the cemetery the burial rites of the Knight Templars, a beautiful and impressive - ritual was given, followed by a prayer by Rev. Royse. The pall bearers, all members of the Masonic order, were C. G. Spitler, J. M. Wasson, B. F. Fendig, D. H. Yeoman, Walter White and J. W. Williams. The floral tributes were numerous and very fine.

People who have read the justly celebrated Hicks weather predictions, and have meted out their wrath upon the head of the forecaster when his predictions failed to pan out, have no doubt not been aware of the fact that the object of their maledictions, Rev. Irl Hicks, was a dead man. Mr. Hicks, is is very much a dead man. He has been in that condition for ten years, so that there can now be no doubt as to the sincerity of his olaim that he is dead. The forecasting foundry, however, did not shut down upon the demise of the founder. His mantle of prophecy fell upon the shoulders of Irl’s brother-in-law, who for the last ten years has been telling the people to look out for hot weather in the summer, and to prepare for snow and chilblains in the winter. — North Jud6on News,