The true northerner., 1882-05-19

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much improved by putting down new floor,
and ceiling and painting the ticket office,
making it much more comfortable and con-
venient
The Van Buren, Light Guard Band have
nice collection of music and are ready for en-
gagements. Herbert Salt, of Paw Paw, is
Secretary, to whom all communications
should be addressed.
The newspapers have il that g. Paul
Smith, the elocutionist, is married-to
man. If the report is true, his impersona-
tions of different female characters was "na-
tural as life." But he (or she) wore the
breeches, in a very masculine way.
Parties who desire vocal music for Decora-
ton Day, should send for the new chorus,
"we come Silent Heroes" Written expressly
for such occasions. 1t can be had of the
publishers, S. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland, O.,
and Chicago, Ill. Price 40 cents.
We did not intend to send people into the
neighbors houses east of the post-office to
find DR.. Champion when they were afflicted
with the toothache The types made Us say
two doors east, when we meant west. He
can be found over Bassett's jewelry store.
At the meeting of Brodhead Post G. A. r.,
it was decided to observe Decoration Day in
this village. committee of arrangements
was appointed to make the necessary prepara-
tions. We shall publish full programme
of exercises in the next issue of this paper.
Bangor people are arguing the question of
purchasing steam fire engine, and seem to
be about equally divided If they only wait
until they get badly scorched once or twice
they will have one if the flames leave them
enough to buy it with. Delays are danger
Gus.
We have just received new Irish Ballad
by Stephe. S. Bonbright the celebrated song
writer, published by F. w. Helmick, Cincin-
natl, o., which is said to be one of the finest
ever written in America. Il is entitled, "A
Beautiful Wreath of Shamrock" Price 40 cts
For sale by music dealers.
If Elder Ebert will tell us next time when
he is going to preach the doctrine that
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baby act and says he can't refrain from do
ing this, or doing that, when he knows it is
wrong, and will also suspend the rules, we
will clap our hands, if we don't say amen.
They met with quite smash-up at Briggs
& Nash's mill on Monday last. One of the
hands had been using an iron wedge to split
stave bolt, and by some means the wedge
was left sticking in the bolt and was fed into
the machine, resulting in bad break, which
will compel the stave mill to lie still some
time.
Z. C. Reid, in the first issue of the Allegan
Gazette, presents his side of the Henderson
Reid controversy, over the affairs of the
Allegan Jouyudl. AS we said in reference
to Don's statement, we remark in reference
to Reid's, if correct, it presents Henderson
in rather an unenviable light. The new
paper is handsome.
The annual sheep shearing festival of the
sheep breeders association of eastern Van
Buren, and western Kalamazoo counties, will
be held at the residence of James Buckhout,
near West Ostemo church, on Thursday, May
25th. A show of stock and farm implements
will be had in connection Herewith. Also q
basket picnic. Everybody invited.
The hotel men at Marcellus don't want
to see that Paw Paw crowd again, that visited
them on Sunday last. Their boarders went
hungry three days, while the proprietors
were laying in a new stock of provisions.
Marcellus offers to back Patch against
anything in the State as q pie eater" Patch
knows his "biz," and one Of these days will
try them another whack.
One of the friends of The NoRrHERNER,
who is engaged in the life insurance business,
writes us that the comparison made a short
time since between the united Workmen"
and the Mutual Life" was not strictly correct.
He says the rate in the latter company at age
80 is only S44.s4 instead of S52.76 and that
such premiums will be diminished by divi-
dends until tie policy is self-supporting.
Lack of space prevents us from publishing
the entire communication.
Judge Mills and wife, II. S. Williams, G. A.
Harrison and DR.. Andrews Of this village
patronized the new Academy o1 Music at
Kalamazoo on Thursday evening of last week
and witnessed the rendition of the coreic
opera, "Patience." The citizens of the Big
Village can congratulate themselves or hav-