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, 1876-09-08

~ e :ss HI: s's:: +; #: e 'sS e:
sae es to 11n1Sa. IT. IT knes sye. wo"a COM
u1ence elyi.servlee reform. gsnnt was too much ,,
know i They sonsh fetofn. ro'a the Demoe!aiie q
sPns sPsssssa eay e. pps s9' y p
work off Tic Rcpabliean parti. Th's Wa 1'sse,.
lily could not expect snythins IRON, lie Demo
The inteiisenso ana honesty q ths eonntry To-day
civii eorvce, hc would o.day have thu confidence
nd ss.Rsst u s, tho people, h' believed Hayes
GARRY OUT THE NKToRMs
he p!op1tses But never agsln then VIII party ser.
ether r psrty. and thus the power Of The machine
politician wiil l,e taken awsy Tal' "gnld " prove
second emsncnato ThsGh ~ you'd BE- no 96s
Ct pnn!ahmsn.a from parties, hui iii would work
- patriots for The good Of ~ conns'y; Me paid
Egr.s e. ST.
tictans, and was not bound to anJ Of them. lie
stood independent, and propoeed 70 make ~ goMi
psarnires amounted to, and By hrief lnve.tlga::
lion proved that they vent for nouRht IT. was not
aIonc because Hayes was honest and espable: and
bnt becnuse be was to be trusted.
; The speaker had given bis reasons canaidly why
hc supported flayes. When Tlldcn csEed reform
be should be able 10 fulnil his frat promises.
which he was not They could depend
upon and trust Hayes, Matters could become
wotpe. Cuder disturbed financial Admnl:tsa-
tion; under the Democrat!c paFty. II It inflated Tho
currency, times would become wor*e snd cofrnp-
tton greater. Then would be fonnd tie real ncSesa.
liz for reform. lie appealed to ali WIN had the
good Of the country 1t hesst to study this question
Ncll,-not 10 make \ change for the worsd By
awappinH for. Tllden and democracy. lie made
several humorous 1tlus!ona TO- Tilden+
All ts p5ois nai1 a a &. peons
They wanted 70 better themselves; They wanted @ Z.
drsnt HsH to iIayss % w You'd e . benefit. K change
from GEnnt to Titden would be chanGd from one
bonrllng. house 10 aaother-cteatng an asylum 10!
Tfldcn'a Democratic fficnds. A kind friend had
told him that hts snpport Of Hayes hnd
been the greatest failure .of .t. ht.
liz had looked weli before he leaped. II was ltks
went In the mud; and II nut far enough, they went
| into tho wator. Bit. schurz here made ao1ne e
| ceedIng1y humorous nlluslons TO- .Tiiden amid
| great laughter. lie described ridden a. lie.
former, sleeping in Tammany uatl, den o1
| thieves, and ~ tho New York politician. rt'
former 63 OF sge who las Just learned to reform.
| lie showed how cmphaucally Tildcn wal
not To- bc trsIsted, md EAR, gEaphlt
! bis German fellow. c[tlzcns that they were ths
| cause Of Tlden's election should he ne 90 fortu
nate. The speaker concluded amid socifesous ap
/ p1Rueo.
, 1876-09-08
THE FInsT GRAND TURNOUT

THE klhoH NAAN0 4nNHNQ1
Of tho Republican forces of Chicago was that
which marched through tho streets last evening IN
homer Of the arfiya! Of Carl schurz. Judging 1t
BY thv faes ttat 1t was the frst regular appear
ance Of tho various wAfds In ono grand
procession, It WAS an entlse success. Such WAS
the vcrdic. Of the rongs Of people In the Streets
The verdict Was emphasized by tho hearty cheers
which rose from the assembled mutttodca all along
the luo OF march.
The carly part of tho evening WAS anything hut
propitIoue, and, ~ tha various clubs began 10
assemble, tho fare Of the torches md the brilliant
aan,bcaux was reflected from the foggy atmosphere
overhead, the whole presenting much the
same picture that = large c0nAagra-
tlon would produce. A. tho evening advanced.
aud the clubs we.o nearly ready to take up their
long line Of march. tho fog Aad mlst rose. tho
clouds parted, and the sars appeared one BY one
in tho armament, while this moon struggled
through mans Of Clouds ~ II dcslrous to shed it,
light, too. on tho already brilliant scene below.
TuEAa wEHR ORDER AND sTsTRM In THE
MANAGEMENT
OF tho procession. Gen. Macarthur eat On hta
horse, coolly watching II al and directing
every movement. The ranks formed On
Wabash arenuo from Monroe to Harrison strects.
tho North aide and West Side Clabs. Mover did
The handsome uniforms and brilliant toEches show
marching men. At about j o'clock every thing Wa
+ t. sen%ana 'se seas sna out va :tse
ID s!:a.l SS5 e, q sSasf ,,i5S Rs.'Ss 4ss
she procession following With torches burning.
bnnncss waving, and drums beating 70 the ehEill
1a q s was
brass band. and tho variety Of sound wss not un'
Wshe9us+ - uh,..~.n.s .. .n,,a
be obtained along tho whols lIns w.s on The CLARK
'''''' S~' Tlts GRAND PACIFIC.
t.: assai'':s q: H. a:sss,ss sss D;:
rockets and Roman. candtea = she
procession passed. much to sho delight Of II the
windows Ind entrances TO ths hote! weIa crowded
with guests and re9nle who had taken ths ptocaI.
sa = ss saas it,. ,s' ;s*ss . IT,
esSss. !" i; ssS
moat spossSIe e u "atea I'll III psn.s Of lnters.t
q Of s1ceilsnes, 6at a. ths slnbs nas.S,d to-
csriRln features deserving ot special mention.
TIE THANBpAAKHCtKa,
although comparatively few in number, .Mese pot.
VIII ofs tha us9ss ~ asnst ThsT sesa
ass ssassdP C and shs% @
snothsr Rssor II ii II Ineoa, u1sa
Iiayes", white on thu reverse was this counter.
legend: 4tItvcord Of 1861: JelI Davis, Ben I'LL.
Ssin Tidcn. t another. .was: "Callel TO tho front
agsiu, the saraa enemies beforc Vs."
Thu Fifst Ward Clubs Transparency was model
IN iss way. II was made Of ssd. while, and eluo
Klass, mud bore the W0sds: - llaTes and Wheeler
Minute. Men Of IT,"
4 veEy beautiful effect wns cteated By some Of
the companies matching four abreast, With the
Torches Ia 4 horizontal position. 1t struck The
popular heatt, aud wAs hs!led With cheers. An.
othcr company cscatednn Impression by the sEsistc
WY In which they scpssutca into two l!nes. form
Ing aa ellipke and aasn ss1oaalns iosces, Gully Ia
, 1876-09-08

. Fscnnrrn mr. 1 ToRcUL1tfiT PROGRESSION.
nh"' s,o.,h.s,d, hn,t,,,or nj nInn,,.Mrn hal
aho NQt'h'o'ao pa.tanon y, N.mu'sa a,sn n 10"
their rendezvous At Turnrr-lln4l Ihere the5 DO
gan to congregate ut about z o'clock. that belug
fhe hnnr nnnoIntcd, and tho promptpces of thtlf
coming 'ot"A'u WV isA"sn"o'o. ns'o.o "a r."
7ocEock every company WA ala"n up N "he'
each man In uniform, and with blu torch f1aring 1T
its brightest, The unwoutsd gathering on 80 pub.
~ ~ ra.t,, r,i,rI ~ cou,.. .n.oi,tv arcw
nc s1seo' ~ 4sei.n e'aH' y. s' ~" ~"
large crowd Of obecrvcrs anu Tue street. "Ao soon
blocked With pe0plc Of every age and acx. It ID
needleas to yenark that tho email boy psedom-
Inatnd'
n IL. line which WA drawn m on Clark te.
tween CHESTNUT street md Washington place, The
f",IoWinr eomnnnies vnre rcnresentcd With their
sosnectiye conmandcrs;
Fifteenth Wara-company A., Capt. Charles Var
slxteenih Ward-Company 4, Cant, II. EeycrIne;
COMPANY j, Cant, r. Littofer; Company Z, CAPT,
ChafIrs iTnrtwjck
RaYcntaonih Ward-Comnnny A. Cant. J, Dons.
hun.
Eiohteenth Wnrfl-CompAuy A, Cant. H. ste!.
fon: romnnny Il. Cant. Il. Williams: Company G,
ram Il 4. Eer1nG.
Hest,ica these the following etat officers were on
hanI. mounted on horseback: Dlyison Coulnhna-
ar w. n Hcribntr. Col. +. r. &. KIoEkc. Col.
Genrrc Prnsainus Nal. Rudoiph Wiiliame. cont.
charfrs ljnrnni t,0l. i,hnrIey Ftntdkamp. Cai.
Genr"a r. Aaa,n,, f,ni. Cnnfsd Fojx' col. Truman
SfIiicr "a, r. Ei"s shinmsn Coi. John T. Mnilns: ::
Aii1es ia Cann l,ol. = nj Adams Gant. William
, 1876-09-08

openea until IL minutes pnat o'clock snd IT that
Tina tte entrancc-wav w, uucnmfo,tabIy crowd.
nd. Afte, tbr ,inots onrnet, ts,e m.ss OF
humanity rushed in' and from thas tine
untll 8 there was a constant tnsrtaa Of
people. II wus marked audience,
II crowded the hail a1mnst tn I'll fYocatlon And tok
.os.s..r.s ~ .,.,,s 80 s.sL..s 49, ..~,h,,,.
poesss..on y. ssas' sna s,es5 '1 a5 t"s
no lees thsn 4, 600 persons tn the halt. and they
rere of purely repre.entatiyo charactsr, 1t ras
-. .,dt.ss. ~. IL ~. n..~,. .I.i.... ...1t.
:, ~ a,rs., #. -, .,e ..sasti,n thst .ha i,h
ltsa'o tao dlsee1 lie 20 tao sseeflIoa ,nst tne M
had gone orer 10 tho support Of
,no ena'" !@'o1Me!' 4.,.., lnuen. lue "eea1Hls'
Iaootln8 man. anu eap,tatas "eto present.
TheEe wa FcspecAbility, apparent everywtete.
sn /, IN: many nss w. nc
.g.!nst tha Democratic pstty which wore imam
The hall WA not decorated 70 any great degree.
bnt over tne Ats8e canopy w. formed Or two IN
menss national gags which tell TO tte noot ln
Gitssefn f0ds Te .ns4ks' 1sss was sntwne
around the galleries on clthers4!do wcts American
fagu, loored In : manner 10 as to leave o
pleasing effect. Evidently The pnty who did the
i!ttls decorating mad az eye 70 good taste. The
ressntatLon. Smoking was prohibited aMd - 'le
audience. WA such - Auy party might well be
proud Of. II ras some time bcfore ~. schurz
sna W. committee sff'sea. ~ s'@o MI deofse
ffu4s'ug
CALLED TEE MEETING TO ORDER,
and Mr. Schurz stepped forward amidst thu geeateet
enthua!aam.
The folloMiAg-named gentlemen occupied seata
npon Tho ataEo: The Hon. William Woke, Louis
, 1876-09-08
North German Ll0yd.

The steamers Of this Company vii! !a!l every 6aur'
fste. Of pasase-Ftem Nov York , e ss@1t1sn.tva, @
s.eln SEQ kod; steeEsxs, SO e9EfGnny for f5elghs
es psasaKo applyto ,OELNlCuS d Cq.,
Allowing Green. New York.
, 1876-09-08
1E CENTS.
Reparntc and unite 8
mp for SONS dilS
md waa appreciate
This utaneuvre waa kept
m the 1.no Of march
sn1y by The multitude, bnt
ifA<% fnrft4z

and was arprcetaU, r. ,nly HI The rnu]titudo bnt
rhe topehss and e.ua haTo already bean
alluded to In genefaI way but during Tho ptogross
Of the men ssve 10 the,f s@besnx % sh"s ! creating ]
rh. e q sofse
light to lilo eotofcl participants. ::
rhs ~ s1eT T., at the shetntn !!2n.e WAS s1.o sood
were crowded With adnlirinz n,ultltndee
rgcuLrA1sI.r sTRtK1xo
was the effect. prodnecd on tho looker.on 1T tho
bridge oser Wells street, Tho glare Of the torches
In ar beautifully reproduced by reflection ii
tho dark md tnfbtd wateFs OF tho Chicago River
weird Win the grand.
iaSiy 70 err ii estimating I'll e1owds n,any nv wefs
prepared to believe shat the procession numbered
given below. Tic most comforting reelection to
The Republican mind il that ths men wers, ior tho
PATIENTLY WAITING.
rnias ef he church !. Tho eofnot o iiafIaon
umn. Ten minutes later be had eompany,-
wh e: 1s': obe ,s s.s T9s we's
'q oa sTs t.
atssssa il nefot@ se,,opsd lin Il 10 % m1.. @sies
n a. f: e. e. :s
s's ai'ss sas:s
disappeared: Ilslt IN houi la.ar : mass of Light
ly the sounds OF drum and 1{o wero
nsfsa r ~, Ihs nszs % az pso,ed
a sa assyp e ypsas w.y ss sso ss: ss. { { s t.
rrrdrzyona IN Wshnsh nvenua cars fikc water
brcskine throurh = dam. frst ! Tttio stttam and
tncn torrent, Eo -.
THE WARD oK0AHIzAT10S8 ORGAN TO FOUR ~.
The companies named aboye wtro tho Itse1a
c sn ssa IGn III ne4 WIZ haf hnnr
inU nr n tSc sy.nnc f-an, Iii df,rrttons ~ hnif
oa ~ tno % % anS IS a1t ~" aI5
In line and ready to start, but tbs absence Of
tho Wcst Side Climbs dclatcd tho departure Of
.ae 81 sao ds Ill.,, ntr ~ ~ Ss se IA
moi marched to tho assembling. .p.ace, made quilts
crowd. who lined both Sides Of the streets from
| Van Duren steaet to Eldridge conrt-
| THE ORDER.
Tht command ''ForNAtdt' wna EiTcn about
quarter past 0, inst ae the West Side division hlcd
Into Wapash kfcnue from AdamB street, 4nd It'd
column moved In tho following order:
Tie commanding officer OF tho column was Gen.
Macarthur, who had - asan TIC South elde Signal.
~. pr.. n~,,n asT @ @pnsfs1ta pa.ffst1Th t. ~, ~ q a.,,h
ner. ~ connusca o} III Worth H.1s Clubs; '
| Ty1tfnfk Hard-IompanJ 4. iOo mrni, B. 40 neu.
Sixteenth iFitrd-Compauy A. VI mon; u. 20 tucns q,
- men, ,ra.1 -r.,,.,x ',,n.,
ff51nt~1nth ftardLSmpHsnyy f. !; III men, n. 73.c
, 1876-09-08
POLITICAL.

POLITICAL.
Speech of the Hon, Carl
Schurz at McCor-
mick Hall.
His Enthusiastic Reception
by the Germans Of
Chicago.
Discussion Of the Financial
Question and the Civil
Service.
False Pretenses of the Democ-
racy Regarding Specie
Resumption.
why the Republican Party shou1d
Dc Continued in Power.
Grand Torchlight Process
sion Of the Minute
Men.
The Most Imposing Demon
stration Of the CAM
pafgn.
Exciting Times in the Fourth Dis
triot Congressional Con-
vention.
Withdrawal Of the Hurtbut Men
in High Dudgeon--Lathrop
Nominated.
The Government Determined to
Sec Fair Play in t1le Polit-
icn1 Arena.
Striking Evidences Of the Need o1
Federal Troops in Louisiana.
, 1876-09-08

ADMINISTRATORS SALE,

a Wholesale Business Of twelve years'
standing, doing a good trado and we'll
known throughout tho West. The boss
opening In Chicago for pnrttea with mod
crate capital. Can Eofer to any Wholesale
GROCERY house 40 to ita reputation. For par
tiouIasa address q. 8. H., care Bullock
Bros, 50 and 50 Madison at.
, 1876-09-08
GENERAL NOTICES.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
r - q TT


Brotners and their friends will
take notice that the only Odd Fell
lows' Excursion from Chicago to
Philade1phia will loavo Satur.
day, Sept. 10, at 8 O'Clock p. NJ, va
Baltimore Il Ohio r. r.; return py
Niagara Falls, or tho same route as
ReGnrn tickets will be distributed
on the train before reaching Fhila~
Tloketg for the round trip ore
@22.e0 tgood for 80 days) or a11.4o
a onr will leave jackson, Mich,
and bo attached to the special train
at Auburn, for tho accommodation OF
brothers md their friends IN Minno-
sota and Wisconsin. 49,. ...
brothers will look out for Soalpers.'
Wo are informed that parties have
been eent in the above direction to
dispose Of tickets that arc not good
on our special train. Tickets can
only be obtained nt 112 Randolph
st, Money must accompany the Or
der, If there should bo any reduo~
tdon in the fare, to or from Phtladol-
phia, oil parties holding our tiokota
will reooive tho benefit Of tho same.
s. Il. HURST, Secretary,
liz Rando1ph-st.
Minnesota aud wisconsin papers please copy.
, 1876-09-08

GRAND GATHERING.
Tbs crowd commenced tFoopin4 In long before
o'clock. until By that hour nearly 800 ladles aud
gentlemen had gsthared In tho halfway and en-
tzauces. Dy some mistake tho doors WARS not
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-22
How the Cuban Insurgents Carry on
the War.

The tangled forests and luxuriant trop-
ical growth in the island of Cuba greatly
aid the insurgents in maintaining their
rebellion and the guerrilla warfare in
which they have been engaged for years.
A body of less than thousand men form
an encampment in secluded spot, sur
rounded by thicket, with only single
bride path leading to it. AS the Span
iards advance in attack through this
path, they are shot down. Into these
encampments, inaccessible to an army,
the country people freely enter to barter
their fruit, vegetables and fresh meats.
Indeed, some of these military stations
have assumed the form of villages, with
taverns, stores and bathrooms.
The great ally of the insurgents is
fond In the climate, more fatal than cold
lead to foreigners. The Marquis OF
Habana, who has twice held the chief
command of the island, in an account OF
his operations and disasters, recently
published, on this point says: "Disense
made fearful havoc among my soldiers,
many of whom were very young and had
no constitution to resist the climate. u
And again he remarks "Neither Span
lard nor American has the least idea of
the fatal climate or the wooded charac-
ter Of the country"
So rapid and luxuriant is the natural
growth of vegetation in Cuba that when
a plantation has been laid waste and
burnt over by the insurgents, and left to
itself for only year or two, it costs a
small fortune to clear it off.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-22
Texas.

The assessed valuation of taxable prop
erty in Texas for 1876 is $500, 900, 900.
The estimated revenues for the year are:
From one-half of / per cent. on the to-
tai valuation, $1,000, 900; occupation
tax, $3.50, 900; collection of taxes of for
mer years, $3.50. 900; office fees, SIS, 900;
total, 81, 1915, 900. The deductions to be
madefor the cost of assessing and col
lecting AMI delinquencies are 1888, $50,
leaving a net revenue of S1,691, $50.
One-fourth of the net revenue goes to
the support of public schools. 1t will
amount to 1922, 812. The assessment
for 1876 is so, 900, 900 greater than that
for 1875, and $16,000,O00 greater than
that for 1874. The debt of the State is
SIS, 210, 900, being an increase of 1874, 97S,
which increase is attributable to the ne
cessity for frontier defense and other
extraordinary measures. Gov. Coke
estimates that under the former revenue
law "one-third of the property and
values in the State escaped taxation"
and that at reasonable estimate the
assessment ought to be $3.50, 900, 900.
The estimated deficiency in the revenues
for the present year is 100000
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-22
STEPHENS AND THE FLAG.
An Episode Of the House Proceeding
washington Cor. Chicago Times.l

An Episode of the House Proceedings.
washington Cor. Chicago Times.l
"Mr. Speaker I" sang out shvill,
high. pitched voice above the din and
clamor of the early opening of to-day's
session of the House. Mr.. Randall
turned toward Alexander II. Stephens
with prompt courtesy in answer TO the
shrill voice and said: "The gentleman
from Georgia" Every one turned at
once toward the black-eyed ghost of a
man sitting so quietly buried in his
blue overcoat, with silk hat of several
winters perched rakishly upon his WISE
looking head. Mr.. Stephens moved his
skeleton right hand, incased in brown
cotton glove, as he said 81 have a
resolution that 1 desire to send up to the
Clerk g desk-a resolution which desire
to have read and put upon its passage. !"
An awful silence fell upon the House
assembly. Perhaps the Georgia ghost
had evolved some new scheme for saving
the country, and every one craned his
the Clerk began to read, Stephens mean
while remaining grim and impassive.
The Clerk read, and then every one
smiled a sicKly smile of disappointment.
1t was q resolution declaring that Mr..
Jonn Chauncy should be paid SO. so day
for performing the arduous task of hoist
ing the American flag every day upon the
House side. Chauncy's pay had been
stopped on account of the exhaustion of
the special appropriation hence this
resolution. 1t was passed.
Alexander III. Stephens gave a sigh of
relief as the resolution passed. "Dick I"
he called out in testy whisper. A burly
negro came from the cloak-room and
gathered up Stephens in his burly arms,
carried him out to a light invalid chair
where two stout servants seized upon
the Georgia ghost, placed him on a level
with their shoulders, and bore him from
the hall. 1t was Mr.. Stephens first
Legislative act in the Forty-fourth Con-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-22
After Christmas. What &!

A London correspondent gives the
following account of Christmas in En-.
gland. 1t differs somewhat from the
popular idea of the festival abroad:
Englishmeu take delight in read
ing how many thousands of tons of beef
are sent to the Christmas market, and
they devour this beef in huge slices,
with the red gravy Cor bloodD running
down their chins, and stuff themselves
afterward with great wedges of plum
pudding, and then pile on heaps OF
mince pies, and wash it all down with
rivers of port wine, well branded. Ihi
is what they call having merry Christ
mas" People are at the table who
would much rather be at their own
homes, and relatives who have not one
feeling or sentiment in common are
obliged TO sit side by side, and even try
to talk, simply because it is the 25th OF
December. The ordinary Engllshman
is at best gorging animal, and on this
particular day he makes himself mere
receptacle for all kinds of incongruous
food. What is the consequence A
few days afterward he has another row
with those uncles and aunts, the trades
mems bills come pouring in. the SER
wants (his own and everybody's else) are
Fostering him from morning till night
for " Christmas boxes" he is preached
at in the papers, and finally he sinks
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-22
Indian COnyictS.

Satanic, the Kiowa chief, who is IN
der sentence for life, in the Texas peni-
Tertiary, made an Intellectual attempt to
end his life by suicide, short time
since. He secured small rope, and,
fastening one end to a scantling, tied
the other end about his neck, and was
caught dangling, with his feet about
twenty-four inches from the ground, but
was cut down before life was extinct.
Little Bull, Comanche chief, is endur-
ing his Imprisonment with a more
cheerful spirit, Both chiefs were
brought into the presence of Gov. Hub
bard during the recent visit of the latter
to the prison. Satanic made request
for some whisky to revive his dropping
spirits. Two glasses half filed with a
mild dilution were prescribed for the
Indian braves, when Satanic, snatching
up Little Bulls glass, said, whisky no
good for papoose, good for big chief, "
and, pouring the contents into his own
glass, gulped down both portions, and
then smacked his lips in contentment.
The big chief finds it hard to be deprived
of both liberty and whisky.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-22
BallOOning.

Donaldson, the aeronaut who lost his
life in an ascension, predicted that il
travelling in balloons ever became com.
mon it would not be by lofty flights bu {
close to the ground. He said that by
carefully gauging the amount of gas in
the bag, and using pole to assist in
raising over obstacles, man might GER
tainly travel fast and safely in the direc-
ton Of the wind; and he thought that
some system of steering and lacking
might be devised that would make move
ments possible without reference to the
wind. The Secretary of the British
Aeronautical Society seems to have
similar idea, for he says: 1T is
singular that no one has taken advantage
of an ascertained fact to put the balloon
to more pleasureable, because more pro-
loDged, use than has hitherto been at
tempted. There is every probability
that, with a balloon properly balanced,
a push with long pole would send it
spinning for fifty feet or more, and one
might traverse few hundred yards be-
fore it neared the earth and required
another push"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-22
How to Buy Cloths.

Our housekeepers would all like to
know how to buy cloths. A writer in
the Illustrated Weekly gives some i'm
portant suggestions on this point
Buy no American cloths in the mar
ket except cadet grays and army blue
flannel, and scrutinize very closely where
you buy these.
If you live near a wooden mill. get the
manufacturer TO spin and weave you
some fleece wool, using combing wool
for the warp. Let the color be pro-
duced by mixing black wool with the
white. Properly shrunk in the fulling
process, and well washed, the result will
be cloth that will delight you in the
wearing, and outlast any of the fashions.
That there is no other American cloth
equal to such cloth is explained by the
fact that manufacturers produce only
adulterated goods for the general
market.
You may trust almost any foreign
woolens offered you by a reputable
dealer of intelligence. AS to wear, ex.
pect the least from a broadcloth and
doeskin the most from cheviot. Di.
agonals break down early. Mohairs
raVel. melUUuS are dIuOSb WoItuicso
they are full of " focks," are fulled til
the life of the wool is lost, and the CLOTH
is mere board, hot in summer, and colo
in winter.
French cassimeres are the best with
out exception of the French, get the
Elbeuf. If you buy an American cassi
mere get the Hockanum /; it has vel
vety surface like the French, and il
strong enough to last out seasons
fashion.
Finally, in buying foreign overcoat
ing, ravel the edge of the cloth in order
to detect the cotton thread that too often
forms the warp, although well dyed by
the ingenious manufacturer.