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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-20

The SEWER AsslssNRST,--Ihe board Of
mayor and aldermen was in session last evening
ior the purpose Of hearing parties whose estates
are benefited by the sewers of the city, previous
10 adopting plan Of assessments upon AUDITING
estates, as provided lor in the act OF 1851 The
aldermen's room was crowded, and arguments
against an assessment were made by 7. Emory
Aid!ich, Esq, who appeared iGr several parties,
Judge Chaplin, Joseph Mason, Esq, z. B. stod-
dard, Esq, and Hon. Adm thayer Mr. J. II.
Walker spoke IA flYor Of the plan Of assessing
estates. 1t is quite probable however, thar no
steps viii be taken in lie matt6r by the present
city council, whose administration lasts Int len
DAYS lougcr-a time much TOO short for action IN
A matter of such great importance to large
majority % real estate owners in tile e.tv,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-20

TIE CONCERT To,YIGnr, Foremost in the
group OF musical celebrities who are TO he in
troduced to our citizens tonight stands Mr.
Sautley, the world renowned English baritone,
whose name has long been familiar to the mu'
steal public on this side of the Atlantic.
MADAME Patey, Miss Edith Wynne, and Messrs
Patcy and Cummings constitute the remainder
OF the troupe. Madame Patey possesses SPLEEN
did cou tsaito voice, and her singing of such airs
as "Auld Robin Gray "Thc Meeting OF the
Waters &c, is sad to be grand musical
treat It should be remembered that these il.
concert tonr entirety to part songs and ballads
the most popular and pleasing music that
could be presented. Those who fail to 90 to-
night will lose q remarkably good concert.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
Josh Billings.
THE FASHIONABLE woMAN's PRAYER.

Strengthen mi husband, and may hiz
faith and hiz money hold out to the
last.
Draw the lambs wool ov unsuspicious
twilight over his eyes, that mi firtations
may look to him like viktorys, and that
mi bills may strengthen his pride in me.
Bless, oh Fortune, my krimps, rats
and frizzles, and let thi glory shine on
mi paint and powder.
When walk out before the gaze ov
vulgar men, regulate mi wiggle, and add
nu grace to mi CATERS.
When bow myself in worship grant
that may do it with ravishing elegance,
and preserve unto the last the lily-white
Of my flesh and the taper of mi fingers.
Destroy mine enemies with the gaul
ov jealousy, and eat thou up with the
teeth ov envy all thoze who gaze at my
style.
Save me from wrinkles and foster mi
plumpness.
Fill mi both eyes, oh Fortune, with
the plaintive pizon ov intatuashun, that
may lay out my victims, the men, as
knumb as images craven.
Let the lily and the roze strive to.
gether in my cheek, and may mi neck
swim like goose on the buzzum OF
krystal water.
Enable me. oh Fortune! TO wear shoes
still a little smaller, and save me from
all korns and bunyOns.
Bless Fanny, mi lap dog, and rain
down bezoms of destruckshun upon
thoze who would hurt hair Of Hektor
my kitten.
Smile, oh Fortune, most sweetly upon
Dick, mi kanary, and watch over, with
the fondness ov a mother, mi two lily
white mice with red eyes.
Enable the poor to shirk for them
selves, and save me from all missionary
beggars.
Send the light ov thy countenance OF
mi kammel's hair shawl, mi lavender
silk, mi point lace, and mi necklace o.
diamonds, and keep the moths out OF
my sable, beseech thee, . Fortune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
The Fair Sex.

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany's office at San Landre, CAL, has
been placed under the entire charge 70
a girl not yet twenty years old.
A YOUNG lady of Logan county, Ken
lucky, has advertised for ''sealed pro-
posals for her hand and heart" 1t is
not stated whether she will take the
lowest "tender."
"MAMMA," said precious little boy
who, against his will, was made to rock
his baby brother, ''if the Lord has any
more babies to give away, don't you take
them ~
IT was in 1920 that the first public ex-
animation of a lady in geometry was
witnessed in this country. Studies OF
that nature were considered very UNI
ladylike in those days.
No shade of violet ought ever to be
used in any sort of evening dress, as the
color vanishes entirely under an arti-
fetal light. Many young lady has
suffered for not remembering this.
A GENTLEMAN at the Round Lake
camp meeting said he had been married
twenty-five years, and had never given
his wife a cross word. Alas never to
know the joys of making up"
SOME clever fellow has invented a new
kind of ink called Glove letter ink" 1t
is a sure preventive against all cases OF
breach of promise, as the ink fades
away and leaves the sheet blank in
about four weeks after being written
upon.
The Nation gives this as a possible re-
suit of the present social agitation
-" Before long man will gaze at woman,
with the same emotions with which ne
gazes at a landscape or field of wheat
while woman will look on man as as she
looks on a grain elevator or locomo-
tive"
Mrs. HENRY WooD, whose earliest eff
forts at novel writing were hawked
about London without finding pur-
chaser, is said to have received over
100000 from publishers for her fictions
since 1861, when East Lynne was first
published Ten thousand year for a
woman is not bad.
A WEALTHY gentleman who owns q
country seat nearly lost his wife, who
fell into the river which flows through
his estate. He announced the narrow
escape to his friends, expecting their
congratulations. One of them, an old
bachelor, wrote as follows =" | always
told you that river was too shallow
DR.. FRANKLIN recommends a young
man, in the choice of wife, to select
her from bunch, giving as his reason
that when there are many daughters
they improve each other, and from
emulation acquire more accomplish
ments, and know more, and do more
than single child spoiled by parental
fondness.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
keeping Onions.

A correspondent in Kentucky asks
how to keep onions through winter. A
cool, dry place is all-important and in
Kentucky we should select a cool room
perhaps tight, warm barn would an
swer, for it will not injure onions to be
slightly frozen, provided they are not
handled while in that condition, but all
lowed to remain in the dark until the
frost leaves them. Gather in fall and
remove the tops then spread upon a
barn floor or in any open shed, and al
low them to remain there until thor
oughly dry. Put into barrels or small
bins or boxes, and place in cool place,
and at the approach of cold weather
cover with straw or chaff, if there is
danger OF very severe freezing.
We have known farmers in New York
State to keep hundreds of bushels of
onions through the winter, in barrels
placed in one corner of the barn, and
when very severe weather came on the
barrels were covered, and the inter
stices between them filled with wheat
or oat chaff, and no farther attention
was paid to them until spring. The
onions were probably frozen during
winter, but being excluded from air and
sudden changes of temperature no in.
jury followed.
There are very few cellars sufficiently
dry and cool to keep onions, and losses
are pretty sure to occur if such places
are used for storing, especially if in
large quantities.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
Female Extravaganza.

The wife Of well-known Senator, and
the daughter of well-known Judge,
has purchased six and half yards of
French silk, paying eighteen thousand
dollars for it. So we are informed by
paragraph which is now going the
rounds of the newspaper press. The
lady who can afford such OUTLAWS sets
very bad example for her sisters, and
doubtless becomes an object of envy to
very many who can not afford them.
And yet young ladies wonder nowadays
why SO comparatively few young men
contemplate matrimony, and fond mo-
theirs are at a loss to understand why it
is that accomplished, attractive dau gh-
ters still remain on their hands.
Female extravaganza unquestionably
deter more men from marriage than do
all other causes combined. The fear
that their purses will not be long enough
to meet the desires and ambitions of
wives, prevents them from taking a
course upon which they would other.
wise enter. They therefore remain sim
gle, looking forward to the time when
they shall be able to support wife in a
manner corresponding TO her wishes. If
ladies were willing to live plainly and
economically instead of insisting on
commencing life where their mothers
left off; if they were contented to marry
young men whose good habits and push
were of more value and importance than
mere money if they would look at life
from right standpoint, and reflect that
it is not wealth nor social position which
determines ones happiness in the world,
they would experience far less difficulty
in procuring husbands. Mothers would
not be under the necessity of taking
their daughters off to the watering
places every summer, and parading
them for exhibition before the vulgar
public like a family menagerie. People
would cease to mourn over the fact that
the american stock is running out"
and those of foreign extraction are pos
sessing the land.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
The Wisdom Teeth.

It appears as if the posterior molar or
wisdom teeth were tending to become
rudimentarv in the more civilized races
of man. These teeth are rather smaller
than the other molars, as is likewise the
case with the corresponding teeth Of the
chimpanzee and orang and they have
also two separate fangs. They do not
cut through the gums till about the
seventeenth year, and | am assured by
dentists that they are much more liable
to decay, and are earlier lost than any
of the other teeth 1t is also remark
able that they are much more liable to
vary both in structure, and in the pc
Rod Of their development than the other
teeth. In the Melanian races, on the
other hand, the wisdom teeth are usu-
ally furnished with three separate fangs,
and are generally sound; they also diff
ter from the other molars in size less
than in the Caucasian races. Professor
Schaaffhausen accounts for this differ
ence between the races 10y the "poste-
rior dental portion of the jaw being al
WAYS shortened in those that are civil.
lied, and this shortening may, / pre-
sumo, be safely attributed 10 civilized
men habitually feeding on soft, cooked
food, and thus using their jaws less. l
am informed by Mr.. Brace that it is be-
coming quite common practice in the
United States to remove some OF the
molar teeth of children, as the jaw does
not grow large enough for the perfect
development of the normal number
| The Descent Of Nan, By c. Darwin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
Kicked by a Mule.


Jake johnson had a mule. There
was nothing remarkable in the mere
fact of his being the possessor of such
an animal, but there was something pc
culiar about this mule. He-the animal
could kick higher, hit harder, on the
slightest provocation, and act uglier
than any mule on record.
One morning, riding his property to
market, Jake met jim Boggs, against
whom he had an old, but concealed
grudge. He knew Boggs' weakness lay
in Dragging and betting; therefore, he
saluted him accordingly
How are you, Jim Fine morning ?'
Hearty, squire, replied Jim. "Fine
weather. Nice mule that you have.
Will he do to bet on?
/" Bet on? Guess he will that. | tell
you Jim Boggs, he's the best mule in
this country. Paid $500 for him."
Great smash Is that so p calculated
jim.
Solid truth, every word of it. Tell
you confidentially, jim, I'm taking him
down for betting purposes. | bet he can
kick fly off from any man without its
hurting him."
Now, look here, SQUIRE" says jim,
" am not betting character, but I'll
bet you something on that myself"
i'm, there's no use; don't bet, |
don't want to win your money"
" Don't be alarmed, squire, I'll take
such bets as that every time"
"Well, if YOU are determined to bet,
| will risk small stake-say five dol
lars"
"All right, squire, you're my man.
But who'll he kick the fly Off? There
is no one here but you and |. You try
it,"
NO." says johnson; Il have to be
by the mules head to order him.
'Oh yass," says jim. Then proba-
bly, I'm the man. "Wa'all, I'll do it;
but you are to bet ten against my five,
if risk it,"
All right" quoth the squire. Nov,
there is a fly on your shoulder. Stand
still" And johnson adjusted the mule.
Whist, Jervey," said he.
The mule raised his heels with such
velocity and force that Boggs rose in
the air like a bird. and alighted on all
tours in a muddy ditch, bang up against
a rail fence.
Rising, in towering rage he ex-
claimed: d" Yass that is smart! | knew
your dalned mule couldn't do it, You
had that all put up. | wouldn't be
kicked like that for fifty dollars. You
can just fork over them are stakes for it
any way
Not so fast, jim; Jervey did just
what | said he could that is, kick a fly
off a man without its hurting him. You
see, the mule is not injured by the ope-
ration. However, if you are not satisfied,
we will try it again as often as you wish. y
The deuce take you," growled Jim.
I'd rather have barn fall on me at
once than have that critter kick me
again. Keep the stakes, but don't say
anything about it,"
And Boggs trudged on it bitterness OF
soul, murmuring to himself, Sold, by
thunder and kicked 10y mule y
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
A Very Good Way.

In answer to a correspondent in
Southern Illinois, who wants to know
" how to keep hens from setting" a
Western editor thus rises and explains
There are several very good ways.
One plan is to make them into pot
pies about seventeen days before they
exhibit any such evidence Of chicken
heartedness. Another good way is to
watch the hen when she begins that pc
culiar clucking, indicative of a desire to
matricuiate wash her in sweet milk, put
mustard poultices on her feet, and hang
her up by the neck in a dark clothes
press for ninety-three or ninety-four
hours. Should the demoraized biddy
be cut down before the time for setting
she will probably set out for some other
locality. Another good way would be to
read the riot act, when, if they will not
disperse, wallop them gently over the
head with brick, sled-shoe, chunk OF
stone, or horse-hoof with the shoe on.
After all these devices and contrivances
have been applied and fail, if the old
hen won't behave herself, why-let her
soft
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
Odd Fellowship.

On the 30th of June, 1870, there were
3. S67 Lodges of odd Fellows under the
jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the
Order for the United States, embracing
a membership of 29S.637, of which no
less than $1,000 were initiated during
the year ending at that date. The loss
es of membership during the same year
were 2,5Gl by death, and S37 by eXpul-
sion. making 3,4lS in all. These figures
show that the order is advancing in
numbers at the rate of about IL per cent.
per annum, so that at the close OF June,
1871, the order must have numbered
very nearly three hundred and fifty
thousand members on the rolls OF its
lodges. It's elder brother, Masonry, en-
braced a membership in the United
States, in 1870, numbering 476,SO2.
During the year ending June 80, 1870,
the total sum paid out during the year
for benefits and relief of all descriptions
was SS59,906.S6, or an average eXpendi-
ture from the funds of the order OF
about S2.S7 for each member. The ag-
gregate income Of the order for the year
was $2,724, 4l5.46, or an average contri-
button from each member of about
1912.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
The Rich Men of New York.

The New York Sun prints list of the
"Nabobs of New York" which is some
thing like the proverbial play of I" Ham
let,n with Hamlet himself omitted. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, supposed by some to
be the wealthiest man in the city, and
admitted to be the richest railroader in
America, is not named in the list at all.
w. II. Vanderbilt, his son, however, is
down for Sc, 100000. The Astors have
also been forgotten, although they are
the heaviest owners of real estate in the
city, and probably deserve the title of
the richest men on the continent. Olaf
lin, the dry goods prince, is omitted,
too, but A. L. Stewart is put down for
$3,000,000-a sum which represents but
little more than his annual net income
we suppose. Mrs. Amelia Stewart has
$l,000,000. Old Daniel Drew, Wander
bits competitor, and the old time foe
of jim Fisk, is credited with $37 ,0O0,-
600, Cornelius Roosevelt claims $l3,000,-
600, James Gordon Bennett S6,350,000
Bareda Peruvian Minister) $l,500,000,
c. f. Chickering (pianos) $l,300,OO0,
Mrs. Fanny Draper lis she widow p
81 100000, C. l.. Anthony (dry goods
100000, +. d. Morgan $l,400,000,
Meyer (hoop skirts 81, 100000, Mrs. A..
T. Morris Gage ~ SS30,000, Manton
Marble (of the World 100000, Charles
OConnor lawyer and king of the an
cient Irish $450,000, Elisha Parmly
retired tooth carpenter) $5,300,000,
Sarah Plumb $l,350,000, G.. p. Korne-
chan tobacco S2,075,00O, Morris Ketch-
am (banker) 100000, Theo. Havemey-
er 100000, Andrew Hart S2,l00,000,
Peter Gilsey (more tobacco) ,$3,000,000,
Lorillards (tobacco) not mentioned,
French (of the hotelD $l,250,0O0, Elijah
Brooks (clothing) $3,900,0O0, and
Micael Van Buren, gentleman $780,
O00 We have not room to go further
through the list. Many of the well
known New York millionares are not
namod
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
To n Young Girl.

You think you love the man who is
coming this Sunday night to visit you /!
And he acts as if he loves youl Sup
pose he "declares himself,n and asks
you to become his wife Are you pre-
pared to say to him, Il love and will
trust you through life with my happi-
ness, and the lives and veal OF our chill
dren y
He is jolly, gay and handsome, and
all the darts Of Cupid are twinkling and
sparkling in his eyes but will those eyes
find expression from the love Of true
soul? Tonight he says many pleasant
things and draws pretty pictures for the
future. Does he 90 tomorrow to awork
which gives promise to the fulfillment
of your desire in life? Do his ambitions
and achievements satisfy you? Does
his every day life shine with the noble
endeavor of a trustworthy man? If
you think, and desire companion in
your thinking-one who can unlock the
deepest depths of your mind, to what
strata of humanity does he belong in
the scale of excellence and mortality ?
Is he doing all he can to build future
usefulness and happiness in which you
can share and feel blessed? These are
questions which the experience of after
years make many women weep in the
bitterness of soul that they were not
thought of before they answered Eyes. .
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
Society and Fashion.

The latest style of gold bracelets are
the 'gauntlets," two and a half inches
wide.
A MANIA for white vests with gilt but
tons has broken out among our would
be swells.
BATHING shoes are of plated straw or
of oil skin, tied to the ankle by bright
colored tape.
SLEEVELESS jackets of lace, worn over
light silks or muslins, are pretty
and stylish.
A NEW style of powder for the hair
has made its appearance. 1t is OF blu
ish gray color.
CHIGNoNs and chatelaine braids are
now fastened within the bonnets and
sold with them.
BoNNETs, except for church or state
occasions, have been discarded for the
summer by fashionable bellies.
VERY beautiful fans are made of white
lace stretched upon coral or jet frames,
and ornamented by gilt or coral ball.
FASHIONABLE hair dressing-Do it in
fashionable mess in front, and let it
hang down in plalts and curls in the
back.
THE latest society news" is that the
mouth should be worn slightly ajar this
year. OF course, this fashion is for the
ladies.
VIOLET wood fans are the latest nov
elites. They are fragrant, quantity
40 ha
gram.
The ladies of Sorosis have firmly
vowed TO renounce long trains. Sensi-
BILE for Sorosis. Moderate trains are also
becoming generally fashionable for
street wear
BLACK and white lace jackets, made
without sleeves, and worn over some
brilliant colored silk, are very elegant
and fashionable, particularly among the
ladies at Newport
WHITE linen parasols lined with dark
purple or green linen, are used by la
dies at the seashore in preference to
porgee OF silk ones, which are so expen-
sive and so easily spoiled.
A NEW full dress couture has hand
some comb in the form of a crown,
studded with pearls. The waved CHG
non is kept in position by a bunch Of
pearls and large pearl pins.
WAX candles instead of gas are used
to light the most fashionable and ex-
elusive houses on wedding occasions, re-
ceptions, etc. The complexion and
pearls look best in such a light
|
a YOUNG lady thought it would be in
teresting to faint at an evening party
recently, when one Of the company be-
gan bathing her head with vinegar, up
on which she started up and exclaimed:
For goodness sake, put nothing on
that will spoil the color of my hair p
A BUFF linen skirt and over-skirt, with
under-skirt of brown silk form pretty
travelling dress. White Victoria lawn
overdresses made in this way are worn
over black silk, and the fancy for pleat-
ed waists is so great that fine grenadine
is also gotten up after this plan.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-11
The Use of Children.

For what are these child-angels made,
that are sent down to this world to
bring so much love and rapture, to go
from US in such bitterness and mourn
ing? If we believe in Almighty Love,
we must believe that they have a mer-
ciful and tender mission to our hayward
souls. The love wherewith we love
them is something the most utterly
pure and unworldly of which human
experience is capable, and we must
hope that every one who goes from us
to the world of light, goes holding an
invisible chain Of love by which to draw
us there. Sometimes | think | would
never have had my little Daisy grow
older on this earth. The little child
dies in growing into womanhood, and
often the woman is far less lovely than
the little child. 1t seems to me that
lovely and loving childhood, with its
truthfulness, its frank sincerity, its
pure, simple love, is so sweet and holy
an estate that it would be a beautiful
thing in heaven to have band of heav-
enly children, guileless, gay, and for
ever joyous-tender spring blossoms of
the kingdom of light. Was it Of such
whom He had left in His heavenly home
our Saviour was thinking when He took
little children up in His arms and
blee sed them, and said, "Of such is the
kingdom of heaven ?"-4NrS. ,Stowe.