Some Tight Squeezes

It is not appropriate for the average j mau to iudulge iu squeezes away froin bis own household. But there were six j members of the piesen t board of visors who last spriug got in on a tight j squeeze, and their wives have said ■ ing about it. These gentlemen were I Eugene Oesterlin, of tho second ward, j W. K. Childs, of the first ward, Con L. Tuomey, of Aun Arbor township, ter H. Dancer, of Lima, Wm. F. Hall, of Sharon, and Emery E. Leiand, of Northfield, all tlected to their positions on the present board by less than fourteen majorty. Walter H. Dancer, deincorat, of Lima. . caine the nearest to missing his train to the snpervisor station. He was elected by two majority only. Mr. Dancer was botn iu Lima township in 1 844 and bas uhvays resided there. He served upon the board in 1880-81, and the present is his third consecutive year of service. He has a family consistiug of a wife and two chiïdren, one of the latter of whom Herbert, decires the board to appoiut him school examiuer. Con L. Tuomey, democrat, of Aun Arbor township, pulled out by three majority. Mr. Tuomey, whose fine farm oue mi Ie east of town makes him geuerally ihougbtof asaresideut of the city, was boru in Lima township, but 23 years ago bought hiB present farm out on Washtenaw aveuue. He was bom in 1843 and has a wife and three chiïdren. This is his first term upon the board. Wm. F. Hall, democrat, of Sharon, was elected with four votes to spare, and Wm. K. Childs, republican, by eight. Mr. Childs haR resided iu Auu Arbor for ,14 years, eight of whioh lie h-.s been secretáry and treasurer oí the Washtenaw Mutual Pire Iusnrance Co. He was born in Augusta aud this is his first term on the board. Mr Childs has the flnest beard of anyone on the board and Eugeue Oesterliu, of the second ward, is distinguished by being the shorestt and heaviest nau who will assist in fixing the f al) tax apportionment. He is a local insurance agent aud -well known in the county. A close competitor to Mr. Ocsterlin in weight is Emery E. Lelaud. republican, of Nortlifleld, who had 13 more votes to elect hiin than be rpally needed. Mr. Lelaud is a lineal descendant of the family who were known to hisrory for produoitg "Nelly Bly who simt her eye. " The Blys and Lelands still hold big family reunions down in western New York and when toey all get togther Mr. Lcland, of Washtenaw, tries ti be there. Mr. Lelaud has an interesting family of children, six in nnmber, and one of them, Thaddeus E., a student in the University, would also like to be school examiner. The rest of the board had easer sliding into office and escaped political extinction by good, safe niajorities.