Adrian Press Washtenawisms

The editor of the Dexter News professes to have been taught to sing by Prof. Sage. What a bloody stab at the professor's 'eputation! South Lyon street lamps burn with such a brilliant opaqueness that the lamp sexton carries a lantern on his rounds to extinguish them in early mom. Vpsilanti colored aristocracy has organized a minstrel troup and will display the advantages they have received from their high social position, at an exhibition next Monday evening. An Ypsilanti liveryman is in hard luck. His horse feil into a trench not protected by signal lights, and the beast had not enough love for his rnaster to break his leg, or injure himself so that the latter could recover damages from the city. # # # An Ypsilanti man did not propose to have a lot of frozen apples on his hands and so kept an oil stove in his barn and his apples were saved, at small expense. The scheme would have been a good one had not the stove set fire to the barn which was destroyed. Buel Johnson, of Bridgewater, grabs a twiri under each arm and exclaims, "Look at the Christmas presents from my wife !" Capt. Clint Spencer, formerly postmaster at Ypsilanti, a one-legegd veteran, gets a $1,200 clerkship in the office of the secretary of state. Mr. Spencer had a little hard luck in his financialconduct of the postoffice, but he rneant all right, and we hope he will enjoy the two years that are open to the Republicans for browsing the state patronage of Michigan. Ann Arbor students consume their surplus vitality and develop their legs and their wind by chasing each other cross country in the game of hare and hounds. The last run was over eight miles and was made in time that caused the Ypsi motor line managers to become apprehensive lest their best patronage should be lost, a more reliable means of rapid transit having become popular. The Aun Arbor high school is to be converted into a gymnasium. At least, a Toledo lady is going to give instruction in physical culture there for the benefit of the teachers of the city. Hopeshe'll give 'em the Delsarte rnovement, and then they will declare the jag factory a failure sure. lt is said that ex-state petroleum granger Platt is out of grease agairi, and wants more lubrication at the ïands of Gov. Rich, pn the ground hat he delivered Washtenavv gagged and bound, into his hands. # # Capt. Allen, for railroad commissioner, has been "suggested." Well, he would be an improvement on some of the former incumbents, but not upon Charley Whitman. The Sharou Center parsonage has )een sold, there being no further use for it or parson either, since ion. John J. Robison moved back nto the township. An English floral publication, Forget-Me-Not, comments with wonder and admiration on the custom on the Michigan Central, of presentng ladies on the trains with bouquets. It is well known that this custom prevails at Ypsilanti, but ?orget-Me-Not, with trne English conservatism declines to rush upon Ypsi's orthography "as the horse rusheth into the midst of the battle. ' ' The attention of the pastors of Ann Arbor is called to the church column of the Times published each Saturday. - Washtenaw Times. Has it come to this, that Ann Ar3or pastors have to consult a guideDoard to see when their cases are "on cali?" But of course, everyjody knows that Ann Arbor needs street signs. An unknown cross between a fooi and an imp, at Ann Arbor, one evening last week, grasped the arm of a young lady and insisted on loaning her the value of his personal attendance to her home. With cool presence of mind, the young lady drew from her pocket a glittering weapon, covered him with it, and exclaimed, "Now, go." He went with such immediate celerity as to almost fall over himself. The weapon she used wasanickel-plated curling iron. Another lady was sirnilarly treatec about the same time. Having no nickel-plated curling iron, she ran to her big brother, who chased but failed to overtake the scoundrel,fear having greatly inspired his cowardl} legs.