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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-16
DanburyiSmS.
From the Danbury News.

FROM the DahDury NeWs.I
EVERYBODY must have taken down the
family bible Sunday. The dust was III
tolerable.
THERE is no baseball club in Dan
! bury, and 50 Pine street gentleman was
obliged to fall from stoop to break his
thumb.
THEnew Jail has five occupants already.
Although comparatively young institu-
| ton, it is SO managed as to command the
confidence of the public.
ALWAYS shut your bedroom door be-
fore retiring You may have to get up
in the night, and closing door with
your nose is one of the lost arts.
PRoF. WILDER. of Cornell University.
devotes quarter column i'll one of the
journals to tell what people should do in
case of accident, when half dozen words
would do it. What to do in case of acct
dent is very simple. Send the particu-
lars to the papers.
A LOCOMOTIVE stationed at Ridgefeld.
Friday evening, suddenly spit out a
noise that fairly shook the earth there
abouts. One old gentleman was so thor
oughly impressed that it was the final
trump that he buttoned his insurance
papers under his coat and precipitately
glided down the well-rope.
A FRIEND in the West gets us where
the hair is short by the following in
quiry: "Did you ever see mention made
of an odd and esteemed citizen except
that he died? / should like to know of
it," We are inclined TO believe our
friend will have to worry along a few
more years before he hears of such an
instance, and it is extremely doubtful if
he ever gets the full particulars. And
most people would rather be young
and rather doubtful member Of the
community than an cold and esteemed"
corpse.
The Fitchburg Mass Sentinel, an
excellent paper, is going to start daily.
We are glad Of it. We started daily
once. We ran it nearly four months,
and then paused. Since then we take q
lively interest in such enterprises. We
have no doubt the Sentinel people will
make the daily work, and we are quite
positive it will make them work. man
who goes through life without having
started daily paper misses rare and
valuable experience. Falling down stairs
with cook-stove will hardly compensate
him.
THE Georgia Dental Convention met
in Columbus ON Tuesday. The attend
ance was large, and they sung as an
opening ode that sublime hymn begin
| ming
"Old Jonathan Gibbs he broke his tewth,
He broke his tewth, he broke his tewth.
Old Jonathan Gibbs he broke his .ewth,
A-eating plum pudding.
"Great Jumps of suet the. stuck ntew IL,
They stuck intew ~, they stuck intew ii
Great Jumps of suet they stuck intew it,
And made him howl, by iing!"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-16
Capt. Hall-HOw He Dealt with In
subOrdinati0n.

A gentleman, formerly connected with
the British Consulate in New York,
says that at sea Capt. Hall was known
to be of very obstinate disposition,
and was considered to be a rigid mar
tinet. He was bound to achieve his
end at any and all risks, and without
consulting the feelings of those under
him. Brave to recklessness, he rarely
weighed consequences, and felt that
everybody must share his own sanguine
enthusiasm. This disposition would
account for his quarrel with Capt
Buddington, his sailingmaster, at Up
pernavik, which was only settled by the
interference of the Captain of the
United States transport The gentle
man volunteered the following informa-
ton, which had come to his knowledge
in his official capacity at the British
Consulate, namely: That on his last
Arctic voyage Capt. Hall had shipped
two Englishmen. Before reaching New
foundland these two men became a
little rusty They were afraid of the
voyage, and they went into Capt. Halls
cabin and told him so. Now, men,
he said, "I have treated you well up to
the present, and / mean to treat you
well TO the end but come with me.
You must, now. You have signed the
articles. The two men went to work a
little Modified, but still dissatisfied.
Two weeks after one of them refused to
work any longer, and Capt. Hall, draw
ing his revolver, shot him dead.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-16


Take care and move me easy, boys and let the doc
II there's any use to try and patch what Titles left
Thero@thai hat do. It's all no use-I see it in your
You needn't purse your mouth that way-van
yalens got 10 die;
And IL there really be no chance TO save fellows
Well. well Il the blast was quite enough, and wen
excuse the knife.
Just loose my collar gently boys,-it hurts me as
lie;
Put something underneath my head-dont raise mo
And let me have some water-Ah-h tel you that's
1t beats old rye-I ought to know-I've surely drunk
Youu say Whatever were my faults to sayithe thing
That jim Van Valen never shirked his liquor
fight.
The circuit-rider9 What's the rise? hardly think
However long, has power enough my whole account
And at the day of Judgment, when the world its
And ali the miners round about account for what
The Lord above, who knows all things, will be as
just 10 me -
And merciful-at all events, with Him III let it be.
Somehow my mind goes backward, boys, to many
years ago,
To the valley Of The overproek and the farmhouse
When wandered on the Palisades to gather Pinxter
bloom,
And. mixed with lilacs mother placed them in our
see them in the fireplace, in that pitcher white
and high
What queer things come across the mlnd, wheh
ones about TO die!
Why I can see the orchard, boys upon the sideling
The lace fished for kes in the crooked Pellum
Kills
The deep hole where the pckorel lay-the rascal
I caught him with a moose of wire, and snaked him
the bank;
The places in the meadow where went TO trap the
mink;
The niii-pond by the roadside where drove the
COWS to drink.
And there was little Kitty, boys her house was close
to ours,
The gardens almost joined but she prettier
We went to school in winter-time upon the IinecK
road,
And when I put her books with mine it seemed to
ease the load
But when we both grew up, somehow wasn't quite
She married Peter Brinkerhon-and that is why
I'm here.
There was my good old father, boys with stern and
used TO think him hard on mel know him better
now;
And, then, my dear old mother, with that pleasant
smile of hers
0 what a gush of tenderness the thought within me
stirs
Come, father, raise me in your arms and, mother,
stroke my brow
Your hand is cool-what odd conceit they're neither
living now.
They're gone, the old Van Valens, hoys-there's no
one left but me,
And I am going too-and so send no word, you
The boys 1 used to play with, and the girls used
to know,
Grown up to men and women, have forgot me long
ago!
I've not been to Bergen county now for many and
many day,
And no one there would care TO hear what might
have to say.
1 find I'm getting weaker, boys, my eyes are growing
dim!
There's something dancing in the air; my head be-
gins to swim.
Water That's coed! that stirs me up that gives
life again
You talk about your dead men-why, I'm just as
good as ten.
There's something heavy on my breast-you take
the thing away
Mother! there's Kitty Demarest--may go out
to play? --Scrt6Hers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-16
THE DEAD MARINER.
by aEo. D. PRENTICE.

Sleep on-sleep on-ab0ye thy corse,
The winds their sabbath keep;
The wave is round thee, and thy breast
Heaves with the heaving deep;
Der the mild eve her beauty hlngs,
And there the white gull lifts her wingf,
And the blue halcyon loves to lave
Her plumage ia the holy wave.
Sleep on-no willow DER thee bends
with melancholy air
No violet springs, nor dewy rose
It's soul OF love lays bare;
But there the sea flower, gay and young,
lis sw0etly DER thy slumbers hung,
And like weeping mourner fair,
The pale dag hangs its tresses there.
Sleep on-sleep on-the glittering depths
of oceans coral caves
Are thy bright urn, thy requiem
The music of its waves
The purple gems forever burn
In fadeless beauty round thy urn,
Aud pure and deep as infant love,
The blue sea rolls its waves above.
Sleep on--sleep ont the fearful wrath
OF mingling cloud and deep
May leave its wild and stormy track
Above the place Of sleep;
But when the wave has sunk in rest,
AID now, twill murmur DER thy breast,
And the bright victim Of the sea
Perchance will make his home with thee.
Sleep on-thy course is far away,
But love beWails thee vet
For thee the heart-wrmg sigh is breathed,
Aud lovely eyes are wet
And she, thy young and beautoous bride,
Her thoughts are lowering by thy side,
As Oft she turns to view with tears
The Eden Of departed years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-16
Pith and Point.
A "sTINGING" letter-B.
IT is all write with Tennyson.

II Is al WrlUe WIFI IeunySOu.
RAM-PAGE-The one made of parch-
ment.
MosT Of the poet Tennyson's hours
are hours of idyl-ness.
SEE in another column the advertise
ment headed 81 wa Help Ary Nan"
A DUBUQUE sportsman was gone all
day and bagged three fingers.
WHEN may shipat sea be said not to
be on water? When she is on fire.
WHAT word may be pronounced quick
er by adding two letters to it?-Quick.
"WHAr is smile?" asked man of a
little girl. "The whisper of a laugh"
said she.
WHY is blind mans buff like sympa-
+ thy? Because it is teller feeling for
teller crittur
WHAT an ass the fellow must have
been who made n donkey engine and ex-
pected to get horsepower out of 1T.
RIDICULOUS enough! A two hundred
pound poetess is writing about what she
would do eff she were sunbeam.
THERE is but one guide-board in the
whole State of Rhode Island, and that
points the wrong way-and if man
asks directions they set dogs on him.
The question for discussion at re-
cent meeting of scientists was, "What
travels fastest, heat or cold?" 1t was de-
cided in favor of heat, as many present
had often been able to catch cold.
EXPLAINING the meaning of the word
phenomenon, lecturer said: ga COW is
not phenomenon, nor is an apple tree
but when you see the COW go up the
tree, tail foremost, to pick apples, that
will be phenomenon.
Mrs. PETER PIpERs baby was making
tremendous noise, and friend asked
Peter why it was SO cross. cit has
stout MOTHER" said Peter, with sigh
'you needn't wonder if it's little
squally; it's quite natural.
SOME men spend a fortune coloring
their pipes. Others spend fortune
coloring their faces. We know one man
who has spent $40, 900, 600 simply in col
oring his nose, and is not satisfied vet.
We hold him up rs beacon. Graphic.
A KANSAS district school was recently
visited and addressed by Messrs. Big
Mouth, Powder Face and Spotted Wolf
all the noblest kind of noble red men.
A miscellaneous school-boy set pin trap
where Big Mouth sat down, and that
chieftain was observed to rise hastily
and remark: ugh! too much flea bite.
Me no stay to hear class in analyti-
cal geology"
A NEWLY married couple found them
selves in a railway carriage with only
one fellow-passenger, who appeared to
sleep profoundly. Soon the lady COM
menced to call her lover all the endear-
ing names that natural history can sup
ply. The traveller reused up, begged
the lady to call her partner "Noah's
Ark" at once, and allow him to sleep
quietly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-16

A MODEL of the boat in which the
London crew beat the Atalantas has
been presented to the captain of the
Yale University crew by the London
Rowing Club. The boat is said to be
the finest ever built in England.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-16

1T is said that in Scotland one man in
every 1000 goes to college; in Germany
the proportion is one for every 1000; in
England it is one for every 5000
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-16

CARADo SPEScEB's menagerie is what
a Sioux City telegraph operator made
ont of cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-16
Homemade HOrSe-POWerS.

The cheapest and best way to make q
horsepower for dairy and other light
use, is to put light drum on center
post, high enough to have the belt clear
the horses head. Attach sweep ten
or twelve feet long to the center post,
so that the track in which the horse
walks will be from twenty to twenty
four feet in diameter, if possible. Let
the track be soft ground The whole
arrangementmay be made of white pine,
except the sweep, which should be hard
wood. Let the drum be about ten feet
in diameter, and six inches face. Use q
two-inch rubber belt. Make a small
pulley from four inches to foot in di-
ameter, according as you want fast or
slow motion. If you want the motion
still faster, gear up with a second belt
and set of pulleys. The direction of
motion may be changed by quarter
twist in the same belt, or by passing the
first belt over idler pulleys.
This arrangem ent will be almost
noiseless, while the clatter and jar of a
circular platform would be enough to
drive nervous or sensitive person al
most crazy. Besides, it is much easier
and safer to teach a horse to follow q
circular path than to keep his balance
on revolving platform. Cor. Country
Gentleman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-16
High Life in Yellow Covers.

1t is remarkable that the principal
characters in cheap literature invariably
belong to the very highest ranks of So
ciety. Sometimes the hero is poor
man; but, in that case, he always turns
out to be nobleman eventually. Even
Mr. Disraelis novels pale their ineffec-
tual fires before the glow of more than
ducal magnifcence which pervades the
pages of these serials. Social rank is
recognized as being very serious mat
ter, too--a thing not to be tritied with.
1t is all very well for an ex-Premier OF
England to speak of baronets by their
surnames only, and of lords with sim
liar familiarity; but no such fippancy
can be permitted here. The name and
title should be given in full. 1t is q
large sounding name, with plenty Of
syllables in it-such as J" Sir de Mont
morency Plantagenet so much the
better, and the whole should be repeat
ed every time the person in question is
referred to-thus: Lord Reginald
Fitzalan gazed fxedly on Lady Mabel
u6 fhVaSSOur IOr bOIn6 ulluuIeo pSlolC
either spoke" Everything that can
keep up the sense of an aristocratic at
mosphere is carefully dwelt upon.
Chocolate is handed "in cup worth a
matter Of forty guineas or so. The
faithless lover leans his heated brow
upon "the elegant marble mantel-
piece, and the damsel whom he has be-
trayed buries her sobbing face in "the
soft cushions of crimson velvet. "
Everybody is in a chronic state of eve
ming dress. According to some of the
engravings, the ladies wear it in the
day y-time, and even make rowing excur-
sions in low bodices. But the engrav-
ings are not always to be depended on
in fact, there is slight suspicion of the
occasional use of old blocks, which'have
already done duty in another capacity;
for ships cabin sometimes presents
astonishing dimensions, and appears to
have it's roof supported by large marble
pillars. Perhaps, howeverSthis merely
arises from a vague desire to impress
the Importance of the hero's social po.
sition upon the mind of the reader.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-16
A Curious Story.

Says the Sandy Hill Herald: Lent
F. Harris died at Patterns Mills, in this
town, on the 11th inst, at the advanced
age of seventy-six years. He was born
and lived here all his life, and for the
last fifteenyears had been an invalid
and during all that time was nursed by
his wife. Mr.. Harris was the second
husband to this lady. Her first was
Rev. William Rider, who was well known
to many of our older citizens, and he,
too, for fifteen years preceding his de-
mise, was an invalid, and in like man.
ner was cared for night ard day by his
wife-the present Mrs. Harris; so that
for thirty years of her life she has
nursed the sick night and day, winter
and summer. Rider, in his early days,
was "hard case" but very trifing
incident changed thewhole course of his
life. One day witnessing q baptism in
the Halfway Brook, when he was a
young man, he scotfed at the ceremony,
and said it was call a humbug." A
friend corrected him, and told him it
was practiced as long as christianity ex-
listed, and had the best sciptural au-
thority besides. He was ircredulous,
but cutting off willow twig with his
pocket-knife, remarked
"I'll plant this sapling in the sand,
on the island yonder, and if it grows,
then will l believe in baptism fit don't.
then it's all humbug."
The branch was anxiously watched by
the scoffer, day by day, and TO his as
tonishment it did grow, and inally be-
came vigorous tree. Rider was as
good as his word. He was converted,
and to show his sincerity was baptized
in the same stream, and at the identical
spot where the above incident occurred.
A few years later he entered the minis
try, and was an effective worker in the
good cause.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-16
American Inventions.

The cotton gin, without which the
machine spinner and the power loom
would be helpless, is American. The
power shuttle, which permits an .un-
limited enlargement of the breadth OF
the web, is American. The planipg
machine is American Navigation By
steam is American. The mower and
reaper are American. The rotary print
ing-presses are American. The hot-alr
engine is American. The sewlng-ma-
chine is American. The machine manu-
facture of wool-cards is American. The
whole India-rubber industry is Amer1-
can. The band saw originated, we be-
lieve, in America. The machine manu-
facture of horse shoes is American. The
sand-blast, of which the large capa-
bilities are yet to be developed, is
American. The gauge lathe is Amerl-
can. The only successful composing
machine for printers is American. The
grain elevator is American. The artlti-
cial manufacture of ice was originally
invented by Professor A. S. Twinlng,
an American. The electro-magnet was
invented. and Immediately after its in
vention was first practically applied In
transmitting telegraphic signals, by
Professor Joseph Henry, an American;
The telegraphic Instrument introduced
few years later into public use, which
has since obtained universal acceptance,
was invented by Samuel f. b, Morse.
an American. = Boston Journal OF
CbenliStry. H =. ea.I..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-16
A Summer Slide Down Hill,

Any one desirous of sliding down
hill in the summer time, says Mime
apolis paper, may crafty that desire
at the falls by scoot down the apron.
How nicely it can be done was illustrat-
ed by couple of tourists, without any
guide" and also by their driver
These gentlemen were much interested
in all they saw about the falls, and es-
pecially in the torrent of water shooting
over st. Anthony's best apron. To OBJ
tain better view they ventured out up
on the dam extending from the plat
form. About an inch of water runs
over this dam, shoots down the
apron with great velocity for the dis
tance of $50 feet, until it strikes the
timber-bed running out level for twenty
or thirty feet, and then dashes into a
regular whirlpool that froths and foams
among the rocks. Unfortunately for
the tourists the coffer-dam was thickly
coated with a green, Shiny substance,
making one of the most slippery foun-
dations imaginable; and in less time
than it takes to tellit, their feet were
gone," and couple of dark streaks
were visible as they went down the
Shiny apron like a special telegram.
Spectators feared they would be dashed
upon the rocks and instantly killed,
but, luckily, they managed to stop
themselves on the timber-bed before
spoken of, and were promptly rescued.
They were sorry-looking subjects, how
ever, covered as they were by the de-
posit wiped up from the dam and
apron, and were wearing of the green"
in the fullest sense OF the word. Their
driver subsequently attempted to re-
cover an estry hat from the dam, and
lacking apron-strings he, too, INDUCED
in an unexpected trip down the inclined
plane, was fished up, sponged, and the
parties started for st Paul, feeling that
it was not good for them to be here.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-16
Do Not ScOId.

Parents are apt to forget that children
dread reproof, and frequently scold
them unnecessarily. What matter If all
their daily behavior is not quite pleas
ant or perfect, if they show improve
ment and progress? Sow good seed,
anxious parent, cultivate with care, but
wait patiently for harvest, if you wish
good fruit. Suppose child does not
sit as straight as a ramrod at table; sup
pose cup or tumbler does slip through
its little finger, the food below deluged,
the goblet smashed, and the table-cloth
ruined-do not look cross, and break
out with reproof of what was unintend--
ed as if it were willful wrong. Did
you never let a glass slip through your
fingers Instead of sending the child
away in anger, or with threatening
words, why not be as generous as to a
guest, to whom you would kindly say,
I" 1t is of no consequence y 1t is gener-
ally wise to take little notice of mishaps
or bad behavior at the time, and even
to divert attention from them at the in
slant. Afterward, at some appropriate
time, draw the child's attention to the
impropriety, fault, or lack OF suitable
care, and point out kindly the remedy
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-16
Items OF Interest.

The petition of Frank Walworth for a
pardon has already been handed to the
Governor. a.H-H.
A Wisconsin horse undertook to run
away with reaping machine, and lost
soth hind legs in the attempt. "
A correspondent of Baltimore paper
proposes that the space recently burnt
over in that city be set apart for pub
lie garden.
We paint our lives in fresco. The
soft and fusile plaster of the moment
hardens under every strokeof the brush
into eternal rock.
A Chicago editor heard once the
words "Sister thou was mild and love-
ly," sung at the funeral of an old lady
who was known to have been a perfect
vixen. --I
A prominent lawyer of Albany, in fill
ing out check for $50 to pay gas bill
follows: "Half for gas and half for
fraud" F .. e... ..- ....
A committee of the Virginia Educa-
tional Association have voted that while
arithmetic is of large practical valuet to
girls, algebra is not of much use in their
daily life, nor is it indispensable as dis
cipline.
An old lady on steamboat observed
two men pumping up water to wash the
deck, and the captain being near, she
asked him as follows: Well, captain,
got well on board, eh ?" Yes, mann,
always carry one," said the polite cap
tain. "Well, that's clever; 1 always
dislike this nasty river water, especial
ly in dog days. gaG aas Fa.
The cry of a short crop of hay was
premature. In some parts OF Massa-
chusetts the crop is a little less than last
year, but in Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont, and in Western Massachu
setts, the crop will exceed that of last
year. There is also large crop in Can
ada. Last summer gave the roots firm
stand and a wet May this year gave the
grass good start.
Mr.. Frank Buckland thus describes
his last curiosity: cit consists of an
oyster, the shells of which are tightly
ciasped around the neck of a mouse.
The head is inside the shell, therefore /
cannot examine it. The oyster, which
is a pure native, was probably lying in
larder with the shells open, when the
mouse put his head in to eat the meat
of the oyster, and was Immediately
nipped by it."
As an illustration of how near popu-
lar new styles of ladies' shoes resemble
very old styles, the New York Shoe and
Leather Chronicle gives the following
representations of shoes worn in Eng
land, during the reign of William the
| Third: