The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-18

No reason why any one should go cold as
long as the NoRrHERNER has dry wood at the
Office at $1.50 per cord.
There will be Christmas ship at the Free
Baptist church on Christmas eve. gen
eral good time is expected, and ali are in
vited to attend.
Miss Woolsey will resign her position as
preceptress of the Paw Paw Union school,
Mt the close of the present term. The board
has secured the services of Miss Ella Thom-
as, former preceptress, for the unexpired
portion of the year.
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The "Drama of the Flowers a musical
cantata, will be presented at the Christian
church on Friday evening Dec, 10Th. The
proceeds of the concert will be devoted to
the purchase of window for the church.
Great pains have been taken in the prepara-
ton of this entertainment and the house
cents.
During the term just closing there have
been sixty-three nonresident pupils in our
Union school who have contributed the sum
of 1927 to the district treasury. This is a
better showing in this direction than ever
was made before. Frequent visits TO the
school convince Us that an equally gratifying
report might be made in ali matters per-
tanning 10 1t.
Mrs. j. @. Warner presented her husband
with birthday present-a bouncing boy
on Sunday the l4th inst. The little one is
just "A years younger than his father. Je-
rome says it is nice boy just like the rest.
In reply TO the question why he didn't have
a girl, }. G. said he proposed to do all he
could to keep the republican party from
being beaten again.
It has been rumored that S. T. Bowen
was about to establishing clothing house
III our village. The rumor will soon become
an established fact. Mr.. B. assures us that
he will open such an institution in the brick
block, opposite the Court House, which he
will fix up especially for that purpose, and
that he will be ready for business about the
1st of January. His establishment will be
known as the "Deep Cut Clothing House
A. f. Hayes is once more foreman of the
NoRTHERNER Office. While we part with our
former foreman, Mr. Ii. A. Cole, with regret,
and wish him all manner of success in his
connection with the Courier, at the same
time we are pleased to fill his place with so
desirable man and so fine a workman as
Mr. Hayes. We assure our patrons that
there will be no deterioration in the quality
of work done under his direction and super
vision.
The Narrow Gauge Railroad is being
pushed forward with n vim which reflects
credit upon the gentlemen in charge of the
work. Two-thirds of the track in Covert
has already been cleared, stumped and grad
ed. and in South Haven township over one
half the line is completed. About 40 hands
are at work and by the latter part of this
week it is expected that the line will be fully
opened and prepared for grading between
South Haven and Covert Contracts for
several thousand ties have already been let
and more are wanted.-WesseHger
"Pollo" is the way the Herald spells it.
Are the players "pollyists? '-C0aTier.
dated Dec. !. 1854 is the way the Con-
rtcF dates the notice for the annual meeting
Of the Farmers insurance company-just
1900 years ahead of time. In the next
column the Courier pulls "beam7 or
"hell'' ont of the Her0ld's eye. "Thou hypo-
crite-frst pull the beam from thine own
eye, then shalt thou sec clearly to pull the
moat from thy brothers eye."-Scripture-
Herald. We would suggest to brother Van
Fossen that it is very unsafe for anybody
and especially an editor-to quote scripture
from hearsay. "Can the blind lead the
blind? shall they not both fall into the
m0at--ditch?"