Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-04-07
FIRES AND CASUALTIE!

The farmers of Maple Forest an
ticipate good Spring for sugar max
ing, and will undoubtedly have waxy
time up there when they get to ''suger-
in off.
Mr. Rudolph Kerns, who has been
employed in Mantz's camp during the
past Winter, received intelligence of
the severe illness of his parents, last
week, and departed for Ann Arbor at
once, to attend them.
Miss Mary Scott, young lady of
Acknowledged ability, and well up in
the art, has been engaged by the
School Board of this village to teach
the Summer term, and will assume the
duties of that trust on Monday next.
The following subscriptions to the
AVALANCHE were received during the
past week Mrs. ID. III. Buell., Chesa-
ming; A. l.. Light. North Bloomfield,
Pa. c. NJ. f. McCiintock, Manistee,
and Louis Berka, Grayling.
All Fools Day passed off very qui-
etly in this place, and the man that
kicked the hat that covered the brick,
is expected To throw aside his crutches
in day or two. and look around for
the "feller what did it,.
The "ORly Original Silver Fami-
ly" gave an exhibition at the school
house in Fredericvlle, on Monday eve,
the2Sth ult.. and it being the first pub
| lie entertainment ever held i'm that vii
lage, was said to be very highly ap-
preciated.
Mr.. C. w. Wight and II. p. p.
Schmidt, of Fredericville, snapped
places a few days ago, and Mr.. Schmidt
is now the village landlord, while Mr..
| Wight is now running the Grocery
store, with an enlarged stock of goods
-;Jm r. Stecllert has an agency
for the celebrated Bone Black Fertil
izer, manufactured at Detroit, which
is fast becoming recognized as neces-
sty TO successful farming in this county,
and already has orders for several tons
in this vicinity.
Our Prosecuting Attorney, Mr.. j..
O. Uadley, has lately received five
bushel Of wild rice from Janesville,
Wis, which is to be distributed around
in the various lakes and bayous in this
vicinity, for the benefit of the wild
duck and geese which frequent them,
and when they become sufficiently nu-
merous, our sportsmen propose TO step
in and have & benefit
Mr.. John S. Harder, the present
proprietor of the well-known Grayline
House i'm this village, sold his valuable
farm situated in Shiawassee county,
some two miles from the village Ban
croft. to Mr. Geo. NJ. Cheney, of Pere
Cheney, this county, one day last week,
for the consideration of so, ,000 and
takes in part payment thereof the Ilo
tel property in Pere Cheny, known a
the "Cheney House" "
The popular drama entitled ''Th'
Last Loaf" was very creditably rend
cred i'm Roscommon, few days since
by an amateur troupe of Roscommon
? ties. who. We understand, intend TO re
: produce the same to the editication ant
delight of our citizens in this village a
no distant day. We trust they ma.
do so. and that large, and apprecia
tive audience may greet them ON sucl
an occasion, and that we may hav
ours butter side up"
/, Say, VIII, did you notice that pc
culiar smell that seemed to pervade til
up stairrooms, this morningN Yes
by Georgel What was it Mac" "Well
at first, thought they had kindled tn
Office fire with old boots and shoes
, but learned afterward that the gen
tlenan i'm No. had innocently hun
l. up his stockings near the stove pipe
e apd that it was only the heat extract
+, ing the latent po,qer from them; tina
was all. OH
a The next time n certain esteeme
II citizen of Graylng borrows n razor {
z a lone female woman i'm order TO get
n clean shave, we advise him TO asce
tain whether its sharp enough TO CT
is before he lugs IL home and nearl
% butchers somebody-.and then 10 r
Il turn il when the above mentioned f
If male woinan's liege-lord is absent an
remain longer, much longer than WI
strictly necessary for such slight e
rs rand, is too naughty To let pass unn
Is ticed, and we confidentially advise Il
T. aforesaid esteemed citizen to go sloN
oi as such proceedings are very liable
n lead to unpleasant results.
IN MIR. Louis Berka, whom we me
m toned last week as looking for go,
location in which to enter the Mil