davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
Agricultural,

0ss~SssS~' ~ a.
On the 18th, l7th, 18Th 19sb
and Goth, Of Sept. the Twenty.
fifth Annual Fair Oftbe Michigan
State Agricultural Society win be
held at Grand Rapids The State
Pathological Society will also bold
tits fair at same time. We
understand that an aggregate of
$4,000 in promians will be e,
offered. bst,lu,a, n. t.,l,t 3e,
tits expected that all Railways
in the State will Issue halffare
tickets to and from Grand Rapids.
All stock and articles for exhibi.
ton will carried to and from the
Fair free Of CHARGE. Full freight
one way being paid on shipment,
and on exhibition of certificate Of
Secretary that such stock or ar.
ticle was exhibited at the Fair The
same will be returned by same
Company to place of shipment
free Of charge, and freight paid on
shipment will he refunded. :,
Committees will be appointed
by citizens Of Grand Rapids, to
whom strangers may apply for
board and lodging during Fair,
who will BIO in attendance at prin.
cipal hotels to assign places to
those unprovidod. Hotels will
only charge their usual rates, and
accommodations at clearinghouse
will be furnished at reasonable
rates. All hacks and: omnibnses
will be restricted by city ordinan'
ces to 25 cents per trip from any
part of city or r. r. depo's to
Fair grounds, and to Same price
from Fair grounds to city or de-
depots. 1t is confidently expected
that a Street Railroad will lie COM
pletcd from the Fair grounds, on
which faro .,will not exceed ten
cents each way. .;i
All Military Companies in the
State are especially invited to at
tend, and compete for the fpllow-
ing premiums: To the Military
Company sho wing tho most per-
feet drill and soldicrly bearing,
5000: second best, 500; third
best, $50. No Company will he
permitted to compete for these
premiums. composed Of a less
number than thirty two members,
exclusive of commissioned and
non commissioned officers. Lieut.
Gen. Phil. Ii. Sheridan and Staff
will roview these Companies and
award the premiums.
flour space would permit, We
would like exceedingly to publish
extended abstracts from the prem.
ium list but as it is, must be
content with assuring our readers
that the offers are most liberal.
1t is scarcely necessary to urge
upon the minds Of farmers, me-
chanics, manufacturers, merchants,
artists and others the importance
and usefulness Of this Fair, in ad-
vancing the best interests Of the
State. Every ono who has an
article at al! worthy of exhibition
should make tia point to enter it..
The people of Michigan should at
once become fully awakened to
the Importance of this enterprise,
and do all in their power to adj,
and make it one grand success. ~
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

The poetry on the first page Of this
issue should have b,en credited to the
Farwell Registr. The omission was
due to an oversight on the part Of the
proof reader.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

JOIN DorLE, OF New Orleans.
was instantly killed Saturday, by
the brass nozzle of a hose flying
of and striking him while he was
holdipgthe pipe. 1t wss tho 6rst
trial oil a new steamer.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
TEAMS RUN BIZ CHICAGO TINE.

The best New Road In the q. g.!
Direct connections North TO Saginaw,
Lansing and sll-Northtrn and Western
Michigan. p, il,i.. ..rU = .gf
Direct connections South to incin natl.
and all points south and
Southwest also all Eastward points.
Through trains are run between Jack
son 4 Ft. Wayne and between Jackson
and Saginaw. Grand Rapids, and Chicago.
Trains on this Road are run by Chicago
time. ''s eH il9N - I'ii'fGfl =.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
COIN @ NORTH

AtJackson-CIose CONNEXIONS arc made with Mich
igap Central. Jackson. Lansing d Saginaw, and
Grand River Valley Railroads.
At Jonesyillea,with Lake Shore d Michigan
Southern Railroad.
At 'Waterloo-With Lake Shore. and Michigan
Southern (Air Line).
At Fort Wayne-With Pittsbure. Fort Wayne d
Chicago; Toledo, Wabash d Western, and Fort
Wayne, 4unoie Cincinnati; and Cincinnatis
Richmond Fort Wayne Railroads.
w. A. ERNST, Supt.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

TIE largest fleece Of WOO in tho
State this season is one OF %
pounda, cut from a three yearsolc
sheep Of the Hammond brcsd, the
property Of A. r, Dcwoy, Of
Grand Blancc.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
MOTHER GOOSE,

OR NATIONAL NURSERY RHYMES.
Set to Music ]. w. Elliott, with 50 beautiful
Illustrations engraved by the Brothers Dali
ziel Boards, $l.50. Splendidly bound in
cloth, gilt edges, $3.50.
ASK FOR NOvELLO'S EDITIONS.
Address, J. L. PETERS, 500 Broadway, N. Y.
Agent for Novelties Cheap Music.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
The First Drink.

N'"N 'sSeNsy soA"pS'~"~~
is small word, bnt it means
much Think there is no word
in the Enslish language moro full
OF meaning. : There ARE some
men who profess to be moral and
intelligent aud still they will buy
and sell liquor, and also uss . it
themselves. III was a man and
would stand behind the bar and
deal out tho poisonous stuff, and
then look out and see men, both
yonng and old, staggering down
the streets, and falling in the gut.
tors, / could not bnt feel guilty
and ashamed, that | would have
that sin to answer for, in causing
their misery. me 'u1 aff III
Very often We hear it said there
is no harm in taking but one
drink. But il must be remem.
bered that the fret drink almost
inevitably leads to a desire for a
second, and go on, until often, too
often, the drinker becomes a con.
firnel drankard. q Another com,
mon excuse isl went into the
saloon with friend and he wanted
me to take q glass, and rather
than say No! and have tho crowd
laugh at me, l took one." If
men who invite mo to drink with
them and then laugh at me II /
refuse are friends Q) l fail to
understand the meaning of the
word friendship. Any right.
minded person should feel proud
Of being able to firmly answer
"Ycs!" to question as to whether
they had quit the habit of drinking.
Ifonr most promising young men
would make it a practice ofrcturn.
ing such answer they neves
would be caught with bottles in
their pockets, and standing on
some hack street or alley with a
sick head ache, or asking the
girls for cloves, became they (the
boys) have such severe toothaches.
1t makes me shudder when | see
apparently intelligent young
mon who might rise to high por.
sitions in life, drinking, gambling,
swearing and travelling rapidly on
the downward road to ruin. All
misery from intoxication originates
in the first drink.
Nothing 10 more pleasing th,n
to behold young men known to
be temperate and industi ious, who
can 60 to town and return sober
and not swearing and raving like
maniacs. The practice of drink
ing is not confined to young un-
married men, alone, for many
men who have families that are
looking to them for good examples,
are addicted to strong drink, and
frequently come home intoxicated
and inclired to abuse those whom
they hayc sworn to love and cher.
ish. Often the money which,
should 60 to place food in the
mouths Of the starving wives and
children, finds it's way into tho
Golfers OF the ruinse.lcr.
To young ladies about to decide
tho question Of assuming the du--
ties and responsibilities Of married
lite, l would say look well to the
habits of those you would call
husbands. If they have acquired
habits which render them unfit to
| d.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
Clubbing Rates.

There may bssomo Subscribers
who would prefer to club With the
Star by taking some othor paper
or periodical I'VE viii send tho
igxorisnd tail bHa" veyH LiisiTE d
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

SUBSCRIBE for the Star, anu by so
doing you will not only help US, but
you will benefit yourselves and the,
entire community -.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

LARGE quantities ofwhortlebcrries,
gathered in this county, find a ready
market at homo and in tho towns east
of us. s, 7s a. .l
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

ANOTHER series Of showers during
the early part of the week. Who 10
there that does not rejoice ="
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

THERE was . beautiful dirplay OF
"northcrn lights" "Wednesday night.
Something unusual for this season Of
the year.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

Now in the time for bargains at the
old reliable store of K. M. Taylor
Hersey, Mich. .1r itt
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
Threshing Machine for Sale.

The. undersigned have . good thrsshing
machine and separator for sale. It is nearly
new, in good order, and will be sold At . bar
gain. Apply to Henry Gsrhardt or John
Gsrhardi, Hersey, Mich.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

A TOLEDO paper likes the wealth
of-the late Horace Il. CLARK at
$4,000 900. ' 'i ~ ''''
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

OK Tuesday Seth Mansfield, while
coupling cars at Orient, had two tues
of Els right foot crushed. ~ q.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
Fl. Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw
RAIROAD-

THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO
CINCINNATI q INDIANAPOLIS
pittsburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Washington, and all points
-. South ana Southwest. y
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

coin, OF this city, fell in TO the
river from tilnbers which cross tho
shute at the lower dam yesterday
afternoon, and vas Immediately
swept into boiling wators below.
The lad was rescnsd from his
bath by Jno. Jollnson, who was
fortunately close b.. c he fioated
Dearly eight rods, aud when re.
covered, life was almost extinct.
q We find the following in. the
Pioneer Of the 10th:. .r ~,n
Z Friday morning about two
o'clock, tho single mill Of b A..
Webster, located on the River,
just north of the McQaewan mill,
was discovered to be on. tire,
and tho flames had gained such
Roadway that no efforts were
made to subdue them. The ORR
gin of the fire is unknown. Lose
about $4,000. Insured for 81, 900.
Vi MASON COUNTY.
We find the following items in
the Ludipgton Record: a.
Three cribs have been sunk at
the end of tho south pier. One
each day this week.
Not less then 100 new buildings
are 10 process of erection, in this
city, and still workmen are com
planning of dull times. II
Some burglars broke into the
Boot & shoe store, of Allen Bros
on the night Of the 4th, and
carried off tour pairs OF boots.
The wind and rain storm of
July 4th was the most severe
that has visited this locality for
some time. A large number of
trees were fclled, obstructing the
roads in many places. In the
city considerable damage was done
to buildings. The frame of the
new scandinavian church was
completely demolishc q, but the
contractor Immediately set to work
to repair the damage and the
frame is already up again. The
building intended for q bowling
alley, near the uanson House,
and a large two story franc on
Washington avenue were badly
rackcd. The top Of a treo stand.
ing near the residence Of NJ. j.
Danaher was blown off breaking
a window Of the house, crushing
in tho siding and otherwise iniur
ing the building.
OcEANA County.
We clip the following from the
'Pentwatcr Ne,os:
Mr.. G. w. Grant brings M
a small branch from a cherry tree
on his place, which is loaded with
fruit Of excellent quality. Mr..
Grant has thronghly demonstrated
the fact that Pentwater sand it
properly cultivated will yield gen
erOus returns.
= A Superintendent Of a Sunday
School not more than fly miles
Pentwater. gave the scholars a
Biblical Enigma to solve last
Sunday. The definition OF one Of
the words to be guessed was "part
of Jacobs wages" but no one was
able to give the answer, which
was "Flocks." To refresh their
memory the Superintendent re-
marked "Jacob got his wives for
a part Of his wages, what else did
he receive. ?" "Children," shouted
a small boy on back seat.
AANlsrEE COUNTY.
! Tie MANS &C Times, Of the 10th
iaat, contains the following:
The elements celebrated the
4th ut Manistee with one of the
sevcrest gales and heaviest rains
of the season.
The iron orc recently discover
ed in this county has oeen exam
incd by severa. old miners and
pronounced very promising.
Among others Mr.. s. Norman
who has had much experience in
mining, speaks Of this one-in very
strong terms IF praise.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

EnrerAHrs are still arriving in
Now York at the rate Of A0oO to
1000 daily =
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
Be,dw;n House,

The Hotel affords a. good aocommods-
pons az any in this part Of tho country.
Charges reasonable. Alex. belong, Propt-
stor, Baldwin. Mich. r LII.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
Furniture Store.

The undersigned has opened aFurniturs
Store and 10 receiving a large stock OF
furniture; and be intends to keep on
hand general assortmsntof Furniture OF
superior. quality, and Of kinds suitable
for this market whiehI propose to sell
cheap for ready pay. have on hand and
intend to keep every thing in. the Purni-
yure line
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
Jackson Lansing 4 Saginaw R. R.

The most direct route to the great Lumber and
Salt regions OF the Saginaw Valley, and tho
Magnetic medicinal Springs Of '
st. Louis.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

g Trains rua by Detroit time.
Passengers from North Western
Michigan 10 the Capital of tho State
and Jackson, Detroit, &C.. will make
direct connection at Howard City with
this Road. .1r.i
A. H. REESE. Gen'l Supt. q.
J. W. BROMLEY, Genl Ticket Ag't.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
ANOTHER fine shower, yesterday.

IT is proposed to put dam across
the River at Evart. @
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

The Big ;Rapi6 Xa6se1 at
Jolly 10th eontsiss TIE following:
;. 4 little teyssoSrsi s sr siskt
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17
LAKE COUNTY OFFICERS.

/. blanchard, - Co. Surveyo
BOARD OF SUPERvI soRs.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-17

YSVeIoTtUS. SIVIw VVhOu "o',
bat generally about two weeks be.
lIind those on tho plains. A..
/ NoNrcALM CoUNrY. th.
% The Stanton Herald Of July
18th contsias the following:
The gravel trsin. stills continues
the work Of ballasilng up the track
OF the Lorna & Stanton. Railwsy.
The Road is being fixed mp in
sPleudid order. That part. Of il
through The ,narsAy soft grounds
IN the vicinity Of Sheridan, whicI,
lookcd3ss rouga aud cforbiddine
last Spring, is NV superbly BAL
lasted mp and'iooks ~ handsome
and as substantial 80. any load in
Michigan. Mr. pas. Shields sis
the Road Master who is snperin-
tending this work, and Il is with
pleasure that We give him credit
for being a thoroughly competent
man in lie vocation, Wo. are
informed that the bsllastiug, will
be complicated abcnt the fret of
August next, and then We shall
be favored with two daily trains
10 Ion;a and the 80. This will
csuse great .rAoiqiazto every
body 10 this vicipit " - y
MEocsrA Cs6sTy.
The Big .Rapi6 4sbse1 . at
Jolly 10th eoniGss tie following:
l.. a littls boyss0oersis OF sieht
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-03-06
WING & SON, 423 Broome St., N Y.

to live up to, and an estate going to ruin.
Behold his eleventh unuttered reason for the
frenzy which possessed him to live at home.
He might well desire to see the reign OF
overseers brought to an end on his estate.
Readers remember, perhaps, General Wash
ington's experience with them. How, when
he owned one hundred and one cows, he was
compelled to buy butter for his own table I;
and how, after building one Of the best barns
in the country, where thirty men could con-
veniently WELD the fail, he could not pre-
vent the manager from treading on the grain
with horses-so impossible was it, he says,
"to put the overseers of this country out OF
the track they have been accustomed to walk
in" He reached home for his annual vaca-
ton in 1893, about the middle Of September,
and caught this truly conservative gentleman
in the act. 81 found treading-y yard y
wrote the President, "not thirty feet from
the barn door, the wheat again brought out
of the barn, and horses treading it out in an
open exposure, liable to the vicissitudes of
weather." With such men to manage, the
General thought the new threshing machine
would have brief existence.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-03-06
Harper's Magazine.
Notices of The Press.

Notices Of The Press.
There are few intelligent American families
in which Ha,pers Magazine would not be an
appreciated and highly welcome guest There
is no monthly magazine an intelligent reading
family can less afford to be without Many
magazines are accumulated. Harper's is edited.
There is not magazine that is printed which
shows more intelligent pains expended on its
articles and mechanical execution. There is
not cheaper magazine published There is
not, contessedly, more popular magazine in
the world.-NeW England Homestead
A repository of biography and history, litera.
ture, science, and art, unequaled by any other
American publication. The volumes
are as valuable as a mere work of reference as
any cyclopadia we can place in our Libraries.
Harpers Magazine is a record of travel every
where since the hour of its establishment Lv.
ingstone and Gordon Cumming in Africa, Strain
among the Andes and Ross Browne in the East,
Spoke on the Nile and Macgregor on the Jor
dan-indeed, all recent travellers of note have
seen their most important discoveries reprodu
ced in these pages. Most Of our younger and
many of our older writer's find here their litera
ry biography. Our artists see the best evidences
of their genius and the most enduring specimens
of their work in the Msgazine.-N l.. Stand
ard.
1t is one of the wonders of journalism-the
editorial management of Harper s-The Ma
ton, NeU York
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-03-06
SILK Manufacture In America.

a report, issued by the silk manufacturers
OF America, states that the growth Of that
interest in this country is steadily increasing.
Within decade, ii has sprung up from an
Insignificant and unpromising experiment,
and now bids fair to become one OF the lead
ing and most lucrative branches Of our varied
industry. There is said to be at this time q
capital of over 0,00O, 900 invested in the
business in this country, against less than
$4,000 600 in lS60. Sixteen thousand opera
uves are employed, earning IS ,O0O, 900 per
annum, and weaving between $50, 900, 900
and $40 600 900 worth of silk goods in year.
And yet the planting of the mulberry and
oak trees, which are chiefly used in prop
agating the worms as we'll as the employment
OF the Chinese, has been attended with seri-
Gus drawbacks, which it will require time to
overcome. Another obstacle in the way of a
more rapid growth Of silk manufacture, in this
country, is found in the fact that the Califor-
MIA raw silk must all be sent to Europe to be
reeled, the improved machinery necessary
for that purpose not having, strangely enough
found its way as yet to this country. The
American silks are universally admired, both
in this country and in Europe, and when oul
facilities are matured we will be able to com.
pete the world.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-03-06
JeGcrsOn's Debts.

|
Mr.. Parton, IN his chapter oil Jefferson
HE ior the Atlantic Month!y ior March, aliud
ing to Jeiierson's resolution to quit the pub
lie service at the end OF WashlnSton's hrs
term, says:
| But why this agoniZing desire for retire
ment. Thereby hangs a tale. If we give
| ten reasons for certain course of conduct
there is often an eleventh which we do moi
give; and that unspoken one is apt to be
the reason. He could no longer afford to
| serve the public on the terms fixed by Con.
| gress. 1t was not merely that his salary did
not pay the cost of his Philadelphia estab-
lishment, nor that his estate was ill-managed
by Overseers. An ancient debt hung, as he
says, "like milestone round his neck"-a
debt which he had twice paid, although not
incurred by him. Upon the death of his
wife's father, twenty years before, he had
received property from his estate worth
forty thousand dollars, but subject to a Brit
lsh debt of thirteen thousand. Impatient of
debt, he sold fine farm near Monticello for
a sum sufficient to discharge it; but by the
time he received the money, the war of the
Revolution had begun. Virginia invited all
men owing moneyto Great Britain to deposit
the same in her treasury, the State agreeing
TO pay 1t over to the British creditor after
the war. The identical coin which Jefferson
ieceieu iot ms iarIii nc hilseii carried 10
the treasury IN Williamsburg, where 1t was
Immediately expended in equipping troops.
-, Inc LEGISLATURE OF Virginia, however,
thought better oil this policy, reseihded the
resolution, and returned the sums received
under II. But Jefferson was obliged to take
back ms thirteen thousand dollars IN depre-
GATED paper, which continued to depreciate
uhlii IL was worthless. In iact, the thirteen
thousand dollars Just Sullced 10 buy hlm one
say, laughing. mat farm once sold Tor an
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-03-06

settled, or how it will be possible to govern
it," said he, {" is past calculation" South
ern gentlemen, on the other hand, denied the
centrally" of Wright. and maintained that
the shores Of the noble Potomac river pre-
scented the genuine centre of the nations
choice. The Potomac! Horror! A deadly
masma hung over its banks; and no native
Of New England could remain there and live.
"East numbers of Eastern adventures"
said Mr.. Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, have
gone to Southern States and all have found
their graves there; they have met destruc-
ton as soon as they have arrived" Centre
of population? Eyes," said Sedgwick, g if
you count the slaves" but I" if they were
considered, gentlemen might as well estimate
the black cattle of New England"
And so the debate went on, day after day.
The Susquehanna men triumphed in the
House; but the Senate sent back the bill
with Susquehanna" stricken out, and
Germantown" inserted. The House would
not accept the amendment, and the session
ended before place had been agreed upon.
The subject being resumed in the spring of
1870 it was again productive of heat and re-
elimination; again the South was outvoted,
and the Potomac rejected by small ma
jority. Baflled in the House, Southern men
renewed their efforts over Mr.. Jefferson's
wine and hickOry-nuts in Maiden Lane. Two
sets of members were sour or savage from the
loss of measure upon which they had set
their hearts Southern men had lost the Cap
ital, and Northern men assumption. Then
it was that the original American log-roller-
name nrecorded-conceived the idea of this
bad kind of compromise. The bargain was
this: Two Southern members should vote for
assumption and so carry it, and in return for
this concession Hamilton agreed to induce a
few Northern members TO change their votes
on the question of the Capital, and so fix it
upon the Potomac. 1t was agreed at length
that for the next ten years the seat of Gov
eminent should be Philadelphia, and, finally,
near Georgetown. How much trouble would
have been saved if some prophetic member
had been strong enough to carry n very SIM
pie amendment to strike out ten years and
insert one hundred. And in that case what
an agreeable task would have devolved upon
this generation of repeating Georgetown and
beginning a suitable Capital at the proper
place!