The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-06
RAIrsBORO.
January 8, 1898.

become SuDeCTlUcTb W tIlc ANhNS hnhb
for 1898 at ST.. Let others follow suit.
J.C. Ferguson has been visiting his
brothers in northern ILL.,, for the past
week and shifting the frosty air of that
region, with the mercury down to zero
and below.
Prof. E. M. Roberts is home from his
school at Center6eld, spending the holi.
Jay week. and nursing felon on one of
his hands.
LIS. and ]. A. Taggart left Saturday
for Jeffersonville, to visit relatives who
live at that place.
j. w. Upp says that in his recent trip
through Indiana, Illinois and Missouri,
that he saw no place where hay and fod.
der seemed so abundant as they are in
Highland county.
The Ionia Quartette was greeted with
a large, appreciative audience at this
place, and acquitted themselves with
credit, as did Miss Lorie Hughey, who
participated in the entertainment as a
reader. All the comments We have
heard were decidedly favorable.
The Rathbone Sisters have elected the
following officers tor the ensuing year.
M. E. c., Mrs. Dona Williams; M. E,
s., Mrs. Jennie Roberts; NJ. +. j., Mrs
Rosa Ferguson NJ. of T., Dora Lucas;
NJ. of R. and c., Cora B. Davis; M. OF
F., Mrs. Albertine Mcbride; P. of T.,
Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody. o. g., Mrs.
Mary E. Brown; Trustees, Mrs Susan
Rittenhouse, Mrs. Martha Lucas, Mrs.
Rosa Ferguson Representative, Mrs.
Clara Spargur.
According to my record there have
been 172 days during the past year that
were clear or mostly so, LOG that were
cloudy and 81 that were fair. Rain fell
on 1O7 days and snow on 25 The tenn.
perature fell to zero Jan. 25, 26, % and 30.
There were the most clear days in Sep.
tember and the fewest in February.
Miss Cora Skeen, of Greenfield, is Wis.
iting her cousin, Miss Mary Gossett.
Mrs. Mary Taylor and daughter, Miss
Emma, of Jeffersonville, are visiting
her sister, Mrs. Louisa Baker.
Rev. w. P. Jackson has been suffer,
ing from an attack of rheumatism for
several days, and was not able to fill his
appointments at Marshall and Boston,
Sabbath.
John Larick, of Greenfield, was the
guest of special friend here, part of
last week.
The Johson Harvester Co., through
their agents, J. @. Ferguson and Thomas
Harrington, furnished 500 programs free
to the Farmers Institute that met here
last week.
Creighton Harrington, of Columbus,
is spending few days with his parents
and other friends in this vicinity.
L. w. Spsrgur, of Seamen, has been
visiting his parents and other friends in
this vicinity for several days.
The Epworth League rally at this
place was largely attended, notwithstand-
ing the wintry condition of the atmos.
phere, the following persons from other
leagues were present and participated
in the services and contributed largely
to the interest of the meeting. j. w.
Story and Misses Rosa Kerns and Cora
Skeen, of Greenfield; L. w. Spargur, of
seamen, Prof. H. @. Minnich, E. O.
Hetherington, Paul Harsha, Harry Pence,
o. N. Sans, Misses Carrie McMullen,
Lena Harsha, Matte Ayers and Lille
Ayers, of Hillsboro, Miss Mary Samuels,
of Piqua, and J. NJ. Ulen, of New Peters.
burg.
Our seventh annual Farmers Institute
began it's session in the @. of P. Hall, at
10 a. m., Dec. 29, and closed in the af.
ternoon of the following day. The state
speakers, S. H. Todd and Thomas J.
Miller, were promptly on hand, and did
good work from start to finish. The
papers furnished by Joseph Karnes and
Judge o. Il. Hughes we're excellent and
timely. The recitation by Miss Nellie
Coleman was delivered in her inimitable
style, and was cheered to the echo. One
of the charming features was the music
rendered by choir composed of O.
Hutt, VIM. A. Browning, W. T. Thoro-
man, G. L. Workman. William Daniels,
Mrs. Frank sargur, Misses Elsie Sans,
Nellie Lucas, Josie Spargur, Gertrude
West and Nicy Beavers. The president,
J. r. Redkey, was careful to see that
ample time and no more was given to
every subject on the program, except
his own, and that he will doubtless give
us at the monthly meeting on the sec.
ond Saturday in February. The com.
modious Hall was we'll filed at the first
meeting and crowded to the overflow at
all subsequent meetings. 1t is conceded
by competent judges that no more in.