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

VIRGIE.

Bil] Hartly is hoeing pickles this week. Mrs. Tice called on Mrb. Tom Davis Sunday. Mrs. Susie Long visited Mrs. A. B. Long Sunday. Mrs... Tice and daughter were In town Monday. Miss Bertha Florence went back to work Tuesday. v The fruit is scarce in our neighborhood this year. Mr. Tice is cutting wheat for Mr. Hixon, near Kniman. Mr. Tice is nearly done cutting grain for ifrr. Hixon. Mr. and Mrs. Newberry were Rensselaer goers Monday. , Q. A. Yeoman, of Rensselaer, was in our vicinity Sunday. The dance at Virgie was well attended Saturday evening. Pete Wolf and family visited his parents at DeMotte Sunday. Mrs. Pete Tice and sister spent Monday with Mrs. Tice and family. Mrs. Jack Reed was huckleberrying Friday, and got about four gallons. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Merril are hoeing corn for Pat Maloney, of west of Virgie. Miss Ruby and Lizzie Davis spent Tuesday afternoon fishing at the dredge. We have had very little rain out here, but south they get what they call soakers. Miss Mary Ott came back to Orn Reed’s, where she has been working for some time. The Hack dredge is doing fine. They have about four weeks work on this ditch yet. Miss Marie and Orval Smith, of Newland, visited their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs.. A. B. Long, the past week. Greeley Comer and little daughter, Essie, were in Rensselaer with cream last Thursday. He thinks It doesn’t pay the farmers to make butter when cream is such a price. Mrs. Harry Hibbs, of near Virgie, made a visit to Tefft to see her moth-er-in-law, who has been sick for some time, add expects to go to Chicago to the hospital this week to be operated on.