The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-05
Observers Observations.

\ Charlie Stevens is tired of a granger life
Ind has moved back into town.
n Clarence Richmond has purchased farm
near Hartford, and removed there.
+. Paw Paw is not boiling over for an inau-
guration ball, as anybody knows of.
Parsneps are on the market and spring
time will soon be here, Gentle Annie
Farmers fear their wheat will all 60 to
David Walkers ON account of so much snow.
They all crawied out of their holes last
Saturday, and the streets were lined with
teams.
Paw Paw has young mana barber by
professionalism is the happy father of eight,
keen kids.
March came in quite lion-hke, and the
weather prophets say it will 80 out like
Mary's little lamb.
, It was reported that Decatur had thirty
families who were eating bread at the ex-
pense of the county. The Republican says
there are only ten such families, by actual
count.
Our city marshal posted notices requiring
every man to be his own snow pillow, but the
snow did not get away very fast until old Sol
pot nOlu Oh IL, last Ntoh. diu wv o"oy WIN
considerable OF II.
Decatur must be very sickly town. The
Temperance league reported that only seven
teen barrels of whiskey had been used there
since last May. IS they have no saloons, II
must all have been used incidentally.
Some ungentlemanly thief recently went
into Mrs. Capt Barrett's house, during bel
absence, and appropriated her pocket book
containing five dollars. thief that would
steal from a widow, is too mean to live.
A fat sheep man went through town OF
Sunday, with four loads of fat sheep for thu
eastern market OF course Bill was going Il
shin them for the benefit of the poor, and i
is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.
MI. u. Richardson has become bool
agent, and is taking orders for Mark Twain
new work, Adventures of Huckleberr.
Jim book that will bring an audible smi
20 the countenance of Presbyterian deacon
This town has one or two young femal
Notaries Public. and, strange as it may ap
pear. we have frequently heard men swea
in their presence. We had supposed it Il
be very ungentlemanly 20 swear before
LADY.
A deaf and dumb patent, potato parinl
machine man was III lOWn Tue OthSA va,
He warranted the machine to peel peck o
potatoes quicker than hound pup can lie
a skillet Ed. Gilman is agent for the ma
chine. ar
Edison Woodnlan, the Duke of Perche mar
recently sold colt 20 some eastern parties
for 1000. It pays to raise good horses.
any man doubts il we refer him TO Uncl
John Bathrick who stands ready to argue tn
point with him at any time.
DR.. John Kline, the great cancer eradicate
had the misfortune. while going from bel
10 Coolies. to lose his pocket book, contain
inc S75 and some valuable papers. III
pocketbook and papers were afterwal
found, but the money has not yet put in Q
appearance.
She told her husband her eye sight WI
falling. and that she could not find pair
plaases in town that would fit her eyes. III
y said there was travelling spectacle yend
here who was selling glasses cheap. !
was called in aud fitted her with pair at u
extremely low price of $3.50. After Il
lander had gone, her husband went to Car
enith's store and bought pair Of ten ce
~asses and exchanged them, ''unbeknowns
"a the wife. Since then she has wo
~ ten centers, and thinks them the be
masses she eyer saw, so plain, soft and ca
"a the eve. She wouldn't part with the
~ anv thing. The husband sits and smil
-renely with the $3.50 glasses in his "
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