Merrillsville - June 3, 1889.
- Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst, of Rome, spent last week with Abram Moon and family. Mr. Parkhurst is a fine musician and is organist at the M. E. Church. He treated his friends to some first-class music during his stay.
- Eugene Morse has been at work for E. Stone repairing his barn for the last week or so.
- Our school closed last Wednesday. We understand that the school commissioner thought that it hardly paid to have a school, when he made a visit and found only two little boys aged six or seven years.
- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moon and their guests visited at Emmett Moon's, in Clockville, on Tuesday last.
- Will Brewer, of Canstota, was the guest of T. Gault a short time ago.
- Mrs. J. L. Ward has been quite dangerously ill of neuraglia of the heart the past week.
- Mrs. Harry Rickard and Mrs. C. B. Park, of Oneida, were the guests of D. Stone and family on Friday.
- Mrs. George Hollenbeck, of Lee Centre, is visiting friends here presently.
- Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Sayles have been absent spending time with friends near Sherrill.
- School. in district No. 12, is under the efficient management of Miss Nellie Bliss, of Peterboro.
- Decoration Day was not observed here. Many attended at Oneida and Cansatota.
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