The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-06-04
WHOLE NUMBER 1887.

Children's Day will be observed at
the Free Baptist church next Sunday.
The exercises will be by the children
in the morning and by the young people
of the A. &. +. in the evening. All
are cordially invited.
Elder Hart, of Coolies, will deliver a
lecture at Covey Hill church Friday
evening, June 9th, on the subject:
the Ladies' Aid. Admission 10 cents.
A cordial invitation TO all.
Married, by Mrs. Anna Barton, at
her home on Wednesday evening last,
Wilbur Stevens and Fannie Auton, of
Glendale, this county By the same,
on Thursday evening, Maggie Coy and
Oscar Evans, of Bloomingdale.
The School Board have elected the
| following teachers for the ensuing year:
Superintendent, Prof. j. w Roberts,
of Hastings; Principal, Belle Cook;
Assistant, Luella Waring; Grammar
Department, Mary Bryar; 2d Intermed-
late, Cora Hinckley; 1st intermediate,
Cora Ruggles; 2d Primary, Jennie
Whitmer; 1st Primary, Lois Wilson.
List of pensions received through
Chas F. Galligan Agency, for the week
ending June 3D., 1890; VIM. w. Whea-
ton, Little Prairie Ronde; Chas. f.
Stevens, Paw Paw; Elijah Sphinx, Ben
ton Harbor; Geo ID. Austin, Elsie;
Michael G. Miller, Kalamazoo; Kejiah
+. Cooper, widow of ID. II. Cooper, De-
catur; NJ. j. Litchard, Paw Paw; Robt.
Carpenter, Stacy.
A great deal of enthusiasm has lately
been shown in our fire company on
various subjects and an outcome of this
was seen last Monday evening when for
the first time in years the hook and
ladder company came out and practiced
with the rest of the department.
Another result is the project of forming
a running hose company. Time was
when few hose companies could excel
the Paw Paw boys in any particular, as
trophies gained, attest, and there is no
reason why such should not now be the
case, but to regain its old strength the
department needs recruits, both in hook
and ladder and hose, and especially
are good men wanted in the former
Gomez boys, join in and give the older
ones a chance to rest on their well
earned laurels and with young blood
keep up the reputation the Paw Paw
fire company has always enjoyed for
be seen at the tournaments so long
boycotted
At Grange Hall, on last Friday even
ing the floral programme was exceed
ingly well arranged and executed.
Under the skillful touch of Mrs +. w.
Bartram aided by Mrs b. I. Warner
and Miss frankie Warner the hall be-
came a bower fit for the occupancy of
/ Dc .f
flowers and blooming plants were ar
ranged on the altar and at either end
of the room, while all the officers desks
and every other available point were
beautified with these fragrant treasures
of Nature. After a short business ses-
sion, the following literary programme
was presented:
Greeting by Flora ............,. Miss Dora Webb
Rettie Chapman.
Paper-Flowers ........... Miss frankie Warner.
Song GeTanlums. .............M Mrs q. r. Gilman
Recitation--Flowers ............ Mrs. A. c. Martin
Colloquy-Dandelions. Dana and Beryl Gilman.
Recitation-Which Shall Ii Be?
Miss Fannie Averill
Paper-The Mission of Flowers Mrs e., E T Reed
Recitation-The Golden-rod's Claim,
Recitation-The Emblem Flower
Mrs L. X. Woodman
AS several of the recitations present
ed the subject of a national flower it
was decided TO ascertain the sentiment
of the grange regarding the matter,
and there arose an animated discussion
over the respective merits of the sun
flower, clover and golden-rod, the lat
ter proving the favorite by large ma
jority, Notwithstanding the vigorous
protest by some against the trouble
some "yaller weed"
Memorial Day, with all its sad re-
minders, its pleasant ceremonies, its
incentives to patriotic impulse and eff
fort, has again come and gone. The
thousands of graves wherein rest the
remains of the soldier dead have again
been visited by loving friends and kin
dred and again been covered with the
beautiful and fragrant flowers of spring,
typifying the pure love and thoughtful
remembrance of those who survive. On
no previous occasion has the day been
more favorable, the attendance larger,
the flowers more abundant or the cere-
monies more earnestly indulged in than
the one just passed. Early in the day
people began to appear in Paw Paw
with baskets Of flowers, and before noon
the village was filled with a large and
expectant crowd, eager to proceed with
the work their loving hearts so gener-
ously prompted. About one O'Clock the
procession formed on Kalamazoo street
i'm the following order and marched 10
Prospect Hill cemetery:
Music.
Members of the G.. A. X. and vet
Grams.
Fire department.
Schools.
Citizens on foot and in carriages.
Returning to the court house yard,
an able, eloquent and logical discourse
was given by Rev. w. l. Coggshall, Of
Kalamazoo.
Nothing occurred during the day to
mar the harmony of the occasion, and
at its close all felt that they had been
bettered by its ennobling influences
and teachings.
Weather Report.
From daily observations by Mr.. J. @. Gould.l
Week ending June 1st, 1890. Pre-