Breezy Topics At Whitmore Lake

Breezy Topics at Whitmore Lake

Whitmore Lake, Feb. 21. - The Washington Birthday party at the Clifton house was attended by 80 couples and was admittedly the most pleasant affair ever given here. The music was superb and the supper delicious.

Judge T. Frank Taylor had his hands full of garnishee business the past week, all of which he amicably settled without making much costs.

Rauschenberger and Dunlavey shipped two carloads of stock to Detroit yesterday and their shipments are increasingly monthly, owing to the fact that satisfy the farmers with prices. Mr. Rauschenberger is away so much in the cattle business that he had secured the assistance of Frank McCabe to attend to his office business, and he could not have made a better selection as Mr. McCabe comes here well recommended and is a gentleman.

Mrs. Mary Egan and son have a farm of 145 acres in sections 5 and 8 in the township of Webster, which they are desirous of renting for a term of y ears or will sell. This is one of the best producing farms in the county and has good and commodious buildings. See their advertisement in the Argus-Democrat.

Chas. Hafner, who lives two miles north of here has sold his farm of 107 acres of land and now calls a sale for March 4 to dispose of his personal property, and invites all his friends to partake of a good warm dinner.

Dr. Lane reports considerable sickness in the country, notably Mrs. Al. Prochnow, who has been quite low.

Dr. John Lemon reports a case of pneumonia, the little girl of Station Rgent Perry being the victim, and to complicate matters she caught the whooping cough, but the doctor now thinks she will pull through.

Out of a school of 70 scholars there are only 20 in attendance owing to whooping cough.

Tailor Martin, of South Lyon, sells tickets for a suit of clothes the price to be determined by the purchase. Then they have a drawing and the lucky number gets a suit free. No 30 was the lucky one this week and Ed Foley was the lucky man, getting a $28 suit tailor made.

Dan Stolliker is a dog fancier, so he thinks, and last fall he had an English pointer here whom everybody in town said was one of the meanest kind of pesky curs, but Dan always defended the dog and one day B.E. Reynolds, of Ann Arbor, came to town and Dan broached the dog subject and showed his dog to Mr. Reynolds, who purchased it. Today Dan got a letter from Reynolds stating that his dog, 'Prince,' which Dan sold him, had taken first prize at the Detroit dog show, with 50 competitors. 

Daniel Stolliker is very busy shoeing horses for the Toledo Ice Co. and incidentally in his official capacity as constable serving garnishee summons. Dan says let the good work go on.

A good, steady shoemaker and cobbler would get rich at this point.

Jay G. Pray and mother and G.W. McCormick returned Wednesday from a three weeks' visit with relatives in Denver, Colo. and report a very enjoyable trip and splendid visit.