The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-07-05
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Duncombe were
n Lawrence last Sunday.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Duncombe were
in Lawrence last Sunday.
Miss Marie Colburn returned home
Wednesday from a weeks visit with
relatives in Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Stanley Briggs went to De-
troit Tuesday for visit at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. o. Rowland.
Father Clarson and Miss Annie
were in Detroit last week, returning
Saturday night.
A very pretty home wedding took
place at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Lipp of Gliddenburg, Wednes-
day, June 26th, at high noon, when
Miss Anna Mortenser became the
happy bride of Mr.. Floyd C. Allen of
Lawrence. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. C. H. Heaton of
Paw Paw in the presence of about
thirty guests, members of the imme-
diate families of the two parties.
The house was tastily decorated with
Roses, asparagus ferns and sweet
peas. A beautiful bower was arrang-
ed in front of large bay window
for a marriage altar. This was
banked with flowers and overhung
with a large American flag. On
either side of the altar hung a SER
vice flag representing two cousins of
the bride now in service. Six little
girls assisted i'm the service. The
brides dress was of white Crepe de
Chine and she carried an armful of
roses. She is recent graduate of
the Paw Paw High School. The
groom is a young farmer near Law
renee was a graduate of the Law
renee High school. After the we'd
ding dinner the couple left for short
tour and will be at home to their
friends after their return at their
farm residence near Lawrence.
The following clipping was taken
from The True Northerner of Febr
uary 1878, and brought to the Office
| by Mrs. Martha Smith. 1t reads like
fairy tale or dream in these days
of high cost of living, and will be of
interest for purposes of comparison.
The parties mentioned have all Pass
ed Beyond, but their names will be
familiar to readers of The Norther-
ner. The "Allen Smith" referred to
was the husband of Mrs. Martha
Smith, and she has very vivid
recollection of the "Porker" mention
ed in the clipping "The Glidden-
burg pork crop was sold by Henry
M. Pugsley and Julian Sheldon to
Thomas Brownbridge, of Decatur, for
four cents per pound. 1t was deliver
ed on Thursday, January 31st, 1878,
and weighed about twenty-one thou
and pounds, and was drawn into that
suburban village by a procession of
sixteen teams. Fault has OCCASION
ally been found with Decatur weights
but these people are satisfied that
their pork was fairly weighed and de-
sire us to say so for them. Large
hogs appear to have been a feature
of the past season. A few days ago
H. p. Sanger dressed a hog of the
Essex and Poland variety that
brought down the scales at 519
pounds. The other day Allen Smith
sold to Longwell G. Co., dressed hog
of the Poland and Chester-White
variety. whose avoirdupois was 600
pounds, and c. P .Rawson sold one of
the same variety to Allen Engle
which weighed 645 pounds. This
beats them all, and puts "Cole's hog
ahead.
Kalamazoo will stage it's eleventh
Grand Circuit race meeting at Re-
creation Park, the week Of July Is
to 20. 1t is the only Michigan city
to be represented in the "Big Line"
this year, an unusual distinction.
This years program is arranged for
both the Grand Circuiters and the
Michigan Short Ship circuit and will
run through six days. Entries ara
practically all in for the meeting
and the representation is in every
way satisfactory. The number of
nominations for the twenty events
on the card will be in excess of ESQ.
Four early closing events for the
Grand Circuit division. drew seventy
entries, while the Short Ship early
closing classes received a combined
list numbering 143. The late closing
races number twelve. Of these four
will be contested on the half mile
track and eight or the mile track.
Among the eight mile track events
is a S3,000.00 purse for 2:08 trotters,
which will be raced Wednesday, July
17th. This contest will have field
of ten of the best horses on the
American harness turf. Another
feature of Wednesdays card will be
the Free-for-all pace, best two in
three heats. The horses eligible for
this event are William, 1854;
Single c., 200; Miss Harris NJ, 200;
Hal Boy, 2:01; and Russell Roy, 300
". It is the best field of fast PAGERS
that has ever contested over Mich
Iigan track. The Free-For-All trot