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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-08-19
The Burton Farmers Club.

The last meeting of the 'Burton Farmers
Club" was held at +. =. GuilfOrd's, July %,
and although the day was extremely warm
and the roads very dusty, still the attend
ance was good. The opening exercises con-
sisted of instrumental music and prayer
There was quite discussion on the ques-
tion of the hired mans ability to earn SIS
per month. Some thought it would pay
better to give man $26 month if he would
do as he ought too and take an interest i'm the
work, rather than give the average hired man
SIG or $1S Mrs. Alexander said her folks
spoiled every hired man they had by wait
ing on him. Dinner was now announced
and every member undertook more agree
able labor than talking about hired help.
The weather had been very warm for
cooking but Mrs. GuiIford had not spared
herself in getting up the dinner, which
seemed to be appreciated by all. The ladies
who were to give sketches of their fav-
Orite authors, were all absent except Miss
Myrtle Mason, who gave short account of
John G.. SAKE. She also recited a poem
written by him called "Wishing." OF the
gentlemen speakers none were present eX-
cept Mr.. VIM. Merrill who spoke on the
subject "What shall we do with our spring
crops, sell or feed them"
Several Others spoke on this subject and it
was the general opinion that it was better
to feed the crops on the farm and so keep
up the fertility of the land.
At the next meeting the ladies are to give
sketches of the lives of ''Louisa Alcott," "
VIM. q. Byrant and Washington Irving.
The gentlemen are to have the subject
"What influence does the Board of Trade
have upon the sale of our farm crops"
This being the regular meeting for the
alaotinp of nffinare tho ballot ShOwad that
K. b. Simpson will be the Pres. for the next
six months. Mrs. Lucy Wooden Vice Pres,
Miss Myrtle Mason Sec. and III. A. Mason,
reporter.
ssyrhe meeting adjourned to meet in four
weeks at Union Glen, the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. 7. Moxley.
III. M.
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The Yankee Comedy.

Full houses to the door greeted Mr.. j. G..
Lewis and company at the Orpheum Opera
House, on Saturday and Sunday nights, in
his Yankee comedy of Isl Plunkard," for its
first two performances. The play has caught
on. Mr.. Lewis and the company have Gre
ated sensation.
Isl Plunkard" is graphic and amusing
picture of rural life and characterizations.
Mr.. Lewis i'm the title role Of the Yankee
pedder and drum major in the Fairview
band, brings plenty of humor to his part and
creates deal of amusement. The inventor,
the bogus stock speculator, the old farmer,
and Sis pretty sweetheart, are all well sus-
tanned characters.
There is deal that is novel in the play.
The farm scene, with its threshing machine
at work, ucaptures the audience. Clever
specialties are introduced by several of the
company. The band is notably good.-San
Francisco Daily Figaro, May 10.
Opera House, Owosso, Tuesday, Aug. 80.
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Maple River.

Miss Maud Jackson is visiting friends i'm
Holly.-GeO. Cook is driving a fine new
carriage. III. A. Ellis is spending a
few days with friends in Livingston Co.
Mrs. Robert Mitchell, who has been suffer-
ing with heart trouble is still unable to be
about.-Miss Otie Cook is expected home
this week from the M. A. G. to spend few
days of acation.-Mss Lucy Kirkland is
absent from home on an extended visit in
Pontiac.-The regular meeting of the
Ladies Aid of Maple River and northeast
Bennington met at the home of Mrs X.
Purdy last Thursday afternoon. Quite a
number of ladies were present. Mrs.
Frank Lewis spent few days at the home
stead last week. k.-Mr and Mrs. Stephen
Watson observed the fiftieth anniversary
of their wedding, Thursday, Aug. 1S.-
The ''Owls" were entertained at the home
of Herman and Victor Josenhans last Satur-
day evening. A profitable and pleasant
evening is reported. +. j. Cook en-
tertained her nieces Misses Anna and Maud
Benjamin and two young gentlemen from
Saginaw last week.-Chas S. Watson and
family, of Telluride, Colo, are guests at S.
WatsOn's. Noel.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-08-19
Horse Notes.

Nancy Hanks broke the worlds trotting
record at Chicago, Wednesday by going a
mile in 2:074.
Caleb Mead, of Caledonia. has sold his
span of black carriage horses for $4OO to go
to Maryland.
Cyrus Halls PAGER, Cy. H., by DR.. Lucas,
is in fine shape and steps along quite lively.
He was one of the winners at the Parma
races.
Beechnut by Louis Napoleon won the
2:30 pace at Lansing yesterday, getting
record of 1928. This is the first Napoleon
to enter the list this year.o
Aubrey Nellis, by Ben Harris, entered
the charmed circle with mark of 9: .91l at
the Pontiac meeting. AS Ben Harris is by
Louis Napoleon this gives the old horse
another producing son. Aubrey is the sire
of some promising colts.
j. ID. Evans stallion Ben-No-Nie won the
first heat of the 2:40 race at Lansing, We'd
nesday, in 2:25, the second heat i'm 2:294,
and then lost the race. Ben was raised by
warren woodward, of this city, sired by JO
Gavin, dam by Louis Napoleon. With more
work he is quite sure to beat 2:2O.
l.. G. Webb, of Mason, met with serious
loss at Lansing, Tuesday. He started his
mare Edwyne, 2:3O, by BoL ME Wilkes, dam
Trixey by Louis Napoleon, i'm the 1928 race.
In the third heat she went to the first quar-
ter at 2:12 gait, but could not keep the gait
up, and as she entered the home stretch fell
dead. Mr.. Webb expected to mark her bet
ter than 2:20.
w. S. Kirby S Co. were so unfortunate as
to lose their great race stallion, Harry Noble,
2:1716, at Grand Rapids. The horse was
sick but few hours Harry was sired
by Frank Noble, brother of Jerome Eddy,
2:16N, and undoubtedly was the fastest de-
scendant Of Louis Napoleon.
Peter Hardwood, 7944, sire by Hardwood
dam Eugene by Louis Napoleon, the famous
stallion owned by Carl j. Fox, Niles, Mich,
is improving with each days training, and
lately stepped quater of mile at Oak
Grove Park there i'm 33 seconds, 212 gait,
fast enough to win anybody's 2.25 race.
The gait mentioned was the last quarter of
mile in 2:30 fiat, and is all the more re-
markable considering the track is from five
to six seconds slow, and half mile ring at
that
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Vernon.

Mrs. b. Soules visited at j. Marks this
week.-Miss Nellie Mead is visiting Miss
Bertha Sheldon. Hunter is enjoy
ing visit from Texas cousin.
teachers from here attended the Owosso
training school last week.-Mss Lou
Satterlee is on the sick list.-Gertie Eaton
and HOrtens Cameron, of Ovid, are visiting
at G. Goffs.-Miss Ida Christian visited
at A. Shaw's on MOnday.-Rev. Simpson
and wife, of Grand Blanc were in town
Tuesday. Withey's little child who
for the past year has been great sufferer
died Wednesday. Miss May Harrison, of
Pontiac, visited her aunt, Mrs. G. Yerkes,
this week.-Will Garrison and wife have
been visiting here for the past week. j.
III. DeHart and family and Miss Martha
VanAlstne left for TOpinabee the middle
of the week.--R. Holmden and wife at
tended the wedding of Miss Mable Gee and
Prof. E. f. Gee at Inlay City. Both were
formerly of this place.--A large number
of guests from home and abroad assembled
at the residence of A. Garrison Wednesday
afternoon to witness the marriage of his
daughter Minnie K, to II. Corning, of Cleve-
land by Rev. III. Marshall. The happy
couple were the recipients of many valu-
able presents. Brown has
moved back to his farm.--Ed Hearn is i'm
town.--Cad Winans has sold his interest
in the meat market to Alden HarringtOn.-
Miss Mabel and Master Frank Harrington,
of Ovid are visiting at their uncle's, N. j.
Strong.
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Wards Words.
truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
"A patent right on yeast is hers,
Whlle Mary languishes in pain
And cries amid har uorc hinnn.e

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.
A patent right on yeast is hers,
While Mary languishes in pain
And cries amid her worshippers.
"A county convention is not always as fell
cltous gathering as was the republican
convention at COrunna last week; neither is
1t always as successful in putting i'm nomina-
ton ticket without a hole i'm it. From
start 10 hnlsh the names are exceptionally
good ones, even for this ''good-nuff' county.
where dU are honorable men," 1t is to be
hoped that some OF the candidates are not
quite what their speakers described them. for
there Is such thing as being ''too good for
anything" as the girls say, and that never
would do for a sheriff or prosecuting attor-
ney, unless he is one of the sub-acute variety.
A properly constructed man NAV have "a
devil in him as big as woodchuck," but
has 1t under control, and while it is all well
enough 10 be harmless as dove, it is a very
good plan to emulate the serpent i'm wisdom.
especially for men who have to contend with
the world, the flesh and the devil, 365 days
in each year.
County candidates, if any, who have been
on conscientious strain for some time past.
can now relax their eternal vigilance and
cease pretending to be good, since the iig,is
up Tor TWO years at least, and they are at
liberty I'd slC lengthWlSe on street car seat
and grin at those standing up, and be other
wise as hoggish and disagreeable as the ordi-
nary yahoo could desire, ever bearing i'm
mind the Importance of bracing up before
the next biennial election begins to cast its
shadow. After all, who wouldn't be poll
clan with all its gall, grit, gimp, sting, snap,
snarl, bite, below and blow?-aha! Echo
answers who?
And now after putting so excellent tick
ct in the field, let us not leave it TO take care
of itself, for there are several political sheep
in wolves clothing who will try to bite it.
Sheep don't usually bite, but these do. They
are regular muttOnheads wandering around
among the flock, and if they knew more
they would be more dangerous. say, let
us not leave it to take care of itself but let
every republican in Shiawassee consider
himself committee of one to use his utmost
endeavors to secure a victory at the polls
this fail. WARD.
Laingsburg, Aug 18th, '92.
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Prohibition County Convention.

There will be convention of the Pro
hibtion party at the Court House, i'm Corun-
ma, Aug. 26 '92. at II o'clock a. IN. to nom
mate candidates for county officers and rep
resentatives to the Legislature and elect
delegates to Senatorial convention yet to be
called.
Each township will be entitled to six del
egates and each ward three.
J. M. FITCH.
Chairman Co. Com.
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Beuuiuptou.

Mrs. Mart ROurk is again confined to the
house with her old complaint erysipelas. -
Mr.. Geo. f, Martin has removed his family
to Owosso, much to the regret of their many
friends "Our Deacon" will be sadly missed
at our S. s. Mr.. and Mrs. M. will be found
hereafter on Stewart St.-Misses frankie
and Otie Black have returned to their home
to spend their summer vacation.
Phi. Punches was very unfortunate i'm hav-
ing runaway i'm which the horse was bad
ly injured, bnt nothing else damaged as we
have vet learned.
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We're Not Running

a dray line, but we ARE "mov-
ing" a good many Pianos these
days.
Our last two S. G. Chickering
Pianos-Ah ! but they are Mag
mafcent Mstruments!-Moved off
into good homes of their own
Saturday and Monday and now
we are "Chickeringless. >
Mother man wanted one to-
day. Took him over to call on
a happy possessor of one.-Made
him green with envy. "Going
to wait till some more grow"
says he.-Telegraph order for
big stock.-Be here soon.-May
be YOU would do well to come
in and see the new Chickering's
when they come.-We're selling
other good makes now.-Call!
& ORGAN Co.
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7 Am Proud

to say from personal experience that Sulphur
Bitters, which advertisement will be seen I'm
another column, is the best spring and blood
medicine to he found. 1t is prepared by an
honest firm. who scorn to use cheap and
worthless medicines, but use the best that
money can buy.--Editor.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-08-19

\ The ]. . CT the 2art~ Lies
IN the Ex..3 ansicn OF til Stall
wart Republican Pr
j. s. CLARkSTC "a, Pars.
A. q. HUMPHREY SIcT
New York, Nov, 10, 1891.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-08-19
judd's Corners.

Mrs. Cribbs, of ernOn, Is visiting friends
and relatives here.-The Sunday school
picnic of last Wednesday was well enjoyed
until they received a soaking which ended
the enjoyment for the day.-O. Hyde, of
Durand, spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends here. III. ID. Stoddard, of Judd's
Corners, visited friends at Maple Rapids
last week.
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Will Buy Grain.

We wish to call The attention of the far
mers to the fact that we are now in the mar
ket to buy wheat, oats and all kinds of grain.
Will pay the highest market prices. Also,
will carry a stock of -four and feed for the
retail trade. At the Williams elevator,
OwOsso. KNAPP u JONES.
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MICH. S. .M.& ORGAN Co.

to our store
dollar counts
worth of ben.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-12-08

as they had no immediate danger to appre-
hend. They complained greatly about their
sore feet and stitfemed limbs, and l could not
prevail upon them to move forward until |
promised them q warm supper and bed to
sleep OH.
1t was about o'clock in the morning before
l got them all started on the road again, and
travelling steadily on we crossed the line into
the State OF Kentucky about 3 o'clock in the
evening. We went on to the house of my old
friend Clark, where we stayed all night and
had plenty to eat and good fire to sit by, and
against morning the men seemed to be very
much refreshed. ci
Early in the morning we struck out for the
camps Of the Home Guards The men who had
come through the-iines with me were now free
to 60 wherever they pleased without molesta-
ton. Westayed all night with the Home Guards
and the next morning all the men who had
come with me started to go farther on into
Kentucky, and | returned to Mr.. Clark's to
make preparations for my return journey
home, which | had left with the company of
men from whom had just separated. on the 22d
of March. | quickly made the necessary ar
rangements for my trip back to Tenne' see, for
was anxious to learn what further enormities
the Internal rebels had been perpetrating dur
ing my absence.
To- b, 1tsI
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The Cars Consumptiye Son,

The Grand Duke George, the Car of Russia 8
second son, was recently obliged to return from
India because of serious pulmonary trouble, and
has since that time been undergoing very re-
markabe course of treatment in the Caucasian
Mountains The walls of his apartment bare
and unpapered, the furniture of plain wood with
out upholStering or covering OF any kind, while
his bed has only the thinnest kind of q mattress
During the coolest weather only very low fire is
kept up, while the windows are continuously OPEN
This treatment has caused his attendants dreadful
suffering but his medical advisers hope by this
means to destroy the bacillus and prevent the
formation of tuberce. and they predict that in two
years their distinguished patient will be restored.
Even should this very unusual treatment of con-
sumption prove a success, it seems very unlikely
that il will ever become popular. People in any
stage of Pulmonary trouble, who have neither the
time, money, fortitude to have the disease
frozen out of them should interest themselves in
the natural cure. by which thousands of persons
have been cured of Consumption right in their
own homes. We refer to the Compound Oxygen
Treatment of Drs. STARKEY K PALEN, which has
been before the public twenty three years founded
common sense. inviting the closest scrutiny,
and In the possession OF thousands Of such letters
as this:
"Drs. STARKEY & PALES, 1929 Arch street. Pha-
delphia Pa: Your Compound Oxygen is all you
claim for ii, and more too. Not only In my own
case, but in w. b. Hinton'S case 1t has done won
ders We were both given up by our friends aud
physicians as hopeless c0RSumptireS. To-day. after
two months use of your Compound Oxygen
Treatment, we are almost as well as ever in our
lives. DIR. Hicks, friend of mine, tells me lie has
used your Compound Oxygen Treatment with the
best results. Through the blessing of God it has
saved my life and restored me to health.
IL. A. PEACOCK, NJ. D.. Smithviile, Ga"
Persons with pulmonary trouble Should lose
time in writing to Drs. StarSey x Pnlen 1879 Arch
street, Philade phia; Chicago, Francisco.
New York, and Toronto. Ont.
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THE AGE OF THE EARTH.
Geology Shows It's Age Varies from s3,OO0,-
900 to CSC, ZOO, 900 Years.

900 to $50, 100000 Years.
Biologists have ascertained that the rate
at which erosion takes place can be measured.
By applying their scale to the sedimentary
rocks they have formed hypothesis as to
the time which has elapsed since erosion began.
The stratified rocks attain All average thick
ness of 100000 feet. The material of which
they consist was all washed down from high
planes, deposited and left to stratfy. By the
inspection of river banks it is found that in
places the surface of the land which has been
carried down as sediment in rivers has been
reduced at the rate of foot in 730 years, while
in other places where the land was more stub
born or less flexible, it had taken $500 years
to lower the surface one foot. The deposits
must be equal to the denudation.
We find that while some of the sedimentary
rocks have grown a foot in 730 years, Others
have taken $500 years to rise that hight
Thus the period of time that was required to
build up 100000 feet of sedimentry rock has
varied according to locality from 73 900
years to 66O,000.0 900 years. 1t follows that the
active work of creation lasted for cycle inter-
mediate between these two figures. The cyclic
varied with endless succession of periods of dis
turbance by volcanic force and glacial action
and frequent submersion of dry land, alternat-
ing with the emerging of continents out of the
seas These may have retarded tho growth of
se1mentary rocks but they cannot have accel-
Grated it.
study Of fossils teaches the steady uni
formity with which the work of creation pro-
ceeded. Since man began to observe there has
been no change in the forms of animal and
vegetable life. few species have disappeared
not one new species has been evolved. Not
only do we find the fauna and fora of ancient
Egypt as depicted on monuments which are
probably 5000 or 10000 years old identical
with those which are found in that country to-
day, but shells which inhabited our seas before
the ice age and grew in an ocean whose bed
overlay the Rocky Mountains are precisely the
same species that are found in the Bay of Mon
terey and the waters of the Chesapeake. 1t is
evident that there has been no essential change
in the conditions of life since these animals
and these vegetables were first created, yet
how vast the shortest period which we can
assign to the gap that divides US from that re-
m nte anocbf
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Why He Remained.
[Harper's Bnzor.l


The members of the Independent Order Ot
Enthusiastic Good Fellows were operating on
Mr.. Timberwheel a few weeks ago, putting him
through the operations supposed to be neces-
sary to convert an ordinary citizen into on
Enthusiastic Good Fellow. They were almost
through with the initiation when some kind of
an explosion in the store over which the hall
was situated blew the building into the middle
of the street aud interfered with the ceremo-
nies.
Ready hands set to work and extricated the
people from the debris. Fortunately no one
was hurt very much, but after census had
been taken Mr.. Timherwheel was found to be
missing. A search was instituted, and before
long he was found in an adjoining yard where
the force of the explosion had landed him. He
sat in lodge-room chair and his eyes were
still blindfolded.
Why on earth didn't you take that thing
off your eyes and get out of the chair when the
explosion occurred?" asked one of the Enthu-
siastic Good Fellows.
Explosion ?" echoed Timberwheel. why
l thought that was part of the initiation"
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Jewelry of Former Times.
fJe,eelers' Circ,,lar.l

IJeWtFtTS ttFCUtUTJ
Patterns of girdles worn by ladies in the
sixteenth and at the beginning of the seven
teenth century were very much alike. Some
girdles were formed of gems set with large
bezel. covered with white, red or black en-
amel. Chains hanging down the skirt held
mirror, apurse a fan. If we were to Judge
from the works of the designers, such as Hans
Callaert, Woerioi, Vovert and Ducerceau, we
should believe that pendants worn during that
period were much varied in shape. Yet on
portraits we only see besides jeweled letters
crosses and oval canoes, elongated motifs ex-
hbiting the same outlines. We remark no.
where pendants showing figures sitting in a
bower made ofjewels, fantastic waves. watches
surrounded with alegorical figures and sur
mounted with spheres, etc. Architectural pen
dants made by Cellini were no doubt perfect
works of art
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The Fall of the Swallow.
[1raOnant.l

%
Prof. Huxley was once sitting at dinner be-
side lady who, in mpassioned tones, asked
him whether he did not think it very terrible
thing that the Rev. Mr.. Jones, the vicar, should
have adopted the eastward position in admin
istering the sacrament. my dear lady," he
replied Il am told by Sir John Herschel that
to drop pea at the end Of every mile of a voy-
age on a limitless ocean to the distance of the
nearest fixed star would require fleet of 10,-
600 ships, each of 800-ton burden, all starting
with full cargo of peas Now do you really
suppose that the maker of the fixed stars con-
sders this new position of Mr.. Jones serious
thiug?"
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How to Wear a Beard.
fNew York Herald. |

"Do you think that my appearance would be
improved if wore a beard on my chin" in
quired the diffident youth of the hard hearted
barber.
"Well," said the latter" suppose it's mat
ter for you to settle whore you shall wear the
beard. OF course, you might have it on your
forehead or hang it from your ears, but per.
haps, as you suggest. it would look better if
you had it ON your chin, with few outposts
attached to your cheek"
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Who Can Tell?
[Argonout.l

Here is a campaign story that was used to
illustrate Gen. Weavers position if elected
President. railroad was built through some
of the back Counties of Georgia, and an old
farmer and his wife, who then saw a locomo-
tive for the first time, stood in the doorway
of their cabin, watching a train whz by
Their dog, being also an amateur in the rail.
way business, was running after the train bark
ing furiously. "Do you think he'll cotch The
train ?" asked the old woman. 81 dunno"
replied the old man, meditatively; "thet amt
what's worrying me- Pm wondorin' what the
durn foopll do if be does cotch it,"