The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-18

nose badly bitten; "gashed with knife
etc., etc. But these are things OF the past with
our now quiet, sober and sedate little city, with
it's SIX saloons instead OF thirteen-woud that
We were six less.
A few years ago we were stigmatlzed the
"hell" OF the NJ. C. r. r. and we did much to
deserve the name. Not so to-day: everything
is quiet and orderly in our streets, but little
drunkenness to be seen even when our streets
are thronged as they are every Saturday or on
show days, as on the day OF Barnums show
here
Our merchants buy largely, sell cheap for
cash and are sound. Our grain, wool and pro-
duce buyers always pay the best figures, give
good honest weight, are accommodating and
gentlemanly, all OF the best in the country
Our churches are presided over by men of
talent, to whom it is pleasurable and profitable
to listen. We have Liberal League with
views broad enough to embrace all men as
brothers, with minds strong enough to cope
with any, or all, OF the hard and knotty ques-
tons of the day.
We have school that stands IN the from
rank among the high schools Of the State. 1t
is so from the fact that Its teachers are ear
nest, energetic and conscientious, feeling the
importance OF their work, not so much as
means whereby TO gain their bread and butter
az means Of good to those placed under their
care. Our school closes on Friday, the 25th
inst: graduating exercises in the evening. The
members Of the class are as follows Fred
Colby, Homer Nash, Grace Gustin, Ida Stark
and Addie Brazier. There will be some change
in the force of teachers; just what the change
will be is not yet known. Prof. Tower Will not
remain. He prefers to go into other business
next year.
Miss L. L. Julian took her departure for
Chicago on Wednesday last. She will enter
Prof Hamill's elocutcn school for term Of
ten weeks.
There has been large quantity OF wool
bought here this season. about three times as
much as any previous season to this date
Lyle and Larzelere have bought 10000 lbs at
an average o. 80 cts; Wares has bought 25.-
900 lbs. G. c. Jones, 5000 lts Lyle and Lar
zeere have shipped 10000 lbs. 5000 lbs. were
marketed here last Saturday at from 36 TO soc.
Wheat is pretty lively at II 03@l 05.
Only this and nothing more What? Why,
Of Garfield and Arthur How easy il seems
for the average politician to change his tune,
yes, and fiddle too for that matter. Only few
days ago some we're playing away on the Grant
fiddle, just the best the country Afforded
Others were saving away for dear life on the
Blaine fiddle, and they made the others step to
lively tune too for several months The
Sherman fiddle was we'll tuned and played. The
players just tuned up the Edmunds, Wash
burns AMI Window fddles to see what their
chance would be for becoming first-class in
struments with prope: care and use. But when
the strings Of the Garfield fiddle were touched
how the dancers tumbled" to the new tune,
or rather the old tune on the new fiddle. And
now the others must be seconds" to the great
" first" Funny that it came upon us so sud
denly that "our" man wasn't the best man af-
ter all; that there we're two best men and we
had to drop them both and take the one we all
wanted, but didn't know it till we had him IN
exchange for the one we had thought for so
long we wanted. But we've got good man
and we are going to elect him and seat him the
Presidential chair just so sure as his name is
James A. Garfield.