"Alfred Sun"
Alfred, Allegany County, New York
February 21, 1884

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LOCALS:

• Winter No. 2.
• Town Meeting March 4th.
• Frank CRUMB has been called to Syracuse on business.
• J.J. JEFFREY, is again made happy - this time by a little girl. [Transcriber's Note: Correction to this appears in the Feb.28, 1884 issue.]
• Wm. C, BURDICK & Co. lost a good horse by death last week.
• Bert SHERMAN has been on a fishing excursion in Pennsylvania.
• Mrs. Clarissa LIVERMORE is making a visit at her sister's, Mrs. Pliilip S. GREEN.
• The friends of Charles STILLMAN will address him at Scio until further notice.
• E.C. CHIPMAN has been called home, at Mystic, Conn., on account of the death of his brother.
• A six horse engine and a ten - horse boiler have been put in the Printing House the past week.
• Rev. E.P. HAMMOND, the well known evangelist, is engaged in revival work in Hornellsville this week.
• Wm. S. BURDICK, of Roulette, Pa., stopped in town Tuesday night on his way to Canaseraga on business.
• Frank TANNER formerly living at Dea. B.F. LANGWORTHY 's , died in Westerly, R.I., Feb. 8th, aged 65 years.
• Those sending communications for publication will please give us their names that we may know who they are.
• The gas at the well put down in the village is search for oil two years since can be seen burning at any time.
• Mr. and Mrs. CLARKE, of Nile, Made a visit upon Mrs. CLARKE' s father, S.S. STILLMAN during the past week.
• Philip S. GREEN has a Jersey heifer two years old, which can't be beat. The milk set for twenty - four hours raised cream three - quarters of an inch thick.
• Elias AYARS and wife of Hornellsville, have been making a general renewal of the acquaintance of old friends in Alfred and vicinity the past few days.
• Rev. Edmond DARROW and wife, of Waterford, Conn., and Mr. DARROW 's son daughter, Geo. DARROW and Mrs. A.A. ALMY of Wellsville, are visiting friends in town Monday of this week.
• We learn that Wil L. HOWELL, of Genesee, has become father of a bright little girl, number two. That they may be a prosperous, happy family, is the wish of their many Alfred friends.
• Let some one of our enterprising business men at once start a Street Lightening Fund, and then let there be located a few lamps along our streets in the village. Such [unreadable] would speak well for us.
• Sheffield BASSETT and Thomas DONALDSON are your authorized paper carriers, the former for the village and the latter for the Bridge. Any one wishing to buy the Sun Thursday mornings, will find them willing and anxious to sell.
• "Dr. Z. DILDINE has sold his house in Almond and his practice as physician to Dr. BROWN, of Fremont Centre, The consideration is understood to have been $2,500 with certain reserves as to use of property and practice for a year to come." - Democrat
• A reunion of the employees of the printing office and their wives - fourteen in number - was had at D.R. STILLMAN 's new house on Thursday evening last. After a sumptuous supper, the evening was spent in social chat. Such times are always pleasant.
• "One of safes in the University Bank, at Alfred Centre cost $3,000. And, by the way, there is not a more convenient, commodious, or elegant bank in Western New York than the one at Alfred Centre. And financially, it is as solid as the hills around it." - Democrat
• Mrs. HOWELL, formerly of Plainfield, N.J., is again in her Alfred home, after an absence of three months, during which time she has been visiting relatives in company of her husband. Mr. HOWELL has returned to his business in South America, and Mrs. HOWELL is attending to the education of her son and daughter in our University, Mrs. HOWELL 's mother, Mrs. ALBERTI, of New Market, returns with her.
• "Mr. Ezra CLARK, a man who is quite well known around town, proprietor of a fish market on Loder Street, met with an accident on Sunday night which is expected to result in his death. He was in his barn, throwing down hay for his horse, when he by some means, fell to the floor below, sustaining a serious injury to his spine and also damaging one of his legs, which had previously been crippled. At this writing it is not expected that Mr. CLARK will live through the night." Hornell Times, Feb. 19 Mr. CLARK died Tuesday morning. He is brother to Mrs. Philip S. GREEN of this village and is widely known.

YE OLDEN TIMES:

    On the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 19th, there gathered at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. Albert STILLMAN, in this village, quite a large company. Invitations were issued some days before, with the request to come in attire of ye olden times. There was a hearty response on the part of the guests, and there was presented to our view, the dress of our great grandmothers and great grandfathers too; and, relying entirely upon history, we would say that the costumes were complete in every particular. Persons famous in history were personated. The large flowing sleeves, the plain waist, the bonnets of immense proportions, the snuff box, the knitting patch work, and the fancy hand - bag, Wedding dress, knee pants with the bright buckles, the military coat and the neat head cap each had its own appropriate place. These all combined to produce a picture both grand and amusing.
    The tables were decorated with china in keeping with the occasion. The supper was composed of such viands as brown bread, sauerkraut, pumpkin pie, and ginger bread, followed by a sumptuous one of modern dishes. We are both loath to believe that even our grandmothers could have excelled in this.
    The company dispersed about 11:30, wishing Mr. and Mrs. STILLMAN a long continuance of their happy lives.

FROM ALFRED:

• Our district school closes in a few days.
• Dan SMITH is back home from his pleasure trip.
• Miss Clara HADSELL is visiting in the western part of the county.
• Fred PALMITER cut his foot while engaged in chopping wood yesterday.
• M.E. THOMAS has let his farm for the season to E. BEEBE, to work on shares.
• Miss F.E. LEWIS, of Little Genesee, was a guest of Mrs. I.M. LEWIS last Friday.
• Mrs. Hannah SHAW made a hasty trip to Friendship last Wednesday in response to a telegram.
• A sociable for the benefit of the parsonage fund was held at the house of J.C. BURDICK last evening.
• A number of persons took a trip to Hornellsville to look at the Holstein and Aberdeen cattle lately imported to Mr. BABCOCK of that place. They speak very highly of them.
• On the 13th a brakeman on way freight train, through some carelessness while switching cars near the depot, fell from the top of a car and broke his arm badly. He was taken to Hornellsville for surgical attendance. The next day another brakeman had his finger badly lacerated while coupling cars. Dr. GREEN attended him. [Feb. 19, 1884]

FROM ANDOVER:

• Dr. HARMON much improved.
• Our town clerk does not like courting.
• Will ENOS is making 3,000 sap buckets for Atwood.
• Arthur PORTER is so as to be out a little but seems to be feeble yet.
• Mr. Dell WOOD has been making some changes about the inside of his house.
• J.B. MCGARRY 's specialty company at Ellis Hall, Thursday evening, Feb. 21st.
• Some excitement here over preparation for the BOOTH case to come off this week.
• Rev. Mr. SMITH was taken with biliousness Sunday morning; somewhat improved at the time of writing.
• Andover is to have an illumination Feb. 22d, in honor of Washington's Birthday.
• The desk of the Baptist Church supplied last Sunday and Sunday evening by the pastor of the Seventh - day Baptist Church.
• Quite a number have been hopefully converted during the series of meetings held here, and are now contemplating baptism and church membership.
• Mr. A.D. BROWN has returned from New York. He says that the examination of his eye disclosed the fact that there was no hope of the cataract being successfully removed by an operation. [Feb. 19, 1884]

FROM INDEPENDENCE:

• More rain to-day.
• Since the backbone of winter was broken, hen fruit has become more plentiful.
• BASSETT Brothers made 8 gallons of maple syrup last week, before the cold snap set in.
• Our teacher attended the funeral of Mr. Daniel GRAVES, an old soldier, at Fulmer Valley, last Friday.
• Mr. W.S. AULT has commenced moving into the old "Stone Fort" on the Edmund LIVERMORE farm.
• There was a prayer - meeting at Dea. W.S. LIVERMORE 's last Friday evening, and preaching in the school - house last Sabbath.
• A Mrs. HARRIS was thrown from a cutter a few days ago, and received quite serious injuries, one of the bones in her wrist being broken.
• The casing in the well on the Ben EDWARDS ' farm, a short distance above Whitesville has been drawn and the tools taken to Greenwood to test that locality.
• Owing to the horrible condition of the roads, none of the Comrades of this neighborhood attended the oyster supper given by the G.A.R. boys on the 13th.
• It is reported that WOODCOCK Bros., of the Whitesville hotel, contemplate introducing as a novelty, roller skating in their hall, as soon as it is finished, and I understand the boys of the G.A.R., and members of E.O.M.A., will occupy the hall on the third floor.
• My persistent harping on the boom in boy's illustrates the power of the press, as last evening the telephone brought the news to Dea. S.G. CRANDALL, that his brother - in - law Asa GRAVES, of Whitesville, had become the happy - gloriously happy - father of a girl which arrived yesterday. [Feb. 17, 1884]

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