The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-06-11
Lawrence.
PROSPECT LAKE.

Henry Christie is building an addition to
his house, a kitchen and wood house.
From our door, We can look over sixty CT
seventy acres of ground planted to beans this
year
Children's day at Prospect Lake will he
the third Sunday in June. Exercises will
commence at two o'clock p. m.
Harry Chase will probably take his best
girl riding now. He has bought a three year
old colt of DIR. Rowe for which he paid $50.
Hiram Benedict who for some years has
lived IN the north part of this state, on ac-
count of i'll health, has rented his farm for
five years and moved to this locality.
The Prospect Lake Sunday school has de.
cided to picnic at Smiths landing again this
year. and will invite the neighboring schools
10 Join them. An effort will probably be
made 10 get Mr.. Powell who addressed the
school last year.
On account of the henry den last Thurs
day afternoon and evening, the lawn social
at Frank Chases had TO be housed, and the
twenty-five persons present could not make
way with the seven gallons of icecream. A
share. however, of what remained was sold in
the morning, and tho entire net receipts
were S4.75.
We wife and Il went to Holmes e. Spicers
and bought three cakes of TINT soap and re-
ceived beautiful breakfast shawl, but nary
bull dog Now, if Sam will put rope
around his neck (the dogs, not Sam's) and
trot him down to Prospect Lake like a little
man, it will be all right, and we will say no
more about it.
The dust of six soldiers is mingling with
the earth of Prospect Lake cemetery. Jonas
Davis a soldier of the war of 1912, and Elon
Dolson. Guy Trumbull, David Bentley, Wal
lace Sanborn and John Denton, Of the rebel
lion. Their graves received, on Memorial
day, floral tribute from the ladies of this
place. and MIS-. Ella Sanborn of Decatur.
BARNES DISTRICT.
For several years, the Barnes district farm
ers' club has been carried on with success,
the interest, at times. being 50 great that
members were almost unanimous in their
objections to adjourning over single meet
ing. or to changing the date of the regular
meeting, even on account of legal holidays,
or that the school house might be used for
political meetings during the heat of the
campaign, but, through petty jeaousies ard
msmanagement, for the last few MONTHS the
club has lost its former interest, and the last
two meetings have been adjourned in order
that three or four paying members might
enjoy tripping the light, fantastic toe at a
country dance.
Your correspondent attended the county
grange, at Waverly, May 2sth. The meeting
was called to order by the master. five sub
ordinate oranges being unrepresented.
Those present made favorable reports.
After considerable discussion, the following
recommendation was adopted: That the
Van Buren, County Agricultural Society, next
fall, offer four premiums on collections of
farm products made by the several subordi-
nate oranges of the county. The afternoon
session opened at 2:30. +. l.. Warner OF
Paw Paw, read an essay-"The Secret OF
Success full of thought. VIM. Heay OF
Waverly, paper and poem on Temperance
which was followed by discussion. L. W.
Bartram, V. S.. of Paw Paw gave very in
teresting talk on external examination OF
horses for soundness, followed by discussion
Miss Maud Armstrong of Waverly, dec
iamation-"The Young Gray Head"-well
rendered. John Goss read paper entitled
1.-The Young Farmer on the Farm" The
county grange annual picnic will be held at
Lawrence, in the latter part of August. If
practicable, Hon. G. q. Luce will be engaged
as speaker. The next meeting of the county
grange will be on the Goth of August, with
Woodman grange. The Waverly ladies are
entitled to ample credit for accommodations
provided.