Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-04-01
BRoCKwAY CENTRE Clair County, Mich, APRIL
A pleasant and sociable hop was held

in Michaes hall on Tuesday evening.
The township board met on Tuesday
and made settlement with the
treasurer.
Finlayson Il Waring having received
their new stock have u change of adv.
in this issue.
Next Monday is township election.
Let all come out and east their ballots
for the best men.
We dre prepared to print election
slips and tickets OH short notice and as
cheap as you can get them anywhere.
Don't forget us when you need any.
Jerry b. Paisley left for Point Au
Barques life saving station yesterday
morning. We wish him pleasant
summers work and intend to make
him visit during the season.
Miss c. Boice is in Detroit this week
purchasing new spring and summer
millinery and fancy goods. She will
have all the latest styles and a finer
stock than ever was brought to Brock
way Centre.
The boys in favor of the order of l.
o. o. +. met i'll W. w. Cowing's office
on the evening of the 30th inst. There
were about twenty-five present and ar
rangements have been made to institute
lodge in the near future.
Geo W. Barrett wishes to acknowledge
the receipt of his note given to j. w. La
mon, which he advertised in last issue
as not having received value for, as the
party had left it with +. III. Drake to
deliver to Mr.. Barrett when called for.
Mr.. Barrett lays no blame to Mr.. Lamon
as he had dealt squarely with hin.
TO whom it may concern have is
sued poor orders to the following named
persons the present year as fOllows:-
Jas. McGregor 80; A. Welch Sl1; Jonas
Oswarth for taking Jesse Terrill to
poor house $1.50; Cora Welch S20; Thos.
Thompson Sr. So; Thos. Thompson Jr.
so; POO pounds flour from Williams
$3.50. J. ID. Jones, Supervisor.
The Democrats held caucus in the
hall over c. \. Wells < Cos drug store
last Saturday afternoon and the follow
ing ticket placed III nominations Sup
ervisor, jeremiah Johnson; Clerk, Jos.
Effrick; Treasurer, Levi Morrill,, Jr.;
Justice of the Peace, William IIodgins;
Highway Commissioner, William II.
Scott; Drain Commissioner, Albert
Lutz; School Inspector, Benjamin
Clyne; Constables. Frank Gillian, Jas.
Colt, Larry Butler, Thomas Emery.
Al the meeting of citizens held i'll the
Central Hall last Wednesday evening
for the purpose of deciding what steps
should be taken in the matter of the
railroad company running Saturday ex-
cursions to Port Huron at half rates.
the question was thoroughly discussed
and committee was appointed, con-
sisting of w. III. Palmer, Jas. Ferguson
ane III. +. Leonard, to confer with the
company and see what could be done.
Another meeting will be held some
time in the near future to hear the COM
mittee's report. We would like to see
the railroad company boycotted should
they continue in these excursions.
Joseph Lundy had the misfortune
last week Thursday to fall and dislo-
cate his wrist and break his arm just
above the wrist which will keep him
from work for some time. lie was
sorting lumber in Palmer's mill yard
when the accident happened. He is
obliged to carry it in a sling and the
break is doing as well as could be ex-
pected. 1t is feared that the disloca-
ton, although properly replaced, may
cause stiffness in the joint On the
same day Joseph Middleton, who drives
stage from this place to Brockway, met
with an accident by his team running
away and throwing him from the wagon
breaking some of the bones of his right
foot. lie will probably be laid up for
number of weeks.
What are known as the sickle sharp
ener swindlers are getting in their work
in other parts in fine style. Their mode
of operations is as follows: A slick
agent goes to the farmers residence un-
der pretense of having lost his way, or
other specious excuse, and agrees to
give him machine to sharpen his
sickles or his reaper and mower, the re-
turn being influence with other farm
ers for their sale. The agent gets them
to sign their names to a postal card
(ostensibly their address), which turns
up in few weeks as an order for sever
al dozen machines, which second
agent brings round and terrifies the
agriculturist into giving note for.
Another ingenious scheme, which has
caught some farmers for $125 each, is
known as the bible racket. An in
dividual comes around and presents the
farmers wife with bible, representing
that he is an agent for the Presbyterian
or Methodist bible society, as the case
may be. The bibleis given for influence,
and the gentlemanly agent always stays
for dinner or tea, for which he insists
OH paying twenty-five cents, saying the
company compels him to pay for every
thing he gets and send in receipts. lie
gets a receipt for his 25 cents and soon