Life in Bovina from 125 years ago, February 1901, as reported by the Andes Recorder:
February 1, 1901
• A.O. Butts was at Delhi Friday.
• Dr. Miner was in town on Sabbath.
• The sick are said to be all improving.
• E.A. Worden, of Andes, in town on Tuesday.
• Professor E.J. Graham passed thro’ town Friday.
• D.M. Coulter, of Andes, was in this place on Friday.
• John and Henry Irvine were down at Delhi Tuesday.
• Mrs. Van Leuvan, of Delhi, is nurse at R.A. Thomson’s.
• Otis McCumber was in this place on Sabbath from Andes.
• Miss Kate Muller returned from her western trip Tuesday.
• Malcolm McNaugh was here Wednesday from Delancey.
• The Prohibitionists have nominated Thomas A. Archibald for supervisor.
• Cards are out for the marriage of James A. Thompson and Miss Maggie Foreman, February 6. [This couple would be married for over 50 years, until James’ death in 1957.]
• T. Ormiston, Dr. Ormiston, Dr. Phyfe and John Kemp were in town Tuesday in regard to the stock on T. Ormiston’s farm.
• Thomas Archibald and Miss Mable Johnson were married Wednesday forenoon, January 30, at the home of the bride, Rev. Samson officiating. [This is Andrew Thomas Archibald and Mabel Elizabeth Johnston. They were married for almost 60 years at the time of Mrs. Archibald’s death in 1960. They were the parents of Mary, George, Elizabeth, Leonard, Marvin and Herman Archibald.]
• Signs of tuberculosis has been discovered among the stock on T. Ormiston’s farm and they have been quarantined and an examination will be made.
• Robert Gowanlock died Saturday forenoon at the home of his nephew, Frank Gowanlock, aged 80 years. He was born in Scotland and came to this country in 1840 and has since been a citizen of Bovina, following his trade – a carpenter. The funeral was held Monday in the United Presbyterian church, conducted by Rev. Samson.
• The Democratic nominations are, W.H. Maynard, supervisor; John McCune town clerk; William Johnson and John Corbin, justices of the peace; Jacob Bailey, John Dennis and Alex Johnson assessors; Thomas R. Boggs, commissioner of highways; Richard James, collector; E.S. Washburn, poormaster; Jeremy Barnhart and W.F. Mason, inspectors of election.
• The following are the Republican nominations: John A. Irvine, supervisor; Thomas Gordon, town clerk; Geo Currie and T.C. Strangeway, justices of the peace; John Whitson, George Cable and David Liddle, assessors; W. J. Doig, commissioner of highways; Alex Myers, collector, Michael Miller, poormaster; Robert Foreman and Wm. Armstrong, inspector of election; W. L. Moore, Gifford McNee, Alex Myers, B.S. Miller, constables
February 8, 1901
• Some of roads were drifted full Wednesday morning.
• B.S. Miller is confined to the house by illness this week.
• Alex Hilson and William Crosier were at Delhi Friday.
• Dr. Phyfe and John Kemp were up from Delhi on Thursday.
• Thomas Gordon and wife attended church at Delhi on Sabbath.
• Archie Coulter and Elliott Liddle, of Andes, were in town Thursday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith have been visiting their children at Walton.
• Mrs. David J. Miller has returned from visiting her sister, Mrs. John Doig at Walton.
• W.L. McPherson, formerly of this town, has leased the Downs House, at Downsville and has taken possession.
• Among those at Delhi Saturday were David and John Oliver, Robert Robson and daughter, Alex Bryden, W. Thomson, B.S. Miller.
• Lizzie Bell Donally died at Davenport, February 5, from measles complicated with pneumonia. She was the only granddaughter of D.L. Thomson of this village. [This was Elizabeth Donnelly, who was 14 at the time of her death. She was the daughter of Agnes Janet Thompson, daughter of David Lowe Thompson. Agnes had been widowed only two years after her daughter’s birth and would survive her daughter by 50 years.]
• James A. Thompson and Miss Maggie Foreman were married Wednesday evening at the home of the bride, Rev. W.L.C. Samson officiating. About 100 guests were present.
• The government rejected the bid of William H. Maynard of $373, which was the lowest for carrying the mail from Bovina to Bloomville. The round trip is 18 miles and this has to be covered six days in the week and takes the best part of each day, and but little is received from either express or passengers.
• Mr[s]. William Russell, who lived with her son George Russell in Southern Bovina, suffered a shock a week ago last Saturday and died Monday of this week, never having been able to speak after the shock. She was about 78 years old. The funeral was held Wednesday in the Reformed Presbyterian church, conducted by Rev. T.M. Slater. Interment in the Bovina Centre cemetery.
February 15, 1901
• The sick are mostly improving.
• David Oliver was at Andes Monday.
• Newman Knapp went to Oneonta Tuesday.
• Everett McPherson was in town o Sabbath.
• Newman Knapp has traded horses with Will Hyzer.
• John A. Irvine and W.L. White were at Delhi Friday.
• W.T. Miller and James E. Hastings were down at Delhi Monday.
• W.E. Northrup, the Walton painter, was here the first of the week.
• Misses Bertha Phyfe and Mina Ruff was home from Delhi over Sabbath.
• Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Black and Miss Maggie Sloan were in town on Sabbath.
• W.S. Thompson and Elliott Thompson were at the County Seat Wednesday.
• William A. Miller and Andrew Franklin were up from Delhi on Monday.
• James A. Thompson and bride are visiting his uncle Adam Thompson in Canada.
• William C. Russell took his butter away Friday. But very little now remains in town.
• Among those at Delhi Friday were John Oliver, Lancelot Thompson, Marchall Scott, A.A. Johnson.
• Rev. Williams preached at Meridale Sabbath morning at Ouleout in the afternoon, exchanging with the pastor.
• Town meeting passed off quietly and light vote (137) was polled. John A. Irvine, for supervisor, received 72 majority, and the others on the Republican ticket were elected by about the same majority.
Population of towns
Bovina – 1900, 932; 1890, 1007
February 22, 1901
• G.D. Miller was at Andes Wednesday.
• John Blair and wife visited Delhi Monday.
• Frank Kaufman of Kingston was in town on Thursday.
• Robert Graham and sister were visitors here Wednesday.
• W.L. Ruff and daughter, Minnie were at Delhi Monday. [Minnie was later married in North Dakota to Glen Taylor and moved to California, where she died in 1945.]
• Alex Hilson and A.O. Butts were at Delhi on Wednesday.
• William Richardson and wife are visiting at Margaretville.
• Charles McPherson and W.C. Russell were at Delhi on Monday.
• Duncan Campbell and lady were here from Andes Tuesday.
• Andrew Franklin and Alfred Strong were up from Delhi Monday.
• Barton Jackson and sister, Miss Peronia, were in town Saturday.
• W.T. Miller and wife and John M. Miller and wife visited Delhi Tuesday.
• Among those at Delhi Monday were David Liddle, Will Archibald and Orin Reynolds.
• Otis McCumber and family of Andes were guests of her mother Mrs. Muller over Sabbath.
• Dr. Miner was in town on Sabbath and performed an operation on Mrs. R. A. Thompson and removed two or three quarts of pus from her lungs.
• D.A. Oliver has leased the rooms in Ellen Salton’s house recently vacated by John McFarlane, and will remove thereto soon. – Delancey Correspondent
• A surprise party was held at Alex Burns’ Friday evening, February 15, it being the thirtieth anniversary of their marriage. About 60 attended and a general good time is reported. [Alex and Nancy Miller Burns would later celebrate their 60th anniversary before Nancy’s death in 1931.]
• W.L. More had a runaway last Thursday. He draws milk to Halsey’s creamery and had left them standing a few minutes. They ran to the Palmer House where they were stopped.
A Bovina Boy – At a congregational meeting of the United Presbyterian Church [in Kansas] last Tuesday afternoon, it was unanimously agreed to call the Rev. W.T. Mabon to the pastorate of the church here. Rev. Mabon has addressed this congregation a few times and the members were delighted with him. He is a young man just graduated from the seminary at Xenia, Ohio. His home is in Bovina Delaware County, N.Y. It is understood that Rev. Mabon will accept the call. He will locate in Garnet in about a month – Garnett, (Kan.) Eagle, February 8.
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