Adrian Press Items

By au ad. in the Aun Arbor Times, it appears that Jerome "Walton has lost a "dairy for 1896, with valuable papers in." The durned cows ate np bis records and then ran away. It is a caution how infernal mean sorue "critters" will act. If auy one happens to fiud that dairy, they will carefully watch for tje lost papers. Perhaps they are copies of the Courier and Register, which Walton regards as "valuable," but which are so green the dairy took 'em for grass. F. A. Benuett, of Saline, had a good cow so badly cut on a wire fenoe Tuesof last week, that he had to have her killed. - Ann Arbor Argus. Why he had her badly cut by the fence, in the ftrst place, we do not understand. He could have had her cut with a butcherknife, au ax, or a corn harvester, just as well, since he was going to have her ent at all. Of course after he had had her badly cut, he had to have her killed. To think that a man would go and have bis property destroyed, without some provocatiou, makes oue lose faith in the hnmanity of man. The employés of J. S. Gorman's cigar works at Chelsea, are out on a strike because he will not pay the uuion scale of wages. It is the right of every workmau to refnse to work uuless he gets tae price for bis labor that he asks. This is the right that mnst be preserved to all men if we would preserve our liberties. Mr. Gorman is to be the judge whether he can pay the wages demanded, and maiutain a business. If he cannot, then he would be foolish to keep the shop running at a peouniary loss to himself. We don't see how auy one can determine that matter but himself. The men should not find fault if he is not willing to risk his capital and pay what they demand. They can take their capital, and enter into business for themselves,and let Mr. Gorman work his farm or do what he pleases.