The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-01-26

The ladies of the Episcopal church
have made arrangement to offer US some
thing decidedly out of ordinary in the
way of dramatic treat. Mr. Churchill's
great story, The Crisis, will be given an
elaborate home talent production, with
special scenery, costumes etc. The
majority of the members of the " Forgiven"
cast will be used, and in addition enough
more of our best talent to bring the
number up to 20.
On Tuesday, the supreme court handed
down decision reversing the case known
as the people vs.. Ella Brown, "Snowball"
This is especially gratifying to Attorney
Glenn Warner as this has been a hard
fought case, having been tried twice in
circuit court. The first trial resulted in
disagreement of the jury; on the second
trial Mr.. Warner lost the case Nothing
daunted, he took the case to the supreme
court and, raising some questions that
were never presented before, succeed
ed in obtaining the above result,
The oldest settler is telling US there has
been none like it since that "soft" winter
of-teen -ty4+, and we're not prone to
take issue with him. Fact is, its softness
is notable, notable, indeed, as the softness
of the intellect of the man who ventures
from home without a rain coat, linen
duster, blizzard stopper, hip boots, and
Panama. But we like it. We could
not improve on it if we tried. The man
who has teaming to do may presume
to kick, but the man who pays the fuel
bill certainly is entitled to a smile. With.
al, we're thankful.
The Van Buren county association of
retail druggists met in Bangor last Fri
day and completed their organization by
electing the following officers: President,
G. II. Van Ostrand, South Haven; vice
president, Chas. f.. Abell South Haven;
secretary and treasurer, j. +. Thompson,
Covert. A schedule of prices for drugs
was agreed upon. 1t is stated that the
association expects eventually to secure
a list of dead beats and drunkards from
every district. for their mutual protec-
ton. Nearly every druggist in the county
is member, and their aim is to raise the
standing of drug stores.
The Devil in Society" the third in
the series of sermons on "The Devil in
Paw Paw" was delivered by Rev. A. w.
Mumford before a large number of inter
ested and attentive listeners Sunday
evening. These special sermons have
been a disappointment to those who ex
pected to hear sensational attacks on
the various phases of our social life
Rev. Mumford has met and treated
things and persons, good and evil, as
they exist both in and out of the church,
in manner entirely devoid of SEN
sationaism. The sermons are intended
to be constructive rather than otherwise,
and hare proven helpful not only to
those of church affiliations, but TO
his listeners in general. The last of the
series, "The Devil Cast Out" will be
given next Sunday evening. An invita-
tion is extended to ALL
The state dairymen's association will
meet in Jackson January 81 and Febru-
airy and 2, at which time and place the
educational scoring test for January will
held. The Van Buren, county creameries
at the December contest scored as fol-
lows: Decatur "a, Lawrence 9315. This
January meeting will be one of unusual
interest and all who can should avail
themselves of the opportunity offered.
The association offers 1925 in premiums
to exhibitors, S2l0 to be divided pro ratio
among competitors whose product scores
30 points or above. Besides this
the dairymen's association will give
silver medals to all receiving a score of
93 or above. The secretary, j. S. VIII
son, Flint, Mich, will send the annual
program book or year book with entry
blank and shipping tag to all who desire
to exhibit butter and cheese. This will
apply to private persons as we'll as
creameries.