Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

! farm, a few miles southeast of here. JWe all wish Mr. Wright and his wife a long and happy wedded life.—Mt Ayr Pilot Archie Lee is improving now in a very nice manner and it is thought will pull through and recover his health perfectly. The nurse, Miss Mattie Hemphill, who has been attending him, left yesterday, and he is I now being cared' for by his parents. IHe has been a very patient sufferer and has exhibited a remarkable nerve throughout his sickness, and this is probably the cause of his getting through. Walter. Hopkins and Harve Robinson will complete their three years’ service in-the coast artillery of tte United States the last of this month and will return to Rensselaer about the Ist of March. Walter was here on the occasion of the death of his sister, but Harve has not been here since he enlisted. The latter is now acting quartermaster sergeant of his company and receives S3O per month. It has been quite an experience for the boys, but it is under stoood that they are both glad their time is about out and that they will probably not re-enlist. 1 ’■% ' ’ . > The local lodge of Rebekahs had planned a fine time for Friday night, having three candidates to Initiate and Mrs. Artie S. Andrews, of Lafayette, the State president, as guest of * honor. An elaborate spread had been prepared, and Mrs. Andrews was making an address to the members when the lights in the Odd Feellows hall burned out, and it was impossible to get them fixed. An oil lamp was borrowed and the wdrk completed, but the banquet feature had to be given up. Mrs. Andrews was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Steward while in Rensselaer.

Tonight the Maud Henderson Com? pany will present the best known rural comedy of the age, “Way Down Ea3t.” Tho royalty on this play is necessarily rather heavy and ip. order to produce it at all the prices for tonight’s performance will be 25, 35 and 50 cents. The play has been all this season the feature bill of the organization and in the criticisms we have had from neighboring cities each individual member of the company is very happily cast. We trust some time in the future to have this excellent aggregation of players with us again and we shall say a very reluctant good-bye when they give their final performance tonight of “Way Down Eeast” A runaway pony caused a little excitement in Rensselaer early this morning. It is the property of Geo. Healey, Jr., and was being driven by Cecil Lee, while the owner stood in the rear of the buggy. The pony had not been used for some time and was feeling his oats and just as the youthful drivers were leaving the Healey residence she started out on a lively run. Young Healey was jostled out of the buggy, but young Lee stuck in and held firmly to the lines. He was almost overturned at the corner of Washington and Weston streets, but stuck gamely to his post apd brought the pony to a stop in front of the court house and without serious injury.

Charley Bussell used a ladder this morning to climb up into the apple tree at the. home of his mother in the southeast part of town to ascertain what the Jay bird had in the nest that was discovered by he and William S. Day Thursday. He found two eggs in the nest and apparently they were uninjured by the coolness of the atmosphere. It is hardly probable that she will be able to hatch and raise the birds, however, on account of the chill weather that we will probably have, but she has an-' other and more immediate foe than the weather. Two crows attacked her this morning and she had a, difficult time in ..beating them away, but finally succeeded with Mr. Bussell’s help in doing so. Crows are great egg thieves and also bitter foes to young birdß and chickens. When trees are leafed out the nest can be concealed and the crows do not find them, but now there isn’t a leaf on the trees and poor Mrs. Jay is exposed to all the hardships that confronts a frontiersman. Her progress will be watched with much interest

MONDAY.

Mrs. W. N. Jordan went to Evanston thlß morning to visit her son. The Home Grocery will buy your potatoes. B. J. Gifford is over from Kankakee today. Just like spring time—A can of that fine splnoch at the Home Grocery. Feed Crown Brand Poultry Feed to make the hens lay. Bold by M&lnea 4k Hamilton. R«r. a F. Ferguson returned this morning from Brookston, where be spent Sunday. J "* r ’ t K. "