1892-10-27; Saline Observer

              The Saline Obse
A. J. WARREN. Publisher.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1892.
YOL. XIII.--NO. 1.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PROFESSIONAL.
rf   E. JONES.
Attorney at Law.
All Business attended to with Promptness and
Care.   Office on McKay street,
SALINE,
MICH.
p    R. WILLIAMS
Attorney at Law,
Especial attention paid to Pension Claims of all
kinds.   Newcomb.Block,
MILAN, - - MICH.
rr   A. NICHOLS, WI. D.,
JPHTSIC1AN and SUKGEON.
Office atNicho.s Ires', drug store.
SALINE, - MICH.
p   F. UNTERKIRCHER, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours.
Office In Hauser block, Chicago street.
|^SALINE, -       - MICH.
D   W. CHANDLER, Nl  O.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Hffiee on Adrian Street, first door sour . of the
Wallace Blook,
SALINE, -        • MICH.
p   C, SUM3HT,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of CUicago Veterinary College,
[.■■•mlenee M miles east of Pennington s Oor-
iieva-   Civil* may be lejt at either of the
Spores at tlie Corners.    All calls
"promptly attended to,
MACON, - - MICH.
MISCELLANEOUS.
vyATERWIAN'S
PHOTOGUAPR GALLERY.
(Hiss Gillett's old stand.)
WIU be in Saline every Wednesday and shall be
3lea.il to meet all in need of work m my line.
3all aud see samples of our work.
7   CORDON,
F.
The Pioneer Painter.
Over Forty Years Experience.
Carriage, Sign and Ornamental Painting, Paper
Hanging, Frescoing, Etc.
SALINE, - MICH.
err   M. BRIGGS,
Practical Painter.
louse painting, graining, paper   hanging and
kalsomining.    All work promptly and
neatly   done,  and   satisfaction
guaranteed,
SALINE, - - MIOH.
yAN DUZER'S
Barber Shop.
fair Cutting.    Shaving,   Shampooing  and   all
Work in the Barber _ine.
Bath room iu connection.   Hot or cold baths at
„y tiiut-s. A. B. VAX _ UZER.
SALINE, - - MICH.
A. MILLER & SON.
(Successors to J. A. Alber).
Liivs_?y, JPeed and
Sale Stable,
First-class rigs at reasonable rates.
Commercial travelers and their baggage carried to and from adjoining
.owns with promptness and at living
rales.
Qld    .fame-    l_a .$e Barn,
SALINE, r - MlgH,
NEIGHBORHOOD GLEANINGS.
lota Baamgariner,
(Sucoessit   to Anton F4-slf_>
 _-DKA.fi. IS	
Foreign 3-nd American
_-3@rb!$,
Granite gnc.   Building
ston ..
Sorper of Detroit and Catherine Sts.
ANN ARBOR MICH.
Newsy Notes and Occasional Occurrences
from our Near Neighbors.
S. JOSENHANS'
Many of the University students are
making preparations to gohome to vote.
Measles and whooping cough are
making it livelyrfor the Tecumse"h high
school.
There are now 2,504 students enrolled in the different departments at the
University.
One of the best eol traps in the county is the water wheel of the electric
plant at Manchester.
It is reported that two car loads of
sleighs are shipped daily from ft factory
at Wayne. It is evident that some one
has faith to believe that a real old
timer of a winter is approaching.
Britton has had a narrow escape from
a doctor, who threatened to locate
there. He was finally persuaded to
turn Mmself loose on Cone station and
Britton will remain healthy.—Adrian
Press,.
It is stated that Yale has about
1,550 students enrolled, Cornell the
same, Oberlin 1,300, the University of
Pennsylvania 2,100, and the University
of Illinois 700.—Courier.
When, oh when,will our enterprising
council repair the horsewalk on Lane
street, or order it torn out altogether.
—Biisslield Advance.
Perhaps the council would let the
editor walk on the people's sidewalk,
till the horsewalk is repaired.—Adrian
Press.
Chas. Dietas, of Ann Arbor, being
wearied and tired in trying lo look
over the high board fence of his neighbor, Mrs. Haas, took revenge and
entered com plaint in circuit court. His
ease was sustained, the case tried and
Mrs. H. ordered to remove the barricade inside twenty days.
On Monday evening, some thief stole
twenty-five bushels of corn from the
field of Michael Braun, on the Whitmore Lake road. The thief's horse and
wagon were traced half a mile towards
Whitmore Lake. It had then turned
around and come towards this city,
towards which it was tracked for a
couple of miles, when the tracks were
obliterated by passing vehicles. Several.other farmers have recently suffered similar losses.—Argus.
Thirteen has always been considered
by the superstitious, as an unlucky
number,and now another instance showing the correctness (?). of this idea has
just come to pass. At Chicago the
other day twelve persons .entered an
elevator on the seventh lioor of a building, to descend. The elevator had not
started yet,wheu the thirteenth person
entered it.   At that inonieiit the elevat-
«
or with its thirteen passengers started
on a mad rush for the basement oF the
building. Ho one was killed, but one
hoy suffered a broken thigh aid
several cuts about tho face. Who now
will dare to contradict the assertion
that the number thirteen is an uulucky
number?—North ville Record.
For years and years the country
publisher, that poor, impecunious
mortal known as the country editor,
wept and wailed for a share of the, legal
printing from the probate otlice and
until Hon. Thos. L- Patterson was
elected eight years ago, the paper published outside pt Pontiac that printed
a probate legal was yet to be born.
When Mr. Patterson took the reins a
change \y;.s mado and the party that
p;\y§ for tho publishing oi a notice now
oan say where he*d like to have it printed. For this reason alone, Hon. Thos.
L. Patterson has and should have the
whole and hearty support of every
printer in tho county.—Birmingham
T3o.ontrl3.
-forthville Record; "The bicycle was
put to a new and novel use near Pen tint-
one day last, week. T>Vo young men of
that ciry, while taking nn outing >m
tht-U' whadts, »e.i< Ulvmi-sham, th-j
911 .oLin.iH'ed n farijut driving alloc . of
sbeap, The sheep began to run wild,
and the leader started down the rond
foUowt-d by the Hock, going in a direction directly opposite from wh;>t the
former wanted. Tho i-yi-lists came to
the rescue. On their swirt wheels they
ovevtook and heuded off tlie lleeiug
sheep, rounding i hem up in true western style, A few squaeks on the unearthly bloyole alarm started them in
the right direction and the farmer soon
had the satisfaction of seeing his flock-
safely iu the field. Every farmer
should have a bicycle.
REPAIRING   DONE     ON     SHORT
NOTICE.
All kinds of Forging, Repairing Horseshoeing,,
*nd general Jobbing.
S-TISFACTION GUARANTEED and prices rca-
,-    sonable.     Shop   on   Ann Arbor street.
near Main.
SALINE,
MICH
Registration Notice.
The Board of Registration will be in
session at the town clerks offlce in
Saline on S-iturday Nov. 5th, 1892,
from, nine o .lock in th . morning until
live o'clock in the afternoon.
David S___ts,Glerk.
BIllG-IT AND OLA.
She followed him all day like a little
dog. If he ran, she ran, fell and
scrubbed her knees, cried and was
lifted up again. Thus it went on from
the week ."beginning to its end.
He grew tired of her and would have
liked to run away from her. But he
did not dare, for she was his master-
daughter and he was—well, there was
the rub—he did not know who he was.
He woke tip one day and found himself born. The sky was above him
and there would have been earth beneath his feet if he had not pointed
them in the wrong direction. He was
christened in a random way Ola, and
was put on the parish, as they say.
Jens Oestrud took him as his share
of the parish burdens. When he was
6 years old he could be made useful
enough to  earn his food and shelter.
Jens Oestrud then wanted to send
him away, but his little daughter Bir-
git was so fond of him that he decided
to keep him.
When Ola was 12 years old he could
kick a cap from a nail high above his
head. Birgit was so fond of Ola that
everything he did seemed admirable.
Once she said a bad word and Ola was
whipped for it.
So Ola was sent to the mountains;
he roamed with his Alpine horn over
the wide mountain plains, ate berries,
caught fish, set traps and was happy.
He hardly thought once of the little
girl down in the valley.
One day late in the summer she came
up to the dairy with her mother. She
was <jarried up on horseback: in a basket. When she saw him she flung herself down upon the grass and screamed
with delight.
But when her mother had reached
the hut she ran up to him and hugged
him. While the cattle were being
milked he went to look after his things.
She followed him, proud in the
thought that he tolerated her.
"Look here," he cried, lifting up a
brown hare, "isn't that a big fellow?"
"What is it," she asked.
"It is a hare."
"No, it isn't a hare. A hare is
white."
"It is brown in summer. It changes
its skin."
"Has he two skins, one inside tha
other?"
Instead of answering he took his
knife and cut the hare's skin.
"No," he said, "he hasn't got mor'n
one."
* * * . *        *
The time came when he had to go to
the parson to prepare for confirmation.
It so happened that she went the same
year.
But, though he had a coat now, it
was a cast-off one of Jens Oestrud's.
which was much too big for him. Hht
boots, too, had seen better days before
tlioy made his acquaintance.
He walked aside from the rest; his
ears burned when any one looked at
him. If any one dared to mock him
he used a pair of fists that inspired respect.
He was a handsome enough lad and
finely made, but his clothes aud his
frowsy hair made him look ugly.
Heavy thoughts came to him and a
fierce, defiant spirit was kindled within
him.
It was at such a time that Birgit
sought him and spoke kindly ta him,..
"You mustn't mind the girls," she,
said;, "they laugh at; eveiwthing. They
don't mean anything by it. It i.s. just
a way they have."
"Somebody mil came to harm, if yon
do it." he answered, fiercely,
"That is foolish talk," she gently
remonstrated. "I know yon too well,
Ola.    You wouldn't harm me."
"Ah, yon don't understand me," he
said.    "It's no use talking."
"Oh, yes, 1 do understand you, Ola,"
she replied, with a smile, "and 1 wish
yon would let me say one thing to you
before I go.JI
"Say it."
"I wish—I wish," she stammered,
while a quick blush came to her cheeks.
"No, I think I won't say it, after all,"
she finished, and turned to go.
"Yes, say it," he entreated, seizing
her hand.
"Well, I—I wish you could do as the
hare, change your skin."
She drew her hand away from his
and ran down the hillside, so that the
stones and dry leaves flew about her.
That night he picked a quarrel with
Thorger Sletten, who was said to be
attentive to Birgit, aud thrashed him.
All the following winter he kept watch
of her from afar aud picked quarrels
with everybody whom she seemed to
favor.
"Change my skin," he pondered.
"Change "my skin like tho hare. How,
oh, hoW can I do it?"
This thought followed him day and
night. One day. in the spring, an
emigrant ship bound for America appeared at the inoutli of the river.
Ola packed  together  his few traps :
and went up to Oastrud's to say good- j
by.   He met Birgit in the birch grove .
belling the  barn.     It was  the time
when""the buds were bursting and the
swallows had just returned.
"Well, Ola, where are you going?"
she asked, as she saw  him  coming,
with bundle and staff in hand.
"To America."
"America!" she cried.    "America!"
The answer seemed to -frighten her.
She turned pale and caught hold of a
birch tree for support. He watched
her narrowly.
"What are you going to do in America, Ola?" she asked, softly.
"Change my skin," he replied, with
a vigor that startled her. "And if I
come within five years with a changed
skin will you wait for me?"
"I promise," she whispered, weeping
quietly upon his shoulder.
Five years from tnat day a young
man was seen hastening up the hillside
to Oestrud's. He had a big slouch
hat on his head and was well dressed.
His face was strong, square and determined, his eyes danced with joy,
for in his pocket he had a royal marriage license, with which he meant to
surprise somebody up at Oestrud's
farm. It was five years to-day since
he left her and it was five years she
had promised to wait for him.
For this hour he had toiled, saved
and suffered for tive long, weary years.
He had been a silver miner in Lead-
ville when the place was yet new and
he had sold his claim for §50,000.
As he was hurrying along an old
woman who was sitting by the roadside hailed him.
"Gentlefolks out walking to-day?"
she said, holding ont her hand for a
penny.
"Gentlefolks?" he cried, with happy
laugh. "Why, Gurid, I am Ola, who
used to herd cattle at Oestrud's
dairy."
"You Ola, who was on the parish?
Then you must have changed your
skin." ,
"That was what I went to America
for," he answered, laughing.
The church lay half-way lip the hillside. There Ola sat down to rest, for
he had walked far and was tired.
Presently he heard music up under the
ledge of the forest; there was one clarinet and several fiddles.
A bridal party! Yes, there was the
bride, with a silver crown upon her
head and shining brooches upon her
bosom.
Tho procession came nearer. Now
the master of the ceremonies opened
the church doors wide and went to
meet the bride and groom.
Ola sat still as a rock, but a strange
numbness came over him. As the
party drew near to the gate of the
churchyard ho arose and stood tall and
grave, iu the middle of the road.
Then came Birgit Oestrud and Thorger Sletten. She looked pale and sad,
he defiant.
"You didn't expect me to your wedding, Birgit Oestrud?" he said, and
stared hard at her. She gave a scream;
the crown fell from her head; she
rushed forward and flung her arms
about his neck.
"Now. come," he cried, "who ever
dare, and I'll make a merry bridal."
Jens Oestrud stepped forward and
spoke. His voice shook with wrath
and the veins swelled  upon his brow.
"Here I am" he said. "If you want
the girl you shall fight for her."
"Not with vou, old man," retorted
Ola, "but with Thorger I'll fight. Let
him come forward."
The bridal guests made a ring on
the green and the bridegroom came
slowly forward.
"Hard luck," he said, "to have to
fight for your bride on vour wedding-
day."
Fight? Birgit, who in her happiness
had been blind and deaf, woke up*with
a start. She unwound her arms from
Ola's neck-aud stepped up between the
two men.
"Oh, do not fight, do not light!" she
entreated, holding out her hands first
to one claimant ;\m\ then 1° tlie other,
"Yoi\ know, father, for whom I have
waited far- these five years. Yon know
whom I havo loved since I was a child.
But yon usod force against mo and
threats. __ow \\e has come, back, I
am no longer afraid of you."
"AY'haav_r will be my wedding guest
lot him follow!" shouted Ola,'"for I
have iu my hand a royal license
to marry Birgit, Jens Oestrud's
daughter."
"All that money can buy yon shall
have," he added. "I'll make a wedding
the fame of which shall be heard in
seven parishes around."
He took his bride's arm and marched
boldly into the church.
The wedding folks looked at Jens
Oestrud, who was venting his wrath
upon the groom.
"You coward!" he yelled, "you let
ths) girl be suatched away l.ifore your
very nose. I am glad enough to be
rid of such a son-in-law. Come, folks,
we'll have our wedding yet. A girl
beloags to him who can .catch her."
With a wrathful snort he stalked iu
throu_h the open church door and the
wedding guests slowly followed.—Boston Globe"
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