The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-17

Sunday, the spiritualist meeting at Four
Mile Lake was not very largely attended.
Another meeting will be held there next
Sunday, at which time, il is hoped the ele-
ments will be more propitious. To accomo-
date those who wish to attend, q special
train will leave Lawton at a. m. and p. IN.
Leave Paw Paw at $50 a. m. and 1:30 ID. m.
Leave Hartford at $50 a. m. Leave Law
renee at 10 a. M, returning after the after
noon session. Fare for the round trip, in
cluding admission to the grounds, so cents
from all points.
Yes, il was shack set" of locals borrowed
from the Decatur Republican. Now, Mr..
Editor, what have you got to say about it?-
Lasereace Times. Once upon tiilo q lad,
who was very young and very fresh, said to
an old gentlemen standing near by, "Sir, my
parents have no other child save me, and yet,
yonder lass is my sister. Canst solve me the
riddle?" The old gentleman knew the right
answer, and not desiring to injure the feel
ings of the fresh young man, made no reply,
but walked sadly away. The true solution
of the riddle was, as the old man afterward
remarked to friend, "The boy lied"
The country newspaper, says an exchange,
is the most useful and least compensated of
all the agencies which stamp the impress of
progress upon villages and inland cities.
v''thout the aid of local newspapers, local
towns are, as rule, thriftless and dead. 1t
is common for small great men to speak
with contempt of the local newspaper, but
the newspaper makes more great men out
of less material-more bricks without straw
than any other factor in politics. and it is
the one on which men climb to local distinc-
ton at the beginning of wider fame. The
afv ~ ha hac olxuaxy Il a1
the increased thrift of the community. The
local newspaper is the life of locality, and
the measure of its support, and, as rule,
measures the advancement of the people.
The Van Buren, County Agricultural
Society will hold its 35th annual fair on its
fair ground, in this village, from September
29th to October I'd, 1885, inclusive. An
inspection of the premium list leads us to
believe that the officers of the society have
adopted such measures as will insure sue
cessful and profitable fair. Prof. Z. d.
Hogan, the same who was present at the
spring meeting, will make a balloon ascen-
sion at one o'clock p. M, on the I'd and Sd
days of the exhibition. That the fair should
prove success, is matter of interest, not
only to agriculturists, but to the entire COM
munity. Now let everybody do something
to aid in the work. The fair cannot run
itself, any more than any other kind of bus
iness but little effort on the part of each
will serve to accomplish the desired result.
See that you do your part in the matter.
Marcellus people are very much wrought
up about mad dogs. The facts of the matter
are given by the Cassopolis VSgildnt, as
follows: "On Aug. 21 a strange dog came
through the village biting every dog that
happened to be in his path and there were
but few that escaped him and nearly all the
dogs that were attacked by him would not
fight him but ran from him. He went east
from here and no dog escaped being bitten
by him that he came in contact with. At
Bruce Beebe's, III the northeast corner of
this township, the dog was shot and killed.
There have been four dogs here that have
had queer actions and they have been killed.
One was fine shepherd, belonging to Hank
Cooley: one belonging to Sol. Cotterman:
one belonging to w. Stetlers and one of
Lou Udells. All of them were bitten by the
strange dog. A few people were also bitten,
but no serious results have occurred and our
people are using every precaution possible
to guard against any further danger This
strange dog was medium sized black and
white shepherd dog and it is not known
where he came FROM"
owing TO the exceedingly stormy weather,
we did not attend the editorial picnic
at South Haven. We clip the following
from the Lawrence Times, which is not only
a faithful account of the proceedings, but is
worthy of preservation as a literary gem,
and as an elegant and unique specimen of
English composition:
'THE EDITORS PICNIc!"
"We left Lawrence last Monday morning.
a. M af n cfo
until lao, arrived at Grand Junction at 2
o'clock p III and then loitered around the city
until the west bound train hoved in sight
We then pulled out for South Haven and
landed there at o'clock After viewing the
village as much as we could, went down to
the lake and beheld the beautiful sunset on
the Great Lake for the second time in our
lives Then we went back up town and
called at both printing offices and retired for
the night expecting to have a grand time
with our editorial brethren on the following
day if nothing happened. The morning
came and with it, not the picnic, but good
soaking rain from the east, after breakfast
ger man to see if any more editors had ar
rived None came and we lit out for home
The editors present were: Bro Reed of the
Allegan Gazette, Bro Stewart of the Sentinel,
Bro Dean of the Messenger and the publisher
of this sheet Yesterday morning we
received basket of delicious peaches sent
by Bro Stewart of the South Haven Sentinel,
for which he will please accept our thanks
for the same