Culled from September 1906 issues of The Andes Recorder

-100 Years Ago

Week In and About ANDES

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Events of a Week as Chronicled by the Man on the Street.

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Payson Cook has taken possession of the rooms on the second floor of Charles Carman’s house.

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D. Oliver and sons are painting the buildings comprising the Whitney block, opposite the Fireman’s hall.

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Harry Dowie came up from New York on Saturday and remained until Monday.  He is anxious that the improvements go forward as soon as possible on the cemetery, but it has been impossible to secure workmen this season.  The gateway will be completed and if help can be procured the building of the wall will be pushed.

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Friday Mrs. Christina Cowan, who resides with her dauter (sic), Mrs. John G. King in Wolf Hollow fell from the varanda (sic) and was quite severely bruised and had several cuts about the face.  She was sitting in a rocking chair on the varanda engaged in knitting when in some unaccountable manner she fell and striking on the steps and received injuries as above stated.  She felt her self going but seemed powerless to prevent the fall.  She is nearly 90 years of age.

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During the past week the weather has been excessively hot for September, the thermometer going as high as 84.  The humidity has also been very great.

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A trip to a reformatory would be a good lesson to those “kids” who persist in destroying property about town.  Over 150 panes of glass is their record in the Academy building and they appear to be desirous of increasing that number.  If caught they must take the consequences.  All over the village evidences of their destructive work can be seen.

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Mrs. Charles Carman is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. J.  Kinch at Walton.

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William B. Dowie, of Brooklyn, arrived in town Monday evening and on Tuesday attended the unveiling of the soldiers’ monument at Delhi.  Wednesday he returned home, via Shavertown in order to take a ride on the D & E.

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The faculty of the Hilton Memorial High School have presented the school with a Duplicator, to be used in making duplicates of anything where a number [of] copies are required—examination questions for example.  it is a very convenient and useful piece of mechanism.

“Deck” the old horse for many years owned by W. T. Armstrong, died recently at the age of 32 years.  It was worked up to the day previous to its death.

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The largest squash probably ever grown in this vicinity was raised by Madison Hawver this season.  It is of the winter variety and its weight is 59 pounds. It measures 5 feet by 4 feet 8 inches.  The seed was not planted until June 1, and three other squash of good size are on the vine.