Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-10
Don't kill the flies, the little flies,
That swarm about the doors;
For they may find the bOarder
That SnOres and SHORES and SnOreS.

Wednesday, August Sth, 1894, n son.
The cheapest place to buy good
pillow is of the farmers friend, old
Brockway.
About twenty-five Masons of Brock
way Lodge attended the funeral of DR..
McGurk at Capac on Thursday.
An lrishman suggests that this is a
peculiar country. People are so hon.
est that they offer reward for thieves.
The Maccabees of Roseburg will give
grand picnic at Roseburg on Satur-
day, August 25th. A good time may
be looked for by all who attend.
Halls Hair Remover enjoys the con-
fidence and patronage of people all
over the civilized world who use it to
restore and keep the hair Its natural
color.
The +. q =. NJ. R'y Co. have II gang
of men engaged putting in new siding
and when the work is finished will
have over mile of side track at this
point.
The Free Methodist camp meeting
which opened in Barretts grove Aug.
LIST closed on Tuesday evening. The
meetings were largely attended and
successful throughout.
Our good natured friend, John STRAIT
ton, has been carrying II black eye for
the past few days and there are many
surmises as to how he got il. For full
particulars in the case ask John, he
will inform you.
We return thanks to the Inlay City
| Driving Park Association for compli-
mentary ticket to their summer meet
ing, Wednesday and Thursday, August
| - and %. Purses to the amount of
$500 are offered.
Charles Williams was elected dele
gate To the Great Camp at the regular
meeting of Yale tent, h. q. I. NJ,
Tuesday evening, and Lewis Bow alter
nate. The Great Camp will be held ut
Lansing this year.
Rev. ). G.. Bettes, of Yale, has been
! lecturing in the rink every night this
week, but left for his home yesterday.
lie will return to Coleman again next
! Thursday evening at which time he
will lecture on the subject, "Balam' 5
Donkey."-Coleman Independent.
For SALE OR EXCHANGE-For farm
near the village of Yale, Il grist mill
! water power, four miles from city of
! Lapeer, two sets OF rollers and one
feed run, shutter, ETC., all latest pat
tern. Two houses, barn and small
store building. viii pay difference if
farm is worth more than mill. Address
j. j. Livingston, dealer in real estate,
Box 81, Lapeer, Mich. l4-2
\ number of the friends and rela-
tives met at the residence of Frank
Mctiregory last Monday evening and
gave Mrs. Mctiregory and her daugh.
ter Myrtle pleasant surprise it being
their birthday. About sixty guests
were present and partook of II DOunti-
full supper on the lawn. Many beau
tiGul presents were given, among them
was II lovely water set presented to
Myrtle by the young folks. 4 very
pleasant evening was enjoyed by all.
\ very nice Capac boy had very
romantic experience at last week
Saturday night dance. lie found ia.
vOr in the eyes of II young lady who
came ten miles with another young
man to attend the dance. She forgot
all about her escort until it was time
to 90 home, and then she and the
Capac beau could find neither boy MOI
buggy, as they had long since left foi
home. The Capac boy was all smile,
until he had to pony up Sl.50, and
then he felt like joining the strike
Capac Journal.
Don't sit in the corner and NOPE
because things are not going Just Il.
You would like. 4 disagreeable face
will not alter a disagreeable fact. Try
to extract some grain of comfort on
of your universities; never despair
Under whatever circumstances, bt
cheerful and hope on. There is moth
ing so philosophical as n smile.
merry heart is the height of wisdom
The greater part of our griefs will dis
appear when viewed through the
lenses of cheerfulness. Let the darl
past sink out of sight. Look TOWARD
the sunrise.
Farmers will be delighted to heaI
that an insect has been discovered il
Japan that feeds on the caterpillar
which iniure apple trees. 1t is called
the praying mantis" from the devo
tional attitude it assumes while watch
ing its prey. 1t catches the catar
pillars, and holds them firmly will
its strong arms while it sucks tn,
juices out of them. Experiment
made with this curious insect by tn,
Oregon horticultural society were sue
cessful, and now insects are raised ant
distributed among Oregon orchardist
to exterminate catarpillars and othe
insect pests. 1t would pay our frui
growers to look into this matter.
According to the Philadelphia Time
the latest invention in bed covering
the hay quilt. 1t is made of flannel
cite cretoune or wool and an armfu
or two of hay. The goods are sewe,
strongly across the top and bottom an,
down one side at distances of abou
: fourteen inches. The hay is put il
lightly and the remaining side sewe,
4 down. When the hay becomes limp
: hang the quilt before the fire and
soon becomes crisp again. TIL
f warmth of these quilts cannot be real
lied except by those who have trie
them. In making these quilts the
! should be made quite as wide as tn
6 beds they are intended to cover. The
|. are equal in warmth to two or tire
I blankets. Such quilts are much use
by the peasantry in the Swiss noun
tains, who appreciate the warmth the
I afford