The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-04

Methodist quarterly meeting at Glen
dale In two weeks.
Mrs. Elder Turtchell of Charlotte is
visiting her children here.
Monday night we were treated to a
genuine downpour OF rain.
Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Wescott took
trip into the country last week.
The furniture man has put in a fine
show window ON the south side of his
building.
Andy Sackett is working every day,
Sunday included, breaking fine pair
OF sorrel colts
Very few people know where Fem
vile is. 1t is suburb of Grand juno
ton, on the north.
The assessed valuation of property
in Gobleville is $l45,000. There is $50
pole tax and 23 dogs.
Now the fisherman return from their
daily visit To the lake, telling what a
big fish they didn't catch.
Letters from Muskegon report Eugene
Bush us alive but no better. Lee Bush
returned from there last week.
j. G. McFellin is not only supervisor
but is also farmer, and is going TO set
a few small fruits and peaches.
If Mr.. Kimball does as he advertises-
shoot all hens that trespass on his gar
den-he will Fill" a long felt want.
Born, on Sunday the Goth inst, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Convey, girl baby
weighing six lbs. All happy and doing
well.
Only short time left in which to
secure The True Northerner and the
Weekly Inter Ocean one year for one
dollar.
The Ne,OS gets things mixed oc-
casionally We don't think G. w. Bush
has any interest in improving hotel
property"
When our sister villages are in need
of music, don't forget that the Goble
vile brass band intends to be lin it"
this season.
Mr.. Confer is having a drive well put
down on his property here previous TO
building his house. Sheldon ~ Sully are
doing the job.
Brad Lockard has returned from Ben
ton Harbor. No use reporting any one
that has gone off To work; they retdrn
before the paper is issued.
Talk about fish as brain food! Goble-
vile has man who eats fish at least
three times IA day, and whose head con-
tains what we can all see in an empty
flour barrel.
Some of our citizens question the
right of the corporation assessor TO
assess dogs, thus making them pay dog
tax twice, the supervisor having got in
his work, too.
The Odd Fellows from here and
vicinity made a dash for Paw Paw last
week Thursday and we suppose captur-
ed the town. Some of them did not get
back till the next day.
People who cali upon the supervisor
for help are generally. able to keep a
dog, and one family who had to have
help from the town made sixteen pies
one day and nine another. We don't
think the supervisor got any of the pie.
We hope, as has been suggested, that
the Sons of Veterans will enroll them
selves as company under n competent
drill master and drill Monday evening.
There are enough i'm this vicinity To
make "A respectable showing and, pro-
per pride being taken, would become
an ornament to our growing city.
The Gobleville cornet band intends
to have series of outdoor concerts,
evenings during the summer. Our
country cousins, uncles, beaus and their
sweethearts, will all come and enjoy
the music, which will well be worth
coming.a long way to hear No doubt
our martial band intend doing the same
between times.
Married, on the Goth inst, at the
brides parents in the township of Clyde,
Mr.. Elisha Ampey to Miss Muriel Stat
ford. A large number of relatives and
friends were present, Rev. Holiday of
Coloma officiating. The happy pair
left Immediately for their future home
i'm the township of Bloomingdale,
followed by the best wishes of their
host of friends.
Last week Tuesday was big day
here. Saul Frank had his sale of
damaged dry goods, and the streets
were crowded and there was hardly
room in the store to accommodate the
customers. Double teams went away
loaded with red bundles, all the pur.
chases being done up in that colored
paper We did not count the teams,
but estimated them at seventy five at one
time. Martial and ba nd music was the
order of the evening, and every one
was happy and cheered for Gobleville.
In recent letter to the NoRTHERNER
from Fennville written in Gobleville)
find that our little pleasantly in refer
ence to that place stirred up the natural
combativeness of one of the fair sex OF
that thriving little suburb of Grand
junction. 1t has always been our motto
never to cross words q. G. pen) with a
lady, for the very good reason that we
well know that the controversy would
never end until we threw up the sponge,
for she is sure to have the last word
But we cannot help making few re.
marks on Readers" effusion. To be
sure we sent missionary to Fennville
with the best intentions, and expected,
if time was given, to see some good
results, but did not expect the overflow
of which Reader" mentions, and are
only sorry that SO many got away and