The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-14

Observers Observattous.
Bill Fowler has become a good beef cutter.
Broughton's house will be good one
when finished.
Charley Ocobock, the bachelor, is now
chief engineer of the street sprinkler.
Corporal Ben Holt is getting proud and ia
putting fancy fence around his domicile.
Little Dan Robb will hold dog shearing
festival as soon as the weather will permit.
Some of our farmers are using giant pow
der to hoist out their stumps. 1t is q great
holster.
Il. A. Quick has his trotter back from Kal-
amazoo, preparatory to entering him in the
Paw Paw races.
Every man, woman and child in town who
had a sore throat, called it diphtheria. The
fact is we have had but two cases
The portable Waverly butcher was in town
the other day, selling lamb, sheep and NUT
ton from the same carcass, as usual.
DR.. Gillis Bradley, the veterinary star, is
about to bid adieu to these parts and seek
broader fields of labor at Kalamazoo.
WILDER Babcock recently bought new
stallion in the eastern part of the state. Paw
Paw still takes the lead in fine horses.
The tax roll is now in the hands of the
marshal and all who want, or don't want, to pay
their taxes will have the opportunity to do so.
John Wolf, one of our harness-makers, has
gone to Decatur where he will open up bust
ness ON his own hook. John is a good work.
man.
Elder Boynton, the Free Baptist minister,
is here from Ohio with his family. He will
occupy the Shuts house next to where Lon
now lives.
Last Thursday and Friday were two of the
most gate slamming and barn-door-b banging
days of the season. Several Mattawan farms
started eastward.
Our old ex-chief of police has sharpened
up his shears preparatory to making the in
nocent sheep surrender their coats during
the next thirty days.
Emory Showerman, tho bay window land
lord of the Clifton House, has sold one of
his flyers TO a Hastings man who knew where
to come for good horses.
Cows have commenced roaming around
into gardens, as usual If they are not care
fully watched they will roam into the pound
to the tune of one dollar per bovine.
Col w. X. Hawkins was not very favora-
bly, impressed with the Sunny South" He
says he didn't see a farm house south of
Nashville that was worth ten dollars.
Kalamazoo will hold her horse fair the last
of next month. A large number of the best
flyers of the state will be there, and large
wad of money will be hung up for them.
Those snow storms last Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, looked little discouraging to
farmers who were compelled to prepare their
corn ground, wearing overcoats and mittens.
Johnny Heffron has gone into the barn
moving business. He makes success of it.
few days since, he moved barn from one lot
to another in just two hours and ten min
utes.
David Woodman I'd is setting out ever
green's around his elegant home, and they
look very handsome. They will improve
in appearance as they grow older, just as the
governor does.
Spearinp fish is going on nearly every
night and large quantities are taken. This
kind of warfare upon the fnny tribe ought
to be prohibited by statute, at least until the
spawning season is over.
Old Mr.. Clement will move to Lake Park
during the season, for the purpose of quench-
ing the thirst and satisfying the hunger of
the many fishermen and pleasure seekers
who VIII congregate there.
A Lawton pcddler was up in waverly
few days since, buying eggs. He had se-
cured four or five bushels, when his team
ran away, tipping over his wagon and caus-
ing hen fruit to take a sudden tumble.
The song of the whippoorwill was heard
the other evening. Sam Orr, who puts
great deal of faith in the little bird, planted
ten acres of corn the next day. Sam says
the bird is a regular corn barometer and was
never known to fail.
He is retired farmer; has fine colt:
concluded to break colt; colt came near
breaking +. f.; colt pulled one way, hard !;
farmer pulled the other way, hard; farmer
Stacked up suddenly to let colt over back
ward didn't succeed both pulled evenly
matched: little dog ran up; bit colt on hind
leg colt sprang forward; farmer went
down, quick; got up; colt looked at dog I;
farmer kicked colt; colt kicked farmer in
abdomen farmer bumped up; colt jumped !;
jerked farmer down skinned his nose; out