Washtenawisms

WASHTENAWISMS

The new state telephone poles are nearing the village of Dexter.

E. S. Hagaman is building a new residence on Boyne st. in Manchester.

The W. R. C., of Chelsea, served meals on election day and cleared $16.

Mr. and Mrs. George Beeman, of Lyndon, have added a son to their family.

It is said that the proposed cement factory at Portage Lake has fallen through.

Dexter boasts of a man who is an alderman, a deputy sheriff, a school inspector and a constable.

The township of Webster last week voted to build an iron bridge across the Huron in the northern part of the town.

Henry Schieferstein and Edward McLain will open a first class machine shop in a new building being erected on A st. in Dexter.

Rev. J. I. Nickerson, of Chelsea, preached a sermon to young men Sunday evening aud there were a large number of young ladies present.

C. A. Morris is exhibiting three kernels of field corn which he recently found in a hollow in a tree, which had been grown over with an inch of solid wood. The kernels are in a perfect state of preservation. Estimating up the growth of oak timber, Mr. Morris thinks they have been in the tree for more than 40 years. He is going to plant them this spring and see if they will grow. - Dexter Leader.