The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07
he SuLLuVES.
The Editor who Doesn't GO In for Met
ropolftan style.


Z gives uls pleasure 10 announce hat
ne intelligent and cultivated wife q.
sam Barrett. the genial and fTst-elass
CARPENTER living IN the hill. las PR
=eatad him with a bouncing boy weigh
ing Il pounds. THe fond parents have
our congratulations and next Reek
sam will feshiHgIe the roof o. this 9Hzee
1t wages o. s1.5o Per day.
During the last week Squire johnson
has painted three sides Of his aaHn al
~ himself. and the improvement =
a great credit 70 the entire eoamaa# =.
We wish that all our citizens had the
Enterprise of this welI-knoWn and Iuzt-
II popular official.
Later-As We 20 TO press the squire
Is working On the fourth side Of the
barn.
We saw some particularly fine pota-
toes IN TayEor's grocery the other day.
and were pleased 20 be told that icy
we're raised on the farm Of Mr.. George
bloom. about three miles west Of town.
/ George as We oge To cal him. dHcps
| n occasionally % chat with Us. and We
always feel the better for It. What us
| country needs Is more men Of his stamp.
We are glad 10 know that his two hogs
lave recovered from the cholera.
The town trustees had a meeting in
the engine house last night, and it was
resolved TO put five new plankg on tie
driveway of the bridge, and pay Widow
| Brown 81 cents for damage done 70
her snokehousc by the fall of the
| fagpole. Our trustees are active, ener-
cetie men. who have the best interests
Of our town at heart. and we take pleas
ure in chronicling the fact. The i've
new planks will be quite a boom for
the bridge.
Our heartfelt thanks are due 10 Mrs.
| George Colchester for 12 beautiful hen's
eggs and a bunch of peppermint left
On our table one day last week during
cur temporary absence to visit our
first wife's grave at the cemetery. Mrs.
Colchester is ia -mer's wife, and proud
of the fact, and that she Is big-hearted
and likes to see other people get along
lg proved by her generous and timely
gift. We hadn't an egg in the house
| when these came, and it really seems
as if our guardian angel had whispe rcd
the fact in her ears.
What might have proved a sad calarn-
ity to this whole community was avert
ed last Wednesday afternoon by the
| Judgment and bravery Of Charles Hop
son, the genial and much-beloved keep
er Of the village pound. Mrs. Hastings.
mother Of the popular Abijah Hastings,
rad been trading at sniley's. just
as she was about to get into the one
horse wagon to drive home again Mr..
Hopson noticed that the the on tie
off hind wiirei was loose. With COM
mendable bravery he sprang forward,
borrowed a hammer of Jim Elliott. and
in few moments had it back in place.
1t is such little everyday incidents rs
these which endear the people of this
town to the editor and make him salts,
fed to live on six dollars a week
In walking by the home of the whole.
souled and warm hearted Abram Potts.
Just north of Dickinson's tannery. we
roticcd q sign of For Sale" on the
fence. We were astounded. We vcn-
tured to intrude, although it was Sun.
lay afternoon, and Mr.. Potts gave rs
a warm welcome. He explained that
il was not the house and lot which
were for sale, as we supposed but .
quantity of grapes growing in his
yard. This relieved our mind at once
The grapes are two dollars per bushel.
We learned incidentally that Mrs. Potts
has whitewashed three bedroom cell
lngs with her own hands this year. be-
sides doing up two bushels of peaches
and working a motto ofS'God Pless o,,,.
Home for her sister in Milwaukee,
Mr. Potts, as our readers know, directs
he bHzzsaw at the sawmill, and is per.
2 haps the best judge of sawlogs in this
whole state.-Detloit Free Press