Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-11
Local Expositions.

week.
Mrs. &. S. Ney was in Port Huron
the past week.
John o. Grinnell spent Sunday visit
ing friends in Port Huron.
Miss Minnie Vancamp, of Peck, Sun.
dayed with r. b. Tucker and family.
J. S. Duflie, of Port Huron, was in
the village Saturday evening Oh busi-
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs Cass ID. Merritt, of Pt.
Huron, were guests of q. S. Ney and
wife the 4th.
Rev. J. NJ. Crandall will exchange
pulpits with Rev. Cole, of Goodland,
Sunday next.
Jas. Shaw and wife, of Warwick, Ont,
visited Robt. II. Menerey and family
the past week.
j. c. Mckenna was in the vicinity of
st. Clair organizing associations of p.
of I. last week.
E. III. Drake and family spent Sun
day with friends in Port Huron and
Huronia Beach.
There viii be quarterly meeting ser.
vices in the M. Z. church, next Sunday
morning, Jaly II.
Miss Lizzie Hallead will open dress
making establishment in the building
north of Frank Landre's furniture
store.
About 100 couples participated in C..
+. Michaels 4th of July ball and all
were well pleased and enjoyed them
selves.
w. f. Ballentine and wife, of the
Commercial House, Port Huron, visit
ed among their many friends and rela-
tiyes at lsAle the Fourth.
Work has been begun at the cut on
the railroad east of here and is being
pushed with vigor, The contractor ex-
poets to have the road bed completed
i'll about sixty days.
Mrs. G.. A. Perkins has removed her
millinery stock into &c. Hart's building
where she will be pleased to see all her
old customers and as many new ones
as may favor her with call.
The directors of the agricultural So
ciety held meeting at this place Sat
urday last, and, we believe, succeeded
in raising the necessary amount of
cash and expect to pay off the old
premiums soon.
Phil McDougail and family took
their departure from this place last
Friday and will make their home in
Port Huron hereafter, where Mr.. Nc
Dougall has secured a position with
Anderson 4 Co. Since their stay
among us they have made many friends
all of whom regret their loss but join
the EXPosITOR in wishing them many
years of enjoyment and prosperity.
At special convention of the i. of 1.
of st. Clair County, at Emmet, called
by County President, J. G. McKenna
and Secretary VIM Hodgins, fer the
purpose of perfecting the county asso-
citation under the new constitution The
following officers were elected: Vice
President, Sherman Sherrard; Treasur-
er, Daniel Foley; Sentinel, S. f. Rider;
Auditing committee. Wm. Mason, a.
ID. NcGeorge and a. G. Draper. Seere-
taries of subordinate associations in
st. Clair Co. are revuested to send their
names and addresses 10 the county
secretary. VIM. Hodgins, Brockway.
Our new postmaster took hold Of |
Uncle Sans possessions at this place |
last Monday morning and from little
observation | concluded that the fol- |
lowing hints would probably assist |
him i'll the proper running of the office:
If you ask for mail, and are told |
there is none, say there ought to be: |
then go home and send the rest of the |
family at different times through the |
day. 2-Don't bring your letters to the
office until the mail closes, then curse
the postmaster fornot opening the bag
and putting your letter in. 3-When
you want stamp on your letter, tell
the postmaster to put it on: if he don't
do it, thrash him; in case you put it OH
yourself. hold it in your mouth long
enough to remove the mucilage; it will
then stay on until it is dry. 4.--If you
have box, stand and drum on 1t until
the postmaster hands out your mail; it
makes him feel good, especially when
he is waiting on somebody. 5.-Start
for your mail when you hear the train
whistle; you will then have a good time
waiting for it, and can say. "How slow
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