The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-12-01
Observers Observations.
The beautiful snow,

The Group season is here.
Rafting for turkeys has begun.
The boy with the hand-sled is on hand.
Now is the time TO commence vaccinating.
Jimmy Doyle has repalnted and reshingled
his house.
Butter % cents per pound and no ques-
tons asked
Emory o. Briggs lost one of his work
horses last week.
Walter Wilson has sold his greys to Will
Phillips. Price $3.50.
The gay and festive school boy begins to
scratch, with the itch, as usual.
Tom Nichoalds has sold his interest in the
wagon and carriage business, to Ira II. John
son.
The bean picking season is now in full
bloom. Wells and Ike, the bean men, are
| the chlef moguls
1t only takes nine cords of good beech
and maple wood, to winter a ten cent Gala
| lily. We speak from experience.
The Little Joker Fly Paper Co. is prepar-
ing to go to Dakota, in the spring, with
view to raising stock, and of making that
country his future home.
Miss Sarah Graham, of the Lee district,
was married on the 23d inst. Cassius
Barker, of Lawrence, is the chap she chose,
against whose manly form, to warm her feet.
Somebody, in the kindness of their heart,
donated Biddy Mead, new born calf, a few
days since, and ever since, the people in the
eastern part of town have had emusic in the
air."
| The snow-plow was on the streets, last
Sunday, for the first time this season, and
that good looking bachelor, Charley Ocobock,
was engineering it, in the southern part of
the city.
1t was reported on the streets, that one of
our city blacksmiths ran away with his own
wife few days ago, and some folks raised
considerable of a howl about it, We see no
occasion to howl, as long as she was the wife
of nobody else.
Although the weather has been so fine for
securing crops there are good many who
will tell you that they yet have eleven acres
of corn to husk, few potatoes to dig, a barn
door or two to hang, and about three-quarters
of an acre of turnips to pull before they are
fully prepared for winter.
j. S. Buck has bought the old saw mill
and handle factory, of Montross, and is pre-
pairing to removeit near White Oak, where
his saw and stave mill is now located He
has recently purchased quite quantity of
land there, and will work up the timber this
winter, to the best advantage.
certain gentleman, whose hair is whiten-
ed by the SHOWS of many winters, arose
rather early the other morning and was near
ly scared out of his boots by the northern
lights. He thought the world was on fire
and that Gabriel was about to blow his horn
and aroused some of his neighbors to hear
the trumpet sound. But nary toot was
heard, and the parties retired to their little
beds.
Sam. Galligan, so well known in town, as
quieter of brawls, fights, and disturbances
is about to be appointed Deputy Sheriff OF
Kalamazoo county. Sam. is a brindled kuss
from the Saginaw valley, bengal tiger in
| war, lamb in peace. He goes on duty al
that place, about January first, as night
picket, and woe be to the mortal who crosses
his beat without the countersign. The only
! objection made to his appointment is, thai
2 it savors of nepotism.
An honest granger, of the Lee district
! came to one of our magistrates, the othei
!. day and wanted to know what he could dC
with his girl. He said she was completed,
infatuated after one of the meanest, mos
inferior, homeliest, little hunchback pieces o
O humanity he ever saw. and he wanted I,
!. know if there was no law TO prevent sucl
!, things. The magistrate said he guessed not
u and told him the story of what the OLE
= woman said about love, when he turned anC
walked slowly and sadly away.