The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-01-27

In the northern outskirts vi the hIlie Town
Of Berlin, Ouawa County, Mich, there
stands n coy cottage: it is the home OF
Peter Miller, Who with his wii-, Mariette,
settled there fort, three wears sgo. Fortune
never blessed ihis couple with children, but
Notwithstanding this their lives have been,
with only one exception, one long bright day.
Health, prosperity and happiness had been
their lot ill 1891, when the wife was stricken
with typhoid fever. She was then fifty.
eight years old aud the husband thought her
last hour had come. The crisis passed how
ever. and Mr.. Miller was spared but her
constitution suffered Her system was
bruken down AID to add TO her misfortune,
sciatic rheumatism developed in the muscles
of her left leg and for four long years she
was tortured with all the eNcruciating pains
that only sufferer from this terrible nalady
knows. Then Suddenly there came change.
In the remarkably short space of two
months the disease was entirely eradicated
from her system, and Mrs. Miller was again
healthy happy woman, aud to-day is one OF
the liveliest old ladies ia the town of Berlin.
The story of her cure reads like fiction.
Her ease attracted such widespread atten-
ton that Democrat reporter was sent over
10 Berlin to interview her and get the story
direct from herself. Arriving al Berlin
enquiries al the country store abonl Mrs.
Miller. The storekeeper, A. T. McCulloclI,
lowered his glasses and, looking over the
upper portion OF the rims, said, "yon mean
Mrs. Miller, who was sick so long and was
cured by using DIR. Williams Pink Pills?"
The reporter acknowledged that she was the
lady wanted, and the merchant pointed
through a small grove and across several
green meadows and said there, that little
white house yonder is Peter Miller's."
Thanking the storekeeper for his iniorma-
ton, the newspaper man started through the
grove and across the dewy meadows 10 the
Miller homestead. As he approached the
front yard he was struck with the air Of
neatness that seemed 10 prevail all around
the cottage. The front yard was neatly laid
out in flower beds, AMI Mrs. Miller MAS in
the act of trimming rosebush when she
was interrupted by the reporter. A spotless
white sunbonnet shaded the old lady's
countenance which, 5eaming with the frank
ness so characteristic of our pioneers, looked
like benediction. When told the object Of
the inquisitive mans visit, she laughed
heartily and said, "Oh, yes, come in and
will tell you all about it.
Everything inside just eliitered. The old
cook.stove stood smiling in the corner under
his glossy, black coat and suggested the de-
livery of many substantial meal, while the
shining white milk pans on bench near by
told of gallons of fOaming sweet milk Gnd
pure cream. There was tone OF comfort
from everything in sight and each thing in
itself bespoke eXactest care
"Yes, | do my own homework, " she said
and have for nearly Il year without assist
ance.' Then she began the story OF her life
which is here given in her own words:
81 was only twenty-five years old, she
said. when Peter and settled here. Al
that time there were only two white iamilie,
in Grand Rapids and one store. When we
wanted to 20 shopping in them days the In
dians used 10 US across The river. foi
there was no bridge across Grand River then
We were the first white settlers around her,
and | guess ! know nearly everybody IL
Kent and Ottawa Counties. We cleared
this place right out of the woods, snd
during all our experience we scarcely