The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-23
OL|VET AND VICINITY

Olivet, Sept. 1S.-+It is not neces-
sary for a man to laugh at all times,
but we do want a whole lot of these
fellows around here TO contract the
habit of looking pleasant and cheer
full when in company.
Mrs. charles Brown, the teacher at
Burr Oak, reports an enrolment OF
twenty-seyen pupils at school the
first week of the term. She also in
forms us there have been some i'm
provements made on the buildings.
J. c. Perfect left on Monday for
Wright where he will do some artis-
tic painting.
Farmers report corn maturing fast
this week.
Walter Phillips of Tracy and w. E.
Miner of Des Moines were in town
Monday talking up farm machinery
to McReynolds & Son.
NJ. d. Flanders of Knoxville was in
town on Monday looking after bust
ness.
We are in receipt of a letter from
Honorable n E. Kendall, who has
just returned from Canada, where he
went for his health. He says his
general health is about fully reCOv-
cred. About all the recreation he
takes outside of his business is de-
liVering Commencement, Fourth of
July, Decoration and Labor Day ad-
dresses. The rest of his time is
spent in the Monroe county capital.
.-e is strong for Cummins for presI-
dent.
Mrs. J. J. Top and daughter babe
their good friends goodbye on Tues
day and started for their new home
in ObeTlin, Kansas
When OskaIOosa gets the swim.
ming pool and the Fall Festival
homecoming over, we want them to
take a good rest, for in a short time
there will be something doing all the
time until next fall.
Gilbert Johnson wound up a three
weeks threshing trip this week. We
are informed that Gilbert never let
up as long as the grain lasted
Mrs Ida Johnson of Rochester pur-
chased a fine piano in OskalOosa this
week We are glad to note this, for
it beats sending the money away
from home, all to pieces. So we eX-
tend congratulations to Mrs. Johnson
in her good Judgment
Fred DeCook with two men and
two teams started to pull down the
II. NJ. Thompson hill on Tuesday ey-
ening and the weather man said rain,
and rain it did The next day we
saw Fred heading for Leighton to I'M
load a car of cement there.
The report of the Ladies' Cemetery
Association at Beacon was read with
much interest. The ladies are to be
highly complimented for the manner
in which they kept their record and
the amount of money they raised dur
ing the year and the judicious way
they spent it, all OF which is highly
coUmeendable to them.
S. Bartlema, east Of town, called
at the station on Wednesday. He
says corn is not fully out of danger
from frost but will soon be. Mr.. Bar
tlema is one of the most practical and
conservative farmers we have.
j. A. Hearny left last week for an
extended visit with friends at Mt
Pleasant ..-s ssa -a
Apologize, the horse buyer from
Knoxville, was in town on Thursday
and bought two horses. He paid for
one large dark bay, s1s50n. For. a
smaller one, and, not so fat he bought
from Andrew Cole, he paid $l45.0O.
Both were young and good animals
Frank Wiser and Ben Sedrel start
ed to tear down their Norwood barn
on Friday to. move on the Sedrel
place south Of town. They removed
boards in the loft and left an ak lay
ing on some boards. They came down
and proceeded to remove the side.
In the Jostling the ak fell and struck
Mr.. Wiser behind the right ear, max.
ing vicious cut and causing blood to