Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-13
Coleman's barn in BueI, was

burned 10y lightning last week aud
also John T.. Cures house in Grant
was burned the same week. Both III
sured in the Continental, Albert ana
Jas. +. Lutz, agents.
Mrs. Chas. Sterling and daught er
Tena and son Charlie, of Mt. Pleasant,
are visiting frien nds and relatives III
this place. Mrs. David Brown, Sr.
who has been visiting up there return
ed home Wednesday evening.
--Vancamp g. Cook have opened out
a new furniture store in this place and
wish to inform the public that they
intend to keep full stock always on
hand which they will sell as cheap us
the cheapest. Read their new adv in
this issue.
C. Cooper, as representative Of
Brockway Centre Tent, No. So. X. o.
Il. NJ, together with g. 5. Gilbert at
tended the session of the Great Camp
held III East Saginaw this week. Also
w. III. Ballentlne and w. Ill. Gowah
of Brockway Tent.
The Remington Agricultural Com
pany, Of Ilion. y. Y, have recently
furnished 10000 shovels for use OH the
Panama canal. A special feature OF
the Remington shoVels is that it is
made from one piece of solid steel,
and there are no holes and rlvets To
impair the strength of The implement.
Jas. II. Norris merchant tailor of
Port Huron has new adv. III this
issueicalling attention to his prices,
styles, sc. Mr.. Norris also deals IN
gents furnishing goods of which he
has a full stock. When in Port Huron
be sure and make him visit and we
assure you he will do his utmost to en-
tertain you. as he is genial fellow.
= 1t has been reported that L. III.
Parkinson has given up threshing and
gone ous OF the business but which is
entirely false. He mas offered his
machine for sale but as yet has not
found IA purchaser. He is therefore
prepared TO do threshing for all of his
old customers and as many new ones
as may favor him by their patronage.
The Grafton delivered Saturday
afternoon last on Gen'l Grant. the
nations departed hero, by Elder j. III.
Patton Was an able production. The
services were well conducted all
through. The church was neatly drap-
ed and decorated. A good attendance
was present. The stores were nearly
all closed from / o'clock until 4 and
the village had the appearance of
Sunday.
There Will be grand basket pic
mic held in the grove at Roseburg,
Wednesday Aug. 26 under the auspices
of the Fremont Nj. +. Union Sabbath
school. Six or seven schools have ac-
cepted the invitation extended to them
to attend and take part in the program.
There will be brass band in attendance
also vocal and instrumental music. a
cordial invitation is extended to all to
attend as a most enjoyable time is an
ticipated.
One of the latest swindles now
being practised on the unsuspecting
grangers is described as follows: Two
men call on farmer and represent
themselves to be photographers. They
agree to furnish the farmer with
photograph of his house for fifty cents.
The farmer signs an agreement to re-
ceive the photograph at the price
named. which agreement turns up in
due time as a promissory note for a
good sum.
Those who profess to know, say:
Don't be afraid of the watermellon.
but take it nationally. 1t contains
about ninty.five per cent of the pur-
est water, and a trace of the purest
sugar. Nothing has yet been discov-
cred that furnishes SO perfect and
speedy cure for summer complaint
as watermelon. This delicious bever-
age-for. it is little more-taken two
or three times day, has again been
known to work wonders, and to cure
when all the usual remedies had
failed"
Here is something for those of our
readers who are fond grandiloquent
sentences: Venerable sir, affumiga-
ton arising from the deleterious
eflluvia emanating from your tobacco
nistlc reservoir, so overshadows the
organisJic power of our ocular, and so
abflustrates our atmospheric validity,
that our apparati must shortly be OBJ
tuned. unless through the abundant
suavity of your eminent pollteness you
will disembogue the alumInous tube of
the stimulating and sternutatory in
gredient that replenishes its cavity.
Entering the store of prosperous
merchant. the other day, a stranger
expressed surprise at the busy scene
that greeted him. He inquired of the
proprietor how 1t was that he was
getting more than his share Of the
business in these dull midsummer
days. The merchant replied: 1 at
tribute the excellent business l do
every summer to Just two things:
First. L advertise bargains and keep
my store before the public; second,
when the public calls / satisfy it by
keeping my advertised promises. 1t
cost me $4,000 to learn this lesson and
it has paid me at least $4,000. Dur
ing three successive summers during
the lhard years that followed 1876, l
ran behind in this store on an average
of $1,000 every year. / made up my
mind that there was business TO do,
and that would do it. In the middle
of the worst and dullest year that we
had, when clerks were absent on their
vacations and half of the force in the
store was idle. started in and spent
$1,000 i'm advertising midsummer
bargains, remnants. old stock and so
on. Within a week my store was so
full of bllainese that I had In aand for
every clerk who was away, and add