The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27

AlbiOH tohcBc mas BiSuuatiHb C4eSS VI
nine this year.
Strawberries at Duncombe, stearns g. Co.'S.
The first of the season.
Mrs. Stephen Bathrick, widow of Elder
Bathrick, is visiting friends in the village,
having arrived here on Saturday last.
A. +. Penniman, of South haven, was in
ness fellow, and ought to live in Paw Paw.
The Bell Ringers had poor house, altho'
their performance was meritorious. Jimmy
Fields was immense-is n whole show by
himself.
Eli Bierce has boy, not yet three years
old, that commits to memory his Sunday
School lesson and recites il as well as the best
of them, and Eli is justly proud of him.
Judge Mills left for Grand Rapids on Mon
day evening to attend on the United States
court. He goes from there to Stanton and
does not return until Friday or Saturday.
The gentlemanly hack driver Of the Dyck-
man House has skipped out, and now how
can Wilson Lee collect his little board bill
Wills. says he proposes to have him arrested
for obtojaing board under false pretei,ses
Eh, Rowland?
Wagon tongue supporters can now be had
at reduced rates by applying to some of our
farmers who have once more been swindled
by the seductive stranger into "just putting
your name down to become our agent and
are now called upon to each contribute 500.
There will be musical institute at Dowa-
giac, beginning on the 18th day of July, con-
Quoted by Prof. S. w. Straub, of Chicago
Prof. w. F. Werschkul, well known to many
of our readers, will be one of the Faculty.
This will be a rare opportunity for musical
instruction.
Many horses in this vicinity are having a
disease which resembles both the old-fash-
ioned -dstemper and the more modern
epizootic. The glands of the throat become
swollen, rendering respiration and swallow
ing painful and difficult. Such should not
be exposed to any chance of taking cold and
should have careful handling.
The Marcellus people are agitating the
question of resuscitating their newspaper
We hope they may succeed if they have ar
rived at the conclusion that printers require
something more substantial than wind pud-
ding as a regular diet, but it will be many
day before they find man who will fill the
place which they starved Alb Moon out of.
Farmers are beginning to feel anxious
about their crops. Should the dry weather
continue much longer the hay crop will be
materially injured and the oat crop nearly if
not entirely destroyed. The cold winter dealt
SO severely with our wheat that under the
most favorable circumstances there would be
but partial yield. From reports from other
counties it is evident the wheat in this is
better than it averages throughout the State.
lightweight years ago next month the
parents of old Mr.. Rawson, who now lives
south of this village, started with several
other families from Mass to seek new homes
in the far west, then Genesee county in
western New York. After the company had
been several days on the way, and had reach
ed the beautiful Cherry Valley west of Al
bany, one bright morning they turned into
pleasant grove by the road side to refresh
there another was added to their COM
pany. 1t was soon discovered by young
lady among them that the baby had 10 teeth.
That child, in the sprightly old man who is
frequently seen on our streets, has held its
own remarkably well ever since for he hasn't
tooth in his head to-day.
The estate of Mrs. Christina Knowles.
when probated amounted to about $500.
and by the terms of her viii, outside of her
wearing apparel, which was given to Mrs.
Ida Hudson, was divided between her hus-
band and nephew. The nephew receiving
S250O at the time of his majority, and $50
each year until that time. Since the settle
ment of the estate Mr.. Knowles has decided
one-fourth interest in the building occupied
by Joe Hanson, as meat market, to Mrs
Ida Hudson, as a token of the friendship
which existed between her and Mrs. Knowles.
and the many acts of kindness which she
did for the latter during her sickness Mr..
Knowles left here for Durango, Col, on Mon
day. where he expects to make his future
home.
The Farmers Association for Antwerp and