Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1909 — Extensive Traveler Visits Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

Extensive Traveler Visits Rensselaer.

Mr. Charles C. Sharp, of Brlsbon, Australia, is visiting at the home) of his mother, Mrs. D. T. Halstead. Mr. Sharp was born and raised in Jeffersonville, Ind., and went to Australia in 1871. Since that time he has done a great deal -of traveling. He has crossed the ocean eight times in the last thirty-five years. He made five trips especially, to see his mother. Mr. Sharp is a mining prospector in Australia and spends most of his time in the western part of that country. He told the Republican many interesting things about the far off island. Mrs. Cox, matron of the Lafayette soldiers’ home, a sister <*Mr. Sharp, spent Sunday and Monday visiting her brother here.