Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
The summer girl upon the sands
Now nnds "a pleasant spot;
Her bathing suit Is Tout Of sight,
But she, alas! is not.

adv. in this issue.
Work on the new NJ. f. church is be-
ing pushed with vigor.
Hiram Allen Is repairing the side
walk along the front of his premises on
Main street.
If you want a nice, neat, substantial
| buggy call and see Harris a. Parkln-
sons display.
Pay year in advance for the YALE
EXPosIToR and get the Michigan FARM
er for only 90 cents.
The Roseburg X. o. Il. NJ. picnic to-
morrow Saturday promises to be an
enjoyable affair. All are invited to
attend.
There will be special meeting of
the Lady Maccabees this Friday even
| ing. All Lady Bees should he present
as important business will be discussed.
Norman b. Herbert, of Brockway;
has purchased Andrew DePeePs new
house on Mary street and workmen
are busily engaged getting it ready for
occupancy.
The Port Huron Driving Park Asso-
citation have completed every arrange
ment for successful meeting at their
Banner races to be held August 2S-3l.
You will miss rare treat If you fail TO
attend.
The Lady Maccabees of Alhambra
Hive, Brockway, will give an entertain
ment at the Baptist church on Tuesday
evening, August 2Sth. Everybody in
vited. Peaches and cream will be
served.
The base ball game between Peck
and Yale juniors which was to have
been played near here on Monday
! forenoon did not come off rs expected.
The Peck team failed to put in an APP
pearance.
Michigan has 2,74G men in her state
militia, of which 1913 are commissioned
officers. In point of numbers the
militia in our state is tenth in the
Union. $4,000 men are available for
service in the state.
BE sure and put box of Ayers Pills
in your satchel before travelling, either
| by land or sea. You will find them
convenient, efficacious and safe. The
| best remedy for costiveness, indiges-
ton and sick headache, and adapted
to any climate.
BARLEY McNulty took possession of
the Hotel de Martin on Wednesday
and will endeavor to conduct the bust
ness in as first-class Il manner as did
Mr.. Reddicliffe his predecessor. We
welcome him to our town and wish
| him all manner of success.
A musical and literary entertainment
will be given in Central Hall next We'd
nesday evening, August %, by friends
of the VI. f. church. This promises to
be the entertainment of the season.
Secure your tickets early and choose
your seats, Tickets % cents.
BE Il man. No matter how poor you
are, no matter how uneducated, 1t Is
| still in your power to wear the crown
of independent manhood. Judge for
Yourself. Let no boss crack the whip
over your head and drive YOU To II
| course your common sense condemns.
Bay City Democrat.
We received a letter from Thomas
! w. Moore requesting that the address
of his paper be changed to Chicago
where he is now living. lie adds that
he is much pleased with the change
and advises any person who is thinking
of going to the state of Washington to
give up the idea for it is no place for II
white man.
Fire ragged on Thomas Hickey's farm
west of the village Wednesday and at
one time Yale was threatened. The
| fire engine was taken over there but
could not be used. BY hard work
the fire was brought under subsection.
| 1t is not known how the fire was
started. People should be very careful
about setting fires.
The man who gets the fewest letters
complains the most of the management
of the post-Office, the man who COM
plains the most of the preachers pays
them the least, the man who complains
the most of his neighbor is the meanest
neighbor, the man who has the least
sense is the most conceited, and the
man who takes local paper just to
encourage home enterprise is the
most backward about coming forward
with his encouragement-the dollar.
Frank Wilcox, one. of Greenwood
hustlers, did a great days work at
Willism Blacks, northwest of here, on
Thursday last. In seven hours he
turned out 1900 bushels of oats.
Frank has one of the finest threshing
outfits in this country and will not
take n back seat to any of them for the
qUantlty ana Qua1ty OF the Work turn
ed out by the machine. Mr.. Black is
we'll pleased with the Job and recon-
mends him to others who have work
to do.
On Monday as frankie Jackson, s.
year-old son Of A. +. Jackson, was
playing in front of Holden 4 McNair's
store, he climbed into the handcart
used for delivery and which stood be.
fore the window, when-presto change
up went the handle through the plate
glass window and over went the boy
Luckily the boy was unhurt but the
glass is total wreck. 1t is insured
and will be replaced Immediately.
A new potato plague in the form of
a worm, much resembling cut worm
has made its appearance. We were
shown some vines this week by Eber
DeCou, which were infested by the
pest which enters the vine some dis
lance from the ground and eats its way
inside the vine into the potato. The
vine looks as though it had been killed
by paris green. old potato growers
claim it is something they have never
heard of before and the only apparent