Washtenawisms

Piuckney has a new oper,a honse. Fish peddlers froin Lake frie get as far as Manchester. ,y The tiutinuabulation of the belle at Manchester disturbs the Suuday moroing slumbers of the Enterprise editor, and this is the way he talks about it : "If those who have charge of the ringing of the bells in onr different chnrches would consult together we believe that they could agree apon a way that would be more satisfactory than the present collar and elbow plan practised by them. We have some good bells and if properly and harmoniously rung would be ]istened to with pleasure, whereas now one feels like going down cellar to escape the racket. Try it, brethren, and see if yon oannot do bstter. " "What's in a name?" Only this: An Ohio wotnan recently presentad her hnsband with his sixteenth child, and her name is Moore. - Chelsea Herald. Au anonynious correspondent writes to the News from Willis, Washtenaw county, as follows: "Grass Lake may bave 'high teas' and pretty women, bnt ■when it comes to raising beans you are not in it. If Henry Taylor wishes to raise beans he should take lessons of Henry Fnllingon, of this town, who raised this year 518 bashels of beans on 14 acres." Of course, a man who indulges in such yarns is sensible iti keeping his name to himselt'. If he conld be idenified. blamed if we would not have Hank Taylor go over to Willis and lick hirn ! - Grass Lake News. A little boy out in the couatey, who' had inastered the alphabet and raost o the common words of two aud three let ters before going to scliool, attended the district school for the firsfc time a few days ago; on his return home in the afteruoon his mother asked hini what he hud learned in school that day. He replied that he had learued, "c-a-t cat, and tomorrow I'm going to learn d-o-g dog au' b-o-y boy." - Milan Leader. The justice court loafers were left ont of it at Ypsilanti one day last week when a bastardy case, in which Maggie Smith was defeudant was tried undei the new law excluding spectators. A fall off in the sale of chewing tobáceo that day was generally feit by the Ypailanti rnerchauts. A 14 Ib. Deat (dead) was laidon fie Milan Leader mau's rabie one day last week. John Kellogg's back yard furnished the scène of operations in the growth and fnll development of the vegetable. Piuckney is greatly excited over an attempt fco wreek Geo. L. Hull's house with dynarnite. Between the kitchen and house proper there is a space of about eight inohes, aml some fiend exploded a cartridge there. The conenssion broke every lamp chimney and half the crockery in the house. The explosión occurred ear y in the evening whiie all the members of the family were iu the house. Supervisor Dancer, of Lima, it is aaid, will remove to Ann Arbor this fall. Ann Arbor will gain an excellent citizen. George A. Peters, the well knowu populist of Scio, has raised potatoea this year, which weigh two and a quarter pounds each potdto. This pays better than talkiug populistic politics. The Webster lyceum is now in working order for the winter. It held a meeting at Mr. McColl's last Friday evening. Mrs. George Sherman. while talking to some friends in front of a store in Saline, dropped dead, October 3, aged 75 years. She oame to Michigan with her parents in 1835 and settled in this oonnty. She was three times married and leaves two children. H. W. Bassett has greatly improved his home in Saline. George .1. Nissly shipped a carload of ponltry from Bridgewater last week Thursday. Revival meetings have been held in Saline. We have not been inforrned of the effect npon Editor Warren bnt notice that he is still able to play base ball. Saline's three iron bridges have at last been completed. David Hagyart.of Clinton. died October 5th, aged over eighty years. His death was cansed by his fallinginto the river which he was attempting to cross on some stones. He managed to get out of the water and to reach his son's house bat the wetting and exposure ■were too much for his enfeebled oondition and he died two days later. The Clinton wooleu milis have given up the use of oil for fuel and have returned to coal. Arfchur Foote, the great Boston pianist, will give a concert in ypsilanti, November 6th. Mrs. Fanny S. Taylor, ruother of Mrs. P. W. Carpenter, of ïpsilanfci, died Tuesday afternoon.after a long illness, aged 78. The remains were taken to Adrián for burial. Miss Lilliau M. Fisk, of Ypsilanti, was united in marriage Monday evening to Barrett A. Robison, son of I. M. Robison, of Manchester. The conple left at once for Philadelphia, and will shortly go on from there to New York, their future home. Miss Fisk is a gradúate of the Normal and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Fisk. A great rnany of the prizes given at the county fair were captnred by the scholars of the Ypsilanti schools. Lmcile Eddy won the prize, a copy of Shakespeare aud the Argus, for the best reading; Miss Bulah Whitney won the jrize for the best recitación and the ïpsilanti schools took the prize for the est general work done.