The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-24
Observers Observations.

Turkey gobblers are roosting high.
Our sleighing is getting bald-headed.
Hay is selling on the street for nine dollars
per ton.
Capt. George Nash and wife of Marcellus,
were visiting his brother X. G. last Sunday
Our city marshal is putting on heaps of
style with bran new kalamazoo, swel-box
cutter.
Beef-eaters shouldn't go hungry as that
article is sold upon our streets for and
cents per lib.
Joseph L. Salisbury, the old battle SCARED
hero, is getting his material on the ground
for new barn.
Skunk hunting is now in full bloom, and
piles of the little sweet smelling quadrupeds
are being bagged.
Those turkeys of Fred Pugsley's spoken
of last week as weighing 28l lbs. should
have read 3sl lbs.
If you want to know how well off you are
consult the tax-colector and he will tell you
in just four minutes.
Mrs. Clara Rodenbaugh and husband she
that was Miss Clara Flanders) are now rusti-
eating at I.eesburg, Florida.
DIR. C. w. Ward, formerly of this place. is
reported as being very low with consump-
ton, at Kalamazoo where he now resides.
Frank Davey has gone to Quincy, this
state, TO work in carriage shop. where VIM.
Reed is now employed under Mr.. Sheldon,
formerly of this place.
Prof. Wakeman of this city. recently
from Bloomingdale, is teaching good many
of our citizens, young and DID, how to write
AS quill driver, we think he beats US.
They had large hen party at Mr. Coy's
last Thursday evening, in honor of Miss
Nina Randall, who boards there and goes to
school. No roosters were Growing around
there.
DR.. ellis Bradley, veterinary star, we'll
known to our people for the last twenty-five
years as one of the leading professional men
of this county, is now in Kalamazoo follow
ing, we understand, the Same business az
while here.
James III. Kennedy and Nimrod Muncy of
Dowagiac, James Kelly, David Ward, Orrin
Rhodes, and Samuel PARROT of Lawton,
Simeon Francis of Decatur. George T.. King
and Sarah l.. King of Galesburgh, George III.
Remington and William Mckinney of Ban
gor, and Alex. Cummings of Coolies, all got
pensions last week. through Galligan's pen
sion agency.
Last week, we saw in the Kalamazoo T'eLe-
graph and the Courier, that Hon. j. G. Park
hurst of Decatur, while coming out of a
place where spirituous and intoxicating
liquors are sold, fell and injured himself. 1t
was further stated that it was almost impos-
sible to get him away from the bar. Now, a
strictly temperance man like Judge Park
hurst should rise up and explain.
The other day one of our good christian
ladies who ~ in rather reduced circumstances,
while sitting in her lonely chamber writing
a letter to her father, had the good fortune
to have a little spider spin down on his little
web before her. She gazed upon the little
insect as token of good luck and believed
that he had appeared as fore-runner of it.
She cheered up, told her story of The little
twill you walk into my parlor" Teller, when,
behold! the next day her husbands pension
was allowed, amounting to over one thou
sand dollars. So watch ont for little spi-
ders.
Stephen Mattocks, the Hartford ex-soldier.
is about to commence suit against certain
war widow of this township. lie alleges
that he spoke to her about a wife, and that
she introduced him TO one of our handsome
young ladies with view of marriage. This
beautiful belle told Stephen it would be nee
ssiasy that she should have $40 to provide
herself For 80 important an occasion. The
boli Stephen quickly handed over the
qmount, which the fair damsel a. quickly took.
"a ned her heels TO Stephen and event where
tho woodbino twineth." And now he thinks
that the widow who introduced him should
sufrsf part OF the loss, at least.