Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-08-31

tute Of st Clair County are: President
S. q. Belts; Treasure, j. ). Duiiie
Secretary, Prof Fisher.
"A grand cream festival will he
given in the masonic hall at Peck, on
Wednesday Sept, 9th under the ans
pices Of the Union Sunday School. "A
good time is expected.
John McMurtrie, of Lynn, came
to town Monday, imbiDed too freely OF
"budge", got into his buggy and drove
but short distance when he fell out,
nearly breaking his neck.
Mrs. G.. w Bell wishes to an
nounce that she intends going into the
dressmaking business, having secured
the service of lirst-class dressmaker.
Read her advertisement III this issue.
The "IIome Of New York Insur-
ance Co" has added new departure
to their business and takes risks and
issues policies against loss by wind,
cyclones, and tornadoes. Jas Brown
is their agent in this vicinity.
Mrs. Teets decla,rs that she must
have n three quarter cabinet Sewing
Machine. Mira. Homer Rector and
Mrs. William Brown have three quart
er cabinet Sewing Machines, and they
are only $45; about one half the price
that was formerly paid for one of the
old fashioned kind; and then the APP
pearance of those old fashioned mach
ines WAS nothing to be admired. Now
think Samuel that we must have a
sewing machine. For my part am tired
of this way OF sewing with The needle,
when one can do so much more WORK
in day with machine, and do II
| BETTER HANNAH.
AS Wm Whitecide and family and
John Tomlin and family were driving
along the road last Sunday, two young
gentlemen (as they would term them
selves) by the names OF Jacob Holmes
and Richard Secor, with their best
girls. Misses Emma j. Ducat and
Rachel Heron respectively came driv-
ing at furious rate racing with team
they met, endangering the lives of the
two families. Having passed them
Richard Secor with his buggy ran over
a COW half killing it and throwing bis
girl ont of the buggy onto large pile
of stones bruising her badly. These
young gentlemen should be hauled VI
for cruelty to animals and severely
punished.
Last Friday we paid a visit tC
Farr's station or otherwise known a'
Fargo, u. o. and found everything
going on smoothly. c. Il. Farr The
genial postmaster keeps general store
and is always prepared to furnish The
weary traveller with plenty of gooC
things to eat and good place to sleep
w. Shell has on hand a large stock o'
geAcral groceries and is good fellow
to deal with. +. A. Hill is building
store near the station and rs soon a.
il is complete he will move into II. a
new station house is being built ais,
large saw and grist mill which will
no doubt. be great help to the place
and it will not be long before Farr'!
station will be very busy little burg
The annual school meeting vii
be held next Monday evening TO
the purpose of electing Director
in place of w. III. Palmer resigned
Now that Brockway Centre ha'
fine large hall, why would it mo-
be n good scheme for the young
folks to meet together some time
soon and organize an Amateur
Dramatic Club for the purpose o
entertainment this fall and winte
and also for Improvement.
The papers of Macomb county
arc loud against the history of tina
county lately written by NJ. A. Lee
son & Co., claiming it to be a fraud
The firm are at present writing up
history of this county and it woul'
be well for the inhabitants to fine
out whether the history be correc
before subscribing for the work.
The following items is clippe,
| from the Fort Gratlot Sun:-"Tha
man is to be supremely pitied VIII
thinks that because he withraws "hl
, patronage" from his home pape
l that it will make any material differ
ence with the financial workings G
the concern. There is no such thin
g as "patronage" in the newspape
5 business. Merchants advertise e'
pecting to be richly repaid. AN
the man who tenders the publisht
: of The Sun dollar for years sui
t scription simply because he "wish'
II to help support homo enterprise
L will have his filthy lucre returned
+. him in short order. A newspap'
d reporter and publisher sees life
J. all its various stages and meets wit
II all kiuds of people which they 50
cit takes to make up world;" b
. the most contemplate of all being
% is the business man who gets often
+. cd because he does not receive
le complimentary notice in near
every issue of his home paper"