The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-14
FOUNTAIN CITY, IND.

Fountain City, Ind, April l4.-ReV.
Aaron Worth and wife attended the
funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Browns
baby at Winchester, Sunday. Mrs.
Brown is Mr.. Worth's niece. The
baby died on last Thursday morning.
The funeral was preached by Mr..
Worth
The ladies of the G. A r. gave a
fine supper at Willard hall last Sat
urday evening from six to nine o'clock
and they were kept very busy between
these hours The ladies' netted about
fifty dollars. The soldiers daughters
and grand daughters acted as wait
resses. The proceeds of this supper
will go to defray the expenses of Dec
Grafton day.
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Clements enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Taylor,
Thomas Bremen and wife and daugh-
ter Grace, Asa Pitts and wife and
Sammy Pitts, Sunday.
Mr.. KEN Williams of Richmond
spent Sunday at this place.
Mrs. John Newman was stricken
with paralysis Sunday afternoon. Her
power of speech was lost.
Miss Virginia Harris of Richmond
visited over Sunday with friends at
this place.
Miss Laura Hedges and Mr.. E. G.
Hill of Richmond were entertained at
six o'clock dinner Sunday by Mr.. and
Mrs. Asa Pitts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Gardner of
Richmond spent Sunday with relatives
in this city.
Mr.. c.. c. Fulghum and family Of
this place spent Sunday with Andrew
Hoover and family near Richmond
! Several base ball fans went to Rich
mond Sunday to see the Richmond
Brooklyn game.
| Mrs. Robert Benton and daughter
Lucie, visited relatives in Richmond
Saturday. Miss Mildred who has been
visiting there for a few days returned
with them.
Mr.. Everett Hunt of this place who
has been visiting relatives in Marion
and Portland returned home Monday
The Misses Maude and Erma Tharp
have been confined to their home on
account of chicken pox for the past
few days.
Mr. LATE Mercer who attends the
law school at Michigan University is
here visiting his mother Mrs. L. o. An
derson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purvince Hunt spent
Sunday at Portland.
Mrs. Aaron. Worth is very proud
possessor of three very fine and anti.
que pieces Of furniture which she
prizes very highly. One of the pieces
is a double side board of which the
body is made of mahogany and is
trimmed in white walnut. 1t is very
beautiful in color and make. This is
one of the first pieces of furniture OF
"Old Newport" as this town was then
called and more it was made here by
Mrs. Worth's father, Harvey Davis
who was a cabinet maker and who
ran a shop which worked from six tC
nine men all the time. While he ran
this shop he taught sixty boys the
cabinet makers trade. 1t is at least
seventy years old. Another fine piece
of furniture of which she is very
proud of is mahogany bureau which
belonged to her mother when she was
girl. This is probably eighty OF
eighty-five years old. The third piece
is mahogany mirror which is as ole
as either of the other pieces.
Mrs. Worth also has three very rea'
lustre dishes which are also very ole
as they were bought by her mother
when only girl and who was 8;
years old when she died. Mrs. Worth
I, is very proud Of her collection.
: Several of the witnesses that were
summoned to appear at the Smith
Vaughan case Monday, came back by
the next train as they have not We
secured the jury.
The tennis season opened up il
earnest Sunday. A finer day for the
game would be hard to find
Miss Bernice Skidmore of Law
renceberg, Tenn, is visiting with he1
cousins Ethel and Elma Alexander.
The Wesleyan church is holding it:
quarterly meeting now. Rev Seekin:
of Paramount is conducting the meet
ing.
Rev. Aaron Worth has gone TO Cen
ire to conduct the funeral of an infan
relative.