The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-08-14
Observers Observations.

OpserVerS Opservat1OnS.
Oats are cheap and we have quit paying
soc. bushel for them.
Thomas Threadgould of the Lee district
IS the happy daddy of brand new girl baby.
Peaches have struck the market and are
selling for the modest little price of "a per
bushel.
The hog merchants are again on deck
among the farmers, paying the highest mar
ket price for that kind of produce.
That colt of G.. II. Pugsley's, that was
injured in moving machine, has since died,
but George says not from the injury.
John Harris, who went from this place
few years ago, to Parnell, Neb. writes that a
recent hail storm destroyed all his crops
chap up in the Lee district ran reaper
in his oat field all day last Sunday. Such
fellows will never get to heaven as long as
they live.
Amos L. Hall went out with his dog and
gun few days since, and bagged fifteen
woodcocks. Amos is considerable of a wood
cock shooter.
A joker in town bought cast iron rabbit
and set 1t out in his back ward and got a
sport to shoot at it seven times before be
found out what it was.
Charley Butler and Clum Engle are around
with their little hatchets cutting down all
the innocent little peach trees in the country
that they think should go.
Joe Davey is fast completing his new
house which will be one of the nobbiest in
town. Joe IS a tirst-class mechanic and
knows just how TO build houses.
Since drawing of the water at the lower
dams, for repairs, it smells, down that way,
like an old last years donation party. A
little chloride of lime might do some good.
That big snake up in Mr. Pixies woods
has put in his annual appearance. He or
she as the case may be, is reported 90 feet
long, and as big around as one of our hind
legs.
That new township road scraper has been
doing land Office business between here and
the Lee school house. 1t will not be long
before We will have some of the finest roads
in the country.
That history of Van Buren, and Berrien
counties, the market price of which used TO
be S15, is now being sold on the streets, by
q tall, graceful looking book agent, for the
modest sum of $3.50.
The sand-burr crop will be very large this
season and the fruit is about matured.
Nothing will make a school boy say "gosh
darn it, quicker than one of those little
burrs when it gets between his toes.
Jerome Warner bought of bald-headed
granger, last week, a calf six months old,
that dressed 402 lbs 1t would be a good
thing for this country if we had few more
of those bald headed fellows in the calf
business.
A gentleman from Gobleville was over
here the other dav taking counsel, with
view of commencing ten thousand dollar
libel suit against paper of that place. There
was blood in his left eye and he said he
meant business.
Little Charley Stevens, the champion trick
bicycle rider, appears every night at the
rink and gives q very nice performance.
The boys think so much of his fancy riding,
that they talk of travelling with him. He is
certainly rooster on wheels, and no mis-
take about it.
Stafford Godfrey, boy s3 years old, and
his Young wife of about the same age, went
up north one day last week huckleberrying
They picked about IA quarts, when the rain
drove them out of the swamp, and they had
to come home. Next year we expect they
will take tent with them and make gen.
eral business of II, rain OF no rain.
Cholera in the old world has packed its
sachel with view to starting campaign IN
this country. Our advice to those who don't
want il for a bed-fellow, is to observe the
following valuable suggestions Wash your
hands and face as often as once week;
take your meals only when you are hungry,
or when you can get them; change your un-
der garments, if you have any, once IN SIX
weeks; 90 well dressed; avoid night air, and
let the comets take care of themselves; never
get Tight when you see you are getting over
the bay, put on the brakes; eat sparingly OF
small, green, wormy apples and cucumbers
with the skins on; bathe every six months,
if your health permits it; never use any pro-
fame or vulgar language in the presence of
the other sex; avoid all stagnant air, and If
any should happen to be lurking about you,
60 to Dakota.