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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-13
Varieties.

PREFERRED creditors - Those who
don't dun.
A YOUNG lady asserts that maple
sugar makes moustaches stick. True |:
but how should she know?
A NEVADA Postmaster has written to
Washington, to know if he can rent
part of the Office for faro bank.
A CIRCUS elephant, wintering at
Louisville, is on the watch for the man
who tossed him an apple full of catarrh
snuff.
An Oswego woman advertises that
she has purchased shotgun and will
shoot any man who gives her husband
liquor.
A WAC having married girl named
Church, says he has experienced more
happiness since he joined the Church
than he ever did before.
THE Wyoming Journals fees for
marriage notices are "as high as the
ecstacy and hberality of the bride
groom may prompt"
AT recent dinner of shoemakers the
following toast was given: "May we
have all the women in the country to
shoe and all the men to boot.
"WHAT comes after To" asked O
teacher of small pupil, who was
learning the alphabet. He received
the bewildered reply: "You do-to
see Liza"
A NEBRASKA man on his dying bed
remembered that his wife was smoking
hams, and he said: Now, Henrietta,
don't go to shifting around and forget
them hams"
CARE you guilty or not guilty p
asked a Judge of prisoner the other
day. can sure now," said Pat
"what are you put there for but tc
find that out.
A DIsREsPECTFUL being remarks that
Treasurer Spinner has gone to Florida
to compare his autograph with the ALI
gator tracks along the bayou. There il
no doubt as to which is the more sym
metrical of the two.
SAYS an old lady, commenting on the
evil times:
But, then, tell my daughter
! Folks don't do as they'd ouRhter:
They hadn't oughter do as they do
| Why don't they do as they'd oughter?
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Letters of Recommendation.

A gentleman advertised for n boy to
assist him III his office, and nearly fifty
applicants presented themselves to him.
Out of the whole number he selected
one and dismissed the rest.
CT should like to know, "saida friend,
son what ground you selected that
boy, who had not a single recommen-
dation.
"You are mistaken" said the gentle
man "he had a great many. He
wiped his feet when he came in, and
closed the door after him, showing that
he was careful he gave up his seat
instantly to that old man, showing he
was kind and thoughtful he took off
his cap when he came III, and answered
my questions promptly and respectfully,
showing that he was polite ; he picked
up the book which had purposely laid
upon the floor, and placed it on the ia
bic, while all the rest stepped over it or
showed it aside ; and he waited quietly
for his turn, instead of pushing and
crowding, showing that be was orderly.
When talked with him, noticed that
his clothes were carefully brushed, his
hair in nice order, and his teeth
brushed; and when he wrote his name,
L noticed that his finger nails were
clean, instead of being tipped with jet,
like that handsome little fellows in the
blue jacket. Don't you call those
things letters of recommendation? ]
do, and / would give more for what / can
tell about boy by using my eyes ten
minutes, than all the fine letters he car
bring me?
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SnOxy-Shoes.

Swiftly over the deep snow the hunter
glides in his snow-shoes. All day long
he pursues the deer and the moose, and
when night is come he has travelled 30
or forty miles, and yet he is not tired,
for his snow-shoes are equal to sleigh
drawn by spirited horses.
The Indians in the cold North alone
make snow-shoes, and the white settler
and the white trapper go to the red
man for them. Snow-shoes are three
or four feet long and foot wide at the
middle, rounded in front and pointed
behind, turning up at either end. The
frame is light, made of maple, and the
center is a network of deer's hide or
moose skin. The traveller encases his
feet in moccasins of buckskin lined
with three or four thicknesses of blank
cts to keep them warm, and TO prevent
the thongs with which his feet must be
fastened to the cross-piece from hurting
them. Thus equipped, he does not
fear the snow-drifts, for his snow-shoes
bear him up above the white feather
darts that fall in myriads from the
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A YOUTH in love thus addressed his.
inamorata "Loveliest vision, as my
eyes rest upon thy seraph-like form my
soul is filled with the scintillating fan
cies of the poet. o! lovely Dido, dost
love the humble suitor that Graves the
faintest glimmer from the meridian
rays of thy young hearts affection? OF
angel fresh from the FURNISHED streets
of Paradise, clad in the halo of the
queen of night, dost pity the faithful
Troilus who stands before thee?" and
gently the maiden answered with q
heavenly sigh, faint as the night wind:
go West, young man, and give US q
rest"
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THOSE who go around with the contri-
button box in California churches plead
and argue the case as they go along.
One of these gentlemen recently extend
ed the box to a rough-looking miner,
who slowly shook his head.
"Come, William, give something"
said the deacon.
Cant do it, deak, )" said Bill.
Why not Isn't the cause a good
one ?"
Yes, good huff but amt able to
give nothin'."
"Pooh pooh know better. You
must give me better reason than
that"
Well, / owe too much money"
Well, but, William, you owe God a
much larger debt than anyone else"
That's true, but He amt a-pushin'
me like the rest of my creditors.
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To coRREsPoNDENTs.

All commui cations for this paper should be ac-
cOmpanied b. the name OF tho author; not neces.
sarily for Publication, but as an evidence OF good
side of the psper Be particularly careful IN Civ
ing names and dates to have the letters and figures
plain and distinct.
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The latest geological curiosity is re-
ported from Richmond, Wa dog with
two tails One of them, however, was
an ox-tail, and the dog carried it in his
mouth.
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skies, and sometimes bury those unpre-
pared to meet them beneath their
weight.
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string and show you how to play cats
cradle!'
And away went the funny man, leav-
ing Bo and Bel so wide awake that
mamma had hard work to get them to
bed at all that night. -Christian Union.
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AN ITEM.-A local item, too; but
perhaps it may interest some of our
readers Thomas Jefferson's family car
riage, imported by himself from Europe
still withstands the thousand shocks
that vehicles are heirs to, and was lately
sent from Charlottesville to Staunton,
Va, to be repaired. BY judicious
system of repairing, that relic of the
olden days may be kept in existence a
thousand years, to excite the veneration
of future generations, and rack the
bones of its proud owners, though not
stick or nail of it be over score of
years old.
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JCpnnu>
A 'SEs.

nSEs.
At day break, In his d. -
John Jones was dreaming.
While visions hoated throc
OF castles made of buckwhe4
In dreams he saw the griddSur,
And cakes all weltering in the ~
Ia dreams the Biddy's call he heal
Then Jumped from bed almost half
And hurredly pulled on his clothes,
A. wild his thought, and blew his nose,
Az Eden's garden bird
At daybreak in John Jones' kitchen,
The Biddy built her glowing fire,
Prepared the cakes, divine, bewitching.
To crafty Johns hearts desire.
There Biddy stood, that blessed morning,
With serious thought OF giving warning
To Jones female mate
Anon she stirred the foaming latter,
And baked the cakes with noisy clatter,
And then transferred them TO the platter
A heaping, piled up plate.
An hour passed on ; John Jones awoke-
That bright dream was his last;
He woke to hear dreadful shrek
Come from the larynx of that Greek.
He woke 10 hear the awful yell,
He woke 10 hear the breakfast bell,
And buckwheats coming thick and fast,
Like lightning from the mountain cloud.
And then, with voice aStrumpet loud,
His children John commands
Eat while blazing are our fires;
Eat for your mothers, sisters, sires
Eat till each mothers son expires,
And "run out " are your " sands
".
They ate, like brave boys, long and we'll
They piled the buckwheats quickly in
They conquered but John Jones he fell,
buckwheat choking him.
His sad, surviving children saw
The smile around his fallen jaw,
Aud the great deed was done
They saw in death his eyelids close,
Calmly as to nights repose,
Like flowers at set of sun
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THE LITTLE FOLKS.



Sweetheart's Valentine.
Sweetheart is our baby
Rosebud, four years old,
Sunny haired and dewy-lpped,-
Worth her weight in gold.
Playing in the parlor
On that merry day,
When the birds go mating,
As the wise ones say.
Sweetheart called out gaily,
"Keep till, Bess and Nell;
Finks hear 20 postman
Ymgin' at re bell"
Quickly, az the summons,
Gentle Bessie sped.
Here's a lot o. letters
Valentines" cried Fred.
"Two for Sue and Nellie
Three, yes, four for Blair
One for-oh my senses
Sweetheart-I declare J"
go, re Blessed letter !"
Cried our tiny elf
"Make II open, Bessie,
Yead II to myself"
From the filmy missiye,
Sweetheart's valentine,
Slowly, gentle Bessie
Read each written line:
b POse-p,y Sweetheart.
They'll be STRIFE among the bedur,
hen you are bl0,gR, my pretty Rose"
4" Vaientihe.'
go, my tars :" and Sweetheart
Heaved a little girl sigh.
t'Yat is reilly splen'id-
Nose IL makes me twy."
Why, you little Rosey,"
Tender Bess replies,
t'Valentines should make you laugh;
No one ever cries."
'Y'Ah =" quoth Sweetheart, gravely,
S'ouidn't laugh bout mine:
1Iruuse, you know, me never fore
Dot a VALENTINE
ST. Nicholas.
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A Hungry Garnet. Bag.

The Buffalo Express relates an anus
ing incident which occurred at Erie a
few days since. A gentleman left Cleve-
land for New York at an early hour in
the morning, without his breakfast, and
being very hungry, upon the arrival of
the train at Erie, entered the dining
room. and, placing his carpet-bag upon
chair, sat down beside it and COM
menced valorous attack upon the
viands placed before him. By-and-by
the proprietor of the establishment
came around to collect fares, and, upon
reaching our friend, he calculated:
Dollar, sir y
GA dollar !" responded the eating
man; dollar-thought you only
charged fifty cents a meal for one
-eh ?"
"That's true" said Meanness, "but
/ count your carpet-bag one, since it &C.
cupies seat"
The table was far from being crowded
Our friend expostulated, but the land.
lord insisted, and the dollar was reluct-
antly brought forth.
The landlord PASSED on. Our friend
deliberately arose, and opening his car
pet bag, full in its wide mouth, dis
coursed unto it, saying, " Carpet-bag,
it seems you're an Individual human
individual, since you eat at least I've
paid for you, and now you must eat, "
upon which he seized everything eatable
within his reach, nuts, raisins, apples,
cakes and pies, and amid the roars of
the bystanders, the delight of his brother
passengers and discontinue of the land
lord, phlegmatically went and took his
seat in the cars. He said he had provisions
enough to last him to New York, after a
bountiful supply had been served out in
the cars. There was at least eight dol
lars worth in the bag-upon which the
landlord realized nothing in the way of
profit. So much for meanness.
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"TheyU be STRIFE among the bedu1,
Wheh you are bl0tcn, my pretty Rose" -,
Z" Valentine"
, 1874-05-14

LONDON, May 1a.-Iho Russian. I,nporta]
yacht Dersherya. with the Gear on board. vent
ngroE!n! yesterday, whilo leaving the larbor Of
tlris morning. An immense number Of persons
havo lett here for Gravoaend, to welcome Ills
Mntosty, and large crowds. not uwaro Of tho do
tentton, are gathered al the ruilroad stations by
which the train bringing tho C2ar will pnsa. III
ia current this afternoon that tic Czar will Innt3
at Dover instead Of Grayesend At all oyentg.
lo will not reach these shores boforo G o'clock
this afternoon. which wi he several hours b.
hind the time fixed III tho oflicial programme.
LONDON, Alay 13.--The Czar mud the Grand
Duke Alexis arrived ut Dover this evening.
Immense crowds Witnessed the LIBERALIZATION Of
the party and greeted tholn with hearty cheers.
The Duke aud Duchess of Edinburgh, tho Prince
Of Wales. and Prince Arthur were waiting to ru~
eoivo the Imperial visitors, and conducted them
to Windsor Cattle. whore thoy arrived at 10
o'clock tonight.
, 1874-05-14
CHICAGO, THURSDAY, MAY Ii. 1874.

eoateem Of His Excol!oncy, but TINT good opinion
~ 80 greatly modified that ho Is no fouaer
thought Of IN connection NTH 40 important
promotion. What has oauacd this temrortnR OF
tho Presidents arlent affection In not clearly
to bo no reaaon to think that Dolano IL In danger
Of losing his present place, as there is enough
regard for 1inl to keep him there.
WHAT NIGHT HAVE DEEM.
r. this bad not been 70, schonck .Ton1d havo
,nry, with tbo purpose Of removing Delano to
keep the Cabinet geographically pnfaneed.
deal Of trouble to the powera that be. just now
ho i disposed to dckor to hold on
sl,o 81 h's place onv as posssb' sar and to
Consideration. Tho prospective partnership Iip in
= Fronch bankhg:houao seems to havo faded
from his vision. Foreign bankiug-l,ousos ard
prompt to tako In, as . partner, man who has
been Secretary Of tho Treasury, and who l,as loft
It with honor and credit, but They do not care
Tor one Hho has beon mustered out, or
RESIGNED IN DISGRACE,
30 that Mr. Richardson's future In thfa limo
eecma barred. and ho ia now pressing the pfosi-
dent to nominate him to some other important
ot11ce Of on his retiring from his present ono.
4 Second -Liontenant in the Marine corps, but 1t
IL possible that because Of Lis importantly, and
to sottlo dehnitolY tho troublesome complica.
tions, the President will thus put him lp to bo
Knocked down. Tho real truth ia that hollard-
had t1 since THO sanborn Investigation MAS begun.
Ho is quite FREQ to bemoan Lis hard lot, and haB
repeatedly whined that
" Tits THING WILL DRIVE NE CRAZY YEr.''
Ills condition Is pitablo ono.
Boutwell,, although he is shown to have been
equally involved by cMll able negligence, II MOTH
ing worse, docs not sccm to be 80 much af-
feotcd.
, 1874-05-14

Tho New York Liberal Republicans.
!, ALBANY, n. X. May 13.-Represontatiye Of
tho !lboral Republicans are now in till, city for
tho purpose OF holding q conference 10 regard
to tho political action Of tho party in tho coming
campaign. It IL reported that they favor a nep-
arate convention, to DO hold prior to the conyon-
tons of the other political parsica.
1t .waa resolved TINT tue Liberal Republicans
will, in tho future, us in the pnst, keep thoir
organization intact.
On motion Of Gen. Cochran, it waa resolved
that !; was tho aonso Of the meeting, without
Intending to projudge its policy or action TINT
ab tne State Committee shall dotermuo, anl
TINT tho ca'l should invite cooperation from ali
men or bodies or mon in tic State who favor
honesty and purify in tho Government Of tic
State aud nation.
Adjourned.
, 1874-05-14
THE HoDNETT CRUSADE,
Special Dispatch to I'he CHtcapo Iftbuns,


THE woRKrE9aENa CHAMPION.
WASHINGTON, D. G.. Mny 1S.-Sinco tho do
parture Of Chittenden. storrs, and Kirkland from
tho city, JOHN Pope Hoanett. q young man well
known IN Chicago and tho West, has como into
prominence in tho character Of tho peoples
lawyer. Ho has takon up the cause Of tho poor
laborors about torn, who l,avo been cheatod out
Of their earnings by rascally contractors aud
others, and though ho naa not aucceeded ia COL
!octing any money for them, he lns undoubtedly
Developed tho intellects Of his clients, for It
is understood that, Of tho 200 1AborerB who
them, but are aba torepoAt word for word, every
llne Of lis celebrated Hpeech arraigning Gov.
Shepherd before tho bar OF public opinion
on tho crime OF not paying out Of his own
pocket tho money duo downtrodden Torkingmou
OF the District from contractors.
HoDHETr's GARD.
Ieel1ng hEgTtovod at Homo remarks on his
course printed in one OF the evening newspapers,
'Hodnett this morning marsaled Lis forces and
marched to tho oll'co Of the offending journal,
aad succeeded in cocreiry the editor rlntn the pub
ication Of the following letter:
~ tAe Editor n Me Dufu Critic:
article now Al!Mdo to: " But We think this whole
matter wrong aud suggest thAt tho originator Of it,
naf-hsaIncd m lawyes ba locked Up BY the poce. HID
the 1oader alonc should have been punished as he
alone WaB respopBbcn am tho lawyer fur tho work.
ng1nen ot the District to recover their wages from tho
Uoard md contractors The above 1nust moan me.
consider 1t slanderois In tho extronc and damaging
to mo IN my profession, now demand reraction ia
fual Of the aander Otherwise shalt give yo, an or
nofitunlty. 70 prove before jury Of your peers IT
referred to In ths article above quoted.
ts9ncd) louN porE 1loDxrzF.
, 1874-05-14
RICHARDSON'S SUCCESSOR,
Sptcf1t Ntpateh to The CA1oago Tribune.

oEH' bCHENCRH ADVICE AaRED.
WARRINGTON, May 13.-.rho President iB all At
Aea again III the matter Of securing o SUCCESSOR
for 1ohardson. On tho occasion of Gen.
sehenck's recent arrival in Washington, the
presidens sent for him and asked hia opinion as
to tho respective merits Of Henry 4. Blow, Of
Missouri, and Euhu j. WaHhburne, Of ILL.
nola. Thts waa before tho Alightost ill.,
timstion had got abroad that thoss
two gentlemen wero thought OF for tl!e
place. 8chenck, at once and unleoltatingly,
pronounced for Waelib1rno. Prominent party
leaders subsequently, consulted and caucus
canvass OF Congress- was made on tho subject,
and the reault was that Oh all hai.tls there wer
favorable opiniona exproHsod OF Waslburue aud
nono Of Blow: This decided the lresdout, and
ho sent a oalle ditpatoh to Wanhburno At Paris,
aaklug II ho ould accept tho position.
W.BiBuA*E 1R.L LISHH,
10 this, doulinhtion wus returned, baeed up~
Oh hoalth and family considerations Whom tIs
lightning may strike next is the current coz
uuudrum.
polano Ia counted cut, though without doubt
not great mills no hs held Arss plaos In the
, 1874-05-14
State Legislature in SEES.
sion with O Quorum.
y Notify Gov. Baxtor that They
Are Ready for Business.
Baxter Lays Out His Pro-
! gramme Of Operations.
A settlement Likely to Be Effected with
government Interference.


LITTLE hocK May 19.-Tho sonato met at 10
q. D., m., fourteen members prosent,-a quorum.
Tho sonate proceeded to organize. Senator j.
u. frlerson WAS elected temporary President
Inc Secretary, ". ", Orrck, was present Mr.
AnkoW gavo notice TINT e would at an oarly do,
onor bill providing for tho assembling OF
constitutional Convention. A committee Of
threo was appointed to wait on tho House and
INFORM that body thnt IL waa roady to proco1d
with bnsinoaH. Recess till 4 p. M.
IN THE nouaE.
o,,as .oaty,sl1 members answered to their names
!. I.ousn proceeded to organize by filling tom
porari'yM Il the Positions Of officers; who aro nb-
sent sent. The Hon. ]. Il. Berry, u Benton, was
eeSted eeS;e dSoPF }s;y spaaer O. g noed
Arma waa declared vacant by roason Of tho r.
moral OF tho Sergeant from tho State. and n.
Bong VAS elected to tho vacancy. COMMITTEES
ot t,I, three wae appointed to inform tho Senate
tIat tho House wa9 organized aud ready for
business. ALL tho regular committcsss Of Of
the House wore excused, and tho Speaker author
ized to appoint now onns. A joint resolution
va. vas passed appointing q committee Of two from
tno senate and three from tho House to notify
GOV. !3axter that tho General Assembly bud meb
upon his call for extraordinary aesBlon, and were
feady to receive Ruy message he might tloyire to
communicate. motion wns adopted providing
lor stationery and tho usual number Of nowspa-
ENaH' 1Ao 44oAs1 +Acu tQOK TeCeba TILL u, N.
me Legislature this afternoon appointed
Joint Committee to prepare resolution to send
to tho President in roforonco to the present ditl-
cultloA. The douse passed. 4 resolution calling
ou gov. Baxter to know whether or not Brooks
had compiled with tho proposition Of Baxter to
remove from tho State House and leave tho
Legislature 70 aottle the p1esont trouble.
mr.: Pendal mado spoecl today, taking tho
poaition that Legislatures had cxcusivo jurg.
diction In cases Of contest for the Office Of Governs
or That they know OF none and could recognizes
no Governor but Baxter He favored tho recopr.
lion and confederation Of all petitions that migtt
he presented except auch aa were presented x
wildly applauded.
, 1874-05-14
FRANCE.

Pants, May 13.-Tho Duke do Droglin declares
TINT he will call up for immediate diIscusBlon tho
new electoral bill. The Left and tho extreme
Hight oppose llB present consideration, and will
mako it Cabinet question. The dobato will
occur on Friday or Saturday.
The Assembly to-day re-oloetod Buffet Presi-
dent, and all tho VicoPrcsidcntn Of The late ucg-
Hion.
NEW YoEK, May 13.-Tho Trench Official
Journal, received by. tho naai1s to-day, contains
noto Of warning to agricultural laborers work.
men, and others against tile attempts of un-
authorized agents to induce them to onigrute to
Amer'ca, and recommends thon to obtun iufor-
grafton agreements.
, 1874-05-14

stated that tho 12o m,lcs Of oanal required to
complete tho construction from tho Cumberland
$2o 000, ,oo0. a committee was appointed to
present memorial to Congross asking for an
appropriation In ordor that further auryoya and
estimates may bo made.
- AhKANaAH COURTS.
Tho Honnc Committee on Expenditures IN tho
Department. Of Justice which las been inyosti-
eating the expenses of the United States Courts
IL tho Weatoru Diatrict OF Arknnnas, concluded
thoir labora to'day. Tho Committee will proba-
NY report recommending consolidation Of tho
Western and Eastern Distrscta.
, 1874-05-14
AT WASHINGTON.
Srtoial D'spateh to Tho Chicago Tf.ibun1,

AN EXPLANATION.
WASHINGTON, D. c., 3Iay 13.-It is claimed IL
tho Arkansas aifafr, by Baxter's fliends that the
Bccrot OF tho trouble liz t1at the Govnrnor von11
not permit hinself to DO used to further the cor
rupt purposes Of a railroad clique, in which aro
comprised Senators Clayton and Dorsey. II
soemH that these parties. having secured IN in
dolaemont from tho Stata guaranteeing tho In
torest Cd tho bonds Of certain railroads to th,
amount OF about s5.o00,00o, have been perfect
lug plat, to sooure the passage by tho fegisla-
turo OF lazy assuming, on tho part Of the State,
the entire indebtedness, principal and interest.
Gov. baxter refused to assist this swindIine
scheme, nnd tho ring then determined on his
ovorthrow. It ia stated TINT the President haa
been fully advised Of tho facts, which accounts
Tor tile evident bias Ut the White House in favor
of Baxtor. Moro developments in thus regard
are promised at an carly day,
f7o tho Asxociaftd Press.]
!, WAaHtNGTos, May 13..-It Ia bolioyed hero
that tho Arkansas matter will be settled 30 fur
as tho Gonoral Government is concerned.