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Michigan State Christian Convention

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Day
14
Month
January
Year
1870
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Public Domain
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The commlttee appointcd last year for tliat parpose, doliereby cali a Chrlstlan State Convention, to assemble In Adrián, Janiiary lSth, at 10 o'clock A. M. The Conventlon wlH continue in scssion for two days, (Tuesday and Wednesdaj .) and t!ie followlug will be tlie order of exercises, subject to x voto of the ConvenÜou : DAT. 10 a. m. - Prayer and conference meeting for halfan i 1 1 a. m. - Discussion on "Tlie Iraportnnce of union among Clirlsllaus of tneir efiforts tor moral reform nud spiritual progress." AXternoon- First topic : "The Itnportance of womeu's work In general Chrlstiun ■oml toi)ic : "'i'Iie need of spirltualiiy for Öabbatli School teaching." Evenliij; - Temperauce meesiug. WEDNESDAT. Mornlng - First topic; "The Bü!e in Schoola and Fiunili "The observance and legal protectlon oithe Sabbatli." Atteruoon - First topic; Orgaulzatlon of Church work." Second topic: "Popular amusemeuts." Evening - Tlio duly of direct, positivo, and personal daily eflbrt, on the part of kr. men, to advance I The ilisctissions v.ül bc opened by perduly preparcd for Oio occai WIU the pre8sof the State bcklndcnough to give thl8 cali due Dotlce? WII1 nastors and chnrehes be on hand? Come In tlie lovo of the Lord and of mankind. All sliall l)c welcomed. .T. DOXXKLLV, Jr. A..J. DAVIS, L. !i. FISiCK, W. HüQARTH, Commlttee. Our readers will bcar in vvitnes-i tbat we are not glven to paffing, In the Ahgcs columns, veuders of patent rlgUts or the patentartlclcs they ven;!; mul esp; tbat patent wash-tubs and choras, the 'latest lmproveiuenta"of whlch appear witli new mooa have ;ilmost Invariably re' thd oold shoulder. üowever, we are not unwilliug to glve credit wliere we credit is due or to let the public know and proflt bj our expèrience. It is now over threc inoñthd sir.ee, dlstrustlug the wisdom of ■:!■ actlon, we purcliased .and placed in our kltchco a Doiy Washing Machine; placed it there, we may as wc'.l cou tess, wlth the fall exp l;e condemued o-,: i rlal,and that we sliould flnd ourself s-o-l-u ! Not so, for the mistress oftlie wash-day cerenionies, as Bkeptical as we, was a eonvert lïom the irsl trial, and counts tlie neat, compact, asy-worklng machino i great acqulsltion, ankinp; it with her trled and trosty Grover & Baker Sewing Machine. Wc are authorya'i to say tliat it does all that is cl 'or it, that it has each week saved the work f one woman, that the: washlng is done qnlcker and better and with less lnjury to he clothes tliaa before its Intrad action, nul that washing-day is not tbe dreaded ïnisauce "it used to w:s." Xo say tliis br the benefit of om' frieads, andadvisc the Qtroductlon of Ihe Doiy iuto ever}' house. Pliat and the universal Wringer will prove i foll team. See advertlsemeut i:i ano tl) er column, order one lor your better-baif imnediately, banish tlie back-breaking wash)oard, aud receivo her thanks flfty-two imeseach year, snpplementcd by the thanks f"the help," and with better-conditi hlrts throwu in. An intercs'in:; Fosinl surprise was porpetrated opon Joshoa G. Lelaxd, and lady, of tUis city, oii Satarday last, by theirold acqualutances frora the towns ol STorthlteld, Salem and Ano Albor, who, in tlie city, made an nuexpected all. The surprise was we.il planned and xcented, One of tiie friends oco.upied the ttentlon of Mr. Leland at liisofiice, whlle early or.e i :sons took possessin f liis resldeace, laden with sixty c ysterj, a correspondlng proportion of cooked turkey and cliicken, witli uil the va i of cakes, pies, tarts, plckles, tea, offee, etc, necessary for the occasion. At bout hnlf past eleven A. M., he was notted tbat somc gentlemen deslred to sec him t his residf-nce on insurance business, and iklng the friend in his office wltli hlra, be lastened home to ilnd his liouse filled witli ompany, and its tables groaniog ander lelr bardëns o( lazarles. At tiiis moment f suspense an unconditional surrender uas emanded by tho President uf tlte party, r an immedinte eva'cnation of the prem se, wben tlie key of the door would e turneel upon hira nntil the feast was ver. As the President observed, the iion buud hlmself bearded in his den, and con jsslng tho surprise a perfect success, he tieerfally " accepted the situation." Aftcr efresbments at the table, severa! entertainn.c speeclies were made by Mr. L. and the ;aests, when after a season oí rich social ouveroatton the company retlred, realizlng hatthelrold frlendship were abandantly trengthened by the visit. Coii. At tbc aonual meeting of the Relief mi-o and Ilose Company, Xo. 2, held last Wednesday evening, the following offleera vore clected for the ensalng year : Forcmnn - Jacob Laubengayer. sl Asmlanl - John ililler. 2l Aasütant - Geo. Lutz. Secrctary - F. Was ter. 'lrcasvrer - John Gall. Wanton- F. Wanseg, E. Graf, J. Koch, C. Sanzl. oard - Chas. Schlanderer. Innance ComnuUee - John Walz, George IInss, Otmar Bberbach. Flag Bcarcr - Ilenry Wccb. Ilose Captain - Otmar El lerbacb. Lieutenant - Chas. Schleicher. Flag Bcarcr - John Klais. A few weckí ago Bro. O'Donnbll, of the Jackson Citizen, took to hlinself two partders, experlenced publlshers and practical printers, II. S. IIii.ton and Iioi:i::tr OMiiii, aun nuvv uiu KMizon ccicoraii'S me idrent o!' the new year and tlie partnership, by coming out ín anewdrcss - a dress wtli modest aud beautiful, aud ludlcatlng ileserved prosperity. - If our subscriben will all pay up wc wlll pat lije Anees iu a uew rig - that we will. John W. Ji jjnson, a membor of (lie Senior Class of thc Llterary Department uf the Unlverslty, dted ciuite suddcnly lost Saturday afterooon. He was biglily re ■ ;y (!iohí: whoknew hlm. His home was in Wlscoustn, whero liis body was taken for intcrir.c r.!. TLo ruign ol tlio nevv year b!ds faii' to be as qaarked for Ita flckleneseas itspmleceasor, and alraost every variety of weathtr is verred u to ns Ín un lacredlble short space of time. To rnorrow, the township of Milán, Monroe Couuty, s to vote on a proposltloo to ;id the Toledo, Aun Arbor and Northern Rallroad Id the sum of 12,000. P rof. M. C. ïïler lias decüned tlic tcniptin ofler of a chnir in the olllce of the Brooklyii Union, preferring hls present positlon to that of tlaily Jonrnalism. Rom?os & C'o, lnst a very fino horse Momliiy morniug. Feellnz hls n-.i', he blckcd in thè atable breaklog the partitlon and running a lure siivcr throngh lii? vita'?. The publio are iuvited to attcnd the COth geml-annual exmanlnatlon of " Th Miases Clark School,1' which occarson the l'Jtli, 20tli ma Sist iust. On Wedneedaj the lOtli, at 8 o'clock in the nlternoou, the Üclioii! Iod ; on Tuesday morntng : ns, as :t t- on Frldaj raoruing : and on Frlday afteruoon, tb closln to commenee at 8 o'clock, whcn there wlll !,■ maslc, Instrumental anti vScal, with the reading of the original oompositions: The way to Immortal Llfe lies tliro' tiu Grave, Work wliüe it a Callcd y, Wa To-Day aod ToMorrovv, Onr Qovornora. Tiic studies pursucd lliis term have lx-i'ii Raading, Writlng, Spelling and thedeflulng of words, Qraramar and Parsi tion, EucIW, Ai-;tlmu'Uc, Drawlng, Frcncli, Natural Theology, Rhetorlc, Natnral Pliilosophy, Chemistry, Mythology, Qtiograpliy, History - Anclent and Modern - oí' tlie 0!d World, History of the American Republlc and Intellectual Pbüosophy, ■vvitii dally Instrnctlón In moráis aud mauners, and all else wlthín the provlnce o' the teachur, in the doties of practical Hts apart frouiordlnary 'u-xt books. MARY II. CL.1RK, Principal. Tlie Association cenaected wlth "The ülavk's Bi ii ol," nv i 11 be beid i n Wecliicsl.iy, tlie lOth lust., at 3 o'clock. Au address to former pnpils and the ent class, by the President. All graduales aud all lalles intorested in the welfare cf _I are invito;! to attend. A.in Arbor, Jan. lOth, 1870. We have un our tibio Good Word, for January, or the fan simfle reprint of the lition. It is a mouthly of 80 broai!, ampie, woll printed pages, cditéd by Nokma Macleod, D. D., wlio has preased ato service a corps of prominent and papular contributors. Tliis namberopens witli t'.ie flrst ckapters of Carliuo, by the ttuthor of "Di Antonio," etc.; luis tlio first of a serles of papers by the Re v. Chas. Kingsley, - [others; D;iys in North India, illustrated, by thu e litor ; the opening clidpFox, by the autlior of ' How It all i ," two songs by Jean [ngelow; A Ylslt to llio Country of the lustrated, by Samuel Smlles, author o!' " Self-Help," flrst paper of ao Instructlve series; The Chrlstianlty of the Present and Future, by Henry Alford, D. D., Dean] oí C Oar Worklug l How they Live - The Newcisilüer, Illustrated ; The Frenen lictormatory of S';. Micbel, by F. JI. F. Ökene ; vos- The Apostle of üreenlancl, by Hev. W. Fleming Stevcuson. (Jood Mords wlll bear acqnalntance, and furnlsh each month a well-seasoned bnthealtby meivl. f-2- a year. Address J. B. Iüffin cjti' & Co., Phl - Wc shonld be pleased to recelve from Messrs. J. B. L. & Co., (Jood Wordt for the Touiig, ecüteil by by Gko. Macdo.nai.d, D. D.; and the , edlted by Tuo.m tus, D. D. ReMINIECENCES OF A VoTAOK A': thk World. By K. C. Davis, Asslstant Librarían in the Universlty or Michigan. .1 Arbor. li. A. Bbal, Pablisber. ook of 332 pages, coutalns the narrativeof a voyage made in 1849-61, in the merchant ship, Hampton, from Bath, Maine, lown the Atlantic caast of Nortii and South Amer!ci,."around t!i ïlorn," up ti.e Paciflc coast to San Francisco, thi nc across tlie Pacific to the Sandwich lslands and Calcutta, aroand Cape Good IIoie, and mdon. Lo:al readers wlll recthe' pages as familiar, the story havngbeen Qrsttold in tlie Ojurier, but in tliis 'revlsed and corrected " form it, wlll bear i seconcl readlng, especia lly by "Toung America" thiretiDg lor something of adventure by sea and land. - In the nest editlon the present Pub slier would do well to omlt the chacterisic and out of-place " Publisher's Notice,' nul pcrmlt t!i8 author's modes; " Preface " to better coinmencl the volume to the reader. Pólice circles liave been enlivoncd tliis week l.y bigamy, sedsctlon, an 1 [a.lultery snits, etc , wiili tlie details of which we have no deslre to smut o ir columns.

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