The Holt County sentinel., 1915-12-17
Another Social Gathering on
Hog Creek.

nO8'NHeek.
Again the spirit Of sociabiiity was manifest
ed on Hog Creek. This time u Was 81 Lum
Patterson's -Ium opened that big, generous
heart Of his. which isalways brim full OF gem
ervsity, and concluded that he would give his
hay seed band hoy and their families good
old fashioned oyster supper. and on saturday
evening he OPENED his guest chambers and
invited them IN ,of course "Old Goody" and
vii" had to bc there 20 see that everything
wa> dome ~ In nud.rn i l".1
Abuut u url"k y u. ID. guests began To
arrive aud Kept ,'Dming In fnr an hour -ihat
iinn latsr lawn waS ssiu fllcd ny with autos
ard bugIirs aud the merry. prattling voices
~ men. women and children made a." valley
ring with mptrlm"nt The huus" was hril.
liantly lighted with srvtylcu" jets and every
thing made IT, lutk - hut"like and welcome
~ Possible.
After al were .u'flt'ahy distributed
aruund the r,sifuS. arrangements were hcsuu
~ supper Eiiph Mayer and NJ ku k"l
we're detailed tu NJ Jtriuirnd til" cooking ~
the oyster, ~ irh consisted " trhl,
fresh AMI cove, and the way they did
! u showed that they wee On To- tiirit Jobs aud
! understood their business say lnL that n q
soup vas magnificent, aud sprd enough To-
I INV W " hllE Nthlh 'Nf''NN
ing II mildly. The iahl" was nu' only d"rO-
rated with Streaming bowls ~ soup. tut an
! abundanr, ~ tn, finest pies aud cakes that
N. eye ever Toasted ut-,n. aud talk abuut
salads 1t was the finest W. ever saw decorate
"a tahlc-it was u compound ~ oranges. he
nanas and whipped cream. not blu. milk.
hut III, genuine pur, unndultciatcd cream.
4 large fruit dish set in the middle " the TIA
bile, tilted hrim full ~ choice miNcd candy,
aud every lady was told to- help herself
! tlrgr vases MI I'd with choirc celery were
ptun,lscuously scattered over the table, and
/ Inst, tut not beast. vptr some ~ the finest
\ tp,tsqrn halls ~ ever b.hcld they we're
made ln ,nlntS and different shades. "Upody'
/ thought ~,u. ~ them had III" blues. THE
r-,n was uIlrd with ia" delicious Odur ~ the
! ,.,frr. u reminded ~ ~ sninr ~ the r"nrr
. that We read alput It-d f.ariiut making. "
aiu,,>t tempted thu>- whu were not IN the
haiti, ~ ludulging IN the l"'y-rHge \" taxi ~
cup. ", will wager f1'n'-kin against an
np,>>um >.'aip that Nlf kuuk"l aud Ralph
Nr,,r IAN drink mere ,uf.r aud eat more
faN fresh oysters than any iwu m"h ~
lluut tf,uniy Tits IN standing over,
Uut he II understood that they furnish their
uw n ~ stet> ~ tht t,hi" lacked ~ l"ins ui
the latest mudrrn style was th" i~hhpirks
aud tusrr bn~l> this Wa IN oversight Va
i.um. Taxing td 10 ell. u Wa> - grand sue
r'>s, aud mote ,iNii sud w"li'bhaNrl
sfuWd YOU dnut often -, not word Na>
cropped IT, mar tlv surface ~ III" urrhn ~
,t'arili,y during the evening. The rrin'i'
p,I amu>yuruts 10 III, evening Nrf" simple
games >u'h - tsk duiulnu.>. lynch, etc
NJ the clock rlim"d ~" hour ~ midnight
aud Il NaS noted that the sabbath had np'
preached, the "tOsd guilty dispersed ana
ts,A their departure tn their respective
homes. aud a. they Ncf" dispensing Luui
passed arlund a bpN ~ rigtfs, after which
al i,r feeling that they Vet" clad that they
had come, Wi,lius LON eng aud happy
r. aud hupius that the neat time he cai''d
them together h. Nuu.u haNr u husi.s' ~
help hin entertain.
The 'bIluslt.t Il>i - ~. he ,d, - fiuil'
.ly> AID Their families be- ssr, present, los
,.d,> their we've 4I.'. = nuu,t-r - yOuns ls'
DE-, .Gd cent .il"n That s.s'i nu' .nuui"r
a." spr '-Af =, tsAs ~ tee r.I'b ,ysr.. d.
~. aytLrr, Arr over yr->"Et. '.sae
R.rt,r Auc family F'r".' n. .is.r and 'suli'
~ kgusv. asd '.E..y h,yh Ny"', ALe
huiy. ,su-T iI,-ir 80 aEI hu.y. k''-r'
Boa. atG fAu. ', Perry Roc 49, 'aa,. J
MILAN Perry ,ua ',uIs, FRI! haS.' tgH
~I'- bly, Hlr''u,g arf 'mly f'lr'
smith lud family = \ G,.Hh.'i ,rg 40.
DADDY smith !u.i happ-u,-l o. dfup .r - -
bl> ts.' .Ir, and 4 c'Ifs' stayed
Thus -ud-d uus u''h' tEU>i 80 .yAr O. a.
lns, ever ,I-ui ou irs ,r"vs. ipp.a. tus
or uuprlutab." ,N", uay u- 'pN'-d .
all meet asain n IN, ,.i' . eternity 1nd b.
nv "a ihi, side jha' sr may u.'"i and rINsl
maud, ou TIA, prlsh, .ud happy Shore, at"f
Ne ,',n -uiuy a rputinua, 'cts, u The ~, 81
the b..,,rd Master. giu,- AulE>r