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Funny Things By Smith

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
October
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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County Treasurer Rehfuss of Washte naw has only recently decided to remove from Manchester to Auu Arbor Being a republioau in a democratie oonaty, Rehfuss has but jnst sufficiently recovered from his astonishment at being elected to "make a move." It is probably the last surprise of the sort that will overtake him. By claiming that on a certain date he would exposé the biggest liar in town, the captain of the salvation army at Ypsilanti a few days ago, drew out a large crowd and told them the fellow was the devil. Many were dis.tppointed, koowiug that Captain Allen had prora - ised 5 cent wool under the McKinley tariff. That excellent but politically deluded newspaper, the Courier, has worked iteelf into the belief that Washtenaw was "salted" becanse her taxes are higher than those of richer connties. Every county is a Rich coimty,my dear. Don't kick. Even democratie Washtenaw had its foot in a "frog" when Rich 's special went over the road last fall Receñtly in a Ypsilanti meat rnarket a qnarrel sprang up between two Africans named Long and Day, when the latter drew a revolver and would have Iet Daylight into Long, had he not warded off the bnllet with a slice of beef steak which he grabbed from the counter, just in time. The bullet glanced through the back door, and Long was not loug in following suit. Day was flned 19.20 for his bad shot. A pet cat, owned and edited by Wm. Brainard, of Saline, is dead at the age of 19 years, some months and a faw days. The deceased was in many respects a remarkable cat. Possessed of the faculty of raisiug more "Ned" in the neighborhood than any other cat there, its life seemed charmed against bootjacks, brickbats, skillets and wood billets. Whenever that oat skimrned a pan of milk or got away with the over ïiight steak, it knew just eniragh to gaunt in its sides and look for all the world like a boarder at a 9-dollar fashionable restaurant. Let ns wipe onr eyes and blow our noses. She's gone where every good cat goeses! A stranger with a dog applied at Dester for lodgiugs last week, but could not get them on account of nis dog. Then he got on a train aud was put off on account of the dog. VValking on the track, a traiu struck and killed him, on account of the dos;. Nobody knows what became of the dog, but before the body of his master was fairly cold, the village authorities, with great Dexterity, etarted it to the Anu Arbor "pickle f actory, ' though the law requires a body to be held 24 hours, for the claims of frieuds. It was stopped by the sheriff aud a brother f rom Jackson claimed it. A nicfi time the Dexter fellows will have at the judgerneut, when this man appears against them, and it is their turn to go into "pickle." Ninety barrels of oil are now being cousumd every week for heatiug the Normal buildings. In very cold weather the amount consumed per week is about 175 barrels. - Ypsilanti Commercial. Chas. Burkhard, of Ann Arbor, was ia town Monday, arranging for conducting a dancing school here during the coming winter, expectiug to begin about the first of next month. - Dundee Reporter. Thos. F. Moran,, forrnerly of Manchester, is professor of history at. Perdne. He gradnated in the 'varsity in 87. Manchester had a husking bee last Friday night, and the nnmoer of red ears found in the corn was jnst half as many red ears on the girls had when the boys found them. Ypsilanti is talking of having a bicycle meet in the spring, with $1,000 n purses. Dogs are being poisoned by Wholesale at Stockbridge. Sharon boasts of a man who can strip the shucks from the ears so as to ;uru in sixty bnshels a day. Ho wonld ïave been a great man at the old fashoned hnsking bee. Bernard Kirk. of Ypsilanti, is buildn% a new house on üross street. Nary a cent of village tax was re;urued nncollected in Manchester. A graat record for these hard times. ;

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News