The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19
WHOLE NO. 1915. o,

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following question will indicate
Which is the meanest, 10 so into printing =
Office and overhaul correspondents locals.
or to brag of the same after having done il?
We await an answer.-Pete Glimmer.
The regular college commencement exer-
cises of the Agricultural College, occurred
this week. Among those who took part in
the senior class exercises OH Monday evening,
we notice that Jason Woodman, OF Paw Paw,
was the historian. Van Rnren county has,
been represented at the college by some of
our best young men, ever since il was or
ganized. 1t is one Of the best schools wa
have in the State.
correspondent of the Post and Tribune
writes from South Haven "that the United
States dredge is now at work in our harbor.
When she ceases her labors the coming week
there will be 2j-foot channel from the
mouth of the harbor to the warehouse of
Hon. Geo. Hannahs. with IL feet of water az
the lowest Whether this will be sufficient
| to satisfy the expectations of the narrow
gauge road people or not, is as yet unknown.
Those two tranaps who broke into A. G..
Glidden's house. were evidently following
their trade They also lansacked Harrison
Mosier's house and stole a revolver. handker-
chiefs and a variety of other traps After
pleading guilty 20 stealing the locket from
Glidden's, they denied the truth of their plea
and said they found it under an apple tree.
Thursday morning they were brought before
the prosecutor, who asked them if they found
all the other traps under the same tree?
They said they had owned those things
good while. The prosecutor informed them
that there was TO use telling any more lies
about the matter, and that be should make
another complaint against them. and follow
them to the extent of the law.
Isaac Hail. who died III Porter. the 10th
inst, was in his 10Th year and one of the
Oldest settlers in the town. Twenty-seven
years ago next September, he was taken with
the typhoid fever, which left him nearly
helpess--snce which time he has had 90 lie
handled childlike He was great reader
and took considerable interest in political
matters. Only day or two before he died,
he anxiously inquired after President Gar
field. He had held the Office of Postmaster,
Township Clerk, Justice of the Peace, and
we believe, Township Treasurer. The duties
of all the Offices which he held were carefully
and accurately performed For about forty
years he had lived the life Of a consistent
christian, suffering with patience and chris
tian resignation. He leaves wife and four
sons. beside large circle of relatives and
friends to mourn lis absence not loss, for
we all feel that il is our loss and his eternal
gain. The funeral services were held at the
house and conducted by the Rev. L. !.
George. These are they which came out
of great tribulation. and have washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood of
the lamb
The following extract from the Graduating
Grafton of Jason Woodman. at the Agricul-
tural College. we clip from the Lansing Re
publican:
with our nations freedom came the
freedom of the individual. Under the slim
ulant of equal right every man began to-
think and investigate every art and industry
to unfold and grow. Among the arts none
has made greater progress than agriculture.
Here followed description of the farmer
of the past. His chains are broken. but
the effects still linger, and he has not reached
the heights before him at a single bound
The farmer was Slow it did not at once oc-
cur to him that he needed education AZ well
as other men He had yet to learn that itss
not the occupation. but the knowledge. and .
the use made of the knowledge. that gives a
man rank.
The farmers were considered important,
for they could vote. They wereled. however,
by incipient " Columbian orators, who told
them that they were the "bone and sinew of
the land:' that they fed the world; that
Jefferson Clay and Webster were born upon
the farm. But inventive genius has given
the farmer more time to think: the printing
press has brought good literature within his
reach and natural sciences have done much
and are doing more TO develop the farmers
calling. The farmer has grown. socially and
intellectually. 1t is now thought TO be pos
sible to have refinement OH the farm. AgIi-
culture has become q respected calling
Leaders, as well as followers are found in it's
ranks. Young men of talent and education
no longer turn from the farm ashamed. Int
are proud to name their occupation.
There is q future before the American far
mer, brighter, fairer than our fathers ever
dreamed of. Here followed long. glowing
description of that future. This is not the
baseless fabric of a dream. Already
there are scattered all over our broad land,