Last month we offered a few thoughts respecting “Thanksgiving Dinners.” The same will apply to Christmas and New Year's dinners with equal force. We do not intend to recapitulate those remarks, however, but wish to call attention to some further considerations of moment which have a bearing upon the subject of diet.
Every really sincere and thorough-going reformer has often noticed with regret the tendency so frequently manifested by those who call themselves hygienists, to allow themselves to make occasional digressions from what they know to be the proper mode of action as relating to diet. Especially is this tendency manifested on festive occasions in celebration of the holidays. As an illustration, we will suppose a case, the exact counterpart of which has often fallen under our immediate notice, in which the whole family have for some months wholly discarded the use of animal food in any form. As the result, they have experienced an increase of mental and physical vigor, and have enjoyed freedom from sickness. Sufficient time has elapsed to allow the usual changes in the system consequent upon the change of diet to be fully completed, so that there can be no physical necessity for the recurrence to use of meat. So, also, the use of cakes and rich pastry has been likewise abandoned with manifest benefit to health, and the taste has been in a good measure restored to a normal, healthy condition. But upon the advent of some popular holiday or anniversary, a departure is made from the “better way” which has proved to be so much superior to the unwholesome and pernicious mode of life for which it was substituted. The parents feel as though their duty to their children demanded that they should in some manner recognize the day which has been anticipated so eagerly; and, flattering themselves that “just this once” will do no harm, they make provision for a holiday feast very much like those in which they indulged before becoming enlightened upon the relation of diet to health, and spread before their family a tempting array of “mince pies,” “short-cakes,” roast beef, and kindred dishes. All indulge their appetites without restraint, regardless of the slight remonstrances which offended stomachs may offer.
Let us consider the results of this course. Are they so harmless as was unwisely anticipated? By no means. Both physical and moral injury of a most serious character has been wrought. We will notice, first, the physical results.
PHYSICAL EFFECTS.
As the result of indulging in the use of the highly seasoned and stimulating viands once discarded, the old tastes are renewed. Old appetites which had been overcome, are revived in all their tyranny. The simple food, unadulterated with irritating condiments is rendered insipid, when contrasted with the pungent, savory compounds which, though tempting and palatable, are well known to be injurious. In short, the whole disagreeable experience which made the escape from the thralldom of appetite so arduous at first, must be again renewed if the individual would re-instate himself in the way which reason and experience have taught him is the best.
Again, the direct damage to the vital organs of the system is not inconsiderable. The task of digesting unwholesome food imposed upon the stomach is a stupendous one, and impairs its function. And, furthermore, the extraordinary labor of eliminating from the body the irritating foreign matters introduced, results in more or less damage to the organs of excretion.
The notion so commonly entertained that an occasional departure from dietetic rectitude cannot result in any material damage, is a wholly mistaken one. The truth in the matter is that these occasional departures are often more fatal than habitual transgression. Thus, it is well known that individuals who are habitual opium-eaters often take, several times a day, doses of the drug a single one of which would be surely fatal if given to the same individual after an abstinence of a few weeks. The same principle holds true with reference to tobacco and other poisons, and is readily explained by certain well-established physiological laws. Just so it is in matters of diet. The system, after a time, learns to tolerate substances which from their nature are of necessity unusable, and hence deleterious, but which seem to lose their injurious properties solely from this toleration. But when they have been once discarded, they cannot be again renewed without producing the full effect of their injurious qualities.
MORAL EFFECTS
These are quite as important as the physical effects, though less noticeable. It is most apparent in the children. Aside from the detriment to morals which always results from impairment of physical health, the actual and immediate damage to the conscientiousness of a child is almost irreparable. Let us view the case as it really is. By an infinite amount of patient labor the little ones have been weaned from the use of those articles which their infant tastes had so early learned to love. Hundreds of times have they been told that pepper and spice and rich pies and cakes are bad, and not fit to be eaten, although the assertion has always seemed to them a very hard saying. As many times have they been assured that meat is an article which was never designed by the Creator for the food of man; and they are told of the great liability of animal food to disease, and contamination with poisonous products. They are, also, again and again assured that simple food is not only more healthful, but also more palatable than the harmful food commonly used, and that they will find that oatmeal pudding is every way superior to beef-steak or roasted turkey.
By the time they have come to partially believe these oft-repeated statements, Christmas, New Year's, or the birthday of one of the little ones approaches. Of course all are jubilant at the thought of “something good” to eat on the expected day; and they are assured by their parents that they shall have “something good.” The day arrives and they receive such a dinner as we have already described. Now what must be the conclusion of those children? Their sanguine minds will not fail to arrive at the thorough conviction that their parents do not themselves believe a single word of what they have been teaching them; for have they not plainly declared that pies, cakes, rich sauces, and meats are better than simple food healthfully prepared? The answer is obvious, and the effect certain.
Too much cannot be said respecting the importance of constantly instilling into the minds of children, by example, as well as precept, the great truths of health reform. If a feast is to be prepared, in celebration of any day or event, make it “rich” with wholesome food. Does not the vegetable kingdom supply an abundance of truly wholesome “good” things? Surely no one could wish for more delicate or toothsome articles than the ingenious housewife can provide without the slightest transgression of the laws of hygiene. A few varieties of foreign fruits and nuts, added to our domestic productions, would make a “feast of fat things” which would tempt an epicure.—J. H. K. in Health Reformer.
J. C. CLEMENS
By J. C. Clemens
Consecration.
We frequently express a desire, to be more completely consecrated to God, that by this means our zeal and earnestness may be increased. We often pray for this spirit of consecration, yet we seem to understand very little of the nature and requirements of such a spirit and what its fruits must be. Our daily lives must furnish the proof of the sincerity of our desire, and if our prayers are the expression of the true sentiments of our hearts, then will our actions testify thereof. We must not wait in patient expectation for the bestowal of this coveted blessing, but must strive as earnestly as we pray, and season our petitions with faith. We must also endeavor with divine assistance to overcome and expel those carnal affections which are the offspring of a spirit of evil, and foreign to a regenerate nature.
Let us note some of the preparatory steps necessary to the attainment of the desired state of consecration. Our blessed Saviour says, “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me,”Mark 8 : 34. Then in order to come after him, or be consecrated to his service, we first must practice self-denial; and this is to be accomplished as our various positions and relations demand. In order to obey all God’s commands it sometimes becomes necessary for us to endure much in the way of inconvenience or even persecution. We must not allow our love of ease to influence us in any degree, but be willing to sacrifice self on the altar of duty. We should look to God for strength to endure and overcome.
If social or financial interests conflict with duty, we should not hesitate to sacrifice these as of minor importance compared with the eternal interests that are at stake. The trial may be a severe one; but Jesus endured, for our sakes, trials much more severe; and it becomes us to deny ourselves, and thus manifest our gratitude.
Next comes cross-bearing. It may be profitable to note the rendering which Luke gives this interesting passage, “Let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily.” Certainly, no day passes without bringing to every one of us at least one opportunity to give evidence of the completeness of our consecration by bearing our cross in the discharge of some apparent duty. It must be borne humbly, to emulate the meekness of Him who is our example; also promptly and cheerfully; for thus only can we bear it profitably and acceptably.
“And follow me.” How much is comprised in those few words! How can we fully and entirely follow our dear Leader? Only in such measure as our finite natures compare with his infinity can we do this. We may yearn for the salvation of our fellows with something of the spirit that caused our Lord to weep over the perverseness of Jerusalem, and may devote our powers entirely to the work of pointing sinners to the “Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world;” we may pray with and for the inquiring and despondent; we also may weep over the heedless and the ungrateful, and thus in some measure follow Jesus. We may also follow him in the exercise of a spirit of meekness remembering that, when reviled, he reviled not again, but maintained before his false-hearted accusers his patience and his dignity, being “led like a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth.”
The necessity of being consecrated becomes plainly manifest when we view the magnitude of the work to be accomplished and the fast approaching end; and whatever we may endure of care and trial here will only the better prepare us to enjoy the pleasures of that blessed state. To manifest our appreciation of Christ’s love for, and mercy toward, us, we, in turn, may devote our lives fully and entirely to him, ever denying ourselves as occasion requires, bearing cheerfully every cross that is presented—faithfully, humbly, trustingly following Jesus. And God grant that we may finally be accounted worthy to obtain eternal life, “which is the gift of God through Jesus Christ his Son.”
J. C. CLEMENS
The Man who Thought he Never Prayed.
The Rev. Mr. Kilpin passed a very profane man, and having omitted to rebuke him he awaited him in the morning in the same place. When he approached, Mr. Kilpin said:—
“Good morning, my friend; you are the person I have been waiting for.”
“Oh sir,” said the man, “you are mistaken I think.”
“I do not know you, but I saw you last night when you were going home from work, and I have been waiting some time to see you.”
“Sir, you are mistaken; it could not have been me. I never saw you in my life before, that I know of.”
“Well, my friend,” said Mr. Kilpin, “I heard you pray last night.”
“Now I assure you that you are mistaken; I never prayed in all my life.”
“Oh!” said Mr. Kilpin, “if God had answered your prayer last night you had not been here this morning. I heard you pray that God would destroy your eyes and ruin your soul.”
The man turned pale, and, trembling, said:—“Do you call that prayer? I did, I did.”
“Well, then, my errand this morning is to request you from this moment to pray as fervently for your salvation as you have done for damnation; and may God in mercy hear your prayer.”
The man from that time became an attendant on Mr. Kilpin’s ministry, and it resulted in his early conversion to God.—Sel.
General Quarterly Meeting in Iowa
Appointments.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
** Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 260 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago are invited to attend.
General Quarterly Meeting in Iowa.
THERE will be a General Quarterly Meeting of the Tract and Missionary Society at Sandyville, Warren Co., Iowa, Sabbath and Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5. There are important local reasons why this meeting should be held at the above place. The meeting appointed in last week's Review at Marion, Iowa, is therefore taken up. We hope there will be a special effort made in each district to have the reports in season. GEO. I. BUTLER.
THE quarterly meeting for Allegan County, will be held at Otsego, Sabbath Dec. 5. A general attendance is requested. H. S. LAY.
QUARTERLY meeting of the T. and M. Society of Dist. No. 5, Iowa, at State Center, Dec. 12 and 13. WM. MORRISON, Director.
T. & M. meeting in N. Y., Dist. No. 10, at Nile's Hill, Alle. Co., N. Y., Dec. 12 and 13. Members are expected to be present. Those that cannot, will send their reports in season. Pledges will be received. WM. COATS, Director.
QUARTERLY meeting for Dist. No. 5 of the Ohio T. and M. Society will be held with the church near Bowling Green, Dec. 12 and 13. Come, brethren, if possible; if not, report in time. JAMES I. BOARDMAN, Director.
MONTHLY meeting of the Jackson church at Bro. H. H. Bramhall's in Springport, Mich., Sabbath, Dec. 5, 1874. Eld. E. B. Lane will attend. E. P. GILES.
QUARTERLY meeting of Ohio T. & M. Society, Dist. No. 2, at Waterford, Knox Co., Ohio, Dec. 12 and 13, 1874. We expect a report from all the members in time for this meeting. W. T. CARSON, Director.
QUARTERLY meeting of Dist. No. 9, of the T. and M. Society, N. Y. and Pa., at Wheeler Center, Dec. 12 and 13, 1874. The librarians of this district are requested to send their reports to the secretary, N. S. Raymond, Wheeler, Steuben Co., N. Y., without delay, that they may be received in season for this meeting. J. W. RAYMOND, Director.
MEETING for Dist. No. 11, N. Y. and Pa. T. & M. Society, at Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Dec. 19 and 20, in connection with the general meeting. Let the librarians send their reports so that they may reach me as early as the 16th of Dec. We hope to see a goodly number at this meeting. There will be teams at the depot on Friday the 18th for those coming on the cars. Those coming through Dunkirk will buy tickets to Randolph via Salamanca. S. THURSTON, Director.
QUARTERLY meeting at Avon, Rock Co., Wis., Sabbath and first-day, Dec. 5, 6. The brethren from surrounding churches are invited. JOHN A. PEASE, Clerk.
THERE will be a meeting of the friends of the cause of present truth held at West Bolton, Vt., where Bro. Smith may appoint, Dec. 8, 1874, commencing at 2 and 6½ o'clock P. M. Elder S. N. Haskell is expected to be present. We hope to see all present that have an interest in the cause of God. L. B. BEAN.
I WILL meet with the friends at Eaton Rapids, Sabbath and first-day, Dec. 12, 13. Would be glad to see brethren and sisters from other parts of the country. Can Bro. E. R. Jones be present at this meeting? J. O. COLLINS.
QUARTERLY meeting of the church at Fremont, Wis., Dec. 5 and 6, 1874. Hope all the scattered friends will attend this meeting. Come, and try to get near the Lord. Eld. Cady is expected; Elder O. A. Olsen is invited. Meeting will commence Sabbath evening. C. W. OLDS.
Quarterly Meetings in Minnesota.
OTRANTO, .................... Dec. 12, 13, 1874
RICELAND, .................... “ 19, 20, “
Bro. Kelsey will attend the above meetings.
PINE ISLAND, ................ Dec. 12, 13, “
CONCORD, ..................... “ 19, 20.
HARRISON GRANT.
THE Vermont Tract Society will hold its quarterly meetings as follows:—
District No. 4, “ Bristol, “ 12, 13,
“ “ 5, “ Jamaica, “ 19, 20.
In connection with the Jamaica meeting will be the general quarterly meeting. If nothing in the providence of God prevents, I design to attend these meetings. The above arrangement is made with advice and counsel of the President of the Vermont Tract Society. We expect to see a general turnout at these meetings. No postponement on account of weather. S. N. HASKELL.
QUARTERLY meeting Dec. 12, and 13, 1874, with the Irwin church in Howard Co., Ind. All the friends of the cause who can, are invited to attend. Eld. S. H. Lane is expected. JAMES HARVEY.
THE monthly meeting for December will be held with the church at So. Norridgewock, Dec. 19, 20. The Maine T. & M. Society will hold its next general quarterly meeting in connection with this meeting; also Dist. No. 1 will hold its quarterly meeting at this time. We hope to see all come together to work for the salvation of souls. J. B. GOODRICH.
THE T. and M. Society of Dist. No. 2, Maine, will hold its next quarterly meeting Dec. 12 and 13, at Allen's Corner, Deering, Maine. Eld. J. B. Goodrich will be present. Mail your reports to me at Allen's Corner as early as the 6th, so as to be in season. Let there be a general rally at this meeting. WILL E. MORTON, Director.
THE next State T. & M. Society quarterly meeting for Ohio will be held at Clyde, Dec. 26, 27. The district directors will hold their district quarterly meetings at least two weeks previous to this meeting, and send their reports to the State secretary. O. MEARS.
THE next general quarterly meeting of the New England Tract Society will be held in connection with its annual meeting at South Lancaster, Mass., Dec. 12 and 13, 1874. We expect to see a general rally of the friends in New England at this meeting. It is expected that each director will hold his district quarterly meeting previously so as to report in season for this meeting. We appoint it to be held at So. Lancaster, it being the easiest of access of any point in the Conference for the friends in different parts. S. N. HASKELL.
THERE will be Tract Society meetings in Dist. No. 3, Michigan, as follows:—
Hastings, Thursday evening, Dec. 10.
Cedar Springs, Sabbath, Dec. 12.
If any changes are necessary, parties will be notified by letter.
Subscriptions for T. and M. Society, and pledges for the school will be received, and Systematic Benevolence will be considered.
I. A. OLMSTEAD, Director.
QUARTERLY meeting of the Ohio T. & M. Society, Dist. No. 3, at North Bloomfield, O., Dec. 19 and 20. Scattered members will please send in their reports. R. A. UNDERWOOD, Director.
State Meetings of the N. Y. & Pa. T. & M. Society.
THERE will be two general meetings of the Society this quarter; the first for the central and north eastern districts at Adams Center, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Dec. 12 and 13; the second for the southern and western districts at Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Dec. 19 and 20. It is hoped by this arrangement to secure the attendance at one or the other of these meetings of all the directors of the Society. B. L. WHITNEY, Pres.
THERE will be a general meeting at Leon, Monroe Co., Wis., Dec. 5, 6, 1874. We want to meet a representation of all the friends of the cause in this region. Come, brethren and sisters, to work for the Lord, and to renew your spiritual strength. We expect their house of worship will be finished and ready for dedication at this time. O. A. OLSON,
H. W. DECKER.
Our Health Almanac.
By James White
We have now printed two editions of the Hygienic Family Almanac of 23,750 copies each, making in all 47,500 copies. Not less than 35,000 copies have been shipped from this Office at this early date. Agents and canvassers say they sell quick. December will be the best month for the Almanac, while January may be equal to November. One hundred thousand copies should find their way to as many firesides ahead of those almanacs which druggists are glad to hand out free, because of the gain they realize from the sales of advertised poisons. J. W.
The Biblical Institute.
By Uriah Smith
A COMMITTEE was chosen by the B. C. church evening after the Sabbath Nov. 28, to ascertain the number that could be provided with boarding places during the lectures. That committee report this morning, Nov. 29, that one hundred and forty-seven can find homes with the different families of Sabbath-keepers here. Immediately on the close of the present term of school now held in the third Office building, the seats will be removed to the college building, and in addition to the provision above named the Office building will be reserved for any who may wish to lodge there. This will comfortably accommodate forty or fifty; who, if they can put up with such fare as the bakers and fruit-dealers can furnish, can there board themselves. We think that all who may come can be comfortably and pleasantly entertained.
U. S.
The Secret Out.
By Uriah Smith
In the World's Crisis of Nov. 4, is published a lengthy vision by Mrs. Phebe Palmer, editress of the Guide to Holiness relative to the second coming of Christ. Considering Eld. Grant's well-known hatred to visions, it would at first thought seem surprising that such an article should appear in a paper with which he is connected. But it appears that it is not so much visions, in themselves considered, as the persons who have them, that are so distasteful to him. Mrs. Palmer's hobby, like his own, is Sanctification. Hence even a vision from her is received with relish. U. S.
One Hundred Dollars Each.
By James White
Three years since, when a call was made for means to put up a second office building at Battle Creek, and to pay a heavy debt on the Health Institute, the few friends then in California cheerfully and confidingly sent $3,000 in gold over the mountains and across the plains in response to the call.
In return, their eastern brethren wish the pleasure of furnishing an office complete, with a fine press, engine, and all other material necessary, which will cost from six to eight thousand dollars. This has no connection whatever with the pledges of the brethren to sustain their paper, at the late California Camp-meeting.
We here give the names of those east of the plains who have paid one hundred dollars each. Others will be added as fast as paid.
James White ....$100 Thos. Bickle ......100
L. McCoy ........100 Amy Dart ........100
E. H. Root ......100 Wm. Harter ......100
B. M. Berry ......100 P. S. Marshall ......100
R. M. Pierce ......100 P. W. Baker ......100
N. G. Raymond ......100 Betsey Landon ......100
C. W. Comings ......100 Ellen G. White ......100
D. R. Palmer ......100 J. H. Bennett ......100
J. W.
The Reformer for 1875.
By Editor
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We observe that some publishers are taking advantage of this change, and are adding to the prices of their periodicals a sum equal to the amount of present rates of postage. Should we do as others are doing in this respect we should put the price of the Reformer at $1.12 per year, but, instead of robbing our patrons of the benefits of the reduction in rates of postage which the law provides for them, we propose to continue the Reformer, at its present exceedingly low price, notwithstanding the heavy draft upon this Office in the prepayment of the postage.
We therefore offer the Health Reformer to the public, one year, postage paid, for the small sum of one dollar a year. And while we do all in our power to encourage the circulation of this journal, we earnestly appeal to all our faithful patrons to be prompt in paying in advance, and liberal in aiding in securing a much larger list of full-paying subscribers. PUBLISHERS.
Fifty Thousand Copies.
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THE publishers of the HEALTH REFORMER are determined to raise their subscription lists to 50,000. The S. D. A. Tract and Missionary Society decide to add 15,000 at half price. And we offer to first-class canvassers, who will give their time to the work, a cash premium of one-half. For further particulars, send for our circular. PUBLISHERS.
Homes for Sabbath-Keepers' Children
Notice.
ANY one knowing of any Sabbath-keeper's children without homes and obliged to go among those not in the faith, please address, S. THURSTON, Randolph, N. Y.
This Week’s Paper.
By Uriah Smith
Bro. Stone, in the short sermon on the first page, makes a stirring and convincing appeal for workers in the cause of truth. Read it, and be moved by it.
In the Reviews of Nov. 10 and 17, Bro. Waggoner very clearly set forth the spirituality of the Law of God. These articles are appropriately supplemented by Bro. Canright’s articles on the Morality of the Sabbath, commenced in this number.
“Knowing the Time,” by Bro. Cornell, presents some startling facts, which all should ponder well. There is no danger of acting too much as though we believed that the coming of the Lord was very near.
“Sunday in New York,” shows the still further giving away of restraints upon the Sunday institution. We look for this soon to reach such an extent that the consciences of church-goers will be aroused, and they will take hold of the Sunday law question with a determination that nothing can resist.
“Barbarism or the Millennium,” from the Christian Statesman, shows the fearful condition of society at the present day; and what is most significant is the admission that the professed church itself is carried down with the all-prevailing tide of worldliness and corruption. All this indicates, in the natural order of things, a long distance from the millennium; but it furnishes a good fulcrum over which to appeal for laws to secure that which moral suasion has failed to establish.
The leading editorial, on Leadership, in substance, was written by Bro. White, in California, immediately after the publication of the tract upon the subject, which was approved by the General Conference. Hence, it is an expression of his views relative to the teachings of the Scriptures upon the subject, unbiased by the opinions and feelings of any one, then or now. He now designs to give his views more fully, in tract form, when he proposes to apply the subject to the brief history of our cause, with which he has been connected from the first.
“Progress in America” contains facts which our brethren will find of use in their expositions of Rev. 13:11–17.
Let the reader strive to secure the constant presence of the “Three Angels” set forth in the gem of poetry on p. 182.
Reports in our Progress Department are not numerous, but all contain something to encourage. The report from St. Clair Co. shows a little of that which is sure to follow the progress of this work. As the cause of truth gathers to itself volume and power, the ire of the dragon will be aroused in the same proportion.
In the article headed Protestantism and Popery, the reader will find that which is instructive as well as exceedingly entertaining.
“Holiday Digressions,” from the Reformer, is a timely topic for this season of the year.
Other items might be noticed; but the reader will find them all, and we trust will appreciate each one without further mention. U. S.
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Eld. S. Pierce has removed from Minnesota to Iowa. His present address is Washington Wash. Co., Iowa.
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G S Honeywell, Wilmington, Del. $27.64, T S McDonald, Melrose, Stearns Co., Minn. 15.55, Charles F Higgins, Yates City, Knox Co., Ill. 10.00.
Books Sent by Express.
John Wright, Cooperville, Mich. $15.00, S N Haskell, So. Lancaster, Mass. 26.75, B L Whitney, Kirksville, N. Y. 8.25.
Cash Received on Account.
Indiana T & M Society per James Harvey, $50.00, John Matteson 8.00, S N Haskell, 190.00, A A Hutchins 44.45, T S McDonald 16.45.
Michigan T & M Society.
Dist. No. 3, (Hastings) $10.00.
Hygienic Book Fund.
Friend R $5.00.
Book Fund.
C R Ogden $2.00, D A Owen (Free-will Offering) 5.00, Chas E Buck, 25.00.
Danish Monthly.
J C Peterson, $1.00, Ole Peterson, 1.00.
General Conference Fund.
Mrs Mary Beach (s. b.) $1.00, Michigan Conference $1000.00.
Michigan Conference Fund.
Received from the church at Hastings, $38.82.
Foreign Mission.
Wm Pepper, $10.00.
S. D. A. Educational Society.
$500.00. Ellen G. White.
$200.00. J. H. Bennett.
$100.00. Richard Goudsmark.
$50.00. E P Butler.
$25.00 EACH. Wm S Wheeler, Jesse Dorcas.
$20.00 EACH. S M Holly, P A Holly.
$15.00. Maria L Reed.
$10.00 EACH. James Sawyer, Chas O Holly, Frank G Holly.
$5.00 EACH. Clarence W Holly, Clara L Holly, Wm. Pepper, R A Damon.