York And Augusta

Mark Marken has been suiïering with rheumatics for some time. Wheat is lookiug good in this locality. Mrs. A. E. Densmore, of Maple City, is visiting her cousin Mrs. Holcomb. Mark Marken says he thinks his corn will yield over 100 bushels to the acre. On the whole corn is pretty good erop. Mrs. Ellen Mix and dauphter Vernie, of Eaton county, are visiting their many friends here. John Wirth, who has been building a new house, has it nearly completed. It is a very large and commodious house, containing eigbt large rooms. Mr. Wirth is not only a farmer, but a earpenter by trade, and has planned and built the house, bis wife doing the painting, without hiring but little extra help either on the farm or house. This shows that one man in Washtenaw couuty is not asleep. Miss Ada M. Smith and Miss Violet Cappel presented the librar.v of ïown Line School District Xo. 11, with two new books. One year ago the school had no library at all, and now they have 19 valuable books. It certainly is a good work and should encourage the people all over the county to place before the future citizens of our country re.ading mattei' of a good moral nature, then we may have no fear'of our country's future.