The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-24
Fine growing time.

Haying has commenced among the clover
raisers.
We have the greatest cherry crop known
for years.
Buttermilk is selling at the creamery for
only five cents per gallon.
Samuel Consolus is putting an addition
on his barn. Bill Fowler is the boss.
Mrs. DIR. Russell had slight stroke of
paralysis last Sunday but is now better.
Corn is getting to the front at a rapid rate,
and will be knee high by the 4th of July.
The old bachelor is quite happy since he
has had so much help sprinkling our streets.
H. w. McCabe is the happy owner of
eight three dollar dogs which he will sell
cheap.
Manley Babcock is doirg thriving bust
ness raising thoroughbred Plymouth Rock
chickens.
Harry Longwell was presented few days
ago with pair of guinea pigs by his big
brother-in-law.
Strawberries are getting rather scarce and
the ever welcome shortcake has taken rest
for another year.
We were visited by another soaking rain
lasD Tuesday afternoon, whereat all nature
rejoices and is glad.
DR.. ellis Bradley, the great veterinary
star, is suffering from the effects of rheuma-
tism in his left hind leg.
Marshal Billiard has taken up the broncho
breaking business, and is making quite
success in the enterprise.
The boys have commenced hauling out of
the net quite a number of speckled trout
and cells from our streams.
Miller. the tailor, is the possessor of
handsome little broncho, which he exercises
every night and morning.
Frank Eldredge. one of our constables,
has bought him new horse and delinquents
will have to look out little.
Capt Bill Bryant is one of the boss work
men on the Longwell residence at Lake
Park, and is doing good job.
/. A. Whitman is building a nice horse
barn. l.. w. Whitbeck is the chief archi-
tect and it will go up in good shape.
Butter is selling on the streets for only
ten cents per pound. Farmers had better
sell cream for thirteen cents per guage.
Aaron Bundy has bought the residence
recently vacated by Capt. Bill Bryant. and is
making some good improvements on it.
Joe Carroll, the great boot and shoe man,
who went west this spring, has stuck his
stakes at Fort Dodge, southwest Kansas.
A. G. Glidden took us across his knee the
other day for speaking of the grangers as
being corn fed and casting sleeps eyes so
We have quit it.
Young potatoes have struck the market
in very good shape this year, and if nothing
happens the crop will be large, as a large
acreage is planted.
Geo. Grout, since going over to Three
Rivers, has got just so fat that now with his
under shirt off, he kicks the beam at 249 lbs,
and still improving.
The other night about II o'clock they
were all seen in their night apparel going to
and from the mineral springs in double file
and were gloriously happy.
Miss Mildred Corning. of Hillsdale is
here on visit for few days visiting her
aunt Mrs. Scott, and us. Miss "C'' swings
very good lip at the piano.
special train was run over the narrow
gauge last Tuesday, for the benefit of certain
railroad magnates from South Bend, Ind,
who were inspecting the road.
Miss Effie Galligan has been limping about
for the past few days with lame foot on
account of wearing number three shoe on a
number three and half foot.
Mrs. Capt Barrett went home with her
son-in-law, VIM Blaisdel last Monday, who
resides down in Arlington, where she will
cta nd vic MI
The bean crop is getting to the front in
good shape, and from appearances our hand
some widows will have plenty TO do again
the coming winter in the bean picking line.
Bowen, the deep cut clothing man, is get
ting very proud. He went off and bought
harness, carriage and an iron grey flyer
which he is coursing on our streets every
day.
Alb. Grout. one of our old line farmers.
says if you want good shower of rain dur
ing a dry spell, NOV down eight acres of
grass. He did it the other day and the rain
came.
Neil Oaks of Decatur. has bid an affection
ate farewell to that little burg and sputting
up a house on his father-in-law's Orchard
Underwood) farm and will soon have il ready
to occupy.
The body of lad aged eleven years, son
of John DE Voris, former resident of this
town, was brought here for burial on Tues
day last. The boy was drowned in Lake
Michigan by accidentally falling from the
pier in the township of Covert.
Kalamazoo hangs up $1,000 in purses TO
be footed for on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, June 30. 30 and July
and I'd; and some of the finest flyers in
the world will be there. There is already
some fourteen from Governor Stanford's
farm in California, in training for these
races.
He was from Waverly. He said he had
been paying his distresses to her for a long
time and promised to take her into his little
corral and watch over her so long as they
both should live; but now he had TO cancel
that contract and burst il into thousand
pieces. "How is tbat?"we queried. well
you see have had for q long time peculiar
feeling in my internal regions, a sort of a
bobbing and jumping just under my left
vest pocket. So had DIR. Maynard make
critical examination to-day, he pronounced it
heart disease and said / should be very eau
fiona 50 ,,,uoaIf avoid oil axcitaunapt ohart,