Washtenawisms

Geo. J. Nissly during the past six months has shipped 75,000 Iba of live poultry froru Saline and neighboring points. Maber & Co's hardware store at Saline was damaged a good deal by water last week, when the village flre company endeavored to put out a sinall blaze in the same. But for the flre company's quick work there would have been a disastrous blaze. "It may be all rigbt to joke," said a email boy, crawling through a hole in the fence, as bis mother with a stick in her hand carue running down the street in his direction,"But dis comin' woinan business is a serious matter ter me." Chelsea is to have a lecture course this seasnn and Dexter isn't, so of course Dextsr people are the color of cucnmber pickles with envy. Mr. and Mrs. John Friermuth, of Sylvan, are prond in the possesion of new baby boy. Word has has been roceived herethat Mr. aiid Mrs. C. S. Winans, who have been at Iquique, Chili, for the past five years, will leave for the United Statea about Jauuiuy 1, reachirg Cbelsea about February 1. - Chelsea Staurlard. Another case where Chelsea can pnt on style over Dexter. But is not that a very poor way of spelling "Ike?" Will Thomas, formerly of Chelsea, sustained sach reveré injuries to one of his hands receDtly in Jackson that a portion of it had to be amputated. Thos. VV. Brener, of the Livingston Herald, infiicted a half tono eugiaving of his "phiz"' upon all his readers, with his last nnmber, and people all over Livingston county have new pictures in tbeir barns. Ancil Morgan is the corn king of Saline. Not that he has corns on every toe and a doublé toe to boot, but he has harve3ted about 6,000 bushels of the cereal sort this year. A 19 year oíd son of Henry Seitz, of Saline, died recently of pneumonía and inflammafcion of the bowels. Corn is selling for flfteen cents a büshel at Chelsea. The "oldest iuhabirant" hasgone out and sized up the fall vrheat from a perch on the fence and tells the Saline Observer that ho uever saw snch an excellent proruise for a poor erop. The Milán Leader man is hard to satisfy. Another beet, this time 221bs. in weight, aud a 21% lb. radish, were placed on his table this week. Judging'from tbe unmber of vegetables laid on the editorial dosk this fall the Leader man runst write his editorials on the coinposing stone. The Ann Arbor's pteam shovel was taken to Monroe Junction last week, haviug cornpletctd its work here. The grade across the flats has been raised five or six feet. - Slilau Leader. Milán has had a magio lantern show this week and calied it "From Milan to Enrope," with a stop over at Toledo to chango cars. "From Milan. Mich., to Milan, Italy, " wonld have been a good name for such a stereopticon bit of travel. The assanlt and battery case of Wardle vs. Merriman was tried before Justice Doyle and a jury yesterday afternoon, and the prisoner was found guilty and was flued $5 and costs. amonnting to a total of $18.88. - Milan Leader. If it shall really appear that the queen of Corea is dead then one fertile cause of the eastern troubles is removed. - Hillsdale Democrat. Yes, she was the mother of 7 children. - Grass Lake News. The owner of a flour mili at VVithington in North Leoni offers to remove the concern to Grass Lake for a bonus of $500. The idea is to fit up Bowen's big feed mili for the reception of the machinery, and it is thought it will reqnire the sum named to effect that object. - Grass Lake News. C. D. Johnson, of Dexter township, has purchased one of the L. B. Silver's Ohio improved Ohester white stook hogs to heal his herd of Cbester Whites. Mr. Johnson knows what fine hogs are and nnderstands breeding for best results There's rumor in the air that measnres are in progress to organizo a State Savings bank in this city, and that eeveral business men are interested in the enterprise. Frank Howard, who had to do with the organizing of the Ann Arbor Savings bank, is engineering the new Tenture. - Ypsianltian. Frank Shaver is a Chelsea barber. His children are little shavers. A Milán sebool girl in recitation recently said that Bacon's rebellion was so caJled bocause led by a young man named Rebellion. Dexter is again abont to "regúlate" the tramp nuisance. Dexter poople are wearing out shoe leather on new concrete walks. Hamiltou W. Mabie, literatenr, lectnred at the Ypsilanti Normal Tuesday eveuiug. The frosts have injured Saline's celery erop. Saline is to have telephone connection - long distauce, mind you - with the ontside Avorld. Mr. aud Mrs. S. Hirth's hearthstono at Chelsea is cheered by the arrival of a new baby boy. Chelsea is without an empty store building. Ypsilanti is not mueh on corn jnice, perhaps, bnt when it conips to the good old Yankee eider she inteuds to be right in it. Wiard's eider mili dowu there is grinding up apples by the carload, sent in from the norfchern part of the state. Ancil Morgan when he moved from Saline to Mouroo county made a mistake. The baru, straw stacks, ete., on his newly acqnired property burned to the gronnd recently. "It's not appropriate, " says the Aun Arbor Argns, ' 'for the average man to ndulge in sqneezes away from his own househoH." Can ifc be that the young reprter is "stnek" on the hirod girl? - tfonroe Democrat. After his long experienoe in newspaper work Mr. Smith should know that only a few newspaper men have married wealthy euough to afford to have a hired girl. We do not come uuder that category. ffm. Baxter, our oldest nierchant,received a cali from a stranger last Thursday who introduced bimself and said that he boarded with Mr. Baxter 58 years ago while putting machinery in the oíd woolen mili for Mr.Doty. Af ter eyeing the stranger a moment the veteraa storekeeper pointed to a chair and said, "Then sit down in that chair; that'a 58 years oíd and one yon sat in at that time." The conversation that followed had muoh of historie interest - Manchester Enterprise. Mr. and Mis. Henry Platt were driving along the south Ann Arbor road last week Thursday when the motor bobbed merrily into view. Their horse became so frightened tbat it shied down an embae krnent, npsetting the bnggy and making Mr. and Mrs. Platt feel the suddenuess of contaot with the roadside. Mrs. Platt received a few slight bruises and her hnsband was as chipper as a basket of chips when he pulled himself togethor and fonnd no bones broken. When Saline has a fire there is a 60 font ladder with which the firemen can shin up to thehighest building in town. It was being used oue day reuently when a stay rod gave way and it feil to (be grcrand. Now there are several Salineites who remember in their prayers to thank a divine providence for delivering them from sudden death. Chicken thieves are gettiug in their nefarious work among the farmers hereaway, a number of them reporting losses of featheied stock during the past two weeks. It would seera that sotne actiou might be taken by the farmers to head off and capture these sconndrels. The raisirjg of a flock of chickeriR or turkeys representa no small amotint of work to the busy farmer's wife and to be robbed of them when about ready for market is an ou trage which shonld be stopped - even if it takes a buil dog and shot gun to do it. - Saline Observer. There ia a school column in the Chelsea Standard and all the jokes of the [ihildren are given the light of print. Wheuever pater familias strikes an exceedin?ly fuuuy saying he leaus back in his chair and says, "I swtiu, William takes right after his pa, don't he? I kuow that jokeishis'n; it's the best 'un in th' colum. " Your Uiiole Hazen must be getting iu his deadly work with his book on "What I know about potatoes and their habitat" pretty well throughout the connty for hardly a oounty excbange comes to the Argus table but bas Pingree's valnable contribution to American literatura noticed. lts enterprising publisher sends the papers a copy and they give thepampblec advertising which at space rates wouW amount to about four times the value ol the book. A few days ago a farmer showed a pair of boots to one of our merchants with tbe remark, "I boughfc those oi yon 1 1 years ago, and b'gosh I guess I'll have to get 'em tapped. - Manchester Enterprise. Twenty-two young ladies of the Roman Catholic church of this village joined the sodality of the bJessed virgin last Sunday eveniug. After the ceremony of installing each as a member, Rev. Ignatius Wilens, of Cincinnati, gave an interesting discourse upon the subject of sodalities. A number of members of the Clinton society were present. - Manchester Enterprise. The Ann Arbor Argus came out last week with a great big article headed "Peil from grace," and claimed it all happened in Pinckney, but in reality it was a Plymouth affair. We are able to staud a whole lot but don 't lie to have other town's wickedness shouldered off on us in that kind of style. - Pinckney Dispatch. We were very certain Pinckney had no such bad men as the article described. They are all real nice folks ovker tbere. Henry Denges, aged 36 years, of Dexter, led to the altar last Saturday evening Mrs. Mary J. Bell, of Pinckney. aged 60 years. The groom has 3en married once bef ore and this is the bride's fourth voyage tipon rratrimonial seas. In some of the adjoining towns clubs are being oigauized for the promotion of mind, moráis, runsic and marriage. A bird's eye view of Dexterdiscloses "a long feit want" for such a olub. - Dexter Leader. Ypsihiuti votes November 4 on the qnestion of adoping the new blauket charter which goes into effect January