*****Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. This message must appear on all copied files. Commercial copying must have permission. ***** Submitted by Cindy Bryant Names in Sylvia Mabie's autograph book. Sylvia was daughter of Joel Mabie & Rachael Koutz. This book was given to her by her mother on Christmas 1883. Your Friend & Schoolmate Emma Hunt Feb 22 1886 ------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 19,188(9) a Verse, Minnie Wood ------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 10, 1884 may your path ever be strewn withy the roses of sunshine and happiness, Truly yours, Clara Galloup ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Silva, Remember me in Kindness, Your Teacher, Hamie(?) Van ?yck, Bushnell, April 25, 1887 ------------------------------------------------------------ Lyons No 9, 1884 May thy life have few clouds and every cloud a silver lining is the wish of your Aunt - E.A. Koutz ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva upon this blank page I found a spot to write these words forget me not. Miss Nettie P or R ?????? ------------------------------------------------------------- Friend Sylva, May your ship of life never be --ched on the hard rock of adversity. Your Teacher S.Grace Loving (?) Bushnell Temple of learning. ------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 27, 1885, Silva Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe. Your Friend Mary H. (fancy H or something) ------------------------------------------------------------- Miss Silva, may wisdom direct, May fortune attend, May you Never forget, Your affectionate friend. Your Friend Myrtie . (03)? 17.1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheridan May 12/86 Friend Silva, May your life be as--- clouded as now , is the wish of your Noble Duje, Selly Clark ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Sylva, A sacred burden is the life you be. Look on it- lift it- bear it solemnly. Stand up beneath it steadfastly. Fail not- for some falter not -------But onward. upward hill the -------------.Your Friend Lena M Gray May 19 1886 ------------------------------------------------------------- Happy is a bee, happy is a bug, happy is Silva, when she gets hugged. Tom or Gom ------------------------------------------------------------- Freddie Gray ------------------------------------------------------------- Remember me when you are old for I hant silver nor gold. M Wilber Wood Dec 5, 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 10, 1884 To Silva, I only ask one little spot, in which to write forget me not. From Your Brother, Charles A Mabie ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva, Feb 24, 1884 I've ----- a place in thy memory, that will last when I am gone. Edith Mabie ---------------------------------------------------------- Remember me ever as a friend, your schoolmate Walter Northarn,Sheridan, Mich Jan 10, 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva, Forget me not, I only askthis friendship word of thee and let it be an easy task to sometimes think of me. Your Friend Lesta Smith Jan 10 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva, Let not our friendship be like a rose to wither, but like the evergreen live forever, Rosa Noah, Sidney ----------------------------------------------------------- Friend Silva, March 21, 1886 In after years when this you see, I wonder if you will think of me. Charles A Dabryniple Hyde Co Hawley D.T. ------------------------------------------------------------ Let your life be like a snoeflake that leaves a mark but not a stain, Yours until Death, Ettie Forbes Jan 10th 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva, Compliments of your Friend, Eva Smith, Sidney ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva Feb 25, 1886 Dear Neice, if we never meet on earth again, let us meet in heaven, from your uncle S.C. Koutz ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva, May you my friend be ever blest with friends selected from the best and in return may you extend a jam of love to every friend. 5/11/89 Charles Pond, Sheridan ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva, When you are sitting all alone, reflecting on the past, Remember that you have a friend, That will forever last. Is the wish of your friend, Phebe Forbes, Jan 10, 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ As Shure as comes your wedding day a Broam of you I'll send In sun Shine use the brushy part, in storm the other end. Della ----------------------------------------------------------- March 17, 1884 I love coffee and I love tea, I hate/love you as much as you do me. Cornelius Hill ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva while yet in youth, study virtue, modesty and good behavior. From your Uncle N.D.K. Nov 9, 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ March 12, 1884 When for a way and friends are few, remember me, and I will you. Angie ------------------------------------------------------------ May 4 AD 1884, Silva Earths today is heavens tomarrow. SO-- in sin and reap in sorrow. Sow good seeds and thou shalt see. Endless life awaiting thee. Your Brother, George Bryant, Central Lake, Mich. ------------------------------------------------------------- Silva, take my esteem, if you on that can live, and frankly it is all that I have to give. Your sister, Artie B May 4, 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ Remember and walk in wisdos way and dont forget to pray. Joel W Mabie Dec 28 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------- Silva, Remember well and bear in mind a constant friend is hard to find. But if you find one just and true, remember I am one to you. Georgie, Central lake, Mich 7.9.84 ------------------------------------------------------------- Friend Silva, May all your years in joy be passed, and each prove happier than the last. Ever your Friend, Birdie Gray Dec 4, 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Silva,Never falter in your pathways, Never give the struggle o-er, Til you sing a song of triumph, over on the other shore. July 10, 1886, Sheridan. Nettie Stewart, Carson City. ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva, In after years when this you see, I wonder what your name will be, Your Friend, Roswell Williams July 28, 1886 ------------------------------------------------------------ As sure as the grass grows o'er the stump, I think you are a real sugar lump. J.(?) F. Hiefner Mch 5, 1887 ------------------------------------------------------------- Friend Silva, Compliments of Frank Crandall, Sheridan, MI ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva, When the distant sun is sinking, and your thoughts from care are free, when other friends your thinking, will you sometimes think of me. Your sister, Luella G. Apr 22, 1884 ----------------------------------------------------------- Friend Silva, Oct 13, 188?, My pen is lon, my ink is pale, my hand trembles, like a puppy dog's tail. Remember me, from your friend, William Kellogg. ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheridan May 10, 1886, May yours be an earnest Christian life is the wish of your friend E.?. Quackenbush, home Yipsilanti ------------------------------------------------------------- Remember E.J.Q. Miss Silva, May 11, 1886, May the hinges of our friendship never rust, Your aff. friend, Minnie Lamp--- ----------------------------------------------------------- Sheridan Sept 19,1984 Dear Friend Silva, May happiness be your portion, May mirth come at your call, May you be glad and happy, and blessed in dower and ----. Yours ever, Mary Williams. ------------------------------------------------------------ Miss Silva, On the broad highway ofaction friends of worth are far and few, but when some have proved their friendship, cling to them that clings to you. From your Teacher, J. A. Dasef Jan 10, 1884 ----------------------------------------------------------- Your Friend, Oley A. Shoop, Sheridan, Mich ----------------------------------------------------------- April 25, 1884. We have few friends in this w--- world, that love us found and ----, butSilva, when you count them o'er, place me with the few. Bessie ----------------------------------------------------------- Sheridan May 12, 1886. dear Silva, Silva is your name, single is your station, happy be the little man, that makes the alteration. Your friend Mifs May Moon. Excuse poor pen. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dear Silva, May 11, 1886, Never touble, trouble, til trouble, toubles your ever your friend and schoolmate, Carrie B.B. Sheridan ------------------------------------------------------------- Friend Silva, Adella Tanner, Sheridan, Montcalm Co, Mich, Yours forever, June 10, 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ Silva, when your joys are turned to sorrow, and your friends have proved untrue, while your weeping for the morrow, think of a friend that thinks of you. C.A.G. 12.4.1884 ------------------------------------------------------------- I write not for beauty, I write not for faime, but to be remembered, I have write my name. Chas. White ------------------------------------------------------------- Miss Silva, When you get old and ugly, as all old maids must do, remember you have a friend, who is old and ugly too. Yours Forever, Cora Jan 4th, 1885 ------------------------------------------------------------- When this you see, then think of me. Ida Hulbert July 20, 1884 ---------------------------------------------------------- May -- 1885 Bert Brainard, Greenville, Mich ---------------------------------------------------------- In the days of they youth, seek to store the mind, with the treasures of knowledge. Edwin Hunt ----------------------------------------------------------- Oct 13, 1885 Your Friend Fan----- L Kellogg ----------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Nickerson, Carson City, Mich ----------------------------------------------------------- Dear Silva, Heres a sigh to those who love me, and a smile to those that hate me, and whatever sky's above me, heres a heart for every fate. your friend, ------ sept --, 1886 ------------------------------------------------------------- Silva, April 15, 1888 (or5) Remember me when this you see these far away i may bee. R.S. Mabie 57 years old ------------------------------------------------------------- Compliments of your friend and schoolmate, Minnie White, Sheridan, Mich Oct 25, 1886 ------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 3, 1887, To Silva, When in the grave my heart doth lay, remember the cold and silent day, then read these few lines and think of me, that i your true friend used to be, Your friend Nellie Miller, Sheridan, Mich ------------------------------------------------------------ From your loving cousin, Malvina Koutz, Lyons, Mich ------------------------------------------------------------ Susan Jenkes, remember me. ------------------------------------------------------------- James M Durbin, Carson City, Montcalm Co, Mich ------------------------------------------------------------- July 30, 1884, ---- Silva, May happiness your brow entwine, May peace your pillow strew, may every earthly joy be thine, and joy of heaven too, your friend , Eva ------------------------------------------------------------ May 15, 1885, Muir, Dear Silva, May angles twine for thee, a wreath of never fading flowers, and crown thee with it when thy work on earth is done. From your cousin, Alice E Koutz ------------------------------------------------------------ Flora Hunt, Sheridan, Montcalm Co, Mich, Dec 4th, 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------ Miss Silva, Jan 18, 1884, I thought and thought and thought in vain, and now I've concluded to sign my name. Everett ------------------------------------------------------------- Silva, Sheridan May 12, May the angles twine for thee, a wreath of immortality. Friend, Ellen ------------------------------------------------------------ Ever your friend, Ida (Linn)? ----------------------------------------------------------- Friend Silva, May the Lord guide and direct you all along life uneaven voiage, when these lines you see, remember me. March 18, 1884, Mary Whiter ---------------------------------------------------------- Dear Silva, My friend, it makes me laugh to think you want my autograph. But since it your desire, here it is for you to admire. Your friend, Will Brown Feb 27, 1885. A good Joke. ----------------------------------------------------------- Luther R Jenks, when this you sea, remember me and think of one that thinks of thee, from (Fiersisirmg)? home. ---------------------------------------------------------