KELSO.

Otago Witness, Issue 1900, 3 July 1890, Page 19

KELSO.

JUNK 30.— We have now the prospect of getting up anew church, and I am informed that our towns people aud outsiders are subscribing very liberally. Boost.- We cannot boast of a " soul boom, ' but we have been having a big boom in the matrimonial market There havebeon more marriages in this district during the past 12 mouths thau during the past 12 years, and I believe there are still more to °Thb' Weather.— We have had three or four days of very keen frost lately, but now a gentle thaw has get In, and we are enjoying mild weather aKain. Btock are thriving well, and a heavy clip is expected A meeting of the Glenkenlch Mutual Improvement Society was held on Wednesday, when thefollo wl og officebearers * ere elected unani mously : Mr A. Boss, president ; Mr J. Steel, vice-president; and Mr D. Boss, secretary and treasurer; Committee of Management— Messrs J. Jenkins, It. Beggs, A. Halcrow, C. M'Donald, and Misses Williams, Ueggn, Bell, and Ferguson. The sejiety has a good balance, and la becoming very popular. It is open to the public, and is conducted on almost secular lines. At the dose of each seision a collection 1b made to defray expenses. The programme generally consists of readings, recitations, essays, leotures, songs, and vocal and instrnmental music. The nrst meeting of the third session took place on Wednesday, the2ot,h, when there was a good attendance, and an excellent programme was gone through The chairman, In hia opening address, referred to the success of the society In the past and the beneficial effect it had on the voune people of the dlstrlot, and concluded by sayIng that he hoped they would all be wiser meu and women at the close of the third session of the G.M.I.S. The programme consisted of the following items :- Heading, by Mr Bell ; violin solos by Messrs Jenkins and Halcrovr ; reading by Mr B. Beggs ; reoitation by Mr Stuart ; character sketch by MrKeckecher; and radtafcion, •• The Death of Marmion," by Mr Harlock, delivered In dramatic style. At the conclusion a hearty vote Of thanks, which was carried with euthuslasm. was accorded to Messrs Harlock and Kecksoher for coming such a long distance to reuder their assistance to the Obituary.— One whom weshall all miss and whom we can ill spare has gone over to join the great majority in the person of Mrs Docherty, wife of Mr R. Docherty, farmer, Greenvalo, who has been a resident of the distriob for many years. Kvervone whose lot it has been at any time to meet the kindly laay just deceased will be deeply grieved to learn that she has been called away at a compaiatlvely enrly age. With every one In the district she was held in the hlgheist respect, being specially noted for her hospitality. Many a iriend will follow her remains to their last resting piaoe with a sad heart at the thought of never again seeing her kindly face. Through a long and painful illuess, which she was well aware would terminate fatally, she preserved a oheerful disposition, and looked forward without dread to the end which awaited her. Her home was constantly besieged with visitors who came to enquire after her health, aud whose anxious faces bore testimony to the esteem in which Bhe was held. Thus I pay my tribute of respeot to the memory of her who was a living epistle read of all, "who waß full of that charity which thlnketh uo evil," and whose voice was never heard against her neighbour. Such people are lew compared with the number of our fellow mortals. Is it a wonder that we should grieve when they pass from among us , leaving nothing but a sweet memory of kind words and aottona, and an example of what Christianity really does mean That soul's example could not but dispense, A portion of its own blesa'd influence?