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| Crandall typewriter was manufactured in Groton, N. Y. |
The Cortland Democrat, Friday, February
12, 1892.
HERE AND THERE.
The following startling intelligence we copy
from an exchange: Type writers stub finger is the name of the newest affliction
on the books of the doctors and it threatens to become one of the most formidable
evils of modern civilization, says the Buffalo News. The deformity has gradually been introducing itself among its
unconscious victims, until now suddenly a host of type writers fair and other wise,
have awakened to the startling discovery that their constant playing upon the
little piano-like machines has utterly destroyed the shapeliness of their hands
and transformed their fingers into thumbs.
The table cloth is doomed. The fashionable
meal is served on polished mahogany. A napkin is spread at each guest's place.
Mr. Rhoades, who has had charge of Stowell's
store, at 91 Main street, has gone to Norwich to take charge of a similar store.
Mr. L. D. Meacham takes Mr. Rhoades' place here.
The annual meeting of the Cortland County
Agricultural Society for the election of officers will be held in Firemen's
Hall, Cortland, Saturday, Feb. 13th, 1892, at 2 o'clock P. M.
The regular mother's meeting (west) will be
held at the residence of Mrs. W. H. Hatfield, 143 Tompkins street, on
Thursday, Feb. 18th at 3 P. M. Subject, "Character Building." All
ladies are cordially invited.
The Cortland Union Bee Keepers' Association
will hold their annual meeting in the W. C. T. U. rooms over Chas. Collins' store,
in Cortland, Tuesday, Feb. 23d,Cortland, Tuesday, Feb. 23d, 1892. All interested in bees are earnestly requested to [bee] present.
Mr. R. G. Lewis has had a pair of seven
months old colts broken to harness, and he can be seen almost any day driving
the little fellows about town. They are exceedingly well behaved and drive up
as promptly as an older team.
The Young People's Social Temperance Union
will meet at the residence of Mrs. James S. Squires, 44 Tompkins street, Saturday
evening, Feb. 13th at 7:30. All young people interested in the cause of
temperance are cordially invited.
Mr. Arthur Holt has just received a special
Deputy Supreme Justice commission for the order of Iron Hall, which embraces
Cortland, Cayuga, Madison and Onondaga counties. It also empowers him to institute
new branches in connection with the order.
J. H. Kellogg Camp 48 will hold a Lincoln
social at the home of Major A Sager on Lincoln Ave., on Friday evening, Feb.
12th. Exercises appropriate to the celebrating of the birth of Abraham Lincoln
will be given, after which a social will be held, free to all.
Last Thursday evening the Local Board of the
Normal school appointed Mr. William T. Raymond professor of Latin and Greek, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Prof E. D. Blodgett. Mr. Raymond
is a graduate of Harvard and has had four years' experience in teaching.
Quite a large party from this village went
to Higginsville last Tuesday evening for a general good time, and were not disappointed,
They returned home before 3 A. M. the following morning and speak highly of the
entertainment provided by Mr. and Mrs. Freer. Higginsville is becoming a very
popular resort for parties.
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| Clementine De Vere. |
Mr. Samuel Parsons has been in town for a
number of days making a business canvass for his directory, to be published the
coming spring. The work will be on the general plan of his work published in
1889. A canvass of the residents will be made after the April moving day, as
heretofore. Do not let unprincipled publishers or their agents deceive you, by
representing to you that Mr. Parsons is out of the directory business.
Messrs. A. J. Seaman and L. S. Cramer have
purchased the stock of hardware, stoves and ranges, in the store formerly
occupied by Mr. H. T. Hollister, at No. 19 Railroad street, and will continue
the business. Mr. Hollister will remain with them and will have charge of the
plumbing and gas-heating departments, which is a guarantee that this part of
the business will be in competent hands. Mr. Seaman has had several years'
experience in the business, and is a correct and careful business man. Mr.
Cramer will have charge of the books and assist in the general management.
[Ole] Delevan was kicked in the ribs by one
of his mules last Sunday morning, and landed in a horse stall on the opposite
side of the barn. The horse immediately tried to finish the job by putting his
foot down on Delevan's head, cutting a severe gash in his scalp. Bernard Madden,
who happened to be in the barn, pulled him out of the stall and helped him into
the house, where he is now suffering from the grip as well as the kick. If
Delevan had been standing a few inches farther from the mule's heels, he
probably wouldn't now have been suffering from the grip. If he hadn't been a
knotty little Democrat he wouldn't have come off so easy.
Homer is again a license town after two
years of no license.
Messrs. Yager & Marshall have taken
possession of the Fair store.
All the hotel-keepers and all but one of the
saloon keepers in Homer have been served with writs to answer in Supreme Court
for alleged violations of the excise law.
The King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. E.
Grannis, 24 Union street, Saturday, Jan. 13th at 3:30 P. M.
Mr. R. R. Davis has purchased the interest
of his partner in the Tully Times, and
will hereafter conduct that enterprising journal alone.
John H. Day the grocer will be located at
No. 16 Main street, Monday next, with a large stock of groceries just
purchased. No old goods, everything fresh and new.
Senator Nichols has introduced a bill in the
Senate appropriating $26,000 for improvements to the Normal School in this place
in the matter of a boiler house, force pumps, etc. Also $18,000 for furniture
and fixtures, and $9,000 for repairs to the buildings, making a total of
$53,000.
The Calvary church of Homer will hold a
Kirmess on Tuesday evening, February 16th, and will be assisted by the ladies
and gentlemen who appeared in the Cortland Kirmess in the Spanish, Gypsy,
German, Venetian and Egyptian dances. Street cars will run to and from Homer.
Tickets on sale at D. F. Wallace & Co.
TOWN
REPORTS.
LITTLE
YORK.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Corl of Cortland spent
Sunday with her parents.
Fred Porter is to move into the Neely house
and board this spring.
Our genial and wide awake "section boss"
has moved into the renovated depot.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Selover spent Sunday with
their son, George, near Lake Como.
The milk depots finished filling their ice
houses on Monday, employing twenty teams hauling from the Ice Co.'s platform.
H. B. Raymond, as constable, was invited to
take charge of the gate town meeting. It will be nearly his first charge
against the town in sixteen years service.
One day a more working will fill the Ice
Company's house at this place and Cortland, without further contracts they will
then stop running. The last ice cut is about 13 inches
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Gates and their son, Albert,
and family who lives with them, are all very sick with the grip. Their son,
John, who resides a short distance south, arose Tuesday morning unable to see
from either eye—the doctor calling it pink eye. Mr. and Mrs. Haikes have been
caring for the old people.
Frank Salisbury took a straw-riding load of
13 voters to town meeting. Among them was Caldwell Clark who cast his fifty-seventh
town meeting vote without a miss. As we passed the premises of James H. Clark
he remarked, "Boys, in the southeast corner of that garden stood the log
house in which I was born. My father was engaged building Walt Jones' residence
for the old man Owens."
To a newspaper correspondent a name is like
a handle to a jug, a convenient thing to take hold of if you wish to shake them
up. It has no individual meaning which gives it greater value than the simple
designation of the place from whence it comes. But custom seems to be against me
and henceforth we drop our beloved significant name and float with the nameless
correspondents of the DEMOCRAT. There is this in its favor, that another can so
easily take our place without arousing the curiosity of the reader. Therefore
we sign for the last time.
Yours,
ULI SLICK.
TAYLOR.
Russell Brooks it still wrestling with the
grip
Morell Calkins was in Truxton Friday on
business.
Mrs. Merritt Smith, who has been very sick,
is gaining.
Edward L. Smith and family, move to Cortland
this week.
Archibald Davis in very low and failing fast,
as is also Mrs. Gay.
Turner Butman has moved into the house with
Calvin Barber.
Bert Jordan and wife spent Saturday and Sunday
with her parents in Solon.
James Lake and wife are visiting relatives
in Wayne and Herkimer counties.
Mr. "Lo" Loop of Syracuse is
spending a short time with relatives in this place.
Kendall P. Weaver has purchased the widow
Clark house and lot. Consideration, $650.
Will Allen went to Syracuse Wednesday where
he has a situation in the typewriter works.
De Lancy Fisk has moved back to his farm in
Cuyler. Fred Garner takes his place on the Davis farm.
Miss Sophronia De Bell, who has been
visiting at Ed. Hinman's in North Pitcher, returned home Friday.
Henry Smith of German, moves into Wilber
Young's house soon. He will work for Charles Wight the coming summer.
The parishioners of Rev. E. S. Bruce made him
a pleasant visit Thursday afternoon and presented him with a purse of $46.
Charles Loop, who has been compelled to
relinquish his situation in Syracuse, is with his parents in this place for a
short time.
A series of revival meetings are being held
at the line back school house by Rev. H. Pitts,
assisted by Elder Keisenger of Cowles settlement.
The Misses Ida and Minnie Graves, of Cortland,
who have been spending some time with their uncles, George and James McDonald,
returned home Friday.
The following are the delegates to the
democratic convention for this town, Garret Rockwell, Charles H. Wight, L. D.
Finn, Earl D. Faint, F. E. Jordan, Levi Neal.
News reaches us of the death of Sheldon
Warner at his home in Binghamton, at the advanced age of 97 years. Deacon
Warner, as he was familiarly known, was a former resident of this town having
moved to Binghamton about 15 years ago. He was the first Supervisor of this
town after its organization in 1849. He was a member of the Board of
Supervisors in the years 1852, 1854 and 1858. His remains were brought to
Pitcher for interment. The funeral was held Saturday.
We copy the following biography of the late
Mrs. Sarah S. Madden from the Brockport Democrat of the 13th inst. A
kind and noble christian lady was called from earth on Saturday morning last
after a short illness of pneumonia, brought on by an attack of la grippe, aged
62 years. Hers had been an active life. She was born in Rochester on the site
upon which the Powers block now stands. She married Samuel Madden and went with
him to Cortland, N. Y., where he engaged in the boot and shoe trade, to reside.
After some few years of life together, he died, leaving a wife and two small
children to battle with the ups and downs of life. A settlement of his business
affairs left her with meagre resources but good courage, and getting together
what was left her of this world's goods with her two little boys she came to
Hamlin to reside. In this town as well as in those adjoining there are many
to-day who will remember how she worked teaching music to gain a livelihood for
herself and boys. Many were the hardships, privations and anxieties which came
in her path but she was persistent and to what extent has been fully shown during
her latter life. One son died some years ago since, with the other the fond mother
resided during the last years of her life and who attended to her every want with
the same love and attention which had been bestowed upon him in early life. Deceased
was a most conscientious Christian woman, a member of the Episcopal church, and
was ever ready to bestow an act of kindness as deeds of charity to those in
need who came under her observation. We might make an extended notice of her strange
womanly character and Christian life, citing many occurrences which have been
given us by those who were personally acquainted with her but time and space will
not allow. Her death is mourned by a son Henry S. Madden of this village, a
sister Mrs. Anna O. Palmer of Blue Rapids, Kan. and two brothers, C. O. Clark,
Concordia, Kan. and D. W. Clark of Elgin, Ill. Funeral services were held on
Monday.
CALUMET.
EAST
HOMER.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Haight are both quite
sick.
Mr. James Smith is visiting his sister in
this place for a few days.
Mrs. Orissa Baker of Cortland was calling on
friends here last Sunday.
Miss Libbie Briggs visited friends in
Cortland a few days last week.
Rev. W. H. Robertson was called to officiate
at a funeral in Scott on Tuesday of this week.
The funeral services of E. R. Briggs last
Wednesday were largely attended at the church.
On Friday morning last a baby boy was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Young. Its weight was nine pounds.
There were about fifteen couples attended
the dance at Seacord's shop last Wednesday night. Nearly all were from Cortland
and Truxton.
Some of our Prohibition friends had quite as
lively time coming home from town meeting on Tuesday, as we saw them on the top
of the hill tipped over, horse, cutter, robes, gentlemen, all laying together.
Revival meetings will be held every night this
week at the M. E. church, Rev. C. E. Hoag
of Eaton will exchange pulpits with Rev. W. H. Robertson next Sunday. He is
also expected to assist in the meetings for a few days.
After an illness of one week Mrs. Dewitt
Stephens died at her home, about one and one-half miles east of this place, on Friday
last. The funeral services were held at 12 o'clock at the church. A very large
circle of friends were present. The remains were taken to Cortland for burial.
Islands
of the Sea.
Some mathematician of leisure has been
estimating the number of islands in the world, and has succeeded in counting
some hundreds of thousands. He says there are over one thousand islands under
the flag of Japan. Strangely enough he makes no reference to the Thousand
Islands of the St. Lawrence or to the islands in our own Georgian Bay, some of
which are of considerable size. It was among these beautiful wooded little
inlands that the Huron Indians took refuge when they were assailed in 1649 by
their implacable foes, the Iroquois. Among the labyrinthine channels the
Iroquois could not successfully pursue them and those who escaped to the
islands saved themselves from the extermination which befell their friends.—Toronto Truth.
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