Dexter

Rev. H. Burns took a trip to Detroit, latcly. Miss Mary Bilby has been visiting at Ann Arbor. Jacob Haas intends to build a large barn'in the near future. Hrs. R. J. Webb and her sister have gone to Hovvell on a visit. Mrs. E. A. Nordman spent a few days at Chelsea, Francisco and other places. Mrs. Cooper, of Eaton Rapids, is here attending the funeral of her father. George Green, brother of Byron Green, died on the rc)th. inst.,of consnmption. J. V. N. Gregory has taken a trip to Marshall, but the object of the journey is a mystery, Mrs. O. F. Hall went to Ypsi[anti to see her uncle's family and she had a good time. Something at Chelsea attractec Mrs. S. Newkirk and Mrs. Dr Chase, and they went. A. G. Willsey, a prominent citizen of this village, is very sick with inflammation of the bowels. The union revival is stilT in prog ress 'ïere, and with sufficient encour agement to warrant a continuance o the meetings. Miss Ella Cutler, of Detroit, has for a few days been visiting with the family of E. H. Andrews of the firm of Andrews & Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Davis, o Augusta, spent last Sabbath in Dexter with their son, Samuel Davis, of the mercantile house of Andrews & Davis, Dexter. Ex-Commander Robinson, of G. A. R. Post, of Plymnuth, with his daughler, May, Mr. and Mrs. Chilson and Mrs. Farrand, all of Plymouth, were, during the last Sabbath, guests of Rev. H. Burns and wife. On the 25th inst., two funerals occurred here, and both of old pioneers of Dexter. ■ One G. W. Hayes, sonin-law oí E. B. Lyer, and the other Evander Cooper, who settled here before the name oí "Dexter" was known. The following ofiicers were elected at the meeting of the High School Literary Society: E. Clark, president; Hellen Waller, vice-president;Jessie Doane, secretary ; Ione títannard, critic. This has been recently organized, and occupies half an hour each week for literary exerciscs. One of our prominent citizens is circulatingl a petition praying for an enactment against the manufacture ana sale of limburger cheese. The reason of his prejudice is that it is an easy instrumen.t f05 practical jokes. He knows it. A short time ago, his olfactories admonished him that the atmosphere about him indicated the prcsence of an obnoxious element, but for the life of him he could not lócate it. Everybody shunned him and he hated himself. All hisefforts for relief proved futile. Powerful disinfecting agents had no effect. lt clung to him like the old man of the sea to the shoulders of Sinbad the aailor. He at last bethought himself to examine his clothing, and in a pocket of his coat he found a small speek of limburg. He is a profane man, but he was very quiet on the ground, as hesays that he could not do the matter justice. He has discovered the perpetrator, and his breast rankles foi retaliation. Reconciliation is impossible. The dog, in manv respects, is the most remarkable brute in the whole circle of animated nature. He is endowed with senses and instincts often surpassing reason. He seeks the society of man, and follows bim to every quarter of the globe, romps with him, strolls with him over the fields, hunts for him, fights for him, and if need be, dies for him. And we admire the man who appreciates the dog, though he may in many other respects, be grossly {diliquent. One of the greatest dog fanciers in this community is Thomas Birkett, of Dover. In his visits to Dexter he is always attended by four of them, two grey-hounds, one ox-hound and one setter, and, as if hey were trained to De his bodyguard, the grey-hounds are always head and the two others behind neir master. As to their general haracteristics we know but little, )ut one of the grey-hounds has a seculiarity seldom seen in a dog nd that is his capacity as a trotter. irkett's team is not slow, tut the horses are not equal to the dog, as trotters and much less so as runners. Now, in relation to the natural disposition of dogs, we will say that there is only one species of unkindness that will make an enetny of him, and that is, tying empty oyster cans to his tail. We once witnessed an experiment of this kind, and it is said that Ben Roper was the perpetrator of the indignity, as the canine was seen to emerge from Ben's barber shop with four oyster cans fastened to his caudal appendage. He ran with a speed that indicated his impfessions to be that he was a locomotive tovving a fast train, and behind time. His movements were so erratic, however, that it was was difficult to predict, at one moment, his eicact locality the next. His general course was toward Fred Jaeger's saloon, but when near it, a short turn was maneuvered, the consequence of which was a strong centrifugal forco, breaking the coupling of the rear part of the train, and endangering the physical welfare of some passing pedestrians. The lightening of the load increased the speed, so that before the thoughts of spectators could be concentrated nothing but dust was bo be seen. Like the boys and the Jrogs in the fable, it was fun for Ben but death to the dog.