The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-18
CORRESPONDENCE.


Obssrver's Observation.
Corn planting is little late this season.
The prospect is good for large crop of
small fruits in this vicinity.
The weather prophets predict dry season,
but we have little faith in what they say.
Frank Cole and wife have moved to st.
Joe and will go into the hotel there, with
I W. H. Filley.
We don't wish to brag, but if you want to
soc a fine young colt, call on Us and we will
accommodate you.
George Dixon, our good looking harness
maker, has his cyclone protector in good
order for the summer campaign.
Oats, wheat and grass are doing finely.
The principal difficulty with corn is poor
seed, of which there is good deal of COM
plant.
II. NJ. Strong, the trotting horse, has been
sold to New York parties for $1,000. He
was owned in Battle Greek and had record
of 2:2512.
We visited the marble shop of /. A. Whit
man the other day. If you want TO see
splendid lot of marble and as fine work as
can be done, give him call.
Ira Flanders has Just returned from Ar
kansas, where he has been visiting his
brother Jackson who has been resident of
that state for the past IA years.
Our city marshal is the happy owner of
litter of kittens born without tails. II
there is another city marshal in the state
who can beat that, trot him out.
We rather like the cut of the jib of our
new doctor. Paw Paw has class OF physi-
clans unexcelled by any town in the state,
and we are not likely TO forget it.
Gene Salisbury has partially abandoned
farming and has gone into the shepherd pup
business. We saw him in town few days
since with his pockets full of pups which he
was selling at bottom prices.
David Woodman and wife have gone on
visit for the summer. He is at Hillsdale with
bis son, and she is visiting friends IN the
state of New York. We don't mean the
Governor, but the David who downed Uncle
Freeman.
The sheep men are buttering their bucks,
rs usual, preparatory TO the great sheep
shearing festival. well buttered buck with
in length, will generally strike buttered side
up if owned by good, sharp man.
David Woodman 2nd had a sick horse
few days ago, that he thought was past re-
demption. He got some men to drag him
out of the stable, with the intention of knock
ing him in the head but the old fellow no
sooner struck terra trina that he arose and
shook himself and is now all right. Being
farmers horse, he believed III dragging.
We visited Kalamazoo Jail last week, and
found that it contained u inmates. Among
them were one lawyer, 4 member OF the
Kalamazoo bar, and justice of the peace
from Allegan county. They also had a, JUS
tice from this county, but being an invalid,
and not unmanageable, he was not kept
under lock and key. Nearly all the crimes
of the calendar, from murder to vagrancy
were represented. We were forcibly re-
minded of the difference between the morals
of that county and this, our Jail being ten
antless.
A One of our city editors was out the other
day. experimenting the repair of local
telegraph line, and had pole erected in the
corner of an old lady's door yard. She
came out and told him he could just take
that paragraph pole down, as she wouldn
have it there, where the least little noise, or
the least thing said would be pGrdgFdphGd
all over town. The editor tried to explain,
bat she would not listen, and said if that
paragraph" pole did not come down III five
minutes, she would cut it down with her lit
tie Ratchet. 1t was taken down.
We have been in dry-dock for repairs fol-
the past three weeks. under the care OF two
era1Xo hot
n drug store, and nurses without number
Our disease was cross between paralysis
and rheumatism sandwiched largely with
kidney troubles and a torpid liver. We
could not move hand nor foot. Our spinal col
umn had not the action of a crow-bar, anC
our intellectual forces stood clear below par
We thought at one time we would have tC
tie up our little canoe III the sweet bye anc
bye. but was disappointed. All the old wo
men in the country had q remedy for oul
Affections. One from Bloomingdale pre-
scribed mixture of alcohol and cayenne
pepper which was beautifully hot. They
stood us up back of a hot stove and com
Inenced pouring il on the back of our necl
and rubbing it in as ii glided softly anC
gently down our vertebral department
Great heavens. think of us then, hands par
lived. loaded for bear with modesty, ant
nothing but women nurses. If ever o hu
man being deserved pity it was us-we draw
a curtain over the scene. The old lady ha
been freely forgiven. Please never mention
this to us if you wish our friendship. 1t j
an epoch in the history of our life never T.
be forgotten. We are better now, and tn
little birds will soon commence TO sing il
our heart again, we hope.