The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-30
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The Cass County Agricultural society will |
hold no fair during the present year.
At M. f. church next Sabbath, both morn
ing and evening, Rev. Paul Des Jardins |
young man of talent.
There will be O special meeting of the |
Paw Paw Fire Department at Town Hall, |
Thursday evening, April 30th.
The Paw Paw polo clubs will play match
game at the Star rink, Coolies, next Saturday
evening. The boys always take a crowd
with them.
The Christian church social will be held at
the residence of Mr.. James Bullard, on Tues
day evening next A cordial invitation is
extended TO all.
The following is list of letters remaining
uncalled for at the post Office in this village,
for the week ending April eth: Hiliard
q Demot; Heaston, Mr.. George McDougal,
Lorensa Scott, Joe-
A new grocery establishment. is about to
be opened in town. Ed. Foster and Alb.
Showerman will put in a stock of groceries
on the west side of Warmers meat market,
which has been fitted mp for their occupancy.
Guy Harrison has graduated from the
NoRTHERNER Office, and gone tosouthern In
diana, on skating tour, with Bert Moon.
II he gets hard up, he can "sub" in some
print shop and get money enough to get
home
An officer from Cass county was in town
last Sunday, looking for a wooden legged
darkey and demented white girl who had
taken French leave from the Cass county
poor house. The parties had been here and
gone north.
He threatened to smash us into "pi'' if we
mentioned the fact that he went home Sat
urday night and left the keys in his store
door, where ne found them Monday morn
ing and, therefore, we keep still and make no
noise about it.
We always insert marriage notices when
furnished us promptly, but we must request
our friends not TO send in long lists of we'd
ding presents, as we cannot spare space for
their publication, and, if we could. il would
not be doing justice to the great mass of our
subscribers, to whom such lists would be of
no interest.
A. f. Hayes, our efficient foreman, has
show. We regret to part with him, and,
whenever he desires, and there is vacancy
in the NoRTHERNER Office, we shall be pleased
to give him situation. He will be succeeded
by Ed. Rathburne, late foreman of the Albion
Recorder, one of the best job printers in
Michigan.
Several of our exchanges state that 223
votes were cast in this county for Thomas
w. Cooley, instead of Thomas nj. Cooley. 1t
isn't true. The ballots were all right, but
the clerk of the township board returned
them wrong, and the board of county can
vassers, knowing that Morse was elected by
large majority, did not think it worth
while to remain in session for another day,
in order to correct the mistake.
Mrs. Eleanor McNett of Bangor. Mich,
died at that place on Monday of last week
and was buried there on Wednesday, the
22d inst Mrs. M. was one of the old pio-
neers, being 81 years old, and having been a
resident of Michigan for the past 81 years.
She was sister of Mrs. w. X. Butler of this
township, and mother of Mrs. Ii. S. Harrett
of Waverly and Mrs. X. o. Hatch of Hart
ford, both of whom were present at the fun.
eral services.
A story is going the rounds of the papers
concerning man who has passed his three
score and ten, and who never swore. never
used any tobacco, never made kite, never
skated, never played marbles. cards, billiards
or croquet, never sang a song, never struck {
man or boy, never drank dram of rum
whiskey, brandy, wine, beer or cider, ncvel
went home with the girls. and never was sicl
in his life. The story must be true " for b,
himself hath said it." He was an awfu
good boy and is a fair kind of a man-i
preacher-but he never had much fun.
Edison Woodman ESQ.,, our noted breede
of Percheron horses and Shetland ponies
passed through this village on Saturday last
with seven head of fine horses which he hal
purchased in the eastern part of the state
The lot consisted of = five years DID, and :
two years old stations, two years old and
five years old mares. Edson's method o
leading them was quite novel and attracted
good deal of attention. AS horseman Mr.
Woodman is a success, and the secret OF hi
success is his determination to handle no in
ferior stock.
Josh. Bangs, manager of the new Cleve
land Bay stallion, Young Luck's All, was as
tonished last Friday evening, on going t
the stall occupied by the horse, to find al
angular cash cut in the fleshy portion of til,
horses hip, extending about five inches eacl
way and nearly three inches deep. AS the
stall was new box stall, perfectly smooth
and without a silver, nail or other substanc,
on which the horse could injure himself tn,
manner in which the cut was inflicted is
mystery. Fortunately il is in such
location as not to disable him, ever
temporarily.
The Bangor Reflector criticises the pro
gramme of the spring fair. Probably i
would in the judgment of the critic, b,
better for the society to stay in the ole
ruts, until bankruptcy and foreclosur
ended its career, than to adopt any new
methods calculated to bring dollars to 1T
treasury. and to enable it to pay its debt
and cancel its mortgages. The money OF
fered for trotting is entirely outside of tn
funds of the society, and is contributed b,
donations from citizens of Paw Paw an,
vicinity. If they like to see horses tro
and are willing to pay for it, why shoult
the Reflector be troubled?
The Lawrence correspondent of the Ad
rdnce desires to know if a person holding
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