The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-03-09
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union ticket.
Mrs Newell has purchased of A. Cleve
land his residence property on north
Gremps street.
o.. w. Rowland is confined to the
house by Illness but nothing serious as
yet has developed.
A handkerchief bazaar will be held at
the Coterie club house Wednesday,
March 81, at $3.50 Admission free.
An adjourned session of the Niles dis
trict conference will be held in the Nj. f.
church in this village April "a and %.
Rev. J o. Vince of Leslie will ex
change pulpits next Sunday with Rev.
w. X Lane of the First Baptist church.
There will be a special communication
of Paw Paw lodge, +. & A. NJ, Tuesday
evening, March l3 Work IN the third
degree.
Miss Ada Hawley was in South Haven
Wednesday and Thursday of this week
assisting in organizing G. +. society in
the church of Christ of that city.
A local option meeting will be held in
the Lyle school house Sunday afternoon,
March IL, at 2:30. Address by A. w.
Mumford. Music by male quartette.
The marriage of John Wilson and Mrs.
Libbie Easton is announced for high
noon Tuesday, March ID They will Wis.
it friends in New York, after which they
will be at home in this village.
A union temperance meeting will be
held at the Christian church Sunday
evening Addresses will be delivered by
Harley Ball. Oscar Olson, l. j. Cummings
and Rev. j. O. Vince of Leslie. All are
invited.
The entertainment given at the opera
house Tuesday evening by Welbourn,
the electrician, was an "astonisher.
The things he could do or undo with
electrical force were wonderful. Each
experiment overshadowed the preceding
one, and the audience was kept contin-
ually in expectancy. The Wizard of
Electricity aptly expresses his powers.
Hon. Thomas Mars, the venerable
granger of Berrien Centre, is reported to
be rapidly failing in health. For some
time past he has been under the con
slant care of his physician and of late
has been confined to his bed. His mem
DRY has failed him and at times he is un-
able to talk. No man in south western
Michigan is better known or better
loved by his old associates in either bus.
mess or political life than the sage of
Berrien Centre, and his demise will be
mourned by all.-Dowagiac News Mr.
Mars is we'll known here, having visited
Vac Buren, county many times in the
interest of the Grange.
Harmony hall the ONE of the O. Nj.
q. a., is situated in a region of eternal
Snow, and leaks in four places. The
furniture consists of 16 chairs. none of
them dining, five cuspidors, Burley cans,
and a cord of wood. The members, 20
IN number, are from all professions and
walks of life. The Lord does the iantor
work once a week; that is, he puts fresh
ashes 10 the cuspitOons and runs a barn
scraper over the floor They have a
Bishop to look after their spiritual We
fare, and a dancing master, Hopping
surnamed Hambone. When the bees
swarm there is an Avery to put them in.
They have a band of singers called the
cucumber quartet, and when they sing
the stovepipe falls down and the cats
get on the ridge pole Their windows
are never cleaned and they pay no water
tax. Their books are full, but the mem
bers never "skidoo."
The American society of equity held
meeting in indianapolis last week at
which time the president of the associa.
ton, j. A. Everittt, stated that the or
ganization had representative in 300
of the $500 counties in the 40 states of
the union, and the purpose of the organ
ization is to bring wheat to the dollar
mark. At present the mem bership is
but 100000, but it is confidently asserted
that within 60 days a half million farm
ers will become members of the order.
scale of prices will be fixed and it is
expected that by withholding their live
stock, grain and other farm products the
members will be able to realize the min
imun price named 1t would seem a
feasible scheme and can be done IF the
farmers hang together; but that has
been the dream of many good men ia the
past who have worked for that purpose
many years only to see it defeated by
those who would be the greatest bene-
ficiaries.
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