Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-29
ADDITIONAL EXPOsITIONs.

At lioseburg, Oregon, is a ladies
hammer brigade" which makes a point
of keeping down the nails in the wood
ELI sidewalks. Such an organization
would be useful in other towns we
know of.
An enterprising farmer living near
Corunna boasts of raising beat feet,
inches long. He raised him with the
toe of his boot because he came along
and tried to get weeks board free oil
the farm buying dodge.
1t is said by those competent to form
an estimate that the shrinkage in the
internal commerce and industries of
the United States in the past four
months, which can be traced to appre-
hension, excitement and other condi-
tions dependent upon the presidential
campaign, amounts to not less than
S500,O00,000.
Probably nothing could so we'll show
the growth of the Michigan Central
Railroads as a comparison of its time
cards. President Ledyard, last week,
had time card for 1853. 1t specified
three trains going west and three COM
ing east, two passenger and one freight.
1--WE have now" said President Led
yard, $50 trains day leaving Detroit.
When you have visitors, when you
are visitor, when you know of any
births or deaths, sickness or accidents.
or i'll fact, when you know of any news
of interest to the general public. just
write it on piece of paper and drop it
in the ExPoSIToR Office. y printer is
not ubiquitous, and hence many good
item of news passes unnOticed. unless
every person takes it upon himself to
act as IA reporter.
If the post-oflice department, at
Washington should issue the proposed
new postal card it would be very much
like the present pattern. The back
folds are split diagonally and open like
four pointed star. The four corners
are folded and joined in the center
when the card is ready for mailing
with piece of gummed paper. The
principal advantage of such a card
would be the greater privacy, and YET
it would weigh less than half an ounce
The EXPosIToR will be S1.O0 per year
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE, after Jan. lst
1889, or $3.50 at the end of the year
We desire to get this permanently fixed
on the minds of our subscribers before
Jan. /, in order that there may be nc
misunderstanding. Our present sub
scription price is too little when we are
compelled to wait one, two and three
years for it, therefore we make thii
change and offer an inducement 70
subscribers to pay in advance. Nov
let us hear the dollars tinkle in the till
REFUSED. "A man living in tn,
country, who owes nearly four years
subscription, put his paper back in til,
postotfice last week and marked it are
fused" We have heard of many meal
men. For instance. there is the mai
who used the wart on his neck for
collar button, and one who pastured
goat on his grand-mother's grave, tn
one who stole the coppers from a dea'
mans eyes, the one who got rich b.
giving his children a nickel each to G
to bed without their supper. and the
stole the nickels after the childre
were asleep; the chap who beat hi
poor blind mother out of her breakfas
and then stole the tablecloth; but fo
pure, unadulterated, downright cusseC
ness, commend us to the man VIII
takes paper for two years, marks
refused" and then sticks it back
; the postoilice; he is entitled to the frs
premium. Please send us your pictur
!. we want to stick it up in the office
keep the mice from eating the paste.