Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-01-05
GRA1TAN.

| full sunset skies.
/. Mrs. w. O. Rabbit and l.. p. Harmon
! of w. Va. were guests of w. j. Lessitei
I one night last week.
Mrs. Lottie Reed and daughter Miss
! Bonnie, of Ionia, were with relatives
, here, also attended the Engel- Matice
wedding Dec. %.
Mr.. Lewis Janrow father of Mrs.
Richard Longstreet and her niece, both
from Detroit are visiting the family.
Mr.. Stanton from Pennsylvania is
visiting hissisters Mesdames A. A. Nor
ton and Ida Matice.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Eber Smith, a
daughter. the first heir of the happy
parents, alsothe first granddaughter in
the Smith family
Mrs. + f. Norton is now visiting a
sister Mrs. Lambertson'in Spencer, be-
fore returning to her far away South
Dakota home.
The sick under DIR. G., M. Spencer's
care are all better espetiallyJ. Abrams
very sick with pneumonia.
We have good authority for record
ing the marriage of Miss Evah Carl o.
Sonth Grattau and Mr.. Swift Vinegar
of Grand Rapids Jan. 9, 1905. May
. ID abundantly bless all our late new
" welded couples. ''Swift To her fate
the lovely damsel sped; her Joy cen
'wifter be her sorrows swiftly fled.
Grattan relatives attended the Dem
crest family reunion Dec. 81, and Bel
ding and many relatives were reunited
New Years day.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Matice saw the
old year out with his brothei and his
flmly of Woods Corners.
Miss Marguarita .McCauey is home
rom the Butterworth hospital OF
Grand Rapids, looking very much inn
proved, still her store of strength must
De greatly improved before she can
take up the simplest duties of life.
hCN. lldutOCh VI DOSJWiCh iltht
church joined. three couples in holy
matrinony Dec. 20, 1904, as follows;
Miss Cleo Weller, Mr. G Farrell, Miss
Tune Bolton, our lovely teacher of the
Cooley school for several terms, whom
Judge Byron ID Goss came from North
Dakota TO claim as his bride, lastly
Miss Kittie Matice and M. Newton En-
gel of Gr>nd Rapids, married at
,'eleck p. I'M. ~sthis eventful day. This
couple are in Chicago now but will re-
turn in time for Mrs. Engel to take up
term school at Fisher Station where |
she is teaching her second year. Kittie |
was we'll beloved and may her skies bt
ever bright.
Mrs, Sarah Lessiter has been visiting |
relatives here since before Christmas |
but returned to her home in Beldint |
the first of che week after attending |
the silver wedding. a {
Over one hundred relatives and |
lTlCINS II lll
at the lovely home of Mr.. add Mrs. f. |
Wood of Eureka twp. TO pass the last |
lay of 1904 in honor of the 25th ami |
versary of their marriage, as Jan. ]
came on Sunday, but not % years ago. |
We found the bride smiling and happy |
but not one inkling of the great event |
just dawning had she surmised, neither |
was Frank poster of the intentions ot |
the great crowd landing at his door,
Grandma Wood seemed so happy we |
almost thought she had presentment, |
like many another dear and aged moth |
er. when all is well with her loved |
ones. IT'S true Frank was little in
disposed but Joy can Danish even pain. |
After sumptuous picnic dinner of |
chicken pie with abundant accompani- |
ments of skillful cookery order was
called by will Hall, master of cere-
monies, who invited Rev. J. Il. Platt, |
pastor of the Ashley church where the
family attends, who in tender words |
presented MIR, ard Mrs. Wood with a
lovely Morris chair in behalf of those |
present saying the two could occupy |
the one chair as in happy past, over 25 |
years ago. Frank responded happily, |
saying when he felt sick the chair
would be just the thing, or well either
John Taylor was next called for giving
good advice in well chosen words. Mrs. |
VI. A. Lessiter read a selected poem,
the three sons and one daughter of the |
Wood family sang, The little ragged |
shoe. and The old oaken bucket" by |
request, with Miss Ethel Longstreet at |
the piano, Clyde Tower sang "The |
Cuckoo Clock" and then after singing |
several hymus the farewells were said,
| Coughs,and Colds,
All coughs, colds and pulmonary com