The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-08-21
The Neighborho0d.
ELLSWORTH.

turned and charged upon him,
pushing him down and badly
bruising his breast with his head.
Luckily the animal's horns passed
on each side Of his body, thereby
inflicting no serious wound. Cor
nelns O'Ncal, being near, came
to his rescue, and thereby saved
Mr.. Everton's life.
Mr.. billiard is now engaged
fencing the Ellsworth cemetery.
We are glad to say that Rev. p.
f. McClel'and, of Chase, is preach
ing one-half Of his time in the
townships ofEllsworih and Kill.
bnck. May his labor DO crowned
with success.
A man in Ellsworth says if lie
continues to take the Star his wife
will become SO sharp ho will not
dare to speak to her. Z.
BALDWIN, Aug. 9th, 1873.
EDITOR SrAR:-Duty having
made me familiar with the travel.
or Of Chase, l doom it my duty
to say something about his trip
(and what lie observed). lie land
cd in our town one evening, hun.
cry and dry, with "nary q red" in
his pocket, and could not give a
very correct idea of the plains
when ho arrived. He gave all
hands a hearty shake and says
'boys Let rs take a drink" Or
course the "boys" did. Then he
says: Landlord" keep track OF
this hnvcs his hair back of bis
ears and continues-"how long
before teal" Landlord replies
''ln few minutes" At the first
stroke of the bell the weary trav.
cler rushes into the dining.room
and Of course the "huckleberry
sass" was plenty, but the we ,ry
traveller partook largely OF meat
and potatoes, knowing that he
needed something more "substan-
iial" than sass" to build upon.
But "you bet" the "sass" had to
suffer at the wind-up of tho meal.
anonymous, No. g" says. "Those
are ine berries" Landlord says
-"uave some more sass, Mr.. -"
''Thank you, l don't care ii l dol"
So you see he has not got much Of
a mouth for sass, 20, no! Guess
not. That is pretty low).
Mr.. Editor, It is a fact that the
towns of Webbcr and Pleasant
Plains can show as fine n sample
"f wheat as any town in this State.
Mr.. Dovce has illreshcd. lie had
$50 bushels Of wheat upon 8
acres Of buckwheat ground. Mr..
Young, 80 bushels per acre.
"Veno" nallet 46 bushels upon 8
acres, put in on corn ground. The
wheat in those towns will average
Is bushels per acre. Corn is rather
poor, owing to the dry weather.
Potatoes are a fair crop.
l think il the crop in the timber
land around Chase arc 60 good,
and they can cell so much,
the fat men Of Chase should give
Anonymous No, 2" when he is
canvassing the county for them,
money enough to pay his hotel
aud whisky bills, and he never
Ought to 60 to another restaurant
and call for oysters anl gardiner,
and eat until he is fit to burst, and
then tell the proprietor he will pay
when he comes around again.
anonymous" can't play that upon
the Baldwin boys again and the
landlord Of the hotel is a going to
say the next time he comes, that
anonymous persons without bag.
gage mast ray in advance. One
moro word to Chase: If they will
white wash those shantics former.
~ owned by Messrs. Pratt e.
Baker, and kill some Of tho frogs,
or stop their noiso, so travellers
can sleep, it would he an i'm
provement to tho place; but il
tl,cy lot Mr.. Halliday take th"se
buildings. down, Chase will mot
look as. large rs its rival. The
pcople Of Ghase noed not think
Baldwin is ausgespiel1, for We ex-
pcct to show tho village Of Chase
'swho rides tho goat" when tho
time draws nigh.
sas ANONYMOUS, No. 8.
BALDWIN, Aug. 16, 1873.
EDITOR STAR: We have been
having a dronth ont here ON tho
plains AS You know. Further
south the drouth was earlier. But
Lake county must expect to take
her turn, and it 10 nothing against
the county 40 long as she stands
il rs well as any other, which We
think she docs. There ia no rea.