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Horribles Of Grass Lake Center

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
July
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Grass Lake News pictures this lot-gobblin state of affairs mear there Imt tihen v-hat could 'one exp eet from ■tíhe center of a lake ?: "TYlhait ails Crass Laie Center ? A Birl was shot there last week, aucrtüxer terrlfic runawaythis week, and a general scare abouit eveitjlitng umceasingly. Bill Simmonds eouldn't live íbere owing to strange sounds and ehadowy forma waltzing down frotm tlie gravelyard arad dancing 'oldfasüiicmed hoe-downs on the corner; Bill Barrington, "Wednesday at midmight, heard a muffled, husky sneeze om his premisos. He tose. A ' chili, as pi deaitih, came 'over liiin and icy sweat oozed from every pore. He glanced out of the'window and in tlue moonliglit eaw a shapeless monster of prodigious size pull liis well up out of Wie groand, swing the Iwttom up intbtlie air and drink wit of the top as out of a cup, thoa Bhovel it back into place agaijn ; Girard Smith, as in dusk lie drivos his mük wagon "tilirough that neck o' woods does not consider diimself safe unless lie whistlew sings at 'tihO top of hiSToice ; 'CeWüer ciidldren never Tenture out after dark, aind tJhe 'denteens of the lated spot look nerrous and wild even inid-day. Ií lioraes get teco-red and run away it is "vhile under the malign ïniluenca? of that awful locality. This msteriwus condition of things is 'at■fcractimg the grave attention of our cltizens and unless steps are taken rto put stop to the) whole ttusieess, that eettlement will soom contain no1xdy but lunatics."

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier