The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-14
Greeliana.

DoN'T ask Us which we prefer, Grant
or Greeley" exclaimed the disguised
Louisville Ledger. Ask a man whether
he prefers to be bitten by rattlesnake
or mad dog, and he will tell you
neither, if he can help it.
THE Comanches are understood to be
unanimous for Greeley. Their chief
industry is raising the hair" of the
frontier settlers, and they want a Presi-
dent who believes in perfecting home
industry.
"THE Free Press must remember that
white is the order now,' remarks an
exchange which favors Greeley. We
shall not forget. White is always used
for shrouds. Detroit Free Press.
HERE'S another correction. Asa Parck-
er, of Pennsylvania, says he is not for
Greeley. He does not want TO spoil a
good wood cutter, and get poor Presi-
dent.
IT is mentioned as a remarkable coin.
cidence that "Zaccheus he did climb
tree" and was requested TO come down !;
and II. q. is also addicted TO tree climb
ing, but his best friends think that
when he next gets up, he had better
stay. History frequently repeats itself,
but not always.
The call for a Greeley ratification
meeting in New Orleans opens like a
roster of the rebel army. Beauregard,
Longstreet, Harry Hayes and George A.
Sheridan are prominent names upon it.
WHEN Norton, cashier of the post
office, defaulted, a meeting OF his bonds
men was held in New York. Horace
was one of them, of course; he is al
ways getting on the bonds of disreputa
BILE people. The bond was exhibited to
the victims, and the sage put on his
spectacle. to look at it. "They say
write an Internally bad hand" he said,
"but they can read it well enough
when it gets on one of these things"
vt the Ives House the other day. "Beef,
pork, mutton, veal or chicken" said
the polite waiter. Il don't care a
d." was the reply, anything to beat
Grant. "-Sedalia Times.
The inebrated Democrat ought TO be
satisfied with Greeley. He is not only
beef, pork, mutton, veal and chicken,
but all other kinds of meat. In the
matter of principle he is the most
various man in America.
FEW months ago Mr.. Greeley said,
referring TO the possibility of the re-
storatlon Of the Democratic party to
power "Whatever chastlsemcnt may
be deserved by our national sins, we
must hope that this disgrace and hui
initiation will be spared us. Though
you paint an inch thick, to this com
plexion you must come at last. The
brain, the heart, the soul, of the present
Democratic party So the aebel element
at the South, with its Northern allie4
and sympathizers.
IT was the absence of the two.thirds
rule that ruined the Cincinnati Conven.
ton, the Washington Patriot thinks. II
that tavorite boa-constrictor of the
Democracy had been on hand, the
Patriot says, 1--WE had not witnessed the
anomaly of convention, met in tn,
interest of revenue above all other re
forms, accepting for its candidate mar
who, above all other men, clings to the
highest cliffs of protection and monop
oily with the tenacity of the poets
eagle
lie clasps the crag with hooked hands.
Close to the sun in lonely lands
Hinged with pig-iron bars, he stands"
"CAN you saw wood ?' Mr.. Creole,
once asked a man who solicited his in
fiuence to get clerkship in Washing
ton. " Yes" the applicant replied
"then stay away from Washington,
rejoined the sage, and with that dis
missed his visitor. That individual
now gives the same advice to Greeley
ono matter whether he can saw WOO,
or not
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