Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1902 — McCoysburg. [ARTICLE]

McCoysburg.

Mrs. ElJri.lae is much better from her recent illness, McCoysburg is still growing; if it keeps on it will be as big as Chicago, Judy Woodville o- some other big city. The increase was in the form of a boy. born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Arnott last Sunday. Farmers are getting pretty well done planting corn, Mrs. Godfrey Wachtef returned from a several days visit at Winamac last Wednesday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Johns at this place Wednesday an Si pound boy. ' -..• ... .■. Miss Lilly the telephone operator from Fowler is hete visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Lilly west of town. Several people got off of the after, noon mail, due here at 3:18, think, ing it was Rensselaer. They surely must have been dreaming. A young man of this town was proposing to his sweetheart a short time back. He seemed to be very much in earnest. Oh! he said, if mv breast was only a window so you could see my heart and— just then the old man stuck his head in at the door and Wotdd'nt a pane in the stomach do just as well. Quite a few intend going to Monticello Friday from here.