Culled by Judy Garrison From April 1913 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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With commentary by Jim Andrews

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Rev. G. A. Forbes, pastor of the United Presbyterian church, with his wife and child, will sail for Scotland early in May to spend his vacation with his people there. [Jim Andrews: Rev. Forbes, who succeeded Rev. James Bruce in 1910, was the first pastor to live in the manse. He pastored the church from 1910-1937.]

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James Mable is having an addition built onto the Alden Liddle house, at the foot of High street, which he purchased sometime ago, and will fit it up for two families. Avery Ryer, of Dunraven, is the carpenter. [JA: I am assuming the addition to be the construction of a second kitchen which is now my laundry room. Also added at this time was a second entrance door off the front porch and an additional doorway to the stairway, since the two apartments shared the bathroom and bedrooms upstairs. Can’t see that happening in today’s world! I didn’t know the date of the addition, so I now have more history added to my house! I believe that Jim Mable actually moved into the house in 1916.]

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Robert Lewis took possession of Thomas L. Bouton’s pool room and ice cream parlors Tuesday, having it under lease. Mr. and Mrs. Bouton will spend the summer with her people in Warren county and next fall will go to Texas, where he has land. [JA: I believe this to be Dorothy McArdle’s building. I have heard Marguerite Fowler, whom I quote often, talk about the pool hall located there as well as the ice cream parlor. Her parents wouldn’t let her near the pool hall—“unlady-like goings on take place in there”!]

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For sometime Andes merchants have had to watch their goods when certain young lads were around. Last Sabbath W. J. Armstrong found three lads in his store, they having entered thru a window in the gable of the mill part. Monday the lads were brought up and admitted having taken articles from the store.

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Last Sabbath, April 13, was the anniversary of the beginning of the big snow storm of 1857. [JA: Duncan Ballantine made mention of this storm in the front of one of his store ledgers now at the Hunting Tavern. Without actually finding the ledger, I seem to remember that there was something like six feet of snow that lasted well into May or June.]

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A special meeting of Delaware County’s Supervisors has been called …One question that will come up is whether trap rock will be used on the Andes-Delhi State road. Delhi only wants it put on from that village to the Bovina road and Andes will insist that it be used the entire length or not at all. The trap rock out-put is controlled by a few people and the demand is so great that exorbitant prices are asked….other matters to come up are: Bills for fire-proofing County Clerk’s Office; arranging for new contract with Albany Penitentiary for caring for Delaware County prisoners.

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Miss Luella Burroughs has presented Hilton Memorial High School with 25 volumes, mostly reference books, and a large framed picture of American authors. Among the books are 10 volumes of Chambers and 6 of Century encyclopedia, Life of Washington, Illustrated History of Norsemen, Stanley in Africa, Quotations from Poets, Blue Coats and others. [JA: Luella Burroughs was a teller at the First National Bank of Andes and taught piano lessons to Andes residents for many years. She also had a mandolin club at the turn of the century (the ASHC has pictures). Helen Bruce Richter (daughter of Andes photographer David Bruce) once told me of her experience with Luella Burroughs during a piano lesson. She said that Luella whacked her knuckles with a ruler when she didn’t hold her hands in the proper position at the piano. Helen refused to take any further lessons from Luella and taught herself the piano. Luella lived with her mother in the house now owned by Ron and JoAnn Boerner.]

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County Judge Raymond made an order Monday for the destruction of three barrels of cider, five bottles of whiskey and 144 bottles and a quarter barrel of beer seized in the recent raid on three Italian places at Cadosia, and it will be destroyed this week by Sheriff Farrell. [Ed.: Are we to believe it was transported to Delhi and poured on the grass at Courthouse Square?] ~