County News

Thomas Birkett will put a new water wheel iuto the Dexter Mills ia order to improve the power of the electric lighting plant.- Dexter Leader. The electric light poles are now in planee and the wire is being strung. lt is a goo'i thing the poles are useful for some of thein are certainly not very ornamental.- Dexter Leader. F. 8. Olds and Mr. Day each had a berd of cattle on exhibition at the Adrián fair last week, and each herd captured flve lst and four 2nd premiums. This week they are at the Ann Arbor fair.- Milau Leader. Mrs. H. D. Reade received the sad news last Monday that her sister, Miss Bertha Monagin, is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Miss Monagin, during the summer, went to Marfa, Texas, to care for her brother Eugene, who has been an invalid for some time, and while there was stricken with the fever. - Brooklyn Exponent. About flfty Saline people who "had it in for" Editor . J. Warren of the Saline OtS9rver made a raid on the editorial residence one dark night last week ai.-d as a reminder of the many saucy things the editor has said ot them left hitn an easy chair and a berryspoon. Being now in the possession of a huckleberry the spoon must be a huckleberry spoon. Hlstory of the Louden School. The school house in fractional district No. 9 of Augusta is located on section 6 of that township. The flrst log house in the township was built within its limits by Mr. Muir. Within its bounds, too, the flrst church society was organized and the first house of worship built. The district is composed of sections 31 and 32 of Ypsilanti, sections 5 and 6 of Augusta and one farm of sectian 1, York. It was organized in 1835 and a large log school house built the same year. Before this a log shanty without aDy floor but the ground and a chimney built of sticks and mud, located half a mile north of the preeent site, was used. Mr. W. H. Louden, of Augusta, is the o'.ly person now living in the district who attended the flrst school held in the new log house. The first teacher was James Allen. Mrs. Frederick A. Graves, of Ypsilanti township, was also a pupil in this district in 1835. She says the girls of those days enjoyed life aa well as the grls of today. Ihey ran wheels then, but they were wheels to spin wool and flax. In 1838 the school was tauhgt by Miss Harriet Eowley who afterwards married Benjamin Emerick. With mental facilities unimpaired she is still a grand representativo of the ladies of olden times. Others who taught in the early forties were Dennis Hammond, Priscilla Vining, John Howland and Eliza Jane Miller. In 1850 a frame schoolhonse was built. David Gardner was the architect, The first teacher in this house was Diantha Morton. Helen Norris, a member of the flr3t graduating class at the Normal, taught soon after. During the present summer the school house was rebuilt, and, with the addition of bell and cupola and neat painting inside and out, in appearance and comfort it will compare favorahly with' other school buildings in Washtenaw couuty. Sadie J. Louden, Ypsilanti, Mich. Age, 12 years. Awarded seeond piize by the teachers' committee at the Washtenaw County Fair