Adrian Press Washtenawisms

Manchester is infesten! witk beggarsand they are not asking tor the ! postoffice, but roast turkey ' with cranberry sauce. # Milán has an Nlndustrial Club." It doesn't sit-around whittling dry goods boxes and scramblins; for office. It isn't of that sex. Cliff Green, of Dexter, went hunting last week and brought a well shot game hand. It was dressed with most of the fingers left on. Rev. C. C. Trocya, a missionary trom Turkey, labored last Sunday for the conversión of the Congrationalists at Vpsilanti, in their own church. A collision between an electric car and an ice-wagon at Vpsilanti last week, caused the sparks to My and the northern lights toplay about the ic-wagon; # After all, it is the flapdoodle politician of the " you are a liai " sort, that appears to take with the majority. - Ann Arbor Courier. In our judgment the Courier greatly over-estimates its popularity. The quadruple-X election fooi, voted at Mooreville, Washtenaw. He put a cross under each of the four party headings, and is undoubtedly chuckling yet over the brilliancy of the joke. A man named Wright emerged from a Saline saloon the other night, and two unknown persons immediately robbed him of $30, fearing he might spend it for liquor and fiíl a drunkard's grave. The celestial harpers will soon cease playing long enough to inquire among themselves, what new pipe organon earth is it that they hear, and the answer will be: "New Baptist organ at Ypsilanti." If the Normal congress in session at Ypsilanti, would place itself in line with the leading thought of the age, it will jump upon the McKinley tariff like a tarupon a devil fish, and hack off some of its tentacles. # The "Rambler" of the Ann Arbor Register remarks: "I feel I must teil some one how I feel, ever since this recent election." Not necessary. You feel like Helen Blazesvhen jilted by Vancouver - without a remedy. D. Cramer, of Washtenaw, alleges that William Burke has said $5,000 worth of unpretty things about him, for which he asks reimbursements in a suit for damages. Burke must be a mighty efiective man with bis tongue, to abuse Mr. Cramer 5,000 worth. Mrs. Dr. Palmer, of Milan, aged 80, recently gave a birthday party to several ladies of about her own age. Of course they got out their old tow-wheels - metaphorically - and spun over the yarns of their girlhood. 9 F. E. Janette, managing editor of the U. of M. Daily, has resigned to take charge of the Copper Journal of Hancock. If he wanted an active job he should have got himself appointed receiver of the effects of the Republican party of Washtenaw. The Ann Arbor Register hears that Congressman Gorman will not consider appointments till spring, and is distressed and says "many Democrat candidates will spend a long, dreary winter." True, butjust think of the glacial epoch that has overtaken the Republicans! T. E. Howard, recently elected fudge of the Supreme court in Indiana, was a native of Northfield, IVashtenaw county; was spanked in ;hildhood by a good Domocratic mother and never forgot the impressions thenmade. Hegraduated it the Michigan university and has a brother and sister in Ann Arbor. A Saline burglar one evening recently broke a light of glass in Nissly's store. The marshal heard it and ran around the building. He and the burglar met. The burglar remarked to the marshal that it was a pleasant evening; the marshal said it was and the two separated, each not knowing the character of the other, till it was too late to meet again. Each now feels that he missed a great opportunity. The Republican party is proud of this fact. There is not one act of President Harrison's administration that they would change if they could. It has been honest, pure, clean, upright. No president ever gave a botter one. Hurrah for Harrison! - Thus the editor of the A. A. Courier. We don't advise laying physical restraint on him at present; but it would be well to have three or four stout fellows handy in case he should become more violent. Several Detnocrats sigh for the Scio postoffice. # # Mr. VVaterbury, a Norïnal student, will this winter teach school, which will be run by the Waterbury watch, with an impusing "wind-up" in the spring. The U. of M. Daily takc-s a colume to criticise the Thomas concert. It need have taken no more than what time was required to pull a trigger or hurí a boot-jack. The most modest mortal in the world, is he of Odkville, who writes to the Milan Leader thatr "one of Mr. Rearshaw's horses got his limb hurt in the woods last week." The Stockbridge Sun informs us that a motherand her two sons have entered the freshman class in the University. - Argus. Things will "gee" when the old lady and the boys go out on a "haze." At the Union Thanksgiving service at the Milan Baptist church, the collection amounted to only $6.8S. It made the minister feel that if he had any Thanksgiving turkey at all, he would have to steal it. Prof. A. A. Hall, of Chelsea, claims that the office of commissioner of labor is plainly visible through his telescope. The only trouble he experiences is in keeping the thing in the field long enough to get a base for calculations. In the struggle between the Cornell and U. of M., football teams, at Ann Arbor, last week, 75 percent of the kicks favored Cornell, the score being 30 to 10. If this figuring is contested, we are perfectly willing to leave it to the unerring calculations of the cornet astronomers. The board of supervisors fixed the salaries of the Washtenawcounty officers for the next two yearsasfoliows: County clerk, 81,500; county :reasurer, $1,300; prosecuting attorney,Si,2oo; probate register, #1,300; school commissioner, $1,200; superintendent of the poor per day, $; joard of school examiners per day, Í4The resident of Ann Arbor, who this winter, is foolish enough to be ivorth e thousand dollars will be taxed on it Í15.75. No dogs in the city will pay taxes. They have :hiefly been out in the country since spring, killing; sheep.