The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-03-27
Observers Observations.

Observers Observations.
News is scarce
! Hen fruit is on the decline.
| Frogs and toads have begun to hop.
Ira II. Johnson is preparing to build.
The man with the mule has come and
gone.
Maple sugar is on the market at 13 cents
a pound.
| Frank Harris has bought his brothers
farm in Gliddenburg.
Ham and eggs are on deck again, and the
man who has them is happy.
Old Mrs. Salisbury has been quite i'll with
a severe attack of bilious fever.
| jim Hutchins is fixing up the Aldrich res
idence, putting on new blinds and columns.
Buckhout q Babcock have bought the old
bedstead factory, and are converting it into
a horse barn.
DR.. Bartram drove nine miles into the
country, one day last week, after butter, and
had to retail it at &c cents.
X. G. Nash lost Wilkes colt last week,
which he valued at $3.50. Since that time
Rufus has looked sad and discouraged, and
refuses to be comforted.
Wild ducks have come TO stay, and the
shotgun manipulators are after them. They
had better go little slow, or they may find
themselves in the tolls of the law.
Frank Rich, short time since, purchased
$125 colt, and, at the expiration of four
days, it died from the effects of kick re-
ceived the first day he got it home
Eugene Salsburys folks celebrated their
tin wedding last Saturday night About 80
persons were present, and all had a good
time. The gifts were useful and nice.
Last week Jerome Warner hung up three
year-old heifer, raised by Henry Rowland,
that dressed 751 pounds, and cow bought
of Sheriff Van Auken that dressed Gs7
pounds.
The peach crop will not be as good as last
year, but then peach growers--we mean out
side OF this county-can follow the three
peck bushel plan. and that will help them
ont nicely.
f. p Burroughs dog was slaughtered. last
week. 10y the dog poisoner; ditto Oren Ian
don's. The former was harmless shepherd
dog, and the latter a trick dog, pet valued
highly by its owner.
We would say to our brother, REFLECTOR"
that the reason we did not report the whis-
key drinking, profanity, smoking. etc, that
he mentions, was because we very seldom
frequent such places, and never like TO deal
in second hand goods.
Paw Paw is putting on city airs. and has
a new Chinese laundry. No town amounts
to much, unless il has Chinaman or two.
The business is run by Wong Wing thor
oughbred. and is located in the basement of
the Dycllman House.
A Lawrence we'll digger is in trouble. His
wife got up on her ear few days ago, pack
ed her little grip sack and lit out for this
town. Last Sunday he came after her with
a carriage, bringing their little boy along
for bait. Although il was n nice boy, she
declined to nibble. and he had to return
without her, a sad, but wiser. we'll digger.
Bangor has been voting on the question
of cows running at large in the streets, and
the anti-commoners carried the day by
two majority. 1t would be equally as SEN
sible for the citizens of that burg to vote
upon the question of raising babies within
its corporation limits. No corporation, town
ship, village board township board, board
of supervisors, or legislature can enact a law
to prevent raising babies within the corpor-
ate limits of their respective jurisdictions,
and they have just as little power TO pass an
act to make cattle free commoners We
charge nothing for this advice, it is as free
as redeeming grace, and we advise COW owners
who cannot take care of their cattle, to cut
it out and paste it in their hats for future
reference.
Mrs. s. ii. Harriet of Waverly has re-
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