Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1907 — The Tribune’s Sage Article [ARTICLE]

The Tribune’s Sage Article

CONTINUED FROM BACK PAGE. by the irony of fate, he was shot by one of his own men. WOUNDED BY A UNION PICKET. “I had been out on a little foraging expedition,” Elizur said reminiscently, “and had managed to gather in several pockets full of big ripe peaches. The night was extremely dark, and in making my way back to the camp I wandered several yards to the left of the picket with whom I previously had arranged to get back into camp with my spoils. I spent nearly an hour groping around in the thick underbrush, and in so doing mashed the peaches in my pockets so tljat the juice soaked through my clothing and trickled down my legs. Finally a strange picket gave me the order to halt, but as I hoped to elude him I kept on. He then fired at me, and the bullet is yet in my shonlde When he returned from the war Elizur went back to his home in Channahon and lived there until a few years ago, when he moved to Laura, and later to Gifford, Ind. Twent-four years ago be was married to Mrs. Sarah Butts of Channahon, and of this union three children were born. Ethel, the oldest of these, died two years ago, and the others, Esther and Russell, are now living with their parents in Rensselaer.

TOLD HOW TO SPEND HIS MONEY. Elizur’s life has been made miserable since the good fortune came his way by those who want to assist him in its distribution. Some of those whose get rich quick schemes are accompanied by a slender bank account seek daily to impress him with the feasibility of their ideas, and his time between meals is pretty much occupied with these pests. The Sage heir has discovered since his uncle died taat the courthouse square needs some flower beds and that Rensselaer is without a public drinking fountain, and that this church needs a new pulpit and that one some new staiued glass windows. Elizur said if he had all the money his uncle ever saw or sighed for he could spead it ail in Rensselaer in twentyfour hours. “I pay no attention to them,’ r said Elizur. “Eve got myself to look out for, and that keeps me busy. Just because a man gets a little money, I don’t see why everybody should be chasing after him or why that makes him any different from anybody else. I would be a fool and also poor again if I took up with all these propositions and that's the reason they don’t have any effect on me.”