Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-29
Local Exposifions.
Give thanks to-day.

Give thanks to-day.
Snow Wednesday morning,
Wood taken on subscription.
Geo. II. Mustard, of Port Huron
was in the village last week.
VIM. II. Gowan and family, of
Brockway, were in town Sunday.
Alex Braidwood and wife, of Almo mt
visited their SON Alex. ii. last week.
Tax receipts 80 cents per 100 at the
EXPosIToR office, Brockway Centre.
The ExPosIToR will be S150 per
year to those who do not pay up by
January 1st, 1889.
The women of America eXpend
$S,OO0OO0 annually for paint and pow
der for their faces.
Jim Brown who has been working
at Port Huron and Sandusky lately, is
again in our employ.
Jas. Sterling, of Mt. Pleasant, vi
sited among his many friends in this
vicinity the past week.
Subscribers who would rather pay us
what they owe on subscription in wood
can do so, as we have plenty of room
to store it.
y. C.'Gray, of Speaker, was n caller
at this Office last week Thursday. He
informed us that he had rented his hO-
tel for one year.
jim Grandy was in the village last
Thursday visiting friends. He was on
his way to Detroit where he expected
to secure Il position.
Bert Mcdonald has been quite sick
the past week and has been compelled
to take a lay off for few days. Dave
Welch takes his place i'll the roller mill
1t is reported that c. w. Cadow, our
harness maker, will leave this vicinity.
Where he intends to locate we are un-
able to say.-Sanilac County Republi-
can.
q. 4. Perkins has been spending a
few days with his family in this place.
He has just returned from Dakota
where the last few weeks have been
spent.
In honor of his 18th birthday, party
was given George Effrick last week
Wednesday evening. a sumptuous
repast was provided. and most pleas
ant time was spent by all.
Editor Mitchell, of the Brockway
Centre EXPosIToR, was caller on the
Optic Wednesday.-Imlay City Optic.
Great guns! who can it be that is pas
sing himself off as editor of this paper !?
Two narrow escapes from being shot
are reported in the village by TIE care
less use of firearms. We think some
steps should be taken towards putting
a stop to the shooting of firearms
within the village limits.
All those healing and itching humors
of the scalp, so troublesome to many
persons, are effectually cured by the
use of Ayers Hair Vigor. If not at
tended to in time. these diseases are
very liable to result in loss of the hair.
The Detroit Journals offer of $1,000
in gold for the correct guess of the
four coolest days of the coming winter
will he open until December 1st. The
guesses must be on a postal card, and
be sent in before Dec. /. The award
will be made next April.
The boys in the flax mill at this place
seem to be having bad luck with their
fingers as Wednesday last Albert Jack
son, who had only worked in the mill
two days. had the fingers on his right
hand crushed in the brake. On being
asked why he did such an act he said
that they were short of flax.
The handsomest lady in Brockway
Centre remarked to friend the other
day that she knew Kemp's Balsam for
the throat and lungs was a superior
remedy, as it itstopped her cough instant
ly when other cough remedies had no
effect whatever. So to prove this and
convince you of its merits, any drug
gist will give you a sample bottle free.
Large size soc. and 81.
II is our sad duty this week to chron-
icle the death of our esteemed citizen
VIM. Bettes. who departed this life
Sunday, Nov. 25th, at the advanced age
of 20 years. Mr.. Bettes was born in
Black Rock, Buffalo, n. Y, in 1913
When six years of age. he removed to
Canada. In lS45 he was united in mar
riage to Miss Sarah Ferguson. .and -four
sons and four daughters were given
unto them, two of the daughters he
has met in Heaven. In 1856 he moved
with his family to this state and loca
ting III this township has resided here
since. Always an earnest christian
and a prominent member of the NJ. f
church, he put in the first $50 towards
the NJ. f. church in this place. Mr.