Common Sense

Abraham Lincoln's first speech on the tariff question was short and to the point. He said he did not pretend to be learned in political economy, but he thonght that he knew enough to know tliat "when an American paid twenty dollars for steel to an English manufacturer, America had the steel and England had the twenty dollars. But when he paid twenty dollars for steel to an American manufacturar, America had both the steel and the twenty dollars." That was the snm and substance of the tariff question as he viewed it. At a meeting of the school board held last e vening Henry B. -Dodsley was ohosen enumerator for tliis district, and started tliis morning making a canvass of the district to find out how niany children there are entitled to draw pri. tnary school funda. Miss Donaldson, of Bay City, was appointed to the vacancy in the corps of High School teachers caused by the resignation of Prof. Eagan. Miss Dicken, of Romeo, was appointed as teacher in the second ward school in place of Miss Cowan, who is j to be transferred to the first ward, taking the place of Miss Stevens, j signed. O As this is the season of the year when the wil'e is often on a vacation and the husband is left t' his wits or a summer boarding house for his meals, a, friend who is now enjoying a season of bachelor'shall teilsus how lie economizes in his meals and üves pretty well also, he tliinks. He abliors ha ving a lot of dirty dishes about the líTnise, so he went to woik and purchased several pounds of crackers, bribed the milk man to bring him the best lacteal fluid possible for the cows to give. Then he bought some bananas, whieb he slices in themilk, and j lias a "feast fit for a king," so he says. Then there are no great amount of dishes dirty, and he saves enough to keep him in cigars, etc, every day. He has a great head on him. But having tried his favorite dish, we must admit it tastes pretty well for a change.