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The Lake County star., 1876-06-01
NirVana Items.

A sad accident occurred at +. d. La.
cy's mill, Thursday, May 25th, by
which son Of Mr.. James Frazee got
his right arm badly smashed both be-
low and above the elbow; so badly, i'm
fact, that the bones protruded through
the flesh. II seems that he got caught
In the elevator, and had not the belt
that runs the elevator, given way, he
would have been crushed to death. He
Is boy about Is years old. DIR. Brown
of Reed City, assisted by DIR. Wood of
Hersey, attended him, and he IL doing
as well as could he expected. This is
the fourth boy who has met with Sc
we're accident In this same mill. Will
lie Munford got his hand badly sawed;
Gus. Clemcnshaw's arm was broken:
Leroy Mann lost "a hand, and now Ben
ny Frazcc has an arm smashed from
hand to shoulder. B,sidcs quite u
number Of accidents to men, in and
around the same mill. There should
lc a law against employing boys in or
around n mill.
Young Burlcy got his thumb badly
sawed ut V. +. I.acy's mill, last week.
Jesse Ball was driving posts with an
axe and Let 1t glnncc-result, the axe
entered his foot, AMI he has bad foot.
lie Is very unfortunate, as he has but
recently recovered from cut In the
knee.
ID. Knight has taken Horace Gree
ley's advice and gone West-started,
Thursday last. JOY go with him.
There is Sunday School started In
the Cobb school house. John w. Swift,
superintendent. Hour 10 o'clock q. m.
CORR.
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and 81 the other.
The Grand Rapids, Newaygo and
Manistec Railroad, IL built within SO
miles of this city, and only wants en-
enlargement to reach Manistee. When
Will our people move In the case?
MASON COUNTY.
The following from the Record:
The Board of Supervisors holds its
next meeting on June 18th.
Our fishermen made an unusually
large haul of sturgeon, OH Thursday
last.
Mr.. VIM. Willers, who was shot In
the breast and neck with a shot gun,
last week, was attending to his regular
duties within two days after the acci-
dent.
The new schooner just built by john
son d Co. was successfully got afiOat on
Saturday afturnOon, though the event
was attended by some circumstances
not laid down In the programme, but
which added to the interest If not the
profit of the occasion. OF course quite
u crowd had assembled To witness the
launching of the first vessel ever built
here. She moved easily from her fOun-
dation, but soon resting heavily upon
her bows she came to u standstill. In
the efforts to move her again, the sand
bank, which was very abrupt, gave way,
carrying with 1t into the water two
small buildings filled with ice, fish
shanty, temporary platform prepared
for the purpose of II dance with which
il was proposed To celebrate the Occa-
sion. The hnd moved by the slide ex-
tended over an area of nearly half an
acre, which il now under about eigh-
teen feet Ofwater. The vessel has been
named the "NOTh Star" of Luding-
ton.
We take the following from the Lud.
ington Appeol:
The drcdgc has commenced work up
ON the harbOr. Fifteen feet Of water
Is what they are after.
The express charges on fish shipped
from this place average 500 per week.
Frequently $50 has been paid.
Bears are becoming very tame I'm this
county. \ large one the other night
called ut David Wilson's place, I'm AM
her, and indulgcd in n tussel with one
of Mr.. WIS dogs. The dog was van
quishcd.
An accident occurred mt Sweet &
Taylor's mill yesterday p. M, whereby
II boy named DOndenO, aged about II,
was nearly torn to pieces from being
caught In the cogs of the live rollers.
He will not live.
\ young Indian boy was last week
drowned in Pcre Marquette river near
Black Creek. The body, though search
has hccn made, has not yet been rccOv-
cred. 1t Is supposed to have been car
ried by the current of the river.
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by reference to new advertisement,
elsewhere, 1t will be seen that Chas.
McSloy and Alfred Bray have entered
into co-partncrship for tho purpose of
performing work as carpenters and
joincrs. We bespcak for them fair
share of patronage.
Within fpc days after planting some
cucumber and radish seeds by the Ed
itor Of this paper, plants were out Of the
ground aud growing finely.
One day late this week in issuing our
paper. Cause, job work.
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HOME STARLIGHT.

The woods are rapidly assuming the
bright green hue of Summer.
We learn that Alvin Joiner, Of Chase,
is the happy father of u six-pound boy.
Wild Strawberries and whOrtleber-
ries are blossoming plentifully.
There was large fire i'm the woods
west of town, last Saturday.
Working out road tax Is in order this
week.
A nice shower, yesterday; but more
of 1t would have pleased us better.
The Colorado potato beetle promises
to he very troublesome this season, in
this locality.
Mrs. J. ID. Garland returned last Fri
day from her visit to Charlotte, this
State.
You can catch CRAWLING, with hook,
from this day till the first of November
next.
Settlers cannot be too careful about
setting fires in the woods during dry,
windy weather.
The number musquitos flying around
loose this season excels the memory Of
the "Oldest inhabtant."
G. III. Broeffle has completed por-
ton Of his new dwelling, and moved
into 1t.
John Kirkland has moved his fam
lily from Renoe to the house purchased
by him, from q. III. Brocflle, in Bald
win.
The Union Sabbath School meets Mt
half past one o'clock next Sunday, for
the purpose of singing till hour of open
ing school.
G.. w. Helms is getting lumber on to
his lot, this week, preparatory to erect
ing Il dwelling house.
a. s. Randall, of Summitville, was
in town "Wednesday morning, and
gave us Il call.
n subscription paper Is being circu-
lated, with good success, this week, for
the purpose of defraying expenses of
Fourth of July celebration.
John Schroeder, of Vcrmontville,
Mich, and Jacob Lamb, Of South Pen
dlcton, Ohio, have their names added
to the fist of subscribers to the STAR.
Those working upon the road lead
ing south Of town, last Tuesday, dis
covered the finest bed of gravel that
we have seen in II long while.
Our readers should notice the new
advertisement of Il farm for sale, i'm the
township of Yates. 1t is good chance
for bargain.
Mr.. John Linstead, who recently
moved here, with his family from Port
Huron, has purchased, cleared and is
about to fence i'm four lots OH the fiat,
in the eastern part of the village.
We were in error, last week, in an.
nOuncing Mr.. Greer as assisting A. G..
Shaw in writing up abstracts of title to
lands in Lake county. 1t should have
read Williams.
To parties having mercantile collec-
tiOns to he made on residents of Man.
istcc, we would recommend Nfcssrs.
Chas. SecOr & Co., for promptness and
fair dealing.
About half n ton of dead pigeons was
shipped from this point, by American
Express, this Thursday morning.
pigeons ended several days
agO.
The job of cutting out the road from
Grants corner one hundred and sixty
rods north to town line, two rods i'm
width, was let to Harley Hazen for the
sum of $40.
DIR. ii. B. Peck, Of Reed City, will be |
IN Baldwin OH Tuesday and Wednes-
lay next, June 9Th and 7th. Those
desiring his services at that time may
lind him ut the Baldwin House.
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On Monday last S. +. Dickens, of
Eden township, captured huge wolf
in trap, after the beast had dragged
said trap about half IL mile. Thus the
"varmints" are disappearing from our
county. =. +. walk up and get your
twclvc-dOllar check.
See notice of cow lost, elsewhere in
this issue.
Crops are reported Us looking fine In
PinOra.
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Baldwin House,

This House has been newly finished
and re-furnished, and will be kept in
frt-claSs style. Charges reasonable.
Good stabling. +. Indermill, Propric-
tor, Baldwin, Mich. 1886
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Darius G.. Warner.

Attorney at Law, Notary Public and
Prosecuting Attorney for Lake county.
J.. o. Address, Baldwin, Mich. Office
in room with County Clerk. Is
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ThO,S SmurthWaite.

Fire and Life Insurance Agent. Of
flee at Baldwin House, Baldwin, Mich.
3-39
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Chase d. kinne,

Manufacturers and Dealers in Lum-
krand Lath. Special attention paid to
bill Stuff Mill and Yard on line of +.
* i. NJ. Railway, A miles west of Bald
win. 2-l-52
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w. Il. Mott. M. ID.

Office i'm PostOfficc Building, Bald
win, Mich. Will attend promptly to
all calls, I'm town or country. 2-l4
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DR.. H. B. Peck. .

Dentist, Reed City. Twenty-four
years practice. Office, up stairs, at res
idcncc, opposite church. $50
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a}larricb.
cO

at the residence of the brides father,
by Rev. Ezra Hays, Mr.. JAMES Il. AR
WEIR, of Chase, to Miss MAGGIE CLOSE,
of Kent county, Mich.
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Carpcntering.

w. J. McCausey Is prepared to attend
TO all calls In the above named line.
r. o. Address, Baldwin, Mich.
Isl
The Lake County star., 1876-06-01
Baldwin POStOilice.

Mails C lose mt y o'clock y. m.
ONCE open daily ,Sundays cxccpted) from 3 q
m. tu y. M, excepting meal times. Money Or
dcrs i.sicd, or Letters Registered daily. except on
Sunday A. Is. KISNE, Postmaster.
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AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
Bald,cin City, Mich.

All matter designed to be forwarded from this
point by Express, east or west, must he delivered
at the Office In PostOfce building before o'clock
D. m. No goods received or delivered on Sunday.
C. X. RADCLIFFE, Agent
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A. w. Jenkins, M. D..

Homeopathic Physician 4 Surgeon.
Office and residence on SlossOn Avenue,
Reed City, Mich %
The Lake County star., 1876-06-01
William A. DeurcSs,
Isaac Grant,

Sheriff Of Lake county, Mich. Will
attend promptly to all business entriist-
cd to him. Address, Baldwin, Lake
county, Mich.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11

reached over and seized the old mans
pocket-book from his SIDE pocket, know
ing just where to place his hand on it.
and the other grabbed the valise and ran
one toward the front door and the other
for the rear platform. But the old man
was too wide awake. He drew his pistol
and fired, first at one and then at the
other. One fell in the door of the car
fatally wounded, and the other on the
platform dead. The old man had good
eye for such birds on the wing. They had
his money and all his effects, and it was
evidently their intention to jump the
train. 1t was bold risk, but it was
big sum. The train was stopped-the
dead and dying were carried off, and the
Texan cattle drover gave himself I'D for
examination. Both thieves were we'll
known on the road, and the train men
are glad they are out of the way. Siebert
was warmly congratulated upon his GER
tain aim, and will be discharged from
custody without doubt. One Texas cattle
drover is too many for brace of Chicago
thieves.-St. Louis Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11

knife to cut out the diseased spots in the
body polite. And if those who at pres
| ent constitute the men and women of the
country will not do this-if they will not
insist upon public and private honesty,
virtue and morality-they cannot expect
their successors to be free from moral
| faint.
The future of the rising generation de-
| ponds, in great measure, upon the train
ing the members thereof receive in
youth, upon the influences by which they
! are surrounded, and upon the general
state Of public morals and sentiment. If
that generation takes its place upon the
| stage of active life with higher appre-
citation Of life's duties and better fitted for
the performance Of those duties than its
predecessor was, it will advance to a
higher general level than any yet occupied;
and what that appreciation and what that
preparation shall be rests with the fathers
and mothers of to-day.
One constant cause of the disparage-
ment of the youth Of both sexes is that
those most prone to disparage them do it
by comparing them, not with what the
youth of twenty, or thirty, or fifty years
ago were, but with the youth Of former
days as they now are, sobered by age and
experience, chastened by life's sorrows,
and burdened with ife's cares. The
memorysis apt to play sad tricks when it
attempts to conjure up the boy or girl Of
a score or more Of years ago and to put
him or her fairly in the scale against the
boy or girl of to-day. When time fur
rows the cheek and wrinkles the brow of
those who are now in a state Of gladstone
childhood, many of them will mourn over
the degeneracy which they observe, and
probably with no better ground than their
predecessors Of to-day have for complaint
Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
Incendiarism in the United States.

The report of the Committee on Incen-
dlarism and Arson, recently presented to
the National Board of Fire Underwriters,
in New York, shows that during the past
year at least thirty-ive per cent of the
number of fires were caused by incendia-
ries, while fully fifty per cent. of the
property destroyed was lost by the same
cause. The report recommended the offer
ing Of rewards for the arrest and convic-
ton of incendiaries. Fires for the year
were ,946, and were classed as follows:
Defects, 86S; matches, 214; spontaneous,
100; accidental, SIT; carelessness, III;
miscellaneous, 343; unknown, 461; incen-
diary, and supposed incendiary, 1913;
petroleum, in all its forms, 308. Defect
i've fiues and foul chimneys cause daily
fires.
The report Of the Committee on Fire
Department, Fire Patrol and Water Sup
ply recommended the establishment of fire
patrols in every city, and that they should
be partly sustained and supported by the
cities where they were located. New
York city had not got sufficient water
supply for its protection in case of emer-
gency. Chicago was credited with having
the best Fire Department.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
Who Was the Bad Boy !

LITTLE ANNIE was prettily dressed,
and standing in front Of the house wait
ing for her mother to go out to ride.
A tidy boy, dressed in coarse clothes,
was passing, when the little girl said:
Come here, boy, and sake hands wi
me. [ dot a boy dus' like you, named
Bobby.'
The boy laughed, shook hands with her
and said:
GIVE got little girl just like you, only
she hasn't any little cloak with pussy-fuI
on it.''
Here lady came out of the door and
said:
& Annie, you must not talk with bad
boys on the street. I,hOpe you haven
taken anything from her. Go right along,
and never stop here again, boy!'
That evening the lady was called down
to speak with boy in the hall He was
very neatly dressed, and stood with his
cap in hand. 1t was the enemy of the
morning.
q came to tell you that l am not a bad
boy" he said q go to Sunday-school,
and help my mother all can. l never
tell lies, nor quarrel, nor say bad words
and don't like lady to call me names,
and ask me if [ have stolen her little girls
clothes off of her!''
Pm very glad you're so good" said
the lady, laughing at the boys earnest
ness. Here's quarter of a dollar for
you"
q don't want thatp' said Bob, hold
ing his head very high. My father
works in a foundry, and has lots OF
money. You've got boy bigger than I,
haven't you?"
Yes; why?"
"Does he know the Commandments?
"I'm afraid not very we'll"
Can he say the Sermon on the Mount,
and the Twenty Psalm, and the
Golden Rule ?"
Pm very much afraid he cannot, y
said the lady, laughing at the boys bravery.
doesn't he ride on his pony on Sunday
instead Of going to church,"
Pm afraid he does, but he ought not, )"
said the lady, blushing little.
" Mother don't know l came here, )"
said the bright little rogue, "but 1
thought | would just come around and
see what kind of folks you were, and
and guess mother would rather
your boy wouldn't come round our
doors, because she don't like Mamie to
talk to bad boys in the street. Good
bye" And the little boy was gone
Waterman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11

| Wen, when the potatoes are ready,
just set the tables, for l want Kate to help
me-"
henry felt rather doubtful about the
tables, but after Kate had shown him
now to set one he managed the others
nicely.
80 the busy day vent on, and when
night came Henry went to Mr.. Green to
see whether he was 10 Iemain.
OF course you are; we cannot get along
without you. And, Henry, you must see
to the gate
The gate shut off road which had been
made with great expense so that car
rlages could drive to the Cascade, and
Henry was to collect the toll. He OBJ
| tanned permission TO 60 home and tell his
mother his good fortune, and soon his
former schoolmates heard the news. They
came over to see how Henry liked his
new life
Il shouldn't think you'd want to wait
on other people all the time" said one.
'Why not? It's real pleasant to make
others comfortable; and besides, mother
says We'll never have people to help us
| till we're ready to help them"
"But how do you know how to do
everything?"
Il don't know. l want to, and then I
can. But there's somebody at the gate-I
must 60"
So it was, day after day Henry was
here, and there, and everywhere; and
when he was tired he thought of his
mother who had worked for him so long,
and he never was discouraged, for his
readiness made him favorite; and though
they did not think to spare him, every
one was kind to him. He did not md
much time to study, but he determined to
make that up in the winter.
The summer was nearly over when a
party of gentlemen came to the hotel, and
Henry remembered that one of them was
there the first day he came. The gentle
man asked Mr.. Green about Henry, and
after he had heard his history, called the
boy and asked him if he did not want to
90 to New York with him.
""hG udliety UOy INC YOU III my
office. l will send you to good school
in the evening, and put you in the way OF
being a prosperous merchant when you
are a man.
Henry took the gentleman to see his
mother, and after much consideration the
matter was settled.
Your fortune is made, Henry" said
Mr.. Green, when he babe him good-by.
"Then he has made it himself" said
his new friend, "by doing well what he
found to do"
Henry is not yet man, but he is now
three years older than when he first started
bravely to help his mother, is gaining
good business education, has made him
self indispensable to his employer, and is
able to send money home that brings
many comfort to the little family living
there.-S0r0h C0napt, an the Methodist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
About Her Ear.

The Reese River Rege5zye tells of an
Austin man who was reading a story to
his wife tie other night, and came to a
piece of fine writing" in which the ear
Of the heroine was compared to some
" creamy-white, pink-tinted shell of
ocean" "By the way, DEAR" said the
husband, cutting short his reading, " that
description Of the ear reminds me OF your
ear; you have an ear like a shell" 1t
was the first compliment she had received
from him since the early days Of their
marriage, and blush Of pride suffused
her face as she asked: C What kind Of a
shell, darling?" An abalone shell, " he
replied. She had never before heard of
nor seen an abalone she'll but she did not
want 10 display her ignorance; so she
made up her mind to hunt it up in the
" Condensed Treatise of Conchology" that
ornamented the center-table Next morn
ing, the first thing she did after her hus-
band had left the house was to hunt up
the description OF the abalone shell. She
found it. 1t was described as shell
about the size Of an ordinary wagon
wheel. She nursed her wrath during that
day, and when her husband came home
that night she met him at the door with
the towel TOller-and now his ear is as BIG
as an abalone shell, but it looks like a
piece of pounded beef
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
The Future of the Rising Generation.

THERE are always to be found those who
maintain that mankind is degenerating
morally and physically; that the rising
generation is greatly inferior to that which
preceded it; that the young men of to-day
are lacking in many of the excellent quail
tiles for which the young men of half a
century ago were distinguished, and that
the girls-and especial stress is usually
laid upon this point are sickly creatures,
pert and indolent, brainless and aimless.
much given to frivolity, and altogether
unworthy OF comparison with the girls OF
The long ago. It is not uncommon to hear
ccnsure fully as sweeping as this, and it
IS As unjust as it is sweeping Since the
decline OF chiyalry, when it was the fash
ION to speak of woman as angelic in per-
lection and attributes, when men sought
10 excel each other in affected, if not real,
homage at the shrine of beauty, there has
scarcely been q time when TRADES against
the fair sex were not in order, and when
they We're not received by the minimizing
as the solemn truth. Yet that there has
q
and womankind, too-since the days OF
tits and tournaments, is an incontestible
fact There are still many mean and
: sorGid souls on earth, and even where the
highest refnements Of civilization have
been reached further advances are to be
made before the perfect man shall make
his appearance; but there is in the world
to-day a greater number of pure, chiyal.
rOus, high minded men and women than
there ever was before. If this be not the
case, our civilization is indeed a
most wretched failure; and if il
BE a fact that the rising genera
ton is not growing up so as to at
tain a superior position to that now max
Ing way for it, an era Of decadence is
setting in.
There have been in the recent past in
This country so many disclosures of sharp
practice, peculation, dishonesty and
wrors-doing generally by men in official
and in private station that it has at times
almost seemed as if the moral sense OF
the people were blunted; but the fact that
as rule. the masses of Intelligent people
brand frauds and crimes with the full
measure Of deserved apprehension shows
that the great heart Of the people is as
free from faint Of disease as it ever was
and that the people will freely WELD the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
4 Remarkable Den Of Snakes.

THIS seems to be the time Of year when
snakes are most abundant We learn
from Mr.. A. J. Hoffman, who lives in the
north part Of the county, that recently, as
one Of his hired men was going down a
small gulch, he came upon a perfect nest
of sQuirming reptiles, the ground being
covered with little and big coils of black,
shining bodies that.We basking. Know
ing the habits Of these reptiles, the man
went back to the farm and reported to Mr.
Hoffman what he had seen, when it was
decided to wait until evening, after the
snakes had retired to their hole, and en-
deavOr to kill them off. Just after sun
down both men repaired to the place, to
find not a vestige or tail Of snake to be
seen, but we'll beaten trails leading to a
hole Ill the ground about the size of q
bucket, which went down slantingly I'M
der the earth. The ground was beaten
down as solid as though it had been
pounded with malIet or used as a Gro
Guet ground for a whole season. Mr..
Hoffman is somewhat acquainted with
the habits of these animals, so he sta
toned the hired man at the mouth of the
hole with an iron bar, having a sharp
hook on the end, and began hauling out
the ugly critters" The first to respond
to his thrust was one which measured
eight feet eight inches in length, and was
of the black snake species. After work
ing for an hour and half or so, and hav-
ing drawn out 163 snakes, they quilted
for the day. Next morning, before the
sun was up, they began again, and drew
forth PAT more of the reptiles, when the
mine seemed to give out The rock and
soil on top Of the nest was then removed,
and an excavation about the size of bar
rel was found. 1t is supposed that this
family of snakes had held possession of
the prairies for years, as many measured
from nine to twelve feet in length, and
were as large round as a mans leg
appleton City No. Democrat.