The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-02-28

AND we II be IN those good OLD DAYS.
All yelling nc the umpire: Rotten
Good turns is the seed of which good
returns is the fruit.
We will forget all this kind of
weather in a couple of months.
1t takes a good big person to ac-
complish some good little things.
The Armada Graphic last week start
ed on its twentieth year with every pros
pect of twenty years more of success.
II. ;. Campbell writes very interest
ing letter from Santo Domingo, to the
Times, which was published In Fridays
edition.
The Blues of the Methodist Episco-
pal church will give ten cent coffee
at Mrs. Grant Holden's next Friday
afternoon.
A coffee was held in NJ. NJ. Pearce's
millinery paTlOrs on Tuesday afternoon
by one of the divisions of the NJ. L.
church. A large number attended.
The engine of the east bound eve.
ming train on Monday broke down at
Melvin and consequently did not ar
rive in Yale until $40 a. m. Tuesday.
The Michigan insane asylum at Kali
has ITO N
there being today 1924 patients in the
institution. Of this number $50 are wom-
en- and 944 are men.
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent
is March 4, and Easter will fall April 10.
These dates are in the normal period,
being neither very early or late. Last
year Easter was March 81, the earliest
it has ever come or ever will.
The ice in Lake Huron now presents
beautiful appearance. 1t is piled over
20 feet high at La Sale beach, Port HUI
ron, and many people journeyed to that
place Sunday afternoon. Several local
photographers took pictures of it during
the day.
Rev. f.. Ii. Bradheld, of Cass City,
will be here on Sunday, March 9th, to
assist Rev. +. II. Douglass in conducting
series of special meetings. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend the services,
which will be held every evening in the
Presbyterian church.
Judge of Probate Graham, County
Agent Harris and Superintendent of
the Poor Atkins, Stewart and Rossow
made their semi-annual inspection of
the county Jail Tuesday forenoon. They
found everything in excellent shape,
but will recommend that some changes
be made in the boys department in
the upper story.
The man who loves to hunt quail will
find but little satisfaction when he puts
his gun over his shoulder and visits the
woods and fields of Michigan next sum-
mer. Reports coming in to Game w ar
den Pierce indicate the heavy snow this
winter has made it impossible for the
birds to secure food, and they are dying
off in large numbers. In many instances
the farmers are feeding them.
j. G. Rockwell's New Sunny South
Company showed in Yale last Satur-
day night, and the large crowd present
enjoyed every act. For the kind of a
show it was, the singing and dancing
was of the best order. There was
something doing all the time. No long
and tiresOme waits, as in most shows
Had the prices been lower a much
larger crowd would have been present.
Cyrus A. Hovey and Thos. Draper,
representing the Law and Order League.
together with Sheriff Davidson and
Prosecuting Attorney Moore, called
upon Judges Law and Tappan Monday
evening, and presented a resolution
adopted by the league, asking that a
grand jury he called. The claim is
made that at least sixty bondsmen of
liquor dealers have never properly
qualified. The judges have taken the
matter under consideration and will
render decision in few days.
The vigorous kick made by many
rural patrons on the mail service the
past few weeks has prompted the post
office officials at Washington to call for
a statement from the rural carriers as
to the condition of the roads, bridges
and mail boxes on their routes. The
report calls for a detailed statement of
the roads, bridges, highway improve
ments, mail boxes, etc. Where there is
a laxity on the part of the farmers i'm
keeping the roads open for traffic the
department will take the matter up with
township officers and insist upon more
careful attention to the roads. A refu-
sal on the part of the farmers to comply
will cause a curtailment and in many
instances a suspension of the service.
The funeral services of Mrs. James f.
Beavis were held at the home on Sunday
at i. NJ. many friends being present.
Members of the OES of which she was
a member, attended i'm a body. Rev.
K. l.. Douglass preached brief, effective
sermon. Music was rendered by a
quartette composed of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Wallace, Rada Rapley and Oscar
Denison. The parlor where the body
lay in a beautiful casket was banked
with the loveliest of flowers to he had,
offered by hosts of friends. The pail
bearers were selected from neighbors
surrounding and at the close of the SER
vice many followed TO the cemetery
paying their last respects to her who
rvoo n frfapd IN all