Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-11-13
THE ALMA RECORD.
FRIDAY, NOV. 13.

trains are TO be dOuc away with aud an
electric appliance take their place. Two
trains-Nos 3 and G-oa ihc d., l.. & n.
are already equipped with it, BY pulling
II strap an electric .currcnt is liberated
which rings the bell.
The following item is now floating
uroun through The state. It's all true
too: The Schwartz road cart, patented
and manufactured 10y j. Schwartz, of Alma
Is becoming famous. Although the c, m
pany have the most extensive wagon and
carriage factory in Gratiot couuty, it can
not nil one half its orders.
The newest note paper and envelopes
are yellow -lntcr-Ocean. So are the old
est-Current. Should think note paper
would be blue; the maker usually is
Southern Trade Gazette WGen note pa
per is read, makers are bluc-and some
times yell-oh 90 Grand Haven Herald
Can(nNry man ofyo make better joke
Il an tha II makes us mclon-clioly.
We were shown by Mr. VI. ). Dcpue. on
Monday. apecuiar specimen Of the owl
tribe that was shot by Arthur Baldwin.
in Bethany township, that measured feet
and lhrce inches from tip to tip Of wings
1t was Of The color OF full-booded Plym-
outh Rock fowl and beautifully notified.
1t is to be stuffed and mounted and pre-
scented to the St Louis Ii gh school muse
um-St. Louis Lcade-.
Advices from New York. Illinois, and
in fact from neatly every portion of the
country where potatoes are grown extern
sively show that the crop is in rs bad cou-
dition elsewhere, rs in Michigan. A Lans
ing dealer says that potatoes grown on
light, sandy soil, are tolcrably free from
rot, while those grown in mari and other
heavy soil are pretty sure to be affected
This fact is worthy of note by our farmers
and may give them valuable HINT for the
future. The rot this year seems to be
caused by the ravagcs of AN insect that eats
into the tubers, leaving them in bad condi
ton To + Sst the alta X Of the rot 1t is
further said that potato rot always follows
an epider ic of cholera,
The supers itious are no doubt feasting
on the following item which the Evening
News set ahoat: Last Thursday morn.
ing partridge flew through the glass in a
store front on the main street of Alma. A
prominent lady remarked that we should
soon hear Of the death of some person con
nected wi h that store. The same evening
a telegram was received from Nebraska,
announcing the death. by heart disease, of
G. ID. Barton, a brother law Of A w.
Wright, who was formerly in business
with him in Alma. Mr.. Barton was once
greatly annoyed in procuring anu setting
the very glass through which the bird !
crashed To start with it was Wcdnes- /
day instead of Thursday; the lady said !
she feared some accident would happen /
someo connected with the store those /
who have long been connected with The
store never head Of any trouble about the
glass. sodhls rather takes the romance out
and does not tend to make the News rep
utation for yeracity any etter.
The Alma correspondent Of the Ithaca
Journal has the following comments to
make upon a well-known Alma character:
On Wednesday Of last week, G. j. Toby
who has resided al Alma for Is years or
over, left this place for tie Michigan sol
diers' home at Grand Rapids hav ne been
admitted to that institution, aud where lac
~ nj, 81. I
lie, as he was penniless. ragged. had not
n place to lay his head, except a barn, and
his health and strength apparently entirely
gone. His constitution was shattered and
broken down, his countenance hagpard
and as he tried to move about for the last
tw) or three years, totally incapaci ated
Tor any Kind Of business. lie presented one 4
of the saddest spectaclcs of a physical and
moral wreck, nj an age when IA. should
have been In The yigor of manhood and /
usefulness, that ever walked the streets of {
Alma Fol The last several years he has :
been so low and unsightly and his right
hand trcmbod so bad, that he has remain
cd in or about saloon nearly all the time. r.
as his home, probably being ashamed to t
stop long in the comp ny or presence Of c
any except those WHO visit such places.
lie was man of natural scnsitivrucss and 4
some pride of character. but had failing I
That destroyed all his good intentions, aud J.
by indulgence and associations. corrupted !,
his tongue aud his whole moral character. y
think lac stated that his appetite Was d
born in nina sad comment upon hered. c
liary influence, speaking 10 parents who
indulge in the vice Of in oxicaling drinks.
He VS. once n muuic pal officer in our
village and has been justice of the peace. !
The penniug Of these facts aud comments I
for the public eve is not pie asant talk for :
me. hcsitated over H. But concluded {
tia duty, fora warning aud example to
Others ,
Whiskcy will do ,his ovcr} tmc. Prol e. q
ably the moderate q mixers think they will
never 60. in such condition. but let them q
keep steadily at it and whiskcy will Hap its
wings aud crow over worse wreck than
his poor man, ifthat is possible.
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The Spy Of The Rebellion.