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County And Vicinity

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Day
11
Month
May
Year
1892
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Public Domain
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The So. Lyon school board will retain Prof. McNamara another year. The Epwortli League, of Ypsilanti, are making great preparations for an annual May festival. The Stockbridge mili has been conipletely fitted up with new maclünery, and is now ready for business. It has been voted to retain Rev. O. B. Thurston for another year, by the Congregational church at Pinekney. The new M. E. church at Ypsilanti, Tvhich is a magnificent one, will be ready for dedication about June lst. Monroe Taylor and James Blaine dug eight foxes out of one hole on Gilbert Bradley's farm a short time ago.- Brighton Argus. Mayor Glover had all of his appointments for city officers confirmed last week by the Ypsilanti council. They are all republiean. Mrs. W. K. Sexton, of Hovell, one of the prominent ladies of that place, and a resident of Livingston county, eince 1860, died on the 2-tth uit., aged 52 years. This is the time men eat Spring onions for luncheon and spend the rest of the day removing their breath in sections to keep people from ialling over it.- Perry World. Rev. S. T. Morris, and Chas Morris, of Lima, observed Arbor day together by securing and in a workmanlike ner planting out rows of young hard maple trees on two sjdes of the Congregational parsonnage lot.- Dexter Leader. The mock congress of the Normal school at Ypsilanti, appears to be a ílourishing body, and one that aids the students in parliamentary law, and familiarizes them with public bodies. Such organizations are lielps to many Btudents. The state board of edueation has designated Aug. 22-26 inclusive as the time of holding the next examination for state teachers' ccrtificates. The examination will be held at the office of the superintendent of public instructjon in Lansing. The second txamination lor the year will be held irom December 26 to 30 inclusive. The farmer is busy plowing, sowing and getting in bis spring trops. The farmer's wife is equally as busy turning the house and everything iu it top-side under-most, and rooting out every partiële of flirt or dust that has found lodging there during the past few months. Taken altogether it is a right lively time on the farm just now. Mr. Xelson, of Ypsilanti town, sold last week 44 1-3 acres of land lying just east of the city limits, north of Forest avenue, to Mr. Fisher, for $5,000. If Mr. Fisher keeps on buymg land we shall have to class him pretty soon, with Únele Tom Palmer as "a horny-handed son of toil."- ipsilantian. Land is worth eoraethiiiK, anyway, according to those figures. Dr. F. K. Owen read a paper before the State Medical Society at its meeting in Flint last week. The animal Normal News Oratoiïcal contest takes place at the Normal hall, Ypsilanti on l'riday evening. The Faitnful Workers at Fowlerville, reported $105.04 earned bytüe members trom Maivh 18 to April lst. Mrs. Ann V. Bassett, oi Ypsilanti, is one oï the vice-presidents oí the Michigan Equal Sutfrage Association, whicli met in liattle Creek last week. Miss Kittie Sullivan, Normal 'uu, who is teaching at Portland, Üregon, reporta it a pleasant place, and that a large number of Michigan teachers are to be found there. The South Lyon people would like to have some one purchase their t'louring mili and set the wheels humming. An Ann Arbor man lias been looking it up with that end in view. G. H. Gilmore, of Ypsilanti, claims that lüs brother.was the first white child born in Lenawee Co., on April 11, 1831, and that H. L. Eobinson, who died recently, was not entitled to that honor. As evidence of the public interest awakened, under the new managemenlj in our schools, w enote the fact that during the month of April there were 277 visitors. of whoin paid their respecte to the high school.- Ypsilantian. A fire broke out in the Hawkins' house, Ypsilanti, last Saturday morning, and resulted in injuring the building to the extent of about $,000 worth. An ageut for a book publishiug house lost about $2,000 worth of sample books. A resident of Novi, named Phil Taylor, drank some of his wife's "face powder," (he didn't do it on purpose; alfd it came near tijinslating him to the place where face powder and such things are unnecessary. He will look before he drinks hereafter. The appearance of the bulbs, the opening of the flowers, and all the operations of nature as now ehxibited in the surrounding fields, sliould be objects of interest to the students in our schools. Surely these early spring days should be improved, as they undoubtedly are, by the class in botany. - Dexter Leader. As usual our pupils planted some fine trees on the school grounds on Arbor day. This is a commendable enterprise and should be followed by all schools throughout the land where they have not already got a grove. It is the business of the school to take care of the trees after planting and they 'do not -want lor care at this place.- l'inckney Dispatch. Chelsea farmers are thinking oï placing small-pox signs on their premises. Book and insurance agents worked at them all winter; then came that gay fruit tree agent; netx the agricultural impliment agragation feil due; and every day now, the road is full of skirmishers for produce. With all these the Chelsea farmer is getting behind with nis spring's work.- Adrián Press. A rather peculiar but more sad circumstanee happened at the home oí Wm. Pritz, Ín Lodi, yesterday afternoon. Mr. F., wlio was a strong robust Germán farmer of that vlclnity, after eating dinner and feeling usually well went out to cultivate iu a íield near the house and after going a lew rounds felt a severe pain in his head. He went to the house, sat on the steps a few minutes only, when he became speechless and entirely prostrate. His father, who was present, hastened to cali Dr. Chandler, who lost no time in reaching the bedside of Mr. F. It was too late, He liad been dead nearly an hour when the father and doctor returned. Paralysis probably tlie cause.- Saline übserver. Anyone who has not visited the Hammond farm south of the city within a month would scarcely recognize the place now, It is surprising how much energy and money can accomplish in a short time. Anything like a detailed description of the many Bjreat improvements recently made there would be impossible, but it is very safe to say that the beautiful "cottage" mor eelegantly finished and furnished than any house in this city, the two new barns whose aggregate length is over 500 feet, the private mile race track, the water works and electric light plants, the long rows of trees, the fine trout stream, the imposing stone gateway, the gravel drives, the flowerbeds and plants alone costing thousands of dollars, al] these and many other things combiiied make for Mr. Hammond what will soon be the very finest stock farm in this whole state. He has already done his part toward making it so; it only remains to give nature a

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