The Delawarean., 1900-06-06
HARRINGTON.

The birthday party given by Mr.. and
Mrs Weltch to their daughter Ethel,
was one of the grandest little affairs
Of the season At I o'clock in the
evening the little folks began to come
in. and at o'clock there were in all so
children romping and playing and do
ing to suit themselves. Ice cream and
cake were served and the little epicur-
ians were delighted because of Ethel's
birthday and wished she could have
and wife, J. f. Horney and wife, Mrs
Nank Anderson. Mrs Charles Gorden,
Mrs G. Hill, Mrs Clara Wix and Mrs.
James were among the older ones.
The gifts were numerous and very
pretty and many of them very useful.
Ethel of course, was made very happy,
because of so much friendship shown
her by her friends and schoolmates.
Memorial day was celebrated We'd
nesday more carefully and elaborately
than in many years. The graves of the
soldiers were plentifully strewn
with flowers, while everybody seemed
to have flowers for some deceased one
The parade at 1890 O'Clock was ac-
companied by the Pennington band.
1t was very touching to see those
old comrades of the Civil War
with bent forms. in uniform
marching through the streets. The
public school followed in the rear, 400
strong. In the afternoon after the
beautiful ceremony of strewing the
graves. they We're invited to the old
Opera House. where several orators
had gathered to entertain them for
short time
The stores of the town were all
closed during the day, consequently a
large crowd attended the services.
A preachers meeting of the min
listers of the NJ E. Church was held
here on Monday. 1t was poorly at
tended.
Polo Nelson, a son of D. P. Nelson,
had three of his fingers cut entirely
off at Franklin Bros factory Monday
by the machine that slices the material
for hoops
Commencement exercises of the Har-
rington high school held in the old
Opera House. were indeed an elegant
affair. Long before the doors were
open many had gathered eager for
front seats but they were disappointed
The tickets were sold on the lottery
plan, whatever number it called for
you were compelled to take; rather
peculiar mode. but it was very salts
factory to the lucky ones.
The house was crowded to it's FULL
capacity and many were compelled to
go away for want of seats. 1t was so
packed that many who had purchased
seats We're compelled to leave because
of the terrible heat. One lady tainted
before the exercises began and had to
opera house is very low and with
scarcely any ventilation 1t was big
mistake in not holding it in the new
Opera House which is elegantly ven
tilated and much better every way.
The exercises were as good as ever
held in Harrington. The essays by
Misses Annie Peck. Sadie Estelle
Kitchline and Ethel Smith We're de-
livered in elegant style, each of them
handling their manuscripts very nicely
and speaking in clear tones that could
be heard by all. Miss Peck it was
thought eXcelled the rest a little. Th>
orations by Ignatius Taylor Curtis,
Benjamin Irwin Shaw and Harry Con-
rad Hudson were delivered without a |
single break and the young men de-
serve great deal of praise for their
untiring efforts to master their parts. |
The valedictory. Looking Across the
Sea" was delivered by Harry Conrad
and was decidedly mastery
effort and the opinion of the audience
was that it exceeded anything of the
kind in the history of the Harrington
high school. The graduates received
handsome bouquets.
The solo by Mrs. Nalcy Hal
loway was very fine considering the
low ceiling and the thermometer gurg-
ling ait about 110. "H."
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