Monroe Democrat Items

The grounds around the Dexter high school will be ornamented with flowers and bntnblebee stings. A Milán gohool child defined the word "heroine" as a kind of fish. - Ann Arbor Argus. Well, a mermaid is often a heroine, and isn't she "fishy?" While wiping a friction pulley, an Ypsilanti man's hand was caught by a twelve-inoh belt, which began to stretch his rennet, but lnckily broke and spared his life for repentance. It was a severe wipe. With a Üne touch of journalistic delicaoy the Ypilantian notes a recent aocident in suah a inanner as to spare all the harrowing details, thus: "Frank Ingraham, of Chelsea, left three of his fingers in Lighthall's saw-mill last Tnesday. At Ann Arbor, recently, the Inland Press, by an outlaudish stroke of lightning. was brought to a standstill, the flnid burning ont the motor, notwithstanding that the constitution of the United States guáranteos the liberty of the press. Hou. E. P. Allen will receive the unanimous support of the Ypsilanti delegation as a caudidate for the delegation from this distriot to the St. Louis oonvention - and he hasa't put a Pingree button on either. - Ypsilanti Sentinel. He will probably have to put one on, or lose all the buttons he now has. Ooimnenting on the new apprentice in the Courier office, the Washtenaw Times "expects to see the day wheu he will ocoupy the editurial chair - soroe day when Mr. Beal is governor of Miohigan and Bro. Pond his chief-of-staff. " This is a rosy augnry for the editorial staff, but a depressing outlook for the poor "devil." lirriy. Tbe Adrián Press and the Ann Arbor Conrier have each other by the hair over the question as to whether a supervisor is a county oñloer. The Courier says he is and the Press says he isn't. The Demoorat would try to bring about a reconciliation, bnt remembers what usnally happens to the peace maker, peace to his bruised clay ! he 'ero fight. The Dexter Leader demandsan ordin ancefining a rnan f 10 whowill take up the whole sidewalk airing his politica knowledge. - Ann Arbor Argus. We move to aroend by substituting the word "ignorance" in the place of the word "knowledge" and recommend that the ordinance do pass and be given immediate effeet. Daniel O'Keefe, of Ann Arbor, whose health is not very good, will be pnshed by his friends for register of deeds. The architect of this paragraph has seen days when he didn't feel at all well, and told his friends so, bnt they never took the hint. By the way, what's the matter with MaKinstry succeeding hirnself? Have patience, Bro. Smith, like all good newspaper men, your turn will come in the sweet bye and bye. At the Washtenaw republican convention the other day, Col. H. S. Dean presented the majority finance plank which was adopted. This is the thing that was born : "Resolved, that we are in favor of an honest dollar whether it be of gold, silver or paper, and we have confldence that the republican party will give such a dollar to the American people. " The interpretation of this plank is as f ollows : "Resolved, that I, Col. H. S.. Dean, "and a majority of the comraittee, don't know a blamed thing abont the finanlial question and that the majority of the oommittee, don't know a blamed thing about the ïnancial question and that the majori;y of the committee, who are for free and unlimited coinage, know even less ; Dut we have a blind horse confldence in the repnblican party. 'Rah for the republican party ! Selah !' '