Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee Co., NY October 8 1887 - cont'd. - part 3 of this issue PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mrs. L.E. MEEKER, of New York, is visiting at the residence of Mr. H.L. ONDERDONK. Miss Fannie KELSEY has accepted a position in Austin & Prescott's jewelry store. Mr. E.A. DODGSON, Ellicott avenue, is entertaining his sister, Mrs. C.L. HOLDEN, of Cleveland, O. Mr. E.A. BROWN, of East Syracuse, a conductor on the Central-Hudson, visited over Sunday with his parents in this village. Mr. James BOSTWICK, of Attica, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer BOSTWICK, has accepted a position in Burke, FitzSimons, Hone & Co.'s dry goods store at Rochester, whither he will remove his family next week. Mr. Joseph E. HALL, who has been in Europe for the Johnston Harvester Co., sailed from Liverpool on the 19th for Adelaide, New South Wales, Australia. He will go thence to San Francisco and across the continent home. The trip will occupy about ninety days. It is announced that Mr. Louis MORGAN, now of Buffalo, and Miss Luella LOGAN, daughter of Mr. I.C. LOGAN, now of Elmira, are to be married on the 20th inst. Both of these young people formerly lived in Batavia, where they have many friends who will be glad of the joy and happiness that will come to them by reason of this event. + + PAVILION PARAGRAPHS. Mrs. Nathan WATKINS is very ill from inflammatory rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. PHILLPOT, son and daughter, are guests at Oliver PHELPS'. An immense quantity of apples is being drawn to this station daily. W.L. CULVER is the purchaser of most of the freight brought in. The W.B.F.M. conference of the Genesee Baptist Association will be held in the Baptist church of this place on Thursday next, Oct. 13th. The first quarterly tea-meeting of the M.E.W.F.M.S. will be held with Mrs. D. HEATH on Wednesday evening next, at which time a very interesting program will be presented. Supper will be served, for which ten cents is expected. All are invited to attend. The Union Gospel Temperance service held at the Baptist church on Sunday evening last was not quite as well attended as usual owing to another meeting being held on that evening at the Universalist church. However, those who were there listened to a most excellent address from the Rev. J.F. BROWN. During the first four evenings of this week a man by the name of STARR has been holding meetings in the Universalist church for the purpose of exposing Spiritualism. Moderate sized audiences have greeted him each evening, when he has succeeded in explaining much of the mystery surrounding this doctrine. An organization to be known as the Blue Ribbon Club, admitting both sexes, was formed at the Universalist church on Saturday evening last, there being about thirty persons present. M.C. GILLAM was elected president of the club, which will be auxillary to the W.C.T.U. who expect to furnish a room for the meetings. Also to keep the same room open every week night, providing literature, etc., so as to make a pleasant gathering place for those who wear the blue ribbon. Dr. Herman EVARTS has leased Dr. SPRAGUE's office and all pertaining thereto, and will at once commence the practice of medicine, having dissolved his connection with the steamship Leerdam, of which he has so long been the medical officer. Dr. SPRAGUE has been engaged on the same line of steamers, a position which he can fill if any one can, and one which will give him an agreeable and much desired change. The Doctor will make a "Jolly Jack Tar." We are sure of that from the cut of his jib. He left to join his ship on Friday. + + LOSEE'S CORNERS. H. HAINES, of Schoharie county, is visiting relatives here. Mrs. J. MARSH, of Lancaster, was in town a few days last week. Miss Nellie LOSEE and Mrs. Nelson HARPER are visiting friends in Kanona. Hereafter milk will only be shipped once a day at the Lackawanna station. Miss Dora BARBER goes to Elmira Friday and expects to stay there this winter. Mrs. SITTS and her daughter Edna returned to their home in Franklin Grove, Wis., on Wednesday morning. We had the pleasure of meeting Chas. F. TABOR, the Democratic nominee for Attorney-General, one day this week. Mrs. Frank GUNN, of Buffalo, with her two children, was visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred MARSH, the past week. A. POOLER and wife, of Meridian, Cayuga county, and Mr. and Mrs. I. SUMERISKI, of Pembroke, were visiting friends in town Wednesday. A man giving his name as MAXFIELD and claiming to hail from Baltimore, arrived in this section last week and wanted to buy from 10,000 to 15,000 barrels of apples. He put up with one of our enterprising young farmers, who is noted for his generous hospitality, and was fed on the best the house afforded. He was taken around among the farmers to see their fruit and offered them from $1.85 to $2 per barrel. But would not close the bargain with any until he could see how many he could purchase at that price. He was a good talker and claimed to have a market for all he could buy. The farmers all thought they had struck a bonanza for an apple market and were anxious to see to him. The young farmer he was staying with, however, began to think that he was not what he represented himself to be, and told him he must either buy some apples on the following day or get out. He chose the latter, and on the following morning he quietly and unobservedly skipped out without thanking his generous host for his kindness in entertaining him, and has not since been seen in this locality. He is evidently working his little racket in other parts. + + DARIEN ITEMS. Mrs. A.E. LEE is visiting friends in Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. H. WAIT have been making Chautauqua county friends a visit. Mrs. Ira NYE, with her son, of Bay City, Mich., is the guest of her brother, H. WAIT. The ladies' aid society meets at the residence of Mrs. John McLEAN this Friday afternoon. I. NAY and family have returned from a two weeks' visit with friends at Utica and vicinity. Dr. G.W. ALLEN and wife, of Eldred, Pa., and C.D. ALLEN and family, of North Darien, visited their sister, Mrs. A.J. ROBINSON, of this place, last week. Dr. ALLEN was formerly a resident of this town. Zeno GRISWOLD and John WALKER have purchased the old cider mill property in this place and are preparing to grind up the thousands of bushels of apples that were so quickly picked by the high wind on Monday last. J.H. SUTHERLAND and G. RANGER are using over 100 bushels per day and F.M. ROGERS about half as many at their evaporators. A team of horses owned by T.YOUNG and being driven by his son Arthur, became frightened at an empty barrel falling off and ran away. Arthur was thrown off the load onto the tongue, between the horses, from which dangerous position he dropped to the ground and escaped unhurt. The horses, making good time through the fields for some distance, finally dashed into the road a few rods behind Dr. P.W. MORGAN, and before he could make his escape had overtaken and made a thorough wreck of his buggy. The doctor was somewhat injured, but is able to be around to attend to all of the sick horses within many miles, among which is a valuable team owned by O.B. YATES that helped themselves to all the corn that they could eat. It was thought at first that they were ruined, but Dr. M. has them all right. + + EAST PEMBROKE ITEMS. Miss Dora DIVER is slowly recovering. Miss Annie MULLANEY is visiting her sister at Buffalo. Our cheese factory is about winding up business for the season. The severe winds of Monday made sad havoc with the apple crop in this vicinity. Miss Annie LeVEQUE, of Batavia, visited her brother Theodore Saturday and Sunday. After a long and severe sickness we are pleased to see Frank KIDDER on our streets again. Mrs. M.A. NORTON intends removing to Buffalo soon. Dr. E.C. RICHARDSON will occupy her residence here. Miss Estella McNAUGHTON, of Canandaigua, who has been the guest of Clinton CHRISTIE and family, has returned. Mrs. Frank KERBY, of Canajoharie, N.Y., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J.P. WILSON, has returned to that village. Deacon Roswell S. FISHER, an old and respected resident of this village and vicinity until within a few weeks when he moved with his son J.D. FISHER into the town of Stafford, died at the latter's residence on Monday last, aged 81 years. He leaves three sons to mourn his loss, J.D. FISHER, F.W. FISHER, of Macon, Mo., and E.D. FISHER, of Franklinville, N.Y. Deceased was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church here, from which the funeral services were held. His remains were intered in Hillside Cemetery. + + RICHVILLE RAMBLINGS. Alta OWEN is visiting friends in Batavia. The carpenters have begun re-building Ira FISHELL's hotel. Mrs. C.I. GORDON and children left last week for Vassar, Mich. David LONG, of Colorado, is visiting relatives and friends here. Mrs. A. CRAWFORD is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. BATES, of Batavia. Herman LEWIS and Arthur FISHER, of Akron, spent Sunday in town. BORN.--On Friday evening last, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Henry PREVOST. Belle CUTLER, of Lockport, is the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. S. CUTLER. The heavy wind Monday blew off nearly all the apples and destroyed a number of trees. Mrs. C. DONOVAN died at her home Wednesday, September 28th, after a long illness. The funeral took place at the house, interment at Crittenden. Frank FANNING attended the G.A.R. encampment at St. Louis last week, and also visited Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois, and reports a very enjoyable time. Quite an interesting lecture was given at the Disciple church on Sunday evening by Dr. SWAN, of Le Roy. Subject: "Physiological effects of alcohol upon the system." A large audience was present. + + SOUTH BYRON BULLETIN. Glen FULLER has accepted a clerkship with F.D. BARBER. James B. ARNOLD will be head master at our school this winter. It is reported that M.C. BENHAM's hop crop is about 20,000 pounds. Have you noticed the beautiful shades of colors in the leaves of the forest trees? Howard BENHAM reports satisfactory progress in his new school work at Marion. This means that the location suits him. Rev. C.B. SPARROW preached his farewell sermon on Sunday morning to a good sized congregation. Text: Romans xii:9-11. It is reported that Isaac DURFEE, postmaster, has rented the p.O. to F.D. BARBER. Is this civil service reform, offensive partizanship, or home rule? Those who attended the fair at Brockport Saturday found a very large crowd. The exhibits were, as usual, very good, especially the fancy work by the ladies. The blaze which was noticed Monday night in the north was at Pumpkin Hill. The barns of Mrs. LARKIN were destroyed with contents, including three horses. The N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. tracks are in order for inspection this week and consequently are very clean swept. The trackmen may be well satisfied with their work here. There seems to be no reason for farmers to complain this year as crops are good and prices no less than usual. The apple harvest exceeds all expectations. Potatoes are reported as doing first rate. + + SOUTH DARIEN. Apple buyers are paying $1.60 for choice winter fruit. Wm. KELLER and wife, of St. Louis, Mo., are here on a visit to his mother. Mr. MOETZ is building an addition to his house and otherwise improving it. Mr. ACQUARD recently dug a potato weighing three pounds. Who can beat it? Supervisor BARNUM, of Bennington, expects to harvest 1,000 bushels of potatoes. Mr. LEWIS' children, who have been sick with scarlet fever, are slowly recovering. Mrs. BLEYLER, of Louisville, Ky., was a recent guest of her sister, Mr.s M. FREIDMAN. Nicholas HEINTZ is drawing lumber from the Darien Dentre station to rebuild the barn that was destroyed by fire some time ago. A harvest party and oyster supper was held at ACQUARD's hotel, Bennington, on Wednesday evening last. BARNUM's band furnished music. The new Baptist church in Bennington Centre has been completed for some time and is a handsome structure, doing much credit to the thriving little village. While Wm. MORTON was edging a board on a circular saw recently the board slipped from his grasp and he received a frightful gash on his wrist. He is getting along nicely. + + A Sound Legal Opinion. E. Bainbridge MUNDAY Esq., County Atty., Clay Co., Tex. says: "Have used Electric Bitters with most happy results. My brother also was very low with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this medicine. Am satisfied Electric Bitters saved his life." Mr. D.I. WILCOXTON, of Horse Cave Ky., adds a like testimony saying: He positively believes he would have died, had it not been for Electric Bitters. This great remedy will ward off, as well as cure all Malaria Diseases, and for Kidney, Liver and Stomach Disorders stands unequaled. Price 50c, and $1. At Stiles & Dudley's. + - to be cont'd. - submitted by Linda C. Schmidt