The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-01-30

MT. ana Mrs. A. b. Danes left Thurs
day for North Yakima where they will
WISH their daughter. Mrs. F. E. De-
Sellem and family.
A. c. Rumble and w. S. Hunt were
down from Prosser Wednesday to be
present at the annual meeting of the
kennewick Fruit & Produce Co.
E. E. Fishburn of Granger made a
brief visit at the home of Mr.. and M RS.
ID. K. Vibber this week. MIR. Fishburn
was an old acquaintance of Mr.. Vibber
in the east.
The Ladies' Aid of the Christian
church met Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. H. w. Desgran ges
IN the Olmsted addition. Tea and
cake were served and a pleasant after
noon spent.
The installation of officers at the K.
+. Lodge meeting Monday night was
as follows: C. c., C. L. Holcomb; v.
c., D. w. Bird; P, H. E. Holloway:
M. of A., 7. B. Hauschild; M. of w.,
A. r. Gardner; M. of F., j. A. Vsn
Norsdall; M. of Elk, Geo. Tweedt: K.
of R. & S., J. C. Perry; l. G., A. L.
Williams; O. G.. A. H. Wheaton.
The Ladies Aid of the M. E. church
met Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. H. E. Owen, on Mob Hill.
There was large attendance and the
election of officers resulted as follows:
Pres, Mrs. W. L. Raymond; Vice-Pres.,
Mrs. H. E. Owen; Sec, Mrs. Robb;
Treas, Mrs. A. Jacot. Coffee and cake
were served.
The Loyal Berean Glass of the Chris
tan Sunday school enjoyed social at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Muncey last
Saturday evening. This class is COM
posed of more than 20 young people
who, together with their friends, spent
the evening with games and music.
Dainty refreshments were served.
Those present were Misses Anna and
Mabel Huffman, Florence and Vena
Russell, Amelia Starr, Lydia Evans,
Clara Mckinney, Doris Harper, Beretha
Copeland and Audrey and Virginia Ora
ham, and Messrs. Glenn Sanders, Neil
Harper, Mckinley Desgranges, Vero
Coleman, Raymond Copeland, William
Sly, Laurence Oliver, Orville Huffman,
Barton Sherk. Alfred Cromwell, Har-
land and Lester Muncey and Mrs. Ora
ham, the teacher of the class.
G. H. Mottinger was in Kennewick
a week ago and stopped in at the
Courier Office to set the date on his
subscription year ahead and left this
story. "Say, you're the fellow" said
he as he pocketed the receipt, "that
got married here awhile back, aren't
you? Who's boss? You are, of course.
That reminds me of that story that's
going the rounds. Once upon time,
runs the fable, youth about to en-
bark upon the sea of matrimony went
to his father and said, Father, who
should be boss, l or my wife?' The
old man smiled and said, Here are one
hundred hens and a team of horses.
Hitch up the horses, put the hens into
the wagon and whenever you find a
man and his wife dwelling, stop and
make inquiries as to who is boss. Wher-
ever you find a woman running things,
leave hen, and whenever you come
to a place where the man is boss,
leave horse After most of the hens
had been distributed he came to house
and made the usual inquiry. I'm boss
O. this farm, said the man. The wife
was called and affirmed her husband s
assertion. Take whichever horse you
want, was the boys reply. So the
husband said he would take the bay.
But the wife did not like the bay horse
and called her husband aside and talked
to him. He returned and said 'I'll take
the gray horse Not muchp said the
young man, You get hen. - And
Mrs. Mottinger smiled in knowing
sort of way while her husband held the
L. hor