Brickett And Silver Lake

Birkett, Mich., Ang. 16 -(Special to Daily Argus). - Miss Mabel Streith, who has been in Grand Rapids and Muskegon and other points returned home the last of last week.

Mrs Chas. Mole was in Ann Arbor the first of the week.

Farmers have nearly all done their threshing in this vicinity.

Miss Nellie Newkirk, of Ann Arbor, is visiting Grandpa Tom Birkett.

One of Mr. Birkett's fine goats got into the river last week and was drowned ,

Mrs. Chas. Bell, who has been visiting in the northern part of the state, returned last week.

Mr. Birkett is having quite a string of Page fence put on the Conrad farm and Mr. Bierce is doing the work.

Lewis Streith and wife, of Ann Arbor, are making two or three weeks visit at his uncles, Andrew Streith.

A social was held at the home of Charles Carpenter on Tuesday evening of this week. It was well attended.

Mrs. Jimmie Roberts, of Dexter, visited her mother in this place on Saturday last. Mrs. Roberts brought along her new baby girl for the first time.

Mr. Cowden, of Ypsilanti, came to Cobb's cottage to camp with his family and just got nicely fixed when he got badly poisoned with poison ivy, and was obliged to go home. He was sent to the sanitarium.

Mr. Birkett brought home his nephew, a boy of 14 or 15 years, from Petoskey. He also had shipped to this place a quantity of camp rocking chairs and lawn swings, which his brother manufactures in Petoskey.