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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
Snakes i'm the Hackcnsack.

"Well," said an old fisherman on
the Hackensack River to % Su,, report
er day or two ago. ~ have fished
here many years, but am afraid l
will have to stop soon. When one is
fishing, and all of sudden. gets q
bite that makes him think all the fish
in the river are on his hook, and
after working his line in finds that he
has only caught black snake, it does
not make him feel very happy. The
other night my son-in-law was up
here from New York and we went fish
ing for cells, with what they call a bob;
that is, a string of angle worms. tied
in q bunch. Well, we got nicely to
work, when he had bite that nearly
pulled him from his seat He pulled
the bitter into the boat, remarking that
it was the father of all cells. Well,
that eel kicked up n tremendous racket
in the boat; and in little while my
son-in-law said:
What do you suppose is the mat
ter with that celp"
Don't know said !.
"I'li soon find out, said he, and,
drawing small piece of candle from
his pocket, he struck light At the
first look he almost jumped into the
river. What did we see but five
foot black snake whirling about in the
boat! BY this time we were standing
on the seats. We got the snake out of
the boat with our poles, and we did
not care to fish any more that night
"A gentleman who lives n ways up
the river was recently talked into buv-
ing an eel basket from n pcddler. The
basket was warranted to keep him sup
piled with cells all the year round. A
few days nfterward he set the basket
in the mouth of little creek leading
into the river. The next morning he
went to look at his catch. The basket
was well filled, but when he came to
empty it he found among the cells the
largest black snake he had ever seen.
He kicked the fish basket into the
bushes and concluded to patronize the
fish market hereafter. IN Y. Sun
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
Water as a Fat Producer.

A discovery of vital interest in so
cial science is alleged to have been
made in the recent assertion of some
anonymous scientific man that it is not
food but water which makes us fat. If
this is true 1t would seem TO throw q
new light on large number of dis
puted questions. If adipose tissue is
a desirable thing. then the work of the
prohibitionists should be supported
with unanimous approval. that wo may
become sleek and well-contonted ma
ton.
There is. however. room for dispute
rs to whether mere fat should be en-
couragod. Caesar is represented by
Shakespeare as wanting none but fat
men about him. But there is every
reason for belief that the great Roman
preferred fat men because they would
take things easily and would not dis
turb his rule by any restless attempts
at liberty. This would indicate that
lean men will be better for the leader
ship of free people. There is room
for suspicion that the professional pol
iticians have had a secret knowledge OF
this discovery for many years. and in
order to keep themselves in condition
for the defense of freedom have
guarded against the accumulation of
fat by drinking no water ut all, and
keeping strictly, to whisky.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
Trapping a Tisrcss.

She was captured about nine months
ago, in obedience to an order sent to
India by Mr.. Reiche for one of her kind.
A tiger track was found in the Jungle
leading to the reedy banks of river.
A pit about twenty feet deep was dug
in the path and covered over with
branches of trees and brushwood. The
natives then concealed themselves, and
at night the tigress, going down to the
water, crashed through the covering,
and lay, partially stunned and wholly
helpless at the bottom of the pit. She
was allowed to lie there for week.
The mouth of the pit was again closed
and for seven days she lived in dark
ness without food or water. Such
treatment very often kills a tiger but it
is the only known method of reducing
them from the state of savage frenzy
succeeding their capture to anything
like submission.
again removed the then untamed FANNY
was found to be anything but subdued.
She was, however, weak, aud her furi-
Gus bounds to reach the mouth of tho
pit were short ut first, and grew shorter
with every effort Then the natives
began to angle for her. 1t was hard
and dangerous fishing, but slowly
moose after moose was dropped arounG
her body, her fore legs were drawn
tightly to her sides, and she was pulled
up at last firmly bound and powerless.
Other cords were thrown around her,
and with her feet in the air and her
back down, she was dashed to bamboo
poles, and carried by score of men to
the place of embarkation. She had
very little life left in her when she was
placed on board ship and dispatched to
Germany.
When she landed in Europe, howev-
er, she had quite recovered, and Mr..
Reiche, who is living in Germany, was
delighted with her appearance. He
gave her the namc Of Fanny, and Sc
cured her passage TO America. She Is
worth perhaps $3,500.-M Y. Sun.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
Notice Of Letting Drain Con-
tract
"a true copy.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that
on the 27th day of September, A. D., 1884, at 9
o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of A..
]. Andrus, in township of Owosso, in :he
county of Shiawassee, will be present for
the purpose of letting contracts for the con-
struction of drain in said township, de
scribed as follows: Commencing at a point
on the section line 10 chains north of the
southwest corner of section IS, in town 7
north, of range east. Owosso, thence run
ming II. rs degrees east, chains, thence south
73 degrees east, $50 chains, thence south
81 degrees east, $50 chains, thence south
764 degrees east, 424 chains, thence south 4
degrees east, 1888 chains, thence south AN
degrees east, g.. o5 chains, thence north 6S
degrees east, LOO chains, thence north 81 de-
grees east I.82 chains, thence north 53l de-
grees east chains, thence south 90 degrees
east 4 chains, thence south 43a degrees east
6.4o chains, thence south I3i degrees east
4.S7 chains. thence south 3st degrees east
4.43 chains, thence south III degrees west
800 chains, thence south LOT degrees east
11.o3 chains, thence south 6lA degrees east
s.27 chains, thence south got degrees east
4,1o chains, thence south 164 degrees west
asa chains, thence south lat degrees east
6S3 chains, thence south gil degrees west
500 chains. thence south aaa degrees east
3 chains, thence south IS degrees west 2 10
chains, thence south IS degrees east o.o4
chains, thence south 40 degrees east AS
chains, thence south got degrees east $40
chains, thence south 4Si degrees east S.S4
chains, thence south 50 degrees east 3.23
chains, thence south 10 degrees east 3.43
chains, thence north S5t degrees east 7.32
chains, thence south SSt degrees east 1906
chains, thence south cot degrees east Ia. 81
chains, thence south 81 degrees east 4.so
chains, thence south AZ degrees east 9
chains, thence south 4oa degrees east 3 90
chains, to point situated in the centre of
the Maple river about so links north and
2. 10 chains west of the south quarter post OF
section 81 OF said township and witnessed by
a soft maple ID inches in diameter, north II
degrees west 40 links distant, the drain to be
IL feet wide on the bottom with a slope of
one foot on each side to each foot rise, length
of drain 736 rods: and that at that time /
will let contracts for the construction of said
drain by sections, to the lowest responsible
bidder or bidders. Also take notice that l
will then and there, at the time of the letting
of such contracts, be present to review all
assessments of benefits upon the lands upon
which said drain is to be constructed, and
assessed for the construction thereof.
Dated at Owosso, this 18th day Of Sep
TENDER, A. ID. 1884.
JAMES N. OCKERMAN,
Township Drain Commissioner for the
township Of Owosso, in the county Of Shia-
wassee.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
Labor and Longevity.

Ericsson, the veteran inventor, was
81 years old recently. He is in excel
lent health, and works, it is said, six
teen hours'a day, proving an exception
to the general rule, like many others
that are received without question, is
fallacy. Perhaps it might be fairly
asserted that busy men live longer than
idle men; that work is. after all, the
true elixir of life. Many noteworthy
instances where longevity comedies
with remarkable mental activity will
easily occur to the reader.
Was not Sophocles more than 80.
when, to prove that he was not in his
dotage-as his heirs claimed, in order
to get his money--hc wrote one of his
greatest tragediesp Did not Humboldt
do more work at fourscore than many
bright men do ut fortyp Goethe, as
every one knows, died with pen in
hand at the ago of 80. Won Ranke,
the foremost of living historians, has
just published another volume of his
Universal History; he will be 80 years
next December. Carlyle and Emerson
lost none of their vigor until they
reached three-score years and ten.
huo to-uuy, WIN iutglucS Ludb Oll-
yer Wendell Holmes, already on the
verge of 20, is oldp Longfellow did
some of his best work shortly before
his death, ut 20, and Whittier is now
two years older than that. The vast
energies, whose sum in many direc-
tons are known as Victor Hugo, show
no signs of decrepitude, although it is
now moro than eighty-two years since
Victor Hugo was born. Historians, it
may be remarked, have usually been
long lived.
Voltaire died ut "a. Thierry and
Michlet, at 76; Mignet and Guizot ut
81. George Bancroft is now "a, and
George Ticknor lived to be 80. In pub
lie life we have had several recent ex-
amples of great men whose power for
craftsmanship did not diminish through
age. Gladstone is nearly 20, and
Palmerston was Prime Minister at the
time OF his death, two days before he
had completed 81 years. Benjamin
Franklin, in the last century, lived TO
be 81.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
Snake Fiction.

Rheem. who has charge of the rep
tile specimens in the Smithsonian In
stitutc, contradicts most of the popular
belief as to snakes. Some of the most
dreaded have no existence. The hoop
snake, which takes the end of its tail in
its mouth and rolls over and over, kill
ing everything that it touches with
its venom, and the blow snake,
the breath of which is deadly. are fic-
tions. As serpents move about they
are constantly feeling ahead with the
tongue, and the forward thrust and the
peculiar forked appearance of this or
gan has given rise to the false idea
that with this the singing Is done. 1t
Is generally thought that there are q
great number of poisonous snakes. In
North America there are but three spe-
cies-the rattlesnake, the copperhead
or moccasin, and the coral. There are
about thirty varieties of these species
altogether. The copperhead is prob
ably the most dangerous. rs it is vic
kind before striking. The rattlesnake,
though more poisonous than either of
the others, will rattle at the approach
of anything, and try to get away unless
brought to bay. The coral is smaller
and is q native of the southern states.
The bite is not necessarily fatal. if the
proper remedies are used in time, as,
on account of its size, tho amount Of
poison is small. When reptile strikes
he throws his whole body forward. and
the fangs penetrate the object against
which thew come The hinder part of
the body remains in position; and none
of our snakes are in habit of reaching
moro than half their length.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
encouragement.

Encouragement is something that we
naturally look for.
A little praise. or word of hope. or q
cheerful understanding for tho hum
CRY soul to grasp and the weary mind
to rest upon, rs we climb the toilsome
mountain of life.
How many poor hearts have sunk
into dependency. when n little en-
couragemcnt would have treasured
them! How many have taken their
lives in the hour of despair. when n
friendly hand stretched out with aid
might have saved them!
The child looks to the mother for
help and encouragement when it is
taking its first step in walking. The
school-boy looks for encouragement
from his teacher. when he is taking his
first step in education.
And SO ON through life. The soldier
looks for 1t on the field of battle; it is
the cheering voice of his leader that
urges him on through the dangers of
death and crowns tho day with VIC
tory.
The poet and tho artist look to the
world to acknowledge their genius and
give them praise. 1t is encouragement
which calls forth their noblest words
and helps them 10 climb the mount of
fame until they surmount all difficult
ties and write their names in flaming
letters upon its summit
Then let us give encouragement to
each other in every effort of good. in
every noble action; in the little duties
of life-and we will be happier for it;
the world will be better; and q smiling
Providence will look down and bless
our labor of love.-Adelaidc T.. Iroon,,
IN ST. Louis Magazine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
The Lime Kiln Club Resolves.

Professor Lightfoot Payson presented
the following resolutions:
'Resolced, Dat dc secretary of dis club
be an am heahby directed to demand
of dc Secretary of War in dc moas'
emphatic languidge wheder or no any
of dc new pints, capes, bays, inlets. or
mountains diskivered by de Greedy
party in dc polar regions war named
arter any of dc prominent cullud
pussons of dis kentry? If so. dis club
would like list of 'em. Ii not, q Con-
gressional investigation will be de-
manded."
The resolution was unanimously ac-
cepted and adopted without debate, and
the Secretary at once sent out for a
bottle of red ink and 10-cent PEN
holder. Free Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
PROBATE ORDER,
STATE OF MICHIGAN, !

- I
COUNTY OF SHIAwAssBH.
At a session of the Probate Court for the County
of Shiawassee holden at the Probate Ofkce in the
City of Corunna on Wednesday, the 10th day OF
September in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty -four
PKEsHEr, A. A. Harper, Judge of Probate.
In the matter OF the EAtato Of William T.
Harrison, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition, duly verified
d Rose Harrison, praying that administration o
the estate Of said deceased may be granted to her
self or some other suitable person.
Thereupon il is Ordered, That Monday the 9Th
day Of October next at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition
and that the heirs at Law of said deceased and all
other persons interested ia said estate, arc re-
quired to appear at a session of said Court, thep
to be holden at the Probate OAce. in tho City o.
Corunua and shsw cause, ifany there be, why the
prayer of the petitioner should not be granted.
And II Is Further Ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested In said es
tate, of the pendency of said petition, and tn,
hearing thereof by causing copy of this order Il
be published in THE TInKs, newspaper printed
and circulated In said County of Shiawassss fol
three successive weeks, previous to said day o.
hearing. A. A. HARPER,
"a TRUE CopY) Judge of Probate
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
Probate Order.
STATE OF MICHIGAN,)

COUNTY OF SHIAwAssnE,
At . session Of the Probate Court for the County
ofShiawassce, holden at the Probate Office, In the
City Of Corunna, on Monday, the LIST day Of
September, In tho year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-four.
Present. A. A. Harper, Judge Of Probate.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Nichol Reed, de-
ceased.
On reading and Cling the petition. duly verified.
OF Kathrine Haueisen. praying that the ndministra
ton Of the estate Of said deceased may be granted
to John ID. Haueisen some other suitable person
Thereupon 1t IL Ordered, That Monday, the 3eth
day ofSeptember next at ten o'clock in the for
be assigned fer the hearing of said petition and that
the heirs law Of said deceased and all other per-
interested in said estate required to appear
at session Of said Court, then to be holden at the
Probate Ofice, in the City of Corunna. and show
cause, If any there be, why the prayer Of the
petitioner should not be granted And II Is Further
Ordered That said petitioner give notice to the per-
interested in said estate. Of the tendency OF
said petition and the hearing thereof by causing =
copy this order TO be published in THE TIMES, a
newspaper printed and circulated In said County
Of Sbiawasee for three successive weeks, previous
to said day of hearing.
A. A. HARPER Judge of Probate
"a true copy.)
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26

The New York Mail and Express says
that the Brooklyn bridge now earns
about $1,000 day, but 1t costs nearly
$4,000 day TO pay interest on its bonds
and the expenses of operation. How
ever. five years hence, when the rapid
transit system of Brooklyn is thor
ouglly established, the bridge may pay
its cwp way.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26

l. Never tell an UNI necessary lie.
9. Never tell ale at all unless re-
CURED by honor or the exigencies Of
society. 49, So
and stick 10 it. rrn
4. Tell it with perfect politeness and
an air of conviction. rti lgH
3. II your statement is questioned,
say. rs 10 those parts of it which are
true. that you may be mistaken you
cen prove them); pledge your word to
tharest il it is u question of honor
SocicLU Manual.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
I'D KhsssstlfE,eaeeEseSsfk-s

He was q particularly hard-up debt
or-or. at least, one from whom it was
difficult to collect anything,a Qnpday his
long-suffering creditors sent a new
clerk to dpn, him., not with much hopes
of Success h6weveri "A due time the
''Well," said the employer, Ibid you
get*4e monsygO OF QNIT .
mo; but he promised to pay at
once" G.
'.He's always promising. but be new
or . a'Tsi Z ia@sAahAAn sSdGl come
around Tuesday next at IL o'clock and
he'd giveemvrhsmoneyS'Y .
He di9s-33id he-say anything elseP'
'.Nos sfr. -IO.AyessAhea AS l was
corning out he said something about a
Observation-Disclosures the re-
mark seemed to be utterly irrelevant "
-Draf's Fsgggsig"sS y
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26

NIV0pCEC Absolute DIVORCES FOR PER-
DliVhVIS sons residing throughout the United
States and Canada for desertioa, nsn-support,
i.tsmperanse, cruelty, isesmpatibility, etc. Ad-
vice free. State your ease asd address ATTORNEY
WARD, wsrld Building, 1867 Broadway. N. Y.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26

The theory that there is an intimate
q6npeeHon. between yeayfhquakes and
wlkanoss fldes aosafpear to he well
founded. There are number of vol
canoes in sections where earthquakes
are seldom felt, and earthquakes are
fpseQ ent ,SSAsrevsAsFe ase No volcanoes.
In-aHe trypi$ wlssb both ire frequent,
Serd is.mor&- orle& syk6pathy between
them. The fall of q large portion of
the earth's crust into the central sea OF
molten lava is very liable to start the
smoke out of the earth's chimneys, just
as charge of coal 'tAfp wARntp q fur
mace sends the spekE6 " Ri 9the tall
stack Should aQafSc B0efy of water
accompany tho falling mass then an
oSplpsio1Eekcs ,RlfeHr an fayhquake
shock is felt. and The 'uscappS steam
carries ashes and lava out with it
Pitts6urg Dispatch.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26

I g. b. Streetor, of Norwaik, Ohio,
found in q field snake with two dis
tinct heads.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26
A YOUTHFUL EDITOR,
History Of the Hardest Struggle of His Life
OF Deep Interest to all Professions.

or Deep Interest to all Professions.
WORCESTER, MASS, March %, 1884.
DR.. Dse'id kfsnsdy, Rordoat, NY:
DEAR SIR: Ny son, a lad of fifteen editor of the
500 Ahead, amateur journal OF this city has been
at different times most severely, and apparently
hopeessly. afflicted with Salt Rheum. When q
very small child his body was almost entirely
covered with this loathsome eruption, II mostly
passed away, however, after the teething period
and he was not seriously troubled with 1t again UNI
til about one year ago. when the Salt Rheum a rst
appeared on his hands between his fingers, then on
his limbs, then on his face and head In one solid
mass His condition was terrible. Tho rash re-
senbled ivy poisoning and we at frst fancied IL
might be something not so bad as his old troubles
but the physicians pronounced IL Salt Rheum and
made every effort, without avail, to cure It. We
for skin diseases but II made about a. much Of an
impression much cold water might have done.
You can understand the situation when say we
were in despair OF obtaining real help from any
source.
At this point, through the advice Of Mr.. J. w.
Bacon, whose daughter had been cured Of Salt
Rheum by il, 1 tried KHNNEDY'S FAvORITE
REMEDY. This was the right and only thing n
lastl The skin began to heal at once and to-day
the evidences Of the disease have wholly disappear
cd. How thankful we are, Dear Doctor, leave
you TO Imagine. Yours,
No. II Terrl Street. ]. w. BATCHELDER
Tho experience Of years, AID the testimony o.
thousands demonstrate DIR. DAVID KENNEDY's
FAVORITE REMEDY to be- tho Nest successful
medicine for organic and blood diseases ever dis
covered. Prepared solely by DIR. David Kennedy
Physician and Surgeon, Rondout, NY.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-26

TT S. OF l. The regular meeting OF Owosso
u. Lodge, No. a. Quilted sons Of Industry, are
held on the % and Attn Thursday evenings in each
month at Odd Fellows Hall, corner Of " ashington
and Main Streets. Brothers ia good standing in
the Order cordially invited.
III. I. LRWIs. Sse'y June 81 VI
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-06-28
TriIlute az EEespoct.


The following resolutions were read and
adopted by the First Baptist Church Sunday
school, Sunday, June %, 1884:
Whereas, as the affecting hand Of Provi
denee has again been laid upon our Sunday
school and yictimized our little pupil AND
friend, IEEz RYAN, who is now enjoying the
sublime and glorious realities Of the Saints
everlasting inheritance. Therefore,
Resolped, That In the death of this littIe
girl our school sustains a bereavement, miti
gated alone by the comforting thought
that we sorrow not as those who have nc
hope.
Rcsoiged, That we freely mingle our sym.
pathies with the bereayed parents, and com.
mend them to the compassion40 of Him who
has said, 'tSutIer little children to come
unto met Gts
Resolaed, That we request the publication
of the foregoing preamble and resolutions
In the EcHo and Commercial, and that a copy
Of the same be presented 10 the parents o
the deceased.
Miss IDA MIToHRLL, Teacher
MkAIM CARTIER,
LeULA HALL,
MAY HALL,
EDDIE DAVIDSON,
d3RORGE DAVIDSON,
STELLA RIDDI0K,
CLARA CARTBR,
COMMITTEE