The true northerner., 1900-12-28

Mrs. L. G. HindAlmena was in town
Christmas.
Joe Virgo is houSter having spent
the summer in theNs't.
Mrs. Fred Holt I Bessie were in
Decatur, Monday. ialshort visit.
John Hunts famiFHjoyed a Christ
mas dinner at @. 0vsacker's in west
Oshtemo.
j. w. Hastings and vie left Monday
morning for South BeDd for visit with
relatives.
Miss Ella Brewer hE leturned from
three weeks stay al Kalamazoo and
Battle Creek.
&. G. Goodrich and wkVere in Elk
hart over Christmas, as @sts OF Mrs.
Nina Bartlett.
Miss Fannie Bockius ht Monday
morning for weeks visits her former
home in Grand Haven.
Saml Virgo, Jr., entertaila on Christ
mas his mother-ip law, NJ Sherman,
and his brother-in-law, Cha Sherman.
g. ID. Townsend, who h. been at
Pontiac for the last two mGhs, came
home for Christmas. He Nnrned to
Pontiac to be absent the balalH of the
winter.
The union Christmas exercis at the
Congregational church passed If very
pleasantly. The church was fld by a
good natured crowd. The progn was
very nice and enjoyed by all. Ohanta' S
part was taken by Floyd Hiestad in a
happy manner.
Friday evening, December q, the
f. IL A. NJ held public installaian in
their lodge room. The evening W. en-
livened by recitations and musc by
Prof. John Haworth's double male war
tette. Short remarks were mace by
Rev. G. f. Brown and Mr.. Jamies@ of
Grand Rapids. Supper had been ne
pared in the basement, and nearly !p0
people partook of an elegant spread. \
Last Sunday evening a young II
named Hobart Clayberg struck tCl
about seven o'clock and told story TIL
was quite exciting, as follows: h
claimed to be a student of Annapos
naval academy and with his parent
whose home is at Helena, Mont, WI
spending the holidays at the home of
n. Rowley in Kalamazoo. Sunday afte
noon the boy concluded to take wa
and selected the M. G.. r. r. track &
his course. When near the asylum
was set upon by two tramps, who we
approaching from the west. They blin
folded him securely and all three pr
ceeded on the railroad track west. III
boy was compelled to go ahead and w
followed by the two tramps. AS tn
approached Oshtemo the trio took Il
fields until they were well out of sig
of the town and returned to the railro,
track, which they followed nearly in
Mattawan. While near the semaphor
about half mile east of here, the tram
went through the boys clothes and S
cured Sl4, leaving gold watch and
in the boys possession. Then the traml
ordered the boy To walk on (still bin
folded), and he obeying their orders pr
ceeded until out of the sound of the
voices. He then slipped the blindfo
from his eyes and saw the tramps gor
slowly east on the track and plainly sa
them looking over the money they ha
taken from him (at $50 p. m.D He the
proceeded to the station and sent tel
gram to his father at Kalamazoo who,
company with +. n. Rowley, drove dow
here after the boy. The lad seemed vel
indifferent, considering the exciting al
thrilling experiences through which /
claimed to have passed. He was deci,
edly well composed and very delibera
in his manner, showing a very old hea
for lad of l6 years. When the differel
stories told by the boy are compare
they do not corroborate very well. II
story is discredited here.