Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-14

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this locality.
The +. 81 =. N. R'y depot at Port
Huron will not be converted into a
union depot The c. 81 G. II. building
at the foot of Court street, which was
used us hotel for some time. will be
moved over near the track and used as
general freight offices for the {. d G..
I. and f. q. NJ. railway officers.
\ morning paper thathad sub-edited
q cheap "ad,' received the following
lucid complaint: please insurt the
abuve rs il is rOate down, not alter it
as 1T ware last week pleas" This is
how it was "roate:" "a respectful woman
age AZ as good plane cook trustworthy
to eldy or small famely good reference.
address, etc" 1t only remains to add
that the writing Of this was fully as
original as the spelling.
Senator Fox. Of Tuscola, says that it
was not the intention of the legislature
in passing the new election law to make
it compulsory TO have the election tic
kets printed at Lansing, and that it is
difficult for him to see how the attor-
ney-general can cOnstrue it i'm that way
1t was only designed to have the ticket
for general state election printed
under the direction of the secretary of
state.
Landlord Church Of the Commercial
Hotel reports that Seeiey is practicnG
for his matrimonial venture by sleeping
nightly with window screen. The
query Immediately arises in the minds
of the public: What does he intend to
use screen fora covering or mat
tress? 1t will undoubtedly make a
very warm bed blanket on cold win
ter night as well as being great pro-
moter to the households healthfulneSs.
Economy leads TO q great wealth and
riches.-Marine City Reporter
81 say, Mrs. Douglas, can you tell me
how to get up some new dishes to please
my family? They have grown tired Of
mush and milk three times a day,
Mrs, Douglas-"Why, Mrs. Brown,
am surprised that you have not heard
the news. Go TO the EXPoSITOR Office.
pay one years subscription in advance
and the editor will give you the Amer
lean Farmer one year free. In it you
can not only learn TO make new dishes
but You get many instructions from the
ladies department of great value !
could not do without the American
Farmer now
An exchange gets off the following:
Very few people know how many diff
fereut ways there are Of changing y
quarter Of dollar. According To u
man who had more leisure than bust
ngsS ON his hands, there are 3lj WAYS Of
Changing that. piece Of money. The
pieces used are the 20 cent pieces. 10
cent pieces. 3 cent pieces. 3 cent pieces,
, cent pieces ana ! cent pieces. 70
make al the changes without using
the same coin twice. would require ,223
| cent pieces, Gl2 twos, 3IS threes. l6l
tves. 81 tens. and > twenties, making
2.Jsi pieces. worth SI3.I5.
Henry Ferguson. q wealthy colored
man of Texas, has completed arrange
mentS for taking q colony of colOred
people TO Mexico, where each head Of
Il family will be provided with nine
acres of land, and as much more as he
can purchase by his own savings.
This has had the effect to bring the
white planters of the Lone Star state
to realize the fact that there is no
danger of n race war in that state, and
that the Negro is very important fac
tor in the labor problem there. Self
interest will open a mans eyes when
an appeal to every other motive is
futile.
Philip Bowman. who departed this
life at his home in this village on We'd
nesday of last week. was born at Mag
ara Falls, Ont, August 2S, 1918, where
he lived until 1856 when he moved to
PlymptOn. Ont. In 1870 he bought a
farm near Brockway where he moved
with his family and followed the vOca-
ton of farmer until failing health COM
PEELED him to retire. He was a hard
man and the father of large
family. all grown up.whO deeply mourn
his death. The funeral took place last
Friday from the NJ. p. church. Yale. to
Elmwood cemetery. Rev. w. II. Gillett
a large concourse of SYM
pathizing friends followed the remains
to the grave.
l.. w. Noyes, of Chicago. the maker
of dictionary holders, sends upon re-
ceipt OF two-cent stamp to pay post
age, a series of very pretty blotters of
most excellent quality. One has cut
of little drum major cupid at the head
of two long columns of Dictionary
ullu blllo 10 lllS OpCGCI. L
am quiet little drummer for the
Noyes Holders. 1t is my mission to call
to the fact that these are the
only holders that have strong springs
to hug the book firmly together, thus
keeping the dust out of the upturned
edges. The possession of Moves Die
,ionary Holders has made about 125,000
happy and accurate in the use
)f words. Buy a Moves Dictionary
Holder from your bookseller and see
now much more frequently you will
refer to the dictionary"
The new house built by Norman +.
knowlton on his farm in the township
)f Speaker one year ago last summer
vas burned to the ground together with
I'll the contents on Friday morning last
lbout 10 o'clock. 1t seems there was
10 one in the house at the time, Nor
nan being away threshing and Mrs.
KnOwlton out in the orchard. The |
was substatial and cost in |
,he neighborhood of $1,000; insurance |
$3.50. Loss on household goods $400; |
no insurance. Mr.. Knowlton had S26 |
n cash in the house at the time of the |
ire which was also consumed. About |
our years ago the barns of Mr.. Knowl- |
on were burned to the ground the |
,rigin of the the fire being rather mys- |
erious. This loss comes hard on Nor |