The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-06-02
Passaie Items.


1t Is always 80 pleasant TO meet up |
with agreeable surprises in this life
| that | cannot refrain from mention
Ing the one that lay in my pathway |
| III the form Of children's day exer- |
| cises at our union church at Passaic |
last Sunday morning by the Passaic |
Sunday school. l was surprised AZ
the artistic taste shown in the deco
ratIons. But TO consider, why sur
prised? Such harmony, such abund-
ance in evergreens and roses en-
twined into WELCOME" and
"CHILDRES's DAY" and arches
and continuous wreaths all around
the interior walls, were superb in
deed, and were executed with such
skill that l for one was surprised.
Yet why should not the handy
fingers and the ingenious brains OF
OF our fair women be as def and
clever a those of any community.
To be sure, they will compare with
any community in anything else,
and now | am ready TO declare that
Passaic is equal TO the occasion in
anything she undertakes. But TO
revert TO the programme. The day
was fine; the crowd was large, good
humored and gentsel. The following
| programme was Interestingly carried
out and reflects much credit on both
managers and actors:
Song, Sabbath, by school. Pray
er. observation-disclosures, Addis
Todd. Rec.-What do the children
read, Walter Davis. Rec-What |
would do, three children. Song-Miss
Eva Son. Rec, Mary Church; Rec,
Ralph Lotspeich. Song-Music and
love, class. Rec-Our flag, three girls.
Rec, Mabel Todd. Song-What can
the children do, class. REGULATIONS
by Helen Wilcox, Clyde Packer,
George Galley, Lille Henderson,
Emma Jones, Cora Church, Lizzie
Crews, Mary Breeze, Nesta Rice, Eva
Son, Maud Allard, John Lotspeich,
Minnie Howell, Sallie Hoagland and
others whose names we did not learn,
and a guitar solo by Miss Son. To
add up the sum total it was a sue
cess. Our Sunday school, under the
superintendent of Mr. Ed Crowder,
is in splendid condition.
Rev Thos Mosier, who has been on
a visit to his father, and Prof Frank
lDesrwester, who had been on a like
mission, both took the one CLOCK
train to their respective homes, Aus
tin and Warrensburg, last Sunday.
Well, the past week was bright
one for the farmer and he lost no
time in trying TO get his crop it; you
could hear the click of the planter in
every direction. One more week like
the past will advance the husband
man SO that he can see through his
work without much trouble.
Uncle VIM Walls is able to be out
again. He thinks the K c doctor
will cure him.
We had quite severe hail storm
on the 18th, which did a good deal
of damage to gardens; it broke some
window panes for Mr. j r Rice.
The fruit crop will be very light in
this part OF the county. We just re-
ceivsd letter from Mrs s Early,
who has been living in Sonoma coun-
ty, Cal, for the past twenty years.
She states that the fruit crop will
be cut short about one-half this year
on account of cold weather during
blooming time.
Reason Williams has his crop about
all in; he is rustlsr for boy. He
received a letter from his brother
who lives in Rush county, Kan, say
ing that the wheat crop is fine and
bids fair to be a large one.
Col Sharp is building nice lot of
fence. He is putting in his best ticks
now to make up fer lost time, as he
has been defeated in his race. He
expects to try again in two more
years. L.