Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1909 — MT. AYR. [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR.

(From The Pilot.) Lossen Ponsler was a Rensselaer visitor Sunday afternoon. W. W. Miller and wife spent the day last JSunday with Harris Martin and wife. Abel Grant and wife, of Rensselaer, spent Sunday here with J. R. Sigler and wife. Miss Madaline Penwright, of Kankakee, came Saturday for a few days visit with friends and relatives here. The editor returned Friday from a vacation, during which he visited various points in this state and Illinois. Oats sowing has been progressing rapidly in the past ten days and already a large number of farmers have completed. Earl Bruner returned here Sunday to work on this telephone exchange, after working on his father’s lines at Rensselaer for several days. Mrs.* Jasper Wright returned Friday from a two weeks visit with friends and relatives in Morocco, Brook and Goodland. Miss Nora Keeney left Monday for Earl Park, to go to the home of Perry Washburn and take care of some sick members of the family. G. W. Zerbe, for a number of years station agent at this place, and fori the past few years agent at Tiosa, Ind., has moved to Argos, Ind., where he will engage in the jewelry business. Frank Horsewood and wife, who are moving from Elkhart to a farm near Rensselaer, spent last Friday with Mrs. Geo. Johnson and family. Mrs.’ F. R. Flanders and her brother Beal Roberts, went to Wheatfield Saturday for a short visit with Roy Flanders, whose dredge boat is at present near there. Mrs. John Macklenberg went to Rensselaer Saturday for a visit with friends and relatives. She was accompanied by her mother-in-law, who has been visiting here. Fred Phillips, the well known Rensselaer auctioneer, was in town Friday putting up some sale bills. • Casey says: "Whin a young mon is sparkin’ a gurl in the frunt paarlor wld a box iv chocolates at hand, that is capital, but whin he has to git oop iv a cowld marnin’ and build tie foire, thot’s labor.” Farmers in the vicinity of Donovan, Beaverville and Martinton, west of Morocco, will shortly begin the construction of the most extensive draini V-* age system in the history of that part of the country. The proposed drainage consists of forty miles of dredge ditch and thirty-five miles of tile ditch costing about $120,000. The drain will affect 23,000 acres of land. Ralph Hammond, of Rensselaer, spent Saturday evening with friends at this place. ; - Ernest Prouty and wife have moved to his father's farm, located about four miles southeast of here, where he will farm this season. • John N. Sigler and wife, of Wheeler, Ind., came Monday for a visit with ><■ •» i-