Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Jesse Eldridge, the manager of the S. P. Thompson farms at Papr, was brought home from the springs at Attica Sunday. He was down there two weeks or more but received no benefit whatever In his effort to free himself from rheumatism. t" Frank Hart, the DeMotte postmaster is here today. He has been having a tussle for the past six weeks with rheumatism and took a course of treatment at the Mineral Springs near Attica, and was greatly helped. He still gets around on a crutch and is far from well. The county commissioners and the township trustees are in session today, it being the December meeting of both boards. The farmers’ institute is also in session and the judges of the corn growing and bread baking contest are here, as well as the special institute workers.

Miss Flora Ward, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. G. B. Ward, of Monticello, died last week and was buried Friday. She was well known here and was known chiefly by the nickname of “Pet” Ward. She last visited here during the home coming, when she was the guest of Miss Lenna Grant and other friends.

Liveryman have a snap when weddings are numerous. They get rice enough out of the closed carriages to do them from one year’s end to another, and occasionally find a pair of second hand shoes that were thrown at the bride and groom which they put on and throw their own away. Nearly every business has its snaps. —Ex.

Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Nichols were host and hostess Sunday at a turkey dinner, the guests being White county relatives of Mrs. Nichols, as follows: Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Baker and son, of Monticello; Mr. and Mrs. George Wolverton and son and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Raub and sons, Joe and Charles, of Chalmers.

John G. Brown, reprerentatlveelect from White and Jasper counties, had a big sale at his home near Monon last week. He employed Col. Fred Phillips of this city and V. D. Cline, of Monticello, and bad a big crowd, well managed and everything went off smoothly. » The sa’e totaled right at SB,OOO. Mr. Brown is a progressive farmer and will make one of the ablest representatives this district has ever had.

Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Wartena returned to their home in Indiana Harbor this morning, after a visit since Saturday witn nis mother and sister, Mrs. Fred McColly, In Rensselaer. Lorenzo is the manager of the Indiana Harbor and East Chicago electric company, and while here he bdught a team of horses for the use of the company. Luther Wartena, his younger brother, is now engaged in electrical contract work at Gary and is doing a nice business.

A letter from Dr. C. A. Fidler, better known here as “Dick", in which he encloses draft for subscription renewal to the Republican, says: “I have been intending for several months to visit home, but havn’t got to do it yet, but wish to have my subscription account in front so send draft for it. It reaches me O. K. and I read it, trimmings and all.” Dick is located at Milwaukee, Wis., and has offices in the Majestic building. He is also one of the physicians at the Johnson Emergency Hospital in that city. He has evidently entirely recovered - from the operation he underwent several months ago.

Every merchant to whom the Republican editor has talked favors the revival of the monthly horse sale. The committee having matters of this sort to look after will probably recommend to the Commercial Club that the sales begin the latter part of January or the first of February, and then buyers will be invited to come here on that day and regularly every month thereafter. It is thought advisable to have the sale either the day before or the day after the Monticello sale,. so that the buyers can make the one trip out of the city answer for both towns, and it might also be an advantage to the buyers in shipping their purchases.

President Roosevelt takes Delavan Smith, the Indianapolis News publisher, to task In an open letter to William Dudley Foulke, and calls Smith a liar, slanderer and a few other names. Since the News began Its attack on Roosevelt last spring it has shown more bitterness than decency In its opposition and President Roosevelt makes Mr. Smith and his corps of political writers look very ludicrous, In view of the fact that they tried to make a scandal out of a matter that is open to the investigation of any person that cared to look into It The News employes the most contemptible form of innuendo in its criticism of the president and others with whom be is associated and deals In a class of pug dog politics that its former patrons hardly I thought it could be guilty of.