The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-06

missientr of the y. Il r. M. Railway
z on rs $40 for the best field Of wi Q It In
Mason county, showing larg st yielt
. PER acre; $40 for second best IS fol
t',ird best. He also, offers SO for the
best collection Of pIums, 3 varieties,
!. peck each; S5 for second best collection
, About $l7O are offered, I'm special pre-
miums, by the business men of I.uding-
ton; and everybody and everything
seems to be working together for the
success Of the exhibition, which takes
place Oct. Sd, 4th and 5th.
Business having called us over IN the
east part Of Pleasant Plains township,
last Saturday, we had the pleasure of
an afternoons visit with John s. King.
Mr.. X. has eighty acres of plains land;
about forty Of which he has cleared.
The crops on the ground this season
look well, and he seems satisfied with
the chances of making farm. That
croquet ground of his Is fine one; and
proved SO enticing to US that we spent
some three hours playing; and then had
To depart with extreme reluctance.
We are In receipt of u copy of No. 4,
Vick's Floral Guide for 1877; and are
pleased to see the announcement that
about the first Of December he proposes
to commence publishing a monthly to
be called Viok's Illustrated Monthly
Magazine, and furnished at S1.25 per
year. That 1t will be valuable, in
teresting and entertaining periodical
we have no doubt, and everyone should
have copy of it.
With the first day of Il "month with
an in It," J. ID. Garland opened q box
Of splendid fresh oysters; and remem-
bering that printers, like other nlortals,
have craving for the luscious bivalves,
presented Us with can. Thanks. Mr.. |
u. intends to keep oysters constantly |
on hand, as soSn as cold weather fairly
sets In. He is ut present also, driving
quite q little trade i'm vegetables, i'm ad-
dition to his meat market.
County Treasurer Deurcss returned
last Thursday night from Cleveland.
Hesays the gathering of the Sir knights
was simply immense, and the display
one of the grandest he ever witnessed.
Detroit COmmandry No. l carried off
the prize banner for best drilling.
Ash Brothers have 04O-acre farm In
Eden township, Mason county, and
have about one hundred acres cleared.
They intend to SOW between so and go
acres Of Clawson wheat, this Fall. I
Mark l.. Townsend has the boiler for
his "boss" miniature engine about com
pleted, and intends to have 1t OH exhi-
bition on the Fair Ground during the
coming exhibition.
w. C. Benedict, formerly ofNirvana,
hut now residing at Flint, was in Bald
win, and gave us "a call, last Thursday.
He wants the county paper, and gave
the cash, for renewal.
Wendlin Baumann and his son John,
OF Lake township, with their families,
intent leaving for northwestern Ar
Kansas the latter part Of this, or the
fore part of next month.
T.. b. Critics, Of Glencoe, sends us his
name as subscriber, and accompanies
It with some fine-looking potatoes
ficient to pay for a year In advance.
Mason County Agricultural Society
IS preparing "a track on its Fair Ground,
and proposes to have trOtting during !
.he coming exhibition.
The period during which the law pro- !
ected wild ducks, this season, expired :
with the month Of August, and now
commence the slaughter.
Peter Corby, of Lake township, ex- :
'ects to start, with his family, for new s
lome In southeastern Kansas, i'm about q
wO weeks.
II Is estimated that 10000, 900 feet of 3
line logs are hung up OH the Pere Mar i
Iuette River and its branches, this sea- =
on.
Circuit Court for Osceola county is In q
essioR this week, Judge II. Ii. Wheel u
r presiding. Nf
AT the annual school meeting in this
district, Monday evening, Aug. Towner
'as elected Moderator.
Il. r. Indermill left last Monday
corning for Ypsilanti, where he at :,
ends school this Fall. Ii,
TuxwOrth Brothers have their shin =
|e mill ready, and commenced cutting
uesday morning. !
One week from next Monday-and
,en-O, deer! where will you find {
lfety then? )
Some pretty cold nights the latter {
art Of last week; but no frost to do any :
amage. Z
q. N. Jones returned with Instantly
st Thursday. q
J. Cooper and family came home
it0rday.
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