The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-29
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reported as having the best piece o
corn in his neighborhood.
Hon. VIM. l.. Weber and Capt
Saunders, of East Saginaw, were il
Baldwin, last Friday.
Are you about to purchase a piano OF
organ? Don't do it before you hav,
made inquiries at the STAR office.
Eleven bushels of hucklc-berrie
were shipped to Detroit from this point
last Wednesday morning.
Farmers if you want agricultural i'm
plements remember that the plac,
to buy is at "Reub." Simpsons, Reet
City.
New potatoes, radishes, green peas
"string" beans, cucumbers and squash.
es are now in order, even in the north
woods.
We learn that the wheat this year
on Anthony Sitser's place, yielded some
fifteen to twenty bushels per acre. He
uitu on dcTcS.
Two wagon-loads of Chase citi.
zens-mOstly women and children
came up to Baldwin last Tuesday, and
went over towards Star Lake, bcrrying
Something like twelve or fifteen
bushels of huckle-berries were brought
into town and sold, last Tuesday, by
"Poor Lo."
The price paid for huclxleberries has
been reduced sOmewhat-frOm seven
to ten cents per quart being the figures
at which they are now disposed of.
Mrs. Isaiah Davenport has our thanks
for some nice pieplant; Sheriff Grant,
for lot of fresh green peas; and Levi
Bovee, for some turnips.
We were pleased to make the ac-
quaintance of Treasurer Coe, of Glen
coe township, who was in town last
Friday.
A citizen of Pleasant Plains township
says "They had better take my name
OFF that list of those voting against the
removal of the County Seat!'
One of our Yates township cores
pondents writes that harvesting is about
finished. The yield of both grain and
straw was small.
An excellent illustrated large quarto
is the Hearth d: Home, published by
the Graphic Company, 80 q Al Park
Place, New York City. Send for terms.
The tops of those turnips presented
us by Levi Bovee, last week, would
measure about three feet across-a sure
indication that there's something in the
soil.
There is talk of another match game
of base ball between the "Pionecrs" of
this place, and the "NOrth Stars" of
Reed City, the playing to take place at
the latter point.
Nj. ID. O'Brien has gone OH visit to
Canada. He may return, enjoying the
single-blessedness he possessed when he
left; but if he should not-well, we
won't anticipate.
Anyone sending us, between now
and the first of January next, six new
subscribers, with $l2 cash, or its equiv
alent, will be furnished with the STAR
for six months, free Of charge.
Household Melodies for August has
reached us, and, as usual, is cram full
of excellent new music. It's money
well invested to subscribe for it. Adj
dress J. l.. Peters, New York City.
We will furnish the STAR any ex-
soldier disabled by the loss of a leg or
arm-at 25 per cent. less than regular
rates. In other words, we will send
them q copy of the paper for one year,
)n receipt of $3.50.
Jones & Hollister shipped nearly fifty
bushels of huckleberries, by express,
Turing Friday, Saturday and Monday
mornings last. The berries went to
Toledo, Detroit, East Saginaw, Evart
md Reed City.
One of the cheapest and best periodi-
ais i'm the country is the Illustrated
Magazine, 81 per year, and
published by the Household Publish
ng Company, Al Park Row, New York
'ity. Try it!
The Quarterly Meeting of the NJ. T..
,hurch, Baldwin Circuit, will be held
t this place, next Saturday and Sun
ay, July 3lst and Aug. 1st. Services
will commence at three o'clock Satnr-
ay afternoon. Rev. A. G. Beach, of
Jersey, is expected to be present.
We learn from DIR. Mott that Geo.
Worth, reported, last week, as having |
cen bitten by rattlcsnake, some
ays since, is suffering from partial
analysis of one side of his body-the
fleets of the poison. 1t Is thought,
owcver, that he will ultimately re-
over fully.
Lee s. Cobb, of Yates, has leaves of
he summer squash I'm his garden,
,hich measure twenty inches across;
as corn in the silk, ten days ago, and
ten inches i'm circumference;
nd yet some people will persist in try
~ to cry down the "barren plains" of
AXE county.
We noticed a fine lot of garden veg
tables taken of the express train few
,ornings ago, consigned to Col. M. w.
,uackenbush, from Wendlin Bau-
,ann, of Lake township. Wendlin
rides himself on his rich bottom land,
nd well he may, for no better soil can
e found in the State.
A question--If 1t required two hun
red and fifty feet of lumber to attempt
ne bribing of Weber township man
} vote against Baldwin, how many