The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
Observers Observations.

Been having the very best of crop weather.
We were very lazy last week and were al
most ashamed of what we wrote up.
Reuben Qua is putting a new overcoat on
his house, making 1t look much better.
Yellow legged chickens have struck the
market. Nothing takes so well as they do,
at a church festival.
Butter was selling on the streets last week
for only nine cents per pound, cheaper than
it has been for years.
Sam Galligan's wife has not, as yet, put in
an appearance. Sam don't know but she
has run off with another dog.
They have got up Look out for the Cars"
on the narrow gauge crossing on the Decatur
road, which looks like business.
Ed C. Galligan went to Chicago last week
Saturday to attend Firemen's Convention,
of which fraternity he is a member.
A little Movers boy up in the western part
of town, fell of the fence few days since
and broke his leg. DIR. Andrews mended it.
jim Lane has gone back to Kalamazoo into
the hands of Will Lewey, his driver, one of
the finest conditioners and drivers in the
state.
That threshing engine has struck the
highway again. We would just as soon drive
into heard of elephants as to meet one of
them.
Phil Sherrod, Lyle district granger, has
hidden adieu TO farmers life and has moved
into town, occupying the house of Mrs. Calista
Hogmire.
jim Galligan got one of his fingers pretty
well torn to pieces by COW the other day.
DIR. Andrews did the repairing. For partic-
ulars enquire of Jim.
Fred Covert has purchased fine pair of
blooded carriage horses that can hardly be
excelled. Go and see them, Fred would be
glad to have you do So
Miss Minnie Orr has returned from Kala-
mazoo where she has been rusticating, and
is now being fed at home with pie, over the
left shoulder of her ma.
Present indications are that small aver
age of wheat will be sown this fall. as that
crop, at present prices, hardly pays the tiller
of the soil for his labor in producing it.
A car load of bronchos was in town last
Saturday and all sold out to our horse men.
The manner in which the animals were
lassoed was both amusing and scientific.
Judge Hilton has given up the horse
swapping business and gone to buying, and
now owns one of the finest Dauntless colts
in the county of which he expects to make
flyer.
One of our sportsmen has dog for which
he has refused $50 and, on account of
firing over him so much, he has gone deaf.
rather bad blow for him; yes, both for man
and dog.
II. X. Halsted, one of our scientific far
mers has a muck field of about five acres
which he is covering about three inches deep
with sand, which he claims will be q great
improvement.
Week before last, we spoke of q Decatur
landlord coming over here with pair of
cats on either side of him and driving q pair
of ponies. We are happy to say it was not
Marsh Merwin but it came mighty close to
him.
Harry Wilkes trotted three heats last week
at Cleveland in PIG, 2-153i and 2-149l. the
fastest three heats in race with other
horses known to the trotting fraternity of
the world. Thomas WEIGH says the Wilkes
family are great trotting nation, and from
what We know and are able to hear we fully
concur in his judgment.
DIR. Reed is repainting his house in the
most approved style. The DIR. tells us that
Counselor George +. Breck is his attorney
in that great fortune that was left to him in
the old country and that it is a part of
Georges mission to Europe to investigate
the matter. He says il amounts to about
Sl,75OO0O, and he is to give Mr.. Breck
twenty-five per cent of il when collected
which will no doubt buy quite a herd of
Cleveland Bays.
A set of false teeth were found on our
streets few mornings since and the ques-
ton was, "How came they there and who
was the owner?" That day a toothless old
chap, from near Lawrence put in an appear
snce and claimed the teeth. He said he had
been imbibing little TO freely and had to
unload and lost his teeth with his beer.
When he saw his teeth his eyes sparkled
and, readjusting them, he started for home
happy.