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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-05-17
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made IN the payment OF
certain lndenture OF mortgage, bearing date
the ninth day OF June, n ID 1875, executed by
Joseph IA Miller OF Van Buren, county, Michi-
gan, to Frederick Boop, Of Kalamazoo. MIchi-
gan, and recorded in the Office OF tue Register
OF Deeds for the county of Van Buren,, state OF
Michigan, IN llber OF mortgages on page 1856
and the said mortgage was duly assigned by
the SAID Frederick Holop to VIM r Hawkins OF
raw Paw Michigan, ana recorded in the office
OF said Register OF Deeds IN liber nine on page
420, and the amount claimed to DO due at the
date OF this notice being three hundred and
thirty three dollars and ninety six cents 1888
.96) including an attorney fee OF twenty five
dollars provided for iD said mortgage, and no
suit or proceedings at law or IN equity having
been Instituted TO recover the amount now due
on SAID mortgage, now, therefore, Notice ia
hereby given that by power OF sale contained
In said mortgage there will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder on Saturday, the
18th day OF May, A ID 1875 at the front door OF
the Court House in the village OF Paw Paw.
Van Buren, county, state OF Michigan at twelve
O'Clock at noon OF said day. the premises des-
crlbed In said mortgage, or so much thereof as
shall be necessary TO satisfy the amount now
due on said mortgage with interest and costs.
said premises being described as folows, to- wit
he north west quarter or the south east quar-
ter OF section twenty four in township two
south OF range seventeen west. IN Van Buren,
county STATE or Michigan. 1868
Dated Feb. 81, A ID 1878.
w. r. HAWKINS, Assignee.
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Mrs. Bella A. Lockwood, who has been in
successful legal practice for the last FIVE years.
has charge OF two important cases now mend
ing before the L. s. supreme court-one IN
yolving S3.00OOOO.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-05-17
FRANK u. HAWKS

FRANK L. HAWKS.
60. Dearborn ST.. Chicago. ILL.,
MOSES HAWKS FINANCIAL POLICY "
AGAIN-THE TRUTH AT LAST.
EDITOR ALLEaAN DEMooRAT-H you will be
kind enough to grant me space in your yalua-
bic paper sufficient to vindicate my dead father
from the groundless imputations that are being
cast upon him by the country papers of your
state, in the future will spare you 30 far as
am concerned. As the Allegan Journal has
denied me this privilege. I would request edi-
tors who have published articles relating 70
this subject to copy this one also 40 that Tho
public may have both sides of the case before
pronouncIng the verdict
There appeared in the Allegan journal of tbe
18th inst, compiled article. under the canton
or" Moses HAWKS Financial Reform. which
doubtless would, If left unncticed create
wrong impression among parties who were
only partially acquainted with Mr.. Hawks.
Those who knew him best are well aware that
he was a man possessed OF superior knowl
edge, and at all times and under all cireum-
stances was sound on the financial ouestion
lie was one OF the Oldest publishers in the
state OF Michigan, and such men as Franklin
fleIce, President. Lewis Cass, u. s. s. and
Hon. Morgan Bates, Lieutenant Governor NJ
Michigan. were classed among his associates
ana from the important position Of trust and
responsibility he himself held, it would need
ittIe argument to convince the enlightened
pioneers OF your state that b g possessed kpow-
'dSe Tar superior to that OF the amiable Mr.
Reid, editor and proprietor" OF the Journal
Dy the way, this same man Reid. whose
timer name il Edwy, is still laboring under the
insane idea that lie we'll told and stuck 70 is
quail to the truth, and by this same token has
often himself into any quantity of ridiculous
grapes, beth personally and edltorially and
wo libel suits are now pending against him in
be courts OF Allegan county, which ia very !
onvlncing evidence that he is slightly addicted
D prevaricating. A person possessed Of ordi-
airy intelligence would not have to go beyond
ne bounds OF the village where he resides 10 |
ollect evidence sufficient to bury him so deem {
error that the blast Of the bugle-trump on ]
&c morn OF the resurrection would fail TO raise +,
i'm.
The article under review was fret published
the True Northerner, the "enterprisineo
ryan of the progressive village of Paw Paw
was written by some wag, and published as Il
Ike, so did not think it then worth noticing. v
ut since then 1t has assumed mammoth pro- il
ortione, each presumptive editor adding
tle-just enough to suit his own fastidions
eas-until at last the Journal reproduces il 81
corrected article nearly a column in b
myth. Ii is perhaps needless to say that this II
ticle was never published during the lifetime "
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"Si WI "A PIJCbi 0llCC.
STATE OF MICHIGAN: The Circuit Court
ior the county or Van Buren-ln Chancery
Harvey w. Corpe
Ys
Calista p. Lemunyan.
Sarah 8. Potter.
Isaac III. Sparks
Diantha l.. Bier
Milo q. Sparks.
Elite May Sparks,
Charlie A. Sparks
Esther A. Sparks
Frank A. Sparks
state OF Michigan-Ninth Judicial Circuit-In
Chancery-Suit pending in the Circuit Court
for the County OF Van Buren, IN Chancerv
az the village OF Paw Paw, in SAID county ana
state, on the Sd day OF April. A. ID. 1878.
IL satisfactorily appearing to me that Sarah
:. Potter one OF the above defendants is a
nonresident nc ~ this State, on motion OF O.
w. Rowland. ESQ., solicitor for said complain
ant 1t IS ordered that the said defendant Sarab
o fotter cause her appearance IN this cause TO
De entered within three months from the date
or tins order aud that in case OF her appear
ance she cause her answer to the complainant
olIi 20 De nled and copy thereof to be served
on the compliments solicitor within twenty
nays after service of a copy OF SAID bill and
notice or this order and in default thereof. that
ne SAID bill be taken as confessed by the sald
defendant Sarah 5. Potter And il ls further
'ruered that within twenty DAYS the SAID com
'laihaht cause notice OF this order to be
published in the True Northerner a newspaper
published and circulated in said county of Var
5uren. and that said publication be continued
q SAID paper at least once In each week FOR
TX weeks IN succession. or that he cause a
opy OF this order to be personally served on
he said defendant Sarah s. Potter. at least
wentv DAYS before the time above prescribed
or her appearance
2O2t7 JOHN KNOWLES.
Circuit Court Commissioner
}. w, ROWIAND Comm min nt,a Sol,o;,o.
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Erwin A. LANDPHERR.
CHICAGO, May 10.
Respectfull1

CHICAGO, May TO-
EDITOR True NoR1HERNER:
AS you clam that the article in regard To
." Moses Hawks Finances" first emanated from
your Office, would request you. as a matter of
justice to the deceased, to publish the enclosed
article aud send nc copy of your paper You
certainly ought to be willing to give the public
both sides OF the case, and trust you will lose
no time in dong It,
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KID BUTTON SHOES

For S2.OO pair, ever offered.
GAO PAIRS LADIES SHOES.
80 = GENTS
AT 80 per cent. less than regular prices-a lob
lot bought at Great Bargain.
Our CARPET STOCK is now replete with
the very Latest and Choicest Patterns Ex,ant.
Carpet, from 15c yard up
Oil Cloths. at prices that competition is left
as OLeary the Great Walker leaves all his
Competitors far in the rear
Lace Curtains, Bleached and
Unbleached Cotton, Hosiery
and Gloves, Ladies' & Gents
Neck Wear, Jewelry and
Fancy Goods,
At unheard OF prices at the Popular Store of
W. j. SELLICK.
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MORTGAGE SALE.

Circuit Court Commissioner.
.. w. ROWLAND, Compartments Solicitor.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN.l
COUNTY OF VAN pJrpEy

Attorneys for Mortgage g
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26
BANK PROFITS.

The New York Times publishes some
tables drawn from official records which
show that the National banks, in aggre-
gate, have been for over two years pay
ing their stockholders more than their
earnings. The reason for such payment
has been partly the mistaken idea that
dividends are indispensable to the con-
tinuance of good standing, and partly
the fact that 'they could not help re-
spending to the agonies of the stock
holders and the necessities of the case, !"
because their stockholders consist large
ly of women and other dependant per-
sons," "who cannot live in this exhaust
ed state of things unless they get
something out of their stock" The
figures show that bank capital and
surplus have been decreasing During
the half-yearly periods ending March
and Sept. l, 1875 and 1877. the nation
al banks charged off their books as loss
es S6,50l, 900, $13,217, 900, S8.176,-
600, s11,759, ,0OO-$19,7l9,O26 fol-
1876, and Sl9, ,993,5SS for 1877; this
is equivalent, for 1876, to 3.92 per cent
of the capital, or l4.97 per cent. of the
surplus, or,3.ll per cent. of capital and
surplus combined for 1877, to 4.0e
per cent. of the capital, or 1903 pei
cent of the surplus, or 1926 per cent. o.
both combined. During the half-yearly
periods ending Sept. l, 1876 and 1877
(the figures for the half years ending
March l being not widely different from
those,) the number of banks and amour
of capital paying no dividends was a
follows, given in thousands:
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

do not remember any page which
will tell me how to spend this afternoon.
l do not so much want to know how to
economize time as how to spend it; by
what means to grow rich. How to ex-
tract its honey from the world,-that is
my everyday business. am as busy
as bee about it. Do | not impregnate
and intermix the flowers, produce rarer
and finer varieties, by transferring my
eyes from one to another? It is with
flowers / would deal. The art Of spend
ing day J If it is possible that we may
be addressed, it behooves us to be atten-
tive. So by the dawning or radiance of
beauty are we advertised where are the
honey and the fruit of thought. of dis
discourse and of action. The discover
les which we make abroad are special
and particular those which we make at
home are general and significant My
profession is to be always on the alert,
to find God in nature, to know his lurk-
ing places, to attend all the oratories,
the operas in nature. Shall I not have
words as fresh as my thought? Shall |
use any other mans word? A genuine
thought or feeling can find expression
for itself if it have to invent hieroglyph-
les. 1t has the universe for type-metal.
Henry d. IHoreau, in ,Scri5mer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26
STREET sPRINKLING.

The funny if not truthful man of the
Burlington Hoaokeye chronicles the fol-
lowing: Mr.. Trevelyan, who lives on
Court street. has had trouble already
with his garden hose. Since the intro
duction of the Holly water system it has
been the delight of Mr.. Trevelyan to turn
himself into pipeman at sunset. and
with his garden hose sprinkle the thirsty
street with the clear cool water of the
mighty Mississippi. Miss Norah Dono-
van, young lady who is connected with
the culinary department of Mr.. Treve-
lyan's house, and is also superintendent
Iof dormiteries and general overseer of car
pits, had often watched. as her duties
would permit, the process of cooling down
the streets at eventide, and she had been
beard to wish that this duty might be
intrusted to her. She finally framed her
wish in direct petition, and last even
ing she entered upon the active duties
If her new Office.
| When Miss Donovan took the nozzle
from the hands of her master, it was
pointed almost directly at the middle Of
the street, and Miss Donovan conscien.
tiously retained it in this position, while
her whole frame was convulsed with de.
light. Presently, there came dashing
down the street, in light open phaeton
two happy young people. In vain the
male young person shouted, "Hi, there
I say. turn her off |" and in vain the
female young person shrieked and essay
ed to hide behind parasol no large
than water lily.
/ Miss Donovan only stared at them
and wondered if peradventure. they
might be crazy, and when they passed
through the torrent. they came out OF
the other side very sad, very silent ant
very damp. not to say limp. Then tn
gentleman who lives next door came ou
and called to her as he approached. in
tending to instruct her how to shut oi
the deluging stream or turn it asid
when anyone approached but Miss Don
oyan hearing him call her name. SAT-
..Sorr," and turned about and faced him
with the nozzle doing its level best. wid
open and FIRE pressure on. He turne'
with the first shot and fed for his owl
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

door, the cooling stream following him
every inch of the way like an angel of
mercy in disguise. But by the time he
reached his own door he was so thorough
ly drenched that his suspenders mildewed
Then Fort Hill street car came rat
tling down, an open summer car, just
crowded with people coming home from
picnic at Sunnyside, and when they
heard the driver shout and then dodge,
and then swear. they saw their fate and
Miss Donovan, and just howled and
walled and screamed, and tried to get
behind each other, and crept under the
seats, and some Of them jumped off the
car, and all of them by their frantic
gestures, wild shrieks and singular be-
havior impressed Miss Donovan with the
idea that they were dreadfully drunk.
The street car passed on, and when it
was beyond the line of Mr.. Trevelyan's
garden stream, the dryest man in the
car could have put out confagra-
tion by simply leaning back against
the house that was burning, and before
the car reached the next corner there
were four Well-defned suits for damages
fixed up against Mr.. Trevelyan.
By this time Miss Donovan was pref
ty thoroughly convinced that the manip-
ulation of garden hose required that
broad judgment and liberal education
and shrewd insight into men and mo-
tives that belong only to the aristocratic
classes, and she determined to resign
her position forthwith. She went into
the hall, carrying the nozzle with her,
and spreading desolation and dismay
wherever she went. "Whistl p she
shouted, as the torrent drenched the
hat rack. "Murther |" she howled,
when it knocked the globe off the hall
lamp. "Misther Threveleyan l'' she
shrieked, "where in the wide world is
the sthopper?" And then she bent over
the irrepressible nozzle and essayed to
stop it with her finger. The howl of
dismay that followed this attempt
brought the startled family up into the
hall, and in less than three minutes
every seat in the house was taken,
standing room all gone. and the play
declared success.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26
HOW BIRDS FLY.

You will find, if you carefully exam
inc BIRDS wing. that all the bones and
muscles are placed along the front edge,
which is thus made very stiff and strong.
The quill feathers are fastened in such a
way that they point backward, SO that
the hind edge of the wing is not stiff
like the front edge, but is flexible and
bends at the least touch. As the air is
not solid, but gas, it has tendency
to slide out from under the wing when
this is driven downward, and of course
it will do this at the point where it can
escape most easily. Since the front
edge of the wing is stiff and strong, it
retains its hollow shape, and prevents
the air from sliding out in this direction,
but the pressure of the air is enough to
bend up the thin, flexible ends of the
feathers at the hind border of the wing. so
the air makes its escape there, and slides
out backward and upward. The weight
of the bird is all the time pulling it
down toward the earth; so, at the same
time that the air slides out upward and
backward past the bent edge of the
wing, the wing itself, and with it the
bird, slides forward and downward off
from the confined air. It is really its
weight which causes it to do this, SO
that the statement that bird flies by its
own weight is strictly true.
This is true, also, of insects and bats.
They all have wings with stiff front
edges, and flexible hind edges which
bend and allow the air to pass out, SO
that flying is nothing but sliding down a
hill made of air. A bird rises by flap
ping its wings, and it flies by falling
back toward the earth and sliding for
ward at the same time. At the end Of
each stroke of its wings it has raised it
self enough to make up for the distance
it has fallen since the last stroke, and
accordingly it stays at the same height
and moves forward in a seemingly
straight line. But if you watch the
| fight of those birds which flap theil
wings slowly, such as the woodpecker
you can see them rise and fall, and will
have no trouble in seeing that their patti
is not really a straight line, but is made
up of curves although most birds faI
their wings SO rapidly that they have NJ
time to fall through space great enough
to be seen. Birds also make use of the
wind to aid them in fight. and b.
holding their wings inclined like kite
so that the wind shall slide out under
them, they can sail great distances with
| out tapping their wings at all. They
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

The Times says: 1t is impossible that
these amounts charged off for losses, as
above stated, are above the present rate,
and represent clearing away of items
which had been carried along in the
hope of saving portion Of them; on
the other hand there is scarcely fail
ure where the losses, commonly said to
be "welI distributed" do not hit some
banks. The causes of diminished in
come do not lie out of sight. The action
of the Government in refunding has
caused large substitution of lower-rate
bonds for the old skies, and the disap-
pearance of the gold premium has re-
duced the dollar income from interest
as well as the currency market price of
the bonds to be counted in assets; and,
most of all, money has been SO idle for
years that the constant problem has been
how to put it to any use without incurr-
ing unwarrantable risk. On the other
hand, expenses. particularly taxes, have
been almost undiminished.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26
ONE OF LIES SHADOWS.

At s o'clock the other morning
Second street wife followed her husband
down to the gate as he was starting for
down town and kindly said to him:
"William, you know how sadly need
blue bunting DRESS"
Eyes, DEAR" he remarked, "but you
know how hard up am. AS soon as |
can see my way clear you shall have the
dress and a new hat to boot. Be patient,
be good, and your reward shall be great.
Forty minutes after that he emerged
from restaurant with big basket and
fish pole, bound up the river. In the
basket was chicken, pickles, cake,
fruit, pie and bottle of liquid of rich
color, and he was just lighting twenty
cent cigar when his wife came along.
"What you here p he exclaimed.
"Yes, was going to the market.
Where are you going-what's in that
basket %
Il was going to carry this ish-pole
around to a friend on Jefferson avenue, !"
he modestly answered.
"And that basket o.
"This basket-well, I was going to
take it to the orphan asylum as a pres
ent to the children. tt is a donation
from six leading citizens.
"William, l don't believe it ~
"Sh Don't talk so loud p
"William, shall talk louder yet !"
she exclaimed. "I'll bet you are going
ishingr'
'Mary, have l ever deceived you ?"
he plaintively asked. 81 never have !!
AS proof of my sincerity you can take
the basket to the asylum yourself!"
"And I'll do it p she promptly an
swered as she relieved him of it.
"Mary, hadn't you-?"
"No, sir, hadn't! You'd better hur-
ry up with that fsh-pole, as the man
may want it, and be careful how you
stand around in the hot sun !"
She left him there. He watched her
take the car for home, and then he re-
turned the fsh-pole and crossed the
street and said to an acquaintance
"Tom, I'm suffering with neuralgia,
and the excursion is off till next week.
Too bad, but we can never tell what a
day may bring FORTH
There was chicken and pickles and
other good things on the table at dinner,
but he never smiled. Even when his
wife wished she was an orphan, if that
was the way they were fed, he never be-
trayed the gloom in his heart. 1t was
only when she handed him the bottle he
had so carefully tucked into the basket,
and he saw it labeled: "Good for Little
Children that be said:
"Mary, it is an awful thing for q
wife to get the impression that her hus
band is cold -blooded liar p
at must be, she replied as she tool
the other chicken leg.-Free Press.
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e TERMS-S2. 90.
lGEO. I'll. BLAKE, Publisher.

are supported, as paper kite is, by the
wind, which is continually pushing
against their wings, and sliding out
backward and downward, thus lifting or
holding up the bird, and at the same
time driving it forward.
The birds are not compelled to face
the wind while they are sailing, but by
changing the position of the wings lit
tie they can go in whatever direction
they wish, much as boy changes his
direction in skating by leaning a little
to one side or the other. Some birds
are very skillful at this kind of sailing,
and can even remain stationary in the
air for some minutes when there is a
strong wind; and they do this without
tapping their wings at all. It is diff
cult thing to do, and no birds except
the most skillful flyers can manage 1t.
Some hawks can do it, and gulls and
terms may often be seen practicing it
when a gale of wind is blowing, and,
they seem to take great delight in their
power of fight.-St. Nicholas.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26
NANCY CHIME.

Untarnished by the breath Of fame.
Untouched by prose or rhyme,
The world has never heard that name,-
The name Of Nancy Chime.
Domestic, friend, and monitor,
She served US long and well;
Not many "helps" could equal her,
And none. perhaps, excel.
No evil lurked within her breast;
Her face was always bright;
Her trusty hands, scarce needing rest,
We're busy day and night.
Her voice was sweet as voice Of birds
That to each other call;
And when she spoke. her striking words
Were listened to by all.
Fen Baby Bunting-darling boy.
The happiest of his race
Would clap his little hands with joy.
And look up in her face.
But none can reach perfection here;
Like all beneath the sun.
She, too. could err. and her career
Was not faultless one.
She only did, here let me tell,
Each day the best she could;
Would young folks all but do as we'll
The world might soon grow good.
But all IS pasti AhI cold that fatei
That bosom throbs no morei
Obi must another take her place,
And we our loss deplore?
Nay, nay. we could not bear the pain
or losing one 80 true;-
Old Nancy Chime shall tick again,
And be as good as new.