Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1908 — McCoysburg. [ARTICLE]

McCoysburg.

The new song books have come. Mr. and Mrs. C. A Leflef spent Sunday at Lee. Miss Laura Bell Phillips was la Rensselaer Saturday. ’A Cmer Church is assisting C. A. Lefler with his wood cutting. ( Miss Carrie Ringiesen took dinner with Laura Phillips Sunday. Mrs. James Lefler called on Mrs. R. L. Bussell Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Reed McCoy were io Rensselaer on business Monday. Miss Grayce Peregrine spent last Friday with Mrs. Reed McCoy. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bussell spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bussell. Quarterly meeting at Parker Saturday and Sunday. Everybody invited to attend. Mrs. W. R. Willits has been quite sick but is able to be up and around at this writing. Estel Osborne and Miss Vera Lefler took supper with Misses Grace and Mary Peregrine Sunday. . Wilfle Monts and Dale Braund went to Monon Friday evening to spend a few days with Dale’s parents. R. V. Johns went to Monon Saturday evening to see his mother-ln-l»vT\ Mrs. Meadows, who is quite sick. Mrs. James Downs spent Friday and Saturday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hoyps, near Rensselaer. Last Saturday A. M., a nice young cow was killed by the early morning, train. It belonged to Phillips and McDonald. R. S. Drake will soon have another car load of fine hogs for the Chicago market He has raised half of them himself and expects to buy the remaining half car from neighboring farmers. By the way it is very handy to have a hog market right in he middle of our township. Bob also has a span of young mules that he la breaking. They are fine, big fellows and will in all probability make a. real nobby team of carriage mules. Sa nr day afternoon at the elevator was 'he scene of more than ordinary excitement, which also might have very easily resulted different than it did. * Roy Gwin, the grain dealer, and Floyd Porter were in one of the large bins scooping some mouldy corn that did not adhere readily to the elevator buckets; some 50 or 75 bushels had lodged, but just when the boys were not looking it let go and came down upon Roy In such a manner that the scoop pinned him down and had it not been for Mr. Porter’s quick but steady nerve. Roy might have been serlousty hurt.