The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-23

DR.. John Klein, the great cancer escula-
pits, has taken up his headquarters mt the
Clifton House. The doctor tells US he is not
long for this world, but he has bright hope
of the "sweet bye and bye" which is very
comforting for anyone 30 situated.
Mr.. A. Hathaway, our lumber merchant, il
about to 90 north among the tail hemlocks
and take charge of @. ID. Nelson Il Co.'s
mills, near Muskegon. This mill cuts from
200 TO $50 thousand feet of lumber per day,
and the foreman generally gets five cents per
thousand.
wholesale portable grocery house made
US visit short time since, for the purpose
of selling Us groceries, ETC., claiming that he
could save US from thirty to forty per cent
over, We found that we could save cent a
pound on some things, where we bought five
dollars worth.
That little cider donation we spoke about
as going to the Paw Paw sons-in-law is.
without doubt, just as we stated it, as we
saw the donator with the cider, going that
way and were told by party who rode with
him that the donator told him he was going
to donate the cider as stated. The proba-
bilities are that the recipients drank up the
cider and are now belly-aching for more.
The following persons were made happy
last week, with pensions through Galligan's
agency: Mrs. DIR. Andrews, Edwin George,
John p. Smith, Paw Paw; Henry Palmen-
teer, Almena; Joseph Cook, Lawrence; Aaron
Sweet Decatur; John S. Dunbar. Kalamazoo;
DIR. Osmer Letson, Mcdonald: M. L. Barhite,
Marshall, and Augustus Nj. Finke, Augusta.
Not only were the above claims allowed, but
he filed thirty-tive new ones during the same
time, and thirteen of them came from Kan
sas; all in one week and still there is more
to follow"
He was small kid and went into Alb.
Showerman's the other day and called for a
nickel's worth of matches. Alb did him up
five boxes, telling him they were the best
parlor match made. Don't want them"
says the boy, ana hain't got any parlor,"
and he showed them back. "What kind do
you want then?" queried Alb. Kitchen
matches" was the reply. Five more boxes
were done up from the same lot and handed
to the boy as " kitchen matches" which he
took and went away happy, whistling "When
Johnny Comes Marching Home
Week before last we spoke of having o
concert at the Lee school house, and by rea-
son of our notice they had a large and
crowded house. There was one gentleman
with Henry Clay head with the Henry Off
who objected to our style of notice, saying it
wasn't respectable and that the NoRTHyRNER
was the dirtiest sheet in Paw Paw and that
not half of it was fit to be read. The poor
fellow is an object for pity and will have our
prayers and most heartfelt sympathy. We
have forgiven him and know that the NORTH
ERNER will do likewise. We hope he may
not be held accountable as he is not to
blame because he don't know any more.
This is the way the Kalamazoo Daily TEE
graph sizes up one of our retired chicken
merchants: "Charley l.. Galligan. the well
known Paw Paw pension agent. has pen
chant for chickens and never let's slip an
opportunity to increase his worldly posses
sions i'll this line. Last spring he Was
induced to go into the business with Mr..
John Beam. putting in tifty-seven fowls
and feed against that gentleman's experience,
each partner TO share and share alike. The
business situation was figured up recently
and Galligan received as his share of stock
and profits, nine old hens, two ROSTERS and
thirteen young chickens. He therefore
pulled the (John) Beam out of his eye and
retired from poultry raising"
LIZ Motraiu, u noteu physician OF halafna-
zoo, has come out with paper saying he ia
convinced that water from drive wells is
dangerous, as they are filled with impurities,
and that the water from them should not be
used. The Holly water works are little too
expensive for us farmers and drive wells
being condemned, of course the doctor would
recommend open wells as last resort, but
we don't like open wells. We stood by and
saw one cleaned out OH one occasion and all
that was removed from it was two dead cats,
three dead moles, an old hen, thirteen dead
toads and frogs, striped snake, four old
shoes, one rubber boot. an old bell and strap,
etc. etc. OF the two. drive or open, we are
inclined 10 think there is about as much
impurity in an open as i'll drive well, but
we may be mistaken.