The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-28
WHOLE NUMBER 1858


Mrs. Charlie Cole is spending the
week with Decatur friends.
Mrs. Fannie Emory of Otsego is the
gnest of her niece, Mrs. DIR. Ferguson.
Rev. G.. p. Linderman is now engaged
in conducting revival meetings at West
OshtemO.
Mrs. j. w. Travis of Hartford gave
us call yesterday on her way home
from Dowagiac.
Judge Heckert addressed crowded
house at Coolies. on Monday evening
and great enthusiasm is reported.
Mrs. j. G. Stone of Cleveland, Ohio,
will address the union temperance
meeting at the M. f. church next Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reynolds are pre-
pairing to move into town and will
occupy the house owned by VIM.
Simmons just east of the Catholic
church.
S. +. Higgins, formerly superintend-
ent of our schools, is travelling in the
interests of manufacturing establish
ment in Ann Arbor and was in town
over Sunday.
A running race between two horses
owned in Almena made quite bit of
sport at the fair grounds Saturday af-
ternoOn, Mr.. Hudson's Fox Hunter de-
feating the Prairie Queen, owned by
Mr. Timmons, besides giving the Queen
100 feet in half-mle dash. Time, 1:O6
The Prohibtionsts of Van Buren
county will hold picnic at Lake Cora
on Tuesday next, Oct. 4th Mrs. j. G..
Stone of Cleveland, John Russell, nom-
inee for governor, and others are ex-
pected to address the meeting Half
fare on T. Il S. III. R'y. Everybody in
vited.
We are in receipt of letter written
to Mrs. Anna Barton by Neal Dow of
Maine, with request for its publica-
ton. AS we have no desire To suppress
any evidence on either side of the tenn
perance question, we will gladly give it
space next week, though received too
late for this weeks insertion.
A painful accident that might easily
have been fatal one, occurred last
Saturday on Mr.. Gillespie's farm Just
south of town. Frank Landphere and
Horace McKellar, two lads about IA
years of age, were out hunting and the
former had placed his left foot on log
preparatory to springing over it, when
young McKellar's gun was accidentally
discharged, lodging about go fine shot
in his companions left thigh. DIR.
Whalen was summoned and succeeded
in removing most of them, and the re-
mainder will be taken out as soon as
possible. Had the shot entered in the
region of an artery it would have been
a close call for the boy.
The big gray team used by Wilbur Bah
cock for draying purposes is certainly
very unsafe one to handle. 1t will
be remembered that it was this team
which not long ago caused the death
of Wilbur's father, and on Friday it
again took little spin, though with no
serious consequences. However, on Sat
urday, becoming frightened at the band,
it started from behind Munger's store,
ran through Mr.. Sabin's yard, demol-
ishing a small stable and tearing up the
lawn quite badly, then turned east and
fell in heap by coliding with shade
tree near the Disciple church, being at
once caught and held by Lynn Ocobock
who Glanced to he near. A part of the
dray was left in Sabin's yard and part
piled on top of the horses.
On Friday evening genuine surprise
was perpetrated on Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Cooper by about eighty friends who
swoOped down upon them just as the
former was engaged in game of It'd
dledy- -winks with the children. As they
occupy part of Mrs. j. b. Smiths res
idence, that lady had been informed
of the contemplated invasion and was
1xy tn ha
for their reception. Fruit and light re-
freshments were served, music helped
To speed the hours away, and not the
least pleasant feature of the occasion
was the presentation by Rev. Jones of
a luxurious easy chair and a set of silver
knives and forks, as a testimonial of the
appreciation by the M. +. church of Mr..
CoOper's services in the choir. The re-
cipients of these gifts were, like Pat,
"dumb and spacheless wild surprise"
but plainly showed by their speaking
countenances that they were duly APP
preciative.
On Saturday afternoon perspirng
crowd converted the Opera House into
what the verbose orator of the day was
pleased to style cheated auditorium,
and it was probably this fact when ac-
counted for the listless manner IN whlch
the address was received, there belng.a
noticeable lack of the cheering that Is
supposed to punctuate all political har,
angues. The Hon. Mr.. Dean devoted
the most of his time to denouncing pro-
tection as rank robbery of the poor la
boring man, declaring that there never
was n protective tariff levied that did
not have as its object the creation OF an
artificial price for some producer who
was willing to fill his pockets at the ex-
pense of his countrymen, during which
absurd statement we couldn't help
thinking about those much talked-of
steel rails and other kindred instances
of decreased price under protection.
Then he denounced the Republicans as
a one-sided organization which looked
only to the interest of the producer,
and, while drops of anguish moistened
his brow, commiserated himself and
other consumers in the house over the
money they are forced to pay into the
till of the protected producer" assert
ing that he'd like to be submerged by
a flood of cheap goods from England