Thermometer Sub - cellars are ripe in the Land of Mears

Wednesday night was Howard Pechumer's birthday party . The Myers and Knapps came in a bob . The McClennan's to . The Lambrix's used a cutter . The Goits used their feet . Gale Shafer came on the wind . Frank Riggs left his rig at home . Roy Pechu- mer came on his hands and knees . We hear Al Urtel slid down hill on his pants bottom . Victor and Elmer said the wind was Pearson . Mrs : McClennan came with her Bob . You would have loved to be there too to watch Nellie Lambrix jump when you said November , to watch Hazel Meyer scramble for different seat when you bellowed September , to venture August and watch the sedate seriousness of June McClennan walking so straight with her waxen face and flaxen hair . And when they called Calendar Up- set there was a great confusion owing to a changing of chairs .

Quantity of loose hay for sale . Nels Anderson , $ 15 a ton . Who are the ten most beautiful married women in Hart ? This is the question we have been trying to decide for the last month . And now we are going to ask your help . We are going to have a prize contest and ask you , anybody , man , woman or child , to send in ten nominations . Our committee will consider the names suggested and look the women over . And then when the list is announced week after next , the people who sent in the lists con- taining the largest percentage of chosen women will get the prizes . If your list contains eight of the women finally accepted you will get eighty per cent , seven , seventy per cent , and so on . Now we want to see if you are a good judge of beauty . So send in your lists . Contest closes February 10th . First prize a half - pound box of candy 2nd prize , a pound box of candy .

Fred Kokx , the eminent meat - cutter , has been feeling down in the mouth and down in the throat and down in bed and his liver wasn't very joyful either .

So did Gertrude Augur

( sheezadear . )

Eva Hanson doesn't want your house to burn up on a cold Saturday night without any insurance . See her for all kinds of coverage except bed blankets .

Who is sick ? To Wienerts we go for hospital supplies

Baby Chicks for 1923

From our famous English - American Single Comb White Leghorns hens . In their pullet year they averaged 178 1-2 eggs per bird . Every egg we hatch is from our stock . We have a hatch com- ing off every week beginning March 12. Call and see us or send for our circular showing our won- derful plant .

Laros Bros. Poultry Farm , Hart , Mich .

Wall - paper ? Decorating done with the least annoyance and mess . Best grade of paste used . Paper hung true , patterns care- fully matched , seams neatly smoothed so they do not shine or show . My charge is 60c an hour ? Why pay more ? Doty , R3 , Hart .

Jim Meese is now going with Edith Treat and they were church Sunday night . Jim is a stage actor and his heart affairs spread with as much rapid wildfire as the engagement of Charlie Chaplin or Valentino .

I wonder if Zina Fenner wears her electric belt to the Garver school every day . Yet a few weeks and March will come and Faye Wright and her husband James Robinson Studley will depart for their new farm at Greenville . Faye would like to take Julia a- long with her so she could keep an eye on her . But Julia doesn't want any eye kept on her . She might consent to go to live with sister Alice .

We will meet each other in Shelby up at the Mid - winter Rally in the high school magnificent on Thursday and Friday and Saturday , Feb. 8,9,10 la's free by day but it costs money by night .

Entered as second - class mail matter August 8th , 1914 at the post office Meara . Michigan under et March 2 , 1878 .

Come in and look at our new spring samples and order your new suit . See us for dyeing and dryclean- ing . Cloth covered dress buttons . A. V. Funk , tailor . Art Wiedenaar of Muskegon was up to Smith's Corners Sunday to help Charlotte Boyle the coffee . Are you going to wade thru the Midwinter Alley ? A bunch of dogs had a collision with Abbie Benja- min's sheep and got some wool in their mouths .

Says LaVina Lyttle to LeRoy Willson who was steadfastly regarding her : ' Why are you chastising me with thine eyes ? ' ' Chastising ? You mean baptizing . '

Georgia Schlee's husband getting out of a job in Chicago she brought him home to go sleigh riding with the old folks .

Doris Lambrix and her dad got invited down to Mrs. Buck's for Sunday dinner . It is so easy for Mrs. Buck to get Sunday dinner . All she has to do is to run into the store and get a can of tomato soup and a package of jello off the shelf and the tea - kettle is hot .

Moving to town , I offer for sale at a bargain 90 head of English- American White Leghorn Pullets . Bred - to - lay strain . Bert Ba- shaw , Mears .

Remember Max Field when you have chickens for sale and when you wanta junk your worthless car .

Our stock of tires is complete , from 28x3 up to 36 x6 . Also a nice stock of tubes of all sizes . As tire pric- es are advancing we advise that you buy now as we have a few left at the old price . Chan Tripp , Hart

We sell the Gray car at $ 490 f . o . b . Detroit . Also the Studebaker car . We sell Havoline oil . Geo . Graff

Collins Drug Store will sell you a box of candy to send her for a val- entine . Painted frills are pretty but she can't eat them already yet .