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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06
Five In the Pea-Shell.

Five peas sat in a pea-shell. They
were green, and the shell was green.
Therefore they thought that the whole
world was green-in which opinion they
were about right. The shell grew, and
the peas grew too. They could accom-
modate themselves very we'll to their
narrow house, and sat very happily to-
gether, all five in row. The sun shone
outside and warmed the shell. The rain
made it so clear that you could see
through it. 1t was warm and pleasant
in there, clear by day and dark by night,
just as it should be. The five peas grew
very fast, and became more Intelligent
the older they were.
"Shall always be compelled to sit
herel" said one of the peas; 81 really
am afraid that shall get hard from sit
ting constantly. l do believe strange
things are going on outside of our shell
as we'll as in here"
Weeks passed on, and the peas became
yellow, and the shell grew yellow too.
"All the world is yellow !" said they.
And we cannot blame them, under the
circumstances, for the exclamation.
One day their house was struck as if by
lightning. They were torn off by some
body's hand, and were put into a coat
pocket which had been nearly filed with
peas.
"Now there is going to be an end of
u.s." they sighed to one another, and
began to prepare themselves for the
change. "But if we live, would like
to hear from the one who goes the far
thest.
sit will soon be over with us all, "
said the smallest, but the largest one re-
piled, "Let come what will, / am
ready
Knack the shell burst, and all five
rolled out in the bright sunshine. Soon
they lay in little boys hand. he held
them fast, and said they would be ex-
cellent for his little gun. Almost i'm
mediately they were rolled down the
barrel of his shotgun. Out again they
went into the wide world.
"Now am flying out into the wide
world Catch me If you can - So said
one, and he was very soon out of sight.
The second one said am going to
fly up into the sun. He is charming
shell, and would be just about large
enough for me-" and off he flew.
Wherever we go, we are going to
bed," said two others. And they hit the
roof of great stone house, and rolled
down on the ground.
g ana going to make the best of my
lot" said the last one. And it went
high up, but came down against the bal
cony window of an old house, and
caught there in a little tuft of moss. The
moss closed up, and there lay the pea.
Everybody seemed to forget that little
pea, but not so. God remembered il
well.
81 shall make the best of my lot" il
said, as it lay there. A poor woman
lived in the room back of the balcony
window. She spent the whole day in
making little toys of wood and shells,
which was her way of getting a little
money. She had good strong body,
but nevertheless she was a very poor
widow, and the prospect was that she
would always be one. In that little
room lived her half-grown, delicate
daughter. A whole year she had beer
living there, and seemed as if she could
neither live nor die.
3" She will soon go off to see her little
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
MIR. Bull-Frog's Party.


Mr.. Bull-frog gave a supper
And bade his friends to the feast,
From the lower world and the upper
Fish, insect, bird, and beast.
The table was spread by the river,
on gently sloping ground;
To the water guests ran II ever
They heard an alarming sound.
The mnnows came by the dozens,
The turtles came one 10y one,
The frogs brought their aunts and cousins,
But the water-rat came alone.
Each guest had his seat aASotted-
Bird, butterflies, one, two and three;
And n little held-Inouse trotted
TO nor place 10y the side OF bee.
They ate every cress and berry,
And they drank their dew-drop tea
To the health Of their host with merry
And rousing three times three.
Soon after this demonstration,
The bul-frog rose for "A speech:
1--WE will hold consultation;
i should Ike 10 hear from each.
90 BY enemies we're surrounded
(My friends, you feel this IL true):
We are caught, crushed, famed, and pounded
To stop this, what can we do?
= Life would be perfect without them;
There's but one good thing about them
Their coming is known by the noise.
any friends, Wen all sign paper,
With fin, antenna, or wing,
To get us out Of the scrape, or
These boys to sorrow We'll bring.
A" Wen bite, scratch, worry and sting them,
When we've a chance so 10 do,
And thus TO sorrow well bring them :;
Now friends, I'll listen to YOU"
Mistress Mousie spoke: Remember
That all boys are not so bad;
One whom l knew last September,
To hurt would make Inc quite sad.
Zone Of my distant relations,
He did, l confess, just seize,
While he made some observations;
But he gave him lots of cheese.
"In twenty-four hours he hurried
To open the cage-door wide,
And mousie home TO his worried
Mamma and family HE'D"
Miss Mousie ceased, and Bundle Bee
Rose, with hum and buzz:
" speak for self and friend" said he,
Friend caterpillar-Miss FuZZ
"With eagerness he has sought us,
But never has hurt at all
I've only said Hum y when he's caught as
While Fuzz rolled up in ball"
Then up rose gay Grasshopper,
So fine in his green dress-coat;
9 For others j care not a copper;
on this boy really dote.
Through all the bright summer weatl,sq,
Through all the sunny days long,
We played in the grass together,
And he never stopped my song"
When Dorr- Bug knocked on the table,
Father Long-legs" left his seat
To speak he quite unable,
But showed all his legs complete.
SO the Bull-frog told the story
For his venerable guest,
Adding his mite to the glory
OF this boy of boys the best.
A gray Moth rose "My friends, said he,
Pray list to this plan of mine.
On the right day. next Februar-ee,I
Well send him valentine.
" And IL shall say-if he takes care
To injure no living thing
All beasts and birds of earth and air
Will join in the Offering"
Twas settled. The supper was ended;
The creatures went homeward with glee.
The way that heard 1t was splendid
A little bird told it 10 me.
81, Nicholas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06
Johnny on the Oyster.

Some folks that has wrote about an l.
mels before have been enable to see any
differents between oyster and ostrich,
and said they was the same, but that's
cos they had never ct any, but have,
so L kno. lit wassent for the eaten Ide
like to be oyster, cos / cude jus shut
myself up in my shell and sass the lob
sters, and they cuddent help theirsells.
If L had shell Idle go and lick Sammy
Doppy before L git up out of this chair,
and then wude shet up like a book,
and say wot was he goin to do about it,
for bleeve that boy is coward, that's
wot think My sisters young man has
given me some poetry wich he has been
maxim vile Missy was gettin ready
to come down to the dron room to tel
him if she ever see fine fish perchin on
spray, witch is wot he says he come to
ask her. Idon't under stan the poetry,
cos it wos rote so quick, for Missy was
sent only little vile comm down to
tel him bout the fine fish, but they
went into the garden for her to tell it.
The poetry is call the oyster, but it's all
about book, and if the spellin is bad,
wy, it amt mine but hisn.
Oh dainty volume from the press
of heavy seas profound,
You're issued in an uncouth dress,
But strongly stitched and bound.
Though not abstruse you can at least
healthy taste beguile;
Come, ope your covers, let me feast
love your simple style!
Now that's wot 1 calls down rite, reg
Ter, out and out rot But Uncle Ned he
says he never see young Teller yit wich
was spoonin witch didden think he
cude rite poetry as fas as horse can
trot, but Wen it comes to spoonin you
shude see baby with bole of grule.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06
POLITICAL MEMORANDA.

SENATOR boutwell, now has the
largest farm in Middlesex county,
Mass.
Cox. HENDRICKS, of Indiana, is an
nounced to take part in the campaign
in Ohio.
EX-Gov. SEYMOUR announced in re-
cent speech that "time had cured him
of political aspirations.
SPEAKER BLAINE has announced that
he will not contest the Maine Senatorial
succession with Mr.. Morrill,.
THE Indianapolis Journal thinks Hi
nois is now as much emitted to be called
''the mother of Presidents as Virginia.
VICE president WILSON has secured
accommodations for himself and several
personal friends at the Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs, Va.
Iowa has a law which forbids q man
marrying his step-daughter. 1t has no
law forbidding his marrying his mother
in-law. The Legislature justly thought
such law unnecessary.
CHARLES LEE CARROLL, who was nom
mated for Governor by the Democratic
State Convention of Maryland, is a
grandson of Carroll who signed the
Declaration of Independence.
POLITICAL gossip says that Gen. Ben
iamin Harrison will be the Republican
nominee for Governor of Indiana next
fall, and that the Democrats will put up
against him Congressman w. S. Hol-
man.
New candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Governor of Pennsylva-
mia are constantly coming to the sur
face, and it is impossible to conjecture
who will be chosen, although ex-Gov.
Bigler appears to have the lead.
TIE Hon. l.. Bradford Prince has
written to the Troy Times that he will
not be a candidate against Mr.. f. w.
Seward for the Republican nomination
of Secretary of State. That leaves Mr..
Seward a clear field for a unanimous
nomination.
The Missouri constitutional Conven
ton has adopted provision limiting
local Indebtedness 10 8 per cent. of the
assessed valuation. Nearly one-half the
counties in the State already have {
debt exceeding the limitation, so thai
in their case the limitation amounts tC
prohibition of debt increase.
The law of Kentucky knows no high
no low, no rich, no poor. The Governor
of the State and several gentlemen
guests of his, were arrested few day.
since for playing croquet in the yard o
the State-House contrary to the form o
the statute in such cases made and pro
vided. Each of the defendants was finet
81 and costs.
ELHcTpeNs occur this year in the fol
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

A CHICAGO firm has received IN order
from Glasgow, Scotland, to send to that
port sixty head of cattle per week during
the season. The first shipment has been
sent forward via Montreal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

OF the 255, 900 headstones just finished
to mark the resting places of Union sol
ders in the national cemeteries, 1916, 900
are for graves of the unknown.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06
Child Killed By n Rooster.

On Thursday a child OF Mr.. A. Lang
ley, who lives two miles from town, while
playing in the yard, was attacked by
rooster and knocked down and spur
red several times in the face and head
before the mother could rescue it. DIR.
Ewing, who was called in, found that one
stroke of the spur had penetrated the
brain. The little sufferer-eighteen
months old-lingered in great agony
until Saturday morning, when death
came to its relief. DIR. Ewing says, that
during a practice of over twenty years,
he never met with or heard of such
case before, and it is perhaps the first in
the history of the world.-Gadsden
(Ala.) Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

Two TWINS were recently born i'll one
piece, joined together in the Siamese
fashion, at Sarnico, Lombardy. They
were exhibited at fair in Bergamo, and
during the exhibition first one and
quickly after the other died.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06
FRESH TOPICS.

A National Hard Money Conven-
ton" is to be held at Cincinnati on the
18th of October.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

ert Graham and +. HOLSTER, were ar
rested and locked up in default of bail in
the sum of $500 for appearance for exam
nation.
THE State Temperance Association or
ganized at Jackson on Tuesday last, with
the Rev. Joseph Estabrook, of Ypsilanti,
President. Committees were appointed,
and addresses and discussion OF the
temperance question were i'll order. The
discussion WAS quite animated, especial
ly when the relation of temperance TO
the political parties was brought up
The passage of the State license law they
consider n defeat of temperance, and the
Legislature and all who favor license
were censured.
THERE are eleven savings banks doing
business in this State, whose condition
is reported as follows:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06
firing. This will either produce sleep
or death. We forget which, but we
recommend YOU to try it.

firing. This will either produce sieep
OF death. We forget which, pu' we
recommend you to try it.
THE Postmaster General has definitely
decided to change the system OF Post
masters bonds. Hitherto the amount
of the bonds has been determined by the
sales of postage-stamps. They are now
10 be rated according to the receipts from
stamp sales for one month only. The
regulation for postoflices in smaller cities
will not be the same as those OF larger
cities. One of the arguments in favor OF
smaller bonds from government officials
where il is consistent with safety is that
Il is found that bondmen i'll frequent IN
stances seem to own the official, for they
have become strenuous for the control
of appointments under him.
THE long contest in Michigan for the
admission of homeopathy to instruction
in the medical school of the State Uni
versity at Ann Arbor has at length been
closed by the establishment OF two
homeopathic professorships and the APP
of SO, 900 by the Legislature
to pay salaries. The law requiring the
giving of homeopathic instruction was
passed just twenty years ago, but has
been contested 10y the Regents OF the
University at first, on the ground that
the Regents were supreme i'll such mat
ters, in regard to which the Supreme
Court of the State was evenly divided ;
second, on the ground of the lack OF
funds. But, the funds having been sup
piled, the Professors have now been
appointed-Drs. j. G. Morgan, OF Phila
delphia, and S. A. Jones, of Englewood,
n. J. Moreover, the State Medical So
ciety have voted not to show fight.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

Mrs. HENRY WARD BEEcHER declares:
"I have no fears but that, even in this
life, my husband will stand acquitted
before all men-save such characters as
those who have plotted against him, and
even they know that he is guiltless.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

A HEN of Jonathan Bodwell, of Middle
town, Conn, ceased to lay, few weeks
ago, and rapidly fattened up till she
could scarcely walk, when she was killed,
and mass of ten full-sized eggs and
q number of smaller ones taken from
her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

THE Winsted pin factory turns out
nearly six million pins day, thirty six
millions per week, or about pm Tor
each man, woman and child in the United
States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

ga SUFFERER who wrote to a Chi
cago editor asking what course to adopt
in order to relieve himself and his family
from the nuisance of being kept awake
night after night by the barking dogs Of
a near neighbor, was recommended to
try strychnine in a piece of raw beef.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

CHICAGO Tribune: Copy was out.
The devil picked up paper and said,
Here's something About Woman :
must 1 cut it outl' Nor Numbered
the editor; 'the first disturbance ever
created in the world was occasioned by
the devil fooling about a woman.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

AT Altaville, Sicily, hogs have the free
entry of the house, and move about on
very familiar terms with families. Not
long ago rich proprietor came home
from hunting, and set up his gun against
the wall of his room, when one of the
inmates, hog, knocked it down by ac-
cident, and wholly unintentionally, and
sent q ball whizzing into the wealthy
farmers leg, which had to be amplltated.
An unfortunate New Yorker afflicted
with sleeplessness wrote to a metropoi-
tan journal for Instructions how to WOO
the drowsy god, and received the follow
ing answer ave assure 'Sleepless-
ness that his case is one of thousands
There is an old prescription which re-
commends the perusal of chapter
Of the Patent Office reports before re-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

THE richest woman in America is the
wife of Prof. CANNED, formerly of
Brown University, Rhode Island. She
has an income of at least million
year, her fathers estate, which she has
just inherited, being estimated at fully
500, 600. 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

MILWAUKEE is entitled to be classed as
the beer capital of America. That city,
with its 100000 inhabitants, consumed
during the month of June 2S,327 barrels
of lager, making 14,050, 1872 glasses, at q
cost of $702, 10000 to the consumers.
AS half of the population may be as
sumed to be minors below the beer
drinking age, the remainder must have
taken ten glasses each per day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

FRANK NORTON resigned position as
Clerk IN the Interior Department to be-
come a professional ball-player. He
married a young Brooklyn girl with a
maiden aunt worth half million, and
the considerate OLD creature gracefully
withdrew from this world, leaving the
property to her niece.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

THE London papers are giving de-
served attention to the case of a little
girl who was sentenced by the magis-
trates at Spalding to imprisonment a
fortnight and reformatory for four
years, for plucking a geranium flower.
"British Justice" as thus illustrated,
would appear to be in the hands of grim
and dyspeptic giants such as are the
bugbears in nursery tales.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

The Centennial Board of Finance an
nounce that, in addition to collections
and subscriptions already made, 81, 0OO,-
600 will be required for building pur-
poses alone in the last four months of
this year, and make further appeal for
aid to citizens of Philadelphia and the
country at large.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

JOHN WELSH, President of the Cen
tennial Board of Finance, estimates the
total cost of the exhibition at s., 500, 900.
Tie city of Philadelphia and the State
appropriations, together with private
subscriptions, reach S3,0OO,0OO. The
stock basis will thus be about So, 900, 600,
and this, it is expected, will be met by
admission fees and sale of materials after
the exhibition.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31
MARITIME MISCELLANY.

BARK MEssINA tBD. from Dundee for San Francisco
(before repored put INTO Valparaiso TO repair dam
ages To rudder.
BARK ZEPHYR, which arrived at Boston 3Oth reports
that VIM Murphy second mate, was lost overheard in
the Gull Stream uy &C.
BRIO GYPSY QUEEN is being overhaule and repaired
ut the dry dock in Portland, and IS To have
mast she has been chartered TO load ut Portland with
ice Tor Mobile, ana thence to Genoa with hard pine.
ScHR JAcHIS badly injured by the collision
in Vineyard Sound had been supposed About SlOJ
was required 10 make her all right
ScuR PoIoMAc, of Blue Hill. from Windsor, N :, for
New YORK with plaster 10 total 10 the side
Grand Menan.
ALEXANDRIA July 29-The schr Hugh Fish, OF Boston,
was blown ashore near the Long Bridge during tho
Tuesday afternoon. but managed to make her
way to Georgetown yesterday
BELFAST July 29-The ship building for Capt Her
rmHn not only the largest ship built here but
her model indicates, Is be the finest Her
up, and shows that she will be sharp nearly
approaching what Is termed in nautical phrase u
null clipper"
AMERICAN LLoYDs UNIVERSAL REGIsTER-The August
Supplement to this work is received from Thos Tay
Tor. director II contains the usual valuable shipping
ported also several special surveys metalngs
lions. &c.
LAUNcHEp-At Kennebunk, July 26 by Mr. Geo Chris
tensan market sloop to be named Bertha Maud To be
commanded by capt Lewis Baker OF Falmouth She
Will ply between New Bedford and Waynoit
At Essex July - from the shipyard OF Aaron Burn
ham, medium clipper modelled schr of 100 TO be
signed for the cod and mackerel fishery. Wednesday
evening July IS Johu James launched schr OF IS tons
owned by sayWard Brothers, OF Gloucester to be en-
ployed in the fishing business.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31
OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS.


BRISTOL. July so-sailed, bark Aun (Aus). Psreich,
New York.
BELFAST July s1--Arrived. bark BIgelow (Br Fer
ris. Baltimore; brig Dlugo, Conn, New York.
CARDIFF, July 29-Arrived ship Lady Louisa (BrJ,
james. Quebec.
sailed 2sth, bark Principe di Napon dtaD. Msgna,
United States.
CADIz-Saied schr Charles Platt Sharpe. Gloucester
Mass.
DRoSrnEN-sailed, bark HedwiS Coer) Hosfks.
United states.
ELsISoRE July 27Arrived, barks Honor (Aus), MareG
liza, Philadelphia; Fortuna (Nor) Christensen Balti.
for Riga
GRERNocK July 2o-sailod barks Champion (Br). XII.
lam. North America; Kate (BrJ, Murphy, do
GIBRALrAn July 2l-Arrved bark Rosalla dtaD, Pesce
New York
GENOA, July 27-Arrived. bark John ROttnan. RAY
New York.
HAvAr. July 2s-sailsd. bark Emilia CNOr), Larsen
United states
LIVERPOOL July 2Osailed ships Virginia, Baker, New
Orleans; Nunquam Dormio, Cousins, do
LONDON July 9o-Arrived, brig Pucells Br). Bingay,
Bull River. sc.
sailed Both. ships Chilanwsllah Orr, colfa, North
America; zingara (Nor). Johnson. do.
LIMERICK July 20-safed, brig oiulio dtaD, Pachello
New York
Arrived soth bark Gehon dtaD. schianano New York.
LONDONDERRY. July 2s--saiIsd. bark Paroli Q ItAp
Bruszons. unted states
osxaxsfowS. july -Afrved. ships Detroit Pike, 10.
Saai Jessuh Phinnsy, JosaAn, as bafks Nosws Padre
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31
ALMANAC FOR NEW YoRK-THIs DAY.
PORT OF NEW YORK, JULY 80, 1875.
CLEARED.

Steamer Olympia OBJ, Young London-Henderson
Bros
steamer Victoria OBJ. ovenstone, Glasgow-Hender-
Bros
Steamer Acapulco. Gray. Aspin wall-Paciac Mail
Steamship Co
steamer vineland. Bowen. Balhmore-wm DalzelL
Steamer Maynower, Fults, PhllAdepnIu-James hand.
ship Lancaster. Leland, London-h ID L J L Brook
Bark canny Scott Br,. Bartlett, AdelaidO-spcncer
Havcmeyer
BARK Idoilque tBr) Nckerson, Riga-Drett Son Co.
BARR saga NOR. BERG. Rotterdam-Tetcns, Bockmann
4 Co.
Bark Lima CGer Enerbrock, Bremen-C LullnR 4 Go.
BARR Ceres Norl Gundersen, ntettin--Tetens Book
mann Gu
BARK Mercur CGer) De Ham, PhilsdelphIa-Knoop,
Hanneman a Co.
scnr James N Riley, Small, steitin-srett Son Co.
schr Isaac oliver, Pannell, Aquin-Youngs smith
Co
Schr Francis (Br). Carter. Pointa-Pitre-P Novius
4 Son.
scnr Avon (Br) King. Transport Ns-C " Bertsux.
ney 4 Parker.
schr Herbert Il. Mount; BrAzOs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Kudd.
schr Robinson, DsvereauI, Galvsston-w Adams
Co.
sehr n RoGera Rogers Portsmouth, NH-Doane
Colt.
scnr Sea Flower, Lincoln, Provincetown-Fisher
Co.
schr Brown. Gednsy, Newport-H Jackson 4
sOop Deception, Adams Proyidenss-Rackett& Bro.