The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-28

We guess travelling agrees with him.
Prof. f. A. Barnes, one of the pop
ular teachers in the public school at
Chicago, is home for the holidays.
The Shiawassee county Teachers
Association will hold lis next meet
ing at Corunna on the Ist and I'd
days of February, next. All teachers
and so far as practicable all friends
of the public schools should be in at
tendance.
The X. +. band will give another
OF their pleasant parties on New
Years eve. Supper will be served at
Patton's.. The band deserve the pat
ronage ofthe public.
There are several cases of measels
about this city and some cases of
humps. Parents should be on their
guard to prevent the spread of these
diseases, al this season of the year.
Any person who has paid for The
TINES in advance beyond Jan. Ist
can renew for one year OH the pay
ment of 81, provided the 81 is paid
on or before the present subscription
expires; and any one now in arrears
can have The TINES for one year by
paying all arrearages to the date of
payment and 81 in advance for the
then ensuing year.
Prof. Seelye and wife, Misses Blen-
kiron and Castle and perhaps other
Of the teachers in our public schools,
are in attendance on the State Teach
ers Association at Lansing, this week.
Prof. Brandt, Of the Byron schools,
and the popular, able and accom-
plished Secretary of the Board of
County Examiners, made us pleas
ant call Christmas day. He was en-
route to the State Teachers Associa-
ton.
Jessie Shattuck, Will Gould, Alva
Pitts, Fred Todd and Laselle Lyon
are home from the University, for the
holiday vacation. The boys are look
ing well, and good reports come of
their work at Ann Arbor.
Miss Belle McElheny, teacher in
the public schools, at Hastings, is
visiting at the home of the editor of
THE TINES this week.
The Christmas sermon by the
rector of Christ Church, Rev. w. w.
Walton, was an exceedingly interest
ing and instructive discourse on Pal
estine in general and Bethlehem in
particular, to which we listened with
much interest.
The subject of Rev. T. S. Leon
ards discourse at the Baptist church
will be, Solomon King of Israel"
Remember the Carmen Family
sing at the Baptist church, Friday
evening, Jan. 4, 1884, and not on
the eve of Dec. SIat, as previously
announced.
People hear some pretty plain facts
about the Kings of Israel at the Bap-
fist church, Sunday evenings, and
the benefit comes from making the
proper application of the facts.
The officers of Owosso Lodge, No.
8S, |. O. 0. +. will be publicly in
stalled at their hall, over McHardy's
store, on Friday evening, Jan. 4th,
The public are most cordially invited
to be present.
The publishers of The TINES re-
grets the fact that their paper was
badly printed last week; but when il
was too late to remedy the difficulty,
it was found that the rollers would
not properly distribute the ink. The.
hope they may not be caught that
way again in the near future.
The Michigan Farmer warns the
public to be on the "lookout for {
tree agent, who has curculit
proof plums, the German prune a
$3.50 per tree, and blackberfie'
which grow on vine, like grapes, a
81 each.
The Christmas tree for the bene6
of the younger class at the Congrega
tional chapel, on Christmas eve, was ;
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