The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-18

days in South Bend.
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman and her i
daughter Bessie, who is the wife Of
Carl Kleckner, have gone to Argos |
to visit with friends.
Fred Schroter and Ernest Nc
Kinney have returned to Mishawaka
after visiting several days in Plym-
outh the guests of the Misses Clara
Hager and Hazel Detwiler.
Mrs. Alonzo Switzer and her
brother, Perry Thompson of Lincoln
Nebraska, who has been visiting
here for several weeks, went south
on the Lake Erie & Western We'd
nesday morning, and will visit at
Argos and vicinity with relatives
and old time friends.
Samuel Craig of Nappanee is in
the city the guest of his brother,
Nathan, and his sister, Mrs. Calvin
Switzer. 1t is twenty-five years
hSam shook the dust of Plymouth
from his feet and settled in Nap
lpanee, but he has made many visits
back to the old homt town. He
says that there are many changes,
and pointing to the Swindell Cold
Storage building, said that is an in
stitution not even thought of when
he lived here.
Something In the neighborhood of
twenty-five years ago young man
named Henry Haag worked for the
old firm Of Buck & Toan as tin
ner. His father was Joseph Haag,
who also worked for the same firm.
The family home was three blocks
least of the Reeve bridge on Jeffer-
son street. Afterwards Joseph
Haag started the store and restaur-
ant with his brother Jacob, where
the Haag grocery now is near the
Vandalia station. Along in the
middle Sos, Henry Haag left Plym-
outh, and went to Kewanna where he
runs tin shop. He comes back
to the old home place occasionally,
and Tuesday was one of the occa-
sions. He has many old time friends
; here who are always glad to shake
hands with him. Mrs. Charles Shaded
is his sister.
; Nathan Thompson of Culver came
to Plymouth Wednesday morning, on
his way to visit his son-in-law,
Schuyler Berlin, at Aurora, Ill. Mr..
Thompson will stay till in April
, with his daughter This accident re-
, calls another that dates back to the
late '70s. Mr.. Berlin was then q
young man, and came back from a
, trip to Illinois, and visited with
, friends in Plymouth. H went the
, next day to his fathers home south
, west of town, and was taken with a
, bad case of small pox. OF course
, people were frightened, and the
doctors had time vaccinating the
, various people who had been near
the patient during his passage thru
the city. No one else took the dis
, ease. either on account of the
, prompt vaccination, or else because
!, Mr.. Berlin was not in the right
, stage of the disease to "give it -
, to others. They all had a scare
, over it, and felt relieved when the
, time to take the disease passed, and
, left them free from danger.
D Plymouth rural route men made
D good Tuesday 1t was the hardest
) day this season. for the roads were
drifted in many places level full OF
isnow. They went through, and
) around, any and every way to get
) there, and all but one made out to
5 serve all his patrons. This is good
'showing, and speaks much for the
: men who serve the rural routes out
r of Plymouth. Some people will say.
{ That is what they are paid for.
] They did no more than their duty,
/ etc. This is mistake Uncle Sam
does not drive his mail carriers to
: such straits. Even a city carrier
{ may refuse to deliver mail to q
v house if the walks and paths are
not open and easily accessible. So
;. with the rural carriers, if road is
not in good shape to travel, mail
carrier may refuse to even attempt
to travel his route. It is not the
duty of mail carrier to shovel out
the roads or side walks. Other
e people have that to do, and if a road
is left in bad condition, or not clear
9 ed so his way is not blocked, he is
: not obliged to make the round. In
the cities the clearing of sidewalks
is incumbent on the occupant of the
property. It should be the duty of
+ some persons or officers in the coun-
TRY to see that a road is made
}, passible for vehicles.