Adrian Press Washtenawisms

Willis, in Washtenaw county, will have a 4,000 creamery. It already has an obitaary factory. Since the late deluge, Raisinville farmers have decided to ask for a river and harbor appropriation. Delhi is selling her rocks to the M. C. railroad, and has enough merchantable goods to rock her in the lap of luxury. An attempt last week to break the will oí George Blumhardt, in the Washtenaw court failed. The club was not stout enough. Handscme green grasshoppers are already on the fences of Dexter, singing their old Kansas song of "In this wheat, by and by." "Jesse Day had a valuable threeyear-old colt die," says the Willis correspondent of the Argus. That was a singular thing in [esse. Saline council will pay half the cost of laying concrete sidewalks. The plan is a good one, in the abstract and looks well in the concrete. William Sherman, of Willis, was kicked twenty feet by a colt, last week, without having any bones broken. He is an experienced base ball umpire. Chelsea farmers who rowed out in boats and planted their corn with shot guns, complain that much of it was afterward washed out by the washing of the waves. "Is history repeating itself ? " inquires George A. Peters in the Dexter Leader. It appears to be. We hear again the populistic cry, "We've got 'em on the run." The sneak who steals flowers and pulls the plants out by the roots, is at it again, in Ypsilanti. The scamp who will do a thing like that should, if caught, be stripped to the waist and whipped with "buil thistles." Porter Hinkley, of Pittsfield, had his horse killed by lightning" remarks the Stony Creek correspondent of the Milan Leader. What had the poor horse done that Hinkley "had him killed" in such a terrible manner.? The prohibitiontists of Arm Arbor, are as lively this spring as wigglers in a rain barrel. They have had a nice wet spring and are going to organize a county ticket, if enough of the member remain sober long enough to do so. Wonder if Harris Bros. get their supply of frogs from the city pond on Cross street? - Ypsilantian. Perhaps they are from the freetrade toad hatchery discovered by Bro. J. E. Beal in one of his voyages of political somnambulism. Fremont Pattison, of Ypsilanti, recently forfeited a strawberry short cake dinner to the Commercial force for failure to reach Detroit with his unicycle on an agreed date. Just as he was about to wit, the duricker of the unicle became detached from the humwhinyon; henee - . A competent education isacquired only by much study and sacrifice. George Quackenbush, of Free Church, is "getting there" gradually. The other day he set a stick of wood upright and held it with his left, while with his right he clove it with an ax. Afterward in gathering up the fragments, his attention was directed to something lying among the splinters. He picked it up. It was his left thumb. In his address at the dedication of the Normal gymnasium, Lieut. Gov. Giddings accused the newspapers of giving a foot ball player a column and a wood cut, and cutting down the intellectual to two orthree Unes. Yes, it often occurs that persons of very small importance secure large newspaper mention. If it were not sothis reference to I.ieut. Gov. Giddings would be cut to a line or two. Under the dexterous manipulation of our valued contemporary, the 1 Saline Observer, the most appalling scènes and events are shorn of their terror. In its last issue it speaks of ' a storm in the following sprightly manner: "Many were out last Thnrs J day evening viewing the eléctrica! display which swung off south of u?. I It was a beauty, however much Jdreaded." It cheerily adds, "Lakc Michigan was treated to a big feast of human bodies and lives, during the terrible gale of Friday and Satj urday." Mrs. Ei:.a Marsh, an aged Ypsilanti lady, died several years ago. Shortly beforeher death she endeavoreiï to communicate something that seemed to worry her, but died without being able to do so. She was supposed to possess some government bonds, but they could not be found. The house was sold and in the course of recent repair an o''! ■ ■ ick case, set in the wall and co. r-.;d with paper, was found and in it valued papers, the nature of which is kept secret till those righifully interested, appear. Our valued colleague, the Anti Arbor Democrat, does not quite agree with The Press that ex-Gov. Luce should have been appointed to the United States senate. It admits, however, that "some of our ablest statesmen started out in life by being )orn on a farm." Such provklent :orethought instances their long sighted sagacity. Many people have come into the world with no preference in the matter of a birth place. Neglect of this important first step, las ended the career of many, ere it was begun. Let it serve as a warnng. S:at:smen, select your birthilace. ■ # Now that the bloom has fallen frorn the fruit trees, it can be seen hat the prospect for a large erop of Tuit of all kinds is very flattering. - Ann Arbor Register. Certainly! We knew it would urn out so, from the moment the ean, hollow eyed, pinch-faced Drophet, with whetstone complerion and purple nails, crawled from lis calamity couch, carried a pail of cold railk to the calf, kicked the dog and in an ague voice piped against Providence and preached the ruin of the fruit erop. Whenever this happens it is always safe to bet that eider apples will be cheap in the fall. It is stated that the young lady of Dr. Ryan's choir, at Ypsilanti, who was reported by the doctor as expressing regret for her part in the minstrel show, has since qualified tier grief with a supplemental statement that her sorrow is in consequence of the talk that was aroused. The sister's confession to the eider, savors of Sheridan's apology in parliament for having characterized a member as a fooi. Brought to the bar of the house he said: "I stated that the member was a fooi, it is true, and I am sorry." Then he punctuated the apology for the printer and it read thus: "I stated that the member was a fooi. It is true and I am sorry." Rev. Dr. Ryan, of Ypsilanti, is a profound scholar, an experienced foreign traveler, and a devout exponent of the principies and doctrines of the Methodist church. As a revivalist, however, he had never, until recently, acquired fame to a degree. This star is now added to his crown of righteousness. The nimbus is not yet very distinct to the naked eye, but it may grow. There was a female minstrel show in Ypsilanti, and some of the sisters of Dr. Ryan's flock participated. One of these was a singer of the choir. The doctor precipitated the revival the next Sunday, by publicly scoring members of his tlock who attended the unholy exhibition. The 'revival" will not add numbers to Dr. Ryan's church. He had a zeal but "not according to knowledge." He labored under the happy delusion that he could stand up in his pulpit and apply the ecclesiastical knout to the spiritual backs of his people and they would shrink and cower under the castigation, and do the spaniel act. The good doctor erred in that the blows he delivered did not appear to be tempered by the pure and peaceful spirit that should characterize a representative of the Master. No one who is acquainted with Dr. Ryan, will for a moment question his sincerityand piety; but the manner of his rebuke, is resented and the result is that what was possibly, at first, a bad matter is made worse. A first class sewing machine can be bought at J. F. Schuh's for from $15.00 to #25.00. Save your nioney and try one before you buy. 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