The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-04-03

canes, yet very sprightly, coufo turn
his hands To a variety Of work, earn
ing a little here ana there and paying
on hrs land from two dollars TO ] think
not 10 exceed twenty al enc time, SO
that he bad % attach extra paper in
order TO held the endorseme nss on has
contract. These and hundreds of 9th
ers in the SO years OF our county's
history tell the same story Of the slow
and laborious process by which homes
were obtained, and that in most cases
by those who were abstainers, say
ing their money aud paying for the
homes and the rule was quite universal
those who wasted time and money
in drink made a few irregular pay
ments, usually selling, trading or
abandoning their places.
While in the later sales, particularly
near South Haven and few other 10
calities, where the wood, bark, ties
and other timber products brought
good prices thar helped clear the land,
and build homes and barns, the larg-
er portion scattered over the county
were obtained by small payments ex
tending over many years, and were the
results OF toll, patience, perseverance,
economy and temperate lives.
While Casco is not in Van Buren,
IT is mentioned not only because il is
so intimately connected with its bust
ness interest, but il has shown itself
in favor of prohibition by its votes,
and still better by its work in a most
determined effort 10 keep out the
In ay CT H. 4
TO contend with a plucky fighter with
plenty Of money behind him. doubt
If there is a township in Michigan in
the pastfew years where so much prop
erty has changed hands and al such
good prices and this prohibition SENT.
ment and practice has been the chief
reason.
To young people in particular every
consideration Of future welfare urges
them to abstain from the drink habit.
Never in the worlds history were
there so many openings and golden op-
portunities for those seeking employ
ment. Those holding responsible posi-
lions and having a wide acquaintance
are called upon frequently 10 recon-
mend some young man or woman es
clerks, Stenographers, book-keepers,
conductors, engineers, or managers
and superintendents In nearly every
inquiry blank queries as 10 the use of
drink are put among the
first whether for private business or
the public service In recent years
the exactions for total abstainers has
constantly increased, and more and
more are those who have the evil
drink habit being dropped, especial
ly from responsible places.
The writer in more than one case
has been told that beer and whis-
key manufacturers or those owning or
having charge Of large bars, prefer
men, even total abstrainers,
also young fresh looking employees
with clear eyes, pleasing address and
courteous manners. While their adver-
tisemenJs in some cases are the ro-
tund and bloated figure, with flushed
or forid face, the rule is the picture
of a young man of most attractive
form and face or a woman's figure of
the highest type of girlhood or woman.
hood beauty, fair, plump and winning,
with the most charming personality
J0dJ can De painted. II is Unlike ledIby
every other class of business or manu-
featuring in that il uses for its adj
vertising the fairest and the freshest
Of its raw material, and not that which
has reached the gutter, the brothel,
the almshouse, the asylum or the pri-
son. In a word they never display
their finished product.
1t was the privilege OF the under
signed 10 teach four or FIVE terms of
schools in days of boarding
round, also five or six years Of sur
veying in which he stayed at the diff !
ferent homes. My bed and room
ranged from the berth of boughs and
blankets in the logging camp, the |
board shanty where the added cover
ing of snow was acceptable, the log !
house with its large and cheerful fire
place to some of the most comforta- |
BILE spare rooms and beds in the coun-
ty In the matter of bed, heard and
kindly treatment ] have only pleasant
memories. But in a few cases the eff
fpcte of liouor upOn the home cOnsJi- |