Dexter

Olie Vaughan lately went to Bay City Lutie James lately paid Ann Arbor a short visit. Misses Belle and Kate Honey have taken a flying trip to Ann Arbor. One of the high school teachers, Miss Clark, went to Ann Arbor a few days ago. Miss Fanny Bell has gone to Detroit to enjoy herself on a two weeks visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cheeney have come back from a protracted visit with relatives at Wayne and Detroit. Mrs M. E. Allen, a former resident here, will for a few days be the o-uest of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cheeney. Thomas Birkett made a trip to Detroit ately, but, as local option did not carry here, he did not go ior that. Mr. and Mrs. Ide recently indulo-ed in recreation by going to Ann Arbor on a visit with their friends there. Thomas Presley s dead. He died on the i2th inst. His age was 73 years, and he was one of the pioneers of Dexter. John McDonald is repairing his dweiling, and when finished passers by will think it is a new house. It will be as good. Misses Anna and Maggie Gallagher have gone to Corunna on a four weeks visit with their uncle, Patrick Gallagher and his family. v Rev. J. L. Smith, a superannuated Baptist minister of this place, has betaken himself to the home provided for such, at Fenton, Genesee county, Michigan. Misses Alice Costello and Clara Phelps lately went to Ann Arbor to visit friends . All who know those girls will never doubt that they had a good time. Miss Denie Campbell, who has for a few days been the guest of her grand párente, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Snyder, of Webster, has returned to her home in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. S. Newkirk were recently called to Chelse on account of the very dangerous sickness of their daughter, Mrs. McLaren. Geo. Vinkle, the M. C. night watchinan delivered the telegram, making three miles on foot in twenty minutes. George is an old base ball player. A mad dog, not long since, uncerimoniously entered the premises of John Denehey, a farmer in this vicinity, and bit seveial of his live stock and attacked some of the family, but was prevented from doing them injury. The dog was speedily dispatched, ana all the bitten live stock was also killed. If Lhe nuisances, called eavesciroppers, who intrude themselves under our noses when we are talking piivacy with friends, will take the hint and abstain from the obnoxious practice, they wül avoid an experience that will not be agreeable to them. We willteach the bow-legged, monkey-faced, addlepated sons of stupidïty, a lesson that will put them to considerable expense for fresh beef to restore their phizzes to their natural color. Seven Dexter Catholics went to Monroe on I2th inst., to witness the ceremony of giving the white veil to seveial of the sisters in the convent, among the number being what were originally known by the names ot Mamie O'Brien and Nellie Hay, but during the next two years will be recognized by the appellation "Mary Leonildas" and "Mary Bruedicta" respectively. During the same time they are "Novitiates" and "Sisters of the Immaculate Conception." The Sth inst., was the Soth birthday of Mrs. Catharine Willsey, formerly of this place, but now ot' fackson. She is the mother of Mrs. Edna P. Stebbins, ot the Stebbins' House here. A reunión of the relations, of Mrs. Willsey was held at Jackson on the evening of the birthday and among the guests were three children, five grand-children and the husbands of four of them and eight grand-children. One of the liveliest and happiest of the company was the great grand mother herself'. Was a doctor ever known to admonish the human family that prevention is better then cure? Guess not! We do not know of their ever having done so. It is a erand thing for the medical fraternity that so few persons have sense enough to preserve their health. It is said that when a simpleton wants to get well he buys something to take, but that a philosopher gets something to do. By this means nature gets in her work with the latter and cures him before she can get the first claw on the fooi. If you want to be sick take riostrums and go to bed; if you want to keep well keep out of the doctor's office, and saw wood, wash clothes, skate, ride down hill and everything else you can think of that is innocent. A farmer, in Webster, is t'ie owner of a male sheep, called ram, for short. Said rain is the autocrat of the barn yard, and, John L. Sulhvan like, asserts himself to be monarch of all he surveys. He is a head strong brute, and thus far has provecí tiimself ïnvincible. The most formidable of his antagonists, and the only ones worth mentioning, are the old boss, vvho owns the rancli and his dog. The latter being of the species called "shepherd," asnimed the attitude of a magnetizer, but the ovine manifested that he, himself, was too much a magnetizer for such an operation, and in less time than it takes to teil it, the canine rolled through a hole in the fence. The old man then took the field with a fence rail. This proved to be an advantage, as it assisted the gentleman to clinb over the fence, instead of being "rammed" through it; though his sheepship succeeded in getting sorne amusement out of a short play spell with the old man's coat tail.