Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
YALE ST. Clair County. Mich. THURSDAY JAM 9, 1890.
a cash balance-A pair of treasury


a cash balance-A pair of treasury
scales.
If the banker wishes winter to pass
by quickly, he can easily accomplish
that end by rediscounting a good sized
note payable March |. 1880.
The Family Educator. - Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary is a great fami-
ly educator, and NO family Of children
ought to be brought up without having
ready access to this grand volume. 1t
will answer hundreds of questions of
each wide-awake child. 1t is an ever
present and reliable schoOlmaster to the
whole family.
"A very funny thing happened Sunday
in certain church when the minis
ter closed his sermon with these words:
ave would be pleased. moreover,
to have the young man who is standing
outside the door come and make GER
tain whether she is here or not. That
would be great deal better than open
ing the door half an inch and exposing
the people in the last row of seats to a
draught."
One Grand Rapids school teacher
recently held 8-yeaT-old Willie Logic
while another flogged him with ruler
-hogged him very hard, too, it is claim
ed. The teacher who did it claims she
did not fog him for the particular Of
fense just then charged against him,
but for several offenses committed in
the past few months-a sort of cumu-
lative logging, so to speak. The school
board will take hand in the matter
now. but in the meantime Willie has to
stand up to take his meals
The Moses of the present age is
prompt pay, therefore give your custo-
mers TO understand that that is the
prophet you follow through the wilder
ness of trade. and who is to lead you
into the promised land of fortune. and
If your intending customer wishes to
aid you in getting there, let him make
a point of settling at once upon pres
entation Of statement. 1t is wonderful
how business settles down to a satisfac-
tory basis when the customers are
prompt in settling up. Look at your
label on this paper.
Physicians fix the proper temperature
of rooms in winter at 6S degrees. At
this temperature one may be comfort
able sitting quietly if he is sufficiently
clothed. If with the mercury at 6S de-
grees he is not warm enough. more
clothing or wraps should be put on.
but the warmth of the room should not
be increased. There are exceptions to
all rules and doubtless there are cases
OF lnvallds and aged persons who re-
qulre higher degree Of heat than above
indicated. But for the majority rooms
heated aboYe this limit are eneryating
TO the occupants, and make them liable
TO invasion of various maladies that lie
IN wait during cool weather to pOunce
on the unwary.
Occasionally we learn from extracts
like the following, which we clip from
the Prohibition Era, OF PrincetOwn.
lnd., that our sam is still at the work
he eSpoused some years ago, and that
his efforts are appreciated where ho
laborS. "-At 3 o'clock Rev. Mr.. Bettes, of
Michigan, favored The large audience
that had re-aSsemDled at the hail with
splendid address. Rev. Bettes is fine
speaker and his address. which was
strictly non-partisan. was replete with
telling hits at the liquor traffic, illustra-
ted by side splitting anecdotes which
kept his audience III a jolly good humor.
Mr.. BetteS has put i'll number of
years In amendment campaign work
and knows Just how to strike blows at
this organized iniquity."
Perhaps at no other place in the
county has there been such display of
holiday goods or so much business
transacted as there has been at Gray a.
Robinson's, of Peck, during the last
few weeks. A table about 28 feet in
length was three stories in height, the
upper story of which was arranged In
steps. three on each side, to make a
better display Of those goods on that
part, were filled to their utmost capac-
ity with Christmas goods. On Satur-
day, December 2l, these were partially
emptied but re-filled for Monday, when
they were again nearly emptied. Re-
plenished again on Tuesday the eight
clerks were scarcely able to get the
goods of as fast as called for by the
customers,a ,and large bill of handsome
goods that arrived at about four o'clock
p. m. of that day were virtually cleaned
out ut ak. The tables are now five
and ten cent counters, with articles on
them for sale worth twice that amount,
while the uppermost table still contains
many useful and handsome things suit
able for birthday presents, etc. Beside
their large stock in the room on the
first floor, a large room upstairs is filled
with ready made clothing, ladies' cloaks,
etc.; two large rooms with mems boots;
two with unpacked groceries, and an
other very large one with doors, sash,
etc, and the back room below contains
a beautiful line of stoves, tinware, etc,
making complete the stock of hard
ware. Large and handsomely-painted
signs in brilliant colors, painted by
Fred Locke, of Capac, whose ability for
painting is already well known but can
not well be exaggerated. extend the en-
tire length of both sides of the immense
building. and one of these would par
ticularly attract the attention of any
cOnversant with the art, it being large
one on which is painted a vase of beau
tiful ferns. These signs announce the
great bargains that may be had in the
various departments.