Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-02-04

A subscriber asks for cure for cold
feet. Try banking them up with saw
dust: if they still remain cold, set the
sawdust on fire.
You will find rs good line of School
Books and School Supplies at the En-
POSIToR Book store as is kept in the
village. Call and examine.
1t is no great matter to live lovingly
with good-natured, humble, and meek
persons; but he who can do so with the
forward, wilful, ignorant, peevish and
perverse, hath more than true charity.
The G. y. Il. Grand March by
Wiegand is a brilliant composition of
medium difficulty, fingered for pupils
use, and calculated to please the aver
age player, price 40 cts. Ign. Fischer,
Publisher. Toledo, o.
Rollins II IIisey have purchased
piece of land near where their meat
market now is of w. ii. Palmer and in
tend putting up brick in the spring.
substantial buildings.
Amasa Brown who has been stopping
at his grand-father's, Lansing Bidle-
man, for some time, received serious in
juries by one of the horses falling over
on him dislocating his hip. lie is now
in a fair way for recovery.
IF. Michaels will give irst-class
ball and supper at his hall Brockway
Centre on the evening of Friday, Feb.
10. All are invited to come and enjoy
good time. Good music will be in at
tendance and the bill will be reasonable.
We have accepted the agency for the
sale of lands from a. L. Williams Il Co.,
London, Ont, at this place. Parties
having farms or business chances for
sale or exchange will do well to place
them in our hands. BY being connect
ed with this firm as their agent the
chances for disposing of your lands to
Canadians are good.
An inventive genius has applied for a
patent on method of delivering and
receiving passengers from train going
at the rate OF 60 miles an hour. Al
though after reading the description of
his method it looks probable, we suggest
that the trial trip be made with gang
of convicted murderers under sentence
for life as passengers.
\ tall and slim travelling agent visit
ed town and accosted street urchin |
with,-"Boy, what do you suppose that |
dog is following me for?" The young
ster casts knowing look at him and |
readily replied "Guess he takes you
for bone!'-Capac Argus. Wonder if |
this was Frank Jones of East Saginaw |
1t rather answers his description.
Last week Lewis II. Whitmore, who
has been with us as foreman, severed his |
connections and on Monday of this |
week left for FL Paso, Tex, where he |
expects to accept position with his |
brother. He will be greatly missed in
this Office, likewise among the young
people of the village Our best wishes
go with him for his future prosperity. |
Remember, when you go to put
frosted bit III your horses mouth, how |
you would feel to have a frosted piece |
of metal put in your own mouth. 1t |
is simply inhUman to compel your
poor horse to take frosted bit Take |
your bride in the house, by the kitch-
en stove, on cold, frosty mornings, to
thaw out, and your horse will feel bet
ter for the kindness, and you will feel |
better for having done humane act
Some thieves passed through this
place one night last week and stole q
scarf from Elan Sloat out of his sleigh |
standing near his house, some chickens
from Geo. W. Elston and Geo. Little,
turkeys and chickens from John Rath,
underclothing from the line of NJ. T.
Grandy and some wheat from Jas. Van
slyke. They cut the heads off the chick
ems and turkeys right near the houses
where they stole them. Frank Gillian
was sent to see if he could not find some
trace of them but as yet has not sue
ceeded.
Samuel Gray, of Peck, invited us to
visit True Bros farm near Armada
Sunday last We started early and on
arriving at the farm were cordially
greeted by those gentlemen who in
formed us we came at the wrong season
of the year to see their stock of |
thoroughbred Poland Chinas, but both
Mr.. Gray and myself agreed that we
were amply repaid for our visit. We
had the pleasure of looking at the finest
flock of merino sheep we have seen for
a long time. These gentlemen intend |
making speciality of thoroughbred |
stock and purpose keeping nothing but
the best. We would advise parties who
can conveniently to visit their farm
about June next and they will not re-
greet the trip. This drive both ways was