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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

r. c. Nash, compositor in this Office, met
with painful accident on Thursday evening of
last week, by getting the fore finger of his right
hand ght under the 'gripper" Of Gordon
press which he was feeding.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

On Sunday evening last Rev. G. p. Under
man finished course OF lectures, entitled
What saw at the Centennial" They were
pronounced very interesting by those who
beard them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

E. Smith d Co. took in 1888 pounds of dried
apples on Saturday last, the 4th inst, and on
Monday, the 9th, shipped 1888 pounds. On
the same Saturday ". j. Selleck took IN about
1,40O pounds. Up to the present time the
Averys have shipped $4,000 pounds and have
on hand ABOUT 1000 pounds ready for ship
ment.
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Local Notices.

PREVENTION Is BETTER THAN CURE.-Check a
Cough or Cold at once which may lead to Con-
sumptin, by using DIR. MarshalPs Lung Syrup,
an old, reliable remedy which never fails. Price
only 20 cents.
For sale by G.. W. Longwell d. Co.
Office of FALES BROS. 4 CO.,
WHOLESALE PAPER DEALERS,
BLANK BOOKS & STATIONERY,
No. 50 Jefferson Az.
DETROIT. Sept. Is, 1876.
Mr.. J. II. PRATER, Paw Paw,
DEAR SIR
The Photographs have just been
received, and 1 am we'll pleased with them.
think the work too good for 80 small town.
Better work cannot be done. 1122t4
am, yours truly, GEO. w. FALES.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

Ladies desiring to purchase anything in the
millinery line should not fail to call on Miss L.
Stebbins as she has just received a large as
sortment OF the latest styles, at the ROOMS
formerly occupied by Miss Maggie Mcguire.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

Messrs. Melchor q Co., dealers in jewelry,
have just received an invoice of watch move
ments, manufactured expressly for their trade
at one Of the best manufacturing establish
ments in the west. They are warranted to be
a superior time-keeper, and Will be put up IN
lowest figures.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10
HO. FOR THE WEST.

Round Trip Exploring Tickets to .o,co and
Nebrdska
For full information, aud for charts and des-
cription Of the BEST FARMING LANDS In
the West, call on, or send postal card to Frank
b. Whipple, 10 North Burdick st.. kalamazoo,
Mich, agent for B. ~ Nj. r. K. for Van Buren,,
Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties 1127t4
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

Martin Westcott, of Wavery, exhibited to US
few days ago samples OF the Northern Spy
apple of very large size, One measured twelve
and three-quarter inches in circumference.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

Dled.-In the township Of Geneva, October
q, of lung fever, Mrs. Margaret Emmerson,
aged 81 years and 8 months.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

Mr.. and Mrs. William o. Bond. of Kendall,
celebrated their golden wedding, October H.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

President Grant has appointed Thursday,
November 80, as the national turkey eating day,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

st. Marks Literary Society will meet at the
residence of Mr. Chas. G. Nash, on Thursday
evening next.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

Mr.. Erastus Hooper and Miss Mary Hults,
of Decatur, were recently married.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

Van Fossen, OF the Press, is doing" the
centennial.
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JOHN KNOWLES,

Lawyer and Justice of the Peace. Collection
and Insurance Agency. Represents Fire Asso-
citation OF Philadelphia assests %, 500, 0OO.-
Non Board special rates for dwellings and farm.
property. Office over Post Office.
Paw Paw. Mich.
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Rev. j, X. Stark is back from the centennial.
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MISS l.. STEBBINS
Successor to Miss Maggie Magulre.)

] am now furnishing as good a chair as il
made In this or any other market, and will sell
them at reasonable rates for cash. By secur.
ing the services OF Mr.. Miles Lucas, an expert.
enced chair maker / have been enabled to make
this offer. Come and see my chairs, and look
over the balance OF my furniture stock.
Respectfully
JAMES HUTCHINS,
Paw Paw, Aug. 18th, 1876
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

Pleas alto be newspaper man and have
to "a out between the scts Of IN entertainment
d the opera house to collect an advertising bill
IT the box Office and Is one passes up the aisle
hear half dozen persons remark, "He's gong
ont for a drink Grand Rapids Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

At noon on Friday OF last week officers u. S.
Thompson and ]. G. Van Dyke left here with a
trio for Paw Paw. Ben Miller goes to jail in
default of bail for breaking into the black front
on Phoenix street; VIM. Dare, an old wreck,
goes for sixty DAYS for the theft Of a pair OF
pants from the store of A. NJ. Thompson, and
John Charon, a lad OF eleven. goes to the Re-
form School until OF age for stealing money
and cigars from the post office.-South Haven
Sentinel
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

The following card OF regret has been drawn
up and signed by the pastors OF the several
churches in this village:
In view Of the removal from our midst OF
Elder VIM. Roe, Pastor Of the Disciple church
of this place, we, the pastors of the several
churches, in our ministers union assembled,
decllre,-
LIST, That We regret the necessity Of parting
with him as friend and social companion.
I'd, That, as Disciple preacher, we deem
him an energetic and acceptable minister; and
we bud HIM God speed in the work his Master
has has assigned him to do.
J. X. STARK, Pastor NJ + church.
C. P. LISDERMAN, Pastor Free Baptist church.
T. ID. MARSH, Pastor Presbyterian church.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10

tension OF the Paw Paw Railroad on the Sd
INST. good many people may not have taken
note of the fact that the railroad had been ex-
tended to the westward, and this notice is prob
ably the first intimation to many of our readers
OF the fact. 1t all came about in this way
The depot buildings were first removed from
their old location to the south side of the river
and the track between these two points taken
up. Then the extension was made by the con-
struction Of new track and bridge across the
stream-terminating at the west side of the
Paw Paw Mills" from the doors Of which
flour is now loaded directly into the cars. This
latter Improvement was paid for by Messrs.
Sherman q Longwell.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03
Overskirts for Ladies'.

0verskhts abound, says the Bd=ar,
and instead OF being diminished, they
almost conceal the lower skirt, and iu
many cases are longer and wider than
the close plain skirt worn under them,
and Of which only part Of the flounce
on each side Is shown. The front and
sides cling as closely as they now do,
and are often cut bias, or else arc ar
ranged in diagonal shape indeed,
sometimes the whole ovcrskitt appears
to be cut bias. The back is slightly
bouffant, and has set drapery almost to
the end. This is sometimes arranged on
long tapes, with several fastenings on
each tape, as described last week; in
other dresses OF rich material there is
one long careless looking md soft puff
sewed in shape down the back nearl, to
the end, and made graceful by being
cut bias. Facings, knife plaitings, and
fringe trim the overskirts OF silk OF
wool dresses; lace is much used on
grenadines and net over dresses.
New polonaises are tho long plHin
habit garments we have already de-
scribed, and, like the new overskirts,
almost conceal the dress skirt beneath
them.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03
Real Estate In England.

The DooDStlay. Book, Just published
in London, gives the name OF every man
in England who possesses an acre OF her
soil, covering every grade OF proprietor
ship, from the mighty Duke Of North
cumberland, who possesses in = single
county lSl, 900 acres, yielding, on m
average, Ave dollars per acre, or the
Duke OF DevonAhiro, with $1,000 acres
in Dcrbyshire alone, down to the owner
OF an acre villa lot. There are eight or
nine boroughs in which the landlord is
qua landlord absolute over q majority
Of electors, but no division OF q county
is in that position, the nearest approach
to it being the case Of the Duke Of
Northumberland, whose colossal prop.
erty, besides being greater than TINT Of
any single man, is almost concentrated
in the county which bears his name-a
visible aggregation Of power which ac'
cidentally or consciously has in most
families been avoided But it is still
painfully evident that in most counties
q few families arc so largely endowed
that they could veto any selection fol
Parliament, and SO long rs their tenants
obey them, agree in ordinary il not ex
traordinary times on any member. II
Northumberland, to take n single in
stance, twenty.six gentlemen could pro
hibit anything like absolute free cleo
ton. They own half the l,22G, 900 acres
in the county.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03

According to Humboldt and Danson,
the value OF silver produced in Mexico
and Peru from 1492 to 1903 was 81, 152,-
G50,0O0. The production in Europe
during the same period was about $780,
900, 900. From the period from 1904 to
1913 Danson gives 81 ,244, $50, ,794 as the
production OF Mexico and South Ameri-
ca that OF Europe and Asiatic Russia
for the same period having been about
325, 100000. For the period from 1913
to. 1862. Professor ". P. Blake, in his
"Report on the Production of the Pre-
cious Metals" gives the following esti-
mate OF the silver product United
States, ST3, 100000 Mexico, $3.50, ,00O,-
0J0; South America, $500, 900, 900; Aus
tralia, $50, 900; Europe and Asiatic Rus
sia, $3.50, $50, 600; total, 1918, 400, 900.
From 1868 to 1875 the product Of silver
may be approximately estimated at
s163, 100000 for the United States,
$40. 200, 600 for Mexico, S56, 900, 900 for
South America, and s63, 900, 600 for the
rest Of the world. Mono Of these esti.
mates include the produce Of Japan,
China and Central Asia, OF which moth
ing is known. We have, then, as the
grand total OF the silver product from
the discovery OF America to the present
time, 81, ,l50, 100000. The average pro-
duction OF silver at the present fine
is about 900, 900. 900 per annum, and of
gold about slS5, 600, 900 per aunum.
The annual production OF silver aver
aged over $50 years since the discovery
OF America has been about Sl,SS2. 900
per annum.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03

John Reeves, IN oysternan, OF
Bortlentown, N. j., disappeared, and
some days after a man who supplied him
with oysters called at his saloon, and
not finding him inquired the cause.
Some neighboB informed him that he
had gone hunting and had not returned.
The oyster dealer said: "I don't bo.
lieye that; I think Reeves is in his
saloon dead" He made known his
suspicious to the authorities, and on
bursting open tho doors Reeves body
was found In the cellar, he having died
iu IN apoplectic lit. A coroner's Jury
wus summoned to view the body. While
looking attbe corpse, William Garwood,
one OF tho iurymen, fell in llt, and,
after being taken home, died in few
hours. A post'mortem examination was
mals OF his body, and the doctors dc.
clared that his death resulted from the
inhalation OF poisonous atmosphere that
generated in the cellar from the dead
body Of Reeves
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All are Dead.

The Idaho World tells a story that
seems almost incredible. One evening
two years ago q party OF ten OF tho
prominent citizens Of Idaho gave q re-
ception ut Boise City. Now not one is
living, all having met with violent
deaths. One was killed by m insane
man, another preferred laudanum to
political Disgrace, another blew his
brains ont with a pistol ball, one was
murdered and his body concealed among
the rocks, one fell down n mine shaft
six hundred feet and was dashed to
pieces, another was assassipated while
walking along the street, one fell out Of
wagon and received fatal injuries about
tho head, one was killed in Washington
Territory, aud the last Of the ten was
scalped by Indians in eastern Idaho,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03
The Tramp Question.

Orange county, N. Y, adopted the
"work system" last year to rid itself OF
tho great nuisance Of being overstocked
with tramps. In their annual report,
Just submitted, the almshouEe commis-
sioners Of Newburgh say: "While they
did not suppose themselves able to sug.
gest plan entirely free from objection
to deal with the evil, yet they were con.
vinced that relief associated with labor
was the surest plan to break it up. After
testing the matter the commissioners
are glad to be able to report that their
labor plans havo been entirely success
full, in proof OF which they would state
that Inst year at this time it was no un'
common thing to have as many as
twenty-five day, while at the present
time we seldom have more than one OIL
two."
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03

A man OF high intelligence, we'll edu.
Gated, and Of vigorous understanding in
most things, was nevertheless given to
the practice OF self.tormenting in re-
gard to the state OF his health. he was
fairly robust, ate md drank well, slept
easily, walked with remarkable energy,
was capable Of service and long sustain.
ed mental labor and OF much physical
exertion. Unluckily for himself, he be.
gan to study domestic medicine, and
straightway too active imagination led
him to simulate in his own case the
symptoms OF almost every disease ho
had happened to read OF. He was par.
alytic, apoplectio, rheumatic ; he had
heart disease, his lungs were affected,
his liver was congested; gout threaten.
ed him; his vision became enfeebled; |;
obscure sensations alarmed him rs 10 the
state Of his brain; ievers OF one kind or
another were perpetually Matching iu his
system. The mans life became bur.
den and q misery to him; he hali.kille
himself with terror, and nearly succeed
ed in getting poisoned by succession
Of varied and opposing remedies.
At last he was cured. Reading the
symptoms OF condition from which il
is physiologically impossible that men
should recover, he found to his horror
that each particular symptom was dis
tinctly marked in his own case. HG
went over the ground again and again
each renewed examination only served
to bring out the symptoms with more
alarming distiuctness. Then the atiail
became too ludicrous; hearty ct o.
laughter dissipated not only that par
ticular ailment, but all the rest, and th'
sufferer was cured.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03
Thoughts for Saturday Might.

Too much idleness, ! have observed,
fills up mans time much more conf
pletely, and leaves him less hisown mas.
ter, than any sort of employment what
soever.
That acknowledgment OF weakness
which we make inimplOring to Seg.Is,et.
from hunger, and from temntat1on. Is
surely wisely put in our daily prayer.
Think Of it, you who are rich, and take
heed how you turn beggar away.
Prejudices, it is well knoHn, u.o suo
most difficult to eradicate from the
heart whose soil has never beeu Ioosrueu
or fertilizel by education; tuey grow
there as firm as weeds among rocks
There is no weariness like that which
rises from doubling, from the perpetual
jogging OF unfixed reason. The tor.
ment OF suspense is very great and MS
soon as the wavering, perplexed mind
begins TO determine, be the determine
ton which way soeyer, it will find itself
at ease.
He who can wait for what ho desires
takes tho course not TO be exceedingly
grieyed il he fails Of it. He, on the
contrary, who labors after n thing too
impatiently, thinks the success, when i
comes, is not recompense equal to all
the. pains he has been about it.
It is the most beautiful truth in moral
that we havc no such thing as distinct
or divided interest from our race. II
their welfare is ours and, by choosing
the broAdest paths to effect their hap
pincSs, wo choose the surest and TIT
shortest 10 our own.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03
4 Lost Hour.

A golden hour on a summer morn,
When half tho world was still,
The dow was fresh In the new mown hay,
And tho bridal vol OF tho fair young day
Hung DER tho purple hill.
Tic sheep bells tinkled across the slopes,
Sweet as an olfin chime
Butterflies fitted A.hwArt the down,
Boes went murmuring, busy and brown,
oycr tho fragrant thyme.
A AIAngnid calm and a dull content,
silence instead OF speech;
The wind sighed low. and the lark Gang high,
But the golden hour Of our lives went by
And drifted out Of reach.
wo both went back to an eager life;
But In its pause to-day
Tho dream OF that golden hour returns,
Aud my jadod spirit frets and yoArns
For ono chance swept away.
The years creep on, tho heart grows tired
Even OF hopes fulfilled,
And turns away from the worlds strong wine
With fevered lips, that must ever pine
For that pure drsught we spilled.
And yet, perchance, when our long day wane,
(Age hath its joys late born),
We shall meet again on the green bill side,
And End, In the solemn eyenhde,
The hour We lost at morn.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03

The ownership OF a dog was the sub.
ject OF litigation iu Clarksville, KY, and
there was large attendance Of interest.
ed countrymen at the trial. Great things
were expected OF the opposing lawyers,
Hurd and Dougall, who had been hired
at great cost to come from Louisville.
Hurd was prompt, but Dougall was de-
layed, and the Justice, being stickler
for punctuality, decided that the case
must 60 OH. All the evidence had been
taken when Dougall entered. "I'nl
afraid I'll lose my fee," he whispered to
Hurd. who responded: "0h, no; I'll
give you the points OF the evidence in
two minutes. aud you can sum up Just
as well as though you had been here
from tho start" Thereupon Hurd told
him that the trouble was about trade
Of dog for jackass, and pretended to
give him the particulars. The audience
was impatient during tho whispering,
and was deeply attentive to the oratory
when it begun. Dougall glowingly de.
scribed the qualities Of the dog, told af.
fecting stories Of his sagacity, and
wrought his hearers up to high pitch
Of enthusiasm. Then he paused, wiped
his heated brow, and said, solemnly
"Now, gentlemen Of the jury, we come
to the jackass." "Ehl" said the jus.
tice. "Now," the orator repeated,
with impressive emphasis. 1--WE come to
the jackass." "You are the first iackass
I've heard OF in this case," said the jus.
tice, and m outburst of laughter in
formed Dougall how badly he had been
sold. On the way to Louisville he said
TO Hurd 81 will make IN earnest effort
not to kill you, il you will promise
never to mention this case )" but Hurd
said he would risk his life rather than
not tell.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03
Burning their Fleet,

The theater OF one Of the most inter
esting OF the romances OF the Hudson
river is presented in Lofty Bear noun
tain in front, Lake Sinnipink. or Bloody
pond, on broad terrace at its base, and
Poplopens creek flowing into the river
on the western shore between high
rocky banks. Upon these banks lay
Forts Clinton and Montgomery, the
former on the south side Of the creek
and the latter on the north side.
These forts were built by the Ameri-
cans for the defense Of tho lower en-
trance to the Highlands against fleets OF
the enemy that might ascend the river,
for it was known from the beginning
that it was n capital plan OF the British
ministry to get possession Of the valley
OF the Hudson, and 30 separate New
England from the other colonies. In
addition to these forts, boom and chain
were stretched across the river from
Fort Montgomery to Anthony's Nose to
obstruct the navigation.
Clinton swert around tho Donder
Berg with n part OF his army, and fell
upon Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
This was on the seventh OF October,
1777. The brothers Generals George
(Governor) and James Clinton COM
manded the little garrisons. They were
brave and vlgilant. It was not IN easy
task for the enemy to approach the fort
through the rugged mountain passes,
watched and attacked by scouting par
ties. They had divided, one party, nc.
companied by the baroEet, making their
way toward evening between Lake
Sinnipink aud the river. There they
encountered abatis covering detach-
ment Of Americans. A severe fight Gu
sued. The dead were thrown into the
lake, and it was called Bloody pond.'
Both divisions now pressed toward
the forts, closely invested them, and
were supported by heavy cannonado
from the British fotilla. The battle
ragged until twilight. Overwhelming
numbers Of the asSailants caused the
Americans to abandon their works under
cover Of darkness and flee to the noun
tains. Beforr leaving they set FIRE to
two frigates, two armed galleys, and n
sloop, which had been placed above the
boom.
That confagration was magnificent.
The sails OF the vessels were all set, and
they soon became splendid pyramids Of
flame. Over the bosom OF the river was
spread q broad sheet Of ruddy light for
great distance, and the surrounding
mountains were brilliantly illuminated
by the FIRE, which gave aid to the fugi-
tiyes among the dreary hills. These
features Of the event, with tho booming
OF the loaded cannon on the burning
vessels when the FIRE reached them,
answered by echoes from 0 hundred
hills, produced scene OF awful
grandeur never witnessed before nor
since on the borders Of the Hudson. 1t
was q wild and fearful romance, that
ended in the breaking Of the boom and
chain, and the passage up the river Of 0
British squadron with marauding troops.
These laid in ashes many fair man
sion belonging to republicans as fur
north as Livingston's manor, on the
lower verge Of Columbia county.
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ond time, I should have answered dif-

ond time, I should have answered dif-
ferently."
"Men are generally too proud to re-
peat such questions" said Evan. ~
am"
But the lady was not to be bafiled.
"In matters OF the heart pride should
have no place." she whispered. "For
my part, I'm ready to throw mine aside
and say
But Evan Ware..was thoroughly fright.
ened. I'll. -i-,.s
"Dont say anything either Of MS
might regret" he said, "because l.,
this very morning, put that question to
another lady, and was answered favora-
bly,"
Matte stared at him she could not
believe her senses. But sense OF
shame and anger gradually broke upon
her, and putting her kerchief to her
eyes she sobbed out "You're a heart
less Airt, sir |" and 1ounced away. 1.
Evan Ware sat down upon bank and
mused.
"Life is aqueer thing" he said to
himself. "What should I have said to
any one who had told me, ten years ago,
that l should come back to Farmingdale
10 refuse Matte Burt I"
1t was good hour before be rejoined
the company, and then Matte Fay had
taken herself homo on a plea OF illness.
Before many weeks were over, not
only Matte but all Farmingdale knew
whom Evan had choses, and It is a pitia.
bic truth that sweet tempered Lizzie
has one enemy on earth, and that Incl
vidual resides at Farmingdale and is
named Matte Fay.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03
The Silver Products.

The following table, based upon actual
returns from Germany, Austria, France.
Great Britain, Spain and the United
States. and upon estimates founded on
the most available accounts from other
countries. recently prepared by Proies.
sor r. W. Raymond, OF New York, will
show the worlds product OF silver for
1873, and enable US to form IN intelli.
gent Judgment on the subject: