Enos Martin is showing visitors to his farm near Benzonia, Mich., what he thinks will be the greatest horticultural curiosity in the country.
Last June, when the big wind cut through Benzie County, it hit Enos’ peach orchard. After the storm, Enos discovered a stem of a weed driven entirely through the body of one of his best peach trees.
This spring Enos found the weed stem was putting out leaves. He has discovered that it is a milkweed, and he thinks it will unite with the peach, and that next August he can serve peaches and cream from the same tree.
Keen-eared Night Captain.
But for the acute hearing of Night Captain Bert Weare, of Minneapolis, Minn., John Kent might not be occupying a cell in the city jail. He is charged with petty larceny.
Kent was arrested in company with A. W. Hinkley on complaint of E. G. White. White said he met the men in the morning, and that while he dozed in a chair in a saloon, his watch was stolen. He accused Kent.
Kent was searched at police headquarters but the watch was not found. The police were about to turn the men loose, when Captain Weare said he heard a watch ticking. The ticking was traced to Kent’s left sock. White and Hinkley were held as witnesses.
Farmers Strong with Autos.
An interesting fact connected with the figures compiled by the assessors in Atchison County, Kan., is that two-thirds of the automobiles in the county are owned by farmers. The aggregate value of the machines in the county is $174,111, or $311 apiece.