Here’s what was happening in Bovina 125 years ago, September 1899, from the pages of the Andes Recorder.
September 1, 1899
• Adam Maxwell was in this place on Monday.
• William Cooke visited in Colchester over Sabbath.
• Fred Johnson has returned from a visit to Sweden.
• Gilbert Bramley and family started for home Tuesday.
• Dr. Phinney visited his old home in Greene county this week.
• Alex. Hilson was at Delhi the first of the week taking in butter.
• John W. Blair and wife were at the Margaretville fair Friday.
• Rev. H.F. Brown returned home on Friday from his vacation.
• William L. Ruff was judge of the cattle at the Shavertown fair.
• Irving Phinney will enter the Walton High School next term.
• Michael Miller has eight rowed corn that has stalks 12 ½ feet high.
• Will L. Clark and J.L. Strangeway were over from Andes Thursday.
• Thomas Ormiston and Alex. Burns were at the County seat Saturday.
• A large number from this place were at the Shavertown fair Wednesday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Fowler and Mrs. Herbert were over from Andes Tuesday.
• Mrs. George Cable and a daughter of Robert Feiro were at Andes Tuesday.
• John Elliott, of Glenburnie, and a son of George Elliott, of California, were in town Friday.
• James Robson and family and Robert Robson were at the Margaretville fair last Wednesday.
• A grand concert is to be held in the opera house at Bovian Centre, Friday evening, September 1st.
• It is reported that the place Thomas Ormiston was to have in Maryland has been filled by another man.
• Threshing is all the rage, D.C. Worden and Herman Thompson with their engine make things lively.
• Mrs. Logan, Misses Helen Blair and Lulu Hastings have returned from a visit at Alexander Bailey’s at Delancey.
• Cards have been issued by Mrs. Amos Northrup for the marriage of her daughter, Christina E., to Gideon Miller, of Andes, on Wednesday evening, September 6, at 7:30.
• The following are the delegates top Sabbath School convention at Sidney next week: William Hastings, Mrs. Elliott Thompson, Mrs. James L. Coulter, Mrs. W.L.C. Samson, Miss Sarah Phyfe, Miss Mary L. Thompson. Alternates; James W. Thompson, D.L. Thompson, Misses Jennie Miller, Margie Strangeway, Lizzie Strangeway, Thomas Ormiston, T.C. Strangeway.
September 8, 1899
• Frank Graham was in town Saturday.
• Thomas Gordon was down at Delhi Sabbath.
• William Black has commenced to sell milk.
• William Black was at the County Seat Thursday.
• J.K. McDivitt was in this place on Friday from Andes.
• Work on Archie Maynard’s new carriage house. It is progressing.
• The Butt End school opened Tuesday with Bert McNair, of Andes, teacher.
• Alex Myers has just completed painting F.R. Coulter’s house on his farm.
• John Smith Arrived in town Friday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith.
• William Hastings took his Sabbath School class to Lake Delaware Saturday for a picnic.
• Thomas C. Strangeway has put a new foundation wall under his wagon house and is making other repairs.
• It is said that after telling him the deal was off, Thomas Ormiston’s man in Maryland now wants him to come.
• The village school will open next week with James A. Gow and Miss Gilchrist, as teachers for the present.
• John Blair, Peter McNair, Elliott Thompson and James A. Gow were at Hobart last Thursday to the convention.
• Dr. Phinney visited his old home in Greene county last week, returning on Friday. His father died while he was there.
• John L. Gordon, of the New York police force arrived in town Sabbath for a vacation and to renew old acquaintances.
• Now that the conventions are over and a good ticket has been placed in the field, let every Republican help to support the nominees.
• Quite a number went to Andes Saturday to see the ball game. The boys came back feeling fine, as they had done the Arena boys up in fine shape.
• William McPherson, son of Ferris McPherson of this town, has sold the Roscoe-Rockland Review to Rev. L.W. Hones and Henry Schrier of Roscoe.
• Miss Irene Forrest has secured a position as assistant teacher in the Grammar department of the Margaretville High School. She will also take some studies in the school besides.
• Miss Jane Stott died on Wednesday morning at the residence of Thomas Hilson, aged somewhere about 60 years. She had been in poor health for a number of years previous to her death. [This Jane probably was the daughter of George Stott and Ellen Storie, but I’m not sure. Mrs. Thomas Hilson was Jeanette Orr Stott, another daughter of George and Ellen, but my records do not list this Jane. George and Ellen had a daughter named Jane in 1828 but she died before she was two years old. This Jane was born around 1834. It was not uncommon for families to name a child after a previous one that they lost.]
• Last Wednesday morning Miss Jennie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elisha B. Maynard, until a year or two ago residents of this town, now of Hobart, was married to Willard Dean at Oneonta by Rev. Welch. [Jennie was born in Bovina around 1864 and died in Binghamton in 1920. Willard survived her by 22 years, dying in 1942.]
September 15, 1899
• Our village school opened Monday.
• Robert R. Scott was at Delhi on Friday.
• Miss Jennie E. Hoy visited at Hobart last week.
• Dr. Schumann was in town Saturday from Delhi.
• John G. Russell was at the County Seat Saturday.
• Some from here are attending the Walton fair this week.
• William Clark, editor of the Delaware Express, was in this place Saturday.
• William Bramley, Alter Phyfe and wife were in this place from Delhi on Sabbath.
• Walter D. Miller has been putting the slate roof on Archive Maynard’s wagon house.
• B.S. Miller returned Friday evening from the Grand Army Encampment at Philadelphia.
• Dr. Phinney has been at Delhi as a witness on the William Hunt and Alex Burn’s lawsuit.
• Henry Archibald and family, of New York city, have been visiting his mother and other relatives in town.
• The trouble in the Ed Coulter district has finally been settled and school opened Monday with E. Laidlaw, Jr, teacher.
• James Hastings and wife started for Minnesota last week, where they will visit her brother, Charles Cunningham.
• Among those who we noticed in town Saturday were, Rev. George Gordon, Nelson Reynolds, William Hunt.
• Ferrington, of Hamden, was here on Saturday and bought six dairies of butter. There are not many dairies left in town.
• Irving Phinney, Wilson and Chauncey McFarland have entered the Walton High School. Archie Coulter will go to Margaretville.
• Dennis Brothers exhibited fifty pair of fowls at the County Fair last week and did not miss a first premium on geese or goslings. They received thirty first premiums and twenty seconds.
September 22, 1899
• Fall weather.
• James Boyd was at Delhi Saturday.
• Elmer Close visited the County Seat Friday.
• Last Thursday J.K. McDivitt was in town.
• Jennie E. Miller went to Walton on Monday.
• John Oliver was over at Andes on Saturday.
• Fred Bramley made a trip to Delhi Tuesday.
• A large potato crop is anticipated this year.
• John K. Russell and wife, of Delhi, were here Thursday.
• Thomas Gordon’s house is nearly ready for occupancy.
• William L. White was down at the County Seat Monday.
• Charles Tuttle and Oliver Dickson were at Delhi Saturday.
• Rev. Samson is attending the meeting of Synod at Walton this week.
• Michael Miller and grandson, Earl Miller, returned from the Walton fair Friday.
• Adolphus Banker, wife and son visited his sister, Mrs. G.D. Miller, over Sabbath.
• Dennis Brothers took 37 firsts and 14 seconds on poultry at the Walton fair last week.
• John L. Gordon returned to New York city Wednesday to resume his police duties.
• Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Swart, of Treadwell, visited in town Wednesday and Thursday.
• George McNair went to New York city Thursday, where he expects to get a job on the street cars.
• Henry Archibald, wife and granddaughter returned to their home in New York City Saturday.
• A number went to the Oneonta fair from here and report a fine fair with a good display and big crowds.
• Mr. and Mrs. Wells, of Albany, were visitors in town the first of the week. Mrs. Wells was a daughter of John F. Graham who lived near the Hook.
• Rev. Philip Germond, D.D. Presiding Elder of the Kingston District, will preach and hold the second quarterly Conference in the Methodist Episcopal church on Sabbath, September 24, at 2 o’clock p.m.
• A Mr. Dart, from Meridale, has rented the Bell farm below the Hook, possession given November 1. Messrs. Graham and Covert, who now occupy it expect to move to the town of Andes.
September 29, 1899
• John Bramley is in poor health.
• Dr. Seacord was at Perch Lake on Tuesday.
• W.C. Russell was over at Andes on Tuesday.
• John Oliver and wife visited at New Kingston Friday.
• William L. White and Elmer Close were at Delhi Monday.
• Alex. Fowler and wife were in town on Sabbath from Andes.
• A Mrs. Hunger and two children are visited at Rev. Samson’s.
• Rev. Samson returned from meeting of Synod at Walton Friday.
• Elmer Elliott and Ella Lee were over from Glenburnie on Sabbath.
• Thomas Ormiston has shipped his household goods to Glencoe, Maryland.
• Dennis Brothers talk of exhibiting their poultry at the fair at Binghamton.
• David Draffen is now in possession of Thomas Ormiston’s farm for one year.
• Douglas Davidson was at Walton last week attending a meeting of Synod.
• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller are visiting relatives at Garrettsville, Otsego county.
• John B. Whitson and wife, of Matteawan, were visitors at W.T. Black’s last week.
• Miss Belle Strangeway entered the Delaware Literary Institute at Franklin Monday.
• Henry Murray and Frank Crispell were here Monday fixing water pipes for W.C. Russell.
• A musicale is to be held in Strangeway’s Hall, Friday evening, September 29. Admission 15 cents.
• Communion services will be held in the United Presbyterian church on the second Sabbath in October. Rev. E.M. Mulligan will assist the pastor.
• Philip Jencks, of West Oneonta, has been engaged to succeed James A. Gow as principal of the village school and will begin his duties October 9.
• Clarence Thomas and Miss Elizabeth Hoy were married at the bride’s home in Walton, Wednesday evening. Miss Hoy is a granddaughter of the late Peter Clark of Bovina. [Clarence and Elizabeth had five children and would be married just short of 50 years. Elizabeth died in June 1949, Clarence in 1958. They both died in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and are buried in Philadelphia.]
• An accident occurred at William S. Thomson’s, Coulter Brook, Friday afternoon. D.C. Worden and Herman Thompson had just finished threshing and started to move their machine. William S., hitched his team onto the cleaner and the hired man got on to drive and drove out onto the road, where the water tank wagon was tied on behind and when they started again this commenced to rattle and roar and frightened the horses so that they started to run and had gone but a short distance when the cleaner upset and was smashed so that it is probably useless and cannot be repaired. The hired man was considerably shaken up, and the horses after they broke loose ran as far as W.T. Black’s.
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