The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-05

NEW YEARS CAILs-A party OF six young
of New Years day in making friendly calls
They were drawn by four horse team. with
driver and footman, and each OF the party
wearing scarlet badge on which was printed
tho word "iNYooENTs." They called upon
good many OF their friends and partook OF the
Inequalities offered; they were as happy as
larks and as merry and playful as kittens, and
enjoyed the day hugely in having grand good
time.
Ia times past New Years calls have beon as
ISOLATED with free use of alcoholic beverages,
but it gives us much pleasure to be able TO put
on record the fact that our young bucks" re-
Trained entirely from partaking of anything
stronger or more stimulating than tea or coffee
although more than one opportunity was az
forded them to do so. except IN the SINGLE in
stance Of tasting little Of Mr.. C. +. Aliens
Native Wine, which is pure article unadulter-
ated with alcoholic mixtures.
The example set by this party Of young men
is worthy of imitation and goes far toward cor
recting an evil which heretofore has been far
too common. Indeed this was a genuine tenn
perance lecture acted out rather than rehearsed.
Notice the advertisement OF J. VI. Servoss
IN another column. very desirable property
for sale.
In BAD TAsTE.-The South Haven Sentinel
makes some very uncourteous remarks relative
to the Secretary OF the Paw Paw Valley Agri-
cultural Society sending the list OF premiums,
awarded by this Society, to the TRUE NoRTHER-
NER for publication. and talks about the west
district and that kind of bosh, as though an
Agricultural Society was political party or
something Of that kind. The editor says he
offered to publish it, etc.
Now the list Of awards was received at the
TRUE NoRTHERNER Office on Monday morning,
through the Post Office, and on the following
Thursday a copy of this paper was mailed to
the South Haven Sentinel containing the llst or
awards, thus furnishing that paper with good
copy to work from,
The TRUE NoRrHERYEB has q much larger
circulation among the people who attended the
Exhibition referred to, than the Sentinel has,
which fact is well known to the officers of that
organization, hence the reason for using ts
columns. They expected the Sentinel would
give 1t an insertion.
If we understand the Sentinel, it claims its
circulation to be within twelve miles Of South
Haven. Now, owing to the prevalence Of fires
in the woods, the Sentnels locality was barely
represented at the exhibition; while Lawrence,
Arlington Hartford, Hamilton, Keller, Deca-
tur Paw Paw and Antwerp had pretty full
delegations IN attendance, and as the articles
placed on exhibition were principally from
these towns and the premiums awarded were
generally TO the exhibitors from these towns it
was regarded as OF some Importance that the
list Of awards should be published in paper
that circulated pretty thoroughly in the local.
Ties Indicated which the TRUE NoRTHERNER
does--it being read in tn, towns mentioned by
more than three thousand peysons.
THIS attempt at bullying and badgering a
worthy officer OF an Agricultural Society is in
exceeding bad taste and exhibits disposition
that i5 not very placid.