Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1909 — PLEASANT GROVE. [ARTICLE]

PLEASANT GROVE.

Gifford railroad is running regular and doing a big business. Well, so long, with a little encouragement and a few rainy days could give yoy a column a week. Cattle about all out on grass. A few farmers starting to plow old ground. Sod plowing nearly all done, _ Mr. G. Moody has his fence around the school house woods completed. It is a dandy, better than it looks. There will be about four car loads of hogs go out on first spring of the market and a few loads of cattle. Mr. MHier has his big boiler about ready to fire up. J. I. looks ten years younger than he did ten days ago. Clint Brown is doing a land office business with Lignard. The comptny style themselves the Barkley township Wiggle-Waggle Horse Co. Everyone through sowing oats but C. P. Moody. He is re-sowing his winter oats. The rest of us will try that plan when we are sure it will work 19 times out of 20. Charley Moody’s imported Percheron mare foaled a fine Alley colt Monday. Charley is perfectly satisfied with it, especiayy as it has three white soxs. Mother, colt and bullpup doing well. SUBSTITUTE.