The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-04-10
PORTER, April 7th, 1874.


Ed. TRUE NoRTHERNER
We had very spirited contest for Super
visor at our township meeting, O. Williams and
Sanford Corey being the candidates. Mr.. Will
hams was reelected. -
HAMILTON, April 9TH, 1874.
EDITOR NoRTHERNER:
Our township meeting went off usually
quiet, although there was quite a strife for the
Office OF Supervisor. The changes by removals
r., have been very much against the Republicans
the past year. CALVIN Fields Q.iberaD received
three majority over Abram S. Wise (Republi-
cam The rest of the ticket went Democrat
from five to twenty-five majority. When the
county-seat question is settled we will do some.
thing by way OF appropriation, as it was our
whole vote went against 1t, which were PIG
votes. -
LAWRENCE, April 4th, 1874.
The winter term Of our school closed by Civ
ing two fine Exhibitions juvenile and adult
which proved decided success, both financial
ly and otherwise, evincing thorough degree
OF training which was truly remarkable, though
for weeks the teachers labored hard with their
pupils, and some times, perhaps, grew weary
IN we'll doing. think when they saw the happy
faces OF the little ones and witnessed the com
plete success of the exercises, they must have
felt amply paid for all trouble. We wish to
make particular mention OF the adult exhibl-
ton, which l can readily say was the best |
ever attended. Prof. Bauter's elocution class
gave some splendid concert exercises. of which
he may justly feel proud, and must be both
seen and heard to be appreciated. Every one
went home feeling satisfied that the teachers
OF the Lawrence Union School know well how
to get up number one exhibition. -
The current number Of ST. NICHOLAS opens
with an article on the invention of printing, by
Donald g.. Mitchell, and illustrated by large
engraving of Gutenberg's statue at Strasburg.
An article, entitled Life-Saving On Our Coast,
by William III. Rideing gives useful and high
ly interesting account OF how poor shipwrecked
sailors and passengers are saved when they are
thrown upon our coast for it appears, they
are nearly always saved Four excellent illus
tratiops accompany this article. Another USE
ful paper is that upon od-Carving, Illustrated
by working designs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
contributes a short story called Taken at HIS
Word, finely illustrated T. b. Aldrich has an
account OF the infant violnist, James Speaight
which is full Of pathetic interest there is The
Church Cock, q translation, from the Swedish
OF Topelius; Mrs. Pomeroy's Page; The
Wrong Bird, story Of the trouble a little
negro boy got into by going after birds nests
that we're bigger than himself; and the con-
clusion OF that real boy" story, Wrecked at
Home, by Noah Brooks. The poems are by
Celia Thaxter, Margaret Eytinge and Mary A.
Lathbury. The latter illustrates her poem.
which is curious conceit showing how old
Mother Moon goes about after her little stars
who stay up too late. The three serials are in
creasing in interest. In Fast Friends, there
are adventures at boarding house in New
York in Nimpo's Troubles, the children get
into scrapes in a Western village, and in What
Might Have Been Expected, wonderful schemes
are concocted in the backwoods Of Virginia
Jack-in- the-Pulpit. is unusually good this
month he fairly sparlles with fun. and every
body. old and young, will be sure to have a
jolly laugh with Jack for April. The Letter
Box and other departments are full and in
teresting as usual.