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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-03-26
Nettie's lspfIeetious.

The heart that will feel to sympathize with
its fellow-man IN sickening sorrow and deep
despair is more to be priced than mines of
gold.
Wealth, fashion and popularity reign supreme
goddesses of the day.
Youth and old age weak and strong, all bow
alike to their shrine; and we must acknowledge
their mighty sway.
But do they carry happiness always in their
train? No. They will surround us with
homes of luxury and ease, of beauty and re-
finement, the finest of fabrics and the costliest
OF equipages, the rarest of diamonds and Jew
els, also the polished mask Of friendship, SEEM
ingly so pure and true, with its slvery tones
of iiattery so pleasant and charming TO the ear,
and base deceit lurking in all OF its gilded
shapes and forms But ask, Will all of these
combined bring us unalloyed happiness? No.
There is ever Consciousness of bitter sting
beneath and the utter vanity and empty hollow
heartedness of all these things. For, i'll the
day when they shall suddenly take their flight
from Us, the scales shall fall from our eyes, and
then We shall see things as they are,
What heathens we are, even IN the present
day of civilization. For, who is there that has
not thei. idols! But now perlshable they are,
and W inefficient to make our souls happy.
As monarch who, III time past, possessed
pTLHclpdllIes, hlnHuOms, dnC pOWers, WHEN
Frustrated upon bed, langulsbing with sick
ening pain and torture, and feeling the icy
chill of death fast creeping over the vitals, ex
claimed: "Oh a million of money for mo-
ment of time," yet it could not be granted, so
all the wealth aud power this world contains
is not sufficient to purchase the moment Of time
that has passed from us, or the events that
have transpired whit.
The unkind act, the scornful look, the hasty
word of anger can never be recalled, however
much we may with to do so.
Now, let us give Old Father Winter fare
well parting. He has once more taken his
departure, with his attendant train OF joys and
SORROWS hopes and disappointments
And we realize that he mas left none of us az
he found us Hearts that were happy and
buoyant with the brilliant future, when he first
gave us his greeting are sad and bleeding to-
day. crushed beneath his chariot wheel. And
now we must pay homage to Old March for a
time. We know something of his turbulent,
freaky ways Let him storm and buster, and
roar about. if he likes; we can stand his rough,
uncouth ways for we know his reign is short,
aud then, directly after him, comes coquettish
April, with its smiles and tears, sunshine and
showers, 80 productive OF the modest and love
ly May flowers NETTIE.
CHICAGO. Ill.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-03-26
THE FACES OF MY DEAD.
IN CARRIE V. SHAW.

over the hill in the dusk of the twilight
over tue lake in the ewes dim ploaming
Dawn where The waters speak low, sweet secrets
All 10 the re- ds that lean TO listen,
While tall blae lilies look on I'm wonder,
To see their lightly bestowed caresses,
There IN the twilig they rise 10 greet
THESE dlfn, white faces they do salute me.
Helplessly mute, peering out from the shadows
Dim white faces. with eyes reproachful.
so near ceul almost lean to HISS them.
30 far that never in life can reach them:
on eyes so al in your still appealing
Through lonesome dusk looking out upon me-
on cold. white brow5 with the death dews moist
shll lips, with the signet of death upon you.
Shall never rest from your nameless searching
Glimmering dim, amid dusky branches.
Dead. white ices, with eyes that watch me.
Sad white faces, kissed and covered
Out from the gleam of the knocking sunlight:
Sobbing, lean through the gloom toward them,
learning, they see my chill h inds extended.
Painting, cry in my lonely anguish,
TIE plying night wind rs all that hears me.
Last night, in the misty veil of the starshine
Down by the edge of the lake is green border
Where waters. advancing, receding lightly,
Murmur and lisp to the leaning rushes,
! saw them setting their guard about me.
Weaving their mystic chains around me
Dim. white faces in light uncertain.
Framed about by the nights pale sh adows.
And so it will be until LIES red sunset
Fading fast. leaves the tints of even.
And chil ing dews through the de ath dusk falling
Dampen my brow with their cold caresses;
Till. silent there in the sad, grey twilight,
With life's bright visions ending slowly.
With dimming eyes and warm breath falling,
Alone shall watch the great revealing.
ilone shall watch the great revealing,
And. alone, now / wait for its approaching.
While still they are gazing from out the shadows,
And they chasten my soul by their mute inquring.
over the hill, in the twilight falling,
Over the lake. i'll the dusk tnshrouding,
Dim. white faces the rise 20 greet me;
Dear, dead faces they guard ana keep me.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-03-26
A SONG: TO 4. Il. IL.


Hark. brother, harki
The meadow-lark
Sings in the sugar tree.
You may not guess
The happiness
Its sweet voice brings TO me.
Its songs of praise,
In other days
so Joyous. full and free,
From morning bright
ill dewy night
Were food and drink 30 me.
The memory
OF that old tree,
With all its wealth of leaves,
Lives in my 1t art,
sacred, apart
Gold grain among the sheaves.
There many day
Was whiled away
In innocence and Joy.
but child,
O'ergrown and wild,
You but baby boy.
Beneath its shade
The sheep had made
clean. bare spot, where salt,
Like heaps OF sand,
By fathers hand
Was piled without fault.
Close at his side
We watched with pride,
and fancied all the sheep
II sight of him
With every limb
Would laugh and skip aud leap.
Yes, all around
Is holy ground.
Whcre'er his footsteps fell;
Perfumed and sweet,
TO kiss our feet,
Blooms now an immortelle.
There's not spot
Can be forgot
On ali the dear old place:
Through wood aud mead
Loves golden thread
Runs like line of grace
From every part
To every heart
That loved and loves il still.
His quiet life
Through every strife.
Like light upon hill,
Shines out to-day
Ana will for aye,
And points us 10 the sky.
lis written there,
And everywhere,
a good man cannot de-
Hark, brother. bark!
Sing on, q lark
Up in the old tree top;
In accents clear,
To all who hear,
Lies music cannot stop.
For yOU aud me,
For all who see,
The beautiful entwines
The broken rock,
The stricken oak,
With tender, clinginy vines.
And every loss
Helps us 70 cross
More willingly the way,
However dim,
On up to Him,
Into another day,
Until we feel,
Beyond repeal.
The law of life is this.
That all of thine
And all of mine
That's true eternal is.
Afar or near
We've naught to fear
On earth or meath the sod.
God needs no stone
To .H1,d his OlDR.
Nor we TO find our God.
SCIE. Ind.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14
Early Lettuce.

Cor. ef Vick's Magazine.
There are very few people not fond
Of lettuce in the early spring. Hav-
ing removed from the city, where
early lettuce could be bought at the
markets, | was much at a loss for this
refreshing salad plant-at least, until
quite warm weather. Knowing it TO
be quite hardy, /, last autumn, sowed
some seed IN warm, dry spot, and
in a week the plants were up. Before
hard frost placed around my little
patch some boards-to be particular,
an old door frame-and over this
some loose boards, covering about
two-thirds of the space, so that there
was about one-third uncovered for
light and air. 1t was where il got
the best of the sun, sloping southeast
and it was n surprise to- find how.
early | had young lettuce from this
rude bed. OF course, this will be of
no benefit to those who have hot-beds
and other conveniences for forcing
vegetables, but to very many Of your
readers think the knowledge may
be useful. This is about time TO SOW
the seed.
To get early pie plant, just place
an old barrel over the root in the fall,
and throw around the barrel lot of
manure or old straw and refuse, and
in spring the pie plant will start and
produce leaves wonderfully early.
Some think putting the barrel over
in the spring is just as good, but l
am convinced the autumn is the best
time.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14
Fall PlOughing.

When land Is ploughed in the fall
and left till spring without narrowing,
IL may be sowed to any kind OF
spring grain after being well harrow.
ed, and the crops in most cases will
be as good as if the land were plowed
in the spring. Stable dung, when
plowed under in the fall for spring
crop, will be as beneficial as when
ploughed under in the spring; but
all kinds of common fertilizers should
be sown broadcast in the spring and
narrowed in, unless one sows seed
with a drill that deposits and covers
the fertilizers at the same time. IL
1t we're not for the great hurry that
farmers are subject to in our short
springs, it would not be of any adj
vantage to plough light, loamy soils
in the fall but in consequence of not
having time, in many cases, to plough
in the spring all the land one desires
to cultivate, it is decidedly advisable,
In some cases, to plough in the fall,
especially clayed soils, which are
greatly benefited by being thrown up
by the action OF the frosts of winter.
1t often occurs that a field in the
spring is too wet TO plough when the
seed should go In, and such land, II
ploughed 10 the fall, would be In
good condition 10. harrow In the
spring, and the crop would be better
for the fell ploughing.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14
How to Have Clean Dairy Utensils,
Henry stewar, in Rural New YORKER

Henry Stewart 10 Rural New Yorker.
Every dairy utensil should be tin.
No wooden vessel should be used in
milking, as the wood ahsorbs milk
which sours in the pores and there
curdles, and every particle of curdled
milk, whether effected by rennet
or by acidity, like the leaven of yeast,
Is an active agent for sonring other
milk. As curd of milk Is hardened
by heat and made insoluble, dairy
utensils should first be washed with
cold water and soap, and when thor
oughly well cleaned they may then be
scalded. Curd is dissolved By alkali.
and the free alkali of the soap not
only removes the grease of the milk,
but also any PARTICLES Of milk which
by any accident may have been re-
tanned in . crevice or corner. and
there soured or curdled. To make
the cleaning of dairy vessels more
easy it Is we'll TO have no sharp cor
nerss but 70 have I'll the joints made
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14
Bringing up Calves on the Bottle.

"a Shorthorn Breeder" gives The
Farm, of Dublin, Ireland, his reasons
for improving on natures way Of
raising calves:
"ln the native state the cow gives
milk enough TO raise her calf, and no
more, and dries of in four or five
months. Some Of our improved
breeds give enough TO raise four or
five calves per year, and other breeds
do not give enough for one. / raise
all my calves, even thoroughbreds,
by hand, and principally on skim
milk; and | think that when one
year old they will compare favorably
with calves that have run with the
COW. As n result of such raising. /
sell one-half my milk, and the cream
from the other half. The chief ar.
gument in favor Of letting calves suck
is that it saves labor. | admit that
when the cows and calves are turned
out together, allowing the calf to
lake what he wants when he chooses.
there is saving Of labor but this
practice is ruinous alike 10 COWS and
calves. Any COW of good milking
qualities will give more milk than
the calf can take for two months at
least. The cows bag is liable to be
ruined, and she is injured as a milker;
after the calf takes the milk. her bag.
being sucked out frequently, is not
allowed to distend, and she receives
another injury, which, if heifer. is
ruinous TO her milking qualities. The
COW and calf become so attached to
each other that weaving becomes
very difficult, and sometimes impos-
siblc. The calf at weaving time FIRE.
quently receives a backset from which
he never recovers.
"lf, on the other hand, the more
judicious plan OF keeping the calves
up, and taking part OF the milk, is
practised, there is no saving of labor.
| would rather sit down quietly and
milk all of the milk than fight with a
calf for one-half of it, Or if YOU
AtiN NtiNtH w SUM All llltN
want, and then 90 around and milk
what is left you iniure the COW, as
the milk should be taken at once
when the COW lets it down. The
cows milk is often too rich for the
calf and does not agree with it. The
calf frequently becomes too fat.
When raising by hand you can make
the calf just what you want. If YOU
are feeding skim milk, and the calf is
too poor, add little oil meal; too fat,
give poorer feed. A calf raised for
the dairy should not be kept as fat as
one for the butcher. My practice is
to wean the second day ] used 10 not
allow the calf to suck If found in
time; but have found IL better for
COW and calf that it should suck a
few times. The cow and calf soon
forget one another; the COW is quieter,
easier stabbed and fed than when anx.
ious about her calf. The calf can be
taught in two or three lessons TO
drink from pail or trough, and you
can make 1t just what you want by
regulating its feed. There is never
any wcaning time, as you can gradu.
ally change its feed to anything you
DESIRE"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14
FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
THE "PATRIoT DURING THF PREsIDEx.
TtAL CANVASS.

THE "PATRIoT DURING THF PREsIpES-
TIAL CANVASS.
IN order that everybody, no matter
= how poor in purse, may read the new, during the
great political struggle Of 1880 the Dnr PArAior
Sunday edition inende) will be sent by mail to any
address, postage free from the present time until the
heeuth Of November next for 500: 10 clubs Of five
or more land copy free to the sender Of the club
s2.50 per copy. without SUNDAY edition, the DIlY
PATRror will be sent by mail 10 any address postage
free, for period for s25o to clubs Of Ave or more
with copy free to sender Of club 500 per copy
THE WEEKLY PATRIOT
from the present time until the week after the Prss,
deutial election will lie sent 20 aHy address postage
free, for FoHrT CESrs; 10 clubs Of Ave or upwards
for THsITFIvE CESTs per copy with one opy free 90
sender Of club. In every the money must accom-.
pauy the order. New IL the time to get M clubs
Democratic local organizations cannot circulate chea
or and more affective campaign literature than news.
papers furnished 1t these extraordinarily low rates
schd In your orders addressed 20 PATRIOT PuuttsHiSe
Co., HARRfsRuRa, Pa. "a
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Tle Gentre 4emutrat.
FoNTE, PA.

We notice by the premium list of
the National Fair Association of
Washington, d. c., $4,000 is offered
for the fastest trotting horses; n
bronze medal for the best landscape :;
$500 for the best collection of cut
flowers, and $1,000 for the best col
lection of plants, not less than thirty,
correctly named. For fruits of all
kinds, the large sum of $7l.OO is
offered; for vegetables, s54.OO, and
for dogs, $l5l.00 Dogs and horses
seem to be the chief agricultural
products down there.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14

EVERY farmer knows that exposing
potatoes too long to the rays of the
sun, or to plenty of light and air, will
soon ruin them. A good farmer will
dig and dry his potatoes at the proper
time as quickly as Is convenient. and
take them to his dark cellar without
delay, being careful not to have too
many in one bin. Potatoes which are
fine and mealy when dug treated in
this manner will remain good until
new early potatoes are ripe.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14

We have lately noticed in the dai.
" papers accounts of several fatal
accidents from farmers coming in
contact with vicious bulls. The fact
Is, any man Is foolish who allows his
bull to run with the cows at large.
and thus put himself at the mercy of
these erratic creatures. We could
count up within our own knowledge
more than : dozen men Who were
gored by bulls.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14

The decided growth Of small farming
in the Southern States and its relation
to politics, are discussed by Sidney
Lanier in the October .ScriJHer. While
not insisting on any contrast Of the
sections, Lanier has invented a phrase
which cleverly describes the bonanza
farming Of the northwest, with its lack
of homestead life. at is not farming
at ALL" he says, "it is mining for
wheat
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14
HOUSE,
~ CORNER CHESTNUT AND NINTH STREETS,

This heuse prominent In q city famed for its com
Portable hotels kept In every respect equal 10 apy
arscIass hotels In the country. Owing 10 The slrin-
gency Of the times the price Of board hss been reduced
to THHzE DOLLARS per day. J. MKIHHfN
s-e-tf HanaRsF.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14

Mr.. PETER b. MEAD remarks that fat
culture helps wonderfully TO carry "a
crop Of corn through n severe drought.
This paragraph, which we find in
the agricultural pages of the Tribune,
is an excellent text for long sermon,
but We have not just now the time to
prepare it, and this is not the most
appropriate season for its delivery.
The writer has a distinct recollection
Of hearing his father, who was n most
careful and observing farmer, "re-
mark" the same thing at least twenty
five years ago, and remembers, too,
that he produced the indisputable
evidence of results TO substantiate the
correctness of his theory.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14
Our Agricultural Contemporaries.

Winter is coming, and all having
farm or even garden plots will find
valuable aid in the America, Agricult1st
for October, just issued, with its hun.
dreds OF practical directions, hints and
suggestions. Among leading topics are
Work for the Month; 81, 100 Farm
House, with plans and specifications /;
Shelter for Stock Numerous Hints and
Helps for Farmers Humbugs Exposed (;
full Household ard Childrens De.
partments, etc.-lj cents per number
$50 per annum; Orange Judd Com.
pany, publishers, 245 Broadway, New
York.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14

round, and this may be done easily
if one has the milk pals made TO
order
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14

THIS is the season for the farmer
who wishes to improve his poultry
stock TO purchase new blood. Breed
ers of good poultry everywhere have
a large surplus Of cockerels which
they are anxious to get rid Of speed
lily, to save expense, and are willing
to sell good birds at very much less
than they will ask after keeping theuf
half the winter. Besides this, fowls
cen be shipped at this season with
much less discomfort and danger than
during the cold of January. We
are sure that the poultry on three
fourths of the farms OF Centre coun-
ty can be improved with great adj
vantage TO their owners, and our
advice is TO begin the improvement
by introducing cockerel of the kind
you may prefer, and to do this now,
besides you can do it at less expense
than at late date.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14
PENSIONS.

4 LII disabled Soldiers and heirs of
4 = deceased Soldiers who died from consequences
of service IN the Army, are entitled 10 PENSIONS
NO ARREARS allowed after JULY 4 1ss0 Send
stamps for full instructions In all kinds Of sodsra
claims.
J. II. SYPHERD & Co, Pension Atfv's
60t Street. WASHINGTON. n n
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14

The Farm Journal appears for October
in an entire new dress, including a new
and handsome head. We congratulate
our enterprising. spicy little neighbor
upon its improved appearance.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14

Erie Mall West, Niagara Express West, Lock Haven
Accommodation West, and Day Express East make
elosc concessions II Northumberland With L. D. r.
II. trains for Wilkesharre and Scranton.
Erie Mall West. Niagara Express West, and Erie
Express West, and Lock Haven Accommodation West,
make close connection at Williamsport with N. @. r.
W. trains north.
Erie Mail West, Niagara Express West, and Day
Express Vast, make close connection st Lock Haven
with b. y. V. n. H. trains.
Bre Mail East and West connect At Erie with trains
on l.. u. =. u. r.. At Cory with O. Q. A A. V. r.
T., at Emporium with p. n. Y. 4 r. r.. r., AMI at
Driftwood with a. R.R.
Parior cars will run between Phliadeipbis and
WiaInsport on Niagara Express West Rrie Express
West, Philadelphia Express East and Day Express
East aud Sunday Express East. Sleeping on all
night trsius. VIZ. A. BALBvIs
0euft HuDefiutsDdent
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-18
DIR. O. A. GREENE
IJERvINE, OR TONIC SPECIFICA.
Y A BOON TO BOTH SEXES.

y3c- c-tfdMWF No. 2sG North Queen Street
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Note our prices in tho following articles:
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racine Express. east. on Sunday when flap
ged, VII! stop ut Miidletown, Elizabothtown :,
Place, Cap, Christiana, Parkesburg' Coates
vile, Oakland and Glen Loeb.
III; rast Line, west, ON Sunday, when tagged,
VIII stop at DOwningtOwn, CO1fesville. ParSes,
b1rg, MI. Joy, Elizabethtown and Mhltlletown
MAUI No. west connecting at Lancaster with
man NO, at lO:0 y. ln,, and with Nii.g,irs, and
10 Hanover and will connect ut Columbia with
Train through to Harrisburg Uia Marietta,
Fredcr1ck Accommodation, west, connects ut
Lancaster, with Fast Line west at g.IO p n
and VIII run through to Eretlerick. -
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-18

REMEDY WITHOUT A RIVAL for all
diseases arising from Nervous Debility, Sexual
Disorders, over Indulgence of Vicious Habits,
as well as from the prOstration of old age. Its
curative properties in violent and chronic
forms of the following diseases have been at
tested to by the most Eminent Physicians:
Dyspepsia, Self Abuse, Headache, Dizziness,
Sexual Exhaustion, SpermatOrrhOBa, General
Debility, lmpOtency, Premature Decay, &c.
1t has been in use for over forty years, and
Is to-day the most popular remedy for the dis
cases above mentioned in the WORLD. 1t can
be used without regard to diet, is pleasant in
taste, and better than all, it is sure, safe and
certain cure. 1t il no quack medicine, but
stands upon its own merits, as any trial will
amply demonstrate. Since 1896 this remedy
has always been sold for q much larger price
than that for which 1t is now sold but owing
to the act that the time for the payment OF
an enormous royalty upon its manufacture has
expired, 1t is offered to the suffering of both
sexes ut one dollar per package, SO as to be
within the reach of all u which price it will
Re sent to any address free OF further charge.
Address
DIR. WILLIAM YOUNG,
46 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
May be consulted on all diseases by mail.
ty26-Gmd&w
TIDNEY WUkr FOR SALE At LOCH-
n ers' Drug Store, 9 East King street.
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Defensive dedication

Defensive Medication
Is precaution which should never be neg lee,
ed when danger Is present. and therefore O
course of the Bitters at this season is particu
larry desirable, especially for the feeble and
sickly. As a remedy tor biliousness. dyspep
STA, nervousness and bowel complaints, there
is nothing comparable to this wholesome res
torative.
ally. au2lydeod&lyw
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Course of study embraces single and double
entry Bookkeeping, Penmanship, Arithmetic,
Grammar, correspondence, Business Forms
desiring q practical business education send
for catalogue giving terms, ETC., or call at col
lege rooms, No. West King street.
II. c. WEID1ER, Principal.
w. d. MOSSER, Secretary