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CLARE, MICH,, FRPAY, JULY 3, 1891
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Official Paper for
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THE CLASS OF'91.
High School Commencement
Exercises at the Doherty
Opera    House     last
Friday Evening*.
" HONORS WAIT AT LABOR'S GATE,'
A Splendid Entertainment which was
Enjoyed by an Immense Concourse of People.
Job lot of Men's Negligee Shirts wo
and $1.00, reduced to
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The attendance would have been just,
ns largo at the commencement exercises
of tbe class of '91 of the Clare High
School last Friday evening, had tho
weather been as hot us it had been during most of the week. Fortunately,
however, the mercury took a tumble,
aud Friday evening was comparatively
cool. Of course it was still warm
enough, and when the opera house was
full of people it seemed hot indeed, but
there was tho refreshing reflection that
it was not nearly so bad as it might
have been. Commencement day is always an important and interesting
event. The exercises attending the
graduation of the class of *!)1 proved no
exception to the rule. The doors of
Doherty Opera House were thrown
open at an early hour Friday evening,
and tho eager public did not hesitate
long in arriving in order to secure desirable seats. As is always the case at
commencement exercises, every available spot was occupied. The stage was
beautifully decorated with flowers, and
at one side -stood "labor's gate," at
which tho class motto truthfully declares, honors wait. The large hall was
soon literally packed with people, and
many who came a little late were compelled to go away again, every scat being occupied, and standing room was at
a premium.
Prof. B. D. Palmer aud his assistants,
followettuby tho class Of."^--^ the
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NEWS .VXD NOTES.
Various  Items  of interest l'rom
Various Sources.
Read the new advs.
Where will you celebrate*'
New cherries are in market.
Cool and pleasant evenings.
Roads are in good condition.
Fishing tackle, all kinds, at Mussell's.
Fish hooks, lines, poles, reels, etc., at
Mussell's.
|    Fifteen   cabinets,   eleven   different
j styles, at the price of one dozen at l)e-
sVogt's.
1    Mr. aud Mrs. R. M. Mussell aud Mr.
aud Mrs. A. II. Rockafellow drove over
, to Mt. Pleasant and returned Sunday.
j    Charley Bigley, the insurance  and
real estate man, has just received a fine
j new safe which he purchased from a
' Detroit firm.
On Tuesday afternoon Louie Palmer
aud mother departed for their home at
Norwich. N. Y., having visited here during tho past winter with Prof, and
Curtis Palmer. Their visit was an en-
0- yable one and 'tis hoped they will
come again 'ere long.
The sea serpent which was recently
seen iu Clare county has now reached
Lapeer.   It was seen upon and around
Jim Carr, of Meredith,   was   one
Dance at the G. A. R. hall to-morrow, ithe oit^ visit«rs ,l!,lst  Wfuiu^
day aud evening. i wilH "u lns ™* to C oleman as Wltuess
1       -r, ,      ,     . , .     ,   i m a law suit.
Thos. Dwyer made a business trip toi
Saginaw Tuesday. j    ^° Ku,« s daughters wdl serve a ten
Elegant hammocks, very  cheap, at j <7t, ™PP«««"t Friday July lo,  at
Mussell's drug store. |the lK,mc <f .Mre-  Jame's ^lck*   EwT
If you intend to paint get your colors  ono ls luvltc']-
of: Nepassing lake, and chased two men
He
at Mussell's drug store.
A. J. Doherty and M. D. Eaton were
in Saginaw on business Tuesday.
Miss Ethel Elden is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. George *VV. Abbey, at Midland.
The brick work on Wolsky's new
block will be finished this evening.
A very heavy rain prevailed last night
and this morning, doing a vast good.
Tomorrow is the day of all days   the
glorious Fourth of July.   "Enjoy yourself!"
Fifteen   cabinets,   eleven   different
styles, at the price of one dozen at De- j itinK n-lati ves and old friends
Vogt's. ! ''ity this week.
Married.Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
p. m., at the Alger House parlor, by
Squire Fine, Charles Sairzan. of Clare,
aud Anna Bell Ruuyan, of Sheridan
township.
Chas. A. Lyon moved his office furn-
l iture aud place of  business  yesterday
j from the Dunlop block into the pleasant suit of rOoms over Doherty's hardware store.
Charley Dwyer, conductor of a passenger train on the Bay City division
of the F. A: P. M. railway, has been vis-
in   the
New buildings continue to spring up
all over the city. Improvements are
numerous.
C. H. O'Douald was at Coleman on
Wednesday looking after his shingle
mill business.
Mrs. Wm. Wolsky, of Saginaw, visited with her husband and friends in this
city yesterday.
Sheriff Doty and Prosecuting Attorney Burritt were in the city Tuesday on
legal business.
Miss Allie Payne, of Flint, is the
guest of Mr. aud Mrs. II. A. Abram, at
the Alger House.
There promises to be a big crowd in
Clare on the 13th to witness the Orangemen's celebration.
Four ball croquet sets, ""<) cents; (5
ball sets, 70 cents ; 8 ball sets 00 cents,
at Mussell's drug store.
A. W. Mclntyro has moved his justice
office into a very pleasant suit of rooms
over George Dawson's saloon,
Daugherty & Belcher will give a
dance at the G. A. R. hall during the
day and evening of the Fourth.
Mussell undersells all other dealers
in the city on paints, oils and varnishes.
Best qualities on the market, too.
Fred Stone, private secretary of his
father, Auditor-General Goo. W. Stone,
of Lansing, was in the city last Saturday evening on his way to Harrison for
a few days* visit with old friends.
Several members of Clare Division.
U. II. K. of P., will go to Detroit next
Wednesday aud Thursday to attend the
reunion of the order in that city. A
large crowd and a good time is expected.
It is rumored that a carriage factory,
employing 125 men, is looking tills way
for a location. Let 'er come. There is
no better point in tho state as 1'nr
timber and shipping facilities an
cerned.
Be careful about spraying water onto the bark of your shade and fruit
trees. It has a tendency to produce
rot aud will cause their deatli sooner
or later. Several beautiful trees in the
city have been killed in that manner.
Physicians say that this is a " baby "
year. Birth statistics show that some
years are more prolific than others in
the number of . additions to the human
family. The year 1884, 188G and 1888
were such, and 1891 bids fair to make
a similar record.
as
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across a 10 acre lot. It is described as
being .'50 feet long, with a barrel-shaped
head.   Bay City Times.
An exchange says: Don't wait for
your neighbor to make improvements
about his premises. By cleaning up the
lot and giving your house and fence a
coat of paint, you will create such a
contrast that he cannot sleep nights,
until he has followed your good example.
Complaints are heard daily in regard to the use of hose on lawns in
this city. While using them they place
the hose generally near the sidewalk,
which makes it very disagreeable for
pedestrians, who either have to receive
a shower bath or walk out into the
street to avoid it.
J. E. Housel. of Mason, was in Clare
Tuesday doing business for his firm,
the Lansing Iron & Engine Works. Ed.
is one of the best looking and most
popular drummers that comes to this
city, and as a business hustler-well,
it's a chilly day when he gets the worst
end of the bargain.
Next Tuesday evening is regular
meeting of the city council. It is
hoped that tho honorable body will
take some action toward improving
certain streets in the city and the highway leading north from Main street, also State street, to the cemetery, A
very little money will do the work.
The Ladies'Union met this week at
Mrs. Ross' and decided to change the
-.lay of meeting from Wednesday to
Friday. The next meeting will be at
|he home of Mrs. Sexsmith, and next
week, July 17th, at Mrs. Goodman's.
As our spring house work is completed,
we hope to have a good attendance at
each meeting.
An electrician was in tho city Wednesday from Saginaw looking over the
building with a view of taking a contract for putting in the wires in the
new Calkins. The hotel is to be lightod
throughout by electricity furnished
from the Doherty plant.   Mr. Calkins
intentions are  to have the building
heated by steam.
distinct classes: Political and Religious
liberties.
Political or Civil liberty is that liberty which plainly results from tho application of tho general idea of freedom
to the civil state of man.
One of tho noble heroes of Political,
liberty was La Fayette, who sacrificed
his republican preferences of being one
of the leading characters of France,
and came over to help the colonies
during the Revolutionary war that the
colonies might have the freedom which
they demanded.
Joan of Arc. was a young French
heroine wlw led a large force against
the British and defeated them at Orleans, but when the British, iu turn,
overcame the French, she was burned
in the streets. It was said of her she
was " a martyr to her religion, her country, and her king." Such a deed as this
might be classed under the head of Political liberty.
Robert Emmet is another bravo hero,
who sacrificed his life for the Irish people, who were endeavoring to free themselves from the chains of Great Britain.
Among the subjects prominent under
Religious liberty was Daniel, who was
put in the lion's den for standing by his
cause which he knew was right.
The Scotch Covenaters, who were under a form of worship which James L,
King of Scotland, enforced, were perse
euted for Religion's sake.
And the Puritans were a p<..>j.lc who
loved liberty, and with them it was their
chief aim in life. They reverenced and
hold it fast as the unalienable gift of
the Creator, which was not to be surrendered to power nor sold for wages.
For this cause, and this alone, they
crossed the wide sea from their native
land to a country unknown to them,
which in the future must be their only
home.
A country whoso record lias its pages,
covered with ,sm-h names as these ia
one who.se history will roll down the
aisles of Time for ages.
But the question arises, what is all
thisji'prth ?   The answer comes floating
v)y*^-VJ?ack in the heart of every in-
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Field, offered  a  prayer, and thenar,       •'v^T?"*^^^-^ J>^^rri^M,'m
. ,  .. ,TT, i..   „ know not what course others may take,
quartet, " When my Ship Comes over
tho Sea," was nicely rendered in su-
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hall
Nearly everybody in Clare, especially
he business men, seem to be too busy
to spend time to celebrate the 4th of
'tily this year and as a consequence a
jood many will remain at home. This
i one of the reasons this thriving city
Ifd hot celebrate this year—tho busi-
less men felt as though they could not
ipare the time to make arrangements.
The Democrat-Pjiess job rooms have
just finished and delivered this week
for the Glare County Savings Bank an
Sraer of 20,000 checks, bound, and 2,(XX)
IG-pogo deposit books, with pocket
severs, containing the by-laws and
tales and regulations, 5,000 deposit
slips and several other smaller jobs,
fhe prices were as low as any quoted
by" New York, Chicago or Detroit
printing houses and the quality of the
work equal to any. We defy competition and are always ready to compare
work and quote prices. Come aud see
as.
An exchange says that the plan adopted by the Saginaw improvement company to secure  tiie location  of industries iu that city is quite simple and
not as objectionable as many suppose
who do not understand it.   A tract of
land -was purchased in a suitable location with reference to shipping facilities,   It was platted into lots of uniform
size, streets will bo graded and thoroughfares paved.   The lots are not of
uniform value, but were sold at a uniform price.   The difference between the
cost of the property and the amount
received is devoted to securing industrial establishments.   As  an  inducement sites aud buildings are offered,
and are sufficient to accomplish a. removal, there being so many concerns
whoso business has outgrown tho capacity of their establishments and an
increase in their present location being
so expensive that they are compelled to
move in some direction.   The purchaso
of lots of the improvement company is
pretty much the same thing in principle, as contributing by subscription to
the raising of a bonus, with the advantage that tho money is not given way,
but invested in laud which is made valuable by the location of manufacturing
establishments in near proximity to it.
The only objection to the scheme is the
distribution of the lots by lottery.  Bo-
twGen this  plan and that of raising
money by subscription to a fund for
giving bonuses for industrial establish-
perb stylo by Mrs, A. H. Rockafellow,
Mrs. Wm. Giberson, Messrs. R. M. Mussell and A. II. R-u-kaff llnv,; ft r which
Prof. Palmer introduced the first of the
graduating class,
MISS EDNA ELDEN.
whose essay was a well prepared and
well read paper, which won for her
hearty applause and a profusion of
flowers.   Her subject was
Sai'i-Illces for Liberty.
The Roman lawyers, she said, have
defined liberty as having the power of
doing that which is not forbidden by
the law, and others term it the noble
and highest reward bestowed on mental
and moral development combined with
favorable circumstances.
The desire for liberty is possessed by
every human being. We notice it even
in the lowest animals who desire, at
least, a freedom of motion.
People who live in a country where
they breathe the clear, cool, bracing
mountain air, or in cold climates are
always more desirous of their liberty
than those who live in warm climates
aud seem to breathe the same air from
day to day until their ambition is all
exhausted and a careless spirit creeps
over them, and so they live away their
lives in bondage, hardly knowing the
value of liberty.
The negro of the south is an example. Not many years ago very few liberties were experienced by them while
those of the northern homes were free
men and women. Had the negro of the
north been under the slavish yoke as
was the south, I dare say the time for
fighting would have been earlier than
the civil war of 'Gl.
The antiquity of liberty is remarkable. In the Garden of Edeu wo see a
desire for liberty with the privileges
which Adam and Eve had. Everything
being granted them except eating the
fruit of one tree. Still this did not
reach their estimation of real liberty.
Tho aucient Romans among their
imaginary deities had a goddess of liberty, who, they believed, gave them
their freedom.
There will always bo a desire for liberty as there always has been. Geo. W.
Curtis in one of his orations said, '• So
long as liberty has ono martyr, so long
as one drop of blood is poured out for
her, so long from that single drop of
bloody sweat of tho agony of humanity
shall spring hosts as countless as the
forest leaves, and as mighty as the sea."
In order to have true liberty there
must be unibn, as Webster has remarked, "Liberty and Union, now and forever, ono and inseparable."
Liberty is a class by itself.   There is
meats,   the   improvement company's
plan is the more equitable as well as no head under which it can come ex.
more attractive. ' cept itself.   It may be divided into two
may
but as for me give me liberty or give me
death."
Mrs. Giberson and Mrs. Rockafellow
then sang a beautiful duet. "Life's*
Dn.-j.ui i- O'er,** aftt•:• whir;:
MISS NELLIE C*. K VNK
was introduced. Miss K;:ne is the
youngest and smallest member ol the
class and a general favorite with alL
The reception given her was not alone
a persona] compliment, however, for
the subject she had chosen aud the able
way in which she handled it. as well as
her pleasing address, were well worthy
the applause which greeted her. Miss
Kane's essay, which follows, was
History or Slavery.
The growth of slavery in Rome was.
extensive. The demands of large planters, and merchants, led to a great enlargement of the slave-trade. They
were chiefly captured in Syria and Asia
Minor.
At the middle of the second cehtury
there were 12,000,000 slaves, and o.OOO,-
(XX) free inhabitants in the Italian Peninsula. The household work was done
by slaves. In the days of the empire
it was thought a disgrace not to have
them for every separate pie"" of work.
There was a slave market in which those
of the common class were bought anil
sold like cattle. But the more beautiful aud valuable were disposed of by
private bargain. The price of slaves
was from 820 to 84,000.
Slavery was also extensive in England at a later date. In 1«:K the Liberal and Conservative parties, with tbe
new Parliament that came into power,
began to overthrow the Whigs and
Tories. The House of Commons arouse"?
the people more than ever, aud further
reforms were carried. When the Parliament met the next year (1S33) the.
people were against the opposition of
the King, and through the efforts- of
these men all the negro slaves, numbering S00,OU', were set free and a compensation of £20,01X1,000 was paid ta
their masters, It was a grand deed,
and could America have followed this
example, 1,000,0'X) human live?., and
fN*-,0U0,(XK>,(XX) might have been savedj
which was cast in the gulf of war.
But in those days white slaves existed, as well as negro slaves. "Women and
children born in England were condemned to work in mines or cotton
mills. They were driven by brutal men,
who cared no more for them than tho
planters in the West Indies did for Uie
toilers iu the rice swamps. At length
a bill was passed in Parliament forbidding women and young children to
work in the factories.
The slaves of America were negroes.
It was introduced into all the Englisfe
Colonies as a custom, not as a law.   Ik
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