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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
LudicrOus Adventure Of Dignifled
Clergyman.

La Grange had case of John Gilpin-
ism day or two since, which, for
amount of laughter it afforded and the
destruction of ministerial dignity which
it involved, has never been surpassed
in that village, at least. There was q
pleasant evening, and it occurred to
the rector of the Episcopal
Church, the Rev. Mr.. Luson-
Heaven touch his hairs lightly that it
would be good thing for him, spirit
ually and physically, to take horse
back ride. Booted and spulred he
mounted for the trip, and all went well
until at the end of some time he got off
to pluck few wild flowers. 1t was an
unlucky movement. In remounting he
frightened the horse a little, and the
animal SHE'D just enough to allow the
reverend gentleman to gain the saddle,
but did not permit him to get his feet
into the stirrups, and he started off at a
good pace while his rider was in this
unprepared state. Mr.. Luson found
that he must take some means other
than the ordinary one to retain his seat,
and, forgetting his spurs, he clasped his
feet tightly under the horses body.
The horse leaped as if it had been stung
by snake, and shot away at fearful
rate. The faster he went the tighter the
luckless pastor chung to him. The spurs
sank into his sides, and, maddened with
pain, he went laundering up the street
at the top of his speed. On the two
went past the school house and by resi-
dences. Children and parents turned
out to see the spectacle. The wind blew
off the minister's hat. His hair and his
coat streamed back with cracking sound
His eyes started ont like beetles, and
in the light of the setting sun his spec
tacles shone like the refectors OF light
house. "Whoa !" "Whoa !" shouted
the preacher. On, on, went the horse,
the rowels deep in his flesh, and his
sides bleeding with the wounds. A great
outpouring Of the populace only made
the matter worse, and the horse, as badly
scared as the minister, plunged on, snort
ing and foaming at every Jump. But
| the end came. A corner appeared, and
around the corner the Infatuated beast
went so suddenly that the dominic arose
into the air, performed series of brill
liant gyratory convolutions, and landed
on his learned and ministerial head IN
the ditch. The boys who helped him
out say he swore like pirate, but this,
though perfectly natural and excusable,
is hardly probable. The reverend gen,
tleman, has, however, secured good
blacksnake whip, and, 80 soon as his
Joints are limbered up again, he pro-
poses to show that horse that there is o
God in Israel.-AUeghonSy Mail.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
Turkish BARRIERS.

Writing from Constantinople, cor
respondent Of the San Francisco Chron-
icte thus describes common spectacle
in Old Stamboul
Ten thousand sights distract us-the
fountains, the mosques, the tombs, the
courts wherein few trees invite the in
solent to repose, and where generally
there are half-a-dozen BARRIERS all busily
shaving their customers, both barber and
barbered squatted upon the ground like
frogs.
Your Oriental barber hands YOU a
shallow brazen bowl with deep indent-
ure in the rim. You press your throat
into this indenture, hold the bowl under
your chin, and wait with what COM
posure you may the deluge of soap and
water that is sure to follow.
Fancy dozen victims crouching in q
row under a mimosa tree, each clutch
ing his chin-bowl in an agony of sus-
pense, while the suds stream from his
beard, and little rivulet spouts from
the point of his nose.
The BARRIERS meanwhile flourish their
razors, as if they were about to decap-
itate the poor fellows, in the presence OF
an interested throng of spectators.
Coffee, chibouks, story-tellers, and play
ers upon flutes and lutes enliven the
hours.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
Prison.Life--Some Of Its Curious Phases

A recently-discharge prisoner from
the Philadelphia County Prison gives
the Times of that city the following ac-
count of some of his prison experie zee
off / could not have had book to
read occasionally don't know what L
should have done You see prisoners
are only allowed a book once in two
weeks but if there happen to be three
men in cell, why then they get three
books in that time. read Dickens, and
Walter Scott, and Wilkie Collins.
don't like Scott much, but I liked
Dickens pretty well.
eve are put in the dungeon for
fishing Perhaps man on the second
floor is out of tobacco, and, if SO, he raps
on the window until the man overhead
hears him. He tells his wants, and pretty
soon a piece of tobacco comes down to
him on the end of string. The win
dows are about forty inches long and
four wide, and are covered on the out
side with wire screen. When the man
on the second floor sees the tobacco
dangling outside he splits off splinter
from bench, sticks a small silver in the
end at right angles, and with this hook
hauls it in. Where do we get the
string? Why, unravel q stocking. The
shoeftters use their waxed-ends. But,
if we get caught at fishing, we are put
in the dungeon, as l said. This is the
usual punishment in prison, and the
man is chained by the ankles and given
bread and water to eatfor long or short
period, according to the magnitude of
his offense. Then we are put put into
the dungeon for talking. We chat with
each other up the pipes and heaters, or
by rapping on the walls. One rap
stands for "a two raps for 3D. three
for &C, and so on. That's the way 1
used to talk to Fletcher, the murderer.
Suppose said to him, How are you?'
/ would rap eight times for sh, fifteen
for 80, and twenty-three for W. and
that would mean how. Then / would
spell out are But instead of rapping
out you / would merely rap twenty
one times for 'u.' Previous to Mr..
Perkins appointmentas Superintendent,
IL there were two or more men in cell,
and one of them was caught talking. all
had TO suffer the consequences. Now,
however, only the offender is strapped.
81 suppose nine-tenths of the trouble
among the prisoners arises from tobacco.
We get one plug of chewing tobac-
co week, but we are not allowed to
smoke. Idon't know why this is, unless
it is because the doctor thinks it iniu-
rious. But, of course, we break the
regulations, and smoke every chance we
get. Where do we get the pipes {?
Make 'em. It's easy enough. All that
is necessary is to knock off piece of
brick and hollow it out, with hole for
a stem. Some folks think it mighty
hard to make stem, but it is no such
thing. Just slice off two strips of wood,
gouge them out, and clap them together,
and the thing is done. The next thing
l is to get a light. One match will last a
man nearly lifetime. We take a towel
or stocking, and wash and dry it COM
pletely. Then we set il atire and smother
the flames under a box, and there is
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
A $500. 900, 900 Bonanza in Peru.

Specimens of silver taken from the
Cerro de Pasco silver mines In Peru
show that the submerged portion OF
the mountain is very rich, and a rough
estimate shows that body of ore will
be exposed by the new tunnel, which
Henry Meiggs is to build, worth from
$500, 600, 900 to $500, 900, 900. These
mines have laid under water for fifty
wears, and are scarcely known to the
present generation, though they had
been worked for $50 years, when the
miners had to stop on account of the
water. Peru has now discovered that
a tunnel can be built which will drain
the mountain completely, by draining of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
TWO GREAT POETS.


kOn8t8A1O oss0 - Woss--7~%~' @~~~S ''--~~
s,tsr. VI Their Poems.
81 The poet Longfellow's daily life is
something like this, says the Boston
Herald I" He rises early, takes COM
paratively light breakfast, and. If the
day is not rainy, sets out for q walk,
which takes mp an hour or two, accord
ing TO his inclination. His gait is firm
and hearty, and as he walks he holds
himself perfectly upright. He does not
ramble two mornings In the same direc-
ton, but varies his route daily. Every
day or two he calls ON his printers, at the
University Press, and receives or returns
proofs of his works, il he has anything
in type, which is mostly the case. He
studies the matter carefully after it is
in print. Little, if any, of his poetry, as
published, is written on the spur of the
moment. The Divine Tragedy is
said to have been rewritten after it was
nearly all in type. During late years
he has been in the habit of publishing
his poems in the magazines, and, after
having obtained sufficient number,
adding few new ones to them, and is
suing them in book-form. He brings
his copy to the Office of the Universe
ty Press, which is only half mile or so
from his own residence. written in lead
pencil, in small back-hand, very much
like the average newspaper mans style
of handwriting, clear, and mostly free
from interlineations and erasrres. His
magazine poems are always revised and
corrected, or at least altered more or
less, before their publication in book
fnr,1, On fhaf tho vao1ar roralu m
tiers one in exactly the same shape as in
the periodical. sa
Mr.. James Russell Lowell when writ
ing discards the table, but, seating him
self midway between it and the fire.
place in broad easy-chair, he employs
for the purposes of desk stiff piece
of pasteboard, resting it conveniently
upon his knee. His essay or poem is al.
ways mapped out clearly in his head
before he reduces any OF it to writing.
He puts it together, so to speak, joint
by joint, until he has the skeleton COM
pletely articulated, and then he fills it
out. His handwriting is characteristic,
and his "copy" is unpopular with
printers because of the changes, the in
terlineations and erasures he constantly
makes, although the handwriting itself
is fair and uniform. He goes through
his proofs after the manner of a clergy
man supervising his sons college efforts,
and makes many end often general cor
rections. The publishers used to send
him proofs of his matter after the plates
were cast, but he made such havoc with
his revises that they were forced to dis
continue such Improbable conclusion
jumping His famous and widely-read
"Biglow Papers" have been very much
altered and corrected since their original
publication. He is a hard reader, and
with him this means a profound book
student, for he rarely reads books purely
for amusement or superficial instruction.
His classical knowledge surpasses that
of any man around Boston, not except
ing Longfellow, and his reading of Dan
team literature has given him an ac-
quaintance with it that is believed by
many to exceed Mr.. Longfellow's.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
Que Tti'e @ostheraeert.,
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Arosud the World ON Tel, sra IN Wire.

u
NV th'b BYE l. hrssER. f
Jimmy ana Johnny and susy Highnier,
As dne young trio as heart could desire,
p Biiiibald-bunkum-
For they went out to play
On sunshiny day,
When jumpty- jump Jimmy, what does he do
But skip up pole like young kangaroo
Up pole, tall pole, clambered Jimmy Highnier,
TIL he got 10 the top and could Chamber no higher,
And found running through II n long slender wire:
Cliticlack -clutterbuck-cray q.
Then he cried ont, How queer! ~
Oh, Just look a-here.'
When Juggling and kicking aud scrambling away,
Up went Johnny and susy to see "whats to pay"
wheregpon-suddy cooks '-lOl each infant High
Was seized and possessed with the reckless desire
TO leave the stout pole and get out on the wire:
Daffy-down- dilly-heigh--oh!
And once when they did it,
Without quip or quddit ~
WhiZz, br-r-r like an arrow shot off from bow,
Away like fash these three infants did go.
Hily-ho. hilly-ho. past wind, steam and fire.
Round the world, round the world on a telegraph
wire,
outst1ipping swift Thought or neet-wnged Desire
Observation-Disclosures ,.,r
over country and town,
Now up and now down:
Up high in the air and down under the sea,
Hu2zah! hilly-ho! what a ride this will be! Az
Far down in the south, on their course wild and
They see the broad Amazon roll to the sea,
Where sport the guana and gay manatee:
Whack-fol-de-ruddy -heigh-oh
In that sunny CLINE
Where the orange and lime
And banana and olive and cocoa-nut grow,
And purplc-tailed paroquets sit in row.
Down into the sea with a dive and dip;
How the walrusses, whales, and porpoises SKIP,
And the merrnalds stick out their green tails for
Tit-ti-late-tammani-tin
Susy loses her bonnet;
A shark seiZes on it,
And. adjusting il deity by the aid of his fin,
Swims away with it snugy tied under his chin.
Away, DER the lands of Celt. Saxon, and Scot
Through the realms OF the Gau and the Teuton, they
shot
Past Magyar and sclave, they came to the OF
Toman Empire-Co-co-coric-o!-
Where the Sultan and Gar
Were having "a spar;
While the crowned heads of Europe looked at the
Each crying, "Look out now don't tread on my
toe "
Then eastward DER Asia they sped like the night;
on went Johnny's cap in their hurricane flight
While Susy. enraptured, cried ont in delight,
Observation-Disclosures !"
Next they came to the " Japs,'
Those queer-ookng chaps,
Who turned out to look at them, every man,
Each shaking his pigtail and futtering his fan.
How they few through the tropics and regions of
SHOWS
Saw ali sorts of folks dressed in all sorts of Clothes
And some without any at all. suppose
Observation-Disclosures
Till at last, safe and whole,
They came back to the pole
Which. alas sliding down, Susy tore her new
Having only been gone just an hour by the clock.
ST. Nicholas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10

the lake from which the water in the
mine comes, and she is so much in earn
est about it that the first loads OF the
now-submerged = ore are expected to
reach Lima in four months. It is pre-
dicted that within ten years more silver
will be taken out than from the silver
mines in Nevada.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
Artificial Butter.

Oloamargarine, which is sold as butter
or employed to adulterate it, can easily
be detected by the following simple
methods suggested by Prof. G.. Lechar-
tier: Examine the butter under the mi
croscope, and, if itappears to be composed
os ovoid granules without any crystals
it is both fresh and genuine, and it has
never been melted to be mixed with
grease. Melt the butter, and if it turns
at once to clear oil, it is pure, but cleo
margarine, or butter containing it. will
melt slowly at the same temperature and
first form whitish sort of sauce.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10

WRESTLING JACK is an aged negro
who frequents the ferry-boats and the
piers along the North river, New York,
whistling the most popular airs and inn
itating birds and insects. He is said to
have accumulated something snug by
his musical talents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10

Or John Browns children two-John
and Owen live on Putin bay; Jason,
an engineer, is ut Akron, Salmon in Cali
fornis, and Ruth in Wisconsin. The
three half-sisters live ia California.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10

plainly of -tindsr.--A- place. of fla ORA
piece of steel will somehow get into the
cell, and then with stone the smoking
apparatus is complete. .--.A ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10

The Lexington Gazette doubts If in
the history OF Kentucky the State has
ever been blessed with more bountiful
harvest than now.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10

A SPARROW and chicken fought in
Pottsville, and the chicken was killed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
A LETTER was received at East Sac

a LETTER WIS TtCtIVtu NJ ElSt Sagl-
nav few days since from Paris, Ont,
written by w. F. Goldie, teller of the
First National Bank, who absconded in
May last, taking $1,000 of the bank
funds, offering to make all right in his
power, and soliciting interviews with the
bank officers. The cashier at once pro-
ceeded to Paris, and Goldie turned over
to him 81, 900, every dollar he had left.
Goldie had visited many of the principal
Eastern cities, and made trip to Europe.
but his conscience went back ON him.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-01

700 choice uslena ct Bic. and 300 DE-. 81 Gao U
BnAN-The stock on the landing IL abnat 5000
sacks; 600 sacks choice sold Ut. DOE " 100 %. .
HAY-LibefHl supply aud dull Prime. is
quoted Al ti4mis choice sis II ton. No sales
reported. :. Eea,aa
W ID. ,
Monetary, stocks, Etc.
NHw yosH. Feb pB.-4sboeks aetiys and UNI
sestled. Money ~. Gold 1o4Js Exchange
long 4 sBts, short AS. Governments hftn'
state bonds steady. u
PAals, Teb. 2s-t p. m.A-i,entas 1oGD185.
Domestic Markets.
NHv yoHs, Feb AZ, noon.--Uotten irmer.
uplands 1874, Orleans 1914 sales 21n bales.
Failures opened hrmi March u g2es y ?, li,a2o,
April 7. Y = s y, May ia@ta lsle' June
Fiopr 1ul aud heavy. Wheat Quiet and heavy.
Corn quiet and unchanged. Polk quiet, BIG 20.
Lard heavy steam 10 ID. Hpirlts 81 tprpentine
dali, 80 tsesn quiet; sioJf@a for strained
f's''' Foreign Markets.
LIVERPOOL, Feb, 10, Noon..-=uotton hardening:
Middlng Uplands "a. Midding Orleans 6
t1=ted. sales $4,000 bales, specul ation and ex.
port 1000. receipts 10, 200, all American.
elsnse, March and April delivery, e1s@e 1890
April and May, 6ssd6 2l.a2d. May, and June
O ii1ed06 $3.50, June and July, 0 9b-s2d.
Shipped January and February. BY call, p-1eii
March and April, Gasd May aud June delivery
eAd. June and July I iB.1ed, July aud August Q
2T.g2d.
ItvHspoot, Feb. 49, p. fn.-Uplsnds. Low
Mdding clause April and May delivery. 9 ttste
@6 2i-g3d; July and August 6fs. sales Ameti.
can tD,Tee bales,
LoHpoH, Feb. SO, 800 ?. MILO. " Dutch
Standard sugar, spot and sfloat, D 6dD81s.
D. m,-ffime mess beef lbs, prime mess pork
s4s 81. Uplands low middng clause, March and
April delivery, 6 a4tGa@6 7gad.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-01

The better feeling in the market noticed IN our
last report was etill more decided NJ the opening
this morning, aud factors generally were more
stringent in their pretensiops, many claiming an
advance of 40, which checked the movement.
but 90 tho demand was lively and was In some
.easee met At yesterdays ruling iates, the Gales
during the morning reached 1000 bales, after
which parties came together more freely, and ad-
ditionsl transactions were reported 70 The extent
OF 1900 bales, making total for the day, an
noted above, of 1000 pales. priees were stronger
during the morn.n y, when considerable portion
of the business was at an improvement of ise
and The rest al full pficos, while later in the day
additional samples were opened and buyers were
enabled 60 90 on with greater freedom, but
mostly with leaning to yesterdays outside
agares Thus, although prices were lees buoy
ant towards the close than earlier, yet ON the
whole the advantage was sufficiently ON the eide
of the sellers 70 require an advance OF partial
&c in our quotations., mostly in the inside
ngurea. This applies TO all grades except
in request ruled to-day 40 higher. The dis
patches reported Liverpool hardening, but with
no advance in quotations, and sale OF IL 600 bales
againet 1000 yesterday. Arrivals t-i8d better vt
noon, but closing w.l6d lower than the days
highest Hayre duh and unchanged, and New
York quiet and Arm at previous rates Tor spots.
and with but little change In futures, which
closed at partial advance OF i.92c Ia some grades
and partial decline of $40 in others,
Tho Exchange makes the amount on ehipboard
not cleared 10 fore to-daSs exports,) 75. 73a
bales, embracing 81 LOG for Liverpool, ~ 500 for
Havre, i0,S40 for the Nor,h Sea, 1850 for Bremen,
$40 for Spain, 73S for the Mediterranean, and 2sTa
for coastwise ports, leaving in presses, agroea-
q small part OF which is on sale.
At noon to-cay Middng was quoted at Calves
Ton At ila4c, at Mobile az llls 1t Savannah at
lac, at Charleston at i214c, at Wilmington at
I2ssc, ut New York at 1897, nj Boston at 1889,
at Memphis at lis4c, at Augusta at liskG1lis O,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-01

MONETARY.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,
Wednesday Evening, Feb. H.
REV ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE.

The demand for money continued muaerBts
day, both In bank and Oh e,teet ai,d cp,naes
New York Gold gave way, se, but We movement Y, !
was limited Foreign Ekchange followed the
uoufse tf tsold closing IL lover for hterllng and
"a " cent for trance, but there were Only 2 i'm M
sales IN the former and notbiag was reported IN
the latter New York sight continued scare
and stIty Stocks were quiet. UadeF aiote favor
able political news regarding The stability u the
present state government, an unusually large
business was transacted ia Stale GsnsUls and
Premium Bonds at marked advance, the mai
Let closing BIstb4tS VI cent higher for the tors
r,er and ltDtts W cent for The latter.
We continue 70 quote Exceptional commercial
paper At SO per cent per aasmn, discount, a.
lateral 76pBy Al mortgages shs@els and second
grade do. 10dn12. . ..
aold opened at iO5AGDiobh, against io4ts a.
New York. aud after y limited business elosed I
lJbt6dD1UbsS against l04ss IN hat market The
GALES summed up a2l 800, embracing 10000 and
$4,000 Al 1854 10000 At io5%C@iosss, and 1880 al
l05ss. ....... .....,.
ciosing 10 lower FOR sterling, aud 4 " cent for
francs, ...sa.
The sales Of sterling comprised tlp,boo. EN-.
brscins t70pb bill vt iadibg ut 502W50}s, sl4 .
600 do. at bO96a5OBis $4,000 do. and Gl6Oo aud
E30oO Al ceas Of Sous, $4,000 pm OF "a ,aoihs
at hD2tstaj04. and Ej0G0 bill OF ladnB at Qua
No Aalts Of frames were reported .-
Az the close sterling bils were du ted at 5020a
SOB, bark at ==6b503 land bank counter rate ~
4-6n5UEts) aud francs nj 800 Tor commercial
aud nominal for bank.
New York sight continued stiff The sales
eemprised sI50,00O, embracing $4,000 private
bankers at5iB W cent premium, aud $40, QUO com.
mercial, aud fg5,0'D hnd $4,000 private banhefs'
40 7lB2 We alec notita sales Of tll 900 CONNER
eial on Cincinnati st 7.92 II cent premium.
The banks continue to check ON New York ut
u II cent premium, and commercial night wss
still quoted IT 100,
The following is the official statement ct The
Gales reported to-day TO the stock Exchange
60 oh ron Nav Nfleana Gas 90. at AZ DO
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-01
sswssssrts

BORDEAuE@rRr brig Gfnnt=gt chs wine II CO
do pk 10 eognao @ Tfematilet 30 oks wire 10 hlf
do 10 phi ~ straw q CnyA 90 4 ben=5 hhds Irvine
cpRes iuHse A Kiviefe &eB=-1Uj ahsinthe IL
pipes brandy ID eataves do T Dtulateur-20 casks
wine A Hpobertau &eBs==51 cases mineral water 90
rsses ANDY fruits 20 cases Aisoh 30 absnths
D5 rases ss,ws 100 cases rafdnss 20 oka wee half
do u Mafn6ni.43e nks do gGr es brandy fruits Anne
d, Eoulufe= 70 bts wine pk &c GogBad Lettfsine
sbv=4tl cases saidnes Ii o. olives i Gelpi N Bt6B
oHs wine A LanatA=0 do sbs vihsgsf 10 bills do 10
easea sataines sauaages 10 oases ulivssI So
layi & Sen=to1 skH wine 80 cases olive oil u Dubo
loo eaAea fardinea order
HAyANA4-Per brig Hattie 4 Bishop--35 hhds
sugar der--4ts do sweetmtats A gar & Leleha
ttTILLA@=per sehr SHnts Ds1i===g50D lunches
bananas 1000 pantana TO- 900 esopsnnts bbs lines
OF RI Il bro
pOsToN=-per sehr ] Il Haneoek=-591 tens Ice
Crescent City Ice o.
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HHisarkR

puNEER1Ui5 bark Tnergia-=sa.a p7 5000
bushels corn Ia bulk
HuATANs-Pef sohf ] q whipple=bD hf bills antir
If bbls beef bbis pork hid bacon sacks Dtifse
bales tobacco IA pgHs snHdisH da feet lumber
ruRK4Pef bark Hespsria4tbh5 bales GOTTEN
NEW YUKK-Fst steams Up New OfleansE1g3p
bales cotton ~ bales $50 hhds sugar SO bbs ride
10 hhds tobacco 5s7 bhls aoasses o. bales iBtle -
pkgs nlBse COCO pes slaves