The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-06-10
II. MoRRIsoN.

white; and If there Is anything we admire
dress, it is lady draped in white. Hey would
not plant trees along the highway in zigzag
manner; people ordinarily plant them as
nearly straight as possible. Every thing
about the farm should correspond. The back
lanes should not be numbered up with old
rubbish, while the froEt yard is nicely fixed
up. The house we now occupy is painted
white, the surroundings in good keeping,
and all in good taste.
d. WooDMAN
Takes Issue with the speaker in the colors of
the house. Brown, as a color, follows nature
no more than white or green. He considers
white the most appropriate color for home.
He does agree that stones painted white in
the front yard are not in harmony; they re-
mind him of graveyard. No one can drive
through the streets of Paw Paw, and not adj
mire the regularity of the rows of naples
He thinks them much better so, than in
clumps. Order is Heavens first law;
% straight is the road, and narrow the way"
Our characters also should be straight
Mrs. ID. WooDMAN
Admires beautiful green lawn and fine
white house; this makes the variety that is
80 pleasing. Has seen rockeries that were
beautifully and artistically arranged, and they
are a lovely ornament to front yard, but she
abominates in painted stones set around
flower beds; they remind her of set of
false teeth.
Mrs S. CoNsALUs
Thinks door yard is not intended for a
meadow. She would have flowers there !;
they would be where they could be seen, and
be in better taste than in the back yard.
H. RANDOLPH
Would not want house painted grey or
green. 1t would be more expensive to keep
a house painted white, but he prefers that to
other colors. We want contrast to the col
ors of nature of nature. He wants trees
planted in straight rows.
o. p. MORTON
Thinks an evergreen hedge along the Dor
der of yard adds to the beauty of all the
surroundings.
Mrs. II. RANDOLPH
Does not think all homes should be alike
nor all the houses painted just alike. white
house, standing out alone, with no shrubbery
or flowers about it, would be sorry sight
but looked at through green trees it made q
pleasing picture. She would not have door
yard so large as to make sheep pasture OF
it, or any other kind of pasture, but as large
as could well be spared for such a purpose
There is a pleasure in fixing things, and il
rests people to make things look pleasant
She thought it no more labor to place the
ash barrels in the back than in the front
yard. She thought it the duty of parents &c
cultivate refined tastes in their children, at
children brought up in outandish surround
ings would partake somewhat of that charac
ter themselves.
Mrs. Hunt.
What is authority for taste ? Shall we each
follow our likes and dislikes, or shall we have
some standard to follow
Mrs. ]. j. WooDMAN
Thought something of the kind should b,
taught in our schools. The kindergarten
plan had adopted the idea, and she though
it wise.
Mr.. BALE.
Thought cultivated mind would indicate
what should be good taste.
) z. II. HARRISON.
A cultured taste will be displayed in al
cultivated people.
Mrs. o. =. MORTON
Read her paper on " How shall we .Educat,
. our Boys 2"
4. c. GLIDDES
Admired the paper. 1t covered the who'll
, ground. The home influence alluded to
J was among the most important of the infu
, ences that determine the character of boys
If they are kept through boyhood by thu
principles outlined by the paper, they woulC
| never go far estray.
!, T. r. HARRISON
Looks upon book education as general,
the best The best thought of the mind i
expressed on paper. He never heard a bool
educated man or woman ever regret the tim
expended in its requirement. 1t is of bu
$ little use to give knowledge without practice
q The exercise of parental authority, is dut
: that is imperative at times. Boys should no
= run their fathers, nor the girls their mothers
:. they should be controlled. He was brough
T up where they whip the beer barrels 70
g working on Sunday, and he was glad tina
n kind of restraint was imposed upon him.
5 Life is not all play. There are duties tina
: all must perform, and the sooner the bo
g learns this the better. He would mix author
ity with kindness, but not lose sight ofparen
5 talauthority. Bringthe upso that they vii
y have good manners, good morals, and a goo,
n education.
: ID. WooDMAN
J. Thinks it is deplorable how boys are lef
: to themselves in the towns. Boys are to b