Among Our Exchanges

It is a fuet that the republiean poultry displayed this fall lias buten tlie premium over the democratie fowlp. The last Inghaii) County Is'ews has a fine picture of' the last rnule that Uarnuw bought. It's a beauty. The Hon. Juhn N. Ingersoll, of' the Corunna American, has been ill ibr soine time with paralysig. Uut boptl are now eutertaiued of' bis recovery. The last Pewamo jPIaindealer bas two columns headed "aniong our exchaages," but only ono exchange is credited with an item or article in the entire two columns. If' the Featea i;zette lives ten years longer it will be aged a quarter of a eentury. For fifteeti years it bal fiiven the news iu an accrptablc marmer to oue of' the liveliest, martest little towns in Michigan, and bids fair to continue another fifteen. The Charlotte liepublican publishes "General order Xo. 339," and while it contains nothing but hi.story and facts, it i.sn't vory flattering to the democratie party. It also has a column of illustrations whieh would du honor to the American l'uck. The East Saginaw Horald head.s the list on origirality of design in rooster cuta. The tail fuatlicrs of the whippcd Inril is uil that can be seen of hint, wbile the victor i.s still in hot pursuit. The (uiney Ilerald has a fine display of birds, all of the sarue breed, and the Urand Traverse Herald bas the largest one onexhibition. Newspapers had a custom mauy years agj, wlicn papers wen more predom than at present, of sending torn and imperfect copies to their exchanges. Witli the advancing civilization newspapers have kejit rapid pace, and we are pleascd to note the general discarding of that barbaroiis praelice. An editor dislikes to open a torn, blurred, unreadable sheet, as much as does a subscriber, and if he keeps his scissors in a poliahod, sharp, witty condition, good copies of exebanges are essential. The Adrián Times has this harrowing story of democratie misconduct to relate: "Our Blissfield correspondent writea that John Zsitler keept a saJoou in Bliwfield. He is also a denjocrat, or was up to last Saturday evening. The " Waldby guards" visited liis jilace, and in dedicatiDg themselves anew to the doctrines and traditions of the party they represent, drank liis beer, stole the glasses, threw the kegs out into the atreei tnaiüiÁJ tía mP ana uy ineir conJuct or uiiscoiiduc!, Kt' says, made him ashamed to think that he had ever voted the democratie ticket." The Dowagiac Times bas this to say of the Utahites: "Utah bas just noniinated a polygamist for delégate lo congres. The tnormons are a religious sect, and they have biblo praotioes o underly their mode of liviug. Ai a matter of religión, they have a right to freedom and all the rights that other sectsenjoy; as a matter of justice, moral rigbt, and the best goqd to the country, their place aruong us is a blight upon American progress and civilization. We need not be intolerant, but we ought to protect the interests of all classes and individuals. Polygamy is dygrading to woman and man and child." J he V ayue Oounty Review of Oct. 8th, has a local item in its last issue which may well be termed "far fetcbed." It reads.as fbllows: "George the Third acceeded to the throne of England, just one hundred and twenty years ago to day." The people of this country were considerably mterested in George at one tirue, however, and gave some of his friends a little tea party n Boston harbor, hut strangc to say his kinjrly highness took uuabrage at the event, and tried to whip somebody therefor. He didn't succeed. For the balance of the story see Bancroft's history of the U. S. - prospectivo. The Battle Oreok Journal U writing up the "past, present and futureof aflourishing city of 8,000 inhabitants." The business meo of Battle Creek are the ones who profit thereby, and the followiog, among the JournaPs locnls, shows how they appreciate what is done for them : " Forepaugh had au advertising programme, u which soveral city niercbants had their cards, paying therefor a good price. It was agreed that 15.000 should bc printed and distributed at the circus entrance. Not a one was seen circus day, however, and the opinión prevails that but a siuall number were priuted, just enough to supply the traden' demanda. The moral is to patronize your home papers, where you may be sure of honest dealing. The Eaton Rapids .lournal thinks that the decline of saloons in that city has built up its business : "This villftge was never more prosperous than it is now. It was only three or four years ago that a prominent business man claimed, and honestly so, that if the saloons weredrivon out (he business portion of Main atreet would ail'ord a good pasture for cows. We have only two saloons left, and any one s?eing the crowded thoroughfares and vast amount of business being trMMOtsd l'uio now, would be convinced tliat his judguient was a littlo at fault. We ave glad (o say that the same gentlemin has changed his opinión since then, and is now one of the most zealous of our teuiioratice workers, anJ would not shed a barrel ol' tears if there was no opportunity to purehase a drop of liqoor here tobe DSM as a beverage." The Grand Rapids Kvening Post gives iis city readers some wholesome advice respecting sanitary and precautionary measurw: Lait wcok twtiiy four cases of diphthcria, two of scarlt't fever, aml two ol' typhoid fever were ropurted to our board of health. Kveiy day' a journals teil us of sotna livos oal short by diphtheria. The reo 'iii of t In; ravngus of thiadisease, here, in the pat Vi ar would make horrible reading. fbe aealh list, terrible as it is, does not teil all. Think of the eonstitutions broken by it. Vot people look on uninovcd ho would go intospisms of terror over half a dozen cases of sinall-pox - wbiofa a greatly to be preüürred ovar this other goourge. The utmoit earulussness prevaüs. ('hildrcn are (aken down at school with tbe dÏBeue, and o expose their -teken down, too, wlin bonol I"' same Imiiily liad just diid ot' it and ita appaanqoe ín other uieiubers was in be kkoked for. Tliey otinto school acain before they Imve fkirly reoOTend. Tiicy play with their neighbors' lidie ones wbile they are convalescent. It is the plain duty of the authoritien to quarantino this loathsotue dieaso, as they would suiallpox, and use rigorong mensures to oheck it" tpnnd."