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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-09-24
VOL. XXI.--NO. %
THE HERITAGE.
BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

The rich mans son inherits lands,
And piles Of brick, and stone, and gold:
And he inherits soft, white hands
And tender flesh that fears the cold,
Nor dares TO wear garment old;
heritage, il seems TO Inc,
One scarce would wish TO hold in fee.
The rich mans son inherits cares
The bank may break, the factory burn,
A breath may burst his bubble shares,
And soft white hands could scarcely earn
A living that would serve his turn
A heritage, il seems to me,
One would not wish To hold in fee.
What doth the poor mans son inherit?
Stout muscles and a sinewy heart,
A hearty frame, harder spirit;
King of two hands, he does his part
In every useful toll and art:
A heruage, it seems 10 me,
king might wish to hold in fee.
What doth the poor mans son inherit?
Wishes oerioyed with humble things,
rank adjudged by toil-worn merit,
Content that from employment springs,
A heart that in his labor sings;
A heritage, II seems to me,
A king might wish TO hold in fee.
What doth a poor mans son inherit?
patience learned by being poor;
Courage. if sorrow come, TO bear it;
A fellow feeling that is sure
To make the outcast bless his door,
A heritage, il seems TO me,
A king might wish TO hold in fee.
O, rich mans son there is toll
That with all other level stands;
Large charity doth never soil.
But only whitens soft, white hands
This is the best crop from thy lands;
A heritage, ii seems 10 me,
Worth being rich to hold III fee.
o, poor mans son! scorn not thy state;
There is worse WEAKNESS than thine,
In merely being rich and great;
Toll only gives the soul to shine,
And makes rest fragrant and benign
A heritage, il seems to me,
Worth being poor to hold in fee.
Both heirs 10 some six feet of sod,
Are equal in the earth at last;
Both, children of the same dear God,
Prove title to your heirship vast
BY record of a well filed past,
a heritage, il seems to me,
Well worth life to hold in fee.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-09-24

TALE OF A BIRD.-A little wild bird
flew into the great dining hall of the
Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga, and
could neither find its way out nor be
lured to safety by the kindly endeavors
of the servants, though the entrances
and the lower part of the windows were
nearly always open. The heavy uphols-
terry of the upper half of the windows
prevented its only chance of escape, 80
after fiuttering bewildered among the
forest of chandeliers for six days, guests
all the time feasting ut the tables below.
it at length died of starvation and was
picked up on the floor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-09-24

disturbing the equilibrium of nature,
and take care not to set desolating for
ces at work by selfish disregard of
aught but their immediate personal in
ereStS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08
a WORD TO YOUNG MEN.

If you want to make any good resolu-
tions this year. about the best one is to
keep out of debt and to save money.
Debt is the load that pulls many man
down and keeps him down. 1t is like
the stone that Sisyphus eternally rolled
ap the hill only TO have it roll down
again just as he reached the top. This
is an old comparison, but still good.
Debt accumulates faster than a SNOWFALL
rolled through a soft drift. 1t is so
much easier to get things on credit than
to pay the cash for them. Many people
have an idea that when buying on cred
it they are getting an article for moth
ing. But the demand for payment soon
comes, and if young man has bought
more than he needs, and more than be
can pay for. it not only gives him
great deal of worry but destroys his
credit Keep out of debt. Pay for what
you get If you can't pay for it, don't
get it This rule adhered to will give
you peace of mind. good reputation and
money in your pocket Save something
over and above your expenses. A small
sum Of money often puts man in prof
liable business. and the lack Of it often
loses him chance of making a great
/ deal. Business chances are constantly
occurring in which few hundred dol
lars can be made the foundation of
competence You remember the man
who at one time could have bought the
whole State of Texas for pair Of boots.
but be didn't have the boots. 1t is the
men who save, and who have the boots,
who are able to catch up these chances
and get rich. Steady plOdding and saw
ing make money rapidly. Capital aceu-
mulates very fast if constantly added to.
/ A little does to begin with. and with
the right sort Of treatment it increases
rapidly. John Jacob AstoI. who left
twenty millions. said that the hardest
work Of all was to get the first thousand
dollars. After that was secured the rest
/ came easily. And he was right. It Is
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08
A GENUINE WOMAN.

A woman writes in the Boston Globe:
lone day, on the trip up, when reading
magazine my attention was attracted
by the glitter of gold bracelet. which,
look where | would, flashed before my
eyes, and further scrutiny revealed the
fact that the young lady who wore it
was particularly anxious that | should
be attracted by it. and to further her
design began cutting the leaves of her
magazine with a silver fruit knife. For
the purpose of showing her that was
not particularly dazzled, in fact that
there was another such in the world,
took out a gold pencil from my pocket
and marked passage in my book, for
my bracelet was equal to hers 0hserv-
ing that fact she drew off her left glove
and carefully arranged her veil, that l
might not fail to see the heavily chased
ring which encircled her finger. | could
go her one better here; so taking off
my glove, drew down the blind, fash
ing rare topaz aud a solitaire diamond
before her appreciative eyes She saw,
and quickly pulling off her other glove,
displayed splendid cluster diamond
and gigantic amethyst. | was slight
ly nonplussed, but, as she wore no ear
rings. felt that after all was even
with her AT that instant she drew an
elegant little watch from her belt, which
she studied attentively, two whole min
utes. holding it up in full view, then
turned to me as if to say, We'll, 60 on
had done my best. and could not an
swer the challenge, but thought mourn
fully of my poor little locket in a draw
er at home, with one side all jammed in.
When at last the aggravating creature
took a jewel case from her satchel and
held up lovely coral set, turning it
this way and that to exhibit all its beau
ties. furtively glancing at me to be sure
that | observed, l was utterly vanquish-
/ ed, completely routed. and so much ab-
I sorbed IN my book that l did not see a
thing"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08
DIR. HOLLAND PROPHESIES CON-
CERNING THE THEATER.

We have parlor theatricals, and they
are recognized more and more as harm
less and instructive amusements. We
have dramatic exhibitions in our educa-
tional institutions. We 60 to the opera
really for its music, but we are obliged
to get this through the representation of
the most vapid dramatic compositions
that can be imagined. In short, we
have acknowledged, in many ways, that
the representation of a play is not wrong
in itself, while our Christian travellers
make their pilgrimages to Oberammer-
qua to witness play that degrades the
great Christian tragedy to the common
place of apeatSoular drama ThA 4ipaA
is rapidly coming-provided. of course,
that those who have the theater in charge
stand, as good men and women, by their
obligations to the public, and uphold the
dignity of their art-when Christians
will seek amusement in their presence,
from their performances when they will
discriminate between theaters as they
do between novels, and when the premi-
um of their presence and patronage will
be offered to those who serve them con.
seientiously. As people, we have no
such supcrfuity of amusements and rec
reations that we can afford to hold one
under ban, that Is in itself harmless and
legitimate We work under great pres
sure, and need much more recreation
than we get. If man thus pressed feels
that pure dramatic representation re
freshes him. he ought to be at liberty to
avail himself of it. and the time is cer-
| tainly coming when he will do so. The
histrionic art is as legitimate as any art,
and any man or woman who practices it
worthily and well deserves our honor
ay, our honor and our sympathy, for the
art-life is hard life to live under any
circumstances To be obliged to rely
for livelihood upon the plaudits of the
multitude, and to be subject to the ca
prices of the press and the public, and
! the jealousies that are inseparable from
all art-life. is hardship from which the
bravest man and woman may well shrink.
If, among those who have so many temp
tations to strike low key that they
may at least please ''the groundlings, !"
there is considerable number who ap-
peal to the nobilities of human nature
let US give them our hands and help
them to build up pnre taste in the
public mind. We have only to remem-
Der that the theater is with US, that it
will stay, and that the church has a
great responsibility concerning the stage
of the future. If it supposes that con-
demning it at streets length, and in
Discriminatory, will discharge its duty,
it will find itself sadly mistaken.-.Scrib-
ner t6r Februarg.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08
THE VEGETABLE BITTERs MAN.

Josh Billings has this to say of the
vegetable bitters man:
Whenever a man gifts ded broke and
kan t think of nothin' to raze the wind
with, and hiz unkle won't hav him
boarding at hiz house emmy longer, and
hiz boots wants tapping the wust way,
he takes sum rubarb root, a fu katnip
blossoms and sum black cherry tree
bark, and sokes them fourteen hours in
cheap whisky and goes headlong into the
life -renovatlng tonik bizzness.
He plasters every fence, saw-mill log,
stun wall and cows back from Portland,
Me, San Francisco. with red-yellow
plakards. Offering to heal the halt. make
the blind talk and deaf see, and renew
the livers of all kreashun for one dollar
and quarter a bottle.
He takes rooms at some first-klass ho-
tel. drives four-in-hand and never is
seen only on the jump.
He IL az full ov bizness as the super
intendent ov Sunday-skool on piknik
day and kali on him wien yu will to
kollect your little bill ov eight dollars,
he haz just left for Baltimore. or won't
be home from M Orleans until week af-
ter next.
Theze men are not all ov them un-
skrupulus; sum oy their kompounds are
too simple to do emmy hurt or good and
the wurst, perhaps, that can be said ov
them IL. that they knowingly practiss
upon the kredulity oy human natur.
The yegetabel bitters man il kun
ming critter. full ov pomposity, frequent
ly ackupulates fortune, but be never
kan entirely outlive certain kind oy
rubarb and katnip smell that scents his
reputashun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08

CAUSE OF SUDDEN COLD WEATHER.
Professor Elias Loomis has made careful
studies of the weather maps of 1928,
with view to the discovery of laws gov
erning the relation between the direction
and velocity of the wind and barometric
pressure. In the center of an area of
low barometer, q strong upward move
ment has been observed. aud it now ap-
pears certain that a downward move
ment prevails over areas of high baron.
eter. The result of this downward flow
must be considerable fall of the ther-
mometer. These considerations appear
to prove that the extremely low temper
atures which occur at irregular intervals
in every month, aud particularly in the
winter months. are due mainly to the
descent Of cold air in the neigbborhood,
and that this descent of air results from
the outward movement which generally
taxes place from the center OF an area
Of high barometer. In summer during
thunderstorm. the temperature often
falls 10 degrees in few minutes, but
observations show that there was no cur
rent of air from the north These sud
den gusts Of cold must descend from the
higher atmospheric regions. Prof. Joseph
Henry suggests the possibility Of cur
rents from the north in the upper atmos-
pheric regions bringing down the cold
air, which is afterward precipitated on
the earth's surface in the areas Of high
barometer where the outward motion OF
the wind is observed
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08

No man can read about all these bur
glaries without determination to have
bis wife sleep on the front side of the
bed.
Clay county, Missouri. has a young
lady who sheds her finger and toe-nails
regularly every year. a fortunate thing
for the man who marries her.
How dreary seems each hour.
As it slowly, slowly goes.
To the man who sits in anguish
With 4 boil upon his nose.
a Syracuse girl declined to engage her
self to the object Of her affections until
his father had given her written guar
antee that his son was not only sound lin
wind and limb" but Of good morals.
gentle. and warranted to behave both in
''sinele aud double harness" That girl
does not intend to be seen in a divorce
court.
The following marriage certificate was
recently found among some aid archives
Of the town Of Norwich. Connecticut.
There was no date Of the year. but the
peumanship and paper both bore testi-
mouy to the extreme age Of the docu-
ment: Married. at Norwich. Sunday
evening. 3lst December. Dr. Enoch
Smith, SO called. aged &C. more or less.
q renowned collier, to the amiable and
accomplished Miss Mary MelOny. a eele-
brated tailoress. aged 26 next grass.
A New Jersey editor wrote long ar
ticle entitled "Why are Women Deli
cate ?" and marked it mo. l." Then
he went home and threw his overcoat
over the lounge. in the inside pocket Of
which. after brief exploration. his wife
found a letter which concluded in these
words: Don't let your skinny old wife
see this. Ever yours, Maggie" Then
she seized the poker and chased her tai
ented husband eleven times around the
house before she knocked him down the
area steps. II is thought that No. ?. Of
why arc Women Delicate ?" will never
be written.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08

the starting that calls for the resolution.
the hard work. Make that once and the
way will be much smoother. So, young
man, if you know what is good for YOU,
you will try to come out at the end of
the year better off than you are at the
beginning. If you only have five dol
lars more, that will be five dollars bet
ter, and the habit may be implanted that
in another year will make that five dol
lars five hundred. Il Indianapolis NetcS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08
THE WINTER ROBIN.

The dead ferns Ger the thin. crisp snow
Are rustling In the winter breeze,
And one mute bird fits 10 and fro
Between these clmnp Of alder trees.
4 robin What has summers proudest
And sweetest singer come 20 this,
His carol was Of Junes the loudest-
a rapiuroUs lay of love and bliss
But. desoiate and voiceless now.
he fingers in the wood alone.
Hauuts the swamp ash-tree's frosty bough.
And pecks the sumacs AIDED conc.
aud in the bitter night hides where
Thick hemlocks shield him from tho air.
Long since his mates of summer fed.
When first the yellow leaves were shed
Now In the sun the fields gieam white;
Around his nest the rough winds blow;
Yet with weak heart De shrinks from flight,
Aud STAYS. although be longs TO 90;
Too sheeriess and too cold 60 sing.
Ilr tarlies stl,l and waits for spring
Mute hauuter of The woodland dreary.
Mv summer songs. like thine, arr Ger;
Nv care-vora spirit Is too weary
To plume her wings and try 10 soar;
Too dull from what dread 90 fly.
Too sor- 90 heart 10 sing am
And. with a thought half cnvious. nov
I Watcil thee on the alder bough,
For hiief mast now Dee winters stay.
aud eiid thine April song viii De;
while but question Hone. aud say.
"Win spnng.tilue ever come 10 me g
-MaEiAN DousLAss.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08

A DILAPIpArED Angela few even
ings since there dropped into an uptown
hotel man about five feet eight. with
heavy chm whiskers, and with rather an
intellectual cast of countenance, but
slightly under the influence of liquor.
He was attirel in rather seedy and
patched suit, but clean. He wanted
lodging for the night, and inquired of
the landlord if he could "bunk" with
him. The landlord, not liking his con-
dition and appearance, told him "he
guessed not" The stranger took seat
and entered into conversation with some
of the boarders The landlord, discov-
ering during the evening that he was an
educated man, remembered the saying
of entertaining angels unawares, told
him he might stay if he paid in advance.
The stranger at once took out about ten
dollars in currency, and rendered five
dollar bill for the payment The land
lord soon after took him to bed. and left
him in his room, but stationed himself
where he could see the occupant of the
room. The stranger after taking his
boots off got down on his knees in front
of the bed and delivered the Lord sprayer
in most impressive manner, after which
he prayed for all the inmates of the
house, for his friends and for his ene-
mics, that they might be happy. He
then arose and commenced undressing,
in the meanwhile talking to himself and
making expressions aloud like the fol-
lowing: What a fool l have BEEN,
"Some thieves might have picked me
up" Il wonder if | have got it." the
last remark being explained by his tax
ing two large rolls of bank bills from
different parts of his person, which he
put under his pillow and soon got into
bed. The landlord says he never heard
the Lords prayer repeated in more
impressive manner. The stranger is
heavy lumber dealer from the upper
Hudson.-Troy (N ~ Press
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08

JoHNNY's ESSAY on THE ToDE -
Todes is like frogs, but more dignity.
and when you come to think Of it frogs
is wetter. The warts wich todes is noted
for can't be cured. for they is cronick,
but if couldent git vel lde stay in the
house. Ny grandfather knew tode
wich some body had tanned till it was
folks. Wen its master wissled it come
for flies. They cetches EN- with their
tung. which is some like q long red
wern, but more like litenin. ouly litenin
haint got no gum onto it. The iii will
be a standin a rubin It's hine legs TO
gether and thinkin wat fine FL it is,
and the tode settin some distance away
like it was sleep. Vile you are seein
tie fi as plane as you ever see anything,
all to once it amt there. Then the tode
he looks up at you sollem, out of his
eyes. like he said watts become Of that
I'll /? but you know he ct it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08
THE CONVERTED CANNIBAL.

missionary, strong aud brave
10 the Canuihai Islands went:
Aud striving thus. poor souls to save.
lie light and counsel lent.
Much goodly progress had he made,
Though much vas In the lurch:
When thus the old chief TO him said:
Ne come 10 join your church
"iou have two wives. good earnest soul
The preacher then replied
'Our church cannot your name enroll
Tin its rules are satisfied
zone vife alone the church allows
Prom one. then. YOU must part.
Before we can accept yOur vows;
Now take this thing 10 heart
Away the old chief sadly went
With his two wives at his side
One was old, and slightly bent
The other youthful bride.
In one short week the chief returned
With a smiling. happy air;
As though the old wife he had spurned.
= Bringing the Young wife thcre.
"Sie join church me al right nowr
Said he. with eager voice.
"Ah then We can accept your vow,
And viii With YOU rpioice
"You'-e left one wife. pray tell NJ how.
Eic with the church you sup r.
"She all right. too. me tell YOU now
All right me eat her up."
-MrRRAr HuL
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08

A woman Of Port Austin, Mich. late
ly sued liquor dealer for selling ardent
spirits to her husband, and the proof
was SO clear that the defendant settled.
paying twenty-five dollars and costs.
The novel plan adopted by the prosecu-
trix when she discovered her husband
drinking was to rush in and seize the
glass. and when they took it away from
her. put her fingers into the liquor that
remained. tasting it. 50 that she could
swear positively as to its character.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08

Two miles south Of Albion. n. Y.
lives very singular person named An
thony Trip. an old man between seven
ty and eighty years Of age. He lives
within mile and half Of the Niagara
Falls Railroad, yet he has never seen it,
nor the locomotive, whose whistle be has
heard daily he has dweit by himself.
doing all his own household work. Dur
ing all the time no woman has crossed
his threshold. and. indeed, few men. If
a woman approached his premises he
would bar the doors aud take refuge in
the cellar With men be would hold
no intercourse except when absolutely
necessary or unavoidable.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08
THE BOYS.
CIRCUMSTANCES.

The question has arisen, whether the
circumstances make the man. or the man
the circumstances. Without stopping
to argue this question, let US take some
instances. in which the surroundings
seem, at least, to have had much to do
with the afterlife.
Look at the life of Wilberforce. He
was of wealthy and ancient family.
His father died when he was nine years
old. He then resided with an uncle, and
came under the care of a pious aunt.
While with her his thoughts were train
ed to religion, but his mother, fearing
that her son would become pious. recall
ed him to his home, and set about re-
moving the impressions that had been
made He was introduced into all sorts
of gay society. He gave but little time
to study. and became quite fascinated
with fashionable life. At seventeen he
entered the University without habits
of study, and advanced only at the rate
of mediOcr;ty. But the impressions made
by his aHnt in his childhood, were not
erased and much if not all the good
done by him in after years is to be at
tributed to those circumstances.
a picture Of the early life of Admiral
Foote is given to US by his brother. He
says: ave were not allowed to play out
of evenings. We were told to respect
ourselves, and that those who did not
respect themselves would never be re-
spected by others. I" Industry, Bible
reading and observance of the Sabbath
were strictly enforced. In the midst of
such circumstances grew up the boy who
afterwards became so distinguished.
The biographer of Blackstone says of
him, that if his father had not died when
he was young, he would have been in
the same business as his father, that of
butcher and the law would never have
been enriched by his great productions.
Some trit7ing thinq-an event or a
word-has started men In the road to
distinction.
1t is said of Peirese. distinguished
antiquarian, that at the age of ten, he
had a taste for antiquity created by see-
ing coin dug up in the neighborhoOd Of
his home.
DR.. Clarke, the commentator. is repre-
sented as very dull boy. One day with
tears in his eyes be informed his teacher
H.. h 0Vald not Ivaru tho lessor isc, had
given him. Said the teacher to him, II
You do not speedily learn that lesson.
shall pull your ears as long as Jowler's
(the Dogs and you shall be a beggal
all the days of your life" A classmatt
taunted him. In an instant he became
aroused. He asked himself, Am | al
ways to be despised and treated in this
way? And from that day made rapid
/ progress.
DR.. Doddridge, when a boy. was very
destitute of money and friends. In an
swer to prayer. he received letter from
Dr. Clarke, the minister mentioned
above. Offering to take him under hii
care. This was the starting point fol
him He was studious from the first
aud in six months had read sixty works
of considerable size.
The first circumstance, which seems
very trivial. that brought Neander, the
Church historian. into notice. was an an
swer in Church History. which puzzled
the rest of the CLASSY. 7. Observer.