The true northerner., 1883-12-13
CORRESPONDENCE.
Observers Observations


Santa Claus is packing his sachel.
Tho wood market is little dull.
Sausages and Hap jacks are on ,oP again.
These baldheaded winters gro bad on
wheat and sleigh rides.
Il is in violation OF law 10 slay deer now.
We will try and not violate.
Uncle Tom is coming again, with his
cabin, dogs and little jackass.
Jack smith says some villain undertook to
rob him OF $40 the other night.
Turkeys, ducks and geese begin 10 worry
about their future destiny, once more.
That Gobleyille mush and milk social that
netted S57 was remarkably good one.
Next.
o. about forty wagons sold by Garvin &
Johnson this season, only one was narrow
tire.
The tax collector is on the war path. His
headquarters are at the sherif's Office in tho
count house.
Girls should be awfully good to their "fel-
lers' about these times. Holiday presents,
you know.
Bear steaks have been on sale at Warmers
market Part of Joe's bear which he killed
at Hartford. the other day.
Capt James J. Kelly, bold hero of o
Michigan battery, Is stopping at the Dyck-
man house for few days.
Marshal Flanders, while dealing in options
ON the local board of trade few evenings
since, got el7 h3rness for dollar.
Frank Kelly Of Cadillac, shipped deer
to Matt Oi the Dyckman House, and his
guests have been regaling themselves on
yenison steaks.
-. Z. Streator, James Kelly, A. q. Mardin,
q. ~. Holmes, ii. Dilts and VIM. u. Cary
All ;uC pensions last week. Ga!ligan did
the business ior them.
The township board have reduced the
bounty on Toodchucks from twenty-five 90
fifteen cents. Probably not q single mem
be- Of that board can tell the difference be-
tween wopdchuck's scalp and that Of n
ground hoe.
Mr.. Babcooa has bought the old bedstead
factory in the south part OF the village. of
Burr Robbins and is converting il into q
horso-barn, horse hospital, training estab-
i'shment, etc. lt VII have capacity for
about 20 horses
farmer came 10 town the other day TO
get loaa c. iced at one OF our mills and
brought along his own own scales to do the
wsishing. Perhaps be had been eating
m'odiing' pancakes for thoroughbred buck
wheat ana had grown suspicious.
Ouy good looking, big hearted shoe dealer,
dos. Carroll, saw. on the streets the other day.
apoot old soldier, with his heels dragging on
the ground ana tho toes of his boots pointing
hcavcnward. Joe took him into his estab-
lis'inent aud gave him a new pair, which
made tho heart OF the Old soldier leap for ioy,
and doe. got another long credit mark to be
recboned IL bis favor VIXEN the last great day
sha! come.
Mai. Ten Brock, tall. slim, long yisaged,
satctilaonious looking gentleman, recently
irom Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, has
heeD booking for a place to winter some
flyers that he owns, and which are IN the
hst't OF getting TO the from. quite easily
Ahe Major is well posted on fast horses,
whiekeT ana tobacco, and occasionally i'm
hibtH little ardent. FOR his stomach5 sake
iiri when he laistook us for q Kalamazoo
shrtit. n was rather more than we could
stand, and II only escaped by saying that me
in3 recently met that gentlemen at Kalama-
400, lr1 Lad q little business transaction
Uith linn, ard that ne considered him "a
Ncho!sr and gentleman