The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-04
Observers Observations.
looI has begun; clear the walk

School has begun; clear the walk
Grinding little wormy apples for cider has
commenced.
They say we are not going to have frost
to hurt corn this year.
Anyone wanting good cat can call on us
and get II by paying for this notice.
The hay fever patients have returned from
Petoskey. They breathe much easier.
Since the painting of the cornice on the
school house, the building looks very nobby.
Mrs. Abigail Flanders has bought Fred
Bassett's house and lot on Paw Paw street.
Quite good many from town went down
to Kalamazoo last Friday to see Jumbo and
his pale sister.
Chauncey b. Evans has sixty pretty fe-
male hop pickers. They have lively times,
and the hops yield well.
Corn is caring so large that the husks can
not hold it and from one to two inches of
the ear is sticking out in many places.
The Wild Irishman has a brand new horse
that he recently purchased at Battle Creek.
He is good one, I'VE mean the horse.)
Wilbur Babcock has two-year -old Royal
George Louis Napoleon trotting stallion that
has all the appearance of making fine horse.
A large lamp fell on John Robb's big toe
the other night, cutting il nearly off, and
now lie is poor, linping, demoralized
cripple.
Farmers have commenced to pail their
beans and the crop is good. This county
probably raises more beans than any other
county in the state.
The First Baptist folks had their Sunday
school picnic at Lake Park last Friday. All,
big and little, had good time, as they al
ways do on such occasions.
Kalamazoo county vet. reuned at Battle
Creek with -, 150 back pension money in
his pocket. We seldom reune with that
amount of cash with Us. 1t isn't safe.
Tall, white tiles are worn by most of our
politicians. The fusionists, III addition to
the hat, wear a badge on their shirt front,
in the shape of a silver spoon. We believe
the HerdJd man has not got one as yet.
A. j. Roundy and family have returned
/ from the home of the billiards, and want to
| buy little farm here and settle down for
/ life. A. j. claimed he liked the country but
his wife's health was so poor that he re-
turned.
Little John Gallgan killed a massasauga
the other day "a inches long, eight years old,
having only that many rattles. If any one
can beat that massasauga Of his age, we
would like 10 hear from him. Lem Lyle,
Gene Salisbury and John Beam, barred.
Those basket picnickers who baked up so
many chicken pies and nice things 10 take
to Lawrence last Thursday, where they ex-
pected to 90 and hear Farmer Luce talk had
10 eat their goodies at home on account of
the rain, and were very much disappointed
over it..
He spelled "roller,' on the new rink the
other day while painting the sign, with an
"a" three feet long, and didn't see the mis-
take till he was informed by a little sandy
complexion. bald-headed chap who called his
attention TO it. But he didn't spell "rink"
with double "R," "RRINK :" as they do at
the Courier office.
A kid came along the other day singing:
O Jim do tell them TO stop,
All their cry is Marian,
Tor the more they say whoa
The more l will go,
And kick you a little bit higher.
He claimed it was composed by Ed.
and sung by Charley and when the whole
Cleveland club chime1 in, il was the finest
campaign song of the season. He said that
there was % verses in it and it was just
boss.
We were over to the track last Saturday
morning and held the watch on few of the
flyers that were preparing themselves for ex-
hibition at our fall fairs. Among them was
Mike Searles, large bay fellow, sire Night
Hawk, that made the mile without skip in
DAG. Donovan, black stallion, owned 10y
X. Buckhout, got there in 2:47. Tobias Co.
by Night Hawk, owned by John Gooding, in
2:55. Quick's Colonel O., with a kid on his
back, made very handsome mile in 1888
Lockwood's Royal c., chestnut stallion,
backed 10y Gene Salisbury's mouth and
money, could only get there in 1851. The
owner and hackers of Royal c., claimed he
got on one of his quarters when he first
started out, is why he failed TO show Jay
Eye See gait, and will try it again during the
week.