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Rapids last week.
The Ashley Sunday school picnic
has been postponed to the first Satur-
day in September Meet at Pine Is
land lake.
Misses Campbell and Birdelly Green
with Messrs j. Murphy and Frank
Kramer all of Grand Rapids took sup
per with Miss Ola Pond Sunday.
The Ashley and Grattan l.. a. ).
will hold their annual election of Off
GERS and social with Mrs. S. A. Casner
the first Friday in September. All
invited.
Miss Emma Storey started for her
home at Marengo, N. y, Monday.
She leaves host of old friends here
as we'll as many new ones by her pleas
ant visit.
Mrs. S. A. Casner and family were
awakened one night lately by the dogs
barking close to the front door. On
investigation they found and killed
rattlesnake having five rattles, near
the door step.
The campers with ''city of tents
at J. A. Lessiters landing, Wabasis
Lake, have been many the past week.
Rockford and Cannon were well repre-
scented by families and Bedding with
six gentlemen.
Messrs. O. /. Watkins, f.. II. Nash,
G. +. Ackert, Burr Davis. E.L.Brooks,
Will Hall, Chas. Purdy, and Nicholas
Warner attended the Republican sen
atorial and county convention held ut
Grand Rapids Aug. IL and Il.
Oren Purdy and wife of Orleans Wis
tied his brother J. l.. Purdy and family
Aug. Is and II. The latter is failing
from consumption and he realizes that
earth's joys and sorrows are fast fading
into the sleep that ushers in the glory
Of eternal day.
After preaching two Sundays at the
Ashley and White Swan churches Rev.
McGrath returns to his home in Shep-
ard. In three weeks Rev. Sharpe Will
preach his farewell sermon. Rev.
Munger of Belding exchanges pulpits
with Rev. Sharpe Aug. %.
A special meeting of Venus Chapter
O. f.. S. was held August 10th with
the Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Ida
Joslyn present, and members OF other
Star lodges among them Editor Lap
ham OF the Bedding BANNER and his
estimable wife. Miss Myrtle Weeks
was initiated in the mysteries of the
O. f.. S. and there are number OF
prospective members to come.
Mrs. Margaret Scott met with bad
accident by the buckets catching in
drawing water from "A deep well. Mrs
Scott wound the rope around one arm
and as the buckets came apart she was
nearly jerked into the we'll, while the
flesh on her arm was terribly bruised
and torn. No bones were broken un
less "A finger which is badly swolier
and useless. Bad as it is it might have
been worse. All sympathizc with her
Visitors Mrs Wheeler Pond will
her sister, Mrs w. II. Green, of Crane
Rapids, while w. II. is visiting hi
mother, Mrs. Henry Green and othe
relatives Mrs. Gray, of Chicago, will
her mother Mrs Foy; Mrs. Z. McCau
ley and mother, Mrs II. U. Fuller
with Mrs Amanda Aldrich, Aug. II
Mrs. G. H. Godfrey and daughter
Miss Cora, are at Petoskey; Mrs.
A. Lesster and cousin, Mrs. Ere
Alger, of Grand Rapids, with Mrs
Austin Slayton and family, August Il
and as usual Grattantes held thei
usual quota at the show ut Greenvill
August IS.
Sick list: John Bricker very sick
few DAYS last week; VIM. Lesslter an
wife returned from Petoskey and othe
northern resorts August II. Augu:
18th he was taken very sick with h
heart followed by other difficulties an
Sunday morning he seemed very nes
death, but rallied under DR.. Spencer
skillful treatment and today Aug. -
resting much easier. The same Ola
Aug. Is, j. a. Lessiter, who has ha
symptoms OF malarial fever sometn
was ierked while leading an anim
IfOIl WdJeIluH, anu Ndo bhhNh III 'Si
BILE pain in the knee OF his left leg, I'll
one cut so badly two years ago, whiC
extended to his body, and for tin
the pain and fever was more than teri
BILE. Bags Of hot oats were resorted
till DR.. Spencer could get there /
cannot yet sit up but is much bette
The report has gone out that the c
in his leg broke open, that Is not s
the cut being alright. LATER:-Wl
Lessiter is seemingly much better
day, Aug. %, having rested well Ia
night J. A. Lessiter is sitting up a
is gaining almost as rapidly ms he we
down.
A large company OF Grattan pionee
met with G. M. Slayton and wife
their commodious house on the ban
OF the lake bearing the family nal