Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1909 — BURNS TOWN. [ARTICLE]

BURNS TOWN.

Mrs. A. Eib called on Mrs. Samuel Holmes Monday evening. Samuel Holmes helped A. Eib shred fodder Monday and Tuesday. C. Morgenegg hauled a load of coal to Burns school house Monday. Geo. Hopkins is working for G. B. Lewis this week. Mrs. James Knight still remains very poorly. Samuel Holmes and L. A Greenlee and C. Morgenegg took their poultry to Parr Friday and shipped to Chicago.

Bennie Price spent Sunday with home folks. T. G. Brown helped Samuel Holmes dress turkeys Thursday for the Christmas market. - ' T. G. Brown went to Jennings county Friday to spend a few days with his old neighbor, Wjn. Gasper, and family. James Myers and family visited, with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Reed and family Sunday. John Ward got done shredding at A. Eib’s Tuesday, and pulled his engine in home to commence shelling corn for Babcock & Hopkins. Mrs. Samuel Holmes and little boy spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. John Scott.' Quite a few people from this locality attended the Reniker sale Wednesday. Misses Bertha and Ethel Holmes and Elmer Brown and Jim Stanley and Walter Smith called on C. Morgenegg and family Sunday evening. Mr. aqd Mrs. Samuel Holmes and family called on Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Greenlee and family Sunday evening. Eli and Charley Arnold started to Cuba Sunday morning to see after tne estate of their brother, Chris, who was killed there a week or two ago. The Lowell poultry show will be held this year in January, the two biggest days being Jan. 22 and 23. B. D. Comer has been hired to give a talk on dairying and be and Mrs. Comer will score the butter at the show. A new creamery ia being started at Lowell’