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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-08
PETER BLOCH.
A HARRIS LEGEND.

Peter Bloch, the charcoal burner, was
out of sorts. He couldn't work-he
couldn't talk-he couldn' even eat (the
last occupation of which he was very
fond when Katrina, his betrothed,
came with his MONDAY meal of strong
beer and still stronger cheese and
sauerkraut, prepared by her own rosy
hands.
Peter looked askance at Katrina,-at
her round, blooming, honest face her
short plump figure, and bare feet, and
for the first time in his life thought her
coarse. And for the first time in his
life, also, he turned up his nose at the
beer, and the cheese, and the sauer-
kraut, and thought them coarse. So
Katrina, with her dinner. basket on her
arm, went away sorrowful, leaving
Peter sitting idly on log, apart from
the other workmen, smoking q large
black pipe and gazing out sullenly upon
the gloomy forest, the smoking charcoal
kilns, and the little cottage, with its
cabbage garden and pig-sty, to which
he was soon to bring home Katrina.
Very poor and despicable it all now APP
peared to him. And yet only yester-
day how proud he had been of that cot
tage! And how he had cultivated
those cabbages, and fed those pigs, un-
til they were as round and fat as-as
Katrina, nearly,-which was saying a
great deal for them.
The truth was, Peter Bloch was dying
of envy and discomfort. Only an hour
ago he had seen pass along the forest
the young Count Won Schwaltzschotiens
burgh, with a brilliant train of attend
ants, on his way to take possession of
the castle of the late Count, his uncle,
and to marry the late Counts daughter,
the present fair and peerless Lady
Hildegarde Adelberga Resalinden,-
who with an equally imposing train
had ridden forth to meet him, and with
the bailiff and the chatelaine on either
side, had delivered to him the keys of
the castle.
All this had Peter Bloch seen and
from that moment envy and covetous.
ness poisoned the well-springs of his
heart Why should nature have made
his lot in life so different from that OF
this young man? he asked himself
Why should he be charcoal burner,
and the other nObleman Why
should he live in hut, and the Count
in castle? And the Lady Hildegarde
Adelberga Rosalinda was so fair-slim
and white, like a lily,-whilst Katrina
much more resembled red cabbage,
thought Peter with a sheer. And she
had brought him beer and sauerkraut,
whilst up at the castle there was to be
this very day grand feast, with richest
viands and rarest wines, the latter
stolen from the Baron Stickinseide, in
that knights absence and also an OK
roasted whole. A fine fat OK Peter
knew it to be, since it was only to-day
that it had been taken from his poor
neighbor, Hans Hapner, who had de
pended upon its sale for winter cloth
ing for his large family of little ones.
I" Ach ?" sighed Peter Bloch I" |
would that were Count Won Schwaltz-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-08

A LIGHTHOUSE is about to be erected
on Turnberry Point, in Ayrshire. 1t
will occupy the site Of part Of the an
cient castle of King Robert. No more
fitting memorial of that monarch could
be erected on the spot, for it was there
that the fire was seen by him from the
Isle of Arran, which, being mistaken for
an appointed signal, brought him pre-
maturely over to the mainland, with his
handful of followers, to attempt the de-
liverance of his country, as related 10y
Barbour, Sir Walter Scott, and others.
Local historians of a prosaic turn have
hazarded the guess that the light rose
from kiln fire; but the favorite tradi-
ton cherished in the neighborhood is
the one embodied 10y Sir Walter Scott
in his Lord of the Isles," that the
light was of mystic origin, and still rises
to commemorate Bruce's crossing on
the anniversary of the incident. The
height of the lighthouse will be about
six feet, and the light is intended to be
revolving one.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-08

ONE evening John Smith had been
dipping rather too deeply in the con-
vivial bowl with friend and on emerg-
ing into the open air, his intellect be-
came i'm considerable degree confused,
and not being able to distinguish OBJ
.jects with any degree Of certainty, he
thought himself in fair way of losing
the road to his own house. In this per.
plexity he espied some one coming
toward him, whom he stopped with this
query, "D'ye know where John Smith
lives ?" "Where's the use of asking
that question ?" said the man, "you're
John Smith himself" 81 know that"
answered John, "but it's not himself
that's wanted-it's his house."
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Senatorial.

Twenty-four United States Senators
are to be chosen beforA the expiration
Of the term of the present Administra-
ton. There are at present two vacanc-
les, one in Alabama, by death, and one
in Georgia by non.admission of claim.
ant. The term of the other twenty.
two expires with that of President
Grant, on the 4th of March, 1873. Fol.
lowing is list Of the States and of the
present occupants, whose terms are to
be filled as above:
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American Trunks and Baggage. Smash.

A writer in WacMiNan'S, for August,
thus discourses on certain incidents of
American travel:
Just then the hotel omnibus drove
up, laden with tourists and those vast,
bound, round.topped receptacles
for wardrobe, which accompany Ameri.
can ladies on their weddings. l have
remarked that the old English passion
for solidity breaks out in this direction
of trunks among their descendants in
the New World more than in any other.
Indeed, | scarcely know where else to
look for it. Yankee notions in general
may be makeshifts for the day, but
Yankee trunks are built for posterity.
Among so practical folk the reason
is not far to seek. In no country in
Christendom, or indeed in those parts
Of heathendom with which | am famil
lar, is all manner of unoffending lug
gage used so atrociously "a in America.
A perfect system of dispatch and
delivery is supplemented by brutality
Of treatment in transit which would try
the constitution of the toughest bulls
hide bound with brass like Roderick
Dhu's shield). speak feelingly on the
subject
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-08

Bird, bird of the golden wing.
Thou 1.-THE, melodious thing
Where hast thy music found?
What fantasies of vale and vine,
Of glades where orchids intertwine.
Of palm trees, garlanded and crowned.
What high imagining
Hath made this carol thine?
By what instinct art thou bound
To all rare harmonies that be
In those green islands of the sea,
Where thy radiant, wildwood kin
Their madrigals at morn begin,
Above the rainbow and the roar
OF the long bilow from the Afric shore?
Asking other guerdon
None. than Heavens light,
Holding thy crested heod Alright,
Thy melody's sweet burden
Thou dost proudly utter
With many an ecstatic fiutter
And rutfie of thy tawny throat
For each delicious note.
Art thou waif from Paradise,
In some fine moment wrought
By an artist of the skies.
Thou winged cherubc Thought?
Bird of the amber beak
Bird of the golden wing
Thy dover is thy caroling;
Thou hast not far TO seek
Thy bread, nor needest wine
To make thine uttcrance divine;
Thou art canopied and clothed
And unto Song betrothed!
In thy lone aerial cage
Thou hast thine ancient heritage:
There is no task-wOrk on thee land
But to rehearse the ditties thou hast made;
Thou hast lordly store,
And. though thou scatterest them free,
Art richer than before,
Holding in fee
The glad domain of minstrelsy.
Brave songster, bold Canary!
Thou art not of thy listeners wary,
Art not timorous. nor chary
OF Quaver trill, and tone.
Each perfect and thine own;
But renewest shrll or soft.
Thy greeting TO the upper skies,
Chanting thy latest song aloft
With no tremor nor disguise.
Thine is music that deties
The enviOus rival near;
Thou hast no fear
OF the days vogue, the scornful critics sheer.
Would, O. wisest bard, that now
/ could cheerly sing as thou
Would | might chant the thoughts which on me
throng,
For the very JOY of songl
Here. on the written page
| falter, yearning to impart
The vague and wandering murmur Of my heart,
HAPPY little to assauge
This human restessness and pain.
And half forget my chain:
Thou, unconscious Of thy cage,
Showerest music everywhere;
Thou hast no care
But TO pour out the largesse thou hast won
From the south wind and the sun;
There are no prison-bar
Betwixt thy tricksy spirit and the stars.
When from its delicate clay
Thy little life shall pass away,
Thou wilt not meanly die,
Nor voiceless yield TO silence and decay
But triumph still in art
And act thy minstrel-part,
Lifting last, long paan
To the unventured empyrean.
SO bid the world go by,
And they who list to thee Alright,
Seeing thee fold thy wings and fall, shall say.
The SOngster persisted of his own delight!
-ScriJner for September.
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The SOngster.
A MIDSUMMER carroll.

Within our summer hermitage
/ have an aviary,-
It's but a little. rustic cage.
That holds golden winged Canary:
A bird with no companion of his kind.
But when the warm south wind
Blows, from rathe meadows, over
The honey scented clover,
i hang him in the porch, that he may hear
The voices of the bobolink and thrush,
The robins joyous gush.
The bluebird's MARBLE. and the tunes Of all
Glad matin songsters in the fields anear,
Then. as the blithe responses vary,
And rise anew, and fall,
In every hush
lie answers them again,
With his cwn wild, reliant strain,
As if he breathed the air of sweet Canary,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-08

Nine States elect legislatures thls
coming fall, which will have TO choose
the successors of the incumbents.
They are marked above with an aster-
isk. New York elects a Senate which
holds over. Only Iowa and Kentucky
will elect at their first session, as they
only meet biennially. In Alabama,
successor to the deceased claimant,
Goldthwaite, is to be elected. If Blod-
gett is not admitted, Georgia will have
only one Senator next winter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-08

HoosIER housewife furnishes this,
as the original recipe for making the
genuine and world. famous Indiana gin
gerbread Git your ginger; melt mo-
lasses till it biles over; melt some butter
till it's thin; stir it through the molas-
SEES candy; multiply by wet sugar
thrash some clover and maryander
seed, and grind them together; git a
underground sack of flour on credit
two cups of sour oil of kline; beat some
body out Of the eggs beat the eggs;
strain them to subtract the shell f; line
the pan with red flannel, saturate with
equal parts of coal tar and strong but
ter, and pour the mixture in. Bake
until it tastes good.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-08

A prous Detroit sign which read, mo
spirits sold at this soda fountain" was
altered by wag so as to read, "No. l
spirits sold." etc.
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PICTORIAL ElNIlY RTGISTE2

~ the only WORK exlanl WhIch satisfies This want II
Is neaulliui and 1irikihg COM hirug an entirely ne,v
and elegant FAMILY HOrOGRlPHA ALBUM. VIII,
complete Fd9nty H's'ory Address GEO AiACLEAN
'' DD''7e'' - ''"S"" "t'f fht'ada sepGil
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Exuberant Health.

oessing vouchsafed to few Even those who ave been
-, =" nature with strong constitutions and vigorous
a9 10 neglect the necessary TO preserve
pe'ous endoWments Indeed. rule the more healthy
Ou'' man is the liberties he is inclined TO take
V"h physique Il is consolation to IN. naturally
% eeOIs % know tina. they he 50 Invixorl,el and
" proper Use OF the means which science hA placed
-'po'a' as to have much better chance Of long lie
from disease and PAIN. than the most athletic
''"S Wh" are foolish enough to suppose themselves
'u'u!neFabl', and act accordingly
'oo mucd to say that than half the people OF
""l need an occasional tonic, to enable them to
Ia. ~ strain upon their bodies and minds which the fast
"' restless age occasions. In fact pure wholesome
tonic is the grand desideraunl Of the busy millions
' nave 'he article in Hosteters Stomach Htters IL ia
nsllc!he' l. e. it imparts permanent strength to
60 "n' ana lnTigorates delicate constitutions It's rspu-
% Us sales have steadily increased Competitive pre-
- nave been introduced LRIrUN and a. far As the
" concerned AD N4rsLUN IN the hope Of riyalin il
g. nave al either 2rriste in atten pt Or been left far
-, "'' II has been th. great medical success Of the
''ur'' anu it Is quite certain that no proprietary
used " "'"e'Y Aii'"h 0f as generally
ed ,tat '''"S' rInnng incessanty tSundsys exce;t
wear through barely supply the demand for the
p,,,, Nn'1e IN which the nature and uses Of the pre-
nillonsa year '''''" ho" 0s''s over eisht
sep'Clm
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1.s,ss 1sss's ts' Gla1ll lAlI!III s5Ia5
Twelve Years '4fSSsg fSS Wild Indians If Plains.

The remarkable adventures of the famous white
chief and Big Warrior among the Red Skins =
Thrilling accounts Of Great Hunts, I{dirbreqdh Es
cGpes and IerrlbcCOnttS with the big game and hostile
tribes. Spirited descriptions of the habits and super
stitOns OF that strange people. Their Sports L,cendS
Traditions. How they Woo and WED, ScdlD Doctor
WORSHIP &c. New, Flesh and Popular. Price LOB
IL is selling by the thousands with u0nderfu rapidIty
Send al once for sample chapters, Illustrations and
special terms, to HUBBARD BROS, Publishers. 723
Samson Street, Philadelphia sep94w
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lures everywhere '' p =
sep64t Whilnov E ,,o Mi: 49,
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Ito be coutinucd.l
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GOLD Qy0TATl0AS, STOCKS, &C..
FROM
John McLear & Son, Bankers,
WILMINGTON, DEL.

\ RARE CUNNCE
RA n CHANrE
presents itself those who
have not yet completed their
SPLENDID CLOTUING "''''V' "u'''' III purchasing
SPLENDID CLOTHING c
specially prepared for the pre-
sent season which
cPP,Tt y pCD,-cr,, NM, now being offered at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
We are determined % clear out
our surplus stock, and offer
purch Users the
IN genuine hqrnainS Of First
class goods, at exceedingly Low
Prices.
tON Is THE TINE FOR REAL BARGAINS AT
BENNETT 4 CO.'S.
TOWER HALL.
49, No. jlS MARKET STREET,
. Halt way between Fifth and Sixth streets
luY'O PhlnlelphIa
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New Advertisements. "A

$4,000 lst class Panos-scnt on tr,sI-po ag,,y
New York. NV" % "i3 br'ad~ay,
Il
Smyrna times., 1871-09-13

Nothing, except the Sewing Machine, has ever been
invented which SO much relieves the labor OF the
household as the Wrnger. But lis usefulness does not
end here. The saving of clothing is of much greater
importance Il often remarked that articles OF fine
texture last twice long when lDrUng Wrlnger
when wrung by hand. The NOVELTY has COg-wheels
on both ends. The rolls allowed to separate
freely either end These besides other advantages
which it contains, seems to be indispensable TO prac
tical wrnger.-New York Independent.
THE NOVELTY WRlNGER has become an indis
pensable institution in thousands Of families. And we
believe its great and increasing popularity is fully
merted-fOr the Novelty evidently possesses all the
requisites of first class practical machine. Indeed,
after using one for many months IN our own family,
prepared TO ind0rse the Novelty as unsurpass.
ed he Iaundress says unequaief Ay of the several
wringers previously tred-lfOOre'S Rural NeW Yorker.
Sold everywhere. N. b. PHELPS Il CO.
sepl34t Gen Agts.. l02 Chambers ST., NY.
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FERTILIZERS .

Per barrel,
JOHN Il. WILSON is Agcut for RUSSELL GOES ST.
PERPHOSPHAIE at Smyrna Del. july-362n
Mr. EDIToR;The above extract is from 42s OF the Re-
port Department Agriculture, WashngtOn 1862
That have the benefit the statement
W continue from page 429, of work. follows:
Referring the above exhibit = L. Goo tale, Secretary the
Maine Board Agriculture,
several these fertilizers should be placed at higher
lie instances SuperpEcS, giving nearly
of such prices taking basis certain calculated
mercIa values the leading constituents the fertilizers,
pound for nSoube phoSphOric twenty
five soluble, and thrtyfve Tor ammonia.
No Superphospl,te. Value. No. Snpcrphosphae Value
\ FanE q: = SAB 5@ & i5s.; : SIS $50
Mapes".......... 346G u lG Atwoods...... 33.49
+. FRANK GOES STPERPIIOSP PHI ATT: can be OBJ
the following Agents: j. H. RENIEY
Del; MCDANIEL a STEN ENSUN, Dover. Del: d. +. BALL q
son, Bridgcville, Del; WM PRESTON, Wilmingon Del.
September 9th, 1871.
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Crumhs Of Cnr1fnrtl

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sep64t HABARTLEPPv C'1 pLiJ, 1''' ',
WATCH FREE--Ptlze Candy eoxes Prize Sra.
uohety Fackagcs, Cheap Jewelry, &c &c Silver
"atches given gratis TO every agent $50 per dav
naue selling our goods at Country FAIRS ana Political
M'eehhgs Send for Circular. Address Monroe,
KENNEDY Co., o.,,Pittsburgh, Pa. scpGlt
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Wesleyan Female College,
WILMINGTON, DEL.

This Institution recommended TO parents who
wish to place their dang ghIers in School in which
they will thorough instruction. careful super.
vision Of their health. manners and morals, under
pleasant and homelike influences, at reasonable ex.
pense.
Fall Session will begin SEPTEMBER 11th 1871.
For Catalogues or fuller information. address
REV. JOHN WILSON, A. M,
july 10 3m President.
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FERTILIZERS. --- DisprOpOrtiOnate
I' E1H.innS

We find the following the United Agricultural Re-
port for l-t9 Professor : W Johnson paper April
TO- eG0 reports to the Connecticut Board Agriculture
samples OF sixteen different commercial fertilizers. which
pies were obtained ia that state and tly
the bags and barrels in the stores G dealers, The object of
these alys to determine the value
ot the tclZtrS question: which have
widespread cintaton hlSjn the the
active valuable Cl'ain"i
standard source The current selling "f the fertilizers
are given Tor purposes C comparisons Oi these
pS one h9mo made surrrPAo>rhnr has selling price
aiNpi Another i" shows
selling In
Puircitc exhibited value
selling another similar
brand value of only salt selling price OF
barrel The estimated value and the >u. prices per
:um % The yarnms .crzcrs gIvem m tLn nnMM tnhe
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IT HAS MO EnnAI.

9hnks k%seht Notes and Bonds, ConstabIe's 8
N0' &C. Tor sale at this Office.
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WELLS CARBOIIC TlbI[TS,

For Coughs, COl,.S and liOmrSrness.
These TabtetS present the AcId in Combiua,iou
WIN other efficient remedies. in a puuulor f,ru, G
The Cure OF all THROAT and lung Diseases.
~ iOA RSENESS and tlCEPATiON of ,ba
THROAT are immediately reiieN ed aud statements
are constantly hehg seht 10 the pr"rrIcior Of relief
EaJ1fiO0 Don't be deceived ty ,,,rrb,t,< imira
w - C1OAA tons. Gotony We',s' Carbollc Tan
let's. Price 25 Cts per Box
e. KELLOGG. Ia PLATF ST N.Y.
Send for C!rcular Sole Agent forth 4 s ,eiqiy,
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sni the sai;AtFNESS, BLINDPEss and CATARRH treated
Dseases Of success by IsAAcs, VI. D. aud Professor
Colege of ye ana EcHr, this speciality In the Med
yien HOLLAND lJ experience. dormrrly ct
be- sen ~ ~" Arch street, Philadelphia. TestinO
scpmpanv tbi n7 "icr The medical faculty invited
hOa ~ eyes inserted without Dni, \, cI,r " r y
Octl9Y
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-20

The Second Controller OF the Treas
ury has Just completed his annual report
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1871,
and has submitted the same to the Sec
retary of the Treasury. From il the
following facts and statistics have been
taken:
The total account of expenditures OF
the War and Navy Departments, and the
Indian and Pension Offices, ms settled
and adjusted at the Treasury Depart
ment during the above periol, amount
to $43l, ,S46, l20. This sum embraces
the accounts OF the discussing officers
Of the War and Navy Departments, and
the Indian and Pension offices, in part
for war expenditures of the Rebellion as
well as those incurred since war claims
for bounty and prize money, claims OF
States for war expenses, and of private
persons for property used and impressed
or lost in the military service Of the
United States. The above accounts of
expenditures are, with the vouchers,
examined by the Second. Third and
Fourth Auditors of the Treasury, who
have hy law primary jurisdiction in their
settlement When examined by audi
tors, and balances certified, all OF these
accounts, with vouchers and certificates
are reported by them at once to the
Second Controller of the Treasury for
his decision. This officer causes q re-
vision Of each settlement thus reported
to be made, and certified balance sent
TO the Secretary OF the Department in
which the expenditure has been incur
red During the fiscal year the amounts
Of settlement thus far acted upon and
adjusted are rs follows From the Sec
ond Auditor, Sl9S, 44G, 500; Third Audi
tor, SOS, ,953, ,O53 Fourth Auditor, S27,-
446. III.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-20
Summary OF News.

SEVERAL conflicts have taken place be
tween the French citizens and the Ger
man garrison Of DUon.
The National Commercial Convention
at Baltimore adjourned 10 meet on the
third Monday of November, 1872, ut st.
Louis, Mo.
WILLIAM PRIrcHARD, eolored, was
hanged ut T0wSontown, Nd, for COM
hitting a rape ON German girl named
Mary Sendel, in August, 1870.
THE census returns report that the
amount of land under cultivation in
Pennsylvania il ll,5I5, 965 acres, and
the total value of land 81, 045, 4Sl, $50.
Ar least two months will elapse before
the Coart OF Arbitrators of the Alabama
claims win meet Of Geneva. The cause
OF this unexpected delay in that the
Brazilian member of the court has not
yet been appointed.
SONS idea OF the amount Of American
travel in Europe can be formed when we
learn that for the year ending June 80
last, 81 ,S5S passen myers left this country
for the Old World. The number OF
Americans abroad who came home dur
ing the quarter ending at the same time
was 1850.
LATE advices from Indian Territory
report serious depredatiOns hy the Kio-
was in the vicinity of Fort Sill. Seve-
raj men have recently been killed and
scalped within few miles of that fort,
Two herders were shot few days ago
within sight Of the fort, and their bod
les mutilated beyond recognition.