The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-06-13
From Bangor.

EDITOR \oRrHERNER:
Having been called to tbis village on bust
ness and yet having intervals Of leisure, L en-
ploy them by giving your readers an account
OF what may be seen here. l find on looking
over the village, evidences o. an intention TO
make this a mighty big town If it cannot be
city. / count from the steps of the Sebring
House, from Is to 80 new residences, and IN
procens of building, while great many lots
have the materials for building drawn out an
awaiting workmen. Bangor numbers among
its objects Of interests and to which the people
point with especial pride, Bank with Saving
Department, FIGURING Mill, Hotel where
they furnish the guests with excellent fried
liver, a new church nearly finished, sam
lIoppin, railroad and last of all blast furnace
of which your readers have perhaps heard be-
fore. The "Sebring House" managed by its
new landlord, keeps up its old reputation Of
being good hotel. The fired liver can't we'll
be beaten, and the dning-room girls are mod
les in their wsy but not quite so nice as the
fled liver.
Some one is building large Hotel or Board
ing House as commodious as the Duncomb
House at Decatur, with wooden frame and
brick walls. Different parties. counting on
increased population and trade, are building
three or four wooden stores. and the people
brsg that a. II. Morrison will put up quite a
large number Of brick blocks on the south side
of the river. (probably this is to match what
Nyman brags he is going to do on the north
side) Everybody IN town brags that they are
going to have the county seat here, and don't
know but they ought to have it, for it will be a
terrible dampener upon their ambition when
they lind they can't get it. Every one here
brags that they will have the largest village in
the county in very short time, but they may
fail. Nevertheless, if they will, while distend-
ing themselves es a corporation, take pains to
build more substantially than they have done
so far, grade their streets and cover the almost
bottomless sand with gravel, reconstruct their
yards, and otherwise improve the appearance
Of the village, they may safely count on having
in very few years beautiful and healty vii
lagc. as we'll as thriving business place.
"Hod' Sebring is building large storehouse
and elevator beside the Railroad snd Just
across the track from his old hotel, which will
be paying enterprise, probably.
Yesterday Mr.. samuel Hoppin showed me
two mounds IN the timber, near town, which
may be Of interest to antiquarians, il we have
anv such IN this vicinity; it might proftably
repay visit and examination. The mounds
are OF earth, situated about two rods apart,
and are about sixteen feet in diameter and Six
feet high, slightly oval IN form. One of them
has tree growing on the top and centre, which
is fully twenty inches in diameter at the base.
These mounds are supposed to be Indian
burial places. although The Bear, the old
Indian chief, from whom Bear Lake is named,
when interrogated. SAID he knew nothing
of them-that they we're there before his
time" Some persons have dug into them
! far enough to find bones, which look like
human bones: but the excavations we're very
sensibly stopped by the owner Of the land.
think all VIII admit that they should be opened,
il at all 10y scientific men, who can appreciate
and explain what they find.
Finally dear NoRTHERNER. think il would
be hard TO find in the state OF Michigan or
elsewhere a country in which each and all the
people are 70 anxious to improve thelr appear
ance, TO get ahead and better their condition
SUGAR BETTER THAN THE WHR.-A corre-
spondent Of Our Dumb Animals writes: II
have colt five years old, quite fast and high
spinted but have never struck him with the
whip since bought him last March. have
taught him to obey my slightest wish by means
OF lump sugar of which he is very fond. He
will AJAX for it by noddng his head and neigh
ing. When first had him, be would not stand
quietly for one TO get into the carriage; and
determined TO try sugar. / gave HIM lump,
and from that day to this he never offered to
move until am entirely ready. Wasn't that
better than whipping2"