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mofe~~and hurled 1t at the taunting
voice. The huge missile missed the ship
by only hairs breadth and sank thun-
derouSiy into tho sea. You know the
little island out there, called the 'Asi-
nellip"
''si. 81, signor." the shepherd replied
with eager understanding. lis that the
rock Polyphemus threw at themP"
That's the very same rock, Rosario
SO you can see how enormous polyphe-
mus must have been To throw whole
island that far"
y u
4 FFfER his escape from the Cyolops
- Ulysses sailed to the floating is-
land" Stromboli. where Aeolus, the king
Of the wind sits enthroned. And so Leon
and !, on ulyssea' trail. took ahip, by
way OF Palmero. for the seven Aeolian
Islands. the ontermost OF which II
Stromboli. the prison OF the winds.
Just AZ II had called 10 Ulysses an
entire day before he reached IT, the
mountain called to ua ehallenaingly
from afar! Turn your eyes and your
helm TO me, mariners, behold my pur-
pie symmetry blocking out the sky,
Come climb, climb my roaring, shaking,
untr0dden slopes stand at the rim Of
my laundering crater and watch all the
elements OF hell hurled Into the air,
Hear the winds burst from my auhter-
ranean cages and fly away In clouds ot
atnoke To fGolns' bidding, Dodge my
rain at sisailng stones, breathe my
poisonous sulphur breath. founder In
my dense ash banks Climb me II You
dare, You insignificant little WoFmsi
But be warned shall night you and
fay YOU and, II can, deStroy YOU, for
| am y tyrsnt isem the mercileaa mas >
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great yawning crater 600 feet deep az
the bottom OF which were several lava
Spouting entrances to the internal
regions. We knew. though we could no.
see 10 feet ahead.
But gradually the smoke began TO
drift aside. Thinner and thinner grew
the sulphur fog. We could see 20 feet
away-So. l00-until presently. though
the cloud was never entirely dispersed
nor our vision entirely clear. since there
was q continual discharge nom below.
the great crater Of Strombon. deep.
savage. aweSoMe. htdeouSly SCARED BY
ilre and battle. yawned wide open be-
meath our feet
And as 1t opened IL began to roar its
earth-shaking roar. first deep down be-
low the sea. an ugly ominouS rumble:
nearer and nearer II came. fiercer and
tiercsr, Then With q concuSSion that
almost Knocked us over, from 900 feet
above IL we saw the eruption explode
through huge beehive. hurl It's burst
ing, flaming lava-buohleS up, up. up.
toward us as We hooked down UPON 1t.
nor spend Its force till the high-flung
rocks were level with our eyes. The
dense l,000-foot column of black smoke
that followed fioated on Skyward and
westward TO form the weather-vane We
had first seen 90 miles away. and the
lava fell back upon the slope 70 tumble
down TO the sea in the waterfall OF
FIRE We had watched The night before
Startled and frightened by these sud
den. simultaneous dranaaticS. We caught
our breath. All the confgurasion Of the
mountain that had puzzled us so in the
smoke Was now completely revealed
The wall OF the great crater was only
three-fonrthS there. Our entire quarter
section had been blown out cons ago,
and through the outer edge u its jAggei
stump. right at the surface cf the
mountain, the beehive that caused tbs
Grightful thunder and poured It's erap-
ton down the slope had broken out
There were doSen other minor cratelS
IN the bis crater noor. Zach one ooileA
and beloved. but it WAS only the hee.
hive through which all the Suppressed
steam and smoke Of all the earthS IN
terror seemed 20 find Its deafeuing es.
cape.
tor an hour We StGed un the rim es
thiS amazing spectacle. Five times.
while We rested, the beehive blew OF
Leon and were suffering terribly tgNu
thirst, but the fascination of watchms
the geySerS of lava hurled up frusu
below almost INTO our laps was Sn great
that We hlSt sat and endured and
Stofieu III the wtlSsIAeSS and brutality NJ
the sight,
The r,aging. the bursting, The flames.
the inspired feeling Of height and ulaS-
terry over land and sea naaSse AN insane
something III my brain Strllgsle ter eS-
pression~-a Shrill savage intoxicaticsA. a
kind ef delirlum such as whole armies
have IN blind, MurSlerouS, hand-te-hAna
lighting, when killing becomes MSt
and y 10y, wanted ta shout back AZ
this roaring thing, I wanted 60 Aing
WckS at the rocks 1t flung AZ me, !
wanted wings with which to leap into
the abyss and peer At the devils ~ they
snatehed At me through these dCogS te
hell know exactly how Nerc felt
when he burned Ralne ter musical n-
Spiratias How glogicuSly and wtldk
ne must have played. geae mad amt
drunk on the ftre below him. Wild
music, that Was what | wanted music
as wild and drunk and savage - this
evil monster
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| Illuminated heaven and earth with their
blazing. Then the flaming geySer woulc
| fall back on TO the slope. and in waves
upon waves OF molten rock ripple gilt
| teringly 1000 feet down TO the kissing
sea.
Next morning dense clouds Of smoke
hid Stromboli's crest, and the natives
insisted II was exceedingly dangerous TO
attempt the ascent in these circum-
stances. There was no trail. and the
whole top of the mountain was . mass
of chasms and old craters and treach-
erous ash banks that one could not see
for the dense black fog.
No one ever climbed the volcano any
way, even In windy weather when the
smoke was carried aside. Now. there
was not enough wind to remove It; and
the laundering devil was roaring and
spouting more Savagely lately than Il
had done In years Weren't We close
enough to the awful noise here In San
vincenEop II We went up there the
falling rocks would surely crack our
heads: the sulphur fumes would Suffo-
cate us. Another deluge Of lava over
the whole island might be expected any
hour: We couldn't choose worse time
to visit the crest. and II We would SO We
were just plain crasy and they washed
their hands Of us
So we decided 10 SO and persuaded
one Of the stuuter hearts 10 escort us,
Then having followed the shore to the
slope alongside the escarpment down
which the volcanic discharge flowed. we
started up--up through the exubefant
underbruSh. Halfway We struck the
barren slopes of ash and sank into 1t
over our ankles, struggling forward,
sliding back.
THE smoke had drifted half way
down dense. Suffocating. Suiphuric
smoke. The roar Of each eruption grew
more fearful, The rumble Of the fiery
chunks OF lava bounding down the great
cascade close beside us grew more dis
concerning, especially as We couldn't see
IL, Each conv,,lsion above us left us
bling Of the mountain caused a sicken~
ing feeling OF helpleSsnesS. and the
heavy smoke screen only added 10 our
insecurity,
Our native escort began to climb with
less and less enthusiasm. until finally.
when the Volcano gave superiority
ing below that shook our very teeth.
the lifelong resident on Stnamboli's
slopes cried out like u suddenly fright
ened child, and, with ell our water and
provisions. fed back down the slope,
needless Of the moekery W. shouted
after him,
II was shortly necessary to make a
mask ef our handannas. tor the sulphur
fumes and the tine fiying ashes we're
suffooattng, Crawling on upward with
utmost caution, We gained the level
Of the Wild furnace, still Invisible, The
soldiers at the Marne could not have
suffered more terrific eAnnonadins
than We when the hell-hole blew on"
at this close proximity, IL was enough
To give one shell ahock,
Hugryina On ~ fast ~ We dared In
order to get Is high above the monster
a. possible before II beloved again, We
presently noticed that tho slope had
tiAttened OUT We must he on the crater
rim, Now pseeaution was tgehiy hNper~
ative, We had absolutely no idea ai
the summit Topography, but that there
were cievtNes and cliffs and chaSn,S,
and semewhHre pegllousN near by
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tuxent River region. The treaty was
agreed to IL years before the tract
called Widows Mite was patented.
The treaty Of peace of 1877. by which
all the Indians as far as the head Of
Chesapeake Bay were brought under
tribute TO the whites, was not agreed to
until l3 years after the designation
Widows Mite had been recorded.
Probably at no time after Lord Bal
timore's company had, on March ~.
1884, purchased the Indian town Of
Yoacomoco. which was Immediately
changed to st Marys. would 1t have
been possible for the Indians to retain
a captive white woman east of Rock
Greek From this date on, and until
their entire disappearance. about 1900.
they noticeably became fewer and
fewer, and their power In consequence,
gradually grew less.
Hugh r. Taggart. In his "Old George
town." In this connection. has this to
say: "At the time Georgetown was laid
out In l75i. the Anacostan Indians had
disappeared from It's vicinity. for no
mention OF them Is to be found in its
annals: they were then q lost tribe and
were either extinct or had been forced
by the advancing tide Of white settlers
toward the upper f0tomac ana nad
been incorporated with the Indians of
that region. .r. s~gs e-
E.tE.k 4 n + y t.-a. -.
CAPT. HENRY FLEET, who was per-
~ haps the first European TO ascend
the Potomac River beyond Georgetown,
under date Of June IS. 1882. makes this
record: We set sail for the town OF
Tohogae. when we came to another
anchor about two leagues short of the
Falls, being in the latitude Al. on the
26th OF June. This place. without ques-
ton. is the most pleasant and healthful
place In all the country. and most con-
venient for habitation. the air temperate
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with my disposition. His loss was a
heavy one for me. From the first he
had been the steadying. responsible ele-
ment OF our expedition. always good
humored. especially under trying cir
cnmstancss, always generous. always
right.
After his departure / wandered about
Athens at loose ends, trying 10 find a
boat 20 Jerba. At Piraeus interviewed
tnnumerable sailboat captains. trying TO
persuade them to take me 70 lotus land.
no one would venture the 800 miles
across the Mediterranean In a small
sailing vessel, even though offered the
boats weight in drachmas. The best
thing could find was Greek freighter
bound for the city OF Tunis, from
which port could probably re-embark
for Jerba, II would take two passengers
was one.
The other was prince. not by royal
inheritance. but by attributes Of mind
and heart. A professional German
Swiss Ski-maSter he spent his Winters
in the Alps, and his Summers wander
ing about the world with a knapsack
swung on one shoulder and violin on
the other. He was &c, a graduate Of
the University of London, where he had
been an active Fabian: brilliant
Iinguist, and a gifted musician. Yet
with all this he had deliberately chosen
the rugged life and, except for his sum
mer excursions. never left his noun
talnS.
III three days we passed Malta, where
both Ulysses and were 10 come at @
later date. and fnaliy INTO the harbor
OF I'unis. The 200-miie voyage along
the THnisisn coast W Jerba was made
painfully in small sailing vessel.
! knew lotus land fran sfar: the
dense fringe 0t palms silhouetted
against the clouds and the indigo sky
the white ribbon OF beach. the clear
green water. into whose transparent
cepths one could look and see the
sandy ocsan floor, and the rainbow sails
of the fishing boats. blue. fose, orange
piOlet. bgbblng IN scores over the sponge
fields at the entrance To the hafbOr.
Ali this told mle that here Was The
piaGe whose flowers and fruits had se-
cuced the Greeks 80 completely that
they forgot the world and wanted onIs
~ dream away the rest 0f their lives IN
this enchanted garden.
After seeing JcTba ! really didni
blame them, Leon and went there
planning ~ stay only two days our
Ss1ftst We 5AHJtC ~ ana even tUcn IFIt
with the same reluctance Ulybsss' men
had shown 1000 years before
The Eiumberous Summer days driftec
! ,suguidly slong III this land, where II II
always afternoon. Whether II was
| Monday OF Friday, June or September
! We did not know nor care. We had
/ tasted VI The lotus 6nd, like Ulysses
| men, wished no more W roam. JuEi
| What JeTban fruit II was that beWitchec
| the Greeks we do not kn1w. Some eas
| tiif tujuBe, once, though no longer
touHd On J.Tbas soms ssy IL was tils
red dates tor which the island is fs'
! nlo1s, and which the Greeks secus'
| toned Vi = hsFgh diet of meat and ce,
reals, found irTesistible think thal
IT Was no one NJ these things. but all
| that ths lotus" Waa just the genera
| sedueliyeaess " The island
! 10 follow Ulysses ~ the Eycl0pe' GaF'
! Leon and had ~ drag ourselves eWat
J ft0m .jerDa and lis enchsn'Hsnis A
s'orm. which began the day we left
Dfegeutsd ouI lAaTteIiug the littls tlod
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now and talked with less shyness than
one might have expected,
DO you know why your cave Is called
/ La urotta di Policemen" Leon asked
him after he had told ls simply and In"
genuously about his small world
Yes. II Is because giant by that
name lived here"
do you know the story about himf'
The young cyclops shook his head
so Leon told the boy tho story tWith
such vivid pantonine that ], knowing II
by heart already, followed tho narrative
| as easily AS II I'd understood Itallanl F.,
lie explained briefly who Ulysses was,
! told Of his landing on the beach below
| us and his visit with IL men To THIS
, very cave.
"'rhey came right through this open"
| ing" Leon continued. pointing 10 the
| passage between the wallis Of the sheep
fold, THE cave doorway was much mar
rover then. Otherwise everything III
just as Ulysses found IT, Nobody was
here to greet them, for polyphemus was
away In the pasture up above ON Monte
San diuiiano.
Ulysses men begged him not to stay
here They senssd danger, Hut uiysses
wanted 10 nee what manner Ut host this
| cave dWelIef might be-, 30 he made them
stay"
After rec0unting how Polyphemlls had
returned and had been autwitted and
blinded by The crafty Ulysses, Leon con-
| tinued.
when The Cyelops learned that his
enemies had escaped, he fiew into such
| a rag nat he broke OF the top Of hill
J II don't know which ona, perhaps II
was just The great rock that blocked
The entrance. beeauae II isn'l here any
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The Indian children went entirely
naked until they arrived at about the
age OF 12 years, and the usual Summer
dress OF the adults was simply breech-
cloth or a short apron.
The District Of Columbia and nearby
Indians were simple people, and their
villages were erected along the rivers
and bay shores. where oysters and fish
were abundant and easily obtained
Their farms occupied the lowlands
nearby.
The first trace Of the grant OF
Widows Mite is found in the win oi
James Langworth Of ST. Johns. Charles
County. Md. which was probated on
August l8. 1860. Mention Is here made
OF his wife, Agatha, to whom he leaves
one-third OF his estate during her life
and all lands should she survive the
testators children, given as william
John, Mary and Eliza.
To his son John he wiiled 800 acres
on st. Clements Bay, and his rights to
$40 acres yet to be taken up"
Though not given the name widows
Mite, there Is no doubt but that this
grant, which was later patented by
John. the son. In 1864. as the record
shows, was soon afterward transferred
to his brother william. for this brother
as will be seen In his will drawn Febru-
ary 4. 1893. and probated May /. 1884,
disposes by name OF this identical piece
Of property.
William Langworth's will gives to his
wife, Ann. plantation called Mills
Marsh. and to his daughter Agatha 240
acres known as Highpark. Eliza was
given 100 acres called Barbaries Ad-
dition. and Mary and her heirs the
residue OF land In ST.. Marys County:
they also being his daughters. To Sarah
Brown he gives personally: the residue
Of the estate. real and personal. wife's
dover excepted, he gives to his three
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tases looking for white husbands in
those days-and the same condition
still exists with many Indian tribes still
living In the United States, The idea
Of an Indian man forcing white won-
an to marry him is not characteristic
OF the person. Father White says:
Il must confess that have never OBJ
served, In any man or woman. any act
which savored Of levity. They marry
several wives, yet they keep inviolate
their conjugal faith. The women pre-
sent sober and modest appearance.
** y
A GOOD description OF the physical
n appearance and manner of living
Of the Indians Of southern Maryland.
which, includes the District OF Colum-
bia, is given by Father White, q part Of
which follows:
THE natives are very tall and well
proportioned. their skin is naturally
dark and they make 1t uglier by stain
ing 1t generally with red paint, mixed
with oil, to keep of the mosquitoes;
thinking more Of their own comfort
than OF appearances. They disfigure
their countenances with other coiprs.
too. painting them In various and truly
hideous and frightful ways. either dark
vice versa They generally have black
hair. which they carry around In a
knot TO the left ear. They adorn their
necks with glass beads, strung on a
thread like necklace.
"They live In houses built In an OBJ
long oval shape. Light is admitted
through window in the roof-~a foot
and one-half long~because they kindle
the fire in the middle OF the floor and
sleep around the FIRE
They acknowledge one God in
heaven. yet they pay Him no outward
worship. but they strive In every way
TO appease a certain imaginary spirit
which they call 'Ochre.'"
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BY RICHARD HALLIBURTON.

7 ULYSSES was almost the last
GhletIaln 10 leave the Trojan
shores, ard with his IL ships ne
~ 1naliy Set sail for Ithaca. To
reach this island IL was neceS-
saFY " yoyage 600 Tailes, traverse the
entire length of the Aegean, doub,e the
1oi1th@rnDs0st point u Greece. where
Cape Lsles looks out upon the southern
ia, agc then, turning north, sail far up
tfae west coa-St II Greece.
E2ch ship had held hundred men
10 gears ketofe when they came to the
wars II Troy, s51arceiy half aS many
#%fe returning, Fa90rec by wind and
vase. they 9cQcce6 past LemnsSs, past
TIE familiar SHOES ~ Ekyr0s (gnat ira
necaeS had come 70 pass since Ulysses
had s9Et beI f0E6 10 years before upon
thai little i&.el. past DeL0s, past EIl0s
TIE Sp2yaern coQT>e Was ended. Cape
Fa'fa vas yogIsceo aEc all was going
Tei THIS ilelfnS.nen JOYfIlly turned the
52NpHS ~ tk1E IL s32!pS ~ the north filbd
f]3@sT own Lonsan waters, But. alas
arg1e 1tller than Ulysses himself Vas
ceszsneo eYsf ~ fh2ciI ITHACA
TIE north WIND sweeping down the
19tslan Sea. blew ~ fleYceIy that they
%efe driven iasipIe8siy fer out into tne
Lp3ndjek& Mediterranean.
On the tenth DAY they sighted =
fFest Ycrcant STAND and the IL ships
Hefr driven high ugon ihe sands of the
farLyT tile EaFDor of modern Haunt
S>s4k the jlttle metropolis III the Islsnt
~ Jerisa which noW DeI0Hgs " tEaG
Fsennb nGlong u IuniG
- investigate Wl3at manner VI Deo,
pc .}gec AfTe u.yhSeg sent out three 81
has men, These came ~ length " thi
fs-ttisnaent half hidden beneath bisis431i
trees wstn their flaming blossoms aff
pains isessy NTH dates. They mel tn
Presidents there, a1ic found that the,
VIE tqiAd~eyec MELANCHOLY, h0spiL
aole Deople who siVec upon h money
a"ett ff IL The Greeks were cDrdia!l.
fecejFec sgld fed ihls foweTy food
%licn tsaey JsaIped VAS called the lotus
'I4oH WjloaeyeF If them CID eat of ]
had ~ nlore wiai1 ~ bring tiding, 10
~ come bach, hut there be cilose n
fp.ce W3ih tt@ lot8s eating men, eve
tsedsHg oA tie I0tsis, and fofgetfM o
lgiA iapn2eW Wafc "ay"
~ III iVck fell upon Ulysses on leay
f4s Tres. likewise do III lDck fall upoI
~ Awaiting iaoeefic ~ Athens Wer
esple"taBs ceiling him hpinc after -
] EpeAs hcc.A ttaiAipg hAn " put VI
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Classical Adventures Face Cascade of Fire Isle of Wind

Following the trail OF Ulysses.
E4<haId Halliburton, author and lee
t1reg. and his friend, Roderic Crane,
have held 10 their purpose-to ven
tire greatly. 10 enjoy nightly. roam
Ing with hearts hungry for beauty
and the excltements Of far-od
romance. In the first two Of this
series Of five articles Mr. Halibur.
TN tod Of climbing Mount Olym-
p1s and ParuaSs1s and scaling the
hcropoliS walls al night. Last week
he revealed how he swan the Helle-
spent N the course Of Leander and
Lord Byron and ran three times
around the walls Of Troy In the
tracks of Achilles and Alexander,
Mr Halliburton is the young
Princeton man who sprang 10 fame
with his book. The Royal Road 10
Romance" Other joyous experiences
besices those included In this series
are tod III The Glorious AdYen-
tslEe,"
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cobbler. While in st. Louis. he
married
"Back in the city in which he
gained his first Goodwill experience,
Mr.. Dyer is confident the POSSIBLE
tiles here will enable the plant to
accommodate almost twice as many
handicapped persons than are work
ing at present. An appeal to the
housewives of Duluth to help fill the
Goodwill bags was issued Saturday
by Mr.. Dyer"
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ELY BASKETBALL TEAM
LOSES TOUCH GAME.

The Tower News of last week had
the following to say of the Tower
Ely basketball game:
"Coming up from behind in the
last few minutes of play the Soudan-
Tower Catholic young mems basket
ball team, just recently organized,
won their first game of the season
from the Ely Rangers at the high
school gymnasium here New Years
eve by score of 10 to II.
''The home boys led z to 0 at the
end of the first quarter and by to
6 at the halfway mark. In the
last period the Rangers swept into
the lead for short time and it look
ed as though they had the game
cinched. They were unable to MAIN
tain the pace, however, and in the
last three minutes of play Tower
Soudan chalked up enough points to
win.
"The game was witnessed by a
fair-sized crowd and was fast and
exciting after the first quarter,
Three of the C. M. c. players, Frank
Vessel, Joe Yapel and Joe Yamnich,
made their first appearance on a
basketball court. Joe Skala and Joe
Nemanich were former local high
school stars. A return game will be
played with Ely soon, the exact date
not having been decided upon as yet.
The lineups and summary:
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Estate To SELL
TIMBER RIGHTS.

A sale of timber on state-owned
lands in st. Louis county will be
held at 8 P. M. Friday, Jan. 20, at
the courthouse, Ray P. Chase, state
auditor, announced Saturday. o. II.
Diercks, in charge of the state tim
Der lands, probably will be there to
conduct the sale.
A list of lands upon which the
timber is located and statement
of the estimated quantities of tim
Der thereon and the appraised
prices will be readvertised on Jan.
12. The sale is expected to attract
large number of timber dealers
although the amount of timber Of
fered for sale is understood to be
nominal.
Purchasers must pay down in cash
at the time Of the sale, 25 per cent
of the timber value. Permits to cut
and remove the timber from the land
will be issued to the purchasers and
will expire on June 1, 1880. Tim
Der offered for sale includes tama-
rack, spruce pulpwood, balsam, pop
lar, poplar box timber, cedar ties,
cedar posts, birch ties. tamarack
ties, tamarack mining tagging and
cedar poles.
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ried at Milford on december 27,
1877, Mrs. Seese having been Miss
Mary Katherine Wellbaum, before
her marriage. The greater part of
their married life has been spent
near Solomons Greek where Mr..
Seese was born. Mrs. Seese came
to Milford from Fort Wayne when
she was child.
''Mr. and Mrs. Seese have four
children, one son, at home, three
daughters, fifteen grandchildren, and
FIVE great-grandchildr Those who
were present yesterday were: Mrs.
w. E. Dillon and daughter, Mari
orie, of Ashland, Wisconsin, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Fraser and four sons of
Flint, Michigan, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Rothman, daughter and two sons of
Ely, Minnesota. Mrs. Dillon, Mrs.
Fraser and Mrs. Rothman are the
three daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Seese. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Heff
Of Elkhart, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Pasor
of Warsaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Nicolai, Mrs. Michael Nicalai, Mrs.
Eta Seese, Mrs. Perry Bunger and
Miss Mary Berker of Syracuse, were
also among the guests.
"Mr. and Mrs. Seese received
many lovely gifts"
Mr.. and Mrs. Seese are well
known in this city where they have
visited their daughter on several oc-
casions and where they have many
friends who tender congratulations.