The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-30

tSeeu, iVr ieW uoys posi-. fi4r
isaiah Davenport remembers us wit
q greenback, on subscription. ~
Don't forget to send US the news ,
your respective neigIiberhoods. ~
i r. Fl. HotIlstcr has added some 4O
strawberry plants to the patch In hl
garden. sIc.hpt eJ H.ai
Jutlson CHOPPER, Of webbsr township
has gone to Shiawassce county afte
his family. taH !''La9
We're having plenty ofwarm rain
nowadays; and vegetation has talkel
a new lease of life. aai
Mrs. VIM. Rudd, of Pcwame, visite,
Baldwin Saturday afternoon; return
ing Monday morning. - na ir-.d
| The Third Annual Fair Of Oscesl,
County Agricultural Society win "
held Oct. 9th, 10th and 18th, at Evart
"Unclc. Sam" Brockway has the
thanks of the printer for those two inc
melons left ut this Office, last Saturday
Jones 4 Hollister have greatly i'm
proved the croquet ground, prepared by
them some time ago us a sort of public
Lenefit. 8lift Ne ii,r,
Alex. DeLong, formerly Of Baldwin,
but now living ut Matherton, was IN
town the latter part of last and fore
part Of this week. 't..sI aie'a
"Hank" Rudd left Baldwin, Tuesday
intending to try for another location
In which to practice his trade. We
wish him success.
County Treasurer Dcuress left for
Cleveland, Ohio, Monday merning,
to attend the national meeting OF
Knights Templar. a 4it
We were in error, last week, in stat
Ing that Lee S. Cobb had but ten acres
under Improvement. We shsuld have
said twenty acres. ,itna ia.
Mark Townsend hints about having
something worth seeing, OIL exhibition
ut the coming Fair Of Lake County
Agricultural Society. ~ ''n
Bring out your produce aud articles
Of manufacture to the Fair. If they
do not rank as best, they will help to
increase the display.
We know Of several who have an
eye on those special premiums offered
by the Land Department sfthe +. &
r. NJ. Railway Company. ~
We learn that a Mr.. Harmon, OF
Paris, Mecosta county, intends putting
in saw mill ut Nirvan,i; and that he
expects to have IL in running order by
the first of October,
One Of tile most valuable publica-
tions We know of valuable to all class
es ofpeoplc; stlic Scientific American,
published by Mum & Co, ,a7 Park Row,
New York. Terms, S.2o per, annum.
Two errors occurred In the list of
premiums to bc offered Mt Third An
nual Fair of Lake County Agricultural
Society-publislled two weeks ago.
Premiums on Tomatoes and peppers
should have read 30 and 20, 20 and l5,
respectively. si.t aHt
Through the courtesy Of Hon. L. G.
ID. Holden, Secretary of State, we are
In receipt Of Vols. l and ?, Joint Ducu-
ments Of 1876, a copy Of the Pomologi-
cal Report for 1875, and a copy of the
Report Of the State Board of Health for
same year. l,.a.q
JIG. Dow, Yuba City, Sutter Co,
Cal, wants information of the where
abouts Of the widowed sister Of Thomas
a native of Glasgow, Scot
land. She n supposed to he IN this
State, and will hear Of something to
her advantage by writing to the hd-
dress first given above. i
'Whcn the Blossoms Cover Us, Oar
ling,'' Is the title of new song and
chorus from +. w. Hclmick, music
publisher, 81 w. 4th St, Cincinnati, o.
when the blossoms cover us, darling,
r With their bloom Of white and gold,
And our faces are hid from each other
In the church yard, 40 white and 30 cold;
or the many dear ones who will never
Are there % %ny IsinS fes Sears. qs r That
Who will think OF us, care for MS thenf
On Monday, l.. A. Carpenter went
10 Chase, and procured some fine-lool-
ing strawberry plants, which he in
tended to place In his garden. "Labe"
iidn't realize what a fatal mistake he
made In showing us those vines. He'll
want to stand guard over that patch,
armed with shotgun and bushcl
basket full Of revslvcrs, every NOON
light night, In berry time. lai
In speaking of ID. A. Blodgett's big
arm In Glare county, the Farwcll Reg
stcr snys: I'D. A. Blodgett, Of Hersey,
las large crew of men engaged In
lcaring up farm Of 800 acres, I'm the
ownship Of Frost, IN the northern
'art Of this county. Besides this he
intends to seed to grass large tract Of
Id pinery recently burnt over, intend
ri for pxsturing stock. He has the
normous quantity of sixty bushels of
,rass seed ut his camp, which Is m
ended to bc sown ON several acres Of
,round,y ffsF u .sasr /
Linus Tayler, Of Pleasant Plains
ownship, on Saturday last, loft at tI,is
ffics three stalks of corn, represent
ng, so he Informs us, o fair average Of
lis field Of about two acres OH plains