Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04
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The eleventh annual meeting of the
Michigan State Pioneer Society has
been postponed from the Bird and 4th.'
until Wednesday, June 18th, at o.
clock, p. NJ. Among the historical pa
pers and "reminiscences that will be read
on that occasion, will be the story OF
the Indian Chief, Touguish, by Mr.. Al.
ID. Osband, of Fredericville. one OF
the " ell known citizens of our county.
'How did you manage to cultivate
and raise such luxuriant and beauti-
full ,noustache?" said boarder at the
Grayling House, to another whom we
will call Jones. co." replied Jones,
who had been practicng upon rollers
are ra bf thte fem s5me of hesc coo
nights, Hammond says that they viii
Law over all others on the Mackinaw
Division"
A. ]. Scott was arrested on last Fri
day Evening, by Sheriff Hum, who ap
piled pair of "kum alongs, and con
Quoted him to the parlor of the Gray
ling House where several of his init
mate friends had assembled to cele
brate his 21st birthday. He received
several appropriate gifts and was con
graduated on Lis arrival to the dig
nifty of manhood, to which Mr.. s. re
sponded i'm his inimitable manner. Ht
is now full-f1edged citizen of this
Great Republic.
While the log train was being un
loaded, one day last week, one of MIR.
4 Ercrry TsrdITUL cTrrureu Iefr uetween
two cars and cut his head on the rail.
He was picked up at once, just as the
train was starting, by Mr.. Lamport, EN-.
tirely unconscious, and was several
minutes in that condition Children
shoul not be allowed to play about
thu cars or on the tramways at the
sawmill' If parents will not keep their
children away from such places. they
alone will be to blame should an acct.
dent happen, as railroad men and EN-.
ployes at the mill have enough to do,
without watching children. Locals
are scarce, but we do not like to chron
icle accidents.
The OtSego Herald, says 1.-THE Gay
lord City Band desires to tender it'
best thanks to the Grayling Avalanche
for its kind and courteous allusion tC
its honored and esteemed drum-majol
in its last issue, and would be overjoy
ed to have the able editor attend it,
fine concert Saturday night" You dc
us proud. We would have been pleas
ed to accept their very courteous invi
tation as we enjoy fine music, which
the Gaylord City Band are second tC
no other in rendering But, as we die
not wish to interfere with the enjoy
ment of others, thought it best not t.
} accept. If we had, the honored anC
esteemed would have demanded al
apology, which we could not have Civ
} en-, and he would have marched thu
band out of the hall as he did on TIT
occasion which we referred to.
The following clipping from thu
CharleDoig Journal will fit grea
many towns, Grayling not excepted
There are few chronic gossips il
town who seem to have no pleasure
except when retailing scandalous stor,
about some neighbor, and they hav'
succeeded in keeping society in
/, lerinent and petty Jealous for months
One OF the best things that could hap
| pen to the town would be stroke o
: lightning or paralysis, or something o
that sort, to every person who repeat
scandal. 1t has been said that tn
gossip and scandal mvnger is the viles
moral leper in the community, tn
worst enemy to society and rising ger
Grafton than the worst slums and dive
along our streets"