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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06
Not an Even Start in the Race.

A commercial traveller who has just
returned from small town in Michi-
gan relates funny incident that oc-
CURED in little hotel in that burg.
The hotel was crowded, and a weary
traveller who came in and inquired for
a room was told by the clerk that
every room in the house, where it was
possible, had two beds in it already,
except one, and that one was occupied
by an old farmer who snored loud
enough to kill horse. sis that alp"
exclaimed the traveller jubilantly.
"Why. man, want you to know that
| am the champion snorer in my town,
and anybody who can best me at it
must be cuckoo. Just put bed in
that room for me-" The clerk told
him that it was useless, but the trav-
eler insisted. '.I'll tell you what I'll
do" said he, .'Ill just bet you IS my
snoring drives him out of the room"
The clerk was looking for cinch0s,
and snapped the bet up quick. Time
wore on until the hour for retiring.
Singularly both men wendell their way
upstairs together. The clerk awaited
further developments. About an hour
afterward rustling was heard up
above, and the traveller. half dressed,
with his coat, vest, and shirt on his
arm, came shutting down the steps.
Suddenly he walked over to the desk
and planked down V. 'I told you
so," said the clerk, who fairly rolled
over with laughter. Whats ailing
you, you gilly?" said the traveller with
a string of oaths; 'Td have won the
bet all right, but the son Of a gun got
to sleep first" He slept on hard
wood bench for the rest of the night
Bufdto Express.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06
Queen Pia's Elaborate Dresses.

I hear that that very dressy lady,
Queen Pia of Portugal, has just sent
on an order for some twenty new
dresses and a dozen bonnets as a prep
aration for the spring season, writes a
Paris correspondent of the Post Dis
patch. What does her majesty do with
all the gowns she purchases, I won
der7 If she bought one frock in Paris
last autumn she certainly ordered
something like two hundred, with hats
and bonnets and parasols and gloves
and hosiery TO correspond, and the
small trifle of 5000 worth of tortoise
shell wares, such as hairpins and
combs, etc., to say nothing of ream
upon ream of note paper and letter
paper adorned with dueces in gold
and colors. Queen Elizabeth died the
owner Of some three thousand dresses
and if Queen Pia continues in her
present course she will soon accumu-
late wardrobe rivaling in extent that
of the illustrious kinswoman of her
ancestors in the sixteenth century.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06
IN SHARP CONTRAST,
The Model as Painted and as Seen In Real
Life.

''Womanhood"-a background OF
misty gray, shadows soft and dreamy,
a woman floating through the shadows
with white arms raised high above her
head, clothed only in thin draperies,
trailing and fading into the clouds in
which she ioated. Every curve of the
cleaning white limbs, every line of the
slender body was revealed by the
clinging, transparent folds, which only
heightened the loneliness they could
not conceal. aud fell away softly from
the full, white throat and snowy
breast. The face was uplifted and
turned slightly away, in an exquisite
pose, but something in the chaste
lines of the beautiful figure revealed
all the purity, sacredness, and ideallty
of womanhood. Men looked at the
picture with earnest faces, women s
chatter hushed as they approached it
at almost makes me cry, it is so pure
and beautiful" said a pretty impulsive
girl: 81 could be always good tiff hung
in my room" The artist stood in the
angle of the railing as the people
crowded up to see his work, and some
one said, 'Is it an ideal figurep"
to which he answered; 81 painted it
from life, except the face, which is
idealized little"
High up in an old tenement-house
with dark passages, and up tumb le-
down stairs, in tiny room a woman
sat crouching over smoking fire, en-
deavoring to coax its Goals into life
and warmth. Her dress was old and
faded and soiled, tear on the shoulder
revealing the white flesh; her shoes
ragged and down at the heel, fastened
by one or two buttons; her hands were
smirched with coal dust. A frowsy
boy came banging into the room, with
a bun in one hand and greasy news
paper in the other. Here's the paper
the boss sent up to your man. and is
he any better he says"
'.He is worse" answered the woman,
alphabetically as she took up the paper
and went into another tiny room
where, on a ragged couch, man with
consumption was watching her with
burning eyes. She turned the paper to
the art notes and. after little search,
said: ''The picture has sold for 81
600, and | only had $40 for the pose,
and it was so hard and made my arms
ache so l couldn't fix 'em in the night
so | could go to sleep. The Goals
nearly out and the rent isn't paid. and
your medicine is all gone"
What was the pose, Anniep"
This. See!' She raised slowly on
one toe and threw her hands above
her head. The clinging. limp, faded
dress outlined curves of gracious
beauty, the soiled sleeves fell back
from dimpled white arms; the hands,
save where the coal smirches black
ened them, were white as snow, and
they were faultless in shape. Through
the rent in her dress the bare shoulder
cleaned like marble, and the loosely
fastened collar slipped back from a
full, beautiful throat, the gray dusk of
the twilight shrouded her with dreamy
shadows and the uplifted face was
turned away.-New York San.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06
The Teller from Butte.

II ye ever see q critter as was full o. nghs an
Then Joe Rogers buckskin bronco was the
Teller fur yer tinl
He were little, he were wicked, an they fed
i'm with a stick,
An they took i'm out to water by jest bring
IN i'm the crick;
An Joe saws, "TIl give a hundred down to
IL ride that buckskin bronco."-but the fools
was mighty few.
At last there came to Rogers rantankerous
ga loot
said he hailed from Butte;
he talked, an gassed, an rounded up by
braggin' he could ride
Anything down from thunderbOlt5 TO COM
mon bronco hide;
Then they started fur the stable and Joe
dared him, expec,
Cause he seq: 'Ill ride thet bronco or I'll
break lis cussed neck"
'@Trot out yer critter, gentlemen" SEE the ter
ror with a yell,
Fur a,f fsller . Of my gtup brOnco-breakin
Then Joe got a lariat an fixed hisself on top
the shed,
i'm round the head;
Then we grabbed the rope an pulled i'm, an
we yanked him all about,
But had ter tear the shanty down fur ter git
old buckskin out.
-Git right on i'm" sez Joe Rogers, an see
he rather smiled
When the great and howlin' terror looked at
buckskin kinder wild;
Then he started for the bronco, which had
hunched up like a cat,
An the terror barely reached i'm when the
oritter kicked i'm fiat.
SAY, were am I?' asked the terror, as he set
upright an swore.
'Yer in heaven" answered Rogers; ''will ye
try the job some more?"
snow, I'll ride that yeller devil if we GALL
want ter hell
I kin do it, howled the terror. with war
whoop an yell.
snow, look out there, I'm a-com1n', and we
held ole buckskin right
I'LL he drew the double-cinches Of greaser
saddle tight;
Then by pullin' at his head like an exerclsin'
He slipped on horse-hair bride with a
mighty wicked bit.
"Give me lots of room to swing in" an we
did 1t now, you bet,
An the terror straddled bronco as no teller
ever yet,
Fur minnit Mister Bronco tried to catch the
drift o. things,
Then he tapped his ears an started on some
long, stiff-legged springs.
An hopes ter dance in tophet, but he turned
somerset,
Then he few toward Montanny, an guess
he's flynn yet.
Well, the terrier split right off him, fell right
down without groan-
He didn't break the bronco's neck but he
broke lis cussed own:
An there's a grave in Pony Gulch DER which
An these lines are carved above it on q cross
of two-by-four:
I'm memory of the terror, a ADVANTAGEOUS
galOOt,
Who rode Rogers bucksldn bronco-he said
he hailed from Butte"
William Wallace Cook, T. L, 8.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06
A Tiresome Caller.

Mrs. Winks-"Hold the baby q
moment, there's a dear. / want to
put back these pictures 1 got out for
Mrs. Minks to look at. Suce a tire
some creature as she is. She was here
for nearly an hour this afternoon, and
did nothing hut talk about the baby"
Mr.. Winks-"BIess his little heart.
So the ladies come and sit and admire
and talk about the little cherub, do
they? Of course they do they can't
help loving
Mrs. Winks-''Gracious me! It
wasn't my baby she talked about, it
was her own."-Phitadelphid Times.
In consequence of the ever-increas-
ing military burdens the number of
emigrants from Italy last year was
nearly three hundred thousand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06

As a substitute for granite blocks
steel paving is attracting considerable
attention, its durability being said to
be quite a point IN its favor. and its
cost being somewhat less. It consists
of steel strips about two and a half
inches wide and one inch thick, rolled
with channel on the side exposed to
traffic, and with notches about six
inches apart. These strips weigh
eleven pounds to the yard, are laid
across the street a distance of about
five inches between centers, and their
length is only sufficient TO extend to
the middle of the street, so that the
proper slope from the center to the
cutters can be secured. They are
bolted together so as to secure them
against lateral slipping, and are
fastened to wooden silIs A firmly
constructed bed of gravel composes
ne support for this pavement, while
between the steel strips a mixture of
pitch and cement is poured, filing the
interstices to level with the tops of
strips, and rendering the surface com.
paratively smooth.
Hereafter no student can matricu-
late from the University Of the Pacific
at San Jose. Cal, who uses tobacco in
any form.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06
Twas Ever Thus.

Rollo: "Will you tell me, Jonas,
why the honest grocer departs from
precedent and puts the small apples
on top of the barrel?n Jonas: BE
cause, Rollo. the honest grocer has no
large apples. Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06
Localized.

A little grandson of a well-known
resident of West Fort street was doing
the honors of his grandfather's house,
which is full of pictures and curios.
Coming to a picture of Christ SHILLING
the Waves" he said to his little guest:
''That's Christ walking over TO Wind
sor on the river. "-DetroH Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06

A Pennsylvania man sells 'smue-
wump CIDER that is, midway betweea
hard aud SOFT
The Press., 1889-01-31
4 pEAcEABLE NEisBsokndeD, MIND YOU

'.*- '..Pap,. man hollered heIls
 : An old fellow arose from Q bumped -over position in front, of the fro, stood in the door of his cabin ,Apd. aftef gazing for a few moments, exclaimed &
 'sEight an look at your saddle. ,
 A well dressed man disnpymtad, and ap- psosched the cabin. Gone right in,'' said the landlord. "Here, take this cheer. Got hickory bark bottom, an reckon it is strong enough to hold you
 The visitor sat down, and, after holding quite spirited conversation with the host, !, suddenly remarked
 "My friend;t Ehave come into the neigh borhood to investigate reports of recent election frauds. It may be dangerous undertaking, but I thought it better to come alone. Now you seemfto be an hon. est man, and can doubtless give me much information. Who were the candidates for congress in this district ?"
 'Jim Lane an Bob Turner. !, :, Which one was: eleetedyl': * -.
 Turner" ..-
 'sDemocrat or rtpnblican ?'
 :, .Neith.er. Both e cagaidsst'ea 's Fun on sWss ;, :, g: there, as f"r ssl yeq khow, any
 NOuo ef tall. we OOu give COuul0l- ance to thst sort ov thing in this here curmunity ''..: .:: ! ;.1 ?, i:
 II am glad to hear it. So Turner was elected without any, ,troubles?is:
 =( "To trouble CT tall. tell you. We were for. him, ,an' that settled it. We We're so certain that he was the right man that we turned ,ogt.s But thar would CT been trouble, though, eff we had let Lane s men vote. They came down ter the polls, but we cooked our guns an told them that the 'skeercer they made themselves, the better it would be fur 'em. They hum med an hawed, an swore they would vote. Now, we air powerful peaceable here in this community. This is Gods neighbor- hood, anF5we was determined that thar shouldn't be no row, so Awe snatched up several nv the hot-headed leaders, tuck 'em of, tied 'em an locked 'em up till the election was over... Yes, sir, eff we had CT let them fellers have their way, thar would CT been fraud, fur the most nv Lanes men ill this neighborhood is too ignunt to vote, nohow. I tell you that election frauds is gettin' too thick, an they ought. CT be stopped. Why, over at Henley's store we had ter kill four uv Lane's men. They swore they would vote whuther ol no, an our boys jest nachully had ter set tie 'em. ."-ArE0,esaaO Zr0UeUey.
The Press., 1889-01-31
No rosin! No rosin! No rosin

INTERESTED PEoPLE.-Advertising patent medicine in the peculiar way in which the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam, for Coughs and Colds, does it is indeed wonderful. He authorizes all druggists to give those who call for. it, a sample bottle FREE, that they may try it before purchasing. The large bottles are ,50c. and $l. We certainly would advise trial. It may save you from con- sumption.
The Press., 1889-01-31

E Group, Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis immediately relieved by Shiloh's cure. W.D.
 Heald, agent. ?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28
Local Department.
School begins next Monday.

School begins next Monday.
Annual school meeting Monday night.
H. s. Ismon was in town a few days
last week
Ed. Crane, of Kalamazoo, was on our
streets last Thursday.
The Vorsanger club will sing at the
Nj. +. church tonight
Mrs Mackelar and the children Wis
tied friends at Bangor last week.
Mrs Mamie Fossell, nee Koons, of
Chicago is visiting her parents.
The Spirituaist meeting drew large
crowd of people to Lake Cora last Sun
day.
Lew. Roberts has moved his barber
shop into the building first west of this
office.
Born, to Mrs and Mr. Henry Shaefer,
Monday morning, an S-lb. boy. All do
ing finely
Mrs. n Grover, an old-time resident
of this place, is visiting here, the guest
of Mrs. Jno. Smolk.
Bert Greene, for several years on the
Courier, of this place, is now employed
in this Office.
Editor Russell, of the Bangor Id
rance Reflector, was visitor in town one
day last week.
Harry Mcneil went into the Office of
Messrs Heckert & Chandler Monday
morning to begin the study of law.
Seth Allen has moved into the new
residence on Oak street, built by the
corporation for the use of the janitor.
Judge Isaac Barnum, of Denver, is
on "A visit to this place, the home of his
childhood, for the first time in several
years.
A. A. Graves, of Portland, Ind, a
former Almena boy, is visiting in this
vicinity and made us friendly call on
Monday.
Five hundred dollars was netted for
the NJ. +. church of the Niles district
by the recent campmeeting at Crystal
Springs.
Hon. Geo. +. Baker and family, of
Evanston, ILL.,, are visiting in town,
guests of Mrs. BIS mother, Mrs DR..
Andrews.
Mrs. DR.. Scott and her children, of
Manistique, are visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Brown,
of this place.
Waverly farmers assert that their
wheat is very light. One man claims
that his only weighs as lbs. to the
measured bushel.
A red silk shawl was lost between
Paw Paw and Three-mile lake on Sun
day, the 18th inst Return to this office
for suitable reward.
Last Wednesday Officer McCabe took
Ida f., Edwin III. and Goldie Mitchell,
dependent children, TO the State pub.
lie school at Coldwater.
Married, at the NJ +. parsonage, last
Saturday evening, by Rev w. j. Hath
away, Judge G. Genung and Helen f.
Combs, both of Decatur.
We are panied to learn that Miss Kate
Ocobock's health is such that she will
be unable to take her classes at the
commencement of school.
Kirke w. Noyes arrived in town
Saturday last and left for the National
encampment at Milwaukee Monday via
South Haven and the lake.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28

Absolutely the best place to purchase
Monuments is of |. A. Whitman, in
Paw Paw. You are guaranteed large
saving on your purchase. No agents
fee. Fifty beautiful Monuments, in
Marble and Granite, to select from.
1761-lYl
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w. C.Y. Ferguson. ID. ID. -.
Aw~-s--@-
.IHYYYY
Dental ParIors

Painless extraction of teeth by the
use of Nitrous Oxide Gas.
Single extraction, twenty-five cents.
Special attention given to the preser-
vation of the natural teeth.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Rooms over Savings Bank, Paw Paw,
Mich 17S0ly
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Dyckman House Livery Barr

/ take pleasure in announcing to my
friends and the public that have pur-
chased from j. NJ. Longwell the stock,
fixtures and goodwill of the Dyckman
House Livery and Feed Barns, includ-
ing the Bus Line and Drays, and re-
spectfully solicit share of the public
patronage. Careful and trustworthy
ostlers always i'm attendance.
s6tf FRANK CLANCY.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28

Brokers, Notaries Public and Convey
ancers. Money to loan and collections
made in all parts of Van Buren, county.
Remittances promptly made. Office
opposite Dyckman House, Paw Paw,
Mich. 13SSly
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28
House. Lot and Farm for Sale.

Twill sell my farm, north of the village,
and my house, barn and lots i'm the
village, cheap and ON easy terms.
77tf G. F. ALLEN
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City Meat Market.

Try the City market, first door east
of Chappelrs, where you will find ev
erything new, neat and clean. Fresh,
smoked, dried and salt meats; choice
beef, pork, veal, lamb, hams, bacon,
lard, corned beef, sausage, etc. Poul-
try, game, fish and oysters in season.
The highest market price paid for fat
cattle, sheep and hogs. Cash for hides
and pelts. w. II. WILSON.
17S1tfl
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A. w. Hendrick. M. ID.

Physician and Surgeon. Paw Paw Mich.
Office in Longwell Block. Special attention
given to diseases of the Lungs, Liver and
Kidneys, Private Diseases, Piles and Female
Complaints-to all Chronic Diseases.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28

Those desiring Red Raspberries (also
Peaches, Pears and Grapes in their sea
SOM can have their wants supplied by
leaving orders with jerome Warner or
Longwell Bros.
90tfl c. ENGLE.
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II. r.. Shaefer, Photograper.

Has just put in the finest line of
Moulding that could be purchased, and
will be prepared 10 frame any picture
you have at your own price. He also
has fine line of easels
Give him a call and look him over
? Cabinets, SO 90 per doz. [97
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Money on Farms,

On long time, easy payments and mod.
crate rates Large sums preferred.
1749tf CRANE & BRECK.
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The Union House.

| would announce To the public that
/ have thoroughly renovated the Union
House, outside and inside; newly fur
nished it, and added commodious sam
pie rooms for the convenience of com
mercial travellers. No pains will be
spared to make the Union worthy of Il
share of the public patronage. Good
stabling i'm connection with the house
Terms, 75c per day, or So per week
96m6 WILSON LEE, Propr.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28

Shropshire Bucks, registered and un-
registered, for sale. Also, few unreg-
istered Ewes. j +. ABRAMS,
97t2l Prospect Lake, Mich.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28

Can put you up as nice, neat and nobby
a suit of clothes, at as low cost, as any
tailor In the country.
Work first-class.
Fit guaranteed.
Repairing done.
Rooms in the new Longwell block,
Paw Paw, Mich. 73ly
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THE EiKsT NATIONAL BANK OF
PAW PAW.

Capital. 800, 900
Surplus and Undivided Profits. TO- 900
Additional Liability of Stockholders 100000
f. SMITH, +. T. PARKS.
President. Cashier.
A general banking business transacted.
Interest Paid On Certificates or De-
post. l77Ty
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Pine Lumber

Pine Lumber
Furnished on short notice Building
and Bridge Timber a speciality Apply
to 5. L. WILSON,
1763tf South Haven, Mich.
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Vacation is most Over

And then school commences when all the boys girls
with clothing and shoes. Do wait
day and make selection from
large stock Boys Clothing which have just opened all
fresh
$I.oo buys a boys good school suit
S.. 20 buys a better article, well worth the money.
$500 buys N good thing for the price
$3.50 buys very desirable suit
$4oo@$ So buys a very serviceable and stylish sut
$5o buys a suit ahead of anything shown.
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MiiIinery---Mrs. IL. II. OdeII

At the live millinery store on Kala-
mazoo street, large lot of new and
elegant spring and summer goods of all
kinds. Trimming in latest style
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Mills, Osborn a. GOss.
LAWYERS.

Full Blood Jersey Bull for Service.
have a full blood Jersey Bull at my
barn in Paw Paw, at the service of
breeders. Terms, 81 the season
92tfl GEO. +. BUTLER.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28

Drive Wells.
Charles II. Scott desires to inform the
people of Van Buren, County. that he repairs
pumps of all kinds and puts down drive
wells. Twelve years experience. Leave
orders at the store of Dunning Il Billsborrow
Paw Paw. 1914
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Additional Locals on page Sth.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-10-20

it from hand 10 hand, and OccasiouallF
beats tattoo with it on the ground.
w. h. Gooding has a hideouS snake
cane he purchased in San Francisco. A
serpent with bead-like eyes pOkeS it's
head out of the handle and its body is
cOiled avant the stick.
James tray. the premium wit. carries
an umbrella handle with the remains of
a fractured rio or two dangling from its
sides.
Harry Wheeler. of the West. lugs
long hickory, cord-wood stick.
Chief of Police Bracket, buttons his
coat avant his WaSp-like waist. and
after adjusting his wide-brimmed hat at
an acute angie. takes a light rattan in
his left hand which he tWirlS bTiSkIv in
his fingers.
Mark Hayne armes himself with a
perfect poem of cane. 1t is a Crane
vine stick veneered with miniature
birds and flowers in ivory. Its beauty
is somewhat marred, however. by haY-
ing a deor-knob for a handle.
C. II. Benton buys 25-cent canes. as he
loses one day.
Col. John I. Vests companion is a
slab OF prickly ash, with silver head.
that in size and shape resembles a car
hook.
Clarence II. SaulspaGgh occasionally
comes in from MankatO, where be is
running a hotel, with a club that looks
as if it was full cousin to a hitching
post.
R. F. Jones generally carries horse
whip as cane.
Jack Bennett carries stick filed
with notches, each one OF which repre-