Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1907 — TUESDAY. [ARTICLE]

TUESDAY.

The Gem B ikery has a new cook in Bert Sparks, of St Louie, Mo. Mrs. Ne’sm Randle and Mrs. J. 2L Leatherman went, to Delphi this afternoon, to attend the wedding of Carl McFarland, a cousin of theirs. Born Sunday April 28th, to Mr. and Mrs. Aneil Potts, of hear Newland, Barkley Tp., twin sons. Their arrival’ make six straight boys in Mr. Potts’ family. Mrs. Elmerald Aldcich left for Hntchinsou, Kansas, this morning, where she will rejoin her husband who has been there for some weeks, by the side ot his hopelessly sick brother, Chester. This is the last day of April and most of the month, it is cold, raw, damp and dismal weather. We have had many bad Aprils in this region, but probably but very few much worse than this one has been. Last night’s rain was the largest for a long time, lasting practically all night, and including that which fell late Monday afternoon, made a total rainfall of 2.15 inches. It was far in excess of any need of rain and will farther delay the, al ready badly belated farm work. Mr. and Mrs. Addison Parkison arrived home on the early train this morning, feeling in fine health after their winter’s stay in southern California. All efforts to reach them on their way home with news of her father, Simon Kenton’s, death failed and the first they heard of it was after their arrival here this morning. W. S. Blatchley, state geologist, will begin this summer getting material for his 1908 report. It will deal with the soils of southern Indiana, including that part of the state south of the northern line of Monroe county. Assisting him in the work will be Charles W. Shannon of Bloomington, L. C. Ward of Huntington, H. S. Chamberlain of the Manual Training high school, of Indianapolis, and R. W. Ellis of Laporte county. Still there is activity in automobiles in Rensselaer. The telephone pole climbing buck-board of the model of 1905, which has been kept at Wolcott for use in keeping the system there in repair, has been sold to J. F. Bruner, of the Makeever House and the one of the model of 1906 now in use here will be sent to Wolcott, and be replaced by a new one of the present year’s model for the system here. The new one has been orde red bat not received yet. Jack and Chick have gotf their new Mitchell toaring car about all pulled to pieces at Jack’s private garage at his residence on Van Rensselaer Btreet and are giving it a thoro overhauling. It is practically a new aato and a fine 35 horse

’ - : power, four cylinder machine. They have not made as good progress iu overhauling it as they otherwise would because of the necessity of taking an honr or two off every once in a while to relieve their minds with pungent language over their remembrance of the terrors of the 175 mile trip home with it last week, every mile of whieh was right in the teeth of a howling, chilling, bone-marrow coagulating north wind, in mad many inches deep, and without even A blanket to cover their frozenness. But they have a good anto all right, and no doubt bought at a price that will make them some money.