1917-02-15; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL
The Paper With a Misiiot*
end
Without 0 Muzzle.
Established 1878
ULARE, MICHIGAN   THURSDAY   VHiKNlfte FEBRUARY It, 1917.
New Series: Vcl. 95 Mo. 16
FARMERS' INSTITUTE
teresting
Evening Session
Held
HALEY WnJ^RCTIRE
While John Jackson Jr. Becomes
Commission Man.
ADDRESSES
Of Mr, Williams   Interesting
And Instructive.
Give
BOYS AMD GIRLS      |
Account    Of   Themselves
At Mt. Pleasant. j
MICHIGAN
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Birds And   The    Wife's
Ably Discussed.
Clare continues   to   be   well  repre-
{gected in live stock circles at Detroit.
I Reliable reports have it that the well
known  firm   cf   Haley   &   McMullen,
Share   etoek buyers at the  M.   C,   yards   at
Detroit will new   become   MeMulien,
I Koaopen & Jackson.    Irs other words,
William   Haley   has   decided   to   give
a c t i v »      work      there,      his
ATTENDANCE
. .
up
place to be rilled   by   two   naw   men,
one of whom is John A. Jackson, Jr.,
I of this city.
Needless to   sav,   the   latter  is   not
i lacking in experience, having   driven
I catt.e   for   his   father  when   he   was
j only two years   old,   so  report   goes,
. and bought stuck   OD   his   own   book
our | tor the past several   years.      We   understand be will cODtinne to live bere,
but   will   necessarily   be   in   Detroit
most of the time.
Another wideawake live stock man
firm   of
QreeD.
who is a member of the
Sandei,   Stacy,    Beadle     &
W. C. T. U.
Holds
Interesting   Mothers'
Meeting.
CHILD REARING
And  Training The   Burden
The Program.
Of
The evening session of the institute
opened wltH a chorus, 'Down on the
old Suaonte River," by IKe High
School Glee Club and then Mrs.
Helen A. Hill of Flint talked of Michigan bird-. She re-narked that she
area led to make a study of our com-
nson birds because ber husband
chaffed hersomwhat on her ijjnor nice
along tbia line. She took up several
varieties of the blackbirds, and
mors common birds, specimens of
Which she bad borrowed from the
Agricuituel college tor illustration
Attention was called to value of these j
birds aa insect destroyers,   thus   reo-1 has  just   moved   to   the    metropolis,
deriug   tbem   of  great   velue   to   the \ John Beadle
farmer.
After another selection by the Glee
Olob, Mr. Oviatt gave a moat excellent talk on "The Wife's 8hare," a
question which be said had been much
discussed. He and his wife had begun their married life in the woods,
■pace for their first "shack" having
to be cleared before it couid be bnilt.
Through all the years his wife bad
done her fnll share, perhaps a little
more. The vife has the same right
to draw on the bank account as the
husband and should not be subjected
to the mortification of begging for a
pittance now and then. If the wife
is kept folly informed concerning the j
financial conditions of tbeir business,'
she will take much more interest in
it aud there will be no occasion to
complain of any extravagenee as, in
general, abe will adapt her expenditures to the family exchequer.
On Friday morning, Mr. Oviatt
took up the discussion of "The Farm
Horse, Past, Present and Future."
Be has bad considerable experience
along this line and has' ail the time
found it profitable. However, farm-
era most produce tbe type of those
that the market demands There is
little demand for light weight   horses '
and there is likely to be lee« in the !'*>£ of scripture reading and sentence
, future. The automobile has mined *""
the market for this class of horses.
There is, however, a good demand
Tor drafter* and that demand is not
likely to grow less. Experiments he
thought had conclusively shown that
.any line of farm work could be more
economically performed by horse
power than by tbe tractor. It is
more profitable to keep the celt until
grown up and broken though be bad
found it difficult sometimes to take
this ponrse as people insisted en buying hi colts and offered prices that
seam to render tbe sale best.
. Mr. Oviatt emphasized again what
be had $aid wbea discussing cattle in
reference to pushing tbe young
animal It is then that tbe greatest
'galsa can be made. A colt should
attain one half  its   growth   tbe  first
A verv interesting and useful meeting of tbe local W. C. T. U. was held
at the pleasant borne of Mrs. J. A.
Tatman on Thursday afternoon of
last week, an#invitation having been
extended to a number of young
mothers, not members of the organization, to attend and take part in tbe
program The purpose of the meet
ing was to consider and discuss the
best methods of rearing and educat
ing children. The Edison entertained with a number selections and
added to the interest and pleasure of
tbe meeting.
After devotional exercises  consist-
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Ha protested against tbe too common custom of allcwingtbeyou.g colt
to follow its mother around all day,
open rendering it a nuisance when
some kinds of machinery are being
need and serving nc good purpose in
anyway. Leave tbe colt at tbe barn
in a box stall away from tbe dies and
bring tbe mother there tbe middle cf
he forenoon and afternoon for a
considerable period uf dme.
Tbe colt should be broken early
and avoid all harsh treatment. Put
a headstall on tbe colt and let him
wear it for a time each day. He
■ood becomes accustomed   to
prayers by. several, Mrs. Bennett
gave the old song that mother used
to sing, ''I think when I read that
sweet story of old" and then Mrs.
Adda Elden read an excellent paper
dealing with tbe vital phases of the
subject under consideration. This
paper appears in another column
and we are sure will interest all,
especially mothers.
Select readings were then given by
a cumber, "Prenatal Influences" by
Mrs. Hayes, "Some Principles of
Practical Eugenics" by Mrs. McKer-
ringand Mrs. Clute, and "The Better
Babies Movement by Mrs. Fred
Thompson.
Then came the question box and a
lively discussion of inquiries therein
and readings bearing on the same,
"Race Hygiene" by Mrs. Lansing,
"Story Telling" by Mrs. Green and
Mrs. Seymour Andrus, "The Happy
Habit" bv Mrs. Nellie Gibbs, "The
Song of the Kiddies", a poem, by
Mrs. Gleason. Mrs. Adda Elden also
recited "The Childrens' Hour."
The session closed with "The
Hallelujah Chorus" en tbe Edison.
Marriage A Secret.
Announcement has just lately been
made Of the marriage on Oct. 7th of
last year of John Lowry, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Lowry to Miss Sadie
Caroline Wallin of Cadillac. The
the bit i ceremony was a quiet   one,   and   the
On These Only  Very  Moderate
Throughout.
The aeries ( f five addresses given by
Stephen D. Williams of Detroit under
the auspices of the Ladie'.s Auxiliary
of the Methodist church closed on
Sunday evening. In addition he addressed a men's meeting at the Congregational church on Sunday afternoon The attendance at all these
meetings was fair yet might easily
have been mccb better.
Mr. Williams possesses a good delivery and he has the stamp of perfect sincerity. No one will question
that he very intensely believes all be
is saying. We like that kind of man
The Insincere man is intolerable.
Whether one atfreee with Mr.
William's conclusions or not be will
certainly respect them, feeling that
they are the sincere conclusions of a
msn who has honestly tried to reach
tbe truth. He specifically disclaimed any knowledge of theology
and sought to present everything
from tbe standpoint of tbe lawyer.
We have not tbe space for details.
The address announced for Sunday
evening was omitted there having
b6en given on Saturday evening one
not mentioned in tbe announcement.
This was "Tbe Trial of Jesus from a
Legal Standpoint; and was one of tbe
most interesting of tbe addresses
Prof. Knowlton of our state university, who died a few months ago,
presented this subject each year to
law students and perhaps some of
our readers may have heard or read
this lecture. One cannot but be
struck with the care exercised by the
ancient Hebrews in making sure that
a man had a fair trial before tbe
Sanhedrim. No man could be arrest
ed in the night, tbe supposition being
that of course abuses might grow
outof this. Everything must be open
I and aboveboard. No trial could be
concluded the same day as begun.
There must he no unseemly haste or
appearance of such. It was the duty
of some member of tbe court to cross
examine witnesses and see to it that
tbe accused bad a fair trial throughout, since no advocate was permitted
to appear in bis behalf. In ascertaining the judgment of the court,
the opinion of the youngest member
was given first and that of the High
Priest last. This was deemed necessary as of course were the reverse
proceeding to take piace, the opinion
of other members would doubtless be
greatly influenced by that of tbe more
prominent members of the court.
No trial could begin on Friday as
that would carry it over to the
sabbatb. Yet nearly or quite every
one of tbe safeguards that had been
thrown about trials to secure justice
to the accused was grossly violated
in the case of Jesus. This court
could no longer impose tbe penalty
of death as the Roman power had
taken away that prerogative, hence
his accusers were anxious to bring
him before the Roman magistrate
and secure the death penalty. The
i address was a most interesting one
I and will doubtless lead all who
i heard it to study carefully tbe accounts given of this extraordinary
trial.
In the Normal gymnasium Wednes i
j day evening of last week both of our j
■ basket ball teams played the Mi I'leaa-!
ant high school, furnishingopposition
enough to make both contests inter-
I eating even to the people cf a college
1 town.
The   girls   were   again   beaten,   but
the low score of 11 to 5 indicates th»t
jit was no wa;k a-away, bet only a
; matter of superior skill and expei-
i ience.     To   make   conditions   worse,
the snow blockade held them on   the
CHILD WELFARE
And The   Responsibility  Of
The Mother.
EXPENSIVE DOG
Already   Costs   Something
$150.
Like
jmCHERyrjOTTOTE
Here Last  Week A  Decided
Success.
INTERESTING
ATTENDANCE
Paper Read At Mothers.'
Of W. C. T. U.
"Every child las tile inalienable
right to oe hern free.from disease,
free from deformity and with pure
blcod; beloved, to have bis individuality respected, to  tie   trained   wisely
,     , in mind body   and   soul:   to   be   pro-
'; road between the two towns foe   sev-  tecied   from   disease,   from   evil    <d-
Judkte Thurston's court on Satur-.
j day was the scene of a ratlfer exciting !
lease, a case   that   drew   a   large   and
; interested audience      it was all about .	
Meeting: a dog and  the dog  reposing  in  bis  Remarkabiv   Good   Considering
:gravc hiii d«"pu oblivious of the ex-: Conditions
Cit°m;-nt     be      is    causinL'-   perhaps. 	
There was no proving tKe "corpus T!;e teiclurs' it.st'tute here last
delicti" as the lawyers sav §j>d pei- week *as a su-cess viewed from any
haps tbe verdirt hinged on this. j standpoint.        When    one    consider*
Lewis Eberhart brought action tr>e condition of the roads and the ex-
against Peter Murphy for the value tremely cold weather, the attendance
of a certain dog abe^ed to have been | was     something     remarkable       and
eral hours, and they were obliged to
hurry into tbe game witb their nervous sensibilities warn almost to a
frazzled edge tbrougb the   delay   and
fluences and evil persons, to have a
chance in life." (Indiana Child's
Creed.)
Everyone agrees that you and I are
suspense—whicb is  sufficient excuse  living   in   the   most   wonderful    age
of its seif for losing a game. [known to the human   race.      Among
The boys played tbeir opponents to ; the dozen or more great movements
a 14 to 14 tie, and after ten minutes ' for tbe bettermtnt of mankind,
overtime bad only changed it to 16 to ', sweeping tbe country at present,   all
16. Out of courtesy to the colored
janitor who had the* shower baths
waiting, they agreed to call tbe matter off without arriving at a definite
decision.
Last Friday evening  on   tbe   home
floor   several   practice   games   were
important and startling, tbere is one
which concerns tbe average home
and comes closes to a mother than
any of the rest. This is tbe movement for child welfare. If the. children of tbe present age live np to
their  opportunities   and   receive  the
killed by tbe defendant. Twice before has tbe case been tried with a
disagreement of the jury. On this
third trial the jurors said "no cause
of action." The expenses of both
parties thus far have been something like S150 and tbe end is not yet
perhaps.
staged to help put a feather edge on j benefit intended from all that is being
tbe players f.-r tbeirremaininggames.
Tb,e Scouts vs Second Team, the H.
S Girls vs Alumni Girls, and H. S.
Boys vs Scrubs was the arrangement,
tbe first half of each couplet winning.
The schedule cails for a game witb
Marion tomorrow night, to be decided bere.
FREE PRESS
John was express messenger on
the Ann Arbor for some time and is
now in the WTells Fargo & Co. express
offices at Detroit.
and will eat with itin his mouth with-! newa wfts kept   even   froIK   members
out any trouble.    Sever suffer him to j of ttle family until just lately.
get iooae  when   tied.    Use   for   some j     John     was   express   messenger
time a rope that  he   cannot   possibly
break and he soon   comes   to   understand   that   be  cannot  possibly   get
away and will not try.
And then Mr. Oviatt emphasized
the Importance of dealing straight
witb buyer*. If a colt has any defect
point it out tbe first thing. In this
way a man establishes the reputation
of doing business on the square and
tuyere will gladly come to him.
la answer to questions, he gave tbe
epinion that a eoit may ba broken
and worked at two Tears of age If
bandied properly though it wocld be
better to postpone the work till three
years old.
Water is important for the boras
and in Hnmtr he should have it at
but five times a day, receiving it ia
middle of tbe forenoon aad
Of afternoon. Ho would keep
where they could bars access to
H at pleasure j
(Coatinued next week.)
Little Child Dies.
Abelbert Bellinger and wife located
north and west of Rosebush, lost a
five months' old baby last Thursday,
named Julia. Fanerai services were
held the following Sunday, *nd tbe
body laid to rest in the Rosebush
cemetery. We are indebted to C. H.
Gould, undertaker for this information.
Racket Changes Hands.
C. O. Bock wall, who baa conducted
a racket store on too waat side of
MeBwan S treat for sometime, having
reopened only last December after a
bad fire, baa bow sold out to Cbse.
Wbitiock, tbe painter aad paper
banger.
Auctions.
O. Holmes baa decided to quit farming and will have » sale at the farm ,'_.
we6t of Loomis on Wednesday oi
next week. It is a largn sale and
will begin at 9:.1 • a. m. He will sell
several horses, including a matched
team, 16 head of cattle, among them
several cows now fresh or soon to be
so. a large lot of farm tools, nearly
all practically new, and some household goods. The sale should certainly attract a large crowd. J. M. Marshall is auctioneer and Wm. Webb,
clerk. Free lunch will be served.
See list in this issue.
On Wednesday, Feb. 28, Geo.
Chester will have a sale about \ mile
north of Herrlck. It is an afternoon
sale and tbere will be offered a good
lot of stock, tools, and other thing*
sufficient to to ensure a good crowd
Full list will appear in tbe Sentinel
next week.
taught along this line, tbe men and
women of the age to come will far
surpass us in every way. This is
exactly tbe purpose of this movement.
This movement for child welfare
bad its rise in tbe perfectly natural
desire of the parent to give to the
children better advantages and environment than were enjoyed by that
parent. Ab the home is the unit of
society, so it is the center and start
ing point of many reforms. After
the idea thus started has spread to
itt' ^ua''y become nation-wide, we say a
Correspondent Evidently Has j reform is sweeping the country.
Level   Head. This child welfare   idea   has   taken
  ; many   forms.      You    can    see    tbeir
relationforyourselves. They govern
tbe three-fold development of the
child, physical, mental and moral.
Just to name a few will sngge-t more,
i There is tbe "Better Babies" campaign, child labor legislation, mothers'
pensions, laws governing women's
working hours, Qbysical examination
of children in schools, physical train-
ind of pupils and teachers; the
awakening of the cities which baa
resulted in playgrounds, social centers,
visiting nurses, free milk for babies
of tbe slums, education of all kinds
for raising tbe standard of motherhood-all these influences will give to
the children of now and tomorrow,
better bodies.
Continued on page 3.
SENIOR CLASS
Makes First Bow To Public
Tuesday  Evening
WILL PRESENT PLAY
'The Blossoming Of Mary Anne"
At Doherty Hall.
CLARE CITY
And County Evidently  Thought
All Right.
Last Sunday's Free Press contains
a write up of Clare and vicinity with
a liberal number of cuts of residences and public buildings, tbe
school house, churches, etc., also a
street scene, photographed in tbe
day time when people might be expected on tbe street. Instead of
seeking tbe worst things to be found,
after the manner of the News, be
found them all rigbt. For instance
he says:
"Today Clare is the center of an
agricultural section in wbicb Hereford and Holsteln cattle recline in
*5,000 barns with electric lights,
hot and cold running water and
porcelain trimmed stalls. Tbe city
population increases but little from
year to year, but Clare is the heart
tbrougb which tbe life of tbe surrounding farm and pasture lands
pulses. Every millionaire "gentleman farmer" from Chicago, Saginaw,
Detroit or elsewhere who buys 400
to 4,000 acres which he proceeds to
improve with bouses and barns aggregating anywhere from tl,COO to 84b,-
000, adds to the prestige and solidity
of Clare as a shipping center, market
place and po>t-ofHce."
And theu be tells of the 3000 acre
Kleman rancn with its $40,000 resi-
dence; the Cornwell ranch of like
dimensions    with    $60,000   worth     of
ROBT. ARCHAMBAULT
Becomes   General   Manager
Farmers Produce Co.
Of
W. E. Vance, who became manager of the Farmers Independent
Produce Co. of this city, upon its
organization two years ago, has
severed his connection with tbe above
firm.
At a meeting of the   directors a few
] days ago, Robt. Archambault, who
has served as president of the company, was also given the iob of
general manager, and assumed active
charge of the business at once. He
reports that their arTairs are in a
prosperous condition,   and   that   the
| volume    of   business   beins   done   is
If tbe test of our public school
system is its ability to turn out actors
and actresses, the people will have
tbe privilege next week of saving
whether tbe work of tbe Clare High
School has been a success or failure.
More than a majority of tbe members of the class of 1917 will appear
on the platform at the Doherty Au-
ditoruim in a home-talent play, entitled, "Tbe BlOB3oming of Mary
Anne" Parts were assigned several
weeks ago. and practice under the
direction of Miss Conrad, principal,
has teen going on for some time »*'e
believe those whose names appear
in the cast of characters will be ready
to give a good account of themselves
when the time comes for the curtain
to go up. '
While the idea of patting on such a
play for tbe training   which   it   gives
the participants is a worthy one,   the
Class has another object in view, that [ medical.
of raising  funds   to   help   defray   tbe
necessary   expense    of     graduation.
All will therefore be glad to assist   in
building up a little fund   from   whicb
tbe  class   may  draw   as    graduation
time approaches.    Ticket   sales   have
already  exceeded   expectations,   and
j it is more than likely that a  crowded
J house wiii greet the senior class  next
| Tuesday evening.
The opening scene of tbe story is
in Farmdale, a little country village.
Mary Anne, the heroine, meets Bill
Barkley, a rich, city chap who spends
the summer at Farmdale. He deserts
her and later she goes to the c-ty
where she is introduced into society
by   her   aunt,    Mrs-  Kirkland.      Her
Commr Aldrich may certainly congratulate himsely on tbe loyal corps
of teachers he has. The enrollment
was well up to tbe 100 mark and at!
the rural teachers in tbe county were
present save four, one of these being
sick and the remaining three attending an institute at Gladwin whicb is
much nearer thsir homes. Tbe music, under direction of Miss Gilmore,
with a recitation now and then thrown
in, added to the interest.
Supt. Holmes of the State School
for the Blind and Pres. Crooks of
Alma College were the instructors
and a program comprising .topics of
general interest. "Literature An the
Grades," "Purpose an Essential,"
The Schoolroom and Morality, "Professional Ethics" were some of these
and give an idea of tbe scope of the
work. Pres. Crooks baa only recently come to our state, but be is a
man of pleasing personality, a concise and logical speaker, and the demand for his service is likely to be a
rapidly increasing one as people
come to know him
Did space permit, we should be giad
to notice more in detail some of the
talks that we heard, but we can only
mention a few things. In discussing
"Purpose an Essential," Mr. Crooks
said that no man rea'.ly ever achieved
anything great without a consuming
purpose. He doesnot believe onecan
in childhood select his life calling.
When he discovers that he has made
a mistake in his selection of a calling,
it is only the part of wisdom to make
a change. In talking of "Professional Ethics," he called the attention of
teachers to the contrast between tbe
usual course of teachers and that of
sonic other professions, notably the
Teachers are prone to
criticise everything tbeir predecessors have done. In the matter of
wages some teachers will offer to
teach far ; below the price tbey
should justly demand because they
can board at borne and are at no ex-
penee for board. This is an injustice
to those teachers who must pay for
tbeir board and cannot afford to
work for tbe smaller wages.
The evening lecture by Mr. Hoimes
was listened to by only, a moderate
audience. His theme was 'The
School and the Family," and its burden was tbe fear that certain things
growing out of school life tend to
mitigate against the home. All will
agree   that   the   home   is   Ce    very
meeting here with ber former sweet- j foundation stone of our civilization
heart and her trials in winning him | aud all it9 ioterests should be most
back, together with the finale recon- ; jeaiously guarded. There are some
ciliation form a very interesting plot. I trjings jn ttie school life that  tend   to
The sharp-ton ?ued Sara Applegate
Slissy and the irresponsible Betsy
Scrogins add many amusing incidents
to tbe comedy.
Dies At Age Ot" 87.
W
Finds A Queer Bird.
Tendered A Supper.
F. B. Doherty who retires soon as
superintendent of tbe Central Mich.
Light and Power Co. will be tbe goest
of honor at a sapper Riven aim tonight at Alma by employees of tbe
Company. Further details of
arrangement*   wets)    lacking    wbea
■ WOT IWSITW.
buildings     and   Holstein   cattle;   the j satisfactory for triis time of the year.
Brand ranch of 4000 acrfs   with   840,-j     It is rumored th.it   Mr.    Vsnce   will
utiO worth of buildings,   including   the ' accept a position on the road.
second larges't barn in Michigan.     He j
couid not   have   looked   very   closely
or h<>.   would   have  discovered   some
mighty   fine    Holsteins     here     also.
Then  he  cast   his   eagle   eye   to   the
southward and found the Caple farm,
one   such   as   occurs   only   here   and
there.
When it comes to tbe city, he discovers a good school building, fine
churches, and some verv fine residence. Moreover, tbere are none of
tbem vacant. He easily finds that
we bave electric light*, gas, a good
•ewer system, two strong banks doing an average daily business of 815,-
000, stores occupying fine brick
structures. That we are not headed
for tbe poor house be thinks is conclusively snewn by tbe purchase of
more than $100,000 worth of motor
oars In iuis.
I'., and Fred   Ha/nlin   of   Hatton
were    called    to   Durand   last
by
Mrs, Martha M. Mason.
We regret to chronicle tbe death of
Mrs. Mason, wife ot Jacob Mason,
which took place at tbe borne bere
yesterday. Tne funeral will be bold
from tbe bom* at 1:80 p. m. Sunday.
A fall sketch will appear next week.
T. A. Sutton of Grant Twp. can
now lay claim to tbe title of champion bird collector.
A few mornings ago he found in
the door of bis horse stable a gray or
slate colored bird having webbed
feet, rather iong bill, and red eyes,
in size about as large as a full
grown partridge. It appeared to
have been driven from its osuai
haunts by hunger or the extreme
cold.
Mr. Sultoa was in town Monday
trying to and someone who could
Identify It.
week by tbe death of tbeir father,
St. Clair Hamlin, who died en Wednesday and was buried  Saturdav.
Mr. Hamlin had reached tbe age of
eighty-seven and for a year had been
on tbe decline.    He  came   from New
draw children away from the home
and create a breach in the family.
The tendency to desert tbe country
and congregate in the city, bodes ill
for the nation.
SCHOOL HOUSE
And
Residence   Burn
Morning.
Monday
| York   at   an
Shiawassee (
! town   of
On Monday morning, with the thermometer ranging around   26   degrees
early   day,   settling  in I below   the* zero   m»rk,    the    Redr.tr
ounty, moviug in to tbe : school   hou8e   seven   miles   nortb   of
Durar.d   a    few   years   ago. ! this city  caught   tire   and   burned   to
Six boys   and
! the family.
Mrs. Wm. Davis Sen.
Mrs. Wm. Davis Sen. ot Summer
field township died at ber residence \
on tbe 8th last, aged 80 years aad 9
days. Tbe eause of death was cancer.
The funeral in charge of Rev. A. F.
Light was bold from tbe home "On
Sanday, Feb. 11. with burial ia
SummerQeld cemetery. Tae sympathy of many friends goes oat to tbe
aged husband »nd sorrowing relatives.
Dancing Party
•
Card Of Thanks.
We wish to extend our thanks to
tbe neighbors and frieffds for tbeir
kindness at the time cf the loss of
our daughter, and for flowers. Also
to Rev. Bates for his comforting
words.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Pope.
two Rirls constituted ! tbe ground in spite of tbe efforts of
| those in tbe vicinity who hastily
gathered and endeavored to save the
structure. Sparks from tbe chimney
ignited the roof as we are informed.
Nearly or quite ail tbe school furniture was saved and it i* hoped to
arrange to continue tbe school elsewhere. Miss Leah Hudson is tbe
teacher.
While this fire was on, the boose
of Henry Herman, something like \
of a mile socth of tbe school bouse,
burned to the ground, nothing being
saved. Mr. aad Mrs. Herman bad
gone to this city, leaving four children at home. Tbe oldest %ot tbe
hastened to tbe school boose when
be eaw it on fire, leaving tbe three
younger ones alone. We bave not
learned how tbe fire probably
originated nor as to insurance on
either etructaie.
Farmers' Club Postponed.
On account of the death of bis
father, tbe Hatton Farmers' Cluo did
not meet at tbe borne of W. R
Hamlio yesterday, but will doubtless
bave a meeting two week* later.
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