The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-09-03

had been dealing for years that he had
cheated the latter to the extent of 50 by
short count on eggs. He was rewarded
for his honesty by the grocers admission
that he also had been cheating, having at
one time passed counterfeit SO bill on
the farmer.
THIS is the nineteenth century, and
this the land where education is free as
air, and where the groundless super
stitions of the old world are considered
proper subjects for merriment or de
rision, but still the people in the neigh
borhood Of Wells Beach, VT, harbor the
notion that any one who will take dip
i'll their river, on June &c, will be exempt
from sickness for one year, and OIL that
date hundreds of the credulous lave
themselves in the magic waters.
A GENTLEMAN in India invited num-
Der of friends to dinner, and they ac-
cepted the invitation, but none OF them
appeared, and the dinner was spoiled.
Accordingly he sued them for the value
of the viands wasted through their lack
of courtesy. The lower court gave him
Judgment for the amount claimed, but
the superior tribunal reversed the deci-
sion, remarking that if the principle first
affirmed were correct the risk of accept
ing invitations would be very serious
indeed.
"PHoCIoN" has written letter TO the
Milwaukee Sentinel eulogistic of the
editors of Chicago. According to
"Phocion, Mr. Medill, of the Tribune,
is the greatest living editor in the
United States" Mr.. Storey, ofthe Times,
is ''the ablest newspaper director" while
Mr.. Sullivan, of the Journal, is " by ar
the most practical editor in Chicago"
and has succeeded in making "the best
evening paper in the country" All OF
which blarney shows that "Phocion"
must be exceedingly anxious to secure
the patronage of one of these editorial
prodigies.
A SINGULAR attachment has long ex-
listed between Joseph Hines, of Rock
Wharf, Va, and valuable horse of
which Hines, who is negro farm hand,
has the care. Hines always slept with
the animal, and was unwearying III his
attention to its comfort. Recently this
feeling of love between man and brute
eliminated in an extraordinary manner.
The horse was so badly injured by col.
lision with a gate that it was necessary
to kill him. The negro protested and
vowed that if the horse was killed he
would die, too. Without paying atten
ton to the threat, the horse was taken tC
the edge of the wharf and shot. At thu
discharge of the gun the negro jumped
nto the river, and although aid was i'll
stantly thrown to him, he would no
avail himself of the opportunity to saw
his life, and was drowned.
The ex-Presidents of this generation
have not been remarkable for longevity
For the first time in nearly century Their
is no ex-President living. Except Fill
more and Buchanan, no one of our Presi
dents for thirty years has reached the a
lotted threescore and ten. Before Pol
and after Washington not one, excer
Harrison, who died aged sixty-eight, LEI
the world at less than seventy-three. TIL
series is noteworthy. Washington die
at sixty-seven, but John Adams lived t
ninety-one, Jefferson to eightythreC
Madison to eighty-fve, Monroe to sey
enty-three, John Quincy Adams t
eighty-one, Jackson to seventy-eight, an
Van Bmen to eighty. At this point
signal change occurs. Polk died at fifty
four, Taylor at sixty, Fillmore at sever
ty-four, Pierce at sixty-five, Buchanan ;
seventy-seven, Lincoln at fifty-six, an
Johnson now passes away at sixty-sevei
The first ten of our Presidents average
IT'S years of life the next seven ave
age o4.7 years.
THE recent agitation in the Englis
Parliament over Plimsoll's shipping hi
was occasioned by the bold and fearle
manner in which that gentleman mac