The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-03-28
Correspondence.
ON THE LINE OF THE d.. 3. s. & A.
March 90. 1891.

| ed ns of "safe blowers" ut Baraga there
was considerable excitement along the
line; people rushed home and examined
their safes, and found that they had es-
capped tho blowers" and that their safes
were all right and just rs they were
left--empty. The most exercised man
I here was our friend A. Beebe. As
soon rs lie heard it, ont he rushed and
up the track he went at 2 40 gait. A
neighbor vino saw him coming says he
was just splitiing-his coat tails at right
W til his body 30 that any one could
have played pedro on them. When he
came near the neighbor said "what is
the matter, Beebe? But he didn't
tarry, only murmured "safe blowers! !"
When near his home his wife looked
out of the window and recognized him
in minute, knew him by his feet.
She spoke and said "your pa is coming
and has got one Of his cyclone ii Is on"
The children hid themselves in the
corners and behi1d. chairs T cat
thought she could get finer view from
the ridge of the reof. The dog thonght
it would be fine day for rabbits and
he took for the woods. The old lady
dropped into chair and awaited the
explosion. In came Beebe all pei spir-
alton aud dove under the bed, pulled
out tin box--an oyster can opened on
the sids so as to make cover-opened
and look into it and sank exhausted on
the floor. The old lahy exclaimed
"Well I'll be blowed" No. said Beebe.
"safe's blowed." With:that the old lady
took in the situation and remarked very
lovingly, "why, you old lunatic, you
old mutton head, there hasn't bcen q
cent in that box for six months, don't
you know that you took the last to buy
that tobacco and snuff for us? The
truth dawned upon him and lie said,
"perlap, might have had some and
perhaps hey might have blowed open
| the safe" / never before realized the
trutlifuiness OF that blessing, blessed
be nothing
Reardon and his partner who were
bound over for selling liquor without
licence at Kitchi in default of bail arc
now sampling the "bill of fare at the
unvrhfnn ~nunkv ,a;l
The township board OF Duncan did
not meet Wednesday last as was called /;
no quorum. Gov. Strong onght to
have been here-he has "cinch" on
getting quorum.
Geo Sands says "love is an in ernal
transport" Well. she ought to know.
The same might be said OF the steam
ferry plying between the city and
Baraga and equaming, but would not
be half as apt to burst your boiler or
make you sick.
feel awful bad for that "One who
voted wrong" "what is going to come
of us" is his wall. Why my friend live
upon one another. It seems TO be the
practice in your city, that if they see o
person making shilling they want a
sixpence Of it.
The writer is of the opinion that the
council made mistake in not passing
the resolution looking towards the mat
ter of inducing some manufacturing
company to locate there, as it was first
presented. In so doing they would had
some 1--we men who would have cost
them nothing. but passing part of it
will be the means OF having nothing
done. "What's everybody,s business is
no body's business" is a pretty true say
ing. "Too many cooks spoils the broth"
is another one, and the result will be
that L'Anse will remain in statu quo
if they follow ND the same tactics that
they have heretofore. They fought the
railroad till they are way-station wi h
the depot mile out of town. They
fought blast furnace scheme, the
Hebard & Thurber mill, the Nester
mill, the Heath mill. and have fought
or turned the cold shoulder to every
industry that has presented itself to
them. There are few business men
with vim and push in them and would
il they had the chance make flourish
city Of it; but too many OF the property
holders sit down and wait for some-
thing to turn up that will put money
in their pockets that wont cost them q
cent. The city Of Gie cen Bay, Wis, 25
or 80 years ago was in exactly the same
boat that L'Anse is now. The town
site was owned by few rich people.
The John Jacob Astor estate owned
two-thirds of the town and had for
years, the balance was owned by just
such people and placed their property
at such an enormous price that no one
could or would buy. 1t was the only
place in the state that had not improved
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