Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Ed Randle is nursing a lovely case of mumps at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Ulyat, of Brook, spent Sunday with J. K. Smith and family. W. C. Rose shipped another car of cows from McCoysburg Sunday eyening. Mrs. Ola Randle went over to Lee Monday evening to see her mother, who is quite sick. Arthur Miller went over to his brother’s, Elzie, Tuesday to help in the hay making. Mrs. Evaline Randle returned home Monday evening, after a short visit with relatives. Miss Rubie Cooper, of Indianapolis, is spending the summer with relatives here and at Brook. Mr. and Mrs. Van Wood and children, of Rensselaer, visited with J. R. Phillips and family Tuesday. Mrs. Matilda Smith, of Harvey, 111., is here for a visit of indefinite length with her daughter, Mrs. G. W. Bond. Mr. apd Mrs. Reed McCoy and Myrtle Lewis took dinner with the former’s parents, near Lee, Sunday. The early oats harvest began in several places Tuesday. But the ground was reported quite soft in some places.

Miss Estella Cook, of Forrest, and daughter of Martin Cook, came up Monday evening for a few days’ visit with Wash and Simon Cook. Mrs. Stella Parkison and daughter, Ardis, returned to Brook last week, after an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Parker. C. W. Bussell and son, Elvin, from here, and Mrs. Mary E, Lowe, of Rensselaer, went to Eagle River, Wis., Saturday. They will be gone three or four days.—:—: The Chicago watermelon market must be booming this season judging from the number of cars of melons that have passed over the Monon the past week. R. V. Johns had another operation performed last week at Monon to remove a tumorous growth on his lower eye lid. It is healing up nicely now and seems to be on the road to permanent recovery. Mrs. Truax, Orval Brown, Newton Lykins and sister and John Blunt, from west of Monon, visited at J. C. Ireland’s Sunday. Mr. Blunt furnished plenty of entertainment for the crowd with his phonograph. There was a terriffic down pour of rain here late Sunday afternoon, so much that considerable water was standing on the fields Monday, and as the sun came out quite warm Monday it will probably damage lots of corn. Mrs. E. J. Randle was at Chicago a couple of days last week to see her brother, Rae Yeoman, who recently underwent an operation. As the nature of the case and the success of the operation we have not as yet learned. A few persons who were on the lookout got a view of the combination engine and passenger coach from the N. Y. C. lines that came to McCoysburg via the C. & W. V. road Tuesday. It was a swell looking outfit and was hauling Mr. Gifford and some of the officials of the N. Y. C. A nice little crowd gathered at Parker for Sunday school Sunday and the zeal and energy shown in the work certainly would warrant a lit; tie effort on the part of every neighbor to turn out and help re-organize a good strong school. There will be Sunday school next* Sunday, July 18th, at 2 p. m. All are invited. Mrs. R. S. Drake and two daughters Ola and Ellen went to Monon Saturday evening for a visit with relatives and to consult the family physician about Ola’s eyes. It seems that she has them poisoned by something, and they have continued to grow worse since the poisoning was first noticed two or three weeks ago. Lawrence Blunk came very near servering his nose from his face Monday afternoon. He had occasion to enter the shop door for something and ran against a scythe that had been left In the doorway, only a fpw minutes before, by some of the children. Quite a gash was cut, but It will heal up all right without leaving nny noticeable scar. The Moffltt dredge was fired up again Monday and the water pumped out of the hull. Their plans now are to turn the boat around and dig south, following the old ditch until east of McCoysburg, thence take a northeasterly course to the Randle wind pump in the pasture, then kick back and continue the ditch according to the first outline. < :••• * The best pills made are DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous little liver pills. They are small, gentle, pleasant, easy to take and act promptly. They are sold by all druggists.