WftfWfjfBBB jgerrien $ 9 . B ecarA HARDWARE! A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPEB. GEO. CHURCHILL. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Do you want Hardware? I f so, go where yon can —BT— get it the cheapest. JOHN G. HOLMES. Terms* s-S 1 .5 0 p erY ear. A FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK jy p itiB tS IS iDTASCB.*®t O LD S! F TUMBEK LOW FOR CASH, -V XIY. BUCHANAN, MICH., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1880. N 5. OF FIGS —Ta "Record BuUdius, Oak Street. At CHURCHILL’S. Dead August, To the captain’s great delight the Inhabitants of Britain 20,000 Years Man a Fighting Animal. Dickens’ Advice to His Son. B u s i n s s D i r e c or y * 6 -1 widow was at home, and surveyed his . Ago. D o what we w ill with him man is From “Dickens’ Letters.” n e w turnout with admiration. The naturally a fighting animal. There is BY BENJ. T. TAYLOR. harness, she thought, looked somewhat “ The Man of the Caverns” was the A delphi H otel, L iverpool, Thurs­ SOCIETIES. Bargains at Highs! subject of last night’s London Institu­ a curious autobiography to be found Xiecnliar, but she didn’ t know much day, Oct. 15, 1868.—Mx D ear Harry: tion lecture, which was delivered in in Southern bookshops, written by an Died last night at twelve o’clock about sucli tilings. O f course she I have your letter here this morning. the theatre by Prof. Boyd Dawkins, old hunter about a century ago. There The richest month of all the year, would go to ride. IIow kind of the I inclose you another check for £25, F.R.S., who fills tlie Chair of Geology is thq same thirst for blood and fierce and I write toLondon by this post or­ lie belted grain in sheaf andsliock. capttdni What a beautiful horse! love o f the chase in it as if a beast of Like gold encampments far and near. in Owen College, Manchester, lie dering three dozen sherry, two dozen ot 0 ch VfW*lv.St • Ov*V*v _ J » , ««f .n-1 She was not long in getting ready, The rose tree mourns in spider’s crape, said that while the river-drift men prey or greyhound were tolling its ort, and three dozen light claret to skkjc stan;Ii»s stt* corf’slly w *** '* « « « * S«o for expedition at such times was one story. The most amusing example is T an Stsssndxu., N. « A t half mast stands the hollyhock; of the widow’s many virtues. The and tlie cave men were livinsr in Brit­ Ee sent down to you. The rock that five leaved ivies drape ain, the liilis and valleys of the South where the old man tells how he and How, observe attentively. “W“e must captain helped her in,-and the mare Lis sons once trained some young dogs SUMMIT HODGE NO. 192, Has dared to rob some priuce of Tyre, trotted placidly off, while B ill Tyke of England presented the same out­ have no shadow o f debt. Square up T h>lUA a >r meeting everv 0I';‘ “ A nd w ear his p urple robe o f fire. lines as they did now. Could we take to hunt bears. “I put on thejskin of an sit behind, with his legs hanging over everything whatsoever that it has been “ eTetl^ onocbew e ihe lull of >be ra.vm, >c e.vh our stand in those times on Shooter’s old bear,” lie says, “and crawled on all the “stem ” o f the wagon. necessary to buy. Let not a farthing m xW .T . H- BP.BA»w».g«» The Tvely locust’s rattling watch hill or on the Essex heights,and look fours, while Eli'slia and Job drove the be outstanding on my account when Is always busy running down, It was a delightful drive. The pups on. They were scared at first, mare’s head was turned away from over tlie valley of the Thames in the we begin together with your allow­ BUCHANAN LODGE NO. 6S. The cricket sings his breathless catch, direction of London, we should sec a but presently the whole six attacked ance. Be particular in the minutest And sunflowers lift the yellow crown, home, and she behaved herself much me furiously, bit my calves, tore m y « t i w v«Ur c ts *»* tr.N Lo*i^e better than the captain had expected. dense forest of oak, ash, and Scotch fir, detail. - aT m^ Has. on FW»y .^nlog- « *r A s i f a fairy graveyard lent liair, hung on my ears. I began to The sun was setting as they turned and the course of the Thames marked I wish to have no secretsfrom youin v .r.^ tho r ;; o f tie at v o in rai-h N or.th Its slender bonds to dance a match by lines of willows and alders.. A shout ‘EnoughI’ but Lislia cried ‘Don’ t Inasim W «. ^ l'- '1C^ ^ Cieadoo's knees and elbow's bent, about to go home, and as the evening the relations we are about to establish few thin columns of smoke rising over dad, don’ t! It’s the life o f the pups.’ ” together, and I therefore send you Joe In flurries whirl,a crazy set, shadows began to fall the captain be­ He adds, “ Of course I stayed. I had a t t o r n e y s . To-click the Moorish castanet. gan to grow tender. Gradually his the tops o f tlie trees would mark the Cnitty’s letter bodily. Reading it, camping places of primeval man. In consideration for the dogs.” It takes you will know exactly what I know, arm slipped about the widow’s waist. a great deal o f training to root out L. M . PLIMPTON, Unto this August time has told Promptly she removed it. the forests wild boars, mammoths and and w ill understand that I treat you D ow n thirty p erfect days in rhyme, rhinoceroses, wild horses, stags, and this instinct from men who inherit it. with perfect confidence. It appears AtV.reev »cd Coca-wllPf at law . rail ^ iei‘ ,’’L iD “Capt.'Todd,” she exclaimed, “you Everybody knows the history of the Cara%:v Ofi-® over SOM*'* Stct* Brairara, Unsullied hours a minute old, must not, I cannot allow it.” Irish elks would meet our eyes, and iu to me that an allowance of £250 ayear Btrriaa iXuaty. Mich A minute from some celestial clime, the summer time countless herds of “fighting Quakers” during the Revo­ w ill be handsome for all your wants, Slie glanced backward at Bill Tyke, lutionary war. Many of the staid With two full moons to shine the while. who still sat, dangling his heels over bisons, like those now ranging over if I send you your wines. I mean this V A N R I P E R & WORTHINGTON, Twelve hours were silver, twelve were gold, sons of staid sires of the same faith the tailboard, in blissful unconscious­ the plains of Horthwcstern America. to include your tailor’s bills as well a..; .- . n s Ar.>; GoaaeeUars at law, ra.l Solic-tois iu Five Sabbith mornings’ peaceful smile In tlie winter were vast numbers of slipped out of meeting during the last as every other expense, aud I strongly C-rae-rv C.iKocti.-m* oi«ie and grocee a greaiptlj New Embroideries! To light the radiant weeks along, ness. war to shoulder a musket. One ven­ ^ “aUted OfflONOtvrll il K:ry a s store, m e t o “ Oh, don’ t mind him,” said the cap­ reindeer and a few musksheep, the recommend you to buy nothing in "With flush o f le a f and flight o f song. most Arctic of tbe mammalia in its erable old friend’in Germantown, Pa., Cambridge, and to take credit for ..rvS^lVtS- A A tVOUTHlSSTOS- tain. “ He don’ t see nothing.” found that three of his sons had gone Oh, queen o f months, a splendid dower “ It isn’t that,” said the widow, habits. In the rivers were otters and nothing but the clothes with which "Was thine, and yet thou couldst not wait beavers, and the explorer would be to this conflict against which his creed your tailor provides you. As soon as DAYID E. HINMAN, Mew Trimmiugs! blushing, “but—I suppose I ought to arrayed him. The youngest felt that For all this wealth one little hour, tell you—in fact I don’ t know that I startled by the snort of the hippopota­ you have got your furniture accounts Att W! et sad CoaaeeU.rat Law, aadSelicitoria Chan- But met-inevitab’e fate! mus in the reaches of the Thames near he, too, must go, hut fearing to tell in, let ns wipe all those preliminary wrv- ' C.41h'Uo- s p.:h-^5* rir-d pro e J* p-’vnsptiy re- ougli t to have come to ride with you liis family, he took his gun one day mitted. OS e in Kouelt'e ILock. Broad leaves have hid all Summer long at all—because—because-----” Brentford. Beasts of prey also abound­ expenses clean' out, and 1 then will M e w L a c e s ! A precious thing beside my gate; ed, lions, leopards, hyenas, grizzly and began to clean it, placing himself send you your first quarter. “We w ill “ ’Cause what?” asked the captain.