The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-06-22

pleased with the world In general and
the political outlook in particular.
One of the prettiest Commencement
programs we have ever seen was re-
ceived this week from III. l.. Men ell,
who this year receives his sheep-skin
from the law department of our State
University.
Miss Mamie Clary has earned the title
OF the lightning berry picker" having
picked 1O1 quarts of Strawberries from
ID. ID. Crofoot's vines between the time
that it stopped raining Monday morn
ing and sundown.
The Ladies Missionary Society of the
Free Baptist church will have quilting
at Mrs. A. w Stevens rooms over the
Leaders" :" on Saturday, June 25 There
will be picnic dinner and every lady
is requested to bring cup and plate.
Tickets for the alumni banquet will
be on sale at Broughtons store. 1t is
requested that they be procured in ad-
vance, If possible, and that any one eX-
pecting to bring friends shall at once
notify the secretary, Mrs. Ida Hudson.
In our new timetable of last week
we stated the time for the afternoon
train to be 1:20. This was the time
sent on Monday, but on Tuesday night
it was changed to 2 o'clock, and we did
not learn of it until after the paper was
out
On June IA, Chas Ii. McGurrin
again broke the worlds record for type
writing by his achievement of 2O4 words
in one minute, using the memorized
sentence "Now is the time for all good
men and true to come to the aid of the
party"
There will be grand celebration of
the. ''galorious" Fourth at Lake Park,
with sports and games of all kinds, a
good band, and the regulation bowery
dance. L. j. Cavanaugh will be the
orator of the day and make the eagle
scream.
The list of saloon passengers on the
steamship" Lake Superior'of the Beaver
line, which sailed from Montreal on
June 10, contained the names of Mr..
and Mrs. j. |. Breck, who are doubtless
now still on the briny deep and rapidly
nearing the shores of England.
Mrs. +. Sebring went to Chicago yes
terday, intending somewhat later to go
to her sisters in Albany, thence to
New York city, taking little Una
McKellar with her, and making the re-
turn journey in company with her
daughter Sadie and grandson Horace.
7. j. Chatfee is marketing some of his
celebrated "Warfield" berries in town,
and we can testify from experience that
they discount anything we've seen this
year. They forcibly reminded us of the
eloquent eulogy upon the strawberry
given by DR.. Hedley in his "Sunny
Side of Life"
Col. Anderson of Beramont was in
town Friday and returned Saturday
accompanied by his son David, who is
now a full-tledged lawyer, having last
week passed a highly creditable eX-
animation conducted in open court by
Judge Heekert, Prosecutor Titus, and
0. w. Rowland.
Another unmistakable proof that
woman is coming to the front intellect
ually, was given at Harvard College by
the recent awarding of the Sargent
prize of 800 to Miss Margaret Foster
Herrick for the best metrical tranSla-
ton of an ode to Horace, which is the
second successive year that young
woman has carried off this prize.
Little Una Mcclellan went last week
to friends in Chicago, and this week
Mrs Mcclellan and son Horace start
for Brooklyn, n. Y. and will spend the
summer there with the family of Pete's
brother. We understand that trip TO
the Catskills is also on their program,
and trust Mrs. Mcclellan may return
much improved in health by so fine an
outing
The Allegan Gazette says the contract
lNns that x-il IL
son, secretary of the Paw Paw Electric
Light Company, has been signed, sealed,
and delivered, and inside of week
will be commenced the work of putting
in the new arc lights. 1t has taken "a
deal of talking to decide the matter and
we congratulate Guy on his success.
He informs us that he has twenty-five
years franchise.
A laughable little episode occurred
at III. w. Showerman's store a short
time ago. One III. f. Strong of Ben
ton Harbor who travels for shoe firm,
made his appearance and, pending ne
gotiations, dropped to sleep in the store.
Soon after james HasOn of Rochester,
another shoe man representing differ
ent house, arrived on the scene and,
seeing Strong mapping, quietly sold
neat nttle Dill OF goods DeIOre ne aWak-
ened 1t is needless to add that the dis
comfited sleeper did not join very heart
lily in the laugh that aroused him.
During the severe blow of Thursday
evening portion of one of the trees
came crashing down in front of the Bite
ley residence, carrying the electric wire
with it and breaking the outer cover
ing in such manner that the wet tree
became at once electrified and veri-
table death trap to any one who might
come i'm contract with it. However,
Marshal Whitbeck patrolled the street
until messenger could reach the
power house with instructions to turn
off the lights, after which force of
men by the aid of lanterns removed
the obstruction from the highway, and
no accident resulted.
On Saturday evening pleasant SUR
prise was given to Mr.. A. II. Bailey,
pastor of the First Baptist church.
While he was at choir rehearsal, a
goodly number met at the cozy, pleas
ant home of Mr.. and Mrs. Foster,