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August 15, 19s7. The hotel is In full blast. Mrs. Orndorf and children left for Clarks ville, Iowa, on Saturday. She spent Sunday at Glenville. Mr. Orndorf will follow her soon to Clarksville where they will be the guests of Mrs. Orndorf's parents and the friends. Miss Minnie Featke of Winifred, Dakota, came home recently on account of the death of her father,recently deceased. Mrs. Josiah Jones is still quite sick. Drs. Stephenson and Cannon were both called there on Wednesday. The saddest event of the week here was the severe injury of Freddie Rheinhart, a boy living with Andrew Robertson. He was caught in a quantity of barbed wire in which a colt had become entanged and was running and drew it around the boy. Two severe gashes were cut, one in the calf of one leg and one in the thigh of the other with some other scratches. Dr. Cannon was called and found it necessary to take ten stitches in each of the bad wounds. The patient is do ing well. While under the influence of ether used in the operation, the boy was deranged and evidenced that he has had good training by someone, for he quoted Scripture with remarkable readiness and made some fine statements on the importance of temperance. He is one of the orphans shipped from New York to Albert Lea some time since, and is a good boy, much beloved by all who know him. He attends the Sunday school here regularly. Though his wounds were very severe there is every prospect of his speedy recovery. Deacon Hall has so far recovered as to be able to ride out on Friday. F. Walkow, formerly of this place now of South Minneapolis, made pleasant calls here on Thursday. He is now traveling in the in terest of the National Stone Exchange Co. of Chicago. Dr. Stevenson and wife of Albert Lea, at tended the sociable Friday night. The event of the week was the sociable given at the church Friday night. It was a line affair in every respect with an excellent program, any abundant supper and a good at tendance with corresponding receipts. It well deserves special mention. The singing was superb and consisted of “Bringing in the Sheaves,” sung by the audience, led by the Misses Nellie and Cora Jenkins, the latter as accompanists; a duet “Jesus lover of my Soul,” by Clarence Humes and Nellie Jen kins; a quartette, “On the banks of the beau tiful river,” by Misses Edith M. Morey and Stella Jones and Messrs. W. F. Brown sed Clarence Humes, with Miss Cora Jenkins at the organ; a solo, “My Nellie’s Blues Eyes,” by Mrs. W. F. Brown, and “The Waiting Girls,’by the Misses Amy Yates, Stella Jones, May Hans, Flora Booth, Florence Yates, Tillie Emerson, Amy Walker, Ethie and Cora Jenkins. The literary program follow ed the devotional exercises conducted by Rev. Jenkins. Miss Nellie Jenkins,presided and Miss Cora Jenkins read an excellent select reading entitled “The Old Settlers’ Mecting,” and abundantly good both in quality and quantity, requiring some twenty minutes in its rendering. The several characters were well represented by the reader and were both amusing and edifying to all. Miss Amy Walker followed with another reading, “The Last Hymn,” which was an impressive poem describing the loss of a ship at sea. She did the subject full justice, and the singing of portions of the hymn, “Jesus Lover of My Soul” at points In the reading added greatly to its effect. Miss Rosa Humes then gave a recitation entitled “Our Choir,” a vivid por trayal of the extremes in music, sometimes indulged in by church choirs. It was faultless ly rendered. A dialogue entitled “Putting Old Heads on Young Shoulders,” which de scribed a scene in a home where a step-moth er had assumed the reins over some unruly step-children and a refractory visiting cousion, was then most amusingly and im pressively rendered by Fred Holway and the Misses Amy Yates, Flora Booth and Effle Jenkins. The select reading rendered by Nellie Jenkins, “Uncle Dave or the Persever ance of Methodists in Evangelizing the West,” was exceedingly appropriate, being well calculated to impress the audience with a true sense of the special work of the church in saving souls and promoting the morals of society. While at the same time it was very interesting. It was very well read and evinced to those who heard it that the reader posseses the elements of an expert in elocution with proper culture. The same is true of others who acted a conspicious part of the program which was universally approved. Chas. Dile of Buckeye is happy. It is a daughter come to stay. ID,
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Albert Lea Enterprise
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Wed, Aug 17, 1887
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