The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-22
HARTFORD LOCALS.
T Own Correspondent

From Our Own Correspondent.
Several days last week tho road running easi
appeared like q funeral procession, 1t was &c
filed with teams coming into town, aad ouI
village presented lively appearance. Busl-
ness seems to be reyiving since the bursting OF
the greenback soap bubble.
A small building Of Stckney a Hinckley has
been moved on to Main street, opposite the
Post Office, which is to be occupied by John
Holmes, the barber. Few towns, think, can
boast OF so intelligent and gentlemanly barber
as Hartford.
G. f. Young is raising the roof and otherwise
improving his building in the southwest part
OF town. We understand he intends moving
into it. His wife has just returned from q
visit to Dstroit.
The brick saloon is being rapidly pushed,
preparatory to its winters work-the manu-
factory OF more drunkards. We hope IL will
soon be in running order, as we feel anxious
in these hard times, as winter approaches to
see some enterprise go into operation, whereby
our poor citizens may be furnished with bread
and butter.
Our heart was panied to-day as we saw a
young man. Zone OF our former citizens who
has lately returned from the west to dwell with
his aged mother) with his feet all tangled up
and bis eyes looking like two bullet holes, try
ing, as he went backward two steps and for
ward one, to find his way home. And our
tenderest sympathies went out toward that
feeble mother as wo thought how she would
feel to see her youngest, brightest hope thus
degenerated into babbling fool And again
cried curses on the demon Rum.
Mr.. Dade our present Commissioner, is ma
teraly improving our streets and sidewalks In
different parts OF town. II our Marshal was as
thorough On officer our streets would not be
so often disgraced by loud profane and dis
graceful language, as we'll as drunken rows
On saturday last there was quite racket in
front of the Poet Office, and the P. NJ. unable
to stand 1t any longer, had to constitute HIM
self Marshal and go out and order Judson to
simmer down. Too much poor whiskey.
Two lyceums are now in progress. The
question to be discussed by the adults on We'd
nesday evening next, is, Resolved, that the
elective franchise should be extended to those
Ouiy WIZ CAL thcuseiFco ny
We say yes. That's step III the right direc-
ton. We have always believed IN proviso in
this matter of franchise in favor of common
education and common sense instead OF sex.
Could we disfranchlse the ignorant and en-
franchise the intelligent OF either sex, we
should have a far more perfect government.
Ii there Is anything which disgusts me with
American institutions, it is to gaze upon the
ignorant, noisy and oftimes drunken rabble
which congregates on town meeting or election
day. The youth discusses the question, 50 Re-
solved, that bad company is more injurious to
the young than hard cider on Thursday even
ing.
Hartford has another lonely husband left to
run his own shanty on his own terms. When
o mans will is 80 strong, and his intellect so
weak that he thinks his wife should not only
support herself and him too, but must be gov
erned II thought, will and deed by him, it is
time an intelligent, refined wife sought more
congen.al chimes.
Mr.. Z. X. Crafts has just returned from the
west. where he has been locating land.
Judson Dyre, of Chicago, is in town visiting
his mother.
There was quite a large and interested
audience out to tue Episcopal service Tuesday
evening.