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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-16
MAUD MILLER's NEW YEARS ADyEN-

"A"LEn . NEW YEARS ADvEN-
TURE.
The following poem, taken from the Lam
sa siag hePqollcan OF January 9th, may be con-
that city, as every town Except Paw Paw y has
us Maud Miller" and FREQUENT visitor me,
travelling man.: "0
Maud Miller went out on new wears dav
10 promenade in her bert array.
She wore her bran new seal skin sacaue.
For silks and jewels she did not lack.
And her high-heeied boots and her Derbv hat
Completed ravishing costume that. 49,,
Just filled the eye OF travelling man,
Got up on the most elaborate plan
or the tailor's and barbers and cobblers skin.
Got up, in fact, wit view to "kin.'
He coughed, as he passed Maud Miller by.
AND Maud coushtf, too, with tender sigh.
Then faint perfume touched the bracing air.
As handkerchief fell from gloved hand fair.
Our elegant friend of commercial lore
sprang forward, the dainty mesh to restore.
And bent ea Maud such rspturous gaze
Ihat she felt to the ends OF her toes its ra,y
stranger? OF course But no matter for that.
Maud smiled at him. from under her hat.
And the two walked down the avenue wide.
In lively converse, side by slde
Ihe streets with merry crowds were CAV.
For the sun shone out in royal wav.
And Maud and her gay gallant strolled on.
Inc observed OF all the gay bon ton;
HOW dare she (you say with your terrible frownl
be SO free with stranger IN the town
See here, my friend, you're behind the age.
loure fossilizsd; please turn a new page.
Urls like Maud are not old-tme prudes,
Who cultivate sweet beatitudes.
Ana wait to be sought, like a wildwood flower.
In the safe home-nest, at proper hour;
they know that to charm the average man
Ihey must dazzle and glow wherever they can:
lis dash and glitter that win the day.
while reserve at the hesrth-stone pines AWAY.
MAUD Miller was sure she had captured prlze
In that knightly form, those marvellous eyes;
And like charmed bird she hung
On the hatteriDg speech of his oily tongue;
Whiie the girls she was sure all env:ed herr
Her elegant, new-found worshpper.
But all joy in this world has lts dash OF n.
And sometimes tits horribly bitter pill
winch shadows our BLISS, like funeral pail.
Turning LIES pleasures to NORWOOD and eau
Maud Miller learned this, and her sorrow and.
shame
Was such as no language can properly frame.
For just when she was gayest OF all tho raw
crowd
voice rang out, in tones clear and loud:
" Hello, old fellow I've got YOU at last.
And think, my fue bird that you're tole,,b,e
fast.
Young woman, you'd better go home to your una.
This fellow is wanted to answer the law;
He's thief, to the tune of ten Thousand or
more,
And the firm that he swindled feels a 4e.. bill
sore.'
And handouts were clipped on the wrists OF the.
knight,
Whose eyes had filed Maud with such won
drous delight
Alas, for the gallant alas for Miss Maud
The people all sneered at her elegant fraud.
But hurrahed for the brave detective man.
Who trapped the elegant fraud IN bis plan
Ah the trnest words OF tongue or pen
Ire: " The travelling claft are dangerous men -
Lansing, Mich. Jan / 1880 II y
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-16
PENSION FEEs-AN IMPORTANT DE
CISION.

TENSION FEES-AN IMPORTANT DE.
CISION.
From the Grand Rapids Times.
question OF some Importance was recently
decided by Judge Withey in the United States
district court for this district relative to the
offense OF taking an excessive fee by the at
torney of pension claimant.
The case was that OF the Uulted States VS..
Jerome Coleman. The defense claimed on
motion to quash the information that by the
act OF June 20, 1878, the amount OF the fee
permitted to be taken by an attorney in such
cases was liked at $40 and 40 more, and that
this act abrogated all previous provisions Of
law as the amount OF such fee, aud hence while
not in terms repeating the section OF statute
54S5 which fixed the penalty for taking fee in
excess Of that provided in the revised statute
under the title OF pensions, il yet had the ef-
feet to render the provision nugatory as con-
gress had by another statute declared what
should be . legal and what an excessive fee
without fixing any penalty for violation of its
terris. To this 1t WAS replied that the section
OF statute upon which this information was
based was not repealed, nor was the section OF
statute which fixed the compensation for this
attorney repealed, as the claim for pension in
this case Was pending at the time the statute or
June 40, 1878, was passed, and, as the claimant
was thus represented by an attorney, hence, by
the terms of the last named act, the case was
ruled By the pension statutes The court sus-
tanned the views of the prosecution, holding
that the case must be governed By the statutes
IN force prior to June 20, 1873, as the statute
passed at that date by clear implication left
such cases, to be 30 controlled and the court
further held that, though the statute OF 1878
fixed no penalty. yet a. the act OF taking fee
in excess of that fixed by the statute was de-
clared unlawful, that the offense was one which
might stil be prosecuted, and the amount OF
penalty would be within the discretion OF the
court.
Under the name OF simplicity society of
ladies has been established in Leipzig, to OPP
pose the extravagance of fashion in dress and
ornaments. The members of this ASSOCIATION
are pledged not to wear false hair, nor a train
nor tunics or any double skirts. Patterns OF
simple dresses and plainly trimmed-although
fashionable bonnets are worn and certain
dressmakers have agreed to conform to these
patterns in making. for the members Of the
society.
Women vote in Wyoming and are well treated
by the men; and the married women don't al
ways vote ~ their husbands do, nsiths:. II is
noted, further, that the women are sure TO vote
against candidates Of dissipAsed or immoral
The grocer w.o laid In thousand snow
ahoveIs last fall, and has 9ss yet on hand 10
not so very bad on. Next month he can put
out most anything and call II "new maple su-
gar"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-16

Alas, for the gallant. alas, for Miss Maud
The people all sneered at her elegant fraud
But hurrahed for the brave detective man.
Who trapped the elegant fraud IN bis plan
All the truest words OF tongue or pen
Are: =" The travelling CT aft are dangerous men y
Lansing, Mich. JAN /. 1880. HIS
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01

Grave stones bustia', tlnks !, Az rue
hke msd, jampin' ober De monumenoe
IKE a. dough ,isy we're pebbles. Dea Al
Oh sndden Gabf'ul don bles his born
right side ob die Yefe, AZ Hobber has
heard nunla wid Il slpce. Craze gari
OEAyr rAnpl ii said an seemed to
sec de words ob De tex writ via Peu
Oh Ere on de cloud. So nla dat ge mag
otfaia' knew what "a, meant ~ .
took np my cross an run Thnn'erboh
TO the beet eb my sbili9, nigh, ant
one Of De hosses OF de Revelation wSIsin
fur me oB dat dat day. went down on
nv kuees in de wet mossi de rain wasp'l
nunu, ia ioan' dAr what hadu't fonn
wheu wen, to the mo'ner's bsueh; III
foun' religion, didu't fpd my way
homo 10 Savannah tin mornln', an when
| got 10 Missus Proudat said young MaSsa
Walter had got skeered bout me, an bad
rode ont on TbuB'erbolt TO hunt me ]
got ont oh my soaked clothes an into my
jockey suit, white, wild facin' ob water.
million red, an den | hurry ont TO de
track, Massa Proudht be looked terrible
anxious. Whar you done been, Marcel
be says, Here's Mr.. Lsshstnger been
teilin' me some nonsense bout you're not
ewine to ride to-day 'csuse you's got re-
ligiou.
IL got religion, sho enufl, Mr.. Lash
stingor, says |.
Good boy, says Mr. Lasbstinger good
boy good boY-ssid he. Well, Mr.. Prod
ft, knows snudder berry peart jockey,
who'll run dat boss OBJ yours, perwided
You don'.csh TO rid II yo'seff.
begs yo' pardon, Mr.. Lssbstinger,
says |, but de tust lesson don learned
from my sperltual sperlence las night
was, SO run dat you may obtain, an l'se
a ewine 10 put dat lesson In practice, Sab.
Wild dat made bin berry low bow, AN
scrambled up into de saddle pretty libely,
Yes, madam, we Obtained course we
did MassA Proudft married Miss Mock
am went 10 Paris he's got a better prac-
tice now dan any udder doctor 10 Savan.
nah --leastways dars what Miss Mock
writes me. She says he's done bought
Thnn'erbolt back again; he's sorter stead.
led down, an makes berry good car
riage hoss now. She wants me to come
back to de family, an don know but
you'll have to excuse me when de season
is ober heah In Newport. Nebber did
like TO spen' winter In dc Mort, nohow.
--Harpers's Magazine.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01
pos'rwoRRY.

II is doubtful If there Is philosophy en-
ough 10 the wourld, even II Il were I'm
partially distributed, to put a stop to
worry. Some people would begin to fret
the next day after such distribution, 10
the antidote, that they bad not got their
share. Aud then some things are a.
much stronger than philosophy as blood
is thicker than water, Inherited mental
traits, or hsbits that have crystallized In
to water. A man who has the elements
SO mixed within him that be naturally
borrows trouble, and crosses bridges be-
fore be gets TO them, and permits small
things OF great things to fret him, ia
bound TO worry. de may as well attempt
to alter his complexion, or change the
thickness Of bis skin, as to stop worrying
The most be can do is to. control the ex-
preston OF his mental atate within him.
self,-and that is often more wearing 10
him than 10 give vent to bis feelings
Speech Is the safety valve for constitu-
tionai worriers, and they are truly bless
ed If they have friend with willing
ear and 9 bouyant nature, on whom their
poured-out troubles have no more effect
than ssummer shower ou silk umbrella,
To this class Of pniorlunates II IL quite
useless, and sometimes little short OF I'm
pertnence to keep saying Don't worry
One might as weIl say TO the wind, Don't
moan, or 10 water exposed TO zero weather,
Don't worry --oF, II that be impossible
TO divert the attention TO more pleasant
objects for a time. The worrying OF The
OF The world is not wholly 10 vain, II ~
well to remember, The troubled and per-
picked people, other things being equal,
often hsve the foresight 10 perceive aud
the prudence to averttroubles over which
the merry-hesrted and eare.free stumble
aud fail. Until we get our millennium
in something more tangible aud universal
than spots and slices, II won't do to be
too nncharitable toward worry.
But should there ever be organized a
society for the prevention OF worry, We
think il might hnd Geld foI useiul and
hopeful labor In combating the habit OF
idle and pointless complaining, and chrsn.
ic fretfulness, which blight so many
homes II could warn yoBng people tc
beware OF forming the habit. II could
encourage the victims Of il to stop aud
count ten before altering a fretful word
--As some people have 10 prevent ont.
breaks Of temper, II would teach over.
wrought mothers and over-actlye fathers
to take more sIeep-to breathe better air
TO stop overlooking their stomachs-
aud thus abolish many OF the strictly ply
sical causes OF disagreeable hsbit OF an
Amisbleness. An ounce OF prevention 10
worth ponnd Of cure, 10 this matter
for the descending steps In The scales are,
worry, fret, groWl, bile. And when one
hAs reached that depth, philosophy won't
save him. Reform has as hopeless JOB
| IN isckling him As Il does In dealing With
an old band politician. Conversion-ihs
real, oId.fashioned conviction OF siD, re-.
pentanee and new bIr.b, will alone Do
| lhe i0b.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01
NOW Is THE TIME
70 est thoss
Old Clothes Colored
Add Cleaned up for sunner Wear.

Il ssH sale t&isz ioak Ns wsE - Bss ana sass
6xsaRe Ne shAa8 eea8 ae1 ssEEiy every apsa
aefane he sFFsne. All n0laFs sHftsassa ~
saA eaaFganissa 30 aiFs HatsssAs.4o1, prssss'
skaSi9 " rgEzz4 hsfafs sythk. 81 eoais pantl
ans eshsf K5oes cas- - ased wheel
y. * slMOSDs.
taarnsI Nszse
AaasAssis. ", Agva ich.isN 80
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01
VOLUME XIX.
oo,r 90 ,,r aonr

A charming stifcu who plaza Hght
paris in oas q oar theatres, and i Aiso
aa eHoslisu, wife and mother. bss beea
annoyed by The overwhelming attentions
q youae downtown jowolsf. A, la,t
bic notes and boqaet. bceomlng TOO he,
qaout, she mentioned lho fact to ber hos.
eaad, who Immediately fred np snd
ttteAleptdlo punish The iafalnaled yontl
A powerful sthleiie, be armed hImselt
with cane Of ihs genus bladeeoB, and
left bis hotel The next mofuing With tho
Ayowed Intention Of glving bis rival aiew
blows and toaehing him 10 misd hia own
business.
Entering whsre be was smployed,
be strobe hastily through snd inquired Il
there was ayoung man there named IL.
There Is said the proprietor Of The ss.
tablishment; ho Is At the window, ,lnkcr.
Ing watches, Mr.. II ---, you are wanted.
As tho little male Dir, aross and con
frontod the large man, he trrmbed and
turpcd pale.
Did you sond my vile taese notes
said the husband, producing some OF the
offending billet doux.
| yes-l did, stammerod the cuprh,
trembling In every limb. He saw the
weapon, aud thought hs time bad come.
Wellwe u, said tho broad shon dercd,
big-heArtsd actor, reaching over tts
counter and pAtting tho poor irighlenoa
little fellow gentely on top OF tho head
look here, bubby, you must not do ~
any more.
Aud he loft poor H. TO the tender
mercies of bis fellow clerks.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01

Mr.. George Augusta Sala was depos.
tied by haekman, on his arrival IN
Philadelpnla on tho day OF the GRAFT 70.
ception, In the midst OF the crowd,
through W hich be aud his wife weie OBJ.
liged 10 make their way TO their hoiel'
IL an interview with q representative of
the Philadelphia Press be spoke as follows
with regard TO the behavior Of lbe throng;
mingled With the mob and saw tbs show
tho midst OF what we term IN England
the bowling multitude. never saw 20
impressed before with the good nature
aud amiabIlily Of al American crowd
| have never seen anything 70 compare
with 1t. The deference And respect
shown tho ladies by the masculine por-
ton Of The throng surprised me. ] failed
TO note one single instance Of uucouft.
eous, unchivalic treatment. Now, thars
a much different style of doing business
10 what We are accustomed TO 10 England.
Take, for instance, the mob We have in
London on the Lord Mayors day. The
lower classes always make Il point TO
turn the festival into an Inferno, aud TO
trampIe upon everyone they meet. Many
Of them deliberately arm themselves with
squirt.guns full Of dirty water, and dis
charge the contenla on the back Of every
welldfessed lady they come 10 contact
with. The weapon is playfaly called the
ladies lormenlor. From what | saw
yesterday, III vulgar rp1lsa we're 70 per
petrate such an Outrage on ladyin sn
American crowd, he'd be given short
thrih, stout cord, aud the nearest lamb.
post.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01

A man ia Jass Is much afraid Of The
thIhg Ia which be does not believe As he
is OF lhose in whieb be does believe. No
one believes In ghosts, aud yet every one
who goes through a dark room alone
Grmiy expects one to catch bin aud carry
hlm on.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01

A Boston paper says: A bulterhy Sss
esaght 81 The soath Epd yesterdsy. II
may be safs enough 70 catch butteffy
At sbe south end, bot when you 60 70
grssp wEip, you want 70 catch tat tie
north end.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01

A Yankee woman recently msFrisd
Chinese Lsapdryman, and 10 three days
thereafter The unhsppy Celestial sppssr-
ed st a barber shop aud ordered bis pig.
tail 10 be cut Of, saying 10 sxplansliobi
Too mucbee ysnk.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01


Many accidents arc prevented by
lighteniug-ike application OF preseuev OF
mind on the part Of the engineer. a
hundred instances sofremarkabe presence
of mind might be cited in this connection.
a passenger train on the Chicago, Bar
lington and Quincy road WAS rounding
sharp curve. jusl under patch OF tail
timber, The waiohfn engineer saw 8
tree lying across the track 60 feet ahead
OF the locomotive. The train was run
ming al speed OF 80 miles per hour, aud
TO check hs momentum before reaching
the obstruction was out OF the question.
The engineer took In the situation At
glance. He threw the throttle wide open,
and tho engine shot ahead with the veloc
ity OF an arrow, and with snoh tfemen--
dous force that the tree was picked up
by the cowcatcher and flung from tho
track as II II bad been only weed ora
weed or willow withe. A man with
not 30 cool head would have made tho
best posIble use OF those 60 feet In tho way
Of checking the train. That would have
caused disaster. Sam Bradford, one Of
The best engineers in the country, was
bringing an express train over the KAN
kakee line from indianapolis. Az tho
engine shot out from deep cut and
struck short piece Of straight track lead.
log to bridge, herd Of colts were
discovered running full tilt down tho
road. The distance to the river was only
100 feet. Sam knew he couldut stop tho
train, and also knew that II the colts beat
the locomotive to the bridge they would
fall between the timbers, and the obstFuc.
tion would throw The train of and pfoba-
bly, result In fearful loss OF life. II took
but half the second which was utilized.
In giving bis engine sncb a quantity Of
steam that 1t covered that 100 feet OF The
track In about the same time that bolt
of lightning would travel from the tip of
q lightning rod to the ground. The colts
were struck and hurled down the em.
bankment Just as they were entering the
bridge.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01

A man is Springfield, Asss., cold bic
borses Iast June, bat shs blssksmiih he
bad employed has seat In bic BIN ior
sbosiBT, etc, r8onthiy, with unvsFylsg
regularity, ever slnee. ID kis early dsys
be bad been book keeper for gas com.
peny,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01

A limid Boplonisn has msrried lady
whose weight verges c'ose upon 20
poUsds. My dear, said be 70 her, shsl |
help you over the fenesl No, said sbe 10
him, bslp the .eBes.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01
hhG0t al nelbef Tire,
shout az nabber Tire.
Sh1sat an ne6ser tire,
We'ii Axs q gran samp mestiu
Hhen - WHY % AIa.

Jua den dsr come Awfal crack OBJ
thun'sF and a bursl oh ighlnin' ali de
same time. loved de worf vas On are
sho enaa DE camp meetlB' broke up,
an We ali run ebbsr wbieher way. 1
struck out ior Dc woods fur sSvsnuah i.
De rain was iust swsshin' down, de
llbe oaks peared to be dsnein' an lariO'
DER bar, an de pine trees rocked an
sesseehsd Ike - 80 dey Was allie, Faal
deg knew wAs rigAt Ia de midst o.
BonafenlnTe CemelerF.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-01

De Gospel trains comm,
I tiak she's close Al han,
tink bear hsr whistle
she's = rumblin' fru De Ian
Little children, get 90 board
Youn better get youri ticket
An 10 rssdf 10 60 on board
Dea dey gan 10 shout, de sisters walkin'
up one aIsle and de brudderen up de nd.
der, an all takin' bold deir hands an
pumpin' Ike 30 dey was punpln' water,
while dey sang one worse, an den dey
each pass on 10 de mex. Il thun'ered
louder an Il llghteped more literally ;
but dey KEEP on, an' dis time dey sang,
sheat al nebbef tire,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-03-23

HAY FOR SwINE.-Few farmers are
aware of the fact that hay is very benef-
cial to hogs, but it is true nevertheless.
Swine need rough food as well as horses,
cattle or the human race. To prepare II
YOU should have a cutting box or hay
cutter and the greener the better. Cut
the hay as short as oats, or shorter, and
mix with bran shorts or midlings, and feed
as other food. Hogs soon learn to like it
and if soaked in swill or other slop food it
is highly relished by them. In winter,
use for hogs the same hay you feed your
horses and you will find that while it
saves bran, or other food, it puts on flesh
as rapidly as anything that you can give
them. In summer the use Of bay can be
commenced as early as the grass will do
to cut, and when run through the cutting
box can be used to advantage by simply
soaking in fresh water until it sours.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-03-23
FEEDING HORSES.

A great diversity OF opinion prevails as
to the bcs, methods Of feeding horses, and
mistakes are frequently made by neglect
ing TO give suitable attention to the mat
ter. We have known farmers who were
accustomed to throw lock of hay TO
their horses several times during the fore
noon or afternoon, and when not at work
the horses would be kept eating nearly
the whole day, consuming much more hay
on such days than they would require
when at work. This practice cannot fail
to injure horse seriously ifcon,inued any
length of time. Horses are frequently
injured by overlooking. a horse should
no more have all the hay he can eat than
child should all the bread and fruit he
can eat. Regularity and moderation are
as important in the one case as the other.
Driving horses are sometimes fed on cut
straw and meal without any hay, or very
little. This is a good food for horses, as
has been proven in many instances. Some
believe that six or eight quarts Of meal
per day, with fifteen to twenty pounds of
good hay, is enough for almost any horse
and better than more. Of course horse
that works all the time needs more food
than one who does but little. Some horses
consume and seem to need more food than
others doing the same work. The hay
should be cut, or mostly so, and fed with
meal, wet. Cracked corn to be fed with
oats part of the time is recommended by
some. Smoky hay is specially liable to
induce cough, and should be carefully
avoided. II horses are fed mostly on hay
it should be of good quality, well cured
and fed in moderate quantities three times
day. But it is the opinion Of those best
acquainted with horses that they can be
kept in good condition cheaper by feeding
some grain than by giving them hay alone,
and if horses are in constant use grain in |
some form is necessity.-Record and
Farmer.