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The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01

room but sank back ON her chat, a,
thou gh completely exhausted at.
tribt tied this to perturbation, and
hast ened to quiet her fears about viii.
She insisted upon seeing him withou,
delay
Will seemed to be consc GUS of her
pres ence the moment she knelt by his
bedside and took his hand. He became
more composed, and at last sank into a
doze, still holding her hand. This
lasted until midnight and then he
opened his eyes and I saw that he
would live. He spoke her name in 4
whisper. and tried to raise her hand to
h. lips. Sho made no sound. but gave
hit y look OF love and tenderness that
he l. Understood at once, and he closed his
eyes sgain as though her mere presence
was a. VI he asked. After he had lost
himself, Miss Godfrey looked up at me,
and the 'xpression on my face told her
the glad t.-nth. The next instant she
had tainted. / carried her into the adj
joining room and called my wife. She
came to my assistance at once, and.
after we had worked over Miss Godfrey
for few nom ents, she opened her eyes
and said, with a faint smile:
81 am sorry to make you SO much
trouble, but think my arm is'hurt, and
that is what made me faint The train
on which l left R met with an ac-
eide mt and guess that have not es-
cape. I uninjured.
On making an examination l found
that ht VI left wrist was sprained and
the forea rm considera bly, bruised Al
though s.vffering in tense pain, the
plucky ,ittl . woman had managed to
keep me in ignorance of her injuries
until she knew whether her lover would
live or die. G'id every thing for her
that my skill ,snggesited, and then
forced her to take ;some rest. A couch
was arranged for her il, the room ad-
joining Willis, and although she OBJ
tanned but little sleep-sht was up every
hour to look at him and ask how he was
her condition this morni ng was much
better than had expected
Shortly after daylight some one rang
the office bell, and when / opened the
door knew instinct yely th at the man
standing before me was JohL, Godfrey.
He stepped into the Office, told me his
name, and asked ii his daugh ter was in
the house. I told him that she was.
and he requested me to Sc nd her to him. !
Whatever his feelings to ward me were
he did not show them.
l went to Miss Godfrey nd informed |
her that her father was waiting to see |
her. She trembled for an i Instant, and |
then closed her lips over her firm little !
mouth and went to him witho ut word. |
had placed her arm in sling, and the |
pain and emotion she had lately under
gone had left their marks on her face. /
was sure that the sight of her would /
move her father to pity.
What took place during the interview
did not learn. 1t lasted for over an |
hour, and then was called. was not
for the scene that met my I
yaze. -Nena was holding her faith er's
hand, and Mr.. Godfrey's eyes showed /
hat he had been shedding tears N ena
,urned to me with happy smile.
''Father has forgiven u.s. she said
Edward Weitzel, in Detroit Free Press /
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01
THE CONDUCTORS STORY.

THE CONDUCTORS STORY.
There was one incident connected
with the accident to my train last night
that did not give to the reporters.
A young lady boarded the train at
r whom recognized as the daugh-
ter of John Godfrey, one Of the stock
holders of the road. She had a ticket
for c., and noticed when stopped
at her seat that she was pale and agi-
tated. After the accident she was on Q
OF the first to get clear of the wreck,
;md did not appear to be injured.
Luckily, the engine was not dis
abfed, the accident having been caused
by the rails spreading just as the bag
gage-car passed over them, and I de-
termined to send to c. for assist
ance l was consulting with the en-
sineer when Miss Godfrey touched me
on the arm and begged earnestly to be
alIo wed to ride on the engine to c..
1t wa. . q case OF life and death, she said.
She appeared SO distressed at the
thought OF delay that l told the en-
gineer to take her with him. She was
up in the ;sb in an instant, and they
"pulled out'' at once, so that one of my
passengers at least arrived at c.
nearly on time.
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01
SIGNS Of che TImes.

The president OF the Standard OIL
Company takes his daily drive with q
retinue of servants. First comes q man
mounted on horse, acting as body
guard, then the carriage with his royal
highness, coachman and q footman on
the box and footman behind, in the
rear another man mounted ON q horse
acting as body guard. BY and by, the
populace will be called upon to say:
Long live the king"
The much abused landlords of Connec-
ticut are organizing an association for
their protection" against the impe-
cunious tenant PAY your rent or get
of the earth" A black list is to be
made, and any one mentioned ON that
list will not be accepted as . tenant ON
any terms 1t is proposed to have
branches all over the Union and to be.
come as generally useful as Bradstreets
or Dunn. Workingmen may como and
workingmen may go, but the rent goes
on forever. Poor landlords! The time
will come when, with Artemus Ward.
they will think 'ft would have been
money in their pockets IL they had never
been born. "-H. o. Skinner.
Would Take Closs On Of Industry Every-
whore.
The city of Newport, KY, just across
the Ohio from Cincinnati, is about to- try
the experiment of letting all money.
stocks, bonds, manufactured goods, raw
materials, tools, machinery, ETC., 20 en-.
tirely free of municipal taxation. OF
course the hope Of its citizens is that
the premium thus set upon manufactor-
les viii draw in enough to build up the
city 30 much that the additional burden
thrown upon real estate will not be felt.
The outcome of the experiment will be
interesting, but II it succeeds the result
can scarcely be claimed by the Henry
George single tax party as evidence that
it would be good policy to throw all tax
alton. everywhere, upon the soil. New.
rort will otfer inducements for the re-
moval thither Of mills and factories
from other places. but If personal prop
erty were exempt from taxation in All
States and cities, there would be NO rea-
son for . change Of location on any such
grouRd, Cleveland Leadars
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01
Conclusive.

Hiram-Wal, Maria, l got lots Of
proof that I'm good-looking man,
when was up in New York.
Maria-You don't say so?
Hiram Even the cab drivers
spoke to me as Handsome sir. Mum
sey's Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01
The Ides. Gaining Conv.rts.

Henry Georges single tax idea il
gaining con verts, especially among the
workingmcn and small property holders
Of tho cities and larger towns. Pitts
burEh Dispatch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01

-Clara-(to her father) = Henry
wanted me to ask you if you would
help him out Of his debts" Father
'l1l give him . littr-BostoH Herald:
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01
DRIcKLY ASH
ERS

One d the most Important organs 81 ihe
human bedy Il the LIVER. When Il fails b
propsrly perform iis functions The entire
sysiom becomes dsranged. The BRAIN,
KIDNEYS, STOMACH, BOWELS, aIl refuse
10 pesiosm their work DYSPEPSIA, CON-
sTlPATlOM, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY Dis
EASE, ETC., are he results, unless some
thing Is done b assist Nature In throwing
ea he impurities eaussd By ihs Inactioa
Of Z TORPID LIVER. This assistance -
sscsssasy will b jeund h
PriekIy Ash Biifsrs +!
4 ae,s directly On The LINER, sT0mAcls
md KIDNEYS, and By llsmlld and caiharilg
eject and general tonic qualities restores
ihsse organs b Z segnd, healthy condition,
an1 cuFss aIl dlseases arising from ihese
eansss. Il PuRlFIES the 6l0O0. tones
p the systea, aad restores perfect hsallh.
liyour dFuggIst dees aei ksep u ask hin b
erdsrIlio ios you. ssad q sjampj jes cepyo1
TINE MORSE TRAINER, = puhllshed n -
polekly lsn DrfIEn3 CO..
- xssuEietsrs. -. 10U11y Mo-
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01

have l:aEnsd b sYssisncs that Tie only wzssysool
scss thsy g ell e eoxhcy o. hunter s ths
As1k on h They are the best vaterpeoof ssddls
eoats. ever mnds. They keep ths saddje. ~
hone's becks ard the idr thosouehly az ana
wam. Ne saddls :osss IRON the ganins q = Vt
s:asioa front buttons back, and de $Ecksr q
eAanged u enes 70 "a ordinary cat. lust tsV
one, thsy eust but Ettle and win preverf coIdss
esvess, yhsumafsl, md othsr resu1ts 10 sxposurS
20 ths weather. Beware. Of worthless imitssionS.
Marx Ooa't accept any inferior eoaf when von
ean have the Fish Bnud Slckern delivere&
without ezfn CO.. Puticulan and iIiussstsd a.
a. ,. rowER..- = soston, Mas.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
A VICTORY STILL.

In our own town returns show de-
cided Republican victory, although the
Prohibition vote was unusually large.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
YALE'S INDUSTRIES.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TnEIR EXIST.
ENOE IN OUR MIDST.
This week we tell about our Roller Mills

We can think of no better beginning
for our narrative than the old pioneer
mill, of what was once Brockway Centre.
This is the mill which has lately taken
new lease of life under the prOprie-
torship of w. III. Palmer. The old mill
building has served in numerous capac-
tiles. Its story is most checkered. But
like an old war-horse it still holds the
field, and its heavy paintings can yet be
heard most any day. 1t might be re-
garded also as symbOlical of the old
town before inspired with new life by
the railroad. 1t still exists as the old
mill perhaps, yet animated with a new
life within it.
The building was formerly located on
Main street on the very spot now Occu-
pied 10y the Rollins and Rapley blocks.
There was big difference then in the
aspect of the place, old inhabitants will
tell you. All the land around it was a
marsh; and one would sink to his waist
where he can now promenade on good
plank walks. But it was all the same
with the old building. 1t then served
as a barn, part OF the time; how
ever, its vocation for the other part of
the time was somewhat more eXhalted.
1t offered its hoSpitable plankS to the
religiously inclined as a place of wor-
ship. And we have no doubt that the
truths of the gospel were quite us
sweet as when proclaimed from the
vanished pulpits of to-day. But this
would never satisfy progressive gene
ration. The old building was soon
compelled to surrender its pious occu-
pants to buildings more convenient,
and soon found itself quite deserted
This was during the ownership OF JO-
mas Jones in 1870. Soon. however, it
passed under the control of the firm
of Grinnell, Wear & Palmer. They fit
ted it up as woolen mill, and besides
this desecration added another rebuff:
that it should no longer stand on Main
street. So it was accordingly moved
back to its present position. Still the
old mill proved refractory and changed
hands many times. One old lady SOL
emnly avowed that it had once been
the "house of Cod but then it had be-
come "a den of thieves. For one
while it was owned by John Stilson
Then it was sold to a Mr.. Scott; and
finally it returned to w. III. Palmer, the
present owner, in 1875. This begins q
new chapter i'll its history.
Mr.. Palmer disposed of the wool.
working machinery to man in Flint
and re6tted the old building again as a
grist mill. 1t was then a stone mill
and had in addition saving and plan.
ing mill. For many years it did big
business under this arrangement in
both its branches. But for the past
two years it has been idle. Mr.. Palm.
er has just put into it complete set OF
double rollers of the ,Staut, Mills and
Temple make, which have q capacity
of 90 barrels per day. He is prepared
to grind grists for every body and will
doubtless meet with his old success
With his new fixtures he can probably
make as good flour as any mill in the
country. The planning mill has also
been put into shape again, so that our
village is well supplied in this line.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
PERSONAL.

Judson Black was in the village Mon
day.
w. II. Rollins and daughter Alberta
made a short sojourn in Port Huron
the first OF the week.
Mrs. Jesse Holden, of Brown City,
was in the village the first of the week.
J. II. High was in Port Huron last
Saturday.
Lambert Jones. of Port Austin, spent
last Sunday with his family in this
place.
Attorney Farley, of Port Huron,
stumped in Lynn the first of the week
and stopped over in the village.
a. w. Bogart. of New Y ork, has been
in the village during the week.
Harry Thorn and family, of Flint,
have been guests Of Geo Barrett during
the week.
Thos. Carless made hurried visit at
Sand Beach the first of the week.
Miss Maggie Hurston, of Yale, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. O'Harra
Huron avenue, for the last few days
Ft. Gratiot sun.
5. II. Young made a hurried trip to
Port Huron on Wednesday.
Thos. Macarthur went to Saginaw on
Wednesday for u brief stay.
Among those who went to Port HUI
ron on Wednesday to learn the results
of the election, were VIM. Cowing, G.. +.
Emery, Austin LutZ, Ii. Drake. w. III.
Rollins. j. b. Paisley, ii. +. Beard, w.
n. McKenna.
w. II. Hodgins was in Port Huron
on Wednesday.
T. NJ. Cady and son. of Port Huron,
were in the village last Monday.
Henry Doelle, of Greenwood. was in
town Thursday.
w. II. Gillett attended the Democratic
jolilication in Port Huron Thursday.
+. +. Bowman was in town election
day.
II. Hooper, of Speaker, was in to see
us on Thursday. lie tells us that he
has moved his residence to his old home
in Wilkesport Ont.
Cora Mills went to Port Huron
Thursday.
Geo. II. Davidson, of Almont, was I'm
the village the first of the week.
Mrs. r.. L. Carroll, of Emmett, who
has been visiting for some time with
her daughter Mrs. w. l.. Ellis, left again
for another sojurn in Ohio.
Mrs. G.. s. Kimbal, of Flint, has been
visiting with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
HIGH TARIFF.
Or
Free Trade
Is the Great Question before the
American People to-day.
ssesseeee e 90 1888 e . sse
There is another Very Important
Question before the people of
this vicinity. 1t is this;
Where is The Best Place 10 Trade ;
Where cauI get the Great est
Value for my Money?
With us business is a matter of
conscience. We have a Platform
With us business is a matter of
conscience. We have a Platform
which reads:
Good Goods, Honest
Treatment and Low
Prices"

On this Platform we stand spuarely
and invite you to meet us there
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
Card Of Thanks.

For the thoughtful kindness shown
us during our recent bereavement by
our friends and neighbors, we wish to
express our heartfelt thanks and the
sense of obligation which we feel to-
wards them. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Welch.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
A Tremendous Offer.

We have made arrangements for CIV
ing to the public the Detroit Echo with
the EXPosIToR: For $1.50 we will send
you the Expositor for one year and the
Detroit Echo. the Evening News Week
ly, an eight page paper of solid reading,
full of news and stories. Send for a
copy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
YALE ST. Clair County. Mich, FRIDAY NOV. 2, 1890.

good. About the only state polling a
full vote was Ohio; and there big gains
were made, although Mckinley failed
by about $50 of overcoming natural
Democratic majority in his gerimander-
ed district of over 1000. Two years
from now the Republican party is sure
to more than reinstate itself in its old
position.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
For Sale or Exchange.

A house situated in the village of
Memphis, with two acres of land, two
orchards, barn etc. desirable piece of
property, owner will sell or exchange
for property in the village of Yale,
terms low. Call on or address j. A.
MenZies. EXPoSITOR, Yale Mich. 20tf.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

Altogether Republicans need not feel
discouraged. The ballot was one of the
smallest ever cast. And casual COM
parison of the vote of this year with
that of two years ago must surely con-
vince one that hardly seven Republic
ans in ten were at the polls. Our de-
feat is owing to our own slothfulness.
1t can not but work ultimately to our
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
County Teachers.

The following is a list of the names
and post-oilice addresses OF the persons
who were granted teachers certificates
at the examination held in Marine City
October 18th.
THIRD GRADE. May Il. Beebe, starr
vile, Jennie II. Clark, Marine City
Anna f. Gorden, Amadore, Julia A
Hammond, st. Clair. Lizzie McMullen
China, ID. w. NJ Wilson, Adair.
SPECIAL.-Val. L. Boehmer, Casco
The following is list OF the names
and post-ollice addresses of the persons
who were granted teachers certificates
at the examination held at Smiths
Creek, October 25th.
THIRD GRADE Jessie M. Allison.
Port Huron, Sarah Carol, Memphis
b. w. butcher, 'Brockway, Sarah A.
Denton, Jeddo. Lila Gilbert, Memphis,
Maude Henderson. Doyle, Elva Nudge,
Smiths Creek. Ephraim Scott, Belle
River, Annie Wagner, Smiths Creek.
- .aD. O.
Judge Prisoner, you are accused
of stealing coat. What have you to
say?"
Prisoner-"Your honor, it was all a
mistake"
Judge do you mean?"
Prisoner-"I mis-took the coat
Politician
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

Having had thirteen years expert
ence IN selling goods to the people
Of this locality, enables us to know
the demands of the people and we
are prepared to meet them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
A FAMILIAR UNIT OF POWER.
Explanation of the Origin and Meaning OF
the Term Horse Power.

Explanation of the Origin and Meaning of
the Term Horse Power.
When men first begin to become familiar
with the methods of measuring mechanical
power they often speculate on where the
breed of horses is to be found that can keep
at work raising $4,000 pounds one foot per
minute, or the equivalent, which is more
familiar to some mechanics, OF raising $50
pounds 100 feet per minute. Since 49, 900
pounds raised one foot per minute is called
one horse power, it is natural that people
should think the engineers who established
that unit of measurement based it on what
horses could really do.
But the horse that can do this work does
not exist. The horse power unit was estab-
lished by James Watt about century ago,
and the figures were fixed in a curious way.
Watt found that the average horse of his
district could raise q, 900 pounds one foot
per minute. This, then, was an actual horse
power.
At that time Watt was employed in the
manufacture of engines, and customers were
so hard to find that al kinds of artificial in
ducements were necessary 10 induce power
users to buy steam Engines. As a method of
encouraging them Watt offered to sell en-
gines reckoning 80, 900 foot pounds to horse
power. And thus he was the means of giy-
ing q false unit to one of the most important
measurements in the world,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
AN EMIGRATION SYNDICATE.
Roseate English Plans for Settlers and Lands |
in This Country.

Roseate English Plans for Settlers and Lands
in This Country.
It is rumored on very excellent authority,
says the Pail Mall Budget, that move
ment is on foot lor the purpose Of forming
an emigration syndicate, which will buy
land in the Western and Southern States OF
America, and advance money to intending
settlers for the purpose of establishing
large number of the most distressed people
in the States mentioned.
If our information be correct, it is not the
intention of the promoters (and there are
many good names among them) TO pauperize
the people by presenting them either with
passage money or land, but the transaction
will be purely business one-a moderate
interest being charged for the loan-and so
certain is the surety of repayment that not
the slightest difficulty is apprehended as to
the raising of the necessary capital.
1t is said that the sum of e10 is sufficient
to pay for the outfit, passage-money and
railway fare of each adult passenger right
to the spot of his Dissipation in such State
as Texas, and once there the promoters of
the proposed association are confident of
their ability in short time to turn the most
poyerty-stricken Irish peasant into a thriv.
ing, prosperous farmer, the owner of his
land in perpetuity, and the founder, may
be, of one OF the first families in the Amer
ican Republic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
DRAWBACKS OF THE CREDIT SYSTEM.

Reasons Why Farmers Should Avoid Ac-
counts and How to Do 1t.
An exchange speaks of the comparative
merits, from the merchants. standpoint, of
the cash and credit systems Of dealing. 1t
says: Merchants know that the average
man will buy more goods if he has an ac-
count than if he pays cash. There is some
thing about the bare fact of paying out
hard-earned dollars that makes one pause
and consider whether the purchase is nec-
essary one." There 10 another point, too,
worth considering from the buyers stand
point-a purchaser will not scrutinize the
price so closely when buying on credit as
when paying cash, and so often pays much
more for an article.
Farmers, above all people, should avoid
store accounts, as single crop failure is
liable to make such q debt become very
burdensome. Ii ready money is not
obtainable the store account can often be
avoided by growing something which can
be exchanged through the season for such
things as must be bought. A little space
and time devoted to fruit or vegetables,
chickens, bees, etc., will often prove Of
much more value than the mere amount of
money derived from the sale of the products,
by enabling one to avoid debt. These
things may be exchanged at the store each
| week, in small quantities, answering the
same purpose as cash. A zone crop"
farmer is almost always in debt for three
| fourths of the year. By little attention to
small matters of this sort he would be in a
much more independent position, and
| eventually find more profit in his work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
SOME HINTS FOR PRESENTS.
This Reads Like Fairy Tale Pointed With
Practical Moral.

q PraCucal MOrals
Munsey's weekly.1
1t is the 25th of December.
Dick Harduppe tries to look jolly, but
his "Merry Christmas" has hollow sound.
and his anxious face looks more worn than
ever, as he gives his wife the gold bracelet
which he has pinched himself six months to
buy.
Her bright looks and happy smile CRATE
upon him, somehow, and he really feels re-
lieyed " hen she doesn't hand him a present
in return, for he's been wondering how he
could pay for it and also buy the winters
coal.
He is growing almost cheerful when slip
of paper, familiar in shape and color, catches
his eye by his plate. =
He defers looking at it as long as possi-
BILE, and thinks little hardly of MIlly for
not having kept it till next day.
At last he glances at it, and with an mar
ticulate word. falls from his chair in dead
faint.
1t is receipted bill. for coal enough to
last them the whole winter.
But joy is seldom 'the fell destroyer" !"
and he is soon revived.
Milly's bright eyes have hint of tears in
them, as she tells how she earned the money
by long siege of scribbling at stories.
poems and jokes, on the ever fruitful if
somewhat-frayed-at-t at the-edges ftopic of bills
coming In on January tor the husband 5
Christmas present
Who says now that it doesn't pay to tell
the truth-sometimes?