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Day
21
Month
July
Year
1897
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Public Domain
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Wade is building a :ii-w resdence foT himself at Ciielsea. The bot weather is eaid to have hrunken the wheat berry soanewhat. Ed Hammond and Miss Ruth West, Kth of Sylvan, were nrarrted recenty- Dr. D. L. Barry of Saline, attendd the E. ti. meetiing at Tji-omto last veek. !:. E. J. Pihelps has ïemoved froin Chelsea to Markcsau, AVis., pernianently. new st.ite liue telep'aoae comany is alter Saline as a station on ba line. Mary Baole, of Milán, lias been giveu an original widow's pension luider Ixe old la.w. Some nice improvements are being nade at the L. S. dspyi, grouads In Manchester. C. P. Jones and jYimily, of Cohnubu, Ohio, are at Wihitmore 3ike for Bub Slimmer. 'I late pjtato ei'op is a doubtíul nao, as tlie viaes are dying out in naiiy lucalities. ïhc biick ánd tile works at Milán mploy about IC hands and four ams co'nstantly. G. C. Tjwüsend, tiie Baline village ireaaurer calis u:i the people there o: tthfiiir village taxes. Tho Plymouth couafil has just voted t3 bOTTOW $3,000 to extend the vate:1 mains o; tlie place. Art'hux Lycn oí Scio, has been givn an original pension. Secured flhvoush W. K. Child's ageney. Ge'Oirge Maltbach, oí Northfield, has 1een (jnanted au increase of pension, tiLi'Ouig-h W. IC Child's ageney. Elmer Lyo-n of Dexter, engineer 97, ías gone to Bellaii'e, Ohio, in the mploy f a Boiler fe Bridge Co. John Oommiskey, who has been practicing law at Hawell Jor the last ev yoars, has moved t Esca-naba. Salem is quite a daU'y station as 5,000 lbs. oí c'heese have been shiped fi'om there to Chicago alone, this eason. Stephen Dui'ïee, ex-Oo. School Coro, o" Livimgston county, will superintead the Pinckney schools tlie comag year. An elevator is being built at W'hitmore Lake by Mr. B'uros, of Howel!, vho will have a man stationed there j bnjr beans. Mfcs. Staley, of Dexter, tos One td th3 seasho.e lor several weeks while M'r. Staley and da.ughters are cá. Base Lake. A thief broke iato St. Jo'haiB church a Freedom, recently, and Btole an uiiiJUiiit oí inoney belonging to ïhe SÜTiday Sdhiool. Those articles in the lust Grasa Lake News, sig.ned "M. G. Carlet .::, President," are raluable, na iiíoubt, U aot tbrilling. Lsaac Seavey has parcliassd the ïesdènee of Mts. Kirkland in Dexter and . S. Yost win' no-w occupies it, will move on Main st. .Miss Nettie M. Gillette oi Shiron, attended the Epwo:th League Interternationial Convention at Toronto, Ont... as a delégate. The nor.tHern, southern and eastern parts of the couaty hiave liad rain In abundance, but the central and western have not had much. The Alumni association, of the Chelsea High School Is worklng to have theii' alma mater put Upan the Universlty list oí high schools. It certalnly stoo-uld succeed. The Stockbridge Maccabees are to have a new hall which will coutain a Tine stable with all new fangled electrical attatóhments for the goat. There is ta be a concert and dance given at Vbe Cllfton House, Whitmore Lake, on Friday Aug. 6t)h. vlessrs. Harklne and Granger cxï Ann Arbor will be there. Wion't yoiu ? Sp.me newspaper ilend called Archie Wllklnscun, oí Chelsea, "the Bill Nye of Washtenaw couaty." And now it is etated that if Arohie ever meets the fellow lace to face, he will be bill-ed nigh unto deatlh. William H. Lay,. of Ypsllanti, the weli lannOTvn necrologlst of tihe Was'htenaw Gounty Pioneer Bociety is suffering fnoni a growth that is forming over hia eye and which will neceseitate an operation to remove it. Oii the 4th inst. Thomas Lave, o Ho-well, celebrated the 61st anniver eary of hia landing in America. He carne from Bngland in 183G, and Hv ed on one farm in M'arlon townsfliip (for 40 yearg. He bas lived in How ■svell since 1884. Or_ ttoe Jarm of E. M. Oiilld's ol Au gusta, a swarm of bees foand a hol In the clapboards jnet uoder th eaTes, and have gome In there ant comjmenced business in rigtit good simpe. Mr. öhilds expects a fine erop of honey by fall. Hare yo'u any waste land on your arm ? A side hill íor instance, that s practioally of no valué ? lï bo, )laiï't it ta acorus or walnuts or buttenuuts. and get a grove started for yiO'Ui' c'hildren. You may live ta reap som of the benefits yourself. Rev. Fnank Carpeator a foTiner United B-ëilhren preacher, well known n tliese parts, bat later a Baptist pieacher, has been, sileaced irewn iieacliing at Lmising, fui:" dishonesty. ie fo-inerly preached for tae U. B. poc.pl e in Wato'loo. - Stockbiitlge Sun. Wliile coming to town Moiiday ttomlng, Jumes Steííe, of Nortih.field, fliled iii.s pipe a ad lis"iited it f a good smoke. But in Borne way a 2-calibre oa-rtridige liad íound its way luto tlie pipa and cxploded, iillün liis eyes íull o,' tobáceo, smoke aad scaie. But lie was jiO'fc iioi't. Tn.e tieasu.rer or the Ciielsea schotil distiict received $G,182.G5 last year and expended $5,825.42, leaving a balamce en hand oí $357.23. A direct tax ol $4,267.80 was graiited at tibe aainual meeting. George A. Beg-ole and D. B. Taylor were chosea trustees for the year. BO'th. new mernbers. it is strantge thut iarmers do mot look over their tools aad iniachinery early ini the seasoa and have them put ia ooadltion feer use, instead of waiting uatil they need them. They oould sa"ve considerable valuable time, aaid nu doabt ii taken in ,time an. old ni'achinJ could be ï'epaired at mail expense and save the cost of a new machine.- Enterprise. Pred Valentine, oí Manchester, died ■on M'onday oí last week, aged 87 years. He had a hip brokea recently, amd thiat hastened hie death. He carne to Michigan in 1833, and had lived at Manchester or on his farm atoout four miles out, on Iron, Creek, evei since. He wias buaied with M'asonic hionoTs, Itev. Yokom conducting the ser-ice. E. K. Da,ne has a cuiilosity; in his yard in the shape of an orange tree wliloh he brougnt f rom Florida, and fnom w'hich he bas been, pickiog for the past few weeks luscious oranges oí Michigan growth. The tree lias been admired by many people, as it stands in plain sig'ht oï the street, and, althionign the fruit must be empting to the boys, it may bc said 0 their credit that jiever aa oa-ange tas been "cooned."- Dexter Leader. The Whittaker ocw. oí the Milan Leader, is responsible for tthis. : "A deputy sllieviïf of this to'wnship hovught it wise to purchase a new nd reliable revolver, mot knowing vhen he might bo called oa, to hunt ■up aa ordinary murderer ot a desperate c'hicken thlef. The next thing was to prove the worth, so he put up a marte oa a 6:hed and banged away witih fair resulta. Oai the othp side was a duck witlh, half closed yes dreaming oí ïnuddy pools and lollywogs, wdien the ball camc erashng tlL'.'ougih and took off hls head. Moral : Look on tlio other de of iout mark." How to get rid of rye, is a thome of all the rural papers. Borne coaiend that the farmer should go hroug-li liis wheat field and erop out the tuits of rye, beïore harvest. Othra tihere are wio gay let the wheat and rye grow together till the end of liarvest, binding the rye wlth the heat, but chopplng aflthe rye Ueads eio'-e tluesHiiig, as they Btick up beoad the wiheat. Another way to et rid of the stuif-and the method most popular- is to pour tahe rye into a glass. tos3 it down with. a sadden gulp and follow it with aai iee-water tuaset bejore breaking the awful eience.- Adiian Press. A swarin ai bees settled under tlie ToTüice of the Btockbridge 3Japtist lunch, ad proceeded at on.ee to aake comb and gather lnoney. What 1 beautiiul example to the Ohiristhan wo" kers of the church ! It eaches tüiiat there should be no 'playing o. f" from attending services, u;i account of hot weather ; that the droues of the church b3 put to somc use or killed olf ; that the pastor stoould not leave nis ;lock to the n-olves of Satan, while iie reveis ia a bicycle or sailor suit, on a midnmmcr juivket. It is an example n-ihich says : "Work while the day asts. Saw wood, hot or cold ! Time and eternity wiait Jor none. Be -e also ready."- Adrián Press. Tliis was faund in the Chelsea Standard : "It h.as been disco'vered th,at when the question is popped to an Aim Ajrtor girl, öiie blusbes and remtbles a little and Bays iiha will gïvêtihem)atter careful oo'nsideration. The Ypsilanti girl looks sufprised and its with. lips parted Sor five or six mioineats, and then says it came eoonr fhan she expected, but it's all right Tke Manchester girl drops her eyes esignedly, pats the cai-pet with a neat sh,oe and responda : 'The Lord's will be doine.1 The Dexter girl grins ■ery sweetly aind says : Womldn't hat kill you,1 and then lays her head on his shoulder to think it over. The Saline girl looks liim squarely. in the eyes a.nd says : '"Why,_cort. Do you think I've been letting yoiu hug me aromnd here for two months Just for recreatioin ?' " Housewife- Are you willing to earn a good dinner? Tramp- Madam, X' 11 shell the peas if

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