Breezy Topics At Whitmore Lake

Whitmore Lake, March 18

The stone foundation for the new residence of Martin Ryan, jr., was completed today, and tomorrow the carpenters will take charge of it. The stone walls for James Brokaw's fine residence are being built and the house will be ready for occupancy by July 15.

Yesterday morning Wm. Lavender, who lives 1 1/4 miles east of here was taken with appendicitis. Dr. Darling, of Ann Arbor, Dr. Swartz, of Hamburg, and Dr. Lane, of this place, performed an operation last night. While he survived the operation, he is very low.

White the country roads round about are reported in very bad condition, all around the lake they are as dry as powder and smooth as a floor.

Every spare team in town is busy hauling stones for dwelling house foundations. The St. Patrick's day banquet attracted most of Northfield's inhabitants to Ann Arbor and they report a very enjoyable time.

Every voter should turn out to the democratic and republican caucuses on Saturday, March 28, at Whitmore Lake.

Today the March winds are blowing a gale and of course the ladies are out in force. One young lady was overheard to remark:

"The devil made the wicked wind to blow our skirts sky-high,

But God is good and made the dust to blow in the bad men's eyes.''

The Ladies Aid society will meet with Mrs. G. M. Fields on Wednesday, at which time they hope to make arrangements to purchase suitable grounds for a cemetery at Whitmore Lake. Heretofore the burials took place at Hamburg. This is a move in the right direction.

Farmer Reuben Williams, whose house burned down a few weeks ago, has let the contract to Jas. Nesbit to rebuild on the old foundation.

Arthur Goff has purchased a lot on the Pray addition and will build a residence this spring.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Quackenbush have returned from Salem, where they spent a week visiting relatives.

Miss Lane, of Salem, niece of Dr. C. S. Lane, is here visiting the doctor.

J.G. Pray and F. M. Smith attended the funeral of the Hon. Geo. S. Wheeler, in Salem, and encountered terrible roads. MOSS.

Whltmore Lake, March 23

Mrs. Ed. Lawton is very sick.

The Lady Macabees gave a well attended and enjoyable game social at their hall on Friday evening.

Both of our hotels have commenced their spring renovating, and by the time for tourists to arrive they will be as clean as new pins.

All our merchants are looking pleasant and claim a good lively trade.

We read of the clock and phonograph in hotels to wake up guests, but in a few days Whitmore Lake's sluggards will be awakened at 6 o'clock by the shrill whistle of our new sash and door factory, which will soon start up.

The mills of the gods grind exceeding slow but they grind exceedingly fine, and while in the past Whitmore Lake has been slow in securing factories there are now good prospects of securing some. Parties have been here looking the ground over for a peat fuel factory and have found the right kind of material in abundance within one mile of the village; and if this on being tested by other concerns is O. K. we are sure of a mammoth factory at this point.

Wm. Lavender, who was operated on for appendicitis, is very low, but hopes are entertained for his recovery. Dr. Darling says this was one of the worst cases he had ever seen and there was one chance in one hundred for recovery.

A mild rain set in this morning with prospects of continuing all day. The grass in pasture lands is growing rapidly and farmers anticipate an early grazing season.

The township of Northfield receives nearly $500 yearly from the saloon license, and as there has never been one dollar expended in this village the inhabitants think it no more than fair and justice to expend this year $200 in making sidewalks, and if the town board feels delicate about this matter we suggest that they take an expression of the voters after the reports are read on election day.