Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Pearl Comer, and his many friends. This la his first visit here since his removal to the form of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Peter Wasson, near Winchester, about a year ago. Mrs. Julia A. Healey came from Delphi this morning to spend Christmas with her son, George H. Healey and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ed F. Mills, of Chicago, will also be here over Christmas day, visiting his mother, «rs. Mills, and her mother, Mis. ealey. Mrs. Ella N. Drybread, who has been visiting her brother, Rev. H. L. Kindig, and family for some time, went to Chicago this morning, being accompanied by Geraldine Kindig. Tomorrow Rev. and Mrs. Kindig will go to Chicago and all will eat Christmas dinner with his brother, Dr. Frank M. Kindig, and wife. A three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Williard Reed, of Delphi, was playing with some other children yesterday afternoon when a ladder that was standing against the side of the house was tipped over. It struck the little boy, breaking his neck and causing almost Instant death. The premium list of the Lowell Poultry and Farm Products Association has just been issued from the press of the Lowell Tribune. The book contains 64 pages, setting forth the prizes offered and containing the advertising of the* progressive merchants in that town. The show will be held at the Lowell opera house January 5,6, 7 and .8,

E. L. Hollingsworth and daughter, Dorothy, and son, Gerald, went to Kalamazoo today to spend Christmas. Mrs. Hollingsworth and Emmet had preceoed them there a few days. Miss Cecelia, who is attending Wellesley Academy, in Massachusetts, is also at Kalamazoo, and will accompany her parents here after Christmas, for the remainder of the vacation, which extends to Jan. Bth. Amos Davisson was caught between a wagon loaded with straw and a straw rick Tuesday and as the wagon was drawn along by the horses it hugged the stack and gave Mr. Davisson a severe squeezing. He fopqd it necessary to call a physician, and will probably be laid up for several days, although it 1b not thought .that he suffered internal injuries. The weather forecast tOf north* western Indiana for today was cloudy with possible showers. There have been some clouds but the sun has broken through them several times, and it is another beautiful day. Frosts and a slight freeze reported from certain parts of California, should make a Hoosier think himself about as well off here as any place in America. Ex-Senator Wolcott, formerly of Wolcott but now connected with the Western Motor works in this city, has leased the Sutton residence on East Market street and will make this his permanent home. Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott have been here for some time, boarding at the Justice home but is now shipping bis household goods here to furnish his new home, —Logansport Pharos.

Ray Yeoman, one of the teachers at Purdue, who came home this morning, did not stay long. He had an invitation from a former college friend who is now employed In the Chicago offices of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, to accompany him on a pleasure trip over the road, saying that there would be no traveling expense. Ray was pleased to receive the invitation and went to Chicago on the 9:55 train to accept his friend’s hospitality. Dr. English las recei ed f equent reports from the condition cf h s brotber-in-iaw, F.ed Brown, who w. s operated on for appendicitis at a hospital In Daavi’le, 111, la t F,lday, and he 13 naw g.ttlng al ng very nicely although he will probably be kept at the hospital for a month or more. The operation disclosed that In addition to the obstruction of the appendix there were several adhesions and these considerably complicated the operation. The booze which for so long was stored at the court house after the raid of the Rosey hotel last spring, was taken back to Rosey almost a month ago, and when the Rosenbaum family took a somewhat hasty departure from this place last week a part of the booze was left at the hotel. It did not take long for some of the dry tongues to find it out and the now vacant hotel waa raided again last night, but not by officers of the law with a search warrant This time It was raided by several of the chronic topers who feared it might go to waste. They found it without the use of a search warrant and guzzled enough down to make several pairs of twisted legs. Since the saloons at Mt Ayr and Monon quit business the local topers upon whom the habit Is firmly settled have some difficult times to satisfy thslr allotriophagy. Some men airs reformed because they want to be and