Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-13
Local Expositlons.
The roads are passable.

The weather has been fine the past
few days.
Farmers are busy washing and
shearing their sheep.
Miss Susie Bennett, of Port Huron,
was in the village last week.
Miss Mary E. IIaines visited her
parents and friends in Marlette Sunday.
Mrs. j. d. Grinnell and son Pearlie
visited friends in Lexington last week.
Ed Hopkins and wife visited rela-
tives and friends at Armada the past
week.
Jas. McColl and VIM. Livingston
visited their old home at Baden, Ont,
Sunday and Monday last.
Mrs. G. n. Perkins is Offering great
bargains in millinery. Notice her
change of adv. in this issue.
The Misses Johnston and Middleton
have opened millinery store in Mar
lette and are nicely situated.
hOuk. vi. LOlllldll, Vi SlOoWcll, Ndo
in the village Tuesday. He reports
business flourishing in his new location.
We are informed that Rev. 5. q.
Bettes was in the flood at Johnstown,
Pa. Whether he was injured or not we
did not learn.
The children's day exercises at the
NJ. p. church next Sunday will be held
in the evening instead of the day time.
All are invited.
The party who borrowed book en-
titled "Piazzi Smith on the Pyramids
of Egypt" will confer a favor by re-
turning it to me. JAMES BROWN.
J. w. Hayes has moved his cigar
factory into the rooms over II. G. & w.
A. Holden's meat market. Mr.. Hayes
is enjoying a good trade in the cigar
business.
Frank Griswold and John w. STRAIT
ton, of Avrille, are here renewing old
acquaintance. They are enjoying
good health and doing well where they
are located.
If you don't see the names of visiting
or departing friends in the EXPoSIToR
please don't say "confound that editor.
Just enquire within after this fashion:
"Why in the world didn't l give the
editor the necessary information
Your attention is called to Holden &
Warnings change of adv. in this ISSUE
This firm have only been in business
few months still their trade has
increased wonderfully in that time.
Their stock is full and complete and as
low as the lowest.
The postmaster-general has issued an
order stating that hereafter letters not
stamped will be forwarded to those
addressed, from whom postage will be
collected. The regulations heretofore
have been that the mail should be with
held and notice of postage sent out.
o. Knapp, of Detroit, and Mrs. Gum
and Mrs. Kelley, of Ovid, were here
this week on account of the sickness
and death of their father who has been
stopping at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. l.. Morrill,. Sr. Mrs. Ramsay and
Miss Knapp, of st. John are here also.
Look out for the men who advertise
that for ten cents in stamps they will
tell you how to get richl If you send
the stamps you will receive neatly
printed card, on which are the words:
always spend less than you earn, and
don't fool away your money on fake
like this. Ta-ta."
For confirmed bachelor the editor
of the Mt. Clemens Monitor gets at it
in truly artistic manner. Hear him:
"Drop plumb line from the tip of
a perfect formed woman's nose, and it
will touch a point one inch in front of
her big toe. Her neck and thigh should
be of the same circumference. She
should stand not above five feet seven,
or below five feet three, and should not
weigh more than 140 pounds" Just
who was his model and when he secured
the dimensions is not stated.
The worm that has been doing so
much damage in the spring wheat and
oat fields in this locality is more like
a cut worm than wire worm. 1t is
grub about half or three-fourth of
an inch long as large around as slate
pencil and brown in color. 1t works
principally in fields where sod or stubble
was turned over last fall. The latest
advices indicate that it has commenced
to work in winter wheat. It's mode of
procedure is to cut off the blade close
to the root and it makes a clean sweep