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| Cortland's first hospital was a building (house) on Clayton Avenue. |
The Cortland Democrat, Friday, May 15,
1891.
Hospital Donations.
The following is a list of articles donated to
the hospital for April: Normal School Board, 6 iron bedsteads and wash stands; Mrs.
W. H. Clark, a carpet, 12 window shades and fixtures; Mr. George Sweetland,
hair pillow; Mrs. F . J. Miller, 1 comfortable, 1 pillow, 3 pillow cases; Mrs.
C. F. Thompson, 1 tray, 1 napkin, 5 teaspoons; Mrs. Sarah Darby, chamber set of
crockery; Mrs. Dorr C. Smith, 1 table cloth, 2 window shades; Mrs. I. Whiteson,
1 pair blankets; Mrs. G. W. Bradford, 2 goblets, 6 cups and saucers, wash
stand, soap dish and soap, 1 pair sheets; Mrs. A. T. Peck, couch; Mrs. W. J.
Perkins, 1 pair sheets, 3 pair pillowcases; Mrs. M. E. Doud, 1 bell, 1 book, 6
napkins, 4 sheets; Mrs. Hannah K. Brown, 1 pair sheets, 1 comfortable; Mrs. S.
K. Shankland, 1 comfortable half worn; Mrs. L. D. C. Hopkins, flowers; Sewing
School Presbyterian Church, 1 quilt; Mrs. L. J. Fitzgerald, wash bowel and
pitcher; Mr. E. W. Reynolds, water bag; Mr. G. Bligh, some chamber crockery;
Miss O. Beale, 5 pillows, 6 pillow cases, 1 comfortable, 2 sheets, 2 quilts
half worn, 5 chairs; Mrs. Julia F. Twiss, two counterpanes, 1 comfortable half
worn, 1 chair, 1 stand, 3 night shirts, roll of old flannel; Mrs. A. Bosworth,
2 sheets; Mr. D. Spalding, 2 towels, 1 napkin; Mrs. E. Benedict, 1 blanket;
Miss Mary Hubbard, 1 comfortable half worn; Mrs. A. E. Buck, bath tub, pair
slippers, 2 napkins, roll of old cloth; Mrs. S. J. White, hemmed three
counterpanes; Mrs. R. A. Smith, 1 towel; Miss Louise Hunter, 2 pillows, 2
pillow cases; Mrs. F. H. Cobb, invalids chair; Mrs. Bennett, 2 pillow cases; Mrs.
Bennett, 2 pillow cases, 2 pillows; Mrs. A. Edgcomb, 1 commode; Mr. F. M. McDowell,
1 food cup, medicines; Mr. L. L. Gillett, 1 easy rocker; Mrs. R. F. Randall,
bed pan, 2 towel racks; Mrs. J. A. Robinson, 3 towels, 1 bed quilt; Mrs. E. Brewer,
1 couch, 1 spring bed; Mrs. F. O. Hyatt, 2 towels, 1 napkins, 1 carpet; Mrs. Dr.
Reese, flannel shoulder cape, 1 comfortable; Mrs. George L. Warren, bedstead and
springs, mattress, 2 pillows, 4 comfortables, stand and chair; Mr. Moran, 1
chair; Mr. Dorr C. Smith, writing lease and contract; Richard Morris, carting;
Mr. Grannis 2 days painting; Brown & Maybury, box of soap, rebate on
bill 25 cents; Mr. F. D. Smith, 3 thermometers; Mr. C. W. Collins, wash bowl
and pitcher; Mr. Henry
Hubbard, crockery; Mr. A. J. Goddard, bottle of whiskey; Mr. C. W. Smith, Daily
Journal; Mr. E. D. Rindge, $1 worth of milk tickets; Mr. John Severance, $1
worth of milk tickets; Mr. E. F. Squires, $5 in groceries; Mr. S. N. Holden, $5
in coal; Mr. C. F. Thompson, $5 in groceries; Brown & Morse, $2 in
groceries; W. H. Angel, $2 in meat; F. W. Clark, $1 in groceries; Kellogg &
Curtis, $5 in dry goods; A. Sager, $5 in paints.
TOWN
REPORTS.
LITTLE
YORK.
Frank Salisbury returned Sunday from Venice,
having put in fifteen acres of barley in two weeks.
Pat Lane leads the record for lambs this season
with thirteen from seven ewes—six pairs of twins and a single.
Mr. Pickens, our genial blacksmith, has taken
to boarding at Gay's Hotel and is not walking from Homer each morning.
John Cottrell having completed his hay depot,
is filling it from his large stock. His teams make two trips a day with ease.
Planting corn was begun on Monday by some
but with overcoats and mittens it was rather slow work. The season is rather backward
and very dry.
Mrs. Simmons, of Rockford, Ill., with her
two children reached this place Saturday, on an extended visit to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Selover.
The union milkmen, having filled their contract
with Mr. Jackson, are now making about ten cheese a day. Arthur Foster is
helping O. Andrews in their making.
A. B.
Raymond took a spin Sunday with a party around the Tully park. Two bicyclists
were all the residents seen. It is not as easy of excess as Little York would
be for an investment of that nature.
We regret to lose our East Scott postmaster.
We fear that in going to Preble he will be like that historical traveler, who went
down to Jericho. That water gate is much easier hoisted than building a fire under
a steam boiler.
ULI SLICK. [pen name of local
correspondent.]
EAST
HOMER.
Planting corn is the order of the day. Rather
late in the season for planting potatoes.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Cushing spent Sunday at
Blodgett's Mills.
Appropriate exercises were held at the school
here on Arbor day.
Mrs. Robert Jackson, of Newark Valley, is
visiting relatives here the present week.
Miss Kittie Mynard, who has been home for a
few weeks past, has returned to Auburn.
UNCLE SI.
WILLETT.
Mr. Prank A. Wiles, of Uncle Sam's standing
army, returned to New York today.
E. T. Salisbury and wife, of Marathon, were
guests among friends in town over Sunday.
Willis Meacham, who has a position with the
Hitchcock M'f'g Co., of Cortland, was at his father's over Sunday.
Our citizens who are buying potatoes for
family use, are realizing who pays the tariff—the producer or the consumer.
Carton Goetches and Allie Button were married
this afternoon at the M. E. parsonage, Rev. D. W. Sweatland officiating.
The funeral of Elias Clinton took place at
the Baptist Church Sunday, Rev. O. Cooper and Rev. D. W. Sweatland officiating.
Some of our farmers are very much pleased
over the extreme high price of butter, and a few believe it is owing entirely to
the McKinley bill, but if they would realize that we are exporters of that
goods and that it is much higher in free trade England than here, it would seem
much better.
The many friends of Mrs. Eliza Mooney, widow
of the late Lewis Mooney, were pained to learn of her death, which occurred Sunday
morning last. Mrs. Mooney, as she was familiarly known, was in the eighty-second
year of her age, having been born in Dutchess [county] in 1809. She was a lady of
a sympathetic nature, but followed the dictates of her own conscience. In her death
the community loses one of its best residents, the church an influential member
and the family a kind and loving mother. She leaves three sons and a daughter
to mourn her loss, Frederick, Stephen, Austin and Susan, and a brother—Stephen
J. Adams, who has made his home with her for some time. Funeral services were
held from the M. E. Church this afternoon, Rev. D. W. Sweatland officiated, and
in the course of his remarks paid much respect to the departed sister.
SCOTT.
C. F. Cobb has a fat cow to sell.
Mr. James Fenton has been awarded a [civil
war service] pension.
Miss Nell Barber has gone upon a visit to
Ithaca.
Harlem Potter has taken another load of hay
to the cars.
Mr. Arthur Phillips, of Ithaca, has been a
guest at W. E. Barber's.
Mr. Ed Rowell, of Mich., has been a guest at
Mrs. Lois Clark's.
Mr. F. M. Hazard and wife attended the funeral
of George Streeter, of Borodino, last Tuesday.
The grippe is subsiding, and a new trouble
has broken out. Several of our citizens have been attacked with Supreme writs.
FREETOWN.
Mrs. J. Moon, of Marathon, visited her son
Sunday.
Mr. O. Lamphere lost a valuable horse the
past week.
Mr. John Davis was in Marathon on business,
Thursday.
Mr. John Woods, of Galatia, visited at Arthur
Dickinson's Saturday.
Drs. E. Allen and C. West, of Dryden, visited
at Dr. D. K. Allen's the past week.
Mrs. Vosberg and the Mrs. Dickinsons called
on friends in Marathon, Monday.
Quite a number of teachers from town attended
the institute at Marathon, last week.
Mrs. Valentine has been visiting her old home
and calling on old friends here recently.
Mr. Clay Carley and wife, of Homer, were
guests at Clarence Tripp's the first of the week.
Mr. Eugene Watrous and wife, of Marathon, were
guests at H. Stone's the first of the week.
An invited party on Thursday evening at
Almeran Metzgar's. Music by the Davis band.
Mr. George Borthwick is soon to leave us, as
he has a position in the McGrawville factory.
There has been a great fire in the woods west
of us, destroying much property in the timber line.
The
opening of the cheese factory, last week, was postponed, and now it is running full
blast.
Mr. Theron Guernsey, from Killawog, acting
as colporteur, called on Rev. Fred Knight last week.
Mr. Howard Watrous, of Cortland, was in town
with his bicycle, Sunday, and called at his grandfather's.
Some miscreant has ruined many valuable fruit
trees on the farm belonging to Mrs. Hulbert, of Marathon, by girdling them.
Rev. Leroy Grant, of the Northern New York
Conference, preached a missionary sermon Sunday from words found in John, 10th
Chap., and 16th verse. "And other sheep I have which are not of this fold."
KATE.
VIRGIL.
Miss Cora Frank, of Athens, Pa., is visiting
at Mr. Fred Hutchings.
Miss Carrie May, of Harford Mills, was a
guest of Miss Orrial Gardiner, last Thursday.
Mr. Fred Leet and wife, of Killawog, were guests
at Mr. Jasper D. Rounds, Sunday.
Dr. Harvey Baker, of Bradford, Pa., is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Samuel Hutchings, this week.
Miss Lulu Wright and Mr. Will Muncy and wife
of Cortland, were guests of Mr. Dorr Elster and wife Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burt, of Higginsville, was
visiting at Mr. W. H. Hall's and Mr. Frank Freer's, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Newton Leet, of Center Lisle, is stopping
with her daughter, Mrs. D. V. Price, and helping care for her children, who are
very sick.
Dr. Jewett, of Cortland, was in town Saturday
to see a little son of Mr. E. V. Price, who
is very sick with scarlet fever, but is better at present.
Mr. W. H. Hall, proprietor of the Virgil hotel,
will give a Decoration Party at his house on Friday evening, May 29. Music by
Talbot & Palmer's full orchestra, full bill $1.25. A cordial invitation is
extended to all.
GROTON
CITY.
Mrs. Hoyt is visiting at Mr. Elwyn Clark's.
Mrs. Electa Hatfield of South Cortland visited
friends in this place last week.
Mr. Henry Bliss has gone to Sheldrake, and
expects to work on a large summer hotel there.
Miss Mina Gillen spent last Saturday and Sunday
with Miss Lillian Mosher, at her home in Summer Hill.
Mrs. Henry Walker and daughter Isabella, of
Summer Hill, visited at Mr. Othello Dickinson's last week.
Mrs. Ed. Pettis of South Cortland, and Mrs.
Crain and son, visited at Mr. Charles Steadman's last week Thursday.
Mr. Frank Bliss is visiting his friends here
after an absence of five years. He has spent the most of the time he has been gone
in South Dakota.
Arbor day was observed by our school with
appropriate exercises. Songs, recitations and class exercises occupied about an
hour and a half in the school room which was tastefully trimmed with evergreens
and flowers. Then all adjourned to the school yard to plant the trees which
were two very nice looking water elms. Several visitors were present.
AUNT CELESTIA.
HARFORD
MILLS.
Mr. Hines has a new roof on one side of his
house and is happy.
L. E. Hay has just returned from the west,
where he has been dealing in produce.
The farmers are very busy planting potatoes.
There is great inquiry for seed potatoes at present.
Harris, DeGroat & Co. finished shipping hay
and straw from this place on Tuesday of this week.
It seems good to see Mr. Martin Perry on our
streets again. He has been confined to the house by sickness for a long time.
There has been a fire in the forest on Michigan
hill for the past four days, destroying timber and considerable stove wood and
other property.
The cards are out for a Decoration dance at
the Owego Valley House on Friday evening May 29. Music, Happy Bill Daniels' full
orchestra. Bill $1.50.
Queer what presence of mind some people have.
The other day when the neighbors were fighting fire one person remarked to
another who went to pump water from their well, "you must not pump water from
our well, for we hain't got any water to spare; it is roily already."
It is nothing remarkable to see gypsies in
our village. On Saturday last we saw a gypsy wagon loaded going east, and on Sunday,
as it does every Sunday, moved west with different occupants except the driver.
He had a pair of mules and a pair of horses driving and leading the rest of the
gang.
Some strange things happen in this far off
village of ours. A few days ago two men had occasion to draw a contract so they
went before a Justice and had him draw the contract. After the contract was drawn
and signed the party of the first part allowed that it should be copied on his
book and fully in his possession, but the party of the second part said no,
leave it with the officer who drew it, and so ended the transaction.
Last
Saturday about noon, our citizens were aroused by the alarm of fire, it being the
house of Mrs. Moffat, which Mr. James Hinds occupies. The fire was first
noticed by his daughter while getting dinner, the roof of the building being on
fire. Had it not been for the timely aid of the neighbors who turned out
en masse, the whole corner would have been laid in ruins. Everyone worked with a
will and put forth every effort and succeeded in extinguishing the fire. Aside
from burning off one side of the roof no other damage was done. Mr. Hines
wishes to thank his neighbors and friends for their assistance in his time of peril.
Our school children are happy as school has
opened again. Quite an improvement over the old way for district schools. They used
to have to attend school right along and keep up the interest in their studies,
but now just as the children begin to have an interest and learn, the teachers,
poor careworn creatures, have to close school for a week and attend the
Institute, and spend the first day of school or nearly all if not quite, in
telling and showing where the lessons are, just to please some high bred notion
of somebody, and to keep the school tax rolling up, the law being that a child
of school age shall attend school fourteen weeks in the school year. How can
they, with only fourteen weeks of school and one of that, school closed. Oh, how
reasonable!
CHIP.
TRUXTON.
We are in need of rain.
Charilla Kenney is visiting in Cortland.
Duane Perry, of Syracuse, visited friends in
town several days last week.
Carl Wiegand was home from Cornell University
last Saturday and Sunday.
Michael Muldoon lost a fine cow lately, by
milk fever. Mike is too kind and feeds too generously.
Patrick Dwyre, and wife of Cortland, and Tim
Fanning and wife, of the same place, were here last Sunday.
E. B. Lincoln and Henry Bliss were in Cortland
Tuesday, and Dr. Nelson in Taylor on professional business during the same day.
That genial commercial traveler, McCormick of
Pa., was in town Tuesday of this week, and, in company with Chas. Whaite, tossed
the delusive fly.
William Baldwin has sold his hotel barn to
Frank Hilton, the latter paying $900 for his purchase. Hilton intends to go into
the produce business and will convert the barn into a store.
Albert W. Pierce, who was obliged to relinquish
his position as mail agent on the D. L. & W. road on account of failing health,
has lately received a pension of $24 per month. Good for "Bitt."
If that cur that makes night no pleasant time
for sleeping and a quiet morning an impossibility, continues her lamentations in
the center of our "beautiful village" very much longer, some one may
venture to protest.
TAYLOR.
Peleg Stone has gone to Cheningo to spend a
short time with friends.
C. S. DeLong and family, of Pitcher, spent
Sunday with his brother in this place.
Leon Holmes and his sister Annie, of McGrawville,
were calling upon old friends in town Sunday.
R. O. Hare will not operate his factory this
season, he having hired to make up the milk in the Crittenden factory,
Cincinnatus.
Timothy Lansdown, of Truxton, has once more
taken up his residence in Taylor, having rented Henry Leiber's farm. Mr. Leiber
has hired the Ed Potter house, and will move into the same soon.
Another old resident has gone to join those
that have gone before. Thaddeus Whitney
died Saturday, aged 80 years. For many years he has lived in this place, and
was well and favorably known by nearly every person for miles around. For the
last two or three years he has been deprived of the opportunity of looking upon
the beautiful world or the countenances of those he loved so dearly. He leaves
an aged companion, four sons and an only daughter to mourn his loss. They have
the sympathy of all in their affliction. The funeral was held Monday afternoon.
CALUMET.
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