The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23

the other day, throwing him out, and drag
ging him some distance, demolishing his
swell box, and cutting a serious cash in his
hind leg. (Not Mr.. BIS, but the horse's.)
The Kalamazoo Telegraph, last week, told
of a woman in that town who had been
tapped 10 times, and the last time they took
A gallons of water from her. The paper
that can beat that story will please speak
right out in meeting.
1t is reported that certain young man,
a harness maker by profession who has been
boarding at the widow Munson's for a long
time, conducted himself in such a manner
that the widow just had to 60 at it and give
him Jessie, snd he is nearly tickled to death
about it.
Died, in this village, on Friday morning,
February 10th, of paralysis, Mrs. Isabelle
Mackellar, widow of the late Dugald Mac
kellar, at the age of 66 years. The funeral
was held on Sunday last, when she was
buried beside her husband in the beautiful
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Orange l.. Cross, the gentleman who was
living south of Kalamazoo with the naughty
Brooklyn belle, Mrs. Collins, has come to
grief. The minions of the law have pounced
down upon him, and the bereaved and in
dulgent old man, her husband, went to the
big village to enter formal complaint
against the gay Lothario and his paramour.
The Farmers Association will meet at the
residence of Samuel Consolus, on Thursday,
March 1st, at 10 o'clock a. m. Programme:
"How shall we improve and retain the fer
tility of our soil?" by o. p. Morton. ''Select
Reading" by Mrs. j. j. Woodman. Paper
by j. j. Woodman, entitled, "To what ex-
tent is Modern Agriculture indebted to the
improvements in farm implements and ma
chinery." A. G. GIIDDEN, Sec.
Notwithstanding the fact that it had rained
hard all day, and the walking was simply
horrible, a full house greeted Prof. McLouth
and his "World We Live In," on Friday
evening last. AS had been previously an
nounced, Underwood the "fire- blower was
on hand to give an exhibition of his mysteri
Gus faculty of producing flame with his
breath Quite a number of our citizens had
never witnessed this feat. and a good deal of
interest was manifested. At the appointed
time he made his appearance on the plat
form, and Elder Cole announced to the
audience that the exhibition would be under
charge of the lecturer, Prof. McLouth, of
the State Normal School, and DR.. G. s May
nard of this village. 1t is wholly unneces-
sary to enter into the details of a perform
ance, which has been so often described
Suffice it to say, that after performing his
usual ablutions, rinsing his mouth and
thoroughly brushing his teeth, to convince
the audience that there was no trickery, five
handkerchiefs were collected from the audi
to his mouth and after breathing upon them
for two and a quarter minutes, a curl of
blue smoke issued from them, which, an in
stant later, burst into flame. An examina-
ton showed that the handkerchiefs had all
been burned through. Prof. McLouth an
nounced to the audience that before begin
ming the feat Mr.. Underwood's pulse was
eighty beats per minute, and at its conclu-
sion it was one hundred and twenty-four.
He said he was convinced that there was no
jugglery or trickery in reference to the mat
ter, that it was wonderful phenomenon,
and wholly unexplainable by him. He
thought he could detect the odor of phos-
phene on the burned handkerchiefs, but
might be mistaken, and, if that were so, it
did not help him any, the manner IN which
this could be generated within the lungs or
chest of the performer was a mystery he
could not explain. He thought that when
the matter was more thoroughly understood
and investigated, it would be found suscepti-
ble of a scientific solution. The Professor
then proceeded with his lecture which was
extremely interesting. 1t partook more of
the character of familiar talk on Astronomy
and Physical Geography, than of lecture
in the ordinary sense. His theme was illus
trated with drawings which he used in such
way as to thoroughly explain and empha
size the subject he was discussing. This
"illustrated talk Of the Professor, brought
prominently before the minds of his hearers
two ideas; one that this earth, "The World
We Live In,' when considered relatively,
and compared with the other vast bodies of
the solar system, is aptly and truly consider
ed but mere speck in the universe; the
other, that considered absolutely, it is body
so vast that the human mind cannot grasp
its dimensions. While not pretending to