The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-08-18
WHOLE NUMBER 22i3.

Baker, Co. "a" |. p. Bates, Co. "G;"
Gilbert Mitchell, Co. a." They re-
port great time. Mr.. Mitchell is on
the executive committee for the ensu-
ing year. The next reunion will be
held in Charlotte, the first Wednesday
in October, lS9S-the 37th anniversary
OF the mastering in of the regiment.
One of our prosperous business men
was relating the other day his exper-
ience with book agent of the female
persuasion. The incident occurred
long since when the p. b. m. was but a
humble counter jumper. The lady book
vender called on him and urged him To
purchase a copy of her work He told
her he could not, that he did not have
money, and indiscreetly added that if
he had he would buy the book. "When
will you be in funds" she asked, next
year?" Thinking TO end the matter, he
replied in the affirmative, and, just
year from that day, the enterprisng
agent appeared before him and he was
obliged to shell out 1915 for book he
did not want, as penalty for his care
less words. He knows more now, es-
pecially concerning the devious ways
of female book agents.
Dr. Frank Rice, his wife and sister
Josephine had narrow escape at Lake
Park last week Tuesday. They were
on the lake in small boat, the wind
blowing considerably, when a wave
overturned their boat. Neither of the
women could swim, but the doctor is
good swimmer and managed to get them
both to the boat, where they could hold
to its edge. Will Pike and wife were
fishing short distance away. Seeing
the accident, Mr. Pike rowed quickly
TO the sand bar, letting his wife out in
the shallow water, she wading ashore.
He then hastehed to the assistance of
those in the water. AS his boat was
light skiff he could take none of them
in, but the women clung to his boat
while he towed them ashore, the doc
tor readily swimming to land. Both
women tainted as soon as they reached
shore. AS token of appreciation, DR..
Rice presented Mr.. and Mrs. Pike
deed of the Woodman cottage-one of
the prettiest on the grounds.
Ed Longwel's store was the scene of
of an amateur burglary last Sunday
evening Geo. Weston, one of the
clerks, locked the store at about 9:30
Passing by half an hour afterward, he
heard a noise within and supposed
some other of the employees were in the
building Wondering why there was
no light, he turned the key in the lock
and, as he entered by the front door, the
party or parties inside made a hasty
exit by way of the back entrance. In
vestigatlon showed that admission had
been gained by breaking a glass out of
the back door, reaching in and pushing
back the bolt. The money drawer was
rifled of its contents, about $3.50, but
nothing else was taken. Evidently,
the burglar had not had time to look
farther before he was frightened away.
1t was bold robbery TO occur at so
early an hour in the evening, but the
thief or thieves, as the case may by,
may reasonably have expected less dan
ger at that hour from the vigilance of
the night watch than there would be at
later hour.
La Rue Mosier and his father, Chas.
Mosier, met with serious accident
early Friday evening. They had hltched
up horse, but had neglected to put on
hold back" straps. The buggy ran
onto the horse, frightening it, and
run. away resulted. Nearly in front of
A. G. Martins residence, the horse
broke loose from the buggy, dragging
Charles, who was driving, over the
dashboard and throwing Rue heavily
to the ground. Chas clung to the
horse and succeeded in stopping it,
Rue was picked up in an unconscious
condition and taken home. Drs. Hoyt
and Thompson were speedily summon
ed and worked hard over him for sew
eral hours. Some serious cuts on his
face were sewed up. Internal injuries
were feared, but time showed that Rue
had suffered nothing more dangerous
than the ugly cuts and some severe
bruises and general shaking mp. He
is now recovering as rapidly as could
be expected. Chas suffered bruised
hip and some other minor bruises. La
Rue was preparing to 60 to Lawton
that evening to sing at a musical and
expected to leave for Chicago the next
morning, on a vacation.
For the first time, we believe, in her
base ball history, Paw Paw has need of
nursery for her infants, the team
having quit the diamond in the ninth
inning at Gobleville, Friday, because
of dissatisfaction with decision of
the Allegan umpire, the game being
called in favor of Allegan by score of
to 0. The actual score at the time
was 10 W . III idNOl VI hllCkdus uO
umpire from Allegan did "roast" our
boys all through the game by his rank
decisions on balls and strikes, but we
do not think the team was justified in
leaving the field at the time it did. 1t
looked too much like prosttuting the
sport for the advantage of those who
had gambled on the game, to give them
chance to draw their money The
game all through was disappointment.
OF the 81 runs made, but four were
earned. On the whole, Allegan played
steady, though not fast game, and
Paw Paw would have won in a walk
had it not been for "chump" playing.
The Northerner has no excuses what
ever to offer In the latter part of the
game, Jake" Fuhrman was put into
the box, and proved himself a very
steady, reliable pitcher. Paw Paw
knocked Hours out of the box, but
could do little with Sumner, who
finished the game for Allegan. After
wards, the Allegan crowd admitted
the unfairness of the decisions, and
the Allegan umpire, who had on
the grounds declared the game in favor
of Allegan, publicly declared the game
a draw, all bets off, and gave Paw Paw
share of the gate receipts. While