The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-12-30
Wards Wnrds-


She bent low over her needework and as
the tears followed each other slowly down
her cold cheeks she shiyered, and, speaking
to man who sat with his head in his hands,
hoyering over some dying embers, "Alphon-
70, lam Sta-arr-vingw said She
'Well, l am hungry enough to eat Il
bologna myself, said he, taking fresh
chew of tobacco, ''and ] don't see why that
mossbacll don't bring me the wood ordered"
Ibid you pay for the last load, dearest?"
"Well, no, but I'm good for it as soon as
can get work"
Couldn't you work for him, dearest,
enough to get a load Of WOod?"
well, yes, but he only offered me dol
lar day and if can't get more than that
won't work. He is grinding monopolist and
won't do anything to uphold mOncpolies."
She put her work aside, laid her gold
watch and chain on the piano, and blowing
her nose on her apron, she flung herself into
his arms and exclaimed "Bully for YOU.
Alphonz0, We will st-a-a-a-r-r-ve t0getherr'
Such touching scenes Of misery, haunt the
homes of the lowly all over our country,
while gaunt poverty stalks through the land
asking for bread, when it might 90 to work
and earn 1t, at reasonable rates.
1t seems according to report, that the
church ediice of T. Dewitt Talmage has
thousand dollars. Something wrong there.
If the oily tongued preacher was half as
anxious for the church as for his individual
dollars, that never could have occurred. l
don't pretend to be very good, and couldn't
If l wished, go to Russia to carry provisions
to the starving and bring back lies from
crowned heads, neither have the illustrious
name and fame of the pastor of Brooklyn
church, and only a fraction of his income,
but sooner than that such shame should
have happened, were in his place, would
have quietly gone down in my trowsers
and bought the mortgage, wore my old
clothes, and stopped crossing my rs and
dotting my is in some one of my great
literary works till l saved ink enough to
make me whole. Doubtless however, he
will go right along in his hallelujah meter.
like huge guide board, pointing the road
it never travels, until some day his deluded
followers will wake up with nothing but an
admission ticket to last years'lecture, and
bad disposition.
1t would seem as though some one had
''moved the previous question" on our legis-
lative representative, for he is reported now
as having thrown off his allegiance to Stock
bridge and proposes to follow the instruc-
tons of the convention which nominated
him. There are several routes to hurried
IL
damnation to follow, he can secure 1t by just
gong back on his convention, and the
silence may be so dense about him that you
can smell il.
There appears to be turmoil in the medi-
cal department of our State University on
account of certain homeopathic professors
desiring to have that annex discontinued
and a general dropping into the regular
lecture rooms of the students thereunto be-
longing. 1t has been said that when man
got educated to sufficient degree he would
cease to ''homeop" and it seems that one
of the teachers in this department has brains
enough to aspire to the position so long and
so faithfully filed by the illustrious Corydon
l.. Ford, viz professor of physiology and
anatomy. Hence the racket. The poor
deladed man may aspire to it all right
enough, bat that he can till 1t, is as i'm
probable as that the institution will be
struck by Biela's comet which Is going
away from it like lightning. And still he
has my best wishes for his success.
An iii omened bird is the news of recent
cases of cholera i'm Hamburg and along the
Persian frontier. Quarantine effects Moth
ing as against cholera-as well talk of quar-
antining the east wind-and that the disease
will devastate our large cities the coming
summer is as certain as that the roses will
and with the first hot breath of summer it
will arouse. The Columbian Exposition will
have to suffer, and those wishing to see it
will need to make preparations for an early
start.
The moon hangs high in the frosty night,
And the snow CLEANS far o'er the lea,
I, While the tuneful hoofs of the horses bright,
Sing winters night jubilee,
But what care for the moon in the Sky,
Or the song OF the beautiful snow,
Just give me dinner of chicken pie,
And I'll let the whole business go.
WARD.
At the meeting of the Foresters last FRI
day evening, G. A. Dunham, financial sec
retary, was presented with handsome pin,
embematic of the order, the presentation
being made by j. ii. Robbins, Jr. The es-
TEEN In which he Is held as an officer and
gentleman was told in fitting words. Mr..
Dunham responded briefly. FORESTER