Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-07

The smoke! Oh, the smoke! all over the
land. There are no exceptions nor any rain,
though we hear of far away showers, and
every body is looking for rain, which they
find not.-We expect to be able 10
note some changes among our business
houses in a few weeks. W. +. Kings agri-
cultural implements house is being tilted up,
10 be occupied as IA store D. W. Breck-
enridge has rented portion of Jacob His
ted's house, and is improving his farm, cut
ting bushes, etc. He reports having had a
nice time since he went away last fall, and
his health much benefited, and that he has
been in more than fifteen different states
since he left here, but did not get to Califor-
MIA. Sinking wells for water and having
old pumps heightened out is common cir
cumstance nova day s, and many wells are
dry. -=When Mr.. Loomis goes out with
his wheel again and has occasion to pass a
team he will keep out of reach of the heels
of the horses, so he won't have to pick him
self and wheel out of the ditch, and nurse
bruises for a few days. have two
doctors in the city, but no lawyer TO see that
doctors lay Us away in our narrow box; and
when VIC want to have our neighbor yanked
up before the bar there isn't anyone to plead
our case, so we just have TO cross to the other
side-o the street, and avoid him as long as
we can, and then make up with him.
Business Is booming right along here since
we have our tariff fixed. and everything is
lovely and the goose hangs high. But. Mr..
Editor. what makes our sugar that was five
cents pound under that hateful Mckinley
law worth seven cents now, when we have
spent year to make things cheaper and con
sequenty better for Us poor folks; for of
course our democratic ways are long ways
superior to those of the despotic protection
republicans: Times may have been better,
and wages higher, and our industries flour
ishing few years ago, but of course 1t wasn't
because Harrison was president Didn't we
have TO pay more for those protected goods
than we will now under our own tariff: Mr..
Editor, the more we Iook into this thing the
more our eyes grow dim and our heads grow
dizzy. We never wore Cleaveland badges
until lately, and we can't see how wool and
such things can be any cheaper now than
they were before our Grover let this tariff
bill become law. And what are we farmers
going to do with cheaper wool and wheat.
anyway: They are so cheap now that it
don't pay to keep sheep or raise wheat But
then it's glorious democratic times. and il
can last only short time longer so we must
make the most of it and get ready to fall into
line at the beck of our leaders, and put our
noses into the same old trough. But some
how it don't seem right.-At the union
temperance services at the NJ. +. church Sun
day evening, Rev. King delivered the adj
dress, aided by reverends Foote, II. Petit,
NJ. II. Petit aud Tubbs. The address was
in Rev. Kings usual forcable and earnest
delivery and secured rapt attention.
Several people saw indications of showers
Sunday. but that long looked for article
rain-failed to appear, and at night we can
see fires in many directions, often not far
away. and we have our full allowance of
smoke. ONE OF EN-.