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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-01-12
Pith and Point.

WHEN man has " seen his best days"
there IL one consolation. He has gener-
ally seen his worst also.
This is the sort of weather when
woman feels that all the -four she can
heap upon her nose is as Intellectual as
sounding brass or tinkling cymbal."
MEN are frequently hike tea-the real
strength and goodness are not properly
drawn out until they have been IN hot
water.
A MAN accustomed to the Elysian
fields of poetry, who slops over into pol
itics, will find the change agreeable in
proportion to his capacity for being
fayed and sand-papeled for the sake of
promoting the circulation OF his blood.
AFTER an Arctic lover has set mp with
his girl three or four hundred hours il
is no uncommon thing for the young
lady's papa to come tioundering in from
another snow-hut aud ask the pleasure
of the young mans company to break
fast.
"CHARLEs," said young wife TO her
husband, as they sat at the windo,
watching the fashionables on their way
to church, "when you die, and / get
hold of the insurance money, / intend t.
have fur cape and muff just like that
lady has on over there.
A 6-YEAR-oID girl OF Anoka, Miss,
was overheard telling her playmate that
she had attended church sociable the
evening before, and that little boy
kissed her while they were engaged ins.
play, but she said, "That's no harm,
cause it was our preachers boy, you
know"
GIVE often seen men, said a veteran
General, "who could stand fire of
shell or canister without showing any
sign of uneasiness, but never yet saw
man who could sit in room where q
bottle of soda was about to be opened
without screwing up his eyes and look
ing nervous"
A LAWYER and parson were talking
about which way the wind was. The
former said {: 1--WE go by the court
house vane." "And we," replied the
parson, ego by the church vane."
"Well," said the lawyer, Sin the mat
ter of wind that is the best authority |"
And the parson went home to cogitate.
To church the two together went,
Both doubtless devotion bent;
1he parson preached with fluent ease
On Pharisees and Sadducees;
And, as they homeward slowly walked,
The lovers on the sermon talked;
And he he deeply loved the maid
In soft and tender accents said:
a. Darling, do you not think that we
Are Pharisee and Sadducee? ?"
She flashed on him her bright black eyes,
In one swift look of vexed surprise,
And then he fastened to aver
he was her constant worshiper;
I" But, Mary, insist" said he,
Z" That you very fair, see;
know you don't care much for me,
And that makes me sad, you see.'
THE CLOSING YEAR.
The year is dying dying
And watching his bier in sooth
lis as hard to believe in sun and flowers,
AS for age TO realize golden hours.
When hope, and 10Y, and trust arose,
As volets waken from winter SHOWS.
All at April's call they return once more,
But never for us on the farther shore
Dawns the morning of love and youth
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
Phair. the Murderer,

The New York Hrala. in commenting
on the case uf Phair. the condemned
murderer, says Vermont furnishes an
event that Is mildly sensational In It's
way. In that State m The wear 1874 the
CRIME ui murder WAS brought home g. q
young man by evidence satisfactory 10 a
jury. and this culprit Is uowundcr SEN
tgucr 81 death. But q person has
turned MP who promises % prove
that at the time the crime was committed
il Rutlaud. VT, the alleged murderer
WAS not IN the place hut somewhere
else. on has WAY to Providence That
the executive should stay the arm Of the
law out Of Icgard to mere expression Of
opinion ui Tins nature must hp attributed
to the readiness of the authorities 10 ex-
haust the smallest chance that may pre-
sent itself i'm the Culprit's favor-to
disposition not 90 hang anybody in favor
ui whose innocence a word can possible
be said. 10 is nearly three years since
the occurrence of the crime. On the
trial the whereabouts of the murderer ON
the day uf the murder was made ont 10y
a consistent tram of circumstances, and
did not at AL agree with his own account
uf his whereabouts. No evidence was
produced ON the trial 10 sustain his own
account, and the jury decided against
him. Now "A man comes forward whose
statement amounts 20 an expression of
opinion that the prisoners story was
true. II seems not according 10 ordi-
nary methods to stay an execution on
such ground. Doubtless the governor
attaches weight 90 the story, and that Of
course IL sufficient; hut IT ia evident that
man who knew SO little Of the prisoner
that he did not appear ON the trial, and
who vet knows SO much that he can
swear 10 the culprit's whereabouts on a
particular day in June, 1874, is a person
who knows at once too little and too
much.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
Farm Notes.

The lart recipe for making hens lay is
60 bake their corn.
When yuu hear country praised be
cause rps,s bloom hi winter, You may be
sur that mosquitoes and snakes come
ont thic. ia spring.
There have been great improvements
IN poultry, hut one point is lacking, that
IT, "a breed that can get over the idea
that an egg day is enough.
The scientific truth about potatoes II
that tL,y will no, grow we'll unless IL
mellow soil. There are other needs, but,
like charity, this is the first uf all.
The apples Of Michigan arc worth more
than her wheat and corn; more than her
salt and lumber; more than her fish and
onions. more than her politics.
/; i~ said that choice apples. such as
ihe Rhode Islaad Grecuing, are worth
three dallar, "a barrel 20 make into vine
gar, lut. remember, "a good many hes
are told.
What is badly needed is method Tor
saving com fodder One who can devise
IL wlIl do more good than If he could
make "a political speech tHu hours long.
They say that 10y q free use of potash
in the soil pear trees viii never blight,
and viii bear heavily. II this is true, n
pear urcAari Is worth more money than
"a big office.
What is the matter with beans? We
are told they contain ninety per cent Of
nutrition. and vet hired men turn up
their noses. and wan, potatoes, which
contain only twenty per cent We need
a greater diffusion ui knowledge.
4 buy should be tire first up in the
morning; hc should build the fires, put
au the tea kettle. set the table, and then
go uut and fodder. and he should have "a
chance 90 warm himself little before
breakfast. 80 that when he becomes Of
age, he VIII not ily from the farm as II IL
were Spdom ar the other place.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
Fashion Notes.

Parasnls trimmed with coverings of
ncttcd floss and edged with deep uottei
fringcs are 90 be among the new fash
IONS
Young girls will wear turh3n shaped
hats or the English shapes with brlms
rolled at the side. Wings. pompons If
feathers and ribbon will Doe used ns trim
miugs.
Pockets, which have So long formed q
part of every dress. are going ont of
fashion: large bows are set ON in the
place they occupied; even small pockets
are dispensed with.
Satin boots for full dress are trimmed
with yellow satin bows and yellow but
tons Dull gold buckles mixed with fine
cut steel are put in the bows Of slippers,
which are cut low on the instcp to show
the stocking.
Hugucnut cuffs Of torchon lace and in
sertiuu come 10 wear over tight sleeves;
large square collars to fastcu IN the back
are worn with them over high-ncck
dresses. Delicate necklaces made Of
point and duchossc lacss are also worn
with high dresses.
Fine Balbriggan stockings in all shades
are embroidered by hand with floss on
the instcp; one shade is used in the en-
broidcring; tan on brown, blue on white,
cardinal ON black, aud rice rCrsd while
fine Isle thread and spun silk stockings
in delicate tints have cmbroidcrics in
high mixed colors
Tunic ovcrdrcsscs are said 30 hc going
ont altogether, the long priuccssc taking
the place oi dresses cut IN several pieces.
The prinCcssc is sometimes trimmed
simply around the bottom and arranged
10 drnpc a little in the back under bows
Of ribbon; passementcrie trimmings or
scarfs are drapcd over IT,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
CENTRE HALL CENTRE CO., Pa, THURSDAY, NAY 3, 1877.

duntg Why Yes. you DO Well. /
imagine, Of course | don't know its
only summary diagnosis, bat Imagine
that our irlrud with the cauvuusm has at
tayhed himself 90 her
Doctor. YOU horuiy nae.
There are more things. Mr. Poet, Iu
heaven and earth than nIc Vet drvamt VI
in Your philosophy, Listen My daE-
uosjs may he wrong. bat tAut woman
called the other day at my office 10 ask
about him, h.s health ana general CON
Ntion. | told her the tutA-uud shc
tainted ID WAS about as dead "a Iuut as
ever saw, | WAS nearly au hour Ia
bringing her ont of IT, OF course Il WAS
the heat Of the room, hev cNegl4aas the
preceding week. ui | prescribed for
her Queer wasn't lt2 NOW, If / we're
writer, and had your faculty. Ia mNAr
something uut ui that,
"But how is his general health p
"Oh, about the same. lie cant eysio
what Will camr. You know, NJ any mo-
mrut lie WAS up here the other day.
Why the pulsayiou Was as why
the entire arch ot the aurta What, yuu
get out here Goodbye
OF course uo mluAst. uo muu writing
for q sensitive and s'rlctlv V.rtuous pub
lie could further interest himself iu this
man. So | dismissed him III once from
my mind, and returned 10 the literary
contemplation Of virtue that Was clearly
and positively defined. uul 81 sin that
invariably commenced with "a capital let
ter. That tins mua, IN hl, aw.Ui cuuiI-
ton, lowering ON the VERGE III eternity.
should allow himself 70 he attracted hy
but il was horrible 10 contemplate
Nevertheless, "a month afterwurl | WAS
returning from q icstiyly with my luu-
mate friend Smith, my distinguished
friend Johlmg, my most respectable
friend Robinson, and my wit:iest friend
Jones IL Was clear, starlt morning.
and We seemed 20 hold the broad, byNu-
tIiul avenue 10 ourselves, and Tfear We
acted as If il were So As We hiluriausly
passed the corner OF Eighteenth street,
"a coupe rolled 10y, and | suddenly heard
my name called from It's gloomy depths
i beg your pardon said the doctor
as the driver drew up ON the Sidewalk
but I've some news for You. I've Just
been q see our poor friend -. OF
course l WIS too late. He wUs gone N "a
flash.
What. dcad?"
" A. Pharaoh In AN instant, Just as
| said. You see ;hr rupture took place
IN the descending arch of '.-
But, doctor ,'
"It's a queer story. Am / keeping
You from your friends No2 Well,
you see she-that woman | spoke Of
had written a note 60 him based ou what
haj told her He got %, and dropped
III his irrss.ng.ro dead as l. herring.
" How could slc have been s, cruel,
knowing his condition she might with
wumns u.c; have rejected him less
abruptly"
Yes, hut you ra all wrong. Bv Jovc
she accepted him was willing a. marry
him r.
What ?"
YeS-iou't you see? Il Was joy that
killed him. Cad. We never thauEut Of
that Queer. aiut it See here, don't
Won think You might make story out
Of it,"
But, doctor, il hasn't got any moral.
Humph That's 50. Good MORN
ing. DRIVE on Jnhu.-N.- York >rH.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03

An old sack wants much patching.
There isa remedy for everything could
men but find it.
Flies are busiest about lean horses.
He that dcccives me once 1t is his
fault; il twice, il is mine.
God in the tongue and the devil in the
heart.
A rat may very i'll plead law.
The crow bewails the sheep and beast.
The higher the ape goes the more he
shows his tail.
The cat would eat fish, but would not
wet her feet.
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings,
a lions skin is never cheap.
They that are booted are not always
ready.
1t needs long time to know the
worlds pulse.
One sword keeps another in the
sheath.
He that docs fight with silver is sure
to overcome.
Bells call others, but themselves enter
not into church.
The early bird catches the worm.
BY scratching and biting cats and dogs
come together.
Threatened folks live long.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
The IIigh-Toned Tramp.

Yesterday gentleman, residing in a
neat. modest cottage in the suburbs,
caught tramp prowhug about his back
yard, evidently trying TO steal some
thing.
"Why don't you como 10 the front
door il Won want anything p Indignantly
roarcd the proprietor.
That's what / WAS looking for, " was
the impudcnt reply.
Didn't you see 1t on the other side
81 the house ?" rctortcd the gentleman.
How was | 10 know that was the
front door? No silver door plate, no
bell, no telephone, NO statuary, no ser
want to take your hat and cane. Tell
vour boss there is n gentleman out here
who il waiting for his breakfast"
When the gentleman got back with his
shot gun, the tramp was not there any
more.-SaR ARi0nio Herald
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03

Relative to the recent search for the
muricryH ui the passengers aud crew Of
the steamer Geo. s. Wright hy the
British guuboat Rocket, the following
press dispatch is received from Victoria
The most suruwful page ia the story
# the wreck Of the Cleo. s. Wright, ia
1874. remains 20 bc written. The Cot-
ouist hus few additional particulars 81
the massacre Of IA portion of her passeu-
gers aud crew by Indians and the de-
stucuuu uf the Indian village. The
officers learned enough 10 convince them
THAT several of the shipNuecEed persons
got ashore and were murdered los the
Indians The story is that number of
white men came ashore in boat that
they had with them many papvr, anal
large sum of money lu gold Uld silver.
They harFAiuei with party of hlmPut
ludiaus, who were bound to Victoria, 10
take them to Fort Rupert for q each.
The white men were without arms, and
when night came on and all were asleep
the Indians murdered them, and threw
the bodice into the sea after stripping
them oi everything ui value The money
which was lu box, WAS divided hy the
and spent the coin. An Indian woman
says she picked up the head ui white
man uu the beach 10 Cape Caution few
months after the wreck, and was told 10
put il down again and say nothing about
H. The officers found uo property be-
longing tu the steamer except portions Of
wreck, which probably dr-ftrd ashore.
With respect % tAv destruction Of the
Indian village, Sergeant bloomfield
lNudelwith three others from thr Rocket,
and demanded four men, WHO were sus-
pectei ui completely in tAe nurlen The
Indians came uut armed. and refused 10
give up the men. The party then
secured two of the suspected saNages, and
made tor the boat They were fired on,
hut got back 20 the ship safely Captain
Harms then gave the tribe slI houu
Iu which 30 surrender the other two men.
Alter the lapse uf SIX hours be eX-
tended the time thrse hours longer He
then fired blank cartridges, and the In
dIaus r..u AWAY The village was then
shelled and Hiterwurd burned The two
men were secured No one Was killed.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
Impure Liquors.

A reform liquor dealer in New York
in telling his story said "I'll give 500
in gold for n gallon Of pure brandy" he
shouted, cor OF port wine. / tried To
buy n bottle Of the latter pure for n sick
woman, and paid Sl3 80 for it, and got
shaved at that 1t was made OF logwood
and clderberry juice, because there are
not grapes enough grown in the world
to make the port wine that is drank in
the city Of London alone.
The following story, illustrative Of the
effects OF these poisons on the human
system, closed the speaker'saddress q
know man who kept n saloon, and
drink beer. He thought it was doing him
good. He was getting fat. And l re-
member how he would hold up the glass
and look mt il and say: That's fine
beer. Well, that fine beer killed him
one fine day, and they had post
niorten, examination made to ascertain
the exact cause of his death, and the
doctors said he died of n kidney dis
ease caused by drinking beer. But that
wasn't all; they found about n pound of
fatty substance about his heart, and they
tried il out 10 see what it was composed
of, and found that il was beer juice"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03

The venerable Jeremiah S. Black is
famous for his little anecdotes. One day
during the late debate on the Electoral
bill he was strolling in his abstracted
way about the floor Of the House Of Rep
resentatives, when a Pennsylvania mem
ber said to him: Judge, how ought
to vote on this bill ? / want to do right,
but really there are 80 many things to be
urged on both sides Of this measure that
/ don't know what to do. What shall
do?" The judge, in his benign way,
said: II don't wish to counsel any vio-
lent change in your habits, my dear sir,
but perhaps it would be worth while for
you and a good many Of your associates
to try for n while-not rashly, but by
degrees-.the experiment of doing your
duty"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
How a Lawyer Lost a Client.

A gentleman was sued, and very much
excited he went into law Office and told
his case TO a lawyer The lawyer limited
ut n settlement, at which the client be-
came exceedingly wrathy, and shouted :
Never never y and striking his fist
on the table until it bounced, mot one
cent to stop the fight T. And millions
for defense, l suppose" quietly remark
ed the lawyer. The man stopped as
though he had been struck with club,
sat down short time, and then taking
up his hat went ont and employed an
other lawyer. The word millions
frightened him almost cut of his coat,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
Bottling Cider.

A writer in the New England Fdrmcr
gives this advice 10 bottle cider that will
keep it sweet and fine for years, and its
excellence ~ indorscd by the editor:
Leach and filter the cider through pure
sand, after it has worked aud fcrmcutod,
and before il has soured. Put no alcohol
or other substance with it. BE sure that
the vessels you put it in are perfectly
clean and sweet. After it has leached or
filtered, put it in barrels or casks filled,
leaving no room for air; bung them
tight and keep il where it won't freeze
till February or March, then put it into
champagne bottles filed, drive the corks
and wire them. II should be done in a
cellar or room that is comfortable for
work. The best cider is late made, or
made when it is cold as can be and not
freeze.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
TIE KLH WHOSE Yoke WAS NOT EASY.
By BR T HARTE.

He was spare man, and, physically,
an Il-condiuoned man, but at first
glance scarcely a seedy man. The iudi-
cations OF reduced circumstances IN the
male OF the better class are, fancy.
first visible in the boots and shirt, the
boots OffensIvely exhibiting a degree Of
polish inconsistent with their dilapidated
condition, and the shirt showing an ex-
tent Of ostentatious surface that Is iuya-
riably fatal ~ the tlIreadbare waistcoat
that il partially covers. He was pale
man, and fancied still paler from his
black clothes.
He handed me a nste.
1t Was from certain physician;
man Of broad culture and broader expe-
rience; a man who he'd devoted the
greater part of his active life to the ale
Walton OF sOrrow and suffering; a man
who had lived up to the noble VOWS Of
noble profession; a man who locked in
his honorable breast the secrets Of hun
dred families, whose face was as kindly,
whose touch was as gentle in the wards
OF the great public hospitals as il was
beside the laced curtains Of the dying
Narcissa; a man who, through long con-
tact with suffering, had acquired n uni
versal tend derness and breadth Of kindly
philosophy; a man who, day and night,
was the beck and call of anguish; a man
who never asked the creed, belief. moral
or worldly standing Of the sufferer. or
even his ability to pay the few coins that
enabled him (the physician TO exist and
practice his calling: in brief, man who
so nearly lived up to the example Of the
Great Master that it seems strange / am
writing of him as a doctor of medicine
and not of divinity.
The note was in pencil, Characteristic
ally brief and ran thus
Here is the man | spoke Of. He
ought to be good material for you
For a moment | sat, looking from the
note TO the man, and sounding the
"dim perilous depths of my memory
for the meaning u this mysterious com
munication. The "goOd material, ="
however, soon relieved my embarrass-
ment, by putting his hand on his waist
coat, coming toward me, and saying /:
"It'sjust here; you can feel it. B."
1t was not necessary for me to do so.
In fash / remembered that my medical
friend had told me of certain poor pa
tient, once a soldier who, among his
other trials and uncertainties, was affiict-
ed with Fan anuerism caused by the
buckle of his knapsack pressing upon
the arch of the aorta. 1t was liable to
burst at any shock or any moment. The
poor fellows yoke had indeed been too
heavy.
In the presence of such tremendous
possibility / think for an instant felt
anxious only about myself. What I
should do; how dispose of the body;
how explain the circumstance of his
taking off how evade the ubiquitous
reporter and the coroner's inquest; how
q suspicion might arise that 1 had In
some way, through negligence, or for
some dark purpose, unknown to the jury,
prScipitated tbs catastrophe, oil flashed
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
ADaring Member.

One day in 1895 daring and hetero-
dox member of the London common
council named Dixon had the audacity to
make a motion which threw the whole
body into such CONSERVATION and confu-
sion as it had never yet known. 1t was
nothing less than to suspend all civic
dinners for twelve months on account OF
the DEAFNESS of provisions Aldermen and
common councilmen were alike speech
less with amazement and indignation,
and there is no saying what dreadful
consequences might not have ensued had
not Mr.. Deputy Birch, famous restau-
rateur, renowned for turtle banquete,
moved for the standing order Of the day,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03
Gold Mines.

The Charlotte On. c. Observer SAYS /:
Every now and then new gold mine is
found in this county in a place where
the metal was not supposed to exist be-
fore. We were shown yesterday some
Of the finest specimens we have ever
seen from any gold mine in this section
of the State. They were taken from a
vein on the plantation situated about
seven miles northwest of the city. The
metal is imbedded in soft brown ore,
which is easily worked. The vein has
not been followed far enough to discover
its size, but it promises to prove very
large one.