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SALINE, WASHTENAW 00., MICH., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1891.
A. J. WARREN, Publisher.
VOL. XII.-NO. 9.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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PROFESSIONAL.
P   E.JOKES.
Attorney at Law.
—11: Business attended to with Promptness and
Gare.   Oilioe on McKay street,
SALINE, - - lilOH.
Q.   R. WSLS-SASYIS
Attorney at Law,
Especial attention paid to Pension Claims of all
kinds,   Newcomb Block,
"Mll-A-T,
MICH.
H
A. MiCHOLS, _'!. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SUHGEON.
Office at Nicho s . res', drug store.
SALINE. - MICH.
ft    F. UNTESKIR-HER, !V5. D.,
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PHYSIGIA-I iind SURGEON.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours.
Office in Hanser .lock, Chicago street.
SALINE, -       - MICH.
^   W. OHAKOLEa, Nl  a.,
" PHYSICIAN aud SUilGEON
-tilce on Adrian Street, first door sourh of the
Wallace Block,
SALINE, -        - MICH.
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HELLER,    . p  S.
DENTIST.
tjearlquarters ior t_e best Tooth  Pqwder
in the market.
Oftiee over XjcliQls Bros', drug store.
SALI-iE., -. r        MICH.
* •    Q. S_A_HT,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of Chicago Veterinary College,
iii'Skfenee 1*4 miles east of Pennington s Corners.   Calls may be left ateither of the
Stores at the t lorners.    AU calls
promttrty attended to.
JIAOON,   '    - - MICH.
NEIGHBORHOOD GLEANINGS
MISCELLANEOUS.
WATERMAN'S
PHOTO-uUPR G-OIiERY.
(Miss GiUect's old stand.)
Will be in Saline every Wednesday and shall be
pleased to meet all in ne«tl of work in my line.
'Jail and see'samyU- of our work.
Tj*.   CO ROOM,
The Pioneer Painter.
Over Forty :.ea_*_„_ erienee.
__.i_i.ge. Sign anil Ornameutal Painting,, Paper
HanKiii^, Fre _.•-_>_ t Etc,
SALINE, - MICH.
vg- r_. BRisas,
Practical Painter.
louse painting, gr„mi-2j. paper   han.erinjr aud
kal-i. niimt«;.    All work: promptly -i>_
neatly   done,  and   satisfaction
guaranteed.
SxVLINE,        -        :        S1IOH.
VfAK BUZER'S
Barber Shop.
lair Cuttinjr.   Shaving,   Shampooiag and   all
Work in t_a Barber tine.
I*. th room in connectlon.
,iy _mss,
SALINE,
Hotor cold baths at
.a v_-rDTJ2_p..
MICH-
A. MILLER & SON.
(Successors to J. A. Alber).
fill.-SH3!?'   "S^^zl
Sale StaW
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First-class rigs at reasonable i_.U'S.
Newsy Notes and Occasional Occurrences
From our Near Neighbors.
Canno- meat has stirred up and poisoned another whole family in the
vicinity of Dearborn.
A. load of hay weighing 7,500 pounds
without the wagon was hauled into
Faraungton last week.
We find in the Eaton Rapids 'Herald
a notice of the marriage of Mrs. S. O.
Hawkins to Mr. James Cauchie, of
Baisinvillo, which occured at Adrian,
Dec. 8th.
Farmers in the vicinity of _3"orthville
commencedplowing last Saturday. We
believe, too, that they are wise, as
everything has the appearance of
spring.
The latest fad is. whan you are dining out, to write your name on the
table cloth, with a lead pencil. Your
hostess can then embroider the names
and have an autograph table cloth. If
there is no table cloth you aro expected
to dig your name in the table with your
jack-knife, if you are lucky enough to
have one.—-Plymouth Mail.
Eddie Wosse., a afteen-year-old hoy.
was arrested last week for assault and
battery, on complaint of Mr. Earl, the
stage carpenter at the opera house.
Young Wosser had heen making himself ohnosious about the place. He
was brought before the county agent,
Tracy L. Towner, on Monday, hut his
examination was postponed 'till December _S)tb.—Regibte..
Comr_. reia! travel.].- and
-rao-e   parried  to  anil  from
iqwns Willi promptness am!
rates.
Old American  House
t'SALINE,
Iota Bauigarfin
(Successes  \o. Arjtoit _lsi«,)
-■■■-   ..DEALER _S	
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Holiday Rates via. T., A. A. & N. M. Ry.
th. ir b:i-_.
aiijfolninjr
at  Itvmw
Burn,
MICH.
The T., A. A. & __ M. Ry. take
pleasure in announcing that on Dee.
24th, J-jth and .list, 18.1, and' Jan. 1st,
1882, round trip tickets will be sold between ail stations on its line at which
ticket aro on sale, also to points on
following railroads at one and oih'-
third fare for tho round trip: Manistee
& North Eastern; -Frankfort & South
Eastern;- Grand Rapids & Indiana;
Flint & Pere M:'.*?.netto; Cincinnati,
Sagieaw <?, Mackinaw, Detroit, Grand
Haven & Milwaukee; Chicago & Grand
Trunk; Detroit, Lansing & Norther-;
Toledo, Columbus <_■ Cincinnati; Toledo
& Ohio Central; Toledo, St. Louis &
Kansas City; Wabash Ry.: Toledo,
Saginaw &> Muskegon, Tickets will be
good going ou a-b-vs dates and returning' an any i-grilii. train until Jan. 4ih
inclusive.     W. H. Besxett, G. P. A.
Don . Wait Until You Need It.
It io a great mistake to wait until
your family arc attacked with violent
viroup before pin-ehat-ing a bottle of Dr.
Hoxstie's Certain Croup Cure. Keep
ihis great remedy in the hous., ___
avoid tho ravages of craiuh it ui_u
prevents Diphtheria, No opium.
Wholesaled in Detroit by leading tirms.
50 cts.
TWO CHRISTMAS BOIES
It was ChristinasEvo ami only Santa
Clans himself, the uimlilo old"fellow,
could have ploughed through the snow
drifts. It snowed and it bio wed and
it drifted until the little brown house
where Mr. Bartlett, the old station-
master, lived bade fair to be completely buried before morning. But in the
kitchen, where he and, his wife sat, all
was cosy and bright. The small stand
holding the lamp was drawn close to
the stove on which the bright copper
tea-kettle was singing merrily, and on
oue side of the stand, Mr. Bartlett sat
in his big chair, nodding over his
newspaper, while on the other side his
wife rocked cocafortabty back and
forth as she knitted busily. Tom,
the big tortoise-shell cat, lay stretched
ont upon the rug and the tall, old-
fashioned clock in the corner ticked
loudly as the pendulum swung slowly
to and fro.
Contrasted with the cold wind and
whirling snow without, the quiet room
looked very pleasant and inviting; at
least so must have thought the owner
of the face just then pressed close
against tho window-psne, peering'in
with wild, roving ej'es t-iit eagerly
scanned the room and  its unconscious
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Foreign and American
Marble,
Granite and   Building;
stone.
Corner of Detroit and Catherine Sts.
ANN ARBOR, MICH.
S.-OSENHAs-S'
Will 111!
REPA-RING.   DONE     ON     SHORT
NOTICE.
4.11 Kinds' of Forging, Repairing Horseshoeing,
!uidffeneral.ro!>bing. _
3A.TISF_.lXO_ G.A1_Y_T_E_ and prices reasonable.    Shop  an   Ann _.rbor« street,
near Main.
5ALINE,      -      -      -      -      MICH
having got the better of his laziness;
hut when at length the door was
thrown open no one'was to be seen.
The snow was drifting into the little
covered porch, and as Mr. Bartlett
stepped out into it he tripped and nearly fell over something. Upon examination this proved to he a wooden bor,
in which lay a large bundle.
"A Christmas box. I'll he bound,
wife," exclaimed the finder, as he picked it up and carried it into the kitchen
while his wife locked and bolted the
door.
"Now, who in the world coui- have
sent us that?" she ejaculated, '"and
what can it be?"
"We'll soon see," answered Mr.
Bartlett, placing the box upon the ta-
hle. "If I'm not much mistaken it's
that soap-box of mine that was in the
corner of the porch. Here's a shawl,
anyway," be continued, as he lifted a large newspaper off of the top
of the box, disclosing to view a thick
plaid shawl, but as he started to take
this out something moved underneath
it and the next .instant a weak, little
cry was heard. At this sound the
good old, couple dropped into their
seats and gasped with astonishment
and dismay.
"Bless my soul! Simeon, what
does it mean?" ventured Mrs. Bartlett.
inmates. Two or three moments after, a thundering knock at the door
caused the station-master and his wife
to "jump from their chairs and stare at
one another in amazement.
"Who ean that be on Such a night as
this, and 9 o'clock, too?" exclaimed
Mr. Bartlett, rubbing his eyes and
glancing at the clock as he spoke.
"Well, whoever it is, It won't do to
'What does it mean?" responded
the old man wrathfully. "That's what
it means;" and he rose and, peering
into the box, gingerly took hold of a
corner of the shawl and pulled it back,
uncovering a baby face, which stared
at him gravely out of a pair of big
brown eyes, and then, with a quiver
about the mouth, be_an to cry.
"There! there! Bless its little heart!"
began Mrs. Bartlett soothingly. At
sigut of the motherly face the baby
changed its mind, and stretching out
its tiny hands, smiled sweetly at her.
This was too much for the kind-hearted '.vomau, aud she snatched it up and
kissed *the dimpled face again aud
again, while even the stern face of her
husband relaxed into a smile as the
little one crowed aud laughed. There
were no marks on the clothes by which
the ehilil could he identified, and there
was nothing else in the box but an
ivory rattle, curiously curved, which
the baby hail dropped. On the rattle
some queer characters were inscribed,
and this was the only clue there was.
Of course there was nothing to do
but to keep the baby that night. And
then it was so cunning and "seemed so
hapuv that they decided to keep it until
inquiries could be made. But all efforts to find the parents of tire child,
or the person by., whom it was abandoned on the stormy night, were fruitless,
and soon the child had so endeared itself to tlie station-master and his wife
that they could not bear to give it up.
The old'couple had hut a small income
on which to live and could ill afford to
add to their expenses, so the neighbors advised them to send the child to
an orphan asylum, but to this advice
Mr. Bartlett shook his head.
"It's ainazin' how fond my wife is of
the little   chap.   Aud   he   is cute, no
be the dov who gets my oox wm navo
& baby brother or sister. Aunt Maria
won't care, and that will just make
my box full, so I'll write a note a_d
put inside, and then I'll surprise Aunt
Maria hy having it sent off before she
gets hack." Accordingly, with much
labor and many blols "the following
note was written:
Dear St. Niclr iam a little bor seven years
old and this is for sum poore boy for i don't
know enuy body. I have put In my rattel for
sum poore baby. 1 had it when uncle Siemaon
found me out in the snow and 1 have lived in
Cherryville ever since.
Chris Basti/et-.
This epistle was placed in the box,'
which was then tied up in brown paper, aud Chris .proceeded to write the
address. "I didn't notice just what it
said iu the paper about the directions,
hut I will write 'To St. Nick, New
York.' and that will be enough."
When Aunt Maria came in from the
Sewing Society the Christmas box was
on its way to the great metropolis.
mistake. Why bless you! he kuows
me and puts up his little fists every
time I come into the room. No, I
guess we'll manage to keep him someway; we can't bear to send him off.
Seems like giving away a Christmas
present, don't it, mother?" and so the
end of it was that little Chris Bartlett,
as he was called, remained with the
old couple.
All this happened some six or seven
years ago, and. now Chris is a sturdy
little chap in knickerbockers. Oue
rainy Sunday in November ••TJncle
Simeon,1' as Chris called Mr. Bartlett,
sat reading the Sunday newspaper,
and having obtained possession oi the
••Children's Page," Chris curled up in
the window* seat to enjoy it. After
a few moments he jumped" down and
walked across the room to where Mrs.
Bartlett sat.
"Aunt Maria," he began. "May I
have a St. Nick box?"
"Have what?" exclaimed Mrs. Bartlett.
"Why a'St. Nick box. Il tells about
it here. You take a box and put toys
and things in it, and when Christmas
comes you give it to some little boy or
girl, or if you don't know any one,
then you send it to New York ttnd they
give it to some one."
"Well I'm sure, you can have one if
you "like; but what will you find to put
in it. We haven't heeu able to gel
you many toys." \
"Oh. I'll find plenty Of things." waj
the cheerful response" and, mauy wer^
the toys and trinkets that he tucke_|
away during the week, so that it wasll
not long before his box was full. In|j
rummaging over the drawers in his
( little bureau he came across the carved
| ivory rattle which Aunt Maria had told
'It does beat, all, how mauy parcels
people send only half tied up or misdirected!" said one of the post-office
clerks wearily as he ran his fingers
through his hair. "Now what do you
make of that?" he asked a gentleman
who stood by, pointing as he spoke to
a pasteboard box whose sides were
crushed and broken, aud from whose
top a tin horse protruded.
"It seems to be from a child," replied
the gentleman.readiug the address, and
"St. Niek: is a rather ^indefinite person
at this season. The box is full of toys;
here is a rattle," aud he drew it from
the box, but the next instant he turned
deadly pale as he saw the carving and
curious Chinese characters. Iu another moment the contents of Chris's
box were being hastily overturned in
an anxious search for some clue' as to
the sender. The blotted little note
was soon found, and an hour afterward the gentleman was on the train
for Cherryville.
Perhaps you can guess the rest. Mr.
Harvey, for that was the gentleman's
name, was Chris's father. Through
the carelessuess of a nursery maid his
baby son had been stolen several years
before by gypsies, it was thought,
probably in the hope of a l-eward, but
they had evidently been frightened by
the publicity of the search and had got
rid Of the child as soon a* possible,
and though rewards had been offered
and most diligent hunt instituted no
trace had ever been discovered until the rattle was found. A friend
of the father had brought it from China
and given it to the baby, and Mr-
Harvey had recognized it at once, and
now, full of hope, he was following up
this clue. Nor was he disappointed,
for the resemblance which Chris bore
to Mr. Harvey was very striking, and
when his adopted parents had told the
date aud the manner of his first appearance in Cherryville no one could
doubt his identity with the stolen child.
And so Christmas Day will be a very-
bright one to Chris (or Philip Harvey,
as we must now call him.) He has an
envelope laid away, "which he takes out
every now and then, aud though it is
a secret I will whisper to you that it
contains the title deed of "the house
where Mr. Bartlett and his wife have
lived for so many years. And this will
be Philip's Christmas gift to those who
cared for him when he came to them
in a Christmas box.
E. P. Roe's works at Mason's.
THE STORE
UREAT CUT IN DRESS GOODS
33©__r:L:____±_____g
Saturday, Dec, 28 to Saturday Jan. 2 InclusiYe
«IBLAGK G00DSlx>",'.
Five pieces 27 in.all woolNurisreiling regular price 25e, this week 20e per yd
Seven pieces 40 in. all wool Stripes regular price 5( c, this week 37j_ per yd.
Ten pieces 40 in. all wool silk finish Henrietta regular price 6oe, this week
50c per yd.
Ten pieces 40 in.all wool Alma Serge regular price 65e,this week oOe per yd.
Six pieces 42 in. all wool A. A. Henrietta (best made) regular price SI, this
week 75e.
Five pieces 46 in. all wool Alma Serge regular price Sl.this \veek7oo per yd.
Two pieces 44 in. silk warp Henrietta regular price $1.40, ibis week §1.15
per yd.
Three pieces 40 m.silk warp Henrietta regular price Sl.this week 75c per yd
Three pieces silk and wool Batiste (pretty as silk) regular price S1.10, this
week 85e per yd.
One lot imported Camel's Hair Suitings at 75c per yd.
Colored Dress Goods.
Fifteen pieces SI all wool 42 in. coin spots.choice winter colorings 47c per yd
Twenty-five pieces fancy 40 in Plaids and Stripes, worth 25o to 35c per yd.,
I5cperyd.
Seventy-five fancy imported novelties in Stripes, Plaids and Mixtures, worth
SI to 2 per yd, 75e per yd.
ACK & SCHMID.
Call and sea those new Plop over l'a:i
Cake Griddles at Lawton'..
keep them oulside in this storm," re-
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plied his wife,   and she picked up Urn   hil/he used t0 cnjoy so muah wueu he
lamp and followed her husband as he   Z.~t   \ ^ r J J
went out into the entry and unlocked       lipn pujTthatill my box.
the door and   drew   the   bolt.   Tom'        -    * -        •-•    -
brou_iit   no   the  rear,   his   curiosity
want tpplav with- it   a_aiu.
I'll never
and uiav
Champion Root Cutters
Daisy Force Pumps,
Tanks of all kinds,
G-as Pipe and Finings.
Saw Gaming,
Grinding of all kind.
Saw Fi'irg.
E. C. Aiekius' Circle Saws.
Engine Kepairing and I5i_ses,
Files ff ail kind.
Machine work,
Two Ply Bubbi'i- Packing.
Round Packing.
String Leather.
Water and Lubricator Glasses.
* Repair Work of all kirn-*..
•     Sawing Mru»hiue made to order at
_6©S?-3 dl €&lmF®_??S
Pictures.
Easels.
AT
A. C. CLARKE5S
Ratan ockers.
PMRota
SMYRNA RUGS, •        BED ROOM SUITS
FUR L*_yi_.S, BOOK CASES,
TOWEL RINGS, COUCHES-
SHAM HOLDERS,
CARPET SWEEPERS,
CENTRE TABLES,
TRIPODS, OBL PAINTINGS,
OAK F-OCKEI.S, SECRETARIES,
PICTURE MOULDING, CHROMOs.
m. m it
►ysters, Mince-meai,
Oranges, Raisins,
Peaches, Apricots,
Pine Apples, Candle,
X___l.  -  _____.l3i____o_c_La__i___.oe. .
That are not Surpassed in Saline. .
We give no Leaders; we make no "Flyers.
Palace Grocery-.' ■
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NO MCNEYE
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AMERICAN PUBL._H.NS HOUSE,
3830 ____E__C_"-"_? A"t7i_;ruE,
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man, woman or Ui la n _n. Ui ilea. ^*~ tes -n ha\e
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