Absence Of Mind

In fair Ann Arbor's famous town There lives a Umid man, Wlo purchased him a "shooting-iron" Whcn burilar raids began. Thcn with a cow-boy's recklessncss He placed it cv'ry night, With watch of gold and wallet plump, Beneath hi piïlow white. And cv'ry mom when he aróse Returncd it to lts case, And wound his golden "turnlp' up To keep o'd time in place. But once upon a hapless morn, When merry elves of sleep Had t.nijjlrd up his thoughts in probLems intricate and deep, He placed the time in weapon's case, And workrd with might and main To wind his "shootlng-iron" up- B t labored all in vain. At thts in mute astonishracnt, The wcapon of defense I.ay quite dumfounded for a moMent;- then it tooll offense. T' avenge th' indignity it chosc A mirror for a targe. And knocbed it to a niillion atotnc By premature discharge. In the fint flush of his exciteMcnt. and alarm and fright, The man malntnined some one had clia ged His watch with dynamlte. He now has swapped his weapon off, A =d I of the belief, A pitchfork's good enough to prick The conscience of a thicf. - mm_mm_m W. n. k. Procecuting Attorney Norrls iniorms us that in confortnity wlth tlie law ttie justices of the peace are now mukin" their animal returns to him. The play of Biirr Ouks, at the opera house, Monday evenlng, the 21st, will be well worth attending. It is given under the personal supervisión of its authors, Messrs. David and Milton Higgins. L. Boyer, who has been serving athirty day sentence in the county jail for larceny. was taken to Jackson, Monday night by an offlcer of that city, where he is wanted to answer to a charge of burglary. The manonic brethren of thia oity will invite the two masonïc lmljres ol' Ypsilanti, together with the lodges from Dexter, Chelsca, Saline, Milan and South Lyon, to assist in the dedicatory services next week Thursday. The fall meeting of the Detroit Dnviiij; Club, which Daniel J. Campan informs us Is to occur in that city Sept. 22 to 25 inclusive, is to be one of rare merit. The enfries whleh closed on the 7th Inst., include 75 of the best horses in the country. The 2Gth, the day after the meeting, will be the great sen.sationul rare of tiie year, between Clingstone and Ilarrv Wilkes. Sporting peoplc all ( ver the state are awaiting tuis race with mach interest. Mm. Thomas Fitzimmons, living on section 3, Ann Arbor town, nenr Northfleld, met with a seiious loss last Mondny afternoon. The engine of a thrcshtr engaged in threshing wheat at lic r place had fired up using ralis for fue]. A spnrk found its wuy to the wheat stack and In an Instant, nearly, it was all abluze. Water happened to be plenty, about twenty mei) were there to use It. and what is wonderful to reléate, the dames were so kept in check that the barn, though only ten or flfteen feet distan t from one of the stacks was saved. It is estimated that about 300 bushels of wheat were destroyed. By using wood in the engine the insurance policy upon the property was vitiated, so had the banu burned not a cent of insuranoe could have been collected. The Washtenaw mutual holds a policy of f330 on one barn, $200 on another, and $750 on personal property, but can not be cal led upon for any loss.