The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-10-19

Will Stedman was in town last week.
Mrs. Greenman has moved to Duck
Lake.
Geo. Devoe has the wall laid for his
new house.
Ed Covey is fixing his dwelling for
the winter.
A heavy frost Sunday night and water
froze quite solid.
Mrs. George Davis girls returned to
Grand Rapids Monday.
Mrs. Frank StreatOr has two sisters
from the North visiting her
The ball ground is nicely fenced now
it isn't painted yet but we're not proud;
The little child of Geo. Gibson, who
who was left motherless few weeks
ago, died last week.
Bush & Lyle have sold, or bargained,
their meat market, if the trade does not
fall through, as is often the case.
We rambled around Paw Paw some
what last week and found the village
apparently in thriving condition.
Geo. Young's dog got dose of poison
some Of the neighbors had set out to
cool and took trip to the hereafter.
The Hon. Victor Nj. Gore will speak
here on Monday evening, Oct. %, in
the interest of the Republican party.
To-day friday a matched game of
ball will be played between Coolies and
Paw Paw; 5000 is the stake played for.
Marb Thayer was out from Battle
Greek; reports his wife as improving
rapidly; he himself can walk without
crutches.
Elder Holly has commenced the cree
ton of large two-story brick dwelling
house on his lots in the Killefer (Dennis)
addition.
1t has been said that ball playing for
money is no worse than selling votes to
give a quilt TO some particular person.
Guess that's so.
We noticed several of our supervisors
taking notes at the recent ball game ut
Paw Paw. No doubt their views will
be inaugurated in the forthcoming re-
port.
The custom of donating cigars when
ever person is married is bound to
become obsolete. The quality of the
cigars passed around is doing the
business.
We understand that the census was
increased the other day at the peram-
bulating 'merry- gO-round" now doing
business here. Mother and father do
ing well.
Those cigars sent to the supervisors
by Prof Aseltine were very highly APP
preciated by them and we rejoiced
when we saw them putting over their
laborious (O duties.
Prof Aseltlne of our high school was
elected as one of our county examiners.
The honor is well placed, as the pro-
fessor is an ardent worker in the profess
sion which he has chosen and has been
the means of placing our school on II
high plane.
Elder Holly preached sound tenn
perance lecture last Sunday evening.
In the course Of the lecture he showed
that the person running a blind tiger"
was dressing for winter in fine clothes
and some of those who were feeding the
"animal were wearing their summer
raiment. The moral was in plain sight
{" 1t is hard times" This we hear on
all sides, but it does not seem to affect
our supervisors. We fail to see the
justice of paying them three dollars per
day for labor which is done on the
" catch as catch can order These
same men no doubt find it rather diff
cult to pay laboring man one-third of
the wages they get and cry the price
of wheat. 1t is claimed that the people
make the laws, but that is sheer non
sense; the popular vote would equalize
the payment of wages. Gentlemen, if
you feel bit squeamish about it you
can donate the half of your wages TO
your respective towns. Who'll be the
first?
1t was somewhat of a surprise to the
first nine of this place when they read
the squib in the last NoRTHERNER in
regard to the ball game at Paw Paw
last week Tuesday The first surprise
was that they entered town with any
unusual demonstrations. They sup
posed they came rs usual, in gentle
manly manner, taking their dinner at
the hotel instead of bringing piece of
bologna to eat on the way and thus
save their twenty-five cents as some of
the high-toned ones did on their visit
to this place. But the greatest surprise
To the boys was the Statement: in the
NoRTHERNER that the gate receipts
were over $3.50, when they received a
per centage on less than $4,000. We
can find no excuse for the bad PLAYING
of our boys, except that they overfed at
Mine Host LongwelI's table, and we
have thought it was put up job by
Mat. We have seen poorer playing
only once this season, and that was
dome nv tho pau P.ve in a forn,a,