The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16

We commence the publication OF a serial
story this week entitled " The Brgands of the
West" The whole story is q series OF facts,
relating to the detection and breaking up OF
one Of the worst gangs Of marauders that ever
existed in this country, and who carried on their
operations on land exclusively. It's ramfca-
items extend over the whole ~ the Middle and
Western States. The nara I've will be found
a. interesting as novel and will repay a perusal
The other day, while ex-vice President Col
fax was in town, he was conversing in front Of
one OF our stores with. a physician OF this
place, when gentleman. known to be very
near-sighted. passed them and entered the
store, and remarked to by-stander, - That
preacher is going for Doc! " An "audible';
smile was the result. He mistook Mr.. Colfax
for one Of the ministers Of this place. -Berrien
County Record.
Mr.. SMITH, farmer Smith had dream the
other nlght-a remarkable dream, worthy Of
being placed on record for the suggestions it
conveys il there were no other reasons; but
there are others in abundance. The name Of
Smith was probably first given to the toilers
who worked at the forge, but in our day the
name Is common enough. We have known
Smiths in every vocation Of life. in utter disrs-
gard Of what the name originally meant. George
Washington is also very common name, now
a-days. given TO children. There are innumer-
able George Washington Smiths. George WASH
ington Jones, and George Washington has be-
come q common prefix TO all other names. Il
WAS Smith who had the dream--farmer Smith,
not blacksmith but George Washington Smith
Smith owned horse which bad been in the
Smith family so long that he had become an
heirloom, and was regarded by old Mr.. smith,
old Mrs. Smith and all the little Smiths with
much affection and great consideration. The
horse bad survived the usual age OF horses,
and the Smiths had long been looking for old
Ned's demise with considerable solicitude The
sohcitude had grown into anxiety, and the
anxiety of old Dir. smith gave color to his
dreams.
Farmer Smith had been an industrious and
! frugal busbandman, honest and anxious 70 get
on in the world and lay by a pittance for old
age or rainy Gay. He had been annoyed and
pestered. with store bills, grocery bills, black
smiths bills. repair bills, construction bills and
all the innumerable bills incident to mortal ex-
istence. He mad settled down in the idea that
everybody were ravens and wolves anxious to
pick and fitch away his hard earned substance,
and had brooded over the matter until the idea
had become 30 thoroughly fixed in his brain as
to give coloring to all his thoughts and cast a
sort OF gloom over bis existence.
Well, as we said, Smith had dream. He
dreamed that he (Smith) was old Ned (the
horse) That old Ned had died,-that he had
been drawn out into the fields and left, as the
carcasses OF horses who had served out their
term OF usefulness are usually left-that as his
dead carcass lay there the wolves, the dogs and
ravens still pursued him, and EACH as he came
along. picked and flched the flesh from his
/ bones just as they picked and filched away his
/ substance in life, and worried hun with their
picking and filching so long as a norsel Of flesh
was left upon bis bones.
Now Farmer Smith desires to leave farming
and join that other band in preying upon the
carcasses OF their neighbors. In that case he
will find himself pursued by ravens and wolves
with even more persistence than heretofore.