Cañon City record., 1898-03-31
LINCOLN PARK GLEANINGS.


Minnie Harden visited the Lincoln
Park school Monday.
Farnum st. John is having pub
lished piece of music of his own COM
position entitled ''Karissimo March"
The Ladies Aid society will meet
Thursday evening with Mrs. Case who
lives in Mrs. Hollands house.
Artelle A. Jones, of Canon, took
dinner with Will Cramer, on Lincoln
Park Friday.
Many presents were received by
Gertie and Frances Ellsworth as We'd
nesday and Thursday of last week
were their birthdays.
Ben Cliff is getting herd of cattle
for the summer. His many friends
will be glad to see such an energetic
boy succeed.
Mr.. Jordon is building brick house
on his place recently purchased from
Mr.. Spangler.
z. R. Broughton and daughter re-
turned Saturday from Wisconsin
where they have been visiting. Their
visit was shortened on account of Mr..
Broughton's health, the climate being
so damp that it brought on his old
trouble, asthma.
W. l.. Roberts has commenced work
on j. W. Harcourt's place.
Mr.. Marsch has almost completed
his concrete house on John Storms
place and will soon move in.
The Rustic Debating Club intro
duced new idea in their literary and
musical program, that of closing the
meeting with chorus by all the mem-
bers. 1t takes well.
Invitations are out for an April
Fools party at Miss Leota Humphreys
home Friday evening, April 1st. The
principal feature of the evening is to
be Progressive advertising.
Mrs. l.. H. Bancroft, of Lincoln
Park, and Mrs. S. E. Blakeslee, of
Wetmore, visited in Canon with Mrs.
Sutton and Mrs. Russell Saturday.
Mrs. Hattie E. Smith has had her
orchard ploughed and sowed to clover.
Mr.. McCorry has erected new
barn on his place on Lincoln Park.
Mr.. Maxwell, of Lincoln Park, has
a new machine for making strawberry
boxes. 1t works on the same prin-
ciple as the machine for fastening
buttons on shoes. Quite an improve
ment on the old fashioned way.
John Sterly's apricot trees are al
most in bloom.
Mrs. E. E. Rankin, who has been
sick some time with rheumatism, is
improving.
Mr.. Elrod and family have moved
to their new home on Lincoln Park.
Mr.. E. Hiatt sold a surrey to F.
Lehr last week. He also sold a
wagon recently to Mr.. Mcmillan who
is from Aspen and has lately pur-
chased home of Mr.. Harrison in
Fruitmere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McClintock, of
South Canon, spent Sunday with Mrs.
McClintock's mother, Mrs. H. L.
Smith, on Lincoln Park.
Roy Hiatt was obliged to miss
school two days last week on account
of a severe cold.
f. M. Ellsworth has purchased
wagon of Mr.. Hiatt for the main pur-
pose of hauling Strawberries to mar
ket.
Miss A. Laws has returned home
from teaching.
S. H. st. John was on the sick list
last week but is now able to be out
again.
Mrs. Hattie Smith, Miss Rankin and
her brother Wallas took their dinners
and went to the woods Saturday and
had jolly time.
Mrs. B. G. Woodford returned home
Thursday from Hardscrabble. Her
mother, Mrs. Blakesley, came with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kaye, of Canon, visi-
ted Mr.. and Mrs. H. Case on Lincoln
Park Sunday.
Mrs. W. F. Howes declares she has
some of the finest White Brahma
chickens anyone ever set eyes on.
The water, which has been out of
the Crooked Ditch for some time for
the purpose of making the bank
stronger on the lower side, is now
back in the ditch.
E. F. Jewett is moving his nursery
stock to his packing ground near his
residence.
F. M. Ellsworth has had his alfalfa