The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-05-17
WHOLE NUMBER 2O95.

ed the address there last year and his
hearers liked him so well they have Sc
cured him again.
Holmes Il Bilsborrow report "A mark
ed decline in hardware prices-all lines,
this spring, and as they sell for cash
only, and give 10 TO 10 per cent discount
from regular retail prices, it is evident
that purchasers will do well TO look
them over before buying. Fishermen
will find splendid stock of goods to
select from.
Those who heard the brief phonO-
graph concert before the ordination
service at the Presbyterian church
Wednesday evening will be pleased to
know that h. B. Bennett, the gentleman
having the instrument in charge, has
arranged To give an evening entertain
ment Tuesday evening, May 21, at the
Presbyterian church. Those who at
tend are assured rare musical treat
and novel evening of pleasure.
Some people think that our village
might prevail upon capitalists TO put in
"a system of water works in this place
If suitable franchise would be granted.
To such we would say, find your cap
talists, apply for the franchise and the
such an investment could be made
profitable to the investors in it we have
no doubt the village authorities and the
citizens generally would do all in their
power to promote the enterprise.
The Masonic school of instruction
held in this place Wednesday by Grand
Lecturer Arthur M. Clark was a most
gratifying success. Members of the
nd or OFT fnn daH mic inbh
ing lodges, about 100 being present
The work was exemplified in a most
satisfactory manner and an elaborate
banquet was served at the Clifton house
and Paw Paw Masons never conduct
such an affair in any halfway manner.
While the school was not so largely at
tended as some previously held here, 1t
was one of the most pleasant and pro-
fitabe
Paw Paw grange has been doing some
good effective work since the last cleo
ton of officers at the close of the year
past. Thirty-one new members have
been added and q good awakening has
been made among the older ones. At
a social held a short time since seven
dollars and ninety cents was received,
and enough was added from the general
fund to furnish thirty-five copies of the
Grange Visitor To families where its
members were clear on the books in
payment of dues, and there is a pros
pect of increasing the list. A dissent
nation of the literature of the order j.
a potent factor in giving vigor thereto,
and still better work Is looked for in
the days to come.
The bill to authorize Paw Paw town
ship TO bond itself for public improve
ments is yet hung up in the senate COM
mittee and seems likely to remain there
until the close of the session. This
state of things is a disappointment to
the great majority of the people of the
township, who feel that they should
have the privilege of voting on this
question. particularly as by the passage
of the bill no one is divested of any
right or burdened in any way. unless
the majority SO decides. Senator Mer-
riman will make "A mistake if he does
not in these closing days OF the session,
bestir himself in this matter. 1t is not
merely question of whether we will
have an electric road or not. Other
projects are in the air, and it is eX-
tremely probable that within the next
two years Paw Paw will have an oppor-
tunity To secure a railroad if she Is IN a
bill is killed, it will be two full years
he fore we can get rs far along again.
| Realizing this, and the extreme desira-
bility of being in position to offer
some inducements for "A railroad, some
of the parties who were at the start
most active in opposing the bonding
bill are now anxious for its passage.
Paw Paw people are perfectly compe-
tent to decide at the polls whether they
desire To borrow money for any specific
purpose or not, and all that anyone
asks is that the privilege of voting be
given them.
The most valuable assistants to good
instructors in our modern schools are
good books. Indeed, school that de
pends upon instructors and dry text
books to accomplish the education OF
its students, is bound TO he an insttu
tion that stands low i'm the estimation
of the people, and one that puts pre-
MUM upon narrowness and pedantry
rather than striving to raise the stand
ard Of intelligence among its pupils.
The Paw Paw school has always been
reckoned a progressive one, and espec-
tally within the past few years has the
value and necessity of a good library
been realized From time to time ad-
dtions have been made. Last year an
appropriation of $500 was voted for this
specific use, and about 100 volumes
have recently been purchased, not
quite eXhausting the approprIa-
ton. These volumes are judiciously
selected and we are happy to
say that our school library has passed
that stage where it is confined to
reference works merely. The new
books comprise biographies, enter
tanning histories, interesting scientific
works, some of the best fiction, histor
ical stories from which the young peo-
pie will learn and remember more his
tory than from whole book full of dry
tabulations of dates. The library now
numbers some 400 volumes. Let the
good work go on; 5000 should be appro-
priated this year, next year and every
year for the purchase of library addi-
tions. In the space of a very few years,
such course would give to Paw Paw a
public library of which it would he
proud and which would he fine thing
| for the community A vacant room at