The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-01-29
THURSDAY, JAN. 80, 1914.
HERE AND THERE.

Richmond will land a picking station.
A tile factory is talked of for San
dusky.
Marlette will have Chautauqua this
summer
A milk condensory may be planted
at Marlette
John Hunt, a well known Richmond
pioneer, died last week at the age of
50 years.
The name of the Sanilac Jeffersonian
has been changed to the CToswell JEFF
fersonian.
The State bank of Sandusky will
build fine new bank building soon on
its present site.
INLAY City Business Mems Associa-
ton will hold its annual banquet Feb.
4 with number of strong speakers.
Lexington people mourn because
well equipped flour mill stands in their
midst idle from oneyear to another.
Memphis married people INDUCED in
the splendid coasting of last week and
finished up with an old fashioned taffy
pull.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. +. Jones, of Port
Huron, quietly observed the sixtieth
anniversary of their marriage ON the
18th of January.
The burning question in st. Clair at
the present time is who will be the
next postmaster. Whoever lands the
job will get plum, all right.
At Minden City the Citizens bank
and the State Savings bank have been
consolidated. The two anks were
owned by the same stockholders
John ) Wittliff is Port Huron's new
postmaster in place of Burt ID. Cady
who held the office four years. The
salary belonging to this job foots up
5000 per year.
Judge William T. Mitchell, Port HUI
ron's grand old man." with his wife
celebrated his sixtieth wedding ami
versary January Is. If the Judge lives
till May q, he will be 81 years of age.
Mark Hopkins, a we'll known and
wealthy man of ST. Clair, died last
week, at the age of 81. He leaves a
wife and one son. Mr.. Hopkins was
born in st. Clair and lived there most
of his life.
Capac school gave a highly success
| full demonstration of the fire drill last
week. Many visitors were present to
watch the proceedings and speeches
were made by County school Com
missioner Blackney and others.
Mrs. George Wilkie, of Brown City,
was recently granted a pension of $50
month and silver medal, by the
Carnegie Hero Commission. George
Wilkie met his death on the 2Sth of
June 1912 when he pushed an aged man
OFF the railroad track from in front of
moving train but was himself drawn
under the wheels and crushed.
SNEFFELS, COL. A. j. Walsh was
badly done mp with rheumatism and
sent for Foley Kidney Pills which was
the only thing that would cure him.
Geo. Potter of Pontiac, Mo- was down
on his back with kidney and bladder
trouble and Foley Kidney Pills made
him well and able to work. 1t is a
splendid medicine and always helps.
Just try it. II. T. Hennessy.
When English Hearths Were Taxed.
Among other unpleasant taxes there
used to be Il tax upon the English
hearth. In 1862 it was ordered that
hearth money" % cents, should be
collected for each householder for the
privilege of warming his feet. This.
too, on each hearth fire or stove in his
house. 1t was not Il popular tax. 1t
was hard to evade. The tax collector
was given power to count the chin
neys from the inside of the house. and
chimneys, unlike windows, cannot be
blocked up and concealed until the as
SCISSOR has taken their number. The
tax was collected with vigor until Will
liam III. repealed it lin order to erect
lasting monument of their majesties'
goodness in every hearth in the land"