The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-27
Pleasures are like peoples spread,
You axe tine flower, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow-falls in the river,
\ moment white--then melts forever. Burn

shine of life may condole himself in the
feeling, that the shade is more condu-
Give to contemplation
Some of the Californians are laugh.
ing at stranger who, in one of their
towns, said that he had been "perusing ,
around seeing the climate"
o. planting trees, johnson has o.
served There is trightful interval be-
tween the seed and timber Again he
says He who calculates the growth of
trees, has the remembrance Of the short
ness Of life driven hard upon him"
Tie indianapolis Neirs can be poeti
cal even about Il hearse. 1t lays a
child's hearse was displayed on the
streets to-day. The plates are square,
the trimming is white aud gilt, and the
entire appearance is airy and attractive.
TO dfuse knowledge is quite as In.
portaut as to increase it, To 90 tais,
we must be thorough without being IN
comprehensive, and easily understood
without being superficial. Few journals
meet these requirements more fully than
The True Aortierncr.
The Flint Citt:ea says the Rev. Fa
ther Gilleesee, OF that city, was robbed
the other evening of over 500 by E
young German stranger to whom he had
kindly given temporary shelter. The
thief also took s. from the housekeeper,
and is still at large.
Senator Schurz announces his intel.
tiol to embark in the organization o. /
party which shall contain none Luz hon.
est meu lie will 90 around, like Dio.
genes, after the adjournment Of Con-
gress, drumming up recruits. The edi.
tor Of the Tribune volunteers to carry
the lantern.
A friend at our elbow says he thinks
it Just as roprehensible for women to
get tight by lacng, as for men to get
tight 10y whiskey. Both iniure the sys.
dem Well, it's none OF our particular
business any way. Men generally get
tight cause its pleasant, and women get
tight corsets nice.
"Never say die" when you are about
to commit suicide. A man in pursuit
of release from the cares OF life at Bos.
ton, last week, took dose of poison,
hung himself to a cas- bracket, and then
cut lis throat. Some Of these things
must have killed him, as he was quita
dead when found.
The fruit men Of this section are set
trc cut az Immense amount Of new land
to fruit this spring, and the indications
are that two or three years more will
Gnd CHS portion OF the peach region ca.
pable OF supporting line OF steamer>.to
he owned by our own citizens --HootA
Ra,cn Sentinel
Pure clycerue should not produce,
when locally applied, = burning sensation
which il always does when the fatty
acid, are not al extracted. But even
absolutely pure glyceriue, when undi'
luted i q water extracting body. l.
should therefore when used as cosmet-
,c, or for medical application, be always
jlute9 with water
4 colo.ed citizen OF Natchez was
boosting 70 u grocer Of the cheapness Of
ten pounds, Of sugar he had purchased at
q rival store. Let ne weigh the pack
age, SAID the grocer. and il was found
two pounds short. The colored gentle
man locked perpexed tor moment
and then said "Guess he didn't cheat
dis child much while lie was getting
the sugar | stole two pairs ob shoes
The Marshall Statesman says y
farmer living near Marengo has q lat
ural curiosity in the shape OF u lamb
that walks on its fore.legs. The hind
lees seem to be more for ornament than
ANYTHING else, for when the little fellow
loconotes he balances upon his torelegs
and walks about with his caudle appen-
dage in the air. He seems to be il ex-
cellent spirits and highly pleased with
himself and the world"
The Massachusetts, State Senate is,
perhaps, the most highly educated State
Senate in the country. Yet, the other
day after the Senate had been indulging
in hot debate over Woman Suffrage,
aud the prohibitory law, and the bill to
abolish the State police, in which some
of the Senators got things triie mixed
one rural Senator impressively remark.
ked, Just before voting on the bill to abol.
ish the State police :"Mr. President,
don't want to be met, as | walk the
streets, at any corner, by a Jeaay dc
trims, as | would be in Europe ~ AS
this remark seemed to touch all the sub.
iects under discussion, the rural Sena'
tors eloquence was received with burst
of applause.-P"s'
Too low an estimate is apt to be SCI
on the domestic value of newspapers -
After reading them, and putting our
selves, through their agency, in mental