The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13
DOWAGIAC LOCALS.
From Our Own Correspondent.


by the following lines
"Those midnight yels, those midnight yells,
How sad tale their music tells
OF melons green, OF apples hard,
OF peaches that should be deb barred-
What touching accents they produce,
More mellow than the melon juice
The human stomach little knows
OF greater ills than collie woes;
And to the world its anguish tells
BY midnight yells, shrill midnight yells."
Rich cake and ice-cream at eleven or twelve
o'clock at night adds depth to these colcy woes
and expression to this midnight muslc-so
'"they say and we are willing to take their
word for 1t.
Our letters to the True Norherner are in
one respect like angels visits, and we hope
they are like the visits OF good angeis-wel-
come. Some days ago we were arranging, in
our mind, the items for a letter when along
came the Northerner with that Man with IN
ltem,7 and we paused to read, and we have
paused ever since, and while pausng have been
thinking OF the facts there set forth and as we
call to mind some OF the locals we have read
from time to time we add that the truth wasn't
half told. Welhave wondered many times why
editors should fill their columns with items not
one whit more suitable than those mentioned
in the article referred to. Some .editors have
given as reason that they sell papers; that
there is a large class of persons who arc so
anxious to see their own names, or some OF the
family, IN PRINT that they willingly pay, or
promise TO, u years subscription for that pur-
pose alone. We DO not believe the blame rests
here so much as with the reporters and with
the editors. With the first, because they are
greedy for "space"-they want their articles to
have the appearance of weight, forgetting the
trite saying "the best goods come in small
bundles We take as much of this as belongs
to us. With the latter, because-because-
because they give all their time 10 politics Or.
or-or religion { y (excuse our stammernS and
questioning over the latter reason) or else they
pay the most attention TO the advertising de
partment, from which comes as many of them
claim, all their profits, but which to the reader
is not a fair exchange for the subscription
price. Let editors take as much Of this as be-
longs to them and no more.
But we pass on to secondly" which touches
book agents. Although we have never been a.
"bore and nuisance to any great extent, yet
we have canvassed a little, and in doing so we
fel; and still feel that we were engaged in a.
commendable and honorable calling. We know
that instead OF being curse to the country
the country owes debt CT gratitude to the
book agents who have introduced into thou
sands Of homes good books which have been
the means OF adding much happiness to those
homes and building up the whole country in
intelligence truth, morality and religion. Peo-
pie would be less frequently humbugged III
book buying il they would exercise a little more
judgment and common sense in the matter.
Persons who don't know good book when
they see it and haven't mind enough of their
own to know whether they want 1t or not won't
have sense enough to appreciate the merits OF
a really valuable work and they are the ones
who are aiv avs complaining Of the dishonesty
Of / book agents. The fault lies within our
selves, dear friends, that we are humbugged
We pass on TO thirdly" where we come to
speak of the political situation. In this city the
boom is not booming much yet; we shall wait
till after the conventions aud the horses are
trotted out upon the track, and then we'll so,
in, and that TO win good, honest RepublIca n
victory. We could cheer more enthusiastically.
would be more interested IN the victory OF tie
Republican horses ii they wore Prohibition
saddle and Woman Suffrage bride. We are
watching with great interest the Prohibition
horses and, although we think the race is not
for them this time, we take stock' in them be-
cause they are OF the right blood and are on
the right track, and their efforts in the race de-
serve the support OF every true friend of hu-
manity. The party IN power has ridden the
License saddle long enough; we can't afford
the cost in human life by murder suicide and
starvation; in b.oken hearts and blasted pros
poets; in homes robbed OF all that makes it
dear to every loving heart: in Grunkards' graves
filed with fathers, sons, brothers and sisters !;
in all The lnnumerable wants and woes. sor-
rows and Affections, the untold misery and
degradation that it brings upon mankind The
Republican party has been first and foremost
ia many excellent reforms, why should it hesi-
tate and parley over the question OF Prohlbi-
| ton : Experience has taught to the world the
fact that there are thousands OF men, and wo-
strong drink and have not will-power sufficient
to overcome it in the presence OF temptation.
The salvation OF this class alone is sufficient
reason why the manufacture and sale of ardent
spirits should be prohibited. The Republican
party being the party in power and asking for
a continuance OF thai power at the hands of
the people, among whom is this same class who
are slaves to their appetite, should place temp
tation beyond their reach By pIohibtory legis-
lation. The political parties now asking for
our support should not, as is claimed by some.
be permitted to dodge this question by leaving
it to the vote of the people, in which contest
the strictly temperance element must vote
! against the open whisky element combined with
tho week-kneed, milk-i nd-water temperance
element; and this TOO in face OF the fact that
the greatest sufferers from intemperance, the
most self sacrificing, the most earnest workers
in the cause Of temperance, O., the mothers.
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