Middletown transcript., 1900-12-29
TOWNSEND NEWS BUDGET

Mr.. Thomas Wells is visiting in Phila
delphia.
Miss Hannah Wilson is visiting friend
in Smyrna.
Mr.. 7. B. Schwatka visited Smyrna Oh
Christmas Day.
Mr.. Mark Stats has returned from
visit to Middletown.
Miss Lizzie Disch spent Christmas a
her home in Leipsic.
Mr.. Henry NJ. Smith has gone tt
! Baltimore on business.
Miss Jennie Hawkins, of Greenwood
is visiting Mr.. James Lee and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hodgson have
returned from visiting friends in Phila.
delphia.
Miss Mary Gooden, of Willow Grove,
visited in this section during the Christ
mas Holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hubbard have
returned from Wilmington where they
have been visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. David I. Allen, of Mid
dletown, spent Christmas Day at this
place visiting relatives.
Mrs. Irene Gibson, nee Hutchison, of
Kent Island, spent Christmas Day among
her relatives and many friends here.
Photographer Sereck S. Wilson, of
Philadelphia, passed Christmas Day at
his home here. He is employed on Col
umbia Avenue, that city.
The $500 gun that was chanced off
on Christmas night, was won by Mr.
David Lyman. The lucky contestant
prizes the gun very highly.
Mr.. Allen Rose, formerly resident of
but who now lives at Newark,
this county, spent the Xmas season
among friends in this locality.
Mrs. Frank Hess continues to improve,
and her many friends are very much
gratifed over her prospects of recovery,
though she is still quite sick
Mr.. Elmer Pritchard, who is teaching
:" the young idea how to shoot" at Green
spring, he haying become school teacher
At that place several weeks ago, spent
Christmas Day at his home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fields after residing at
Blackbird for several years, will remove
. Newport, Del, on January 1st. Mr..
Fields is said to have secured very good |
position there. Their many friends re-
,ret their leaving.
Quite a number of beautiful Christmas |
rees are being shown in Townsend.
Among the prettiest is that of Mrs.
feorge Pinder which is considered ex-
eptionally fine, and it is admired by
many.
Shrieks and cries for help startled
ieorge Collins at his home at Warren
Own," near here, on Thursday morning.
he cries came from the kitchen, and
ushing there he was startled to see his
lother, Mrs. Sallie Jester, enveloped in
ames. He quickly threw a blanket
round her and extinguished the blaze,
ut not before she was badly burned.
is thought she will recover, however
Small boys and large horns made a
,rrible din in town on Tuesday, but
ecause it was Christmas no one inter-
red. One boy was heard playing,
There Will Be A Hot Time in the Old
own Tonight" on a toy trumpet he s
aged the tune fairly well considering
Ie instrument which he was using. f
ong before daybreak on the morning of
nristmas, large crowd of men paraded q
e streets and kept firing guns in their
forts to heartily welcome the great
oliday.
This ever progressive little town cele- /
ated Christmas pleasantly everyone
d good dinner and amused themselves
they saw fit. There were but few of
e disorderly element on the street dur
9 the whole day, and but for the o
casional passing of train the occasion
ght have been taken for Sunday Some V
the stores were open until noon to give
2 late ones an opportunity to purchase C
presents, but all of them closed B
that hour, with the single exception
cigar and other stores, whose business is
luired them to be open during the D.
tire day. In the morning church ser
es were held, and they were very well n
ended and proved interesting to ALL ot
e Christmas tree for the Sunday School
ldren, was the means of making many
lie folks happy. The weather in the .e
rning was all that could be desired, it u
$ pleasant and the sun shone brightly.
the afternoon slight rain was noticed, 81
!; that quickly changed and the sun l.
ne appeared again, the rain lasting but
w minutes. Everyone appeared happy til
the numerous Christmas presents Sc
re worn for the first time. All in all,
greatest Holiday of the year was tn
st appropriately and very generally tn
,brated throughout this community on an
,sday last. M,
CECILTON SIFTINGS Oh
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