| Show ANN ARBOR interesting koscs from educational cradle correspondence of the towards the latter part of last week farmers and fruit growers in michigan were looking rather glum over the prospects of another dry season with last years drouth that mined much of the fruit crop and all the potato and corn crops fresh in their memories there was cause for dread came and went edth out rain but sunday brought a wel como shower not much indeed but yet enough to savo the ripening berries from drying on the bushes and give to the vegetables and corn another weeks lease of life with plenty of rain no place in the union would make better homes than southern michigan but it becomes undesirable enough in times of drouth there is quite a calm on the political sea at present a kind of lull before the coming storm everybody looks for exciting times this fall both parties will make a desperate struggle for supremacy the democrats have ratified with promptness and vim the st louis nominations but the republicans have not yet raised much spirit over the work of the chicago convention it must be that michigan republicans feel rather sore over the cold treatment alger received with the present presidential tickets michigan is thought by some to be a doubtful state inclining democratic ann arbor at present is very dull two thousand students withdrawing their patronage for the sommer vacation almost kills business the glorious came and wont as come and go other days well I 1 believe a few small boys did shoot off some fire crackers but other than that there was not even a show of a celebration at present a dime circus is all the rage and judging from the conage it just about suits the average citizen yesterday however a far more elevating and beneficial attraction called the people out the utah exhibition car was visited by hundreds while it stood on tho side track at the michigan central depot the specimens 0 mineral ores and manufactured products were beautifully displayed in ruckle mounted cases while views of salt lake city and provo pictures of mountain scenery and other works of art helped to decorate the car it was interesting and not a little amusing to loiter in the groups of talkers both in and out of the car and listen to their comments some depreciated everything some were pleased with one thing and others with another while not a foward nothing but words of praise one elderly gentleman was very prolific with explanations of everything in and around salt lake city he had lived there one year and knew all about it Ye the identical boot says he as ho pointed to a heavy pair of no 11 with the word utah tacked on the soles thas about the only kind you get out there my wife told me that I 1 could come down to see the car but go to utah remarked a flush business looking man who was holding a halfbreed negro boy of 5 or 6 years by the hand this its my son said the same individual soon after in answer to alie question as to whom he had there 0 O if that horrid bug is out there I 1 go this speaker was a fair young girl of not more than thirty winters she was leaning delicately on her loners arm and pointing to an innocent trout fly that had accidentally got into the car one of our principal book dealers was heard to say that the cormons mormons Mor mons had the best state in the union the only objection another person had was that there ho could not vote tor president A lady thought the exhibit was simply lovely but said that many of those things can be raised right hero in michigan ann arbor papers make favorable mention many expressions of surprise at the present growth and future prospects of our territory were made by wealthy and influential citizens MICHIGAN july |
