The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-02
WHOLE NUMBER 1902

Our village Is wearing holiday garb
in honor of the visiting veterans-al-
most every building wearing the red,
white and blue in profusion. This is as
it should be; too much respect cannot
be shown the men who are our guests
to-day.
At a reunion of the Wayne County
On. " Soldiers and Sailors assOcia-
ton, recently held at Sodus Point, Mrs
DR.. Dunning, of this place, who is visit
ing in that section, gave one of her
charming recitations 1.-THE Rising
Days of 49,"
The MendOn Globe says ST. Joseph
county lost seven barns by fire within
period of ten days, a portion of which
loss it attributes as IA result of using low
test oil. 1t is probable, too, that the
insurance companies will refuse pay
ment on policies in cases where the in
sured uses the Michigan test oil.
We are glad to report the gradual re-
covery of Ralph Jennings, who, some
some ten days ago, took a genuine
"header" from 56-inch Ordinary by
the breaking of tire. Though no bones
were broken, severe internal injury
was sustained, and time and skilfull
treatment will be necessary to restore
the young man to his former robust
health Ralph says he shall patronize
Il Safety when he again mounts
wheel.
Will Gorton's little boy has the works
of an old clock as plaything, and the
other night he was investigating its in
tricacies with his tongue. Some spring
was touched which set the old thing off
with a whir, winding the lads tongue
in and holding him firmly. The neigh
bors were called i'm but could do moth
ing, and DR.. Dunning was equally pow
erless. The problem was finally solved
by Mr.. G.. f. Chappell, who came and
dissected the trap.
Sportsmen should bear in mind that,
owing to the new law not taking imme-
diate effect, partridge may be killed
from Sep. l to Oct. 1, on which date
the new law goes into effect, making
the open season from Nov. to Dec. 10.
inclusive, in the lower peninsula, and
Oct. To Jan. 1, inclusive, in the upper
peninsula The new law makes the
open season for woodcock from Aug. Is
to Dec Is, but as this law does not take
effect until Oct. /, woodcock must only
be killed this year from Sept. to Dec.
10. Also, that after Oct. /, 1891, moth
ing but hook and line can be used in
any inland lake in Michigan.
The barn of man named Spencer,
living south of Lawrence, was burned
on Monday afternoon of last week un-
der peculiar circumstances. He was
threshing, when what was supposed to
be dynamite cartridge hid in one of
the bundles, exploded while going
through the machine, blowing off the
cylinder cap and setting fire to the
straw, which ran out on the straw car
rier, and in an instant everything was
in blaze. Some of the men had diff
Guilty in escaping from the barn, which
burned to the ground with large
quantity of grain. The separator was
saved, but in a somewhat scorched con-
dition.
Until the matter has been passed up
on by the courts, the safest thing for
policy holders to do is to absolutely re-
fuse to purchase Michigan test oil. 1t
is all right enough until a loss by fire is
sustained, and then the insurance COM
panies will set up the plea that the con.
ditions of the policy have been defaulted
by using on the premises burned oil OF
q lower test than that authorized by
the commissioner of insurance. If your
grocer don't keep anything but Michi-
gan test oil, hunt up some one who does
and buy of him. This will soon drive
the dangerous stuff out of the market
and we will have fewer fires and acci-
dents to record.
A number of years ago a monstrous
snake terrorized the people in the Vi
cinity of Dowagiac, and If we are to be-
hn hot
snakeship has entered an appearance
again. He makes his headquarters in
swamp between the Tryon and Ward
farms, and is described as being 25 feet
long and as large as stovepipe. Sew
eral reputable people have seen the
reptile and vouch for its genuineness.
else we should incline to the theory
that it was but the outgrowth and nat
ural sequence of the fact that Ed Patti
son has had lot of bogus Kentucky
whisky palmed off upon him as the
genuine Blue Grass, HandTurned, Cop
per- Fastened, Anti-Friction article.
Messrs. Ed. Goodale and Frank Sta
pleton had rather thrilling experience
last Wednesday morning at Pugsley's
lake. They were fishing some distance
from shore, when by some means their
boat capsized. When freed of their
weight the boat came up, but in a re-
versed position from that of common
usage. The boys clung to the craft un-
til Frank Pugsley came to their assist
ance with another boat. As both were
heavily clad, and the water was chilly,
the result might have been serious had
not their dilemma been discovered by
Mr.. p, who happened to be in the vi
cinity in the nick of time. AS it was
they were in the water about forty
minutes, and pretty well exhausted
when rescued.
Mrs. Maggie Pepper, on returning
from making calls last Friday after
noon, found her home in the possession
of her friends and neighbors, who were
busily engaged in preparing an elegant
picnic lunch, to which she was invited.
When full justice had been done to this,
she was marshaled into the parlor,
where Mrs. Anna Barton, in one of