Belding banner., 1909-07-22

The song of the reaper is now abroad
with wheat good for the peculiar sea.
son.
Very cold wave came July 18th and
left number with sore throat troubles
among whom Mrs. George Whitten
has something like tonsilitis.
Messrs. Brose A. Weeks and M. j.
Lessiter were greeting Belding friends
Tuesday.
Miss Josie Vose of Grand Rapids is
passing several days with Mrs. Clinton
Green and greeting her former pupils.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Hatch of Green
vile passed Saturday and Sunday
evenings with Mr.. and Mrs. LeVerne
Taylor.
The Rev. Father Joseph Drew of
Parnell Parrish gave his first solemn
high mass at the Grattan Catholic
church last Sunday attended by sever
al priests.
DR.. Morris of Belding was teacher of
the gentleman's class at the Ashley
church Sunday school, last Sunday.
We have heard many words of regret
that DIR. Morris is to leave this vicinity
and may the new home bring him as
many friends as has this one.
Castleman's Variety Show called out
full house, with scarcely seating room
at Grattan, Saturday.
The church was very slimly attend
ed Sunday to hear the first sermon of
the Rev. Elliott.
The four footed animal fiends also
creeping things in the shape of rattle
snakes have appeared and suddenly
got TO work. Dogs killed full blood
ed Shropshire lamb for f. l.. Brooks,
Saturday night and as neighbor
said, "Grattan was alive with dogs
that night" but none of them came to
the rescue of favorite hen with four
teen plump chickens belonging to Mrs.
George Casner, when weasel took
their life's blood. A short time later
the rattlesnake missed a good old
family horse which stepped over the
enemy but the cultivator wound up its
existence badly frightening the driver
after the danger was all over.
f. V. Story's house in now moved to
the new barn, very tedious job last
ing two weeks, and with some acci-
dents.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loomis and sis
ter, Miss Russell of Smyrna were out,
Sunday, calling on old friends after
church. They took supper with Mrs.
Platt Rowland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler Pond now of
Belding attended the Ashley church
Sunday. A brother, Warren Pond,
and wife who have been absent some
twenty years in the west arrived Tues
day to visit the old homestead here.
Miss Marguerite McCauley was sur
prised July 20, the anniversary of her
birth, with a post card shower and
other unexpected presents. There were
also some near relatives present to eat
chicken, fresh garden peas and other
good things.
The ladies will be out in full force
July II to an invited picnic dinner
given by Mrs. Kittie Engle at Mrs.
Frank Donovan's residence in honor
of a Grand Rapids lady visitor.
S. Meginley, an aged Belding gentle
man at l.. Taylor's, in coming from
Grattan the evening of July Livery
dark too-trusted TO his horse TO make
the right turn, when suddenly buggy
and horse sank in the deep mud and
water of the dangerous sink hole just
north of the line of Grattan and Oak
field. The horse sank until only a
portion of its head was out and how
the driver ever got out, only by the
breaking of the thills and crossbar
letting the horse get around, is mys-
terry to all who have seen the grewsome
place. Both man and horse were COW
cred with mud. The buggy was got
out later and the road commissioner
settled with the parties.