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A. J. WARREN^Publisher.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MIOH., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1892.
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VOL. XIII.--NO. 9.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PROFESSIONAL,
F
K.JONES.
Attorney at Law.
KM Business attended to with Promptness and
Care.   Office on McKay street.
SA3LINE,
MIOH.
Q.   R.WILLIAMS
Attorney at Law,
Especial attention paid to Pension Claims of all
kinds.   Newcomb.BIock.
MILAN, - - MIOH.
TT   A. NICHOLS, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SUBGEOS.
Office at Nicho. s liros'. drug store.
SAX.1XE, - MIOH.
p   F. UNTERKIRCHER, Wl. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
,i   ■   Calls promptly attended to at all hours.
/ \       Office in Hauser block, Chicago street.
SALINE,
MIOH.
O Yt. CHANDLER, Wl D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
dtuce on Adrian Street, first door south of the
Wallace Block,
SALINE,      *   MIOH.
p C. SLABHT,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of Chicago Veterinary College,
Residence VA miles east of Bennington s Corners.   Calls may beleft at either of the
stores at the Corners.    All calls
promptly attended to.
MAOoisr,        -       -       MICH.
MJ§eELI.ANEOUS.
V^ATERKIAN'a
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
(Miss Gillett's old stand.)
Will be in Saline every Wednesday and shall be
Pleased to meet all in need of work in my line.
3:dl and see samples of our work.
p   CORDON,
The Pioneer Painter.
Over Forty Years Experience.
Carriage, Sign and Ornamental Painting, Paper
Hanging, Frescoing, Etc.
SALINE, - MIOH.
w.
M.'BRIGGS,
Practical Painter.
louse painting, graining, paper   hanging and
kalsomlning.    All work promptly and
neatly   done,  and   satisfaction
guaranteed,
SALINE, - - MIOH.
r^AN DUZER'S
Barber Shop.
fair Cutting.    Shaving,   Shampooing   and   aij
Work in the Barber Line.
Bath room iu connection.   Hot or cold baths at
A. B. VAN DUZER.
MIOH.
ny times.
SALINE,
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A. MILLER & §QN.
(Successorsto J. A. Alber).
Iai*w©2?y, S"^sd and
Sale ^We,
First-class rigs at reasonable rates.
Commercial travalers and their baggage parried to and from adjoining
.owns with promptness and at living
rates.
Old   Warner   Honae Barn,
SALINE, - - MICH.
»John Banmgardner,
(Succetssp * to Anton ¥isleO
 DKil^H EST —
foreign and American
t'        Marble,
Gifanite and   Building
stone.
/ Corner of Detroit and Catherine Sts.
''7ANN ARBOR MICH.
S.IJOSENHAN5'
REPAIRING* DONE     ON     SHORT
NOTICE.
All'Mndsjof Forging, Repairing Horseshoeing,
mil Rongra} Johbihg.
jATISFACrriO?!:*QUARA.STEED"and prices rea:
Sopable.    Sl&'p   on   -\Ifit Arbor street,,
How tlie   Old  Xear Went   and  tlie New
Tear   Came.
Hark and listen, my dear, to tlie music I hear;
'Tis the wild, merry music of clamorous bells.
Soft and low from o'erhead comes a dirge for
the dead.
Then a liymii of thanksgiving that rises and
swells.
For an old year has gone like a shadow at
dawn,
Eeluctantly, shiveringly, outof our life.
Ha|f in hoj e, half in fear, enters in the New
Year.
Ah, but what does he bring us?  God only
knows, wife.
How the years come and go with their sunshine and snow,   -
How the graves ripple up from the sod in
their path.
How the summers drift by like white clouds
o'er the sky.
Then give way to the tempests that rise in
their wrath;
How tlie world comes aud goes like the tide as
it flows,
With its rise aud its fall ou eternity's shore.
How the coffin and pall cast their shadows
o'er all,
'Till the Master writes "finis" and closes life's
door.
near Main.
5AWNE,
MIGHT
HOW THE OLD YEAR WEST.
When you were fast asleep last night;
Au old man, withered, bent and gray.
Wont stealing out from mortal sieht,
And carric i with him yesterday.
His steps were feeble, old and slow.
His head was bowed as if in prayer;
Ho seemed retacumt still to no,
Aud lK-ut beneath hi$ load of care.
The moonbeams, with a silv'ry sheen.
Had covered mountain, vale and hill;
Frost's icy fetters held the stream
And kept it's murm'rtaT music still.
In solemn silenQo lay the deep,
Save for a low. sad monoloue,
Ihe echo of tho tempest's sweep.
That shook King Neptuno's coral throne.
He paused beside a wicket gate
Beyond whose palo thick darkness lay;
Again lie seemed to hesitate.
As thouuh his thoughts wero far away.
He bent his head as If to hear
The Joyous bells that loudly rang,
Then surauk away as if iu fear;
The gate s« ung tu with noisy clang.
HOW THE SEW YEAR CAME.
I sat dreaming by the gleaming of a fire that
to my scemiug
Held a host of phuutom fancies that the year
had left behind,
When I hcanl above the rocking of my chair
a gentle knocking.
As of someone lightly tapping, tapping at my
window blind.
Not a whisper did I utter as I opened wide the
shutter.
And there entered at my casement just a
merry laughing child;
In his arms he held to-morrow's full of sun
shine and of sorrows,
And a leaf that justturned over was by writing undefiled.
Who are you? I whispered  lightly, and  hia
blue eyes sparkled brightly
As he auswercd;   'Tm the New Year sent to
earth by *Father Time,
Hear the bells that pextou's swinging greet
me with their noisr ringing.
Let me introduce myself, sir, I am IS!)* "
Still the bells kept up their chiming and 1
heard above their rhyming
The glad anthem of au angel baud that hung
above the earth.
As the boy bent dowu to listen.1 could see the
teardrops glistea
In his eyes for tho bright promise that the
be.ls gave back iu mirth.
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THE AXGELS' SOXO.
Oil, ye peonle, give thanks
For a new year is born.
Oh, ye shadows, be ak ranks
On the breast of the stormt
And oh, darkness, beaone
For thy mission shall cease,
'Tis a promise of dawn
On the white wiug of peace.
To thy God give tlie praise
For the good He has wrought*
For the beautiful days
That his angels have brought.
For the swift marching years
Shall a nation pass by
With their chariot of tears
As they tramp through the sky,
Happy New Year be thine,
Oh, ye people of earth;
From thy hand Father Time
Scatter jewels of mirth,
Bid thy readers prepare
•Eor a harvest of gold.
So God answered the prayer
01" His people of old.
See a faiut streak of dawn lightly lays on tlie
lawn
Where the show like a blaufcet came dowaiu
the uight.
The old year has gonebyas a-cloud o'er the
sky,
Aud a New Tear is lorn.with the morn's earlv
light.
Happy New Tear tie thine—'tis a promise di-
Tinci
Then ring out, ye glad bells, in your wild,
merry mirth.
Bid the shadows break ranks while to God we
give thanks
For a glad Happy New Tear that dawns upon
earth.
HER  CHRISTMAS EYE.
I walked through the brightly lighted streets with sorrow in my heart,
turning my face bravely away from
the store windows filled" with holiday
treasures. It would be a sorry Christmas for me to-morrow, for I had just
been discharged from the modiste's
where I had been employed. I thought
of my poor bed-ridden mother and my
poor little motherless wards, Effie and
Carl, who wonld expect a few toys and
a box of candy. There would be no
presents for any of us to-morrow.
When 1 got home 'and told mother
and Nan the trouble there were some
sad faces and a few tears.
"Well, you'll have to send Pierre
Belton's children to the poorhouse,"
said Nan. "My wages will keep us
until you can get another place, though
the times are hard."
I looked at Carl and Effie.fast asleep
in the trundle - bed,' their baby hair
spread out like aureoles of gold on the
pillow, their cheeks redder than any
roses. The helpless orphan babes of
Pierre Belton, who had been engaged
to me—ah! it seemed such a long, long
while ago—before our troubles came.
And then Effle's and Carl's mother
came with her fatal beauty, and he
married her, and when she died he left
the children at school and sailed away
on that long voyage from which he
never came back. Well, of course, I
couldn't see them taken to the poor-
house, and now they seemed almost to
me like my own.
••Oh, Nannie!" I cried, wringing my
hands. "Oh.Nannie, I can't part with
thera!"
"You'll have to, Phebe," said my
sister.
''■I am afraid, my dear, that Nan is
right," said my mother, with sympathetic moisture in her eyes. "They
are dear little children, but "
"In the poorhouse!" I cried. "Effie.
with her curls cut short, and Carl in a
coarse blue charity suit!   Never!"
"Well," said Nan, coldly, "if you
prefer to beg "
"But it won't be begging," said I.
"If you are not willing that I should
stay"here I will engage a room by myself. I can easily get jet beads to sew
on lace and gimp and fringe, and the
children can help me. We ean live
very plainly."
"Oh, Phebe!—oh, my   dear!"   cried
mother—"I am sure Nannie don't mean
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"Yes, I do," said Nan, severely. "I
mean that Phebe has no right to expect us to indulge in the luxury of
charity when we ourselves are so
poor."
Just then mv eyes caught sight of
the two pair of neatly darned brown
yarn stockings hung on nails on either
side of the chimney, with the inscription, "For Santa Clans to please not to
forget!" penciled on a scrap of paper
and pinned to each.
■■Mother!" cried I. ''Nan, look at
those! Remember who was a child,
also, near 1900 years ago. No; I can't
I won't give up Carl and Effie, who
have no one to love them but me."
Mother cried, too. Dear mother,
she had a soft heart of her own, and
the little ones were very dear to her.
But Nan's face was like adamant.
Late as it was. I crept out with a
little brooch which my father had
given to me when I was 12 years old,
and sold it for $1. And with the money
J bought a few nuts, apples and
oranges, a picture primer for Effie and
the coveted comforter for Carl.
"You are a fool," said Nan, angrily,
when I came in. "To-morrow evening we part company. Mother can go
with me or stav with yon, as she sees
fit."
"Oh, Nan," said I, piteously, ''do
not let us quarrel on Christmas  eve."
I had packed the" little   things   into '
the stockings as well as I   could,    and
was sitting looking sadly at the   little
dimpled  faces   when   there   came  a
knock at the door.
"Come in," said I, listlessly.
And in walked a bluff. brown-faCed
man, bundled in costly furs until lis
looked almost like a. biped bear. In'
his arms he carried packages,innumerable,
"A merry Christmas, Phebe!" said
he. "Why. my girl, you haven't
changed n whit. And these are the
children, eh?"
Little Eflie, roused by the banging
Of tho door, and the sound of strange
voices, sat up in the trundle bed, pushing the Vellow hair out of her eyes.
"Is it Santa Claus?" said she.
drowsily,    (And really the idea-wasn't
"JSo, little one." said he, catching
her; up in his arms. "It's your father.
Phebe Wilde," he added, "turning to
me with a choking voice. "I've heard
it all—how you, and you alone of all
my former friends, were willing to
save my babes from the poorhouse,
when everybody thought the rattlebrained Sailor was buried fathoms
deep -in an ocean cave. Ah, I might
have known you were as true as steel
and .as generous as gold. But, please
God, Phebe, I'll make it up to you
now."
* Eor Pierre Belton had come back
rich, and in those multitudinous packages were scented India shawls, carved
ivory chessmen, boxes of perfumed
wood, crinkled China crepes and expensive eastern fabrics. And little
Effie, who had dropped to sleep again
in her father's arms, told Carl the
next day "that she had really and
truly see.u Santa Clans in the night."
' And the little stockings were stuffed
so full that Carl never expressed a
doubt of the fact.
So I left Nannie and the old rooms
after all, with Carl and Eflie, but it
was not in anger. For Pierre took me
away and we were married. And the
days of trouble and want are over; but
if I live to be 100 years old I shall
never, never forget that blessed Christmas eve.—Boston Globe.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, county of Washtenaw.
ss. At a session of the Probate Court for the
Count}' of Washtenaw, holden at the Probafe
Office in the City of Ann Arbor, on Monday, the
fifth day of December, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-two.
Present. J. "Willard Babbitt, Judge of Probate.
. In the Matter of the Estate of William Donaldson,deceased.' On reading and filing the petition,
duly verified, of GomstockF. Hill,administrator,
praying that he may be licensed to sell the Heal
Estate whereof said deceased died seized for distribution.
Thereupon il is ordered, that Tuesday, the
third day of January next at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of
said petition, and that the heirs at law of said deceased, and all other persons Interested in said
estate, are required to appear at a session of said
Court, Chen to be holden at the Probate Office,
in the City of Ann Arbor, and show cause. If
am- there he. why the prayer of the petitioner
should not be granted: And it is further ordered
that said petitioner give notice to the persons
interested in said estate, of tne pendency of said
petition, and the hearing thereof, by causing a
copy Of this Order to be published In the Sauxk
Observer a newspaper printed and circulating in
said county three successive weeks previous to
said day of hearing.
[A. true copy ]        J. WILLARD BABBITT.
"Wm. G Doty. Judge of Probate.
Probate Register. 10
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THE STORE
3 GRAND CHRISTMAS SALES
Bress Goods, Cloaks and Carpets.
Final Absolute Closing Out Sal<
75 Cloaks, worth $6 to 7.50 for 3.75.
100 Cloaks, worth $10, for 6.50
200 Cloaks, worth $15 and 20, for 11.75
Seal Plush SaeQues, worMi$25,26.50, 3'i
33, 35,37.50, for 18
No Garment i:.n the house will be sold fi
more than $18
The 2 Ply Best Lowells Carpets.
AIL wool extra 2 ply, worth 75c, for 57c '
Hartford extra heavy all wool 2 ply, worth
75c, tor 55c
Bromleys all wool 3 ply Agra weave Car
pet, the best in the world, worth $1, for 69c
Body Brussels, worth $1.25, for 85e
All other Carpets proportionately low to
close the season
put me in'niind of a new ad.    Well,what can I say?   Now   that the election
excitement is over  and everything running smoothly   again,  I  will
merely say. come to our store and see for yourself arid see how full
of seasonable goods in all the different lines it'is.
Fine Shoes of all descriptions;  Warm Shoes for old and yonno- and in fact
BOOTS AND SHOES
for everybody—to suit the times aud poeketbooks of all,   Now you all know
oui stock of '        ■"••
TEAS AND COFFEES' '
ean not be beat in this or any otusr marKot and in everything pertaining to
tho Grocery Line.    Our stoek is always full of the choicest.    Now"
last but not lea^t our
All I can s;iv come in ami sho and <retpriet« hafore buying.    The fine China
ware can11 help but please yon—all kinds in sets or single.    Toilet sets
from .§2 to S8     Tea Sets very cheap and in fact all sets very cheap.
Lamps of all descriptions and style-*  from   the  little Nutmeg
lamp to the large Vase and Banquet lamps.    Come
and see tiiem.
Soliciting a share or your patrouasro,! remain,
Yours Respectful ly."
ID.    WIS
Bring along your Butter  and  Eg-gs  and see
many goods they will get for you.
goin^ to bring roe a nice (Jold Watch.    He buys all his Jewelry ol'
who "aslhe finest line of
adies5 and Gents' Gold Watche
1o  be  found >mtsirie]the Inr^e cities.    They are dandies,    Nfcv
palU'rn c'isPS and h ig grad" luovmiients.
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his afeaorinu'lit is <"twiiplclt».
pectacfes. aTwl Nose Glasses,
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