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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
Drain Your Cellar.

A few dollars worth of tile will keep
cellar dry forever. We have all
sizes at low rates.
TAPPAE 4 Law.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

Itch cured in 30 minutes by WOOL
ford's Lotion. Never fails. Sold by
Grant Holden 81 Bro druggists, Yale
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

Another disastrous fire took place
in our village Tuesday morning at one
O'Clock, this time j. 4. Morrill, being
the unfortunate victim. During the
thunder storm that morning his large
barns were struck 10y lightning and
they were destroyed, together with
their entire contents. The barns con-
tanned about 100 bushels of oats, so
bushels of potatoes, six tons of hay, so
bushels of barley, his wagons, buggies,
cutters, harness, Il number of foul, and
his farming implements, besides the
Clydesdale stallion "Sir Robert" which
was owned by A. Howell, Levi and j.
A. Morrill,, and was valued at 81 500. 1t
is thought the animal was killed by the
lightning at the time the building was
struck, and a COW that was standing in
the shelter of the barn was found dead
at the time the fire was noticed. Mr..
Morrill, was fortunate enough to have
turned his herd of horses out to
pasture Monday evening and so they
were saved from sure destruction.
Persons living in the neighborhood
who were awakened by the loud crash
of thunder state that it could not have
been more than Il minute from the
time the barn was struck till the entire
eastern section of the structure was q
mass of flames from roof to basement.
Mr.. Morrill, loss will be between So, ,000
and $4,000 on which there was not q
cent of insurance, the policy having
expired last December and he having
decided to carry his own risk.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

Still another fire was noticed about
half-past two o'clock Thursday morn
ing which was undoubtedly of an in
cendiary origin. The fire was started
in the northeast corner of Thomas
Darcy's blacksmith shop upstairs and
when observed it had burned a hole
through the roof about four feet
square and nearly the same amount
of siding. \ pail which contained
kerosene was found in the building,
and the tire-boy had chosen an excel
lent time and place to carry out his
nefariOus scheme. If the fire had had
five minutes more of start all the
buildings in that neighborhood, which
are frame, would have been consumed
and there is no telling where il
would have stopped, as there was q
stiff breeze blowing from the north
which would have carried the flames
down the street towards Central Hall
and the Mckenna and Chamberlain
blocks. Mr.. Darcy's loss is light al
few pals of water eXtinguised the
blaze.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
SEVEN LITTLE TRUANTs.

What Told Uncle Ned That Robbie was
staying Away from school.
Robbie was down by the aillow-tree
fishing for minnows.
1t seemed to him a shame to be in
school when the robins were singing
and the old apple trees in the orchard
were covered with beautiful white bios
SONS.
He asked a robin if it would not be a
good plan TO go fishing. "Chee, chee!"
sang the robin.
THAT means yes, yes, said Rob-
bic; so he hid his bag under a bush, and
promised himself a good time.
by and by he heard a short, cropping
noise close behind him, and turning he
beheld sight which caused him to
say ''Oh, N.Y. in a very dismayed tone.
There were grandpa's six Attorney
calves standing at respectful distance
from him, and saying as plainly as
calves can say: We're playing truant
too, Robbie Isn't it fun"
ITO think forgot to put up the barsw
cried Robbie.
Then he made dash and the calves
made spring, all at once. But the
bossies had each four long legs and
Robbie only two short ones.
II guess those calves have come to
stay" he sighed, after he had chased
them for half an hour.
Not a calf would go near the bars.
Clearly they thought grandpa's orchard
as nice place as he did
But help came to him at last in the
form of his dog Shep
Dear Shep!" he cried, heartily.
Good doggie' Help me drive these
calves home"'
Shep understood. and started after
the calves with suchfirmness and method
that every bessie went baa, baaing over
the rails in considerably less than five
minutes
splendid fellow" declared Robbie,
as he put up the bars.
"Ah, but a very naughty boyr' said a
familiar voice from the wagon-house.
You've had fine holiday with the
calves, my laddie, and now you must 60
to school. I"
''Oh, Uncle Nedr' cried Robbie, hang.
ing his head, while Shops tail dropped
in sympathy.
But there was no help for it. as Rob.
bic very well knew. Uncle Ned popped
him into the spring-wagon without an.
other word and started directly for
school
who told you was there, Uncle
Ned?" he asked, very soberly.
"Baa-baas and bow-wows!" replied
Uncle Ned, with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Ohr' said Robbie.
That entrance into the busy school
room at half-past ten, and the ache in
his poor, tired, little legs cured Robbie
of truancy The bossies never had such
a good chance again. Lillian l.. Price,
in Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
A Safe Investment.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or IN case OF
failure return of purchase price. On
this safe plan YOU can buy from our adj
vertised Druggis, :. bottle of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. 1t is
guaranteed to bring relief in every case,
when used for any affection of Throat,
Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption,
Inflammation of Lungs Bronchitis. Asth-
ma, Whooping Cough, Group, etc, etc.
1t is pleasant and agreeable to taste,
perfectly safe, and can always be depen-
ded upon. Trial bottles free at j. T.
Benefits Drugstore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
AN oLO-TIME DOLLY.

And were you really Grandmamma's doll7
You queer, old fashioned little stranger,
With your big black eyes both open wide
As if you saw some dreadful danger,
And your painted curls all parted neatly,
And your little red mouth that smiles SO
sWcetiy
Did Graudmamma use 70 play with you,
You dear old fashioned old time dollys
Did she use 10 Kiss you kiss mines
tMy Dolls names Blanche, and your
names I'ouyD
Oh, dearie uci il seems 50 queer
To hold sou, Polly, beside me here
For Grandmanma says you're ever so old
Grandmamma says you're sixty three!
Why, Blanche is only two and hali
But just as cunning as she can be.
II seems 50 queer that you're So cid,
And look SO youngl did Grandmamma scold
When you fell out OF the chair one day
And broke your nOseS-or did she cry1
Or did she cuddle you up and say
"Oh, never mind, Polly, by and by
Your little nosey VIII be all weliY
Oh, dolly If only you could tell
Grandmamma says for twenty years
You lay in her lower bureau drawer,
Until one day-do you remember
shetook you out-do you know what for7
she took you ont for her little girl
A dear little girl-her name was Pearl.
And that little girl was my own mother
just think Of IL now. you dear old Dollyi
My own girl Inamma-how queer il seemsi-
Oh. can't you tell me about her, Polly?
How did she look2 Was she always good2
wish you could tell mel tcjsh you could
And now IRE got you, you dear old doll
And Grandmumma smiles, and mamma
does too,
When ] take you out in the park with
Blanche.
And the little girls stop me 70 look at you
It's just ms funny il can be
That you look SO young at sixty threel
Harriet Francene Crooker. IN our Little
M on and Woman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
CHlLDREN's WISE SAYINGS.

IF anybody wants some of this
jelly let them speak now, or forever
be at peace, is what little girl said
after she had been to a wedding for the
first time Youths Companion.
Teacher Tommy, if had twenty
five dollars, and should pay ten dollars
for flour and three dollars for apples
how much would l have left?" Tommy
Don't YOU think, Miss Trimmer, it's
in bad taste always to be talking about
vulgar money questions?'-B Boston
Transcript.
Charley was complaining for two or
three days. Mamma" he said, Il
guess I've got that new-what do you
call it, Influenza" suggested mamma.
'Oh, no, dear. 1t is simply lassitude "
"Lassie-tuder cried Charley. Why, a
boy can't have that, can he? More like
ly I've got la3die-tuder -kate Fields
Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

In another column of this paper will
be found an advertisement of medi-
cine known as Chamberlain Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for sale
by druggist j I. Bennett of this place.
In almost every neighborhood through
out the west, there are some one or more
persons, whose lives have been saved by
this remedy. 1t is natural for such per-
sons to take especial pleasure in recon-
mending the remedy to others. The
praise, that follows it's introduction and
use, makes it immensely popular. While
it is intended especially for cholic, chol-
era morbus, dysentery and diarrhoea, it
Is also claimed to cure chronic diarr-
hoea. If such be the case, it is certainly
a God send to many poor mortal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
IN LITERARY FIELDS.

a YOUNG New Yorker has gone into
the business of devising catchy
titles for articles and stories sent him
in manuscript,
THE reader for n New York magazine
says that as a result of nine weeks
reading he accepted just % out Of 1927
poems offered that magazine for publi-
cation.
EUGENE FIELDS favorite Fad is said
to be his pet canaries. He has dozens
Of these, and divides his affections be-
tween them and the books in his fine
library.
THE late Gen. Albert Pike told citi-
zen of Alexandria that he removed from
that city to Washington because the
people whistled so much they disturbed
his literary labors.
A MAGAZINE editor once received a
story, in which there was not single
mark Of punctuation, except an oc-
casional period. At the bottom Of the
last page the author had written:
please put in the decimal points to
suit"
REV. Dis. MENDENHALI., Of Cleveland,
says he wrote the 'Breadwinners, and
Harper Brothers say he is not the man
for whom they printed the book and to
whom they have since paid the royal
ties.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
"A Back Number"

his IS the sighting remark that Is
ofteG applied to woman who try to seem
young. though they no longer look so.
Sometimes appearances are deceitful.
Female weakness. functional troubles.
dispIacements and irregularities will add
fifteen years to a woman's looks. These
troubles are removed by the use Of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Try this
romedy, all you whose beauty and fresh
ness is fading from such causes. and no
longer figure in society as ''back mum
Der It's guaranteed to give satisfac-
ti"n IN every case, or money paid for it
refunded. See guarantee on bottle-wrap-
per.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
THE COUNTRY IN GENERAL.

IL several eastern cities barber shops
keep open all night, and where there Is
no Sunday law they keep open the year
round
THE largest barn in the United States
Is about to be erected near Lexington,
Ky. It win be one thousand feet long
and one hundred feet wide.
CALIFoRNIA's gold product has 50 over
Swallowed all other mineral productions
in that state that it is rather surprising
70 learn that since 1873 the yield Of
quicksilver has reached q total value of
s7O,5OO,O00
MANY years ago sou.e careless map
maker accidentally changed Goblin
City, Col, to Golden City on his map.
The error was widely copied into other
maps, and TO this day one sees on some
of the best maps the name Of Golden
City instead of Goblin City.
THE one-hour verdict of a Maine
court in 1862 believed to be the shortest
sentence to imprisonment in a criminal
case in this country, was greatly under
done by an English judge who SEN
fenced a woman to five minutes in Jail
for having married man without OBJ
tanning a divorce from a former hus-
band. This stands now as the shortest
sentence on record.
THERE is a curious freak Of nature to
be seen along the road leading from
Atglen to Cochranville, Pa. Two good
sized streams of water meet at right
angles on almost level ground, each
having a heavy fall in reaching the
point. The water of both streams meet,
but neither is impeded in its course.
They cross like two roads and continue
In their respective beds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
mo ChInch nnr ontdonc.

A practical remedy for the much
dreaded chinch bug seems to have been
found by Prof f. n Snow, Of Law
renee, Kan. His experiments for two
years show that it Is possible to dis
tribute chinch bugs affected with
white fungus, This fungus is very
contagious and spreads rapidly among
the insects that infcst wheat fields.
Nineteen ont Of % trials on a practical
scale show that the diseased bugs killed
about all the chinch bugs in the fields
to which they We're applied rom 10
to II days is required for the spread Of
the disease. Prof. Snow win continue
his experiments this season. All whose
fields are infested with chinch bugs
should apply to him for a package OF
diseased bugs with which to inoculate
the destroying pest, It is only neces-
sarv to distribute the diseased bugs to
different parts Of the field The dis
ease spreads itself, ana when the pest
is thick the ground becomes white
with dead chinch bugs. "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
TEDDY.
In the Winter He Would Lose His Pretty
WAYS and Sleep Until spring.

In the Winter He Would Lose His Pretty
WAYS and sleep Until spring.
Teddy wasn't a boy; he was dear
little striped squirrel Some people
call them chipmunks, and | suppose
that is their real name.
Our cat brought him in one morning
as a breakfast for her three baby kit.
tens but Ray found him too soon foI
him to be used in that way.
lie wasn't hurt much, and in a few
days was as brisk and cunning as ever
We made an old bird-cage into quite
nice house for him, with a chamber
above and n dining-room below.
We put some batting into the little
dining-room, but he carried it all up
stairs and made just the cutest little
nest for himself.
He was such little miser that he
would carry all the nuts that he did not
want to eat up into his chamber, and
carefully hide them in his bed
lie grew quite tame, and we would
sometimes let him ont into the room for
a frolic; bat we did not leave him out
alone, for he would take everything
lAdl lic C1hAN carry lAitp HIS 44tblc tildiAi-
Der
When cold weather came he began
TO lose his pretty, frisky ways, and
would lie CURED mp in his warm bed
until he gave up going down to his din
ing-room altogether
lie would eat from his hoard OF nuts,
but was dunpish and blind until the
warm. spring sunshine came TO melt
away the great snowdrifts. Then, when
he knew the cold winter was indeed
gone he walked UP from his long sleep,
and was cunning pet once more.
But. alas affection had no place in
his little heart, in spite Of all our efforts
to win it, Tor he pushed the door open
one night when we left the cage out on
the veranda roof, and we never saw him
again. y outh's Companion
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

It was a short trip. but he IS the oct
ter for IL. He has been made to see
things as he never would without As
he is tucked into bed that night he
snugs down and is thankful from the
bottom Of his heart that he turned back.
If ! had a hundred boys I'd let each
and every one of them .'cut sticks" at
his own sweet viii, and if one of them
held out for a week or a month he'd
be all the better for it when he did re-
turn. little rubbing against the
sharp corners and biting edges Of the
outside world makes a great change
in a boys ideas.-M. Quad, in y. Y.
World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
FOR INVENTOR AND MECHANIC,

An electrical expert says that no light
has been found that viii penetrate fog
better than the old oil lamp.
WHITE tar is one of the latest inven-
tions or discoveries. 1t viii not become
soft under the suns rays in any climate,
and is expected to be used largely in
calking the deck seams of fine yachts
THE application of the microscope to
machine-shop practice, for the purpose
of proving whether surfaces are true, is
pronounced by experts as being the best
method for obtaining accuracy thus far
suggested.
A NEW device for signaling at sea has
been sue essfully tested. With a ma
chine, something like magic lantern,
letters from six to twelve feet long can
be thrown on sail at night, and made
SO conspicuous that they may be easily
read a mile from the ship displaying
them.
A HANDFUL of raw pig iron, weighing
about five pounds, is worth five cents;
it would make about sixty table-knife
blades, W n SIS; converted into steel
watch-springs, there would be about
10000 Of these little coils, which, at
the rate of S1.75 a dozen, would be
valued at SIC, 07O.63.
THE following plan is adopted in the
Paris laboratory for testing the compar-
alive durability of paving stones. A
sample of the rock is placed upon hor-
izontal plate rotating around a vertical
axis, and pressed against it by suitable
contrivances The wear is then com
pared with that of standard material
under the same conditions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
ECCENTRIC INDIVIDUALS.

A NEW YORK broker has framed sets
of dinner cards over fifteen hundred in
number as mementoes of the good times
he has had
An Indiana man has left his wife and
a good deal Of property and has written
from the mountains out west that he
did so because his wife was too good for
him.
AN elderly New Yorker, whose bust
ness takes him to Europe twice year
always makes a special contract with
the steamship company that if he
should die on the voyage his body is not
to be buried at sea.
Miss ELLA TICE, pretty young lady
of good family residing in Williams
bridge, n. Y, has married negro
coachman who is as dark as the spiritu-
alistic seance. She says love may be
blind, but he can see well enough to
jump over the color line.
ONE is never too old to give up a bad
habit A lady in Islesboro, Me, eighty
eight years old, who had used tobacco
all her life, has discarded the weed this
winter. She hasn't given up work,
though, as she makes it a rule to knit a
dipnet every day besides doing other
work.
HERE is a lady who believes in
painting the town" Miss Sabra Car
ter, wealthy woman of Wilmington,
Mass, has agreed to give ten thousand
dollars TO the town. the interest of
which is to be devoted to the painting
of such houses as may need It, provid-
ing the owners thereof do not own dogs
and belong to a temperance organiza-
tiou
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused Jumps and
Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavins,
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring-Bone,
Stiles, Sprains. all Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bot
tie. Warranted the most wonderful
Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by
Stone & Hassell Druggists, Lancaster.
16 ".
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
A WHEEL WEEDER.

An Excellent Implement for Use Among
Vegetable Beds.
Make wheel weeder like mine for
use among the cabbage beds, onions,
etc. The handles are from an old culti-
vator and the wheel came from an old
plow. In the wheel insert bolt about
five inches long, first plugging up the
axle hole with wood and boring a hole
of the right size. Take a piece of good
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

Itch on human and horses and all
animals cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion, This never
fails Sold by Stone & Russell Drug
gist, Lancaster. 16 "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

hoop iron about twenty-five inches long
for cutter. Bond it in the shape
shown and attach to the handles about
six inchee from the wheel boles At
tach two brace irons about two inches
from the bend in the cutter and after
sharpening the front edge of the cutter
bar you are ready for work.-Farm and
Homo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

Jewellers Circular: Sticky (supe)-
i want me tree dollars, seeP' Manager
Tell Props that l said he should give
yOu the stage diamonds
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

The peculiar enervating effect of sum-
mer weather is driven off by Hoods Sar-
saparilla, which ''makes the weak
strong"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

Workers Statesman: The new kind
of tableware is called The Record ;
The new servant girl will probably
break it at the first opportunity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

n. Y. Truth: Miss Languish-'Were
you ever disappointed in love, Mr.,
Hearty? Mr.. Hearty-'Yes, indeed,
every time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

Philadelphia Record: The surplus
would make great model for Chicago's
leaning tower. it has the right leanness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23

Buffalo: Express: About the nearesl
to perpetual motion that anybody has
yet come is the old-fashioned country
debating society.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-11
LECTURES AT THE COLLEGE.
Professor Winston on Electricity-Profes
nnr IInntrrri,,hf IN Erench rIterntnre.

Professor Winston on Electricity-PrOfes-
sor Doatwright on French Literature.
Professor Winston. of Richmond Col
lege. proposes in a short time to invite the
public to attend a few OF the lectures on
electricity, which he is now giving to his
classes.
The general title Of these public lectures
will be, The Old Electricity and the New.
Three lectures are now announced, the
FIRST to be on THE Electricity of the Ma
chine"; the second on The Electricity OF
the Battery" and the third on The Elec-
trcity of the Dynamo"
The lectures will be popular in charac-
ter, and will be illustrated both by expert
ments and by the lantern. They will be
held in the college chapel on three success
sive Tuesday evenings, probably during
the latter part of February and early IN
March The public will doubtless accept
the invitation TO hear something ON the
subject of electrcity-Of which We read
so much and know SO little-and they will
also recognize IN these and similar lectures
at the college so many practical contrlbu-
tons TO the popular movement known as
The Extension of College-Teaching."
A lecture by Professor Boatwright on
"The Romantic in French Literature
will also be presented at an early day-pos-
sibly during the coming week. Mr.. Boat
wright is conducting his Modern Lam
guage school with much success, and his
classes as well as the college generally,
will unite with him in cordial invitation TO
any who may wish to hear this new, and
taking theme discussed. The exact date
of the lectures will be given later on.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-11

Officer II. D. Chcstcrman executed
the warrant and found in har-
ris's house, among other things
the following articles: Lace curtains, sil-
yer Knives and forks, dress goods. ana
large assortment Of fancy merchandi5e.
The goods recovered and identifed By the
firm are valued at probably $3.50, but VIVA,
else may have been stolen from them an q =
has not been missed cannot be ascertalnea
on account Of the confidence that had Deen
placed in Harris.
Harris was arrested, as was also Frances
II chardson. a c0lored woman who reside !
in the same house with him. and in Whose
possession part of the goods we're tounu.
She was balled in the sum Of 1890 Tor heF
appearance at the Police Court this morn
ing. Giles b. Jackson being her bonGsIlan'
Other goods were found in the house,
which could not be identified 10y, tns
Cohons and which are supposed 20 haYe
been obtained by burglar.ous means. ~ ~
fact, Harris's house contained an array 9 9l
goods sufficient to set up q credimole
variety store. containing such meTchahnIse
as dress goods. trimmings, crocKefS'
pictures, and bric-Q-brdc. '.:-