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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

won't do it. Why, such turkey as they
would expect would cost three dollars at
the very least. Get me n time table,
Nettleby. Send word to Mrs. Beggerley
that I've gone away to spend Thanks
giving"
Mr.. Nettleby, who never dreamed Of
opposing his wife's will in this or any
other m1tter, wrote the letter acco d.
ingly, and put it in his coat-tlil pocket,
where il ROM ined; for he forgot all
about it. Mrs. Nettleby packed up her
own things and the things of the four
little Nettlebys. and took the afternoon
train for Scrag Hollow, in Su. artuck
County.
Mamma" said Theodore Nettleby-
the juvenile scions of the house of Net
tleby all had high-souuding appellat.ons
sit looks air shut up and lonely. 1
don't believe any one is at home"
@Pshawl" said Mrs. Nettleby. People
in the country always live IN the back
part Of the house." And carryinga heavy
carpet-bag in her hand she trudged
around TO the rear door, followed by
Theodore, Lavinia, Evangeline and Ger
yose, each Juggling q smaller bag.
Nobody responded TO her repeated vol
ley of knocks, but presently little old
woman, who had come from a neighbor-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

about half dozen families of the name
of Jones at Ladd's Depot. The first place
to which they drove on Thorn street was
tenement house, where they all had the
scarlet fever. "Oh, my!" said Mrs. Net
tleby, drive on, quick. This isn't the
placel"
The next was a clergyman's house,
where full-fedged prayer-meeting was
going briskly on. This isn't the place,
either" said poor Mrs. Nettleby, waxing
more and more in despair.
And the third was vinegar-faced old
maid who lived with her married sister,
and never had heard the name of Peck
field in her life"
Better go to hotel, ma'am, said the
hackman, who himself was beginning 10
get out of p itience.
But it costs so much, said Mrs. Net
tleby. And tomorrow is Thanksgiving
Day. Is there train goes back to-
night?"
Tonight. said the hackman. "Why,
it's past eleven Already! And my hors ses
has got the epizootic, and l couldn't keep
'em out no longer, not for no ody! But
/ s'pose could take you to the twelve
thirty night express for little extral"
And this moderate spec men of the
tribe OF hackmen consented 10 be salts
fed with eight dollars.
MAP" whispered Gervase, where are
We goin22"
Home" said Mrs. N,ttleby, pronounc-
ing the word as if it were peanut shell
she was cracking. There was one com
fort, though-the Begger!ey family would
have been repulse1 by that time; and.
after all, cold beef was cheaper way OF
supplying the table than turkey at thirty
cents pound.
1t was o'clock the next day when she
reached her own door. h~-is5 Puid 80
hack and car fare enough to buy half a
dozen ten-pound turkeys, and with jaded
and fretful children, a violent head ,che
on her own score, and one of the travel
ing bags lost "Tll stay at home after
this, said Mrs. Nettleby TO herself. "Ehl
Parlor window blinds open! People talk
ing! do believe Nettleby's got company
to Thanksgiving, after ALI" And her heart
sank down into the soles of her boots.
1t was quite true. The servant-maid, with
a red and hurr.ed face, opened the door.
"Maryl" said Mrs. Nettleby, who's
here?"
Lots of people, ma'am," said Mary,
looking guiltily over her shoulder.
Where are they?" demanded her mis-
tress.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28
What Next?

John Dervent and Peter Lott we're
graduated at the same college on the
same day with equal honors. Both
men went West, and settled on ranches.
After six years one of their old pre-
ceptors visited them.
John was prosperous, but he knew
nothing of the world outside of his own
ranch. He took no interest in politics.
in religion, in books, or in social ques-
tions; he hardly knew who was Presi-
dent; he had long ago lighted his fires
with his text books. For two days he
talked to his visitor of his COWS and
bullocks, of the rates of cattle on the
hoof in Chicago, and of beef in New
York.
When the professor tried to interest
him in any other matter, he stared at
him vacantly, or fell asleep in his chair.
The visitor went on with anxious
foreboding to Lotz's ranch. Peter,
too, had been successful; he was
shrewd and alert in his business, but
he was man of broad general infor-
nation and sympathies. His interest
was as keen in the questions of the day
as if he lived in New York or Chicago.
His friend asked him presently how
he had contrived to keep himself thus
alive and young in thought.
"My father" said Peter, laughing,
"was fruit-grower. He had one
maxim: Never let your orchard run
down. uuE Hs &e 1sFSSNhg aSa Hst saa 9Ht
bear when the old ones wore out.
HUTl,o,, T 1ofk oO11ono ,,,x 1,rof,, xya a
very much like an orchard with plenty
of plants in it ready to bear fruit. 1
resolved not to let it run down. 1
would not be satisfied with the knowl-
edge 1 already had. 1 would bring
in new slips and seedlings. 1 took the
best daily newspaper, the best literary
magazine, the best religious journal in
the country. helped build church
and school-house in the neighborhood.
l got up reading clubs, lectures and
concerts. In short, 1 followed my
fathers rule, and set out new plants in
my brain, instead of waiting calmly
until the old ones should wither and
die"
1t is easy to tell, when we meet mid
dle-aged or old people, whether they
have, like John Dervent, left the in
tellectual growth of their youth TO
wither and die, or, like his classmate,
haze. taken in daily new IDEAS and
"What next?" says the busy farmer,
as he looks at the ground from which
one crop has just been reaped. He
makes haste to SOW another.
Many of the boys and girls who read
these words have lately received a di-
ploma at some college or school, and
gone out into the world.
What next?
Is your intellectual life to end now ?
Is your brain to feed, during all these
coming years, on the small portions of
Greek, mathematics and history it has
received? Or will you daily plant the
seed of a fact here, or set the graft of q
new thought there?
The man of to-day must work hard
if he means to keep himself up with
the life of his time. SO rapid is the
march of intellectual development that
the man who does lot do this is soon
pushed aside and forgotten.-Youth'S s
Ho,,oao,aioaa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28
rareSt Stanlps
Badly Twisted.

Customer Crushing into hardware
store)-Pve just got time to catch a
train. Give me corn-popper.
Facetious dealer-Don't you mean a
pop-corner?
"Yes, a cop-porner. Hurry upl"
"Don't you mean q pon-corper? ?"
"Hang it" (excitedly), Il said porn
copper, didn't I?"
"No" (also excited), "you said pom.
COPPER"
Il said corp-ponner."
"You said porp-conner.
Il didn't"
"You did"
"You lie."
you're another"
"Take that"
"And that"
Give dollars or thirty days next
morning. )-Nelo York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28
What Rare Stamps Are Worth.

The high prices which the rarest
specimens of stamps now realize will
explain how it is that tho trade in for
geries has become what it is in, these
days. The 1910 English stamp, V. II.
(black), with the letters in the upper
corners, will easily fetch e10 used and
Go unused. The black stamp, without
the letters V. r., can be sold for one
penny and two pennies each. The red
penny English stamp heads are not
worth much more than waste-paper
price. The standing prices are for the
rareSt stamina.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28
dRAYLiNG MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER %. 1885,

tend not to be at hOmes I've no pa
tience with you'll"
Three days afterward the three young
est Nettlebys broke out with scarlet
fever. The seven little Smitherses took it
of them, the maid took it of the Smith
erses, and Mrs. Nettleby had her winters
work before her.
Il wish to goodness / had stayed at
home" thought Mrs. Nett eby.
And the amount OF thankfulness she
felt that year was not oppressive, in spite
of the Governors. Thanksgiving proclama-
tiou
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

OF some eighteen years, and the FARMER DoS
Thought never damsel was ne-haf so bonnie.
The farmers boy Albert was equally sure Ia
That May-Jcnnies sister-his heartache could
cure.
And so these two sisters, by special request,
Were there to take dinner, dressed up III 'ioi
Jennie was pretty, and dainty; though vain .ra
While May was more sensible, homely' anu
-Give Jennie the wishbone." said Johnnie at
last;
Accordingly. to her the wishbone was passed,
And all the while that her dinner she ate,
The wishbone was resting close by her plate'
With united action they all waded IN,
Till their knives and their forks made aregular
din.
The turkey when finally laid on the shell,
Was only n wreck OF its once gorgeous seiI'
The squash, tie potatoes, and cranberry sauce,
And mince pie and pumpkin, with crust all en-
bossed,
Had each done its duty, and every one
Drew lack and declared the dinner was done.
"Now, then, who viii wish?" cried Jennie, the
AS high up she held the wishbone in air.
III sUi L. said they all and then came scuiie ne.
NAV was the first one the wishbone to spy,
And pursued by Johnnie she quickly did fly
Clear through the sitting-r room, into the hall,
In chamber, in cellar, in Iarlor, and all.
Then from she, r exhaustion dropped into a
With checks oil aglow and tumble-down hair
And Johnnie rushed up aud without much ado,
Smacked kiss on Ler lips, and don't know
but two.
LET us wish" said May, "for still have the
bono.
II is due YOU think, for your chase to atone"
Now dear reader, we ought to have told you be-
fore,
That though May liked Albert, she loved john
ME more,
And her honest wish, when she pulled on that
bone
Was that some day she might have him all for
her own.
They pulled on the wishbone, and May won the
toss,
But what was her gain was by no means his
loss,
For from that very minute affairs took a turn,
And Johnnie and May are so friendly, we learn
That when Thanksgiving Day again takes its
place
They'll have hooked up together for life's rugged
race.
We know not what Alfred and Jennie will do,
But the neighbors oil think they will got mar.
fNOw may reauy mt all times 20 own
That there's boundless virtue in a turkeys
wishbone.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28
A PresumIng Little Girl.

A little girl, who made very frequent
use of the word guess" was one
day reproved for it by her teacher.
don't say guess, Mary" said Miss
Jones, "say presume"
Presently one of Mary's little play
mates coming up TO her, remarked:
Il think your cape is very pretty,
and my mamma wants your mamma to
lend her the pattern, because she is 60
ing TO make me one like it."
my mamma has no pattern" was
the prompt reply; "she cut it by pre-.
sume."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
The Writer of "Uncle Toms Cabin
Finally becomes Demented.

The Writer of "Uncle Toms Cabin
Finally becomes Demented.
A Hartford Comm dispatch says: Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe is mildly dementedl
Day by day she wanders around under the
bare boughs Of the autumn trees, gather
ing their leaves like child. She is quite
harmless. only last week she wandered
out on to the street alone. A shawl which
hung from her shoulders dragged on the
ground and her gray hair was in disorder.
She smiled and talked to herself as she
tottered weakly along, and finally crowd
Of rough street-b boys were following her.
They laughed aud jeered at the pitiful
sight, not knowing who she was. A
gentleman came along who had known her
In happier years. He dispersed the boys
and with some difficulty induced the aged
woman to return home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

II HEAR your husband has been out
shooting. Did he have any luckP"
asked Mrs. Fitzroy of Mrs Shiftless.
"Oh, yes; he had luck, if you please to
call il so. He saved two fingers of
his right hand"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

MABEL-Oh, dear, it's so tiresome to
have to wear clothes again. Mabel's
aunt (horrifed) Didn't you wear
clothes at the seashore? "Oh, dear, mol
We wore bathing dresses"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

THE nobler a man truly is, the
stronger is his desire to live yet richer
and worthier life; the more valuable
his work, the more earnestly does he
long to improve upon it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

Four of the children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Loomis of Waukegan, ILL.,, died
last week Of diphtheria. and now the only
remaining and eldest child, Charles, aged
10, has expired Of the dread disease. The
afflicted parents are reported to be almost
distracted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

EDDIE KEPLINGER, son Of Elias KEEP
liDger, was thrown from a pony at Cow
ington, Ind. His skull was fractured and
he may die.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

WHEN thieves fall out honest men
should get their work in.-New OrLrans
PicGvune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

A WISE chief may give words, but he
K keeps his thoughts to himself.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

ANNOUNCEMENT is made OF the failure
Of Cusey, Walker a. CO., hardware and
Implements, at Olathe, Kan, with liabili-
ties of 500, O00
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28

neighborhood in N, and was one of
those who, as her maid of all-work ex-
pressed it, would skin flea to save the
hide and tallow." Mrs. Nettleby liked
TO make O show, but she had a deep
rooted aversion to spending. And enter
tanning company on Thanksgiving Day
was one of the things that could not be
accomplished wIUTUdt tue IaTJer concom-
liant.
Mr.. Nettleby, little, weak minded
man, who viewed his big wife with respect
full admiration, looked dubiodsly at her.
But, my dear, SAID he, how ar5 YOU
going to help i.2 They've sent word they
are coming"
I'll go to your sister Belinda's, up in
Sugartuck CoEnty."
Mr.. Nettlery felt of his chin. "They
haven't invited us, said he; that is, not
especially"
40. fddlesticks!" sill Mrs. Nettleby
"Belinda's always GLAD 20 see mo and the
children. And as for itGying at home to
gorge Mrs. BeggeIley and her six chill
dren, and Mr. Beggerley's two sisters,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28
4 THANKSGIVING wIsHBoNE
BIZ J. W. BURGESS.

-
Jenny aud JohpnS,
and Albert an d
Mary "a
Sat at the table on
Thanksgiving Day.
The turkey, all
stuffed, and basted
and brown,
Upon n big platter
was turned upside
down;
With its legs pointed
skyward, its wings
pinioned back,
As old Farmer John
son began the at
tack.
He carved n nice
pieco from the rich
steGmipg breast,
And passed to his
wife tho n RS I
pieco, and best;
Then said, Now,
Miss jenny, what
cut do you llke?"
20, please give me
Just what you hap
pen to strike
Some white moat, or
dark, or a leg, or a
wing"
She WAS a guest, and
n sweet, prett I y
thing
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-28
LIKED TO MAKE A SHOW.
by DRIFT.

HE BeggerIey's. COM
ing here to spend
Thanksgiving2" said
Mrs. Nettleby. Not
if ! know it,"
Mrs. Nettleby was n
close listed and calcu-
lating woman, W b o
lived in a han ndsome
hnnen in n sfvli @ Ia
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-05

CARDINAL NEWMAN, in his 89th year, ID
fearful of failing eyesight
THE new viceroy of Ireland, the Earl of Zet-
land, rubs along on an income Of $S75,00 a
year.
JEFFERSON DAVIS has received an offer
from Northern publisher to write history of
the Confederate States.
Mr.. W. A. CRoFFUT. the Washington jour
naiist, now rejoices in the degree Of Phi. D.,
conferred upon him by Union College.
THE testimony of Charleslw God, an English
jockey, in a recent lawsuit brought out the in.
formation that he had earned more than SO. 900
year at his profession.
THERE appears 20 be no foundation for the
report that Sir Julian Pauncefote has pur-
chased farm near Washington. He will sail
for England on July 20. to be abroad about
three months.
THE fortune left by Prof. Richard A. Proctor
was insufficient to support his family, and his
widow has determined to sell his Florida home
together with his library and scientific appa-
ratus. Prof. Proctor was too busy with science
to make money.
AT the recent centennial commencement Of
st. Johns College, Annapolis, Md, the Rev.
DIR. w. c. Winslow. of Boston, was made q
Doctor of Science; the Rev. DR.. John Nc
Dowell Leavitt, ex-President of Lehigh Uni
verslty, a Doctor of Laws and DIR. Thomas Fell,
President of ST. Johns, Doctor of Philoso-
ply. s-
COLONEL A. LoUDEN SNowDEN, who has
been appointed Minister Resident and Consul.
General to Greece, Servia and Roumania. was
made Postmaster at Philadelphia by President
Grant. and on assuming office issued the me-
morable order, "All employees who do their
duty will be retained; those who do not will be
dismissed"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-05
GLADsToNEs NEW ALLY.

1t will be particularly gratifying to all
Mr.. Gladstone's admirers to know that Mr..
Cornelius Vanderbilt has come back from
England with the highest opinion Of the
Grand Old Man. In a semi-oficial way, we
are given to understand that Mr.. Cornelius
Vanderbilt met Mr.. Gladstone upon what
are called ''terms of more than ordinary
social freedom" whatever that may mean.
How fortunate for Mr.. Gladstone, for the
great Liberal party he leads and for the
whole human race, in fact, that Mr.. Van
derbilt was favorably impressed by the En-
glish statesman.
Taking the matter in its relation to Mr..
Vanderbilt personally, how many reasons
there are for rejoicing at the result. Ap-
parently MIR. Vanderbilt liked Mr.. Glad
stone from his vast and rolling collar to his
political principles, and was especially
astonished at the vitality and power dis
played by so old man. We trust he signl-
fed his august approval to its object Mr..
Gladstone would naturally feel greatly en-
couraged by pat on the back from the
wealthy New Yorker.
We cannot help, however, for moment
contemplating darker picture. Suppose
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt had been forced
by his conversation with Mr.. Gladstone,
upon those remarkable free and easy terms
we are told about, to conclude that he could
not conscientiouslY approve of him.. We
can readily understand that Mr.. Gladstone's
collar might not have found favor in the
nicely adjusted eyes of the Fifth avenue
millionaire, or that the great Commoner's
views on the beauty and benefit of labor
might have had an ugly sound in Mr.. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt's ears. What would have
happened if Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt had
come back to the United States and had
told the expectant millions that Mr.. Glad
stone didn't amount to much? Luckily
there is no vital necessity for anticipating
the catastrophe. Mr.. Vanderbilt has the
highest opinion of Mr.. Gladstone. The
cause of home rule in Ireland and liberal
ism in England is safe.
BY the way, we wonder what Mr.. Glad
stone thinks Of Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-05
VICTORIOUS ALLEGHENIEs.

Some days ago, and not very many either,
even the most iervent admirers of the Allie
gheny Baseball Club were searching for an
epitaph sufficiently sarcastic to inscribe
upon the tomb of that athletic aggregation.
How few smiles of fair fortune can change
the complexion of affairs! When the night
of despair was darkest victory perched
upon the banner of Mr.. Phillips cohort.
The usually potent balltossers from Phila-
delphia went down like ripe wheat before
the sickle when they met the Pittsburg
team. From five fields consecutively the
upholders of our banner in the diamond
drove the enemy in disorder. 1t was like
unto combat between a sword-fsh and an
armor-clad gunboat Pittsburg being the
steel-plated war vessel every time. The
souls of the local cranks scared into the
seventh heaven, and the receipts at the
turnstiles in Recreation Park swelled
nightly.
Yesterdays performance, though hardly
in keeping with the great deeds of last week,
indicates that the Alleghenies are not un-
worthy to cross bats with the best clubs in
the League. The renewed success of the
local team will render the national game
popular to degree that in this city could
not have been expected had the earlier mis-
fortunes of the club still pursued it. A little
more steadiness in the club will render such
a defeat as that given it in the second game
yesterday impossible. Pittsburg wants its
club to follow the city's example, and get
into the front rank.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-05
SHOULD MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

If, as seems destined, fireworks are to
continue the inevitable means of celebrating
the Fourth of July, people in cities might
improve on the present want of plan by
pooling th cir issues. In a city like Pitts
burg the sums spent on isolated pyrotechnics
would furnish superb displays at four or
five central points AS the spectacle is one
which thousands can witness, without
crOwding, the most could, in this fashion,
be made of it. OF course where the desire
is only to burn powder and make a terrific
noise, the style of the day does well enough;
but, as something very much more in the
way OF entertainment could be had for the
money, the plan of concerted exhibitions
might well be tried.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-05
CONDITION OF CATTLE.
A Comprehensive Review of the Animals
ON the West ern RanReA

Comprehensive Review of the Animals
ON the Western Ranges.
ST. LOUIS, July 4-Richard johnson, of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, was in st. Louis
to-day, and to q reporter said: II have for the
past three months been travelling through the
cattle districts with the object of ascertaining
what the condition Of range and farm cattle
now Is ana what improvements have been
made in the grade of stock on the ranges. On
the whole the result of my examination was
decidedly satisfactory, and reports Of two other
agents of the bureau will be of the same char
acter. In some sections 1t is not to be denied
that the grade Of the cattle has deteriorated in
q marked degree. This is especially true of the
extreme Northwest and the farms east of the
Missouri river. Four or five years ago what
are known as the Oregon cattle, though by no
means confined to the State of Oregon, were
by all odds the best to be found on the range.
Th' we're nearly invariably three-quarters or
five. sIxths Durham, ran high in flesh, weigh
ing $50 to $50 pounds more than Montana and
Dakota stock, and their beef was equal to that
of fine stallfed stock.
To-day half-breeds are in the majority, the
beef produced Is not nearly so fne and the
average weight of the cattle has fallen off
beyond doubt, and that is that neither in cold
or dry section of the country should the Dur
ham be introduced. In the farms in the agri-
cultural belts of Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa and
reduce rather than increase their holdings.
The low price OF cattle has made the industry
unremunerative, and the breeders are selling
OF their cows and steers and replacing them
which more than compensates for the loss in
other directions has taken place in the South
west. The Texas long horn, a lean sinewy ami
NAL, is being rapidly replaced bya cross be-
tween the Durham and Devon, and the average
weight of the cattle is greater and by 100
pounds more than it ever was before.'