The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
Pitching quoits is all the rage.

Pitching quoits is all the rage.
Kinney, Adams a. Co., have painted then
awning.
Some of our girls are wearing their hats
on the half-shell.
Ernest Gardner is home from Kalamazoo,
on the sick list.
Is. Dunn has put some nice new show
cases into his store.
Some of our business men did general
scrubbing last Sunday.
Decatur base ballists have been challenged
but are afraid of Lawton.
Mrs. John b. Morrill, and son, from New
Mexico, are visiting at Esq. Morrills.
Sam. Cummings, formerly of this place
has been rusticating here for few days.
A stocking looks well on a mans foot, but
it looks funny on velocipede. Eh, Gene:
The first wool marketed this season was
sold by b. +. Streator of Porter, TO l.. Stern
X Co, at 2S cents.
The only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Drowley who recently left for Oregon, died
there last week.
George Bunnell has gone. home to Ind
lana TO get ready for-well, we don't propose
to give him away.
Miss. McElheny of Bangor, and Miss
Carrie Merritt of Lawrence, are home for
the summer vacation.
Married. on Saturday. June 10th, 1883, by
Esq. Dickinson, Charley Hymes TO Miss
Davis, both of this place.
Levi Stoker our handsome drayman, has
gone into the patent right churn business,
having bought the right of Kalamazoo county.
The butter must come now.
Some of our teachers have found TO their
sorrow. that a raise of 80 cents a week on
their salary by few outsiders, is not the
kind of appreciation to last longer than one
year
Rob. Mckinney went to Chicago last week
for the purpose of having tumor removed
from his neck. He was accompanied by DIR.
Mckinney, and w. S. He seems to be get
ing along finely now
Two freight cars were thrown from the
track on Thursday night of last week, at the
Main street crossing, one falling fat upon
fell under the wheels, thus causing the
smash-up. A large gang of men worked un-
til noon of the next day, TO get the cars back
all right.
The Hcfuld must have been a little of
last week, when he wrote up the Hobson
Bros. show. He gives il grand layout and
says it gives as good satisfaction as Barn
um S. Probably he had free ticket, and
took in his first circus He had better see
Barnum tomorrow. The show came 10
grief at Sturgis, where il was wrecked by @
cyclone, which tore down the tent, capsized
the wagons, and did other damage. Some OF
the Lswton boys went along with the show.
The graduating exercises of the Lawton
union school took place last week Thursday
evening, at the NJ. L. church, which was
crowded to its utmost capacity, all standing
room both above and below being occupied.
The house was beautifully decorated with
evergreens and flowers, and at the rear of
the rostrum was tasteful arch of evergreens
bearing the words always More Beyond.
The class consisted of Katie l.. Powell,
Florence A. Hall, Grace Morris, George /.
Hathaway, and Ira +. Powell, who, with the
Board of Education, sat at the left of the
platform, while the instructors took their
position al tue right. lnt eAerclseS were
opened by music, and a prayer by Rev. j.
Hoyt, after which vocal duet was given.
Miss Kate Powell's essay, "Unwritten Music,
with salutatory, was excellent, and showed
considerable talent. Miss Grace Morris
subject was Little Things" and she treated
it in very mastery way, while Miss Flor
once Hall gave a fine essay on Monuments.
George Hathaway's Grafton "What NextT
was loudly applauded. Ira f. Powell finished
with an appropriate and well delivered ora
ton, stepping Stones, with Valedictory.'
The presentation of diplomas came next
after which Ira Powell, on behalf of the
graduates, presented Prof. Averill with q
beautiful silver vase, filled with flowers. The
Prof was completely taken by surprise, but
in a few well chosen words expressed bis
thanks. The exercises were then concluded
10y class song.