Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1901 — WHEATFIED. [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIED.

Plenty of rain. Mrs. F. H. Scott and daughter, Mrs. Ita Helmick are visiting with relatives in Brazil, Ind. Mrs. Cora Brower and daughter Georgia, of Monon, are visiting with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Brewer, this week. Don’t forget the Farmer’s Picnic next Saturday, everybody come and have a good time. Miss Carrie Johnson is in Logans, port this week, enjoying a week’s vacation. Mr. A. Laughlin, our onion raiser, has returned from a two weeks’ trip in the east. Bill Jefferies is the owner of a pair of black eyes, which he received in a scrap with A 1 Henry near Dunnville. Miss Bertha Swisher is quite sick at present. Little Alva Melser has quite a bad looking faoe and hand, which is thought to De poisoned by the bite of a blaok potato bug. You ought to have seen the foot race between the two fat men, Bill Byers and Mr. Anderson Bill was too slow, and George won the raoe. Mistress—Do you call this sponge cake? Why, it’s as hard as can be. New Cook—Yes, mum; that’s the way a sponge is before it’s wet. Soak it in your tea, mum.