The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-09
A LITTLE STORY.
For The True Northezner.

interest of the few aud against the many,
whereby the rich we're made richer and the
poor we're made poorer, until the poor oppress-
ell people gathered together in the public
places OF the land and swore terrible oath,
, VIZ; They would no longer permit capital to
run the machine but would arise in their ight
and elect to the high places, men who would
pledge themselves to work to make laws to lit
the down trodden people mp and assist them to
stand up free tefore the world and God In
one part OF the land, there arose certain man
who would fain be q leader OF the down trod-
den people. This man went forth into the
highways OF the land, and he refined his foam
! ing steed to the east and the west, to the
north and to the south, with the skill OF a Budd
Doble. Then this true man began to whisper
in the ears OF the oppressed people, and said
to them, Z" 1 will be your leader, will be your
standard bearer, I will lead you on to victory
and pocket the fee that is the perquisite of the
standard bearer, increased by certain other
standard bearers, sometimes called Salery
Grabbers," and by few ignorant people who
are called "leeches." or course this is wrong
for we shenld recognize the rights OF our
rulers to make our laws, then unto the raising
OF their own saleries. But to the subject This
honorable man-who is also a physician Of
good repute to this day-whispered to bus
friends that he did not desire an Office, but
still if his distressed and unhappy country
really and truly required him to sacrifice his
feelings, he would do SO, for the welfare OF his
distracted country-and the little fee. So this
NJ. d. IS friends made up little compact com
monty called a slate, (though this ia very,
very vulgar term and should not be used by
any person unless he belongs to the old cor
rupt parties that have so long oppressed the
people-they have states. But the new party
have sworn vengeance on all slate makers, so
when they make slate it should be called by
some other name.) So these friends OF the
noble. pure minded citizen who aspired to lift
the burdened people out OF the financial
Slough Of Despond" into which the old law
givers had dragged them, got their heads to-
gether and said We will go down where this
good citizen is to stand before the people at
our own expense, Che being poor farmer, or
editor or physician) and will bobby for hum
because he belongs to our province, and will
bring him in if the slate don't break. Alas the
slate broke. Then this good citizen went home
to resort again to the peaceful pursuits OF
farming, ETC., etc. Gas in parenthes.s aboye.)
But when this true man considered that he
was not what he had thought himself to be, he
said to himself, l cannot be a standard bearer
fer the down trodden people, but verify there
are other offices that are honorable, that pay
large salaries, and now I'll so for the one that
pays the best OF course must sacrifice the
friends who spent their time and money to try
to raise me to the high position Of their
standard bearer. They will no longer be my
friends but what is that to me? i can secure
more friends as long as promises hold out.
Promises are merely words, and haven't full
stock on hand? Now Will bethink me which
is the best OF these places, and l will hint to
my friends that would not care for the place.
but at the same time, I'll work 'em in. to Sc
cure it for me So the Doctor considered the
question. as he tossed upon his sleepless couch
in the solemn hours OF night, and he saith to
himself with little gentlemanly chuckle,
Eureka I'll be County Clerk. There is big
-. tLat Co La htpns
gathered to himself some new friends whom
he had not yet sacrificed and whispered in their
cara. (the doctor is great whlsperer) now l
don't want to be County Clerk, not at all, no.
Still if the down trodden people insist npon it,
/ suppose must submit "a sigh) and take the
plum So on the sly-no, not on the sly either,
tina. does nothing on the sly-though 1t looks
like it, it isn't So But he gathered together
the new friends and instructed them to I" fix "
it for him, and he would never, no never for
get them, and might even give one Of them
the most influential and wisest looking-the
same who possesses the great faculty Of clip
party, and after compiling them, presents them
as original to his county eonvention) the pit Of
the plum, If he could only get the plum. Then
too the people, the unhappy people, were un-
der great obligation to him, because in his
speculation OF running party organ he had
been loser 80 he thought he had right to
have the rich plum fall in his lap but he
didn't solicit the people to give it to him, oh,
no. So, at the next gathering, where they
we're to select certain persons to stand before
the people for their SURFACES, there came for
ward the new friends OF this Hon( y man, and
the slate worked, for it was well written up.
And it is believed that, il the doctor fails to
secure the rich plum aforesaid that he is will
ing to sacrifice himself again, chow he must
suffer- and come down another peg Moral
1t is better to begin at the bottom Of the lad
der and 90 up, than to begin at the top and go
down. ANONYMOUS.
From the Seneca Falls Co. IN. W Courier.
1t is stated as fact that the large proportion
OF the now 4 mar cant honds are now called