The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-08-19
CORRESPONDENCE
Albion

Mr. Severson of Madison spent Q few
DAYS the past week at Mrs Ford's.
Miss Bernice Saunders of Edgerton
visited friends here few days the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs A D Humphrey of Ed
gerton attended church here Sabbath
morning.
Nj Babcock and family were in Mil
ton Monday afternoon consulting with
DR. Crosley.
Nj Shackleton and family of Beloit
are spending some time with his sister,
Mrs H E Stone.
Geo F Walters attended the reunion
of Walworth academy students at Wal
worth Wednesday,.
DL Babcock, wife and little grand
daughter spent from Friday until Mon
day with friends in Chicago.
Mrs S r Potter spent Monday and
Monday night with her niece, Mrs ID ID
Emerson, in the town of Fulton.
TT Van Horn and wife spent Sunday
in Milton, taking tea with ID ID Elmer
son and family on the way home.
Jerome Head returned from Madison
Friday, accompanied by his sister Kath-
crime, who will spend some time here.
CM Williams left for Hamilton, N
Y, Tuesday morning. He will attend
the Langworthy gathering while away.
Will Mills, E A Drake, w A De Ian
cey and daughter, Miss May, attended
Ringing Bros circus in GAINESVILLE Sat
urday.
Ray Crandall, wife and two children
of Walworth came Friday for a few
days visit with her brother, Lester
Kelly, and other relatives.
Mrs E L Shepard and daughter Jen-
nette of Lewiston, Mont, and Miss
Gertrude Cavanaugh of Chicago spent
Tuesday at w A De Lancey's.
The Albion S. D. B. church was the
scene of pretty wedding Wednesday,
August 10th, at high noon, when Min
erva Stillman became the wife of Henry
Charles Crockett. The church was ar
tistically decorated with palms, ferns
and vines. DR.. Daland of Milton pre-
sided at the organ. AS he struck the
first notes of the ever-beautiful we'd
ding march the bridal party entered
the church and took their places before
the altar where the officiating clergy
men, Rev. L. c.. Randolph of Milton
and Rev. T. j. Van Horn of Albion,
using the very impressive ring. cere-
mony, pronounced them man and wife.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Mrs. Giles Lawton, as matron of honor
and her two little sisters as flower
girls. The groom was attended by Mr..
Lawton as best man. The bride was
goWned in white silk and carried white
roses. She wore the conventional veil.
The matron of honor was gowned in
white and carried pink roses. After
the ceremony reception followed at
the home of the bride where dainty
luncheon was served. The happy couple
left by automobile to take the after
noon train for short wedding trip be-
fore leaving for their home in Battle
Creek, Mich. The bride is we'll known
here and highly esteemed. The groom
came here as a stranger but his genial
disposition and pleasant ways have
made him many friends His efficient
ability is apparent. His home has al
ways been in New London, N. H.,
where his people now reside. The we'd
ding gifts were many and beautiful.
Congratulations and best wishes follow
Mr.. and Mrs. Crockett to their new
home.
OBITUARY-DATES.
Harriet E. Dates was born in the
town of Alfred, N. Y, on March II,
1882, almost 783 years ago. She was
the seventh in a family of twelve chill
dren born to Nathan Cheesebro Will
liams and Huldah Painter Williams.
The early years in the parental home
passed rapidly and at the age of twelve
years, she, with six children younger
loft
without tender mothers care, death
calling this parent to the other land.
AS would be expected in family with
out mother the tie binding the seven
daughters together was unusually
strono and tender. This was especially
true of Harriet and the sister next
older, Sarah, the wife of the late DIR.
Thomas r. Williams of Alfred. These
seemed to feel in a special way the re-
sponsibility of the home and the young
children.
In her 18th year she was married to
James Dates, and soon thereafter they
joined the tide of emigration that was
setting in to the great Northwest, AL
bion finally becoming their home in
1854. Only a few years after she was
left with the responsibility of the two
children, Eva and James. And most
courageously she set herself to meet
the arduous duties of life Her skill
and resourcefulness during these try
ing years was illustrated in her conduct
of boarding establishment where for
many years the students of Albion
academy found generous and adequate
provision. Among the boarders of
those early days were young men whose
names afterward became distinguished,
Ill "a
ex-Gov Adams of Colorado, also Hon.
]. @. Emery and the Rev. A. B. Prem
tice. Following this period of sew
eral years was spent in Wausau, Wis.,,
with her daughter Eva Here she fol-
lowed her profession as nurse, and
here she was once more called to pass
through another great sorrow. Her
daughter Eva died at the age of &c.
Brushing aside once more the tears of
grief she returned to Albion about 1886.
Thrift and skillful management during