The Washington Republican Friday January 11, 1901 A Birthday Surprise. A very pleasant party was given in the home of A. MOORE last Wednesday in honor of Mrs. Emma MOORE, the event being her sixty-fifth birthday. A nice dinner was served. those present were: Mr. and Mrs. A. WALKER, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. OSBORNE, Mrs. LANDON, aMrs. JACOBS, Mrs. HILLABRANT, Mrs. RONEY, Mr.MORRISON, Mr. and Mrs. W. MOORE, Mr. and Mrs. FRAZIER, and Miss Luella SMITH. Mrs. MOORE was presented with a nice rocking chair. E. SHEETS and wife of Linn, started on the B. & M. Tuesday for Clarinda, Iowa to visit relatives until about the first of March. Haddam is one of the oldest towns in Washington county, and also one of the best in northern Kansas. It is situated in a fine agricultural country, surrounded by a lot of good farms and prosperous people. It does more business than many towns twice its size and easily does its proportionate share of trading. A count reveals the number of business house to be 37, several of which carry stocks of good that would do credit to a much larger town.