The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

Observers Observations.
Dick Setchfeld has sold his "yaller"
charger.
The overcoat-stealing season ia upon Us
once more.
Mrs. Elijah Crane has returned from her
visit to Delhi, N. Y.
Fred Holt will work for Mrs. Thomas
Threadgould next season.
December came in like lion and will
probably 60 out like the --.
Sam Orr has sent to Benton Harbor for
brand new dog of the Italian variety.
McCabe welded the gavel at Ed. Georges
sale last Thursday and everything sold well.
Ed. George and family have concluded
not to move to Paw Paw, but will go to
Lawton.
Mrs. Mary Nj. Georges sale was not con-
summated on the I'd inst, but was adjourned
until Monday, when it was closed up.
Sam. Orr killed two pigs the other day
one of which kicked the beam at 4l8 pounds
and the other at 452, after having their dress
taken off.
Glover hullers have commenced operations
$3.50 per bushel, the cheapest it has been
for some time.
Dewitt Ferguson is still thresbing corn
with his machine. He tells us he can thresh
500 bushels per day, instead Of 250 bushels,
az we reported.
Miss Allie Durkee, one of Decatur's hand
some school ma'ams, kind of relative and
visitor of ours, is married. Charley Roosevelt
is her happy possessor.
That item that Hank Hinckley was going
to furnish US with proved to be girl and,
if Hank had only had ten more children, he
would now have twenty.
Lottie, thirteen years old daughter of
Charity Timmons, who is here from the
state of Iowa on visit, fell one day last
week and broke one of her arms near the
wrist
They say burdock seeds are good for
rheumatism. If that il so, the names and
tails OF that herd of horses belonging to Geo.
w. Longwell, on the Bradley place, will not
suffer from that difficulty.
Mrs. Lucy Gilbert, wife of Luke p, the
old grocer, has received notice, through Gal
| ligan's agency, of the allowance of her pen
sion claim. with about S400 back pay and
twelve dollars per month hereafter.
Bill Branch was up in the Lee district the
other day. looking after his musical business
and on his way, repaired a key to Miss Efie
Galligan's piano that was a little of, the only
thing that has got out of rig since she pur-
chased it of him, nearly year ago.
Eugene Salisbury, that quiet, close
mouthed insurance man, has opened up
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wards of twenty-four miles square and the
northwest quarter of it extends into Lake
Michigan. Gene can always be found in
his Office.
link Hills, the Lawrence horseman, has
got to be full fledged hog merchant and is
doing a thriving business buying pigs, much
more so than when buying pools. There is
quite difference between pigs and pools
You can always get something out of pigs,
but pools are more fiuctuating.
That Sabbath school concert that was to
come off at the Lee school house last Sunday
night, failed to materalze. The "stars," on
account of bad weather, hadn't been able to
get together to practice, but they will be all
right next Sunday night. Everybody invited
Reserved seats as free as the pure air OF
Heaven.
Last spring we formed partnership with
John Beam in the chicken business. We
put in fifty-five good hens, roosters and feed,
against his experience and care, each partner
to share and share alike. We divided mp a
short time since, and our share consisted of
nine old hens, two roosters and thirteen
young chicks. We have concluded that the
chicken business didn't pay.
George Lucas came near finding watery
grave last Sunday. He was down the river
sitting on a log that reached over the stream
when a duck came along and he turned
partially around and shot at it left-handed, the
gun kicking him of into the turbulent wat
ers. Ii was with great difficulty that the
poor Sabbath breaker was rescued. After
reaching terra trina, the old coon hunter
struck his gait and racked for home.
Frank Pierce is great, big harmless fell
low, and was never known to do anybody n
personal injury. either when drunk or sober.
We never knew him TO square mp TO anyone
but once, and we have known him all his
life. and no harm was done then. Knocking
him down with an old shovel, as was done at
the Dyckman House last Friday night, was
an outrage and should be investigated by
court of justice, and the shovel manipulator
properly punished.
He had sold a part of his bean crop for
eighty dollars and, fearing he might be
robbed, he secreted il in stocking that he
picked up from the floor as he went to retire,
and threw it under his bed. After breakfast
the next morning, he went for his stocking
and couldn't find it, but he kept mum about
it. Soon afterwards, his ten year old kid
came in, saying there was something in his
stocking which hurt his toes The stocking
was removed and in the toe was the eighty
dollars in bills. His father had taken it for
a National bank.