| Show HAPPY LAKE VIEW LAKE VIEW goosle county july ath alb As AB the ward waid news newe ol of lake view very tory seldom appears jim in your paper I 1 thought it might possibly interest some mom of trio the readers of your very valuable paper to hear how bow we are progressing in our little branch we have a population of about two hundred and thirty souls with best crop well represented the majority of our residents resident ire bra farmers we have a flourishing and well attended sunday school also a belief ballet society and primary association in good running order during we the winter our Y M M 1 A and Y L M 1 I A were held bold regularly every sunday evening and had bad a good attendance the health of the people Is ia unusual a ly good there having boon been but one death during the entire year of that being an elderly sister ter who had bad attained the age of seventy four thus thua far jim in 1896 1895 we have had but one death that also being another sister later who had bad lived past the allotted time accidents accident axe are very few and far between nothing of a serious nature happens happen to so disturb our peace of mind excepting the grass grasshopper hoppen they have destroyed the majority of the crops crop for the past pact three year and I 1 regret to ato state that they are doing the some me this summer they are indefatigable worker wor kerr and do not dot teem team to be troubled with indices alov as they bey greedily devour whatever comes iu in their way in we the line of vegetation yet with it all I 1 think we really have no serious cause came to complain when I 1 read the disastrous so ao count of drouth etc that the people of nebraska colorado anti and other places have to contend with we have sufficient to eat at aid d wear for which we should be very thankful we have no poor to in the ward to be assisted ai and from what I 1 can learn the majority of ef the people are about equal in financial mi hilaire laire I 1 will endeavor to give you an account in brief of how bow we celebrated the be fourth of july we wore were awakened at sunrise by a salute avd and after acerit emerging from our beds we eap el the stare star and stripes a floating in th the air we the flag havia g been previously raised railed by the marshal of we the day edmund leaver at 10 a m we assembled at the meeting house which was gaily decorated with evergreens ever greens bunting and flags with the of two of our most noble presidents george Was washington kington anti and abraham lincoln placed above the stand we enjoyed a program consisting of speeches songs and recitations appropriately rendered in honor of the day lasting about two hours in the afternoon be abe little folks folk engaged in dancing a dance WON was also given in the evening or the grown people lee ice cream and other being served during the day and night made it pleasant for all nothing of an unpleasant nature trans transpired tired to mar the ess of any aay one that I 1 know of ex county clerk elijah spray expects pt within a week or two to begin we the erection of a commod commodious loup two story orick dwelling house bou which will be quite an aim improvement to the looks of our little town A |
