The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-05-27

ln1t AOW o1yc- WV Va VIC s@@>.f fs"f'~&'~o
for the races.
Mrs. Capt. Barrett has gone TO Bangor on
q weeks visit to her daughter, Mrs. John
Blaisdell, after refusing the hand OF corn
fed, widowed granger.
Ben Wilkes. Sultana Calamity, Annie d.,
and several others are over on the track pre-
pairing TO get 10 the front, under the super
vision of Pete Bigelow.
Comrade Brad. Stanton has built end
opened up brand new wagon and repair
shop at his residence on the corner of La
Grave and Cedar streets.
Some of our kids caught lot of suckers
the other day, skinned them and sold them
for bullheads The boys claimed that nobody
but bullheads would buy them.
Hiram Flanders, our ex-marshal, is in the
silverware business with Messrs. Lang IL
Son, and is canvassing the county with his
wares and making people happy.
Rolla L. Quick has sold Colonel, his trot-
ter, to Lansing parties for a good round
price. Colonel is quite a slayer. He
showed his staying qualities in our streets a
short time ago, to the satisfaction of quite a
good many of our citizens.
Our mineral spring water is just booming,
and hundreds are patronizing the springs
every day, carrying the water away in pals,
| Jugs, crooks, etc. Invalids claim great relief
| from its use. The water is not of the kind
that stinks bad enough TO drive off a hound
pup, but pure, sparkling. tasteless. health
full, cold, pleasant drink.
horny handed farmer called at one Of
our places of business the other day and en-
quired the price of wool Irvine. Eight
cents" said the merchant. "Can't you sell it
for less?" said the farmer, "as we can't use
but mighty little on wool this year for it
will not bring over 20 cents per 10. anyway"
NO said the merchant, and the poor tiller
of the soil gave heavy groan and walked
ont.
Jim Lane, a Paw Paw Dauntless colt,
went over TO Painwell last Thursday and
trotted his maiden race. He was driven to
avoid record and the following was the
result:
jim Lane, b g.. ............... 2-3-3
Turk, en- - s';;'..'.'''''''''.'.''' 80 80
frankie o., b m. ................ 5-4-5
Ned Eagle. Oh g................ 3-2-2
hlttle Wells, b M. ............... II
Time, 2:4412; 2:4134; PAIL
Twenty years ago last Monday, Mrs.
Alice Beam had the pleasure of becoming
the happy possessor of twin girls who have
ever since borne the names of Myra and
Minnie. The former has been married for
about three years and carries her little Ger
tificate in her arms. Minnie still remains
single and in order to keep the happy event
of their birth fresh in mind. Mrs. B. made
nice little party and invited all her friends
and had a good time. Mrs. b. has been
txrio iaI ba, froth ,cha,l Ia,,f, NJ
Ford Orr who died in 1872.
John Beam, Lee district granger. was
going into the hog business. So. one day
last week, hitching up his side wheeler, he
started for Keller for his stock in trade
While there he bought two pigs paying S1.50
apiece and, on his way home the next day,
one got out of his box and got into John
Rosevelt's clover field and Beam after him
John fell down nearly breaking his left
thumb, but the pig he never found. Before
he got back to his wagon, the horse had
turned around and broke his buggy. That
he soon repaired and reached home about
dark. His good wife had saved up barrel
of milk for his stock in trade and gave the
little porcine good big supper as she knew
he was very hungry, but it proved too rich
for its blood, and the next morning John
planted it beneath the sod. He says he will
never embark in the pig trade any more, that
it is not paying business.
He lived in the northern part of Waverly,
was full of book beer. and wanted to 90 to
the show at Lawton, and before doing so
wanted to instruct his wife by telephone
what to do about the chores. and enquired
for the Office There happened to be cover
of an old paint pail nailed on a telegraph
81,
he was directed to that. So, squaring him
self before it, he sang out in loud sonorous
voice, Hello Mary Ann Hello said
small kid near by. Say, l am going to
Burr Robbins show tonight. and want you
to feed the old SOW and pigs, turn the old
mare out in Bob's back pasture and have
Bob come over and milk the old cow for she
might kick - out of you. since that --
calf chawed her teats half of, and when /
come home l will bring you a burned nice
dress from Bill Sellick's, that he is selling for
only ten cents yard, called cambria dress
goods, that is a dandy" "All right said the
kid, and, turning around to the crowd. he
wanted 10 know what the charges were.
Nothing, nothing, sung out three or four
parties. Il tell you what it is boys, got the
best wife in eleven counties TO work and
keep things: I'll be COL burned if she can't
do most anything. The other day bought
gallon of paint at Covert d Bartram's to
paint the kitchen floor with. and durn me if
she hasn't just got it painted all right" How
do you know" said bystander why,
smelt it while l was talking to her through
your phone. man has been known to
smell another's breath through one of those
things sixty-fve miles, and the day is not
far distant when a good. sound. healthy,
drinking. tobacco squirting breath can be
smelJ tor POO miles with perfect ease" SO,
bidding the crowd good bye, he started for
Lawton.