The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25
JOTTINGS AND CLIPPINGS.


come of something more than $40, 1000 a
year.
81 AM in favor of the elevation of the
human race, rs the hangman remarked
Just before springing the trap.
The Irish are expected to fall in love
with the beautiful wife of the new Lord
Lieutenant.
The Elmira Free Press says that
bicycle riding is very healthy-for those
who view 1t from "A safe distance.
THE Philadelphia Chronicle fears that
the New Jersey fires will impart a
smoky flavor to the coming watermelons.
A New YORK undertaken eloped with
the wife of the man who dug his graves
1t was case of the ruling passion strong
in death.
FARMERS do not hear the corstalk
Neither do men who wear tight boots
But there are some things which speak
louder than words.
KING THEEBAU has great hankering
after American canned green corn, and
he eats 1T at every meal.-Free Press
Serves the brute right.
:" Beer sent by telephone is a sign
on an uptown saloon. Too much taken
III that way would probably cause man
to get on his ear.-Boston Post.
MERCY" exclaimed an old lady upon
first seeing an engraving of the passage
of the Red Sea by the children of Israel;
Mercy! what family the man had'
COLONEL INGERsoLLs lectures are ruin
ing the bric-a-brac market; n collection
of gods was sold ut auction yesterday for
next to nothing. Nee York Hcroid.
AN old angler says fish does not suf-
fer much pain from being hooked OF
course not. It's the thought of how his
weight will be lied about that causes him
anguish.
DoNN Plat has practiced boxing ever
since he was knocked down, and he now
splits door-panel with aleft-hander and
aches for some other Congressman TO hop
ut him.
4 WESTERN church society is wrestl-
ing with the question: Can n man who
smokes be Christian" Well, that
depends. Ii he smokes III the next world
he can't. PhitddCiphia CrOHicic-
Herdld
A WASHING machine has been in
vented that is said to be able TO take the
place of n servant girl mt that business.
Don't believe it. Nothing but an ugly
man with IN AK could break SO many
tea cups per minute as the average hand
maiden can.
PROF KARL F. KRAY, of Stephens In
stitute, declares that the molecule (the
last analysis of natter Is about onc-fiye-
hundreth-millionth of IN inch wide. 1t
is pleasant to have such matter settled,
SO that when one is.hungry he may know
how many TO order.
TINES have changed in Europe A
nobleman has just been arrested for
stealing three dollars. There was a day
when most nOblemen considered it the
proper thing TO live 10y robbery and when
nobody dared to object.-New York
Herald
A FARMER, living near WateIvliet, Y.
Y, had not been to church i'll fifteen
years. Last Sunday he went. and was
pleased with the service. When he en-
tered his house surprise awaited him.
Thieves had broken in and stolen his
watch and his money. He SAYS it will
be thirty years before he goes to church
again.
FROM preliminary notice, Just Issued,
of the second annual exhibition 10y the
Philadelphia Society of Artists, We ex-
tract the following: "The second an
nual exhibition of the Philadelphia So
ciety of Artists will open on November
and continue five weeks. The Pennsyl-
vania Academy of fine arts has been
engaged for the purpose Everything
has been arranged to make this exhibit
ton more attractive and important than
the first annual exhibition of the Society,
held last fall, which was the most sue
cessful of any ever held III Philadelphia,
and, in point Of sales, exceeded any held
IN the country during the year 1879.
Mr. Edward Brown, of New York, the
well-known art salesman, will have
charge of the sales, and no effort will be
spared to make them satisfactory TO all
contributors. 1t is stated that eighty
pictures are promised for this exhibition
from American artists residing abroad,
and we doubt not that New York artists
will contribute Il goodly number