Life in Bovina 125 years ago this month, as reported in the pages of the Andes Recorder:
September 7, 1900
• Miss Ella Lee went to Walton Saturday.
• John M. Miller and family were at Delancey on Sabbath.
• Walter Biggar, wife and daughter visited Delhi Saturday.
• Professor R. Eston Phyfe and wife were in town on Sabbath.
• Mrs. Richard Smith and Mrs. John G. Russell are visiting at Walton.
• A.T. Doig is having his store painted. Alex Myers is doing the job. [This is now Russell's Store.]
• Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Miller visited his parents at Andes over Sabbath.
• Frank Gladstone and W.T. Hyzer were in this place Monday from Andes.
• John G. Russell and Miss Fannie Case were among those at Delhi Tuesday.
• Miss Anna M. Phyfe started Monday to resume her duties at Dogeville as teacher.
• John Thomson, of Downsville, was a guest of his brother, Elliott Thomson, over Sabbath.
• Mrs. James T. Hannon, of Oswego, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Martha Gillie at Lake Delaware.
• Miss Jennie J. Campbell has gone to Hobart to begin her duties as teacher in the High School there.
• At the Margaretville fair last week Dennis Brothers were awarded 35 first premiums and 8 second premiums out of a possible 43.
• Rev. Welch, of Oneonta, preached in the United Presbyterian church on Sabbath. Rev. Marvin Thompson will preach next Sabbath.
• Dennis Brothers are exhibiting their poultry at both the Delhi and Walton fairs this week, dividing their exhibit between the two.
• Among those who have been visiting at Hobart recently were Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Davidson, Miss Jennie Hoy and Miss Vessie Thomson.
• Mrs. Hurclerode and Miss Grace McLardie, who have been stopping at D.J. Miller’s, have returned to their home in Ohio. Miss Hurclerode remained.
Fred Bramley, of Bovina, and Lucy Jackson, of Andes, were married at Delhi on Tuesday, September 4, by Rev. F.H. Seeley. The marriage occurred just ten months to the day after the death of his first wife.
September 14, 1900
• Rev Samson has arrived home.
• William Archibald was at Delhi on Saturday.
• Thomas A. Oliver of Delhi was in town Tuesday.
• W.T. Armstrong was in town from Andes Friday.
• Adam Scott and wife were up from Delhi on Sabbath.
• Mr. and Mrs. Mulnix of Deposit were visitors here Monday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hinkley were seen in this place Tuesday.
• John Robertson, of Andes, is at present a guest of his son, Marion.
• Mrs. Alex. Hilson and Miss Jennie Archibald visited Andes Friday.
• Robert P. McIntosh, wife and child, of Delhi, were in town Tuesday.
• Born at Walton, September 6, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doig, twin sons.
• Rev. John H. Lee is visiting in this place and renewing old acquaintances.
• At the County fair last week Dennis Brothers took 31 premiums on their poultry.
• Misses Anna Phyfe and Libbie Thomson have entered Delaware Academy.
• Miss Jennie B. Hastings went to Oneonta Tuesday to enter the Normal School.
• Rev. Marvin Thompson preached in the United Presbyterian church on Sabbath.
• George McNair has gone to Binghamton where he expects to secure a position.
• Mr. and Mrs. Gilstie and Mrs. William Rogers were guests at Thomas Gordon’s Monday.
• A man has been in town from Chicago by the name of Follett, selling maps and school supplies.
• Among those who went to Oneonta Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Miller, Miss Belle J. Miller and John G. Russell.
• Alex. Hilson and wife, Mrs. Elmer Hastings, Mrs. W.G. McNee, John Oliver, wife and family took in the Oneonta fair Wednesday.
• Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Close, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Miller, Dr. Seacord, Howard McPherson and Peter McNair attended the Shavertown fair.
• Mrs. T.M. Slater returned Tuesday from Sterling Valley. A brother of Rev. Rob, a former pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian church, accompanied her.
• Isaac Samuels and James Knox were in town one day this week. Mr. Knox’s grandfather, Rev. James Douglas, preached in the old stone church at the Butt End.
• The show with moving pictures, etc. in the Methodist church Friday and Saturday evenings was a good one. The receipts the first evening were $23 but we were unable to learn those for the second evening.
September 21, 1900
• Gerry’s tally ho was here Tuesday.
• Thomas Miller was a Delhi Saturday.
• F.R. Coulter was over at Andes on Tuesday.
• William Maynard was home over Sabbath.
• David Currie was up from Delhi on Sabbath.
• Rev. John H. Lee went to Walton Saturday.
• W.C. Russell was down at Delhi the first of the week.
• Rev. Welch and family returned to Oneonta Saturday.
• Thomas A. Oliver, of Delhi, was in this place Saturday.
• William Bramley and wife, of Delhi, were in town Friday.
• Much damage was done to corn by a heavy frost here this week.
• Thomas Gordon and wife visited her parents at Fall Mills over Sabbath.
• E.T. Gerry and family are at their summer home at Livingstone’s Lake. [This is now Lake Delaware.]
• Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Doig recently visited their daughter at DeLancey.
• Mr. and Mrs. John VanAikin, of Little York, are guests at John G. Thompson’s.
• At a ball game Saturday between Bovina and New Kingston played here the score stood 7 to 4 in favor of Bovina.
• Saturday Woodburn & Smyth erected a fine monument on the John W. Bramley plot in the Bovina Centre cemetery.
• Mrs. Samson’s and Miss Jennie E. Miller’s Sabbath School classes held a picnic Saturday at the David Miller house below the village.
• F.R. Coulter is preparing to build a new wagonhouse to take the place of the one recently destroyed by fire. W.S. Boggs has the contract.
September 28, 1900
• James Gladstone was in town Saturday.
• W.R. Miller was over at Andes On Wednesday.
• Hamilton J. Hewitt was seen in this place on Saturday.
• Miss Jen Campbell was home from Hobart over Sabbath.
• Verne DuMond, of New Kingston, visited this place Monday.
• Thomas Hutson and Walter Scott, of Delhi, were here Friday.
• Alex. Hilson and Albert Butts were at the County Seat Tuesday.
• John M. Miller and wife, and Michael Miller visited Delhi Tuesday.
• Andrew Russell and wife arrived in town Saturday from Oneonta.
• The old veterans were at Stamford attending the reunion Thursday.
• F. R. Coulter and Will Armstrong were over at Bloomville Tuesday.
• James Hastings and wife, G.D. Miller and wife were at Delhi Tuesday.
• Mark Gerowe, the Bloomville beekeeper, was in this village Tuesday.
• Mrs. Andrew Anderson, of Andes, was a guest here the latter part of last week.
• Charles Kaufman, of Margaretville, and Mrs. T.S. Miller, of Andes, were here on Monday.
• James G. Seath and Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd were at Andes Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mr. Seath’s mother.
• Communion services were held in the Reformed Presbyterian church on Sabbath, with preparatory services on Friday.
• Among those in this place on Sabbath were, Mr. and Mrs. Jas F. Scott, of Delhi, Lon Cooper and family, of Scotch Mountain, Thomas Thompson, of Bloomville, and Freemont Oliver, of DeLancey.
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