Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-05-19

And he saw his sister Bessy's head
On Absalom Thompson's vest.
Then he ran to his parent stern and told,
And the parent stern replied:
There amt no harm in vest; slide out"
But the lad refused to slide.
''There amt no harm in the vest / know"
And his eyes flashed bright that minute;
''But isn't II dangerous dad, he asked,
when Absalom Thompson's in it!''
"A Poet
Never before were so many i'm
proveinents underway in the way of
clearing and cultiSating lands in this
vicinity, as at the present writing.
Constable John Harrington finds
business quite good, judging from the
various articles stacked up around his
premises. Guess we'll come over,
John, and ride in your little sulky.
Some six or II half dozen freights
are now run over this division of the
Michigan Central, daily, which is GER
tainly evidence of an increase of traffic
in the freight business.
We observed lady friend of ours
Juggling home a washtub of soft soap
the other day, and we kind of mistrust
she's going to have Il scrubbing bee to
her house soon. What do you think,
ELI?
Several parties convened at the
Court House last Friday evening to
feast on ice cream, and at the conclu-
sion of the feast they one and all kinder
felt as though they had swallowed an
ice wagon.
Mr.. Goss, practical mason from
Forest station, has been building chin
neys, and doing odd jobs in his line
about our village during the past week,
and is said to be handy man with the
trowel.
Mrs. Fred J.. Barker. the Post
mistress of Fredericville, was in our
village yesterday the guest of Mrs. j.
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swap as she declares her oxen are too
slow, and now she aspires to ride after
horse.
The new crossway on the road to the
Tarbell Settlement, built last year, was
badly broken by team crossing over
Monday, through its faulty construc-
ton, which speaks bad for the com
missioner who accepted such work.
"A new consignment of that boss
Grand Rapids Plaster just received at
Sailing, Hanson & Co. s., where also
can be found some of that fragrant
Phosphate so nutricious TO growing
crops of all kinds,
When we say that Mrs J. NJ. Jones
makes delicious ice cream. we know
whereof we affirm, as we have recently
partaken of some of her manufacture
and deem ourselves competent judges
in the matter, and we repeat, its nice.
Mr.. Hiram Brown, the painter,
has just all the work in his line he can
''lay to-" and is going to shake his
hogs fur around that blistered side of
the new Hall in lively manner in
day or two.
Mr.. u. Moshier has enclosed his
vacant lot with a neat board fence, and
laid new sidewalk in front of his prem
ises, which gives a much better aspect
to that part of town. Would there
were more to emulate his example,
Mr.. J. Maurice Finn is soon to
commence the erection of another
building. suitable for Market and a
general store room, just in the rear of
his present store building, and to front
on Cedar street. Messrs. Forbes &
Tryon will do the carpenter work.
Mr.. j. o. Hadley is just in receipt
of letter from j. G. Goodale post
marked SanFrancisco but who is now
probably in Portland, Oregon, with
his family, as he indended TO resume
his journey on the following day.
Mr. Myron Dyer, under the direc-
ton J. o. Hadley, Esq, has lately
sown a quantity of wild rice in Sinp-
} son, Barker, and School Section lakes,
the Goose pond and the Outlet, and If
that don't draw ducks and geese there's
no attraction in taffy.
We see by the RdlkdSkdidn that
they are catching large trout in that
; vicinity, as one caught last week was
said to weigh fully 3lbs. A Apretty fair
trout, that; but just wait till we 60
grayling fishin' next month, and then
see how honors stand
r The next time our worthy Post
master and that young legal gentle
= man go fishin', we would advise them
? TO take something along for bait be
9 sides bologna sausages, and then they'll
. probably catch something else besides
little tadpole.
, The north bound passenger ran of
the switch at Ogemaw, Monday, caus
/, ing delay of two hours, and befor,
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