The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-10-28
I.awton.
Mrs John Elyea still continues very low.
Clark. the celery man. Is putting mp no
Rouse and is increasing his business IN tina

Clark. the celery man. is putting mp a hot
house and is increasing his business IN that
liue.
Winfield Plumb of Lansing, is visiting
amoug friends here and looking after bust
ICES, matters.
Adams Z Lich shipped two car loads of
lngs To Kalamazoo and IA car load of old IRON
10 DoNagiac, this week.
Charley Hight says he would like to get
onto the fellows frame who stuck those adj
vrttiSemeuts ON his window He is little
larger than You are, Charley.
J. q Parkhurst OF Decatur, spoke at q. A.
Il. Hall lsst Friday evening. 10 "A good crowd
at our citizens assembled there. MIR. Park
hurst is a fine speaker and WAS attentively
listened to throughout
johnny Baker left last Saturday for New
York, with car load of live poultry, for
Carey Dunham. He will come back though,
for his heart is weighed down with Stone.
such as the state of New York does not
possess
Ii the fine weather continues. fruit men
will begin TO ship their second crop OF ber-
ries. A. b. Jones picked two quarts OF red
raspberres from his vines last week, and
many of them are i'll blossom and have green
berries on.
Hon Geo. A. Fam delivered fine address
in this village last tuesday evening. He is
one of the leading temperance men OF Mich
igau. aud knows what party 10 stand by in
order to receive the greatest benefit 10 the
temperance cause.
The recent death of Mr.. Jason Atwell of
Porter township, in this county made void IA
-. a. II. 4 I'll
citizen, by a man who will he greatly missed
from the community where he so many years
resided, aud whose material, moral aud social
interests, his labOrs aud example wete greatly
t,,trumenial in promoting. The Influence
for good of the life eft an intelligent. virtuous
man, is ineStimabe, and its record IL an inval-
udhe legacy. Mr.. Atwell's life was without
b.euisb; an honest. intelligent, industrious
nldtI, ole who fulfilled the duties of life with
conscientious rectitude.: a faithful, consistent
CHRISTIAN aud upright citizen. he has gone
down 70 death full of years his life's labors
we'll palformed leaving TO his children and
friends "a record that they cannot but contem-
plate with gratitude and pride. Like most
ot the Older residents of Michigan, Mr.. Atwell
came from New York. having been born in
Washington County, February 9th, 1913, and
WAS thus, at the time of his death, upwards
~ SFNcntN-tnree years OF age At the age OF
seventeen, he removed to Schenectady, where
he resided until September. 1854. when he
cane TO Michigan and settled upon the farm,
adjoining the village OF Lawton, whence his
geutIe split took It's flight, and from which
hts body has just been borne TO Its final
resting place IN the village cemetery. His
land aS was most of the surrounding country
at tuat time, was i'll its primitive state. and
wdS purchased Tor four dollars per acre. He
literally carved out his home in the wilder
nes-. Mr.. Atwel was one of the pioneer
fruit growers of the community IN which he
lived one of the first TO demonstrate the
adaptablity of the soil and climate To the
profitable production of important kinds of
fruits His apple orchard is one of the oldest
and best III this section, and twenty years
ago lie was producing and marketing berries
aud peaches. He formerly took much interest
and pride in exhibiting his fruits at the state
and county fairs, and his success. example
and counsel did much To stimulate and TO
instruct others in this department of agrieul-
ture. Mr. Atwell's influence was always in
strunental In the promotion OF every good
work, was always upon the moral side of
every question. In temperance. religion and
politics, he stood where his judgment and
experience taught him TO serve. and this he
lid in an unerring, consistent way, from his
early life until its close Requiescm IN p0ce.