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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23
Gossip for the Ladies.

PINK LACE is in the market. 1t is
used for trimming evening dresses.
ULTRA fashionable ladies exhibit
three-cornered handkerchiefs as the
latest.
THE dancing season is in full feather.
The Spanish waltz is to supersede the
German.
SOME of the prevalent styles in even
ing dresses have necessitated the revival
of the sinful habit of tight lacing.
PENNSYLVANIA girls are not allowed to
sit up with their beaux Sunday night,
as they are not worth a cent at the wash
tub next day.
ONE of the ladies of the Brooklyn Art
Reception last week wore black silk
dress the skirt of which vas trimmed
with thirty small rutfies
A YOUNG lady intends to sue her father
for breach of promise. He said he
would consent, and then wouldn't, the
hard hearted old daddy.
IT is pronounced an ominous sign
when man who has been married
scarcely twelve months begins to betray
an abnormal interest in the causes of
lock-jaw.
A LADY promised to give her maid
$50 as a marriage portion. "Why,
Mary, what little husband you have
got % Dear me What could you
expect for 1882"
An unhappy Wisconsin maiden is
plaintiff in breach of promise case, and
in one of the letters produced on the
trial she declared that she had shed
tears enough to run a grist mill.
EIGHTY-EIGHT young ladies in Min
nesota have banded together and agreed
not to marry man who uses tobacco In
any FORM" Now let the young men re-
fuse to marry any young lady who uses
cotton in any " form"
If your parents won't let you marry
him. write letter to convent asking
for situation as nun, have the letter
intercepted by your mother, and finale
of white satin, lace, orange blossoms
and things will follow. At least it worked
that way with a Troy girl.
CORSET is not detrimental to health
for didn't it preserve the life of an In
diana maiden the other nights The
ball fred from her heart-broken lover
glanced off when it hit it, and he is now
| languishing in Jail while she swaps
smiles with the other fellow.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23
Value of Sleep.

We do not propose to wear this sub
ject threadbare yet, attaching the i'm
portance we do to sleep as a recruiting
power, hesitate not in speaking a word
In it's favor at all times. 1t must be re-
membered that sleep repairs not the
vital functions only, but simultaneously
those functions which we distinctively
describe as mental attributes, and of
which the brain is, to our limited COM
prehension, the organic instrument.
The intellectual part of our nature, tax
ing the phrase In its largest sense, is
exhausted by its continued exercise, in
like manner as the bodily organs, and
requires the intermittent periods of re-
pose and repair. If other proof were
needed of the great function which sleep
fulfills in the economy of life, it may at
once be found in the effects which follow
the privstion of this repair. A single
sleepless night tells its tale, even to the
most careless observer. A long series
of such nights, resulting, as often hap
pens, from an overtaxed and anxious
brain, may often warrant serious appre-
hension, as an index of mischief already
existing, or the cause of evil at hand.
Instances of this kind, we believe, are
familiar to the experience of every physi-
clan. But here, as in so many other
cases, the evil of deficiency has its coun-
terpart in the evil of excess. Sleep pro-
tracted beyond the need of repair, and
encroaching habitually upon the hours
of waking action, impairs more or less
the functions of the brain, and with
them all the vital powers
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23

Washington, o., (Jsn. ~ Cor. Chicago Tribune.I
On Christmas Eve, DIR. Dio Lewis
lectured before the Literary Society OF
this place on the subject OF "Our
Girls, at the close of which he offered
to deliver free lecture on temperance
at one of the churches on the following
day, and in that address he would give
his hearers plan by which the a0omen
of the town, themselves alone, could
abolish the liquor traffic from their
midst, and forever keep it out.
At the appointed hour on Christmas
morning, the citizens assembled en-
naasse at the Presbyterian Church,
eager to hear and see what was to be
done. The meeting opened with sing
ing and prayer after which came the
address then committees were appoint
ed. An appeal to present to the liquor
sellers was drawn up, read and adopted,
and the meeting adjourned to meet the
following morning friday at the same
place and then and there the women
were to start out upon their errand OF
mercy. The hour having arrived, the
women-from the families of the lead.
ing citizens of the place-met and
formed in procession, fifty or sixty OF
them, and the march then commenced (;
new accessions being made to their
ranks daily.
Drug stores and saloons were visited
each day, and singing and prayers were
held in them, until the drug stores all
signed the pledge, and the saloons were
broken up. When saloon-keeper sur
rendered, the fact was made known by
the ringing of all the bells III town (;
people would gather mt the scene OF ac-
ton to the number of several hundred,
to witness the destruction of King Al
cohol. Women whose husbands, sons
or brothers had suffered most were Sc
lected as the ones to demolish the
whisky barrels, which deed was done
with axes and they never worked harder
in a more noble cause. One man, who
had suffered much from the evil effects
of intemperance, while assisting In get
ting the barrels of whisky into the
street, mounted the top of one and re-
marked that he had often been under
the stuff contained in the barrel, but
now he was on top of it, and he intend
ed to keep on top. His wife broke III
the head of the barrel, and let the whis'
ky food the gutter.
During the entire time that the wo
men have been praying and singing IL
the saloons, the Christian men OF the
place have been holding a protracted
prayer-meeting at the church ; and, that
the women might better Judge of the
earnestness and sincerity they felt IL
their behalf, they caused the bell of the
church to be tolled at the close of eacl
prayer. The work that is being done
here is creating quite sensation
throughout this part of the State, ano
already the ministers and several OF the
leading women in the work have received
letters from neighboring towns, urging
them to come and start the ball to roll
ing in those towns and they have con
scented to go, and set the time for thu
meetings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23
McGinnis' Lively Hog.

Mr.. McGinnis, of McGinnis' Station,
at the mouth of Six-Mile canon, has
hog which is curiosity in more ways
than one. The hog, though quite
young, stands about three feet and
half high, and is as slender as race
horse. 1t not only has astonishingly
long and slender legs, but rejoices in
the possession of snout about half as
long as its body. 1t is peculiarly
marked, being black as coal from its
fore legs to the end of its nose, while
the remainder of its body is snow-white.
1t is a great pet, and is never so happy
as when in the house playing with the
children. BY running with the children
and dogs it has learned to do many
things hog is seldom seen to do, as to
lump fences and the like. The owner
saws he has not fence on his rancho that
the hog cannot Jump. The hog takes
great interest in strangers, and likes to
get acquainted with them and have them
plav with and notice him. A funny
thing yesterday happened to couple of
our circumstances Kelly, the soda
man, and Tommy Quinlan, late OF the
saloon firm of Quinlan x Daley-who
were down the canon and stopped for a
short time at McGinnis' place. They
saw but little of the hog till they were
driving away, and knew nothing OF his
playful habits. Great was their sur
prise therefore, to see the great, long
legged, long-nosed beast start after
them on keen gallop, but when the
creature came up with them, and with
single bound landed himself i'll the
rear of the soda wagon, our friends
thought the beast possessed of devil,
and concluded their time had come. AS
the hog landed in the wagon Quinlan
landed out, tumbling into big mud
hole, but Mr.. Kelly did not dare let go
the reins, and so was left alone with the
enemy. He opened a rapid fire on the
animal with soda bottles, and the play
full porker, considering this rather
rough treatment, bounded out of the
vehicle as gracefully as greyhound and
galloped back to the rancho, where n
crowd of men stood laughing at the
pranks of piggy. Tommy Quinlan says
he wants no more hog in his'n. -
| Neuada Territorial NetOs.
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Pith and Point.

A GREAT hardship-An iron steamer.
A FAIR thing-An agricultural horse
trot.
WHY does a railroad conductor punch
a hole in your ticket? To let you pass
through.
WHY is donkey that can't hold his
head up like next Monday? Because its
neck's weak.
THE young man who boosted he could
marry any girl he pleased, found that
he couldn't please any.
WHY is a moth futtering round a
candle like man getting of a horse ?
Because they are both going to a-light.
Sp1cER says the difference between
the Hoosac tunnel and an oyster is, that
one is wholesome and the other some
hole.
AT what time of life may man be
said to belong to the vegetable king
dom? When long experience has made
him sage.
A MICHIGAN manufacturer has 5000
broom handles ready for shipment. This
ought to set husbands thinking about
coming home early.
WHAT is the difference between a
farmer and bottle of whisky? The
farmer husbands the corn and the bottle
of whisky corns the husband.
AN Ohio woman asks for divorce be-
cause her husband occasionally puts her
to soak in parrel of rain-water. There's
hardly ground enough for divorce in
that case.
A CYNICAL old bachelor says giving
the ballot to women won't amount to
much, because they'll say they Amt old
enough to vote until they are too old to
take any interest in ballot.
In consideration of three dollars, cash
in hand, and sky-blue merino dress,
Dubuque girl gave up the man she loyed
and married the one chosen by her par
ents. How she loved him !"
A DETROIT hotel keeper writes his own
bill of fare, thereby saving the cost Of
printing. 1t announces "Coffy, scoupe,
roaste befe, fride ham, boyled and bakt
potaty's, fride coul puddin and mine
pie"
n LADY ldttly Oucbcu ooihc oeoiyo
to Michigan editor, and in postscript
says IN. b. can send you sum
PONIES to, sum real pretty verses if you
desire that writ myself, for can write
PONIES as well as storys."
Could anything be heater than the
old darkey's reply to a beautiful young
lady whom he offered to lift over the
gutter, and who insisted that she was
too heavy? "Lor, missus," said he,
Use used to lifting barrels of sugar.
INTENDING to be pathetic, the editor
of the McConnellsville Herald wrote of
ga beautiful girl stranded in gale"
but the fendish compositor set it up
ga beautiful girl straddled on rail. ]"
The editors pathos was suppressed, and
so was the compositor.
A COUNTRY pedagogue in Henry coun-
ty Iowa, requested all of his scholars to
"write piece" under penalty of a
thrashing. A rising genius got off the
following :
| Z" Lord of love,
Look down from above
On us poor scholars;
We have hired fool
| To teach school,
And pay him nifty dollars"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23
yESTOL'S GRIT.
The Tennessee Quaker Who Refused to
Fight I'm the Late War.

The following interesting account of
n youne Quaker who could not be in
dnced to fight in the late war, though
oonscripted, is from the pen of a promi-
nent citizen of this State-a leading
member of the bar of an adjacent
county, and an ex-Judge Advocate and
officer of the Confederate States army
m the late war; 1t is faithful nara
ton of one of the most interesting and
curious events of the war;
have Just read in the Banner OF the
10th inst. p fragment of Gov. Foote' S
reminiscences, headed, Chow Quaker
Refused to Fight" AS / am familiar
with the facts and circumstances al
inded to. and as the case greatly inter
osted me at the time, L have thought 1T
might be of some interest to your read
prs To 90 into details more than is done
in Gov. Foote's brief allusion to the
case.
The young Quaker alluded to is
Tilpham r. Vestol, who lived near Co.
mmbia. Tenn. When Gen. Bragg
army was at Shelbyville, Tenn, young
Yestol was conscripted and sent to that
place he was assigned to duty In the
Fourth Tennessee regiment, command
ed by Col. McMurray, OF Nashville
He reported to the regiment as required
10 do. but utterly refused to perform
military duty of any character or de-
scription. Neither by threats nor per
suasion could he be induced to alter his
determination. The officers OF the reg
iment were as humane as they were
true and gallant, and, after every effor
had failed TO induce Vestol to perform
the duties OF soldier, they gave the
matter up in despair, and told. him tC
leave and go home, which he did. Blu
shortly thereafter another conscript OF
6cer came along and Vestol was again
lnlv enrolled as conscript, and or
aered to report at Bragg s headquarters
Not being ready just then to leave hi
home. he asked and obtained the time
AZ two weeks within which to report
some citizen of Columbia-Chancello
Fleming. as now remember-golng nj
.ecurity that he would report at the en'
Of the time. Before the two weeks ha'
expired, Gen. Bragg had fallen back Z
Chattanooga. All alone and on foot
Yestol went TO Chattanooga, and re
ported at Bragg's headquarters. by
most singular coincidence, he was agar
assioned TO the Fourth Tennessee. Col
McHurray, from his Shelbyville expert
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23
Husking Corn.

An old farmer writes in one of our
exchanges There is great knack In
husking corn, and some mems hands
and strong, horn-hke thumb.nails, are
peculiarly adapted to rapid work. The
operation of breaking off the husked
ear from the husks, is very trying to the
hands, and the skin between the thumbs
and forefnger, if not usually tough and
feathery, becomes blistered and core.
Mittens are inconvenient gloves worse.
l have tried, and thrown aside the
husking- gloves" armed with metal
claws, etc, and have gone back to the
simple, old-fashioned husking-pin,
made of hickory, scraped smooth, with
leather thong to go over two fingers,
while the pin is held within the hand,
across the base of the fingers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23
A Clerical Joke.

An anecdote is told of Parson Shute,
the first minister settled at South Hing
ham, which for ready wit ought not to
pass unrecorded. 1t appears that the
reverend gentleman was very fond of
pudding, so at ministerial meeting
one day the hostess, in order to crafty
the taste of her guest, had pudding for
dinner. Unfortunately it came very
near the fire, while it was cooking, so
that when it was served it was extreme
ly hot. The parson, without allowing it
time to cool, placed piece at once in
his mouth, and then followed the usual
contortions incident to such an occa-
sion, but all to no purpose. The pud-
ding would not 90, so the parson, who
was polite gentleman, quietly slipped
it out of his mouth and into his coat
pocket, all of which was observed by
his brother ministers, who for the pur-
pose of joke said $50 you
are putting the pudding into your
pocket, are you?" Oh, yes" said
the parson, all uHmoved ct put a
little piece in there merely to light my
pipe with after dinner" The explana-
ton, it is needless to add, was suf-
ficient.
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Whatever you have TO say, my friend,
Whether witty. or grave or gay,
Condense as much as ever you can,
And say In the reac1est way
Aud whether you write OF rural affairs,
Or particular things in town.
Just take a word of friendly advice
Boil 1t down.
For II you go suffering over page,
When a couple of lines would do,
Your butter is spread 20 iluch yen see,
That the bread looks plainly through
So When you have a story To tell,
And would like a little renown,
To make quite sure of your wish, my friend,
Boil IL down.
When writing an article for the press,
whether prose verse, just try
To utter your thoughts IN the fewest words,
And let them be crisp and dry;
And when IL is finished and you suppose
IL is done exactly brown,
Just look IL over again, and then
Boil II down.
The editors do not like to print
An article lazily long,
Aud the general reader does not care
For couple of yards of song;
So gather your wits in the smallest space,
II you'd yin the authors crown,
And every time You write, my friend,
Boil IL down.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23

THE very latest thing in the adver-
Using line is a lady who, through the
newspapers, seeks for employment as
an ornamental guest. She will as
sist at dinner or evening parties-by
her grace, her wit and beauty, con-
tribute to the entertainment of guests,
and she will do everything in the highest
style of art-only she demands that a
handsome compensation be made there
for.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23

Ok the death of one of England's
most eminent physicians, all his effects were
sold by auction, and among other things was
a sealed packet marked advice to Physi-
Clans" which brought great price. The pur-
chaser. on opening the packet. read as follows
Keep the head cool, the bowels open, ana the
feet warm" III physic is necessary, use Par
sons Purgdtire Pills /; they are the most SCI
entifically prepared pill that has appeared in
the last hundred years.-lCom.
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Where New York Gets Her Beef.

New York consumed last year 542, 7H
reeves. The following figures show
,,hora thev were received from
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THE ladies are returning to collars.
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CHILBLAINs may be cured by bathing
the feet in equal parts of oil of tar and
oil of turpentime.
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following conversation occurred between
them
Foote-" What, young man, won't
you fght-you are stout, good-looking
young man-is it true that you refuse
to fight ?"
Vestol-" Yes, SIR"
Foote-" Why, you are all wrong
about that. Suppose you were to marry
beautiful and accomplished young
lady, and some ruffian were to come in
to your house and grossly insult her,
wouldn't you kill him ?"
Vestol-" No, sir.
Foote-(Jumping from his seat in a
very excited manner" Why, I'd kill
him in minute.
Resuming his seat after minute, the
Governor surveyed Vestol, and again
commenced a conversation with him.
Foote-" Young man, you are all
wrong about this matter, even from a
was upon earth he directed his disciples
TO pay tribute to Caesar. The money
thus paid went into the Roman treasury.
and was used in carrying on the wars of
the Roman people.
Vestol-" Ne, sir you are mistaken
about that. The Temple of Janus was
closed at that time, and there were nc
wars going on"
Foote-"I believe he knows more
about it than | do. don't know wheth
er the Temple of Janus was closed ther
or not. "
Such was substantially the interview
between this remarkable boy and this
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-05-21
NOTICES..

u DAD NOTICE.-There will be a petition
III presented to the Commissioners of Jack
SON county, Ohio, at their regular session in
June next, asking for an alteration in a county
road, as follows: Commencing on the road
leading from Winchester to Keystone Furnace,
on the land of Enoch Russell, southwest of his
residence, at the point of the hill, bearing
north western direction along the hill side
through orchard known as the Andrews
orchard, the lands of the Keystone Furnace
Company, thence down along the hill side,
thence in q western direction until 1t strikes
the line between the Andrews farm and the
Montgomery farm, thence along the new road
north-westerly direction, up the hollow to the
forks of the hollow, thence up the south side of
the point so as to make an easy grade, thence
more northern direction along the bench of the
hill until it reaches the Patonsville road near
Henry Adams, thence in a northwestern di-
rection until it strikes the line between sections
10 and H. thence along the section lime until it
reaches the road leading from Keystone Fur
mace to William Daniels, thence bearing wes-
terly around the head of a hollow, along the
old road, thence eaSterly until 1t crosses the
section line, thence along the ridge through a
pine thicket, and bearing west until it reaches
| the old road, thence along said road until 1t
reaches new road that leads down Tar Camp
hill, along the east side of the read, so as TO
make an easy grade until it passes the head of
hollow, thence bearing west until it reaches
| the old road, thence along the said road until
it interSectS the road leading from PattonsVille
| to Buckeye Furnace. And vacating the old
road, known as the Andrews Hill road, which
commences between the residence of EnOch
| William Daniels, from the point where said
| old road commences, and the termination OF
| the proposed new road. PETITIONERS.
April so, 1S74-5w
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CHER1FF.s SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

CHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
John vs. I: JONES' On I'd Order of Sale.
Fredrick Weyhorst,
State of Ohio, Jackson county, S.:
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of
an order of sale issued out of said Court on the
nth day of April, a. d. 1874, and to me di-
rected as Sheriff and Special Master Commits
sioner in said cause, will offer for sale at the
door of the Court House in said county, on
Saturday, May cad, A. ID. 1874,
at one O'Clock P. NJ. of said day, the following
described real estate, situated in the county of
Jackson and State of Ohio, to-wit: Lot No. IA
in John T. Jones' Addition to the town of Port
land, Jackson county, Ohio. Appraised at two
hundred and seventy five dollars To be sold
as the property of Fredrick Weyhorst to satisfy
a Judgment and decree in favor of John T..
Jones. Terms of sale, cash on day of sale.
Given under my hand this 2lst day of April,
a. D. 1874. r. w. HUBBARD,
Sheriff j. C. o.
o. F. MOORE, Atty.
April 23 IS74-5w.
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By J. W.
apl6-6w

- DAD NOTICE.-Notice is hereby given
Ia, that a petition will be presented to the
Commissioners of Jackson county at their regu-
lar session in June next praying for the altera-
ton ofa county road as follows: Commencing
on the Jackson Furnace road about fifteen rods
nearly northeast of the residence of D. R. Har-
rel in franklin township, thence in a north
western direction, on the upper side of the
fence, to a walnut tree, thence north to the old
race path, thence along the line between Jo-
seph Spriggs and d. B. Harrel until it intersectS
the old road, three rods below the line, and va
eating so much of the old road as lies between
said last named point and the residence of d.
L. Morgan. PETITIONERS.