Washtenawisms

Torn Sawyer (not Mark Twain's Tom), is head bookkeeper of the Belville, O., cultivator works, which eniploy 140 men. Sawyer nsed to live at Grass Lake and the people tbere say that he showed thtessentialsthac make up a man of business, when years ago he told bis rnirse that one bottle of milk and two toy lambs could not be added together since they were articles of a different kind. Jimmie Cadwell of Grass Lake, is a "hoss"trader and the News of that burg thns tells of Jiiumie's latest "swap:" Jimmie Cadwell went over to Chelsea with a coinmon nag but returned driving a handsome spirited f uur-year old. Jimmie withhissauctimonious face and pious manner gets the advantage of the Chelsea siinpleton every time. But this especial horse we very mnch fear will break Jimmie's neisk, yet! Mrs. Uriah Shelly of this village haa a very fine cactus on which may be OOanted 40 handsome blossoms. This is a large number, but Mrs. Jas. B. Watson has a similar plant that is covered with the remarkable number of 180 bnds and blossoms. - GraesLake News. Grass Lake is without anightwatchman. As a result a thief entered Frank Shaler's hardware store and stole two fine glazier's diamonds, valued at $10 and $15 respectfully. Entrañes was gained at anotber store but nothing of value was secured there. Chas. R. Pratt, of Grand Rapids, and Stephen Pratt, of Toledo, spent Suuday at the home of their cousin, John Pratt. This was the first meeting of two of the consins, Stephen and John, iu 27 years. - Dexter Leader. Mrs. Bertha Gulio Hopkins died in Detroit last week, aged 21 years. Her death was a very sad one as she was married at Dexter New Years to Mr. Hopkins. She had always been a resident of Dexter pravions to her marriage and the remains were taken there for burial. A yonng conple whose peculiar actions mighr lead to the inference that they were enronte for theoounty clerk's office or tbe miniter's honse furnished considerable ameserneut for onlocjkers in one of our business places Tuesday. They had a little "mutual admiration society" of their own and they didn't oare who knew it, so. - Dexter Leader. We are informed that ayoung ladies' clnb bas been organized in the village. lts object is snpposabJy to knock the bashf nlness out of some of the boys who haven't the courage to act on their coovictions. - Dexter Leader. Boys, flght 8hyLof Dexter. The Willis bard has a canary bird and the songstress has led the farmyard poet to indite the following very pretty pastoral to it : We have a pet bird, When its song is heard The deepest emotions Of the soul are stirred. Por he seems to express At times, in excess Of bis God-given power His missiou to bless. It is stated that Henry Everett of Fairfield, Lenawee county, husked corn all day, Christmas, and did it barefooted. - Ypsilantian. Everett has a future before him, for any man that can husk corn with his feet can win a fortune with a dirne museum. The Chelsea Standard thinks it must be that the village is getting lawleua since the marshal bas been given enough of a salary to live on. Chas. C. Miller, supported from falling in Act 3, Scène II, by the Chelsea and Colnmbian Dramatic Companies, will shortly present "Hand andGlove, or Page Thirteen of the Black Book." This play is thought to be "The Poisoned Gum Drops, or the Candy Maker's Revenge, " in disguise. Tbe electric lightcompany at Chelsea has earned the lasting gratitude of the villagers by removing all its poles irom the street. Au Ypsilnti miller received an order for 500 barrels of flonr to be used at the Jewish passover by the Hebrews of the state. Hon. Johu Stroag, of South Rockwood, Mouroe couuty, bas pnrehased the grain elevators of D. D. Van Nocker, situated at Duudee and Rea. Dundee ladies used to be hauled to social gatberjngs by a team of oxen belonging to Eitiery Stowell. Stowell has sold the oxen and society functions at Dundee will languish. Master Maloney tried to touch bottom in the pond at Manchester last Monday and was rescued in the nick of time to prevent his drowning. :T;j,iíaun is Viecorning noted for i a (i í. Tiiö itiHtauce between "Grace s-vc i .-huw 10 Iir face"' o( the W.llis bar to a four liue classic upon the ibi.itiorN "t wur y uoe Wra. Lauibie ie ! '.t' fchas ooulii ouly btf accouiplisbeci in i i o,) ty df lecíers. Now listen to this [itiimilie Ypd.auC;au. worthy of the iiüvi Euglirtjj ioefc laurea e: WAR. S-í-'h us froni luuriler, battie aud war, The. oruelnst turse of earth by lar, IVtty oveey outi ot houor and worth 'Id sv ns ívmn a heil npuu eaitn. Ylimiauíi. Jau. 1H, 1896. Wm. Lambí e. Of ooors? this poeru neeits analyzing. Tfte airorafo tuhsd wouíd not grasp it a all im l'Hau-y. ' Save ns from murder. " That's aasy, "innrder" meauing hfre tho saeriíice cf soidiers on the altar of iib-irty. legal "murder" siuce it hK tbe sauction of the govornment, bnt "uiurdar" neverheless from a poetioal poiat of Tiew. "' Battle" aud "war" meaa nmch tho same, althongh ot' ooorse the ternas are not exaotlysynonymons with "mtirder" beoause often % wrtr is of words and a battle may bo one of ballots, in either of whioh cases ■o morder is contemplated, althongh ooe may oconr. Note tho oadenoe in "The cruelest carao of earth by far. " This line needs no interpretaron. It was evidently written for its-oadence and is a suocess in the cadenee basiuess. "Pray every one of honor and wortb to save ns from a hell upon earth." Now that's where th poet gets in bis work. He forgeta the rhyhmic swing of the foriner lines to thuudei1 forth in no nnaiístakíug laagnage bis panacea for saving the natiou from the dire disaster of war. His Jast line may be balting, bus it contains suoh an heroic íaeasure tbat he wili be pardoned it' it is an oíd soldier in one or two feet. It is rigbfc, too, that it ehonld be an oíd soldier and limp in one foot, for is he not talking of war? We havo met people who wonld have used "hades" instead of 'heil" in the laat line bot wheu tbo line is read with "hades" instead of the other word eqnally as hot, it will be noticed that the metre when the snn goes down is )adly bobbed. From the poiuts narrated, gleaued after several minutes study of the roundelay, it will be readily seen that the Willis bard's lanrels must be grasped from his brow and snrreiidered unto this new poetic light iu the world of letters, Mr. Win. Lambie, Of Ypsilanti. The Chelsea Standard says there has been considerable talk in Chelsea over tho arrest and iniprisoument of Chas. Branfc on a oharge of pending a letter to Mies May Tronten. in whioh he ex pressed a desire to meet her, and hints that public opinión is not all with the girl. A Pinckuey girl feil downstaira at sohool the other day. Her big dress sleeves added as a buffet and ahe will no doubt live to be a full-growu woman. Chris. Pfaus got up on ladder at Manchester to ent a limb from a tree. The ladder tipped over baokwards and so did the dimbee. Pfuus' wrist was broken. Wheat has so far been well covered with suow and if it remains on the rest of the winter wheat will be a big erop.