The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22


Dry and warm.
The corn crop is safe.
The cranberry crop is good.
Watermelons are big and cheap.
For cabbage worms, try English sparrows.
The buckwheat harvest is upon us and the
crop is good.
The hay crop is rather short this season,
but is bringing good prices.
Noble ID. Richardson has bought James +.
Marshalls farm west of town.
Several fast horses are training on the
Fair Grounds, preparing for the races.
A pair of young butchers put in an APP
pearance at j. C. Warmers last Saturday.
Clayton Simmons now draws the ribbons
over E. g. Buffers express horse, and looks
perfectly happy.
Eugene Lane has bought the house and
lot in the northern part of the city, owned
by Mrs. McKendrick.
1t has been a good fall to prepare for
wheat SO far, and the greater portion of the
crop is now in, in good order
Miss Susie Van Auken has returned to
Nebraska, and resumed her duties at batter
ing down the walls of ignorance.
Elder Ebert, our granger minister, has
sold his farm of CD acres to John Spackeen,
of Ligonier, Ind. Price, $3.50.
Charley Cookbook, the good looking bach
elor, has been acting as chief engineer Oh
the sprinkling wagon during the week.
Elder Burns, the f. b. minister, went to
his home at Hillsdale last Saturday, on &C
count of sickness, he being unable to preach.
VIM. Daniels the old constable that used
to so out from our justice courts with so
many sues, few years ago, made our town a
visit last Monday.
Garvin d Nichoalds, our enterprising car
riage and wagon firm, have manufactured
and sold during the season, 43 duck-footed
wagons, and only one narrow tire.
A certain gentleman of this city got a letter
from one of the departments at Washington
few days ago, desiring to know what his
(the genteman's) reputation for truth and
and veracity was. We can not say how he
reported.
Samuel Consolus, one of our granger
brethren took very sensible view of the
matter and says if he is ever going to be
gored to death 10y one of his own bulls, it
will be muley one, as that is the only kind
he keeps on his farm.
The incest thing to meet upon the high
way with fractions horse, is traction en-
CINE with full head of steam on and a pair
of white oxen attached to the tongue. You
that don't believe it, try it. We have had
little experience in that line and know where
of we speak.
Ed. Flanders, living near Berlamont, had
his barn burned down last Saturday morning,
and it contained Is tons of hay, 75 bushels
of wheat, $50 bushels of oats, 2 sets of double
harness, one new double buggy, and a five
years old horse, and lot of tools. Loss OH
barn and contents 81 600 insured for $500.
Origin of fire not known.
This city has been over run for a long
| time with white rats, every boy in town hav-
ing from two to ten for pets, and the highest
they sold for on the market was ten cents
per pair. An ingenious and enterprsing war
widow, not hundred miles from here, has
got some of them crossed up with the COM
mon house rat and is now selling them for
Australian ferrets at SIS per pair, or $50 per
trio. Her sales are large, having made re-
cent shipment 10 Dakota, also 10 various
parts of the United States A pair Of these
ferrets, as they are now called, will raise one
litter every month"; and they average from
seven to eleven to a litter. You that are
good in figures will see at once that the on
terprise is good one, and we would advise
everybody TO go into the ferret business
without delay, as there is certainly millions
in it. The beauty of these ferrets arc, they
they are not of the meat eating kind, will
live principally upon corn and other grains,
and when they are once sent out after n rat,
the rat don't know but he is some OF
his relation, and falls an easy prey TO his
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