The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-03
HARTFORD LOCALS.

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Many of our young people attended the
dramatic entertainment at Lawrence last FRIDAY
night, and pronounce 1t first class.
+. G. Gould is stopping here, buying hogs.
Jacobs Ladder at the Baptist church on
New Years night; also dance at the Old's
House.
Two more weddings on Christmas day, and
the end Isn't yet.
! Mr.. Palmer, from Grand Haven, Is here
visiting her old time friends.
| Methodist social at c. II. Engles on Friday
evening; also public lyceum at the school
house.
The postponed Christmas tree at the NJ. f.
Church, on New Years eve was pleasant,
successful affair.
sleghing splendid, and the town full of
people.
Elder Bells lecture to young ladies on Sab
bath evening was an instructive, practical ad
Dress nd ought to do much good.
| The wife Of Chas Hagar was buried last
Sunday. / understand no word OF her death
was sent to her friends, and she received no
obsequies, save PRAYER at the house.
The house OF W. w. Eastman, in the south
part Of town, was burned last Sunday night.
Everything was destroyed, and the family
escaped in their night clothes, running for
their lives. Parties we're around yesterday
getting money to help clothe them, which is as
it should be-
1 have much conjecture about who the Hart
ford correspondent OF the Paw Paw IndepeDd
ent is; but although ignorant OF the persons
name, they all are not ignorant Of his or her
nature, all deciding that he or she is lacking in
judgment, intends to misrepresent, or else to
vent personal spite through that papers
sinuating remarks, intended to misrepresent
Elder Bells sermon Of the Sunday before,
which was a very good one, as are all his SER
mons. He draws large houses. I'VE pity a
minister when he can't find time to attend the
prayer meetings, but can attend all the ly-
ceums," another misrepresentation. Better
save their pity, and moreover their own gnor-
ance, as the Elder has attended but one lyce-
um instead OF all, and is always present at the
prayer meetings, save when he attends one at
Lawrence on the same evening, that being a
part Of bis charge Where the Elder is known
he will be effected by such back-bitng about
as much as the bite of flea would affect an
elephant.
We had quite little rumpus in our school
last week, and many citizens who have brought
up their children to be law abiding were quite
indignant to think they must be robbed Of the
days opportunities, while the district board
were called in to queIl the rebelious spirit of a
certain smart young man.
School closed last week Friday with literary
entertainment in the evening, which was very
fine considering the time spent upon it.
Mrs. =. A. Travis received letter on Satur-
day from NJ. p. Sutton, American Consul a,
Matamoras, which was quite curiosity. II
not only gave the manner and routine OF his
business from day to day, but contained some
twenty postal stamps used by the different
nations of the earth, which he had collected
/, and sent here as curiosity specimens. Mr.
sutton was once pupil OF Mrs. Travis, ant
gives her the credit of having inpIred his yount
; mind with his first and most ardent aspiration
after knowledge
At this time of writing (ruesday) the snoS
ls very deep and flying fast. We have receives
no mail from Paw Paw since Saturday.