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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
House Building.

The novelist Charles Reade holds that
basement kitchen windows ought to be
large, and gives as one reason for this,
that plenty Of light conduces to good
temper in the cook, and, as we sup
cookery, and the resulting easy diges-
ton and generally amiable mood en-
.joyed by the general household. He
denounces plastered ceilings, particu
larly for the lower rooms, and would
have them to consist of the bare .joists
and boards, but vanished. A ceiling
of this kind could be washed, and
would, moreover, allow of utensils, ETC.,
being hung from it, which is sometimes
a convenience. He would also varnish
the parlor floor, and this could be made
to form pleasing border to the carpet.
As matter of taste, he would have
arches instead of square heads to the
door frames. He also prefers French
easements to English sashes, as the for.
mer are so much more easy to clean.
He would varnish the stair ratings in
stead of painting them, and would not
use plaster, but encaustic tiles, or some
thing equally hard, on the lower part
of the stairway, since it it so easy to be-
come dirty by the household passing up
and down, and also broken and other
wise damaged in the carrying up of the
furniture and other articles. Mr.. Reade
objects as strongly to plastered ceilings
in drawing.rooms as in parlors partly
because the plaster is apt TO become
discolored by water that may acciden-
tally be spilled in the bedrooms imme-
diately above. He would also do away
with ceilings in the attic or garrett
story, both because they diminish the
already contracted space, and hide
the source of any leakage in the
roof He advocates slightly pitched
roofs, surrounded with spiked ratings,
too high for the children to climb thus
affording safe recreation ground for
the juvenile members of the family,
point not unworthy of consideration in
the streets of large cities.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
Removing Large Trees.

When it is desirable to move large
tree, the depth of winter, when the
ground is frozen, should be chosen for
the operation. Not only deciduous trees.
but any kind of evergreens. even hem
locks, the most difficult to remove, may
be safely transplanted at this season. 1t
is obvious that the time to prepare for
such work is before the ground becomes
frozen. A trench should be dug
around the tree sufficiently distant from
the trunk to leave untouched a large
mass OF roots, and sufficiently deep
that they may be undermined without
being disturbed. 1t should then be
partly filed up with leaves or coarse
litter, which will preserve the bottom
from freezing. In February or March.
when the frost is most severe, the litter
may be taken OUT. the tree completely
undermined, and the frozen mass Of
earth around the roots pried out of the
hole and placed on stone.boat. 1t may
now be conveyed to its new home,
which should have been prepared and
protected from the frost Sufficient
earth from the surface or from some
rich spot should have been placed in the
bottom of the hole. the tree planted
on this. and the hole filled with similar
SOIL. When the spring arrives the tree
Will settle into its place without further
care, except perhaps a little filing up,
and will be improved rather than in.
iured
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

tude of such buildings, scattered through
the business portion of city, would al
most certainly prevent a fire of wide
extent.
The Importance of the subject is APP
parent. Americans have devised many
witty inventions. Cannot some of
them, in view of the catastrophe at Chi.
cago and the danger of a similar fate
which hangs over all our large cities,
hit upon some method-by adopting
concrete for building purposes, or find
ing out some other incombustible, cheap
and abundant material-which may
preserve our property, our precious
things, and our lives from destruction
by fire?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
GARVEY'S TRAVELS.
Interesting Letter from One who Crossed
the Ocean with the Great /" Finnncier."


The New York Times of the 4th inst.
publishes letter from Edmund Jussen,
formerly Collector of Internal Revenue
at Chicago, dated Bremen, Oct. 10, from
which we make the following extracts (:
The pilot had left the steamer, and
we were fairly out at sea before was
aware that Garvey and wife were on
board. While friends were bidding
farewell to each other at The steamers
dock, while the boat glided slowly into
the river, amid the cheers and greetings
and tears of honest men, the criminal
and his better half were locked in their
state-room. Off Sandy Hook he came
on deck and introduced himself as a
Mr. Mcdonnell, of New York. | had
not conversed with him five minutes,
and had looked but once upon the dia-
monds ornamenting his wife's hands,
when | put him down as the worst
type of New York shoddy.
If | had never exchanged word with
the runaway swindler. | should have
known from the childish, AFFECT fear
which he displayed during the voyage
that | vas in company Of conscience
stricken criminal. 1t was pitiful to
look upon his CHASTITY countenance
during heavy weather; he would ask q
hundred questions in a minute about
the safety of the ship, and like fright
ened boy whistling in the woods, while
he fairly trembled with terror. he would
descant upon the excellent sailing Ca
pacities of the Hermann, praise her Of
ficers to the skies, and while he was
white in the face like raw recruit with
battery in front and a bayonet behind,
he would say with sickly smile,
"Who's afraid?' His terrible fear fairly
unnerved him; he evidently was not
yet ready to go to his fathers the heavy
bags of public money weighed down his
spirits.
At Southampton neither himself nor
his wife were seen upon deck. AS | af-
terward learned, he was in mortal fear
of an arrest by telegraph. When we
weighed anchor and steamed again into
the Channel, there was no end to the
questions he asked about the name and
business Of every passenger who came
on board at Southampton. The badge
of the German pilot, who joined us at that
port, almost scared him out of his wits.
But at Bremerhaven he laid bare his
guilty conscience in the most absurd
and ridiculous manner. While the
steward was assisting him to land, the
pay.master Of another steamer stepped
on board. The brass buttons and blue
cloth were terrible sightfor the pseudo
Mcdonnell. He thought his hour had
come, and, like a true son of Tammany,
as last resort attempted to save him
self 10y bribing the officers Of justice.
Quick as thought he handed the pay.
master a handful OF sovereigns. The
latter, surprised and indignant, threw
the money at his feet, and left him to
gather the shining pieces out of the
mud, amid the wonder and derisive
laughter of the bystanders. In Bremen
he stopped at an obscure thirdrate
hotel, and started the same evening for
Basel, after cautioning the steward not
to inform me of his destination.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

In Colorado bald person finds him.
self alluded to as "a man with his head
above UNDERLINE"
WHY are Cashmere shawls like people
who are totally deaf? Because you
cannot make them here.
GA LADY was lately Rugged to death
in innesota"-another illustration OF
the "power of the press"
WE know man, moving in good So
ciety, who has laughed so much in his
sleeve that it is quite worn out.
IT is said that many Of the fre-en-
gines in San Francisco won't work. No
wonder they were made to play.
A WRITER on school discipline says,
"Without a liberal use of the rod it
is impossible to make boy smart"
IT is an absurd association, but while
they have patent and powerful beef
condensers in Texas, the Illustrated
London Ne,os has a Bullock press. Ex-
tremes meet.
A GERMAN being required to give
receipt in full, after much mental effort
produced the following; " ish full. l
wants no more monish. John Swach-
hammer"
PET poodles are stunted by their fair
owners, who feed them with laudanum
and keep them in warm ovens for that
purpose. Young ladies with poodles
are always laudin' 'em.
QUEEN VIcToRIAs Christmas present
to the Emperor Alexander will be six
South-Down sheep from the Northum.
berland folds. Does she mean to pull
the wool over his eyes?
A VICTIM of Greeley's handwriting
says off Horace had written that in
scription on the wall of Babylon, Bel
shazzar would have been good deal
more scared than he was"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

some one to praise and appreciate her
cooking The November wind might
howl its worst now. Its hold on Nabby
was gone. In place of all the bitter
sadness that had hung heavily around
her heart was warm feeling of happi.
ness, of comfort and hope.
this Josiah drew forth from under his
shabby coat an exceedingly awkward
and knobby bundle.
"rve bought something for you,
Nabby," said he.
The something" undone, proved to
be very handsome britannia teapot.
That teapot must have known it was a
peace-ofiering, with such preternatural
brightness did it shine and glisten.
Something in Nabby's eyes shone and
glistened too, although she winked hard,
and scorned the weakness of pocket.
handk erchief.
"Thank you, JOSIAH" she said "it's
a regular beauty, and | shall set lots by
it,"
Which, so long as they understood
each other, was, perhaps, as we'll as if
Josiah had made a long-worded speech
Nabby another of forgiveness.
| wish | could say that Nabby never
scolded Josiah again. But / can't
However, she "drew it mild" and there
was general understanding between
them that this was only sort of
exercise made necessary by habit-a
barking by no means involving biting.
And Josiah was so accustomed to it that
he would have missed it, and not felt
natural without being wound up and
set agoihg for the day by Nabby
One day, later in the winter, Nabby
was washing for Mrs. Hosley.
$50 you've taken Josiah back again,
after all ?'' said Mrs. Hosley.
Well, yes, | have," said Nabby,
giving last twist to the sheet she was
wringing out. Josiah mayn't be very
much to brag of; but then, you see,
he's my own, and all I've got. We're
gittin' to be old folks, Josiah and me,
and we may as well put up with each
other the little while we've got to stay
here"
"How has lie been doing since he
came back p
"First-rate. He's walked as straight's
a string ever sence. He's good provi-
der, now's he quit drinkin', and mas
ter-hand for fixin' up things around the
house, and maxim it comfortable.
tell you what it's, Miss Hosely, we've
got to make 'lowances for folks in this
world. We can't have 'em always Jest
to our mind. We've got to take EN-
jest as they are, and make the best
ont"
I'm glad to see you so much hap
pier and better contented, Nabby''
"Well, used to fret and complain a
good deal because things hadn't turned
out as / expected 'em to; but lately
I've thought good deal about it all,
and made up my mind that there's
considerable comfort for every one in
this world, after all. We mayn't git
jest what we want, but we git some
thin.
In which piece of philosophy
believe Nabby was about right.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
Short Sugar Crop.
From the New Orleans Picayune. Oct. :

FROM the New orleans Plcayune, Oct. p.
The sugar crop, it was generally ex.
pected, would give a fair average yield,
but according to the statements Of
number of planters who called upon us
yesterday, this has been one of the
most disastrous seasons for cane known
for years, to say nothing of our unrelia-
BILE and expensive labor. To begin
with: The stubble cane suffered ex-
tensively from the frost last winter, and
seed cane was much injured. Add TO
this that, contrary to the general inn
preston the breadth Of ground put in
cane this season is much less than that
of last year-our informants estimate
is little more than one-half The sea.
son, too, has been q most unfortunate
one for the planter
The long-continued rains Of early
summer laid an embargo upon field
operations. 1t is within our knowledge
that one planter did but day and
half's work in his field during the
whole month Of June, and we may add
that the story of one is the history of
many. A more unpropitious season for
working the crop has not been encoun.
tered, it is alleged, for many years. The
prospective yield may therefore readily
be estimated. According to our in
formation, the crop in West Baton
Rouge, Latourche, st. John, st. james
and st. Charles is distressingly poor, as
a general thing, with. as is understood,
here and there an enviable exception.
In some fields the grass is as high as the
cane. A number of planters will not
grind at all. Some fields do not give
half a hogshead to the acre.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
In Autumn.

Lilies faded long ago.
Dusty grapes to plumpness grow;
But in spotless gowns of snow.
Tuberoses are here!
Flowers whose sweet and dreamy bloom
. Lights the gardens leaf-strown gloom
Maidens at the summers tomb.
In the falling of the year.
Soft the cricket's dreamy cry;
Brittle leaves around me lie;
All. your fate they prophesy.
Blossoms ever dear
Tints of gold the valley crown.
And from bursting husks of brown
Ripened chestnuts patter down.
In the falling Of the year.
Rusty sumac plumes the hill.
And the tree toad's treble shrill
Wakes a moment, then is still
Boding cry of fear
Blithely sounding on the gale.
Bob White" calls the speckled quail
From the rough-hewn, zigzag roll.
In the falling of the year.
Sweet it is to lie and dream.
Where the overlapping stream
Wrinkles in the MONDAY CLEAN.
Under skies so clear;
When ripe autumn's gorgeous reign
Lays its spell on heart and brain.
With vague and nameless pain.
In the falling of the year.
Oh, the voices of farewell
From each rainbowed nook and dell
Sadly to my heart they tell:
Summers bide not here
Gone their pleasures, long or brief.
And your life of JOY or grief
Is the life of flower and leaf.
In the falling Of the year!'
Sweet to know the hidden seed
Wakes to life at Natures need:
And her lesson fair heed;
Softly. now, | hear:
" Joys will come to hearts that sigh;
Bitter days will soon go by
Leaves will grow again, that die
In the falling of the year!"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
The Ouaker,s Golden Wedding,
BY IDA wHIPPLE pENHAM.

BY IDA wHIPPLE DENHAM.
The snow looks in at the window
In bold and frolicsome way.
Not lighter the newborn snow-drifts
Than IchabOd's locks of gray;
Not purer the new born snow-drifts
From worldly faint and sin,
Than the life of Margaret Taylor,
Ichabod's wife, hath been.
"Hither Margaret. HE thee.
i have thought to tell
Nay, never mind the shutters.
The night doth please me well.
Margaret. can thee tell me
How many years il is
Since thee and | were married,
On winters night like this?
Think once again. my good wife;
i knew thee never would guess,
The days go by so swiftly,
That only are born TO bless;
Thy motherheart will tell thee
IT'S eight-and-forty years
Since our first-born came TO thrill us
With tenderest hopes and fears.
" Yea, Margaret, thee has guessed it,
Full fifty years have sped
SO silently and so softly
We scarce have felt their tread;
But, watching the gliding snow flakes,
The hickory Goals. and thee,
The memory of that evening
Came wandering back TO me.
True. Margaret, we were happy,
Trustful and very glad,
And prouder was |. | fear me.
Then beseemeth Quaker lad;
Yet. not for the good years vanished,
If the right of choice were given,
Would | change this peace, my darling.
For tho pleasures of that even.
I'VE have had our trials. good wife,
We have shed some bitter tears,
But a sure, dear hand hath led us
Through all these precious years.
He hath kept us long together.
And I've been bold to pray
That our meeting in the New Land
Be golden wedding day
The snow looks in at the window,
And what do the snow-nakes see
But Quaker lchabod Taylor
With Margaret on his knee!
The hickory Goals in the fire place
Sleep in their jackets white,
But the love of tried and true hearts
Steadily burns to night
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

REV. DIR. goes in for elegance of
paraphrase. In ringing the changes
upon " He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear" he did a fine thing last
Sunday. "He that is accessible to
auricular vibration, let him not close
the gates of his tympani," said the
doctor
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01

THE japanese Government has signi.
fed its wish that the American Woman's
Missionary Society should undertake
the education of women of the higher
classes in Japan, and numerous applica-
tons are received for teachers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-01
Funnigraphs.

In Colorado bald person finds him.
self alluded to as "a man with his head
above Underline"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-04-13
First things,tFirst,

A young man, having embraced the
gospel, and made open profession of it,
his iather who was much offended, gave
him this advice: "James, you shall
first get yourself established in a good
trade, and then think of religion"
"Father," said James, "Christ advises
me very differently. He says, Seek
ye first the kingdom of heaven, and the
righteousness thereof and all these
things shall be added unto you.' Is
MOI this word of Jesus enough for any
man or any family to live upon?"
1t is related of the non-conformist,
MIR. Lawrence, of Baschurch, that when
some one reminded him that he had
eleven good arguments against giving
up his living, and asked him how he
meant to maintain his wife and ten
children, he answered, "They must live
on the sixth chapter of Matthew:
Take no though, saying. what shall we
eat! or, wherewithal shall we be clothed?
but seek first the kingdom of God. and
his righteousness, and all these things
shall be added unto you.'"
Seek the greater, and you will not
tail of the less. Do the will of God.
and God will take care of you. Secur.
ing the pearl, you will get the shell, of
course. When you purchase a costly
jewel, is not the case thrown in?
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-04-13
STATE NEWS.

A Temple of Honor has been organ
lied in Tidioute.
Pittsburgh ships thousand carloads
of coal day by the river alone.
Over one-third of the people in Pitts
burgh are Of foreign birth.
A wolf was killed in Rye township,
Perry county, few days since.
Hollidaysburg has purchased a new
fre-engine.
A. Ii. Bronson, of Titusville, is 60
ing to build stable to cost $4,000.
A young man in York county has
captured 7S muskrats during the past
few weeks.
1t is rumored that Col. John w.
Eorney will be the next Chairman of
the State central Committee.
The Northampton Beneficial society,
of Eas,on, has since its organization, 81
years ago, paid out in the shape of beue-
fits to its members, in case OF sickness,
&C., 41,159 IL.
The committee appointed by the fish
and game association of Berks are about
sending a messenger TO the west to pro-
cure supply of black bass before the
spawning season commences. 1t is said
that the Mouongahela and its tributar-
les above Pittsburgh abound with this
fish.
Scientific and inventive minds in
Philadelphia are giving good deal OF
attention and inquiry as to the best
plan by which the rather frequently re-
curing explosions of kitchen boilers
may be prevented. 1t is estimated that
there are in that city upward of 90
900 houses having kitchen ranges, be-
hind which is laid a steam boiler that
is subject to the same general conditions
as other steam boilers, and, like them,
liable under certain conditions to ex-
plode.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-04-13
HOOKS AND EYES.

Wisconsin furnished nearly $50, ,000,-
900 feet of lumber during the past
year.
The best thing to give to the poor
employment.
If man tegius to save 10 cents a
day when he is 21 years old, and con-
tinues to do so till he is 20, he will
then be worth SlO,956 81.
Mdme- Latitia Bonaparte- Wyse died
at Rome on the 18th ult. She was a
daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, and
married Sir Thomas Wyse, the British
ambassador to Greece.
The Louisville Ledger says: "Sup-
posing Olive Logan should be elected
President Of the United States, and
should afterward Harry man named
Perkins, would she be President Lo-
gan or President Perkins,"
One of the most extraordinary facts
connected with the American Revolu-
is, that every general officer on the side
of American independence was Free
mason, with one solitary exception, the
traitor Benedic. Arnold. George
Washington's warr, attachment to the
Institution lasted until his death.
An exchange says that a clergyman
IN Pennsylvania has just received his
salary for six months services. 1t con-
sisted of ten feet of stove pipe, two
papers of corn starch, three kegs of
7arnish, one paper collar, four palm
eaf fans, and two bundles Of bed Stats.
The above enumeration of articles are
ust about what our ministers get for
heir services, in these parts.
Mr.. Smith was asked how he could
.ccouut for natures making him so
lgly. "Nature was not to blame"
aid he. "When l was two months old
was considered the handsomest child
n the neighborhood; but my nurse
wapped me away ior another boy, just
o please friend Of hers, whose child
Fas hoinely looking"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-04-13

There is a sassafras tree in Lycoming
county measuring six feet seven inches
in circumfere nee.
The Venango papers state that $780,
600 has been raised in Titusville to in
sure the passage OF the new county bill,
A Norristown hen lays daily, and her
eggs average three and quarter ounces
in weight and measure II inches by
ct inches in circumference.
DIR. J. Newton Evans, of Marlborough,
Montgomery county, has cow which
he purchased a year ago for 1926.
Since the 1st of May, 1870, she made
252 pounds of butter, besides supply
ing the owners family with milk and
cream.
Scranton, April IA band Of 500
men, armed with muskets, clubs, and
revolvers, visited Trips mines in this
city this morning, and prevented the
workneu from entering the mines.
Three miners employed at the works
we're shot down dead in cold blood by
the mob, and others beaten with stones
so that they will probably die.
Scranton. April 7-Midnight.- The
reports of riot here are greatly exag-
gerated. So far there has been no
blood shed, and but one or two cases of
arson. The immediate cause of the
outbreak yesterday was the persistence
of small body of miners to continue
work, when the main body, the W. B.
A., has ordered general suspension.
Some time ago it waa agreed that the
miners here should run to supply the
home demand, but not for general
traffic. The agreement the miners
imagined broken, and on Thursday after.
noon assembled in threatening numbers,
demanded instant withdrawal from the
mines, as the operators had broken their
agreement. No mischief was done,
however, and this morning the workmen
resumed their places in the mine.
Harrisburg, April THE mining
troubles have created considerable ex-
citement here. Nearly all the organized
militia in the military division have re.
ceivod orders to be ready to march at
notice. The Zouaves of this
city, nearly 200 strong, are ready to
move this evening if required.