Washtenawisms

The Dexter K. O. T. M's visit Chelsea, Oct. 29. Supervisor Jacob Jedle, of Dexter, is around on crutches. The Argus for the rest of the year only twenty-rive cents. Subscribe for the Argus. lt costs ess than a cent a number. It is not very f ar f rom poll to poll at Cbelsea. and the Herald kicks. Mrs. J. O. Iloyt has had her residence in Dexter freshened up with paint. Rev. William Walker has been asked to become the pastor of the Chelsea Congregational churce. William and Gottlieb Benz, of Webster, shipped a car load of barley to Ypsilanti, last week. Conrad Schade, of Bridgewater, is suffering from an accidental slash in the arm with a knife. The Webster Congregational church will give a pleasant entertainment next Saturday evening. The ladies of St. Sames' church, Dexter, gave a tea social at Mrs. Fredeiick Warner's, Thursday afternoon. James Wing, of Wampler Lake, died on the 26th, uit., of cáncer, leaving a wif e and child in destitute circumstances. Hon. J. V. X. Gregory, of Dexter, a great lover of a good horse, inyested in " Trixy " at the Milán sale of blooded stock, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scadin, long residents of Webster township, leave today for Clay Springs, Florida, wliere they will hereafter reside. Mrs. Edward Northard established a record for pedestrianism recently by walkine from Pinckuey to Dexter, a distance of ten miles. She is seventynine years of age. W. C. T. U. societies in different parts of the county observed Sept. 28th with exercises, that being Miss Frau ces Willard'a birthday. On that day Miss Willard was years old. Fill the blank to suit yourself. Fred Vogel, of Chelsea, has been offered the management of the City Mission PublishingCompany, of Pittsburg. He will inquire into the worldly and spiritual remuneration there may be in it, and perhaps remove to Pittsburg. Rev. Geo. Mount and family, of Sharon, left last week lor Springport to reside. This leaves John J. Robison as about the only man in the town whose piety is sufticiently rock-ribbed to stand up against house-cleaning time. Nifrht-cap and necktie socials are coming into favor again, as the fall season advances. Chelsea has just had one and other places are intending to do so. Night-caps are well enough, we suppose, but cents should not retire in their neckties. It is vulgar. Amoug the unadvertised exhibits at the county fair was a corps of office seekers who lost no time in placing themselves in the most attractiye light. We cali attention to this exhtbit as an illustration of the fair management showing more than they advertised. - Dexter Leader. Harvey Kies, of Manchester, has achieved military fame and positien of third ranking officer of the Orchard Lake Military Cadets. Ile is a little too " kiddish" for the command of a Japanese regiment in the peninsular war, but may grow old enough before the "shindy" closes. The Japs are partial to American officers. "Almost killed " is the way in which tbe Ann Arbor Argus describes a runaway which narrowly missed a baby in its cab. - Tpsilanti Sentinel. "Mr. and Mrs. James W. Martin, of Sioux City, lowa, are visiting his parents," is the way in which the Ypsilanti .Sentine) deisoribes the presence of sorne visitors. Very serious trouble has befallen several Chelsea boys. They went up to Grass Lake, and in attempting to steal a car ride home, were discovered and given the " ñre bodily " from the train. In return for this mark of esteem they heaved a big rock into a car, and have been arrested. The way of the transgressor is tougli. While Fred Schaible, of Manchester, slept, a thief by nightentered his room and explored his pants pockets for wealth. Eighty-five cents forsook Fred and went away with the thief. This dispensation will touch Mr. Schaible better than to have 85 cents hoard ed away in his breeches, when the county is distressed for want of currencv. The fruit prophet will not be still with his lugubrious howl. Beaten in his predictious that the winter freezes and the spring nips had " cooked the apple erop," he now says that apples over in Scio, Lyndon, Lima, and Manchester are rotting so fast that they cannot be made into eider soon enough to save them. Why it is that the fatal dart of death goes forth and strikes down the pure, the trustful, and the grand, and yet misses this base, pinched, blue-knuckled, false prophet, passeth the understanding of man. How inscrutable are the ways of Providence The Dexter school building has been rehaired. The Argus costa its readers less than one cent for each copy. Miss Allie Goodison, of Tpsilanti, has entered an art institnte at Philadelphia. The Dexter school, which took a $15 ; pnze at the fair, will buy reference books with it. The Chelsea fair begins today, and big preparations have been made for a very successful fair. The Normal Conservatory of Music is crowded this term, and the air in that locality blossoms with harmony. Barkworth, the next congressman, makes the first political speech at Dexter this year, tomorrow (Wednesday) evening. Charles Chamberlain, of Webstei, will sail for Paris, France, on Wednesday of uext week, to continue nis art studies. I BertMount, of Sharon: has entered : the medical department of the UniverI sity, and in due course of time will become one of the " mound btiilders." The time for stump speeches bas arrived. We saw a load of stumps going through the town vesterday.- Political paragraph in Manchester Enterprise. Charles Ilyan, of Ypsilanti, has entered the homeopathie college at Cleveland, What is the matter with U. of M. homeopathy- arn't the pills small enough? I The Peninsular Paper Company, of Ypsilanti, have recently bettered iheir property to the extent of several tliousand dollars. What hard times the Wilson bill bas produced! C. T. Conklin, of Sylvan, hitches his windmill to a buzz-saw and compels it to cut his wood. iáaid an Irishman: "I belave the Yankees will harness the divil and inake him work, vit."' Sneak thieves are now in possession of a winter supply of vegetables and canned fruit, '-eooned" from the cellar of A. G. Fingerle, of Ypsilanti. Finrerle would iike to get his fingers on ;hem. The indifference of Grass Lake bachors to the marriage relation is engenlering the prejudice of society against hem. The young ladies are anxious !or proposals but Barkis isn't willing. - Grass Lake News. Some of the forest of the Normal campus has been cut down and "lugged off", the big willow and several elms jeing among the victims. The campus is injured by the change, but it is doubtful if the co-eds Iike it. The great hunt between the well cnown Manchesterians is on today, and the woods are full of them and ;heir followers. Farmers have housed their stock in the cellars and are there with their families, to avoid stray bullets. Henry Mellencoup, of Norvell, has secured a guardship in the Jackson jenitentiary. Let him remember the 'ate nf Guardsman Haight, and decline the mixed drinks of the polite murderer, Latimer. Politenessiscommendable, even in a matricide, it is true, but cold poison kills. In the general bustle of tearing down and rebuilding at Manchester, the Odd Fellows' stairway was torn down, and no meetings can be held yet. The goat is reported to liave eaten up the three links, the altar and ihe mallet, and at last account was butting at the lodge bible. Some anonymous individual who reied upon an error in the time card of ;he Sentinel "and got left," has written the editor an insulting note. This does not suit well with the digestión )f Mr. Woodruff, who invites him to -he disclosure of his identity and the risk of an editorial drubbing - in the ïewspaper. Bert Tate, a former merchant of Dlinton, has become a horny-handed Cincinnatus of Bridgewater. The plow is held and potatoes dug for Tate and other farm work booms under his personal rnanipulation. When he has íad all the f uu he wants with the soil nf his farm, he will quit it and returu ;o merchandizing. The Chelsea Ilerald would stuft' us to belieye that the "picnic" is "wholly an institution of the l!th century." Perhaps so; hut then, why did Solomon, who had sorne hundred wives, say that it was "better to dweil in a corner, than in a wide house with a brawling woman"? No picnics in those days, eh? The Chelsea Standard notes the f act that au Ypsilanti man, 63 years of age, has become a great-grandfather Yes, and at last accounts the old man was doing well, and, it was thought, would pull through, barring some unlooked for set-back. The record of the horse race has been greatly lovvered tliis year, and that of the human race, also. The 60-year-old great-grandfather will come in before the century goes out, or else our horoscope is as false as a fruit prophet. C. S. Wing, a former principal of the Manchester schools, started out with as promising a career before hun as a rnan need have, and had he kept on might ere this have been one the salaried aldemien of Manchester, but he drifted off to Ludington, was tempted, feil, and is now running for senator on the democratie ticket, and sure of an election. A young man from Lyndon, with a stomach like an anaconda, went ovei to Chelsea last week and sucked a dozen eggs as rapidly as he could break the shells. This forro of idiocy is less harmf ui than that other style of pointing an empty revolver at a friend and blöwing his brains out, whilethe point that the fellow is a fooi is just as well brought out. It is the better style. Ü. M. Baldwin, in the Manchestei Enterprise, is writing sketches of his visit to the active volcanoe of Ilawaii. In his last he hasprogressed far enough toward the cráter to feel the heat through his shoes, and note that the hand cannot be held close to one of the crevices in the rocks. A sulphurous fate awaits him in the near future unless he pauses in his career, and hih stifled wail, beyond the reach of prayer and mercy, will ascend with the smoke of Hilo. Baldwin, turn back ! It is expected that Secretary Atkins will be appointed to the receivership of the Farmers' and Horseman's Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company For some reason live stock insurance companies do not thrive. Tubérculo sis, murrain and splenetic fever get hold of their constitutions, and then cometh the receiver. Try the Argus until January lst. It will cost you only 2ó cents, and yon wil] get two papers every week. The floral offering, "Gates Ajar," sent to the funeral of the late Prof. Estabrook by the Normal, is described as a beautiful tribute. Rev. F. E. Wright, of Rockford, Mich., has been called to the pastorate of the Grass Lake Baptist cliurch. The Congregational ministers of the Jackson association will congrégate in and about Grasa Lake, October 16 and 17. E. L. Cooper has coopered the contract of fimiishing the Methodists of Grass JLake with good music. He should at once engage Oarlton of the News as his basso profundo. House cleaning and fights are said to be on at.Milan. Old batchelors who don"t know as mnch about it as a hog does about making a watcb, assert thatdomestic life is a mating. It's not so. The musical entertainment, "B usted Community," played at Bridgewater. reeently, was not as well attended 11 was hoped. It will be repeated and if the audience is not larger, the playars will present the living embodiment of 'A Busted Community." W. E. Webster and wife, of Leoni Ownship, are in receipt of twins - a joy and a girl. The former weighed 8} ponnds and the girl 8$. As the boy was bom last Sunday just before midnight and the girl later 011 Monday morning. of course they caiinot celejrate their birthdays on the same day. Another peculiority is, the boy was born in September, the girl in ücober. We are indebted to Dr. Cbapin tor these facts - Grass Lake News. Dr. K. Greiner, of Dexter, has jaeked up his pill case, and will atack the inhabitants of Lisbon, Kent county. lie lea ves many friends and 'ew headstones. The Chelsea Herald corrects in its ast issue a typographical error of the previous number, reierring to the adIressof ProhibitionistFanning, wheren he was reported as "argumental and abusive." The Herald intended ,0 say "argumental and not abusive," ut the "not" was not there, the 'notty" compositor having left it out. A steam laundry is to be opened in Dhelsea. Just in time f or the "dirty inen" of the campaign. Miss Maggie Wheeler, of Saline, ;humbs a fine banjo, won by lier at the 'air, and presented by the Ann Arbor Organ Co. tor the best rendering of 'The Happy Farmer." She gave it such a realistic style that some of the old farmers jumped up and becaine forgetful of "that darn rheumatism." Mrs. Charles Carmen, of Saline, last week endeavored to drive a colt into a shed, but the animal refused and liftng a heel planted a blow on the lady's cheek that soon swelled the eye simt. t was feared that the eye was ruined jut it sees again as usual. The Ypsilantian asks its friends to ïave their probate notices published n that paper. The Ypsilantian is mi excellent uewspaper and the architect of this paragraph is its l'riend; but not even for friendsbip's sake will he accede to the Ypsilantians request as ong as he has breath to refuse. There s a place wliere the line must be Irawn between disinterested friendship on one hand and personal interests on theotser. At a "Pumpkin Pie" social to be ield by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Tree ehurcli of Superioi, Oct. 12, an etched quilt will be the reward to the erson guessing the nearest at the nimber of seeds in a specified punipcin. Every "pumpkin seed" who wishes may guess and get a stipper for 20 cents and be ashamed of himseif that all this costs him so little. Postmaster Kishpaugh, of Clinton, ias washed the tty specks of the Harrison era off the glass of the letter boxes and made many substantial improvements in the building. The man who dares fire a charge of tobáceo juice on ,he elegant new floor will be squirted m the eye with pepper sauce. Lewis Feldkamp, of Manchester, was thrown f rom his conveyance last week, and received a fracture of the clavicle. We could just as well have said that Lew. Feldkamp was flipped out of his wagon and busted his collar bone; but "conveyance" is more recherche than "wagon", "clavicle" sounds more scientilic than "collar bone" "fracture" more euphonious than "busted"; and to say "Lew" for Lewis would be treating a man pretty roughly, smashed up as he was. A cow over in Pittsfleld reeently discovered the 13-year-old son oí' William Clements and gave chase. The lad was a sprinter. So was the cow. It was a nice race till the bovine bested tbe boy and invited him to " take a horn" "with him. ile took two, and was likely to respond to an encoré, when the cow saw a dog and lungeti off after him. ïoung Clements then got out of the field, quite a used up boy, and a doctor was called. Ile wil live and to his dying day will recollect the incident in the cow pasture and may be compose bad poetry about it. The Chelsea Herald, on the receñí prohibition speech of M. J. Fanning, in Chelsea, 011 the occasion of the prohibition senatorial convention: Ilib address was argumental and abusive and was listened to with great interest to the close. The time was when prohibition meetings were opened with prayer, sandwiched with singing, and closed with the benedietion, but since the party carne into power it has grown godless and abusive. '.Iiishusum waxed fat. And down his belly huns;, Ajrainst the Lord his God lie kicked, Aud p liis heels be tiutig.' "Resolved, that the miser is more injurious to society than the spendthrift." Subject of Alpha Sigma debate at Manchester. Decisión in favor of the negative. The case should be appealed. The spendthrift sows his money right and left and equalizes the floating medium. This is a benefit to society and business. Church sqcials grow rich out of him, and business prospers as long as he lasts. This is a benefit to society. When he lasts no longer; when his money has flown and he has no more coming, he sees that he has been a donkey and tells his friends so, and they all reply that they knew it. This teaches the spendthrift the folly of living a fooi, and thus he is benerited also. Not one ol these beneüts could be driven out oi the heart of the miser with a cast steel punch. Barkwortlrs speech at Grass Lake drew a big crowd. A clieriy tree at Leoni was out in [uil blooui last week. Dan W. Clark, of Grass Lake, raised aotatoes this year which weighed two lounds and a half eachr Our readers in the northwestern part of the county didn't forget that ;he Stockbridge fair was held last week. The time made bv Wilkie Knox at Chillicothe recently, has been corrected and íonnd to be 20:9}. Theo. Buss, of Freedom, aged 22, is aaraly.ed in the lower limbs and probtbly cannot live, trom the effects of a headlong f all from an apple tree. Alfred Davenport, of Mooreville, recently delivered about 15 loads of celery at Tecumseh. Is this the way Tecumseh gets her reputation of being "the great celery center" of southern Michigan V The editor of the Grass Lake News sdvertised to open a ehicken pie at the Baptist social in that village at exactly uiteen minutes after six tomorrow evening. It is a sight worth driving twenty miles to see. Bev. Mr. Smitli, Sunday last week preached his last sermón at Mooreville, and the Baptist cluirch, knowing tlie peculiar fondness of the Baptist clergymen for yellow-legged poultry. on Tuesday evening tendered him a chicken pie social. Mr. Smith was there. Walter Robbins has been having Touble on account of an accusation of tbeft against him before Justice Ohilds, of Ypsilanti. Geo, N. Hammond, of Willis, acenses him of stealng is bushels of wheat. Rev. M. M. Goodwin is still at Blueieldswith the navy,and upcertainwhen ie will secure his release, jjetween supplicat.ions for tlie blessings of Frovdence on the American war shipping, tlie hoinesick chaplain retires to his closet where his petition is "Ilow long, O Lord. how longV " "Milton Reynolds a íew days since favored us with a hand ful of pawpaw, picked near Macon. The fruit somewhat resembles a banana in shape, and in taste is a cross between a pineapple and a muskmelon." Coming, as this does, from that excellent exchange, the Saline übserver, it is very hard to doubt, and we don't doubt it at all. We now only want to know whether the Macon referred to is in Lenawee county or Georgia. AVhile Mrs. Anna E. George aml faniily, of Ypsilanti, were attending the opera, Friday evening, burglars were attending to the valuables at the home of the George household. Fred George is in consequence not now providerl with a winter overcoat and a gold watch. but the thief is, A suitol Fred's clothes were also discoyered by the burglar to be about his size, and he took it along as a souvenir. No clew, but "The Sorcerer" is supected. The Chelsea Ilerald grabsits toe and exclaiins: ■Sonie postmasters seern to forget that the picking up Of loose stones is a part of their duty." The Herald is right. Commen sense dietates it: divine law commends it. It is written, "Cast up the highwny and gather up the stones." The postm aster who refuses to read this scripture, "lias denied the faith and is worse than an infitlel." Let him be "anathema maranatha"; that is, not re-elected The Sentinel, referring to the banquet to Gov. Felch, says : " No local reporters were invited. sothe Sentinel, believing the affair to have been purely a private matter, will not mention it at all." Ilere in Ann Arbor, all who know and honor the venerable GoV. Falchjare deeply gratified that the bar of Washtenaw county saw lit to bestow upon him a compliment which. age being regarded, comes to but few of the líation's distingiiished men, and in this gratifleation the newspapers of Ann Arbor share to such a degree that they willingly overlook the lack of courtesy toward the newspapers, as in the major part a minor affair. It must be that the editor of the Argus has lived on the clay knowls of Ann Arbor where they raise Tom Thumb corn and red-eye berns, so long that he thinks the corresyondent of the Observer luny on raising corn. If he will come clown from his perch to the southern part of the county he may get his eyes open.- Mooreville Cor. Saline Observer. This slap at the farmers of Ann Arbor is going to make the huskyeared grangers of the city very much enraged.