The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-05-10
To the Potato

Twinkle, twinkle, little spud,
AS up among the clouds you scud,
You are doubtless feeling gay.
Chasing round the milky way;
You have reached to such height
You are surely out of sight.
Like diamond now you seem
In your price-and it's no dream;
Twinkle on another twink,
But you'll drive us all to drink
AS we chase for needful chink:
You are sailing rather high
Asyou wink your shriveled eye
Up there somewhere in the sky.
AS flyer, you're bird
But the price is quite absurd.
Spud so mighty though so small,
You make diggers of us all;
Never knew how we could love
Till you left and went above;
Never felt how dear you were
Till we paid four dollars per.
Small potato, please come back,
In our lives there's such lack.
For your presence we so pine
That our stomach hits our spine.
We are tired of eating greens,
Stewed prunes, sauerkraut or beans.
IT'S for you alone we yearn,
Darling later, please return.-Ex.
Donald Leitch, of Flint, visited Yale
relatives this week.
Eighth grade examinations for Yale
and vicinity are being held here today.
John Fisher and wife, of Brown City,
spent Sunday with relatives west OF
the city.
John Holden is at Grand Rapids at
tending a meeting of the Michigan
Gamers Association.
Word was received by his brother
that Guy Rice arrived safely at Havre,
France, and was going from there to
Penoa, Italy.
Mrs. Janet Chapman, of Pontiac, re
turned to her home Saturday after
spending a month with her daughter,
Mrs. +. j. Rice.
The dance given by VIM. +. Barr at
the New Opera House last night was a
grand success, the large attendance
enjoying themselves to the limit.
The ladies of the Fargo Christian
church celebrated their annual bazaar
and supper at the residence of Charles
Hull last Friday evening" May 4th.
Good returns were enjoyed by all.
Word reaches this Office that Glenn
Roadway, former Yale young man,
was recently married to Miss Florence
Vance, of Detroit. Mr.. and Mrs. Bead
way will reside at Highland Park
Congratulations
Albert Parkinson, son of Henry
Parkinson, who resides in Detroit was
married to a young lady of that city
April 2Sth, 1917 They Immediately
started housekeeping. The Exposition
extends congratulations.
The Expositor is rather up against it
this week and is compelled to print
one-half of the edition in folio form,
as one package of ready prints failed to
come. We ask the indulgence of our
subscribers who get the half-sheets.
Thos. G. Holden has been busy this
week overhauling, cleaning, repainting
and otherwise getting his building
south of the ExpositOr Office in readi-
ness for the grocery and fruit stock of
Mr.. Rassey who has leased it for year.
Chas. Rounds has traded his house
and lot on Park avenue to Bert McNinch
for house and lot in Port Huron. Mr..
McNinch and family are now occupy
ing the dwelling. He is painter and
paper hanger and will follow that
trade.
A telegram was received this morning
from Santa Clara, Calf, announcing
the birth of son at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. II. Hill, May 9th. Mrs
Hill was formerly Blanche Parkinson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. III. Par.
kinson. Yale friends offer congratu-
lations.
Ira A. Jones received on Monday OF
this week a check for S1l69.63 back
pension. Some ten years ago Mr.
Jones applied for an increase of pen
sion which was never rejected, and
this week received the above amount
From now on he will get 81 month
instead of So as heretofore.
v. X. Rassey informs us that he IL
buying fruits, vegetables, confectionery
tobaccos, etc. in larger quantities anc
is able from now on to sell much cheap
er. Everything in his ice cream de
partment is up-to.date and sanitary
Call at his place of business whenevel