Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-08-19
Local Exposifions.

Abram Phelps, of Alpena, is. visiting
friends in this place.
Miss Ada Lugsdin, of this place, is
visiting her sister at TT. Gratiot.
Quite large crowd took in the ex-
clusion to Port Huron OH Sunday.
Mrs. Archie Wright and family are
visiting friends and relatives at Peck.
RObt. Menerey Sr. is on a visit to rel
atives and friends in Canada at present.
Miss Mary McKeith returned from at
tending the Normal school at TT. Gra-
tiot last week.
The work on the streets is progress
ing finely. Commissioner Gillian is do
ing good work.
Fred Currier is the happiest mortal
in this neck of woods-its a girl and
was born Thursday.
John brennan, of Valley Centre,
visited friends and relatives in Canada
for the past five weeks.
The front has been placed in Rollins
Il IIisey's brick building and it now
presents fine appearance.
Shoe your boys. dress your girls,
clothe your family, you can do it at w.
II. Palmer's without money.
The harvest ball at the Brockway
House Tuesday evening was largely at
tended and good time enjoyed.
Miss Lille Devall, of East Saginaw.
is visiting with her uncle, Frank Devall,
and other friends in these parts at pre-
sent.
No place can you buy clothing, boots
and shoes, on the same terms as W. H..
Palmer is giving, All must go i'll 90
days.
We notice by the ut. Huron Sunday
Commercial that DR.. Wells, of Brock
way Centre. spent Sunday visiting in
Port Huron.
Mr.. Cheseboro. of Woodstock, Ont,
has been visiting with his sister, Mrs.
W. W. Cowing and friends in this vi
cinity the past week.
G. \. Ward, president of the Com
mercial Bank of Port Huron, is now
the new collector of customs. The APP
pointment gives general satisfaction.
Miss Lizzie Niggeman. of Lexington,
is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Niggeman
in this place, also w. Bridges, of Lex
ington, spent Sunday last at same place.
We are indebted to the president of
the Michigan state agricultural society
for complimentary tickets to the 3sth
annual meeting to be held at Jackson
commencing Sept 10.
All persons wishing to subscribe fol
the Detroit Free Press and also the
Brockway Centre WEEKLY EXPosIToH
can, if taken together, receive them
both for the small sum of 10 cents, fol
the next four months.
The "Rich man and Lazarus" will be
the subject of Elder }. III. Paton's ser
mon Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock il
the A.C. Chapel. Preaching in the eve
ming at 7;30. Subject "The Gospel with
out any ifs.
w. ID. Wear gave us one of the nices
eating apples we have tasted in Ions
time the other day, and Informed u
that he picked over a hundred from
one tree the butt of which was onl'
about I Of an inch in diameter.
Geo. w. Mankin's Palace Show CAV
an exhibition under canvass last Mon
day evening to crowded tent-stand
ing room was at premium. The pei
formance was excellent and more thai
worth the admission price. Shoul
they ever come this way again it wi
take larger tent to hold the crowd.
A wicked. but well posted exchang
remarks: "Girls of a marriageable ag
do not like to tell how old they are, bu
you can find out by following the sui
joining instructions, the young lady dc
ing the figuring. Tell her to put dow
the number of the month in which sh
was born, then to multiply it by 2, the
to add 5. then multiply it by 80. the
to add her age. then TO subtract 81
then to add 115, then get her to tell yo
: the result. The two figures on til
right denote her age and the remainde
the month of her birth For exampl
; the amount is S22. She is p years ole
and was born in the eighth month
:. August. Try II.