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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13
En- gIish Visitors.
Demorest's Monthly for December.

Demorest's Monthly for December.
Lord Coleridge, the Chief Justice of
England, has been paying us visit.
Before leaving, he was rendered re-
cep;ion at the Academy of Music, in
New York, where he made a sensible
and felictous speech. What struck
him, he said, was our grtat middle
class. 1t was evident that more people
own ed their own homes and farms in
the United States than in any other ma
tiop. He did not think we ought TO
boast quite so much of the bignesS of
our country. Quality was of more
Importance than size. Lord Colerdge,
however, ventured upon one criticism.
de thought justice was swifter, surer,
and better administered in Great Brit
ein than in this country. The COM
plant of the laws delay was truer of
the United States than of other nations.
What he SAID was true enough, and he
might have been still more severe in
his condemnation Of our American le-
gal machinery. All our courts are in
arrears and everything is done to pro-
crastinate trials and swell the fees of
lawyers. But then we are ruled i'm this
country by lawyers. Nearly all our
presidents, cabinet officers, governors,
members of congress, and legislators
are lawy ers. That class is supreme;
hence, insensibly, matters are SO fixed
as to add TO the emoluments and fees
OF the favored ruling caste. Another
Englishman, Matthew Arnold, is also
on visit to this country, and Will
doubtless write about us. lie is a man
OF great culture, brilliant essayist. as
well as poet of great merit He is
the apostle Of the creed of sweetness
and light" He has written about
America already, in a way to give
oifense to some of our people. What
he Will say about us, upon his return.
Will be read with great interest, moi
only by Americans but by Europeans,
as he is trained observer and critic
and writer of force and originality.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13

Arkansaw Traveller.


An old man who had for years been
a strict church member, and who had
done much effective work for the cause
OF temperance, was found lying by the
roadside the other day in state of in
toxication. He was drawn up before
a committee of the church and ask ed
to show cause why he should not be
communicated.
81 acknowledge that l was drunk,
brethren, and I've got a mighty good
reason fur it,"
"Family troubleP' asked the chair
man of the committee.
"No. sir, for I've had no trouble. 1t
was pride"
"Pridem exclaimed the chairman.
Yes, pride. AS l went along to
town met drunken fellow and be-
gun to think well of myself because l
had never been drunk. Pretty soon l
began 10 feel proud of it. A little fur
ther on | met an ordinary lookin' feller
an wouldn't speak to bim. My neck
got so stiff with my pride that wouldn't
even nod to people. | reflected that
my pride was wicked, and | tried and
tried but could not throw it off. l tried
to pray, but was q little too proud to
pray with fervor. This won't do |
mused. Il am gettin' to be regular
Pharisee.' After walkin' round awhile
| met an old negro an asked:
"'Uncle, can you tell me how to
throw off my pridep'
"'Dat | ken, sab; dat | ken.
"'Well, wish you would, for to con-
tinue in this proud way will be danger
Gus to my soul
"'Wall, dar's one thing dat neber
fails ter knock down mans pride.
boss, an dat is whisky. Get drunk an
when yer gets sober yer II feel nightly
Initiated
81 acted on this suggestion, an got
as drunk as a-well, rs an owl, though
| neber saw an owl drunk. When |
got sober | was the most humiliated
man in the world, and l prayed with
an earnestness | never felt before.
am now willing to leave my case in
your hands"
Brethren" said tie chairman,
''what do you thinkP"
WALL" replied one old fellow. 81
feel sorter proud. How is it with your
selfp"
"Sorter 'Pharisee.' "How do YOU
feel, Brother JenksP"
proud as q peacock. Brother Lar
kins, how do you feelp"
mighty proud. Let's 90 down 10
the stillhouse and humiliate ourselves" )"
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13
A "BOnanza" Farm in Iowa.

The largest farmer in Iowa is said to
be Hon. II. &. Wheeler, of Sac county.
His farm consists of ten sections, or
6,4O0 acres, of rich prairie land, all
lying in one body. There are no
tenants on the place. The owner
manages the entire estate. The large
tract is divided, for convenience, into
three farms. The owner employees one
uperintendent-in-ch and one su-
perintendent for each of the three
farms. During the working-season
about sixty farm. hands are employed.
They are accommodated in boarding
houses managed by the foreman. Be
sides the common workmen, there arc
employed engineers, carpenters, black
smiths, and other mechanics competent
to run the machinery and keep every
thing in repair. During the past sea-
son the crops ranged rs follows: There
was III corn, 1,200 acres; wheat, 600
acres; oats, 125 acres; flax, 1000; tim
othy grass, 2,000 acres; clover, 100
acres. The remainder of the farm was
In pasture, vegetables and garden.
Mr.. Wheeler has a gang-plow turning
nine l6-inch burrows at once and drawn
by stationary engine. In harvesting
they use eight headers, five binders,
and eight combined machines. The
thrashing is done by two steam thrash
ers that run about five months of the
year, the fuel used being corn cobs.
There are kept on the place 125 farm
horses, of which 35 are high-grade
Clydes. Eighty head of short-horn
cows and 100 head of hogs make up
the remainder of the stock. But very
little of this great farm is fenced, but
the section lines are planted with
double rows of walnut and cottonwood.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13

An editorial in Topics the Time,"
OF the December Century, says: The
loss OF self-respect, the lowering of
ambition, and the fading out of hope
are signs of the progress of this disease
IN the character. 1t is mournful
spectacle-that of the brave, ingenious,
high spirited man sinking steadily
down into the degradation of inebrety I;
but how many such spectacles are Wis
ible all over the land! Aud it is not in
the character of those alone who are
notorious drunkards that such tenden-
cies appear. They are often distinctly
seen in the lives of men who are never
drunk. Sir Henry Thompson's testi-
mony is emphatic TO the effect that 'the
habitual use of fermented liquors, to an
extent far short of what is necessary 10
produce intoxication, Injuries the body
and diminishes the mental power Ii,
as he teslifies, large proportion of the
most painful and dangerous maladies
of the body are due to the use of fer
mented liquors, taken il the quantity
which is conveniently deemed moder-
ate, then it is certain that such use of
them must result also in serious jur-
les to the mental and moral nature
Who does not know reputable gentle
men, physicians, artists, clergymen
even, who were never drunk in their
lives, and never will be, but who reveal,
In conversation and in conduct, C, rtain
melancholy effects of the drinking
habitP The brain is so often intlamed
with alcohol that its functions are i'm
perfectly porformed; and there is q
perceptible loss of mepta power and OF
moral tone. The drinker is not con-
scious of this loss; but those who know
him best are painfully aware that his
perceptions are less keen, his iudg-
ments less sound, his temper less se-
rene, his spiritual vision less clear, be-
cause he tarries every day little too
long at the wire. Even those who re-
fuse to entertain ascetic theories re-
specting these beverages may be able
To see that there are uses of them that
stop short of drunkenness, and that still
are extremely hTrtful to the mind and
the heart rs well rs the body. That
conventional idea of moderation, to
which Sir Henry Tho hcmpson refers, is
quite elastic; the term is stretched to
cover habits that are steadily despoil-
i'S ehO iiIC VI lOS ne
drinking habit is often defended bv
reputable gentlemen to whom the very
thought OF a debauch would be shock
ing, but to whom, if it were only law
ful, in the tender and just solicitude of
friendship, such words as these might
be spoken: 1T is true that you are
not drunkards, and may never be; but
if you could know, what is too evident
to those that love you best, how your
character is slowly losing the firmness
of its texture and the fineness of its out
line; how your art deteriorates in the
delicacy of its touch; how the atmos-
phere of your life seems to grow murky
and the sky lowers gloomily above you
you would not think your daily indul-
gence harmless in its measure. 1t is in
just such lives as yours that drink
exhibits some of its most mourniul
tragedies" >"
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13

dozen fat haifers. 1t is not, however,
the pleasure they anticipate from the
beef that made them cling so obstinate
ly to this particular beef. 1t was the
luxury-but seldom afforded them
nowadays under British rule-of out
raging the pr.judices of the Hindoos.
At any time, such treat as this--to
be able, with the law probably on their
side, to exasperate the rival religion
and ostentatiously inllict a disgrace
upon it--would have been intensely
gratifying to the Moslems; but on the
very day of one OF their own festivals,
when Islam was in full honor, the OPP
portunity was precious beyond rupees.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13
Harlan on Civil Richts-- synopsis OF His
Dissenting UptntOn.

Justice Harlan, of the United States
supreme court, in the dissenting opinion
in the civil rights bill, says: The opinion
In these cases proceeds upon grounds
entirely too narrow and artificial. The
substance and spirit of the amendments
OF the constitution have been sacrificed
by subtle and ingenious criticism. The
constitutional provisions adopted in
the interest of liberty and for the pur-
pose OF securing through national legis-
lation II needs be, rights inherng in a
state OF freedom and belonging to
American citizenship have been SO con-
strued as TO defeat the ends the people
desired to accomplish, which thy in
tended TO accomplish, and which they
supposed they had accomplished by
changes in their fundamental law. The
court has departed from a familiar
rule, requiring in the Interpretation of
constitutional provisions, that the full
effect be given the intent with which
they were adopted.
The power conferred by the thirteenth
amendment does not rest upon impli-
cation or inference, and the power TO
enforce it by appropriate legislation
was expressly granted. Congress,
therefore, may enact laws to protect
colored people against deprivation on
account of their race any civil rights
enjoyed by other free men in the state.
and such legislation may be of q direct
and primary character operating upon
states, their officers and agents and
upon those welding power under the
state. The national legislature may,
without transcending the limits of the
constitution, do for human liberty and
the fundamental rights of American
citizenship what it did with the sane
ton of the supreme court for the pro-
lection of slavery and the rights of the
masters of fugitive slaves. in every
material sense applicable TO practical
enforcement of the fourteenth amend
ment, railroad corporations, keepers of
inns and managers of places Of amuse-
ment, are agents of the state, because
amenable to public regulations and de-
nial by these instruBentalities, the
state to the citizen, because of his race,
of that equality in civil rights secured
him by law is del ial by the state, and
the supreme law of the land has de-
creed no authority shall be exercised in
this country upon the basis OF discrim-
ination in respect. to civil rights against
freemen and citizens because of their
race, color, or previous condition of
servitude.
The assumption that the general
government cannot, in advance of hos
tile state laws or hostile state proceed
mgs, actively interfere for the pro-
lection of any rights, privileges, and
immunities secured by the fourteenth
amendment, is unauthorized by its lam
guage.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13

81 do think" remarked Mrs. Magglefoot,
"that Mrs. Ciapper is the most ungrammati-
cal woman l ever seei. Why, | felt ashamed
of her down town to day, when she spoke Of a
piece OF goods. Law, Says she, Il never seed
nothn' so beautiful Why didn't she say
Il amt never saw nothin' SO beautifulp 1t
do seem that some folks never will learn
nuthin'. '."-Arkansaw Traveller.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13

"Why are you like a watch case9, asked
chap OF man @ho was rushing for train
"Giye 1t up" he gasped, as heIushed down
the street. Because you're pressed for
time" yelled the tend.-New York journal.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13

An Englishman has been sent to prison for
six months for stealing postage stamp from
a London tradesman.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13
THE cheyenne TRANSPORTER.


Is the only Paper published within a
radius Of hundred miles.
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-18
TnraI Rfparfmsnf.
Judge Mills was in town last Saturday.

Judge Mills was in town last Saturday.
Saturday was a harvest day Tor the res
taurants.
Burr made fine street parade and has a
number one show.
Our Board of Supervisors took in the Do
wagiac fair last Thursday.
The people will have chance to vote for
or against-a new $4,000 Jail.
Ed. Wilson, who has been sticking type in
northern Michigan, is home again.
Oak Park seminary has recently received
quite an addition to Its membership.
Cold day for the show, and rainy, but
there was a big crowd, just the same.
Mrs. Sarah Boynton Of Chicago has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. DR.. Dunning.
What was Hank McCabe catching coons
so early for? Their fur isn't good until
November.
Winter is coming and we are ready to re-
ceive any amount of wood on past or future
subscriptions.
Our union school is grand success, and
offers more than ordinary inducements for
foreign scholars.
Miss Cora Root has returned from Grand
Rapids and re-established herself in the
store of G. II. Avery.
The marrow gauge" was we'll patronized
on the day of the show, Notwithstanding the
unpleasant rainy weather.
Read the TRUE NoRTHERNER supplement
this week and see whether you captured any
premiums at the county fair.
Married, in Paw Paw, on the 18th inst,
by Esq. Mason, William Jones of Arlington
and Mary j. Robinson, of Bangor.
The mandamus case of the Van Buren,
County Mutual VS.. the Judge of this circuit
was dismissed with costs against the COM
pany.
The ladies of the M. L. church will give
an oyster social at the residence of Amos
Hall on this "Wednesday evening. All in.
vited.
The Antwerp Mutual Protection Associa-
ton will hold its annual meeting at the Rich
mond School house, Oct 29th, 1888, at :
o'clock p. IN.
One of the guards At the fair says that 1C
cents is too small bribe to keep him from
telling about the old man who crawled
through the fence.
James Cannan's shoe shop at GoblevillC
was burglarized last Saturday night, anc
several pairs of boots and shoes taken. The
thieves entered by a window.
McCabe's hotel. the cross-bar house, is do.
ing good business. Fifteen regular board
ers besides transients, and, like Oliver Twist
he still tasks for more"
The Messenger evidently does not read il,
exchanges very closely. "Venerand" Masor
was not tried and convicted before Judg,
Mills, but before Justice Mason.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-18

The funeral of our la.e fellow-citizen,
Stephen w. Duncombe, was held at the Dis
ciple church, in this village on Sunday last.
under the direction of the Masonic lodge of
this village, large number of whom were
present. Brodhead Post G.. A. r.. of which
the deceased was a member, also attended
the obsequies in a body. The church was
crowded to its full capacity and the service
which was conducted by Rev. w. G. Burns, as
sisted by Rev. G.. p. Linderman, was most
appropriate to the occasion. The remains
of Mr.. Duncombe were taken to Keeler, his
native town. for burial.
Mr.. Duncombe was born in Brantford,
Canada, in 1910. but came with his fathers
family, to keeler, III this county, when
mere child In 1861 he responded to the
call of his country by entering as private
soldier, the ranks of company d., Western
sharp shooters. afterward known as the Goth
regiment of Illinois infantry. He served
with this company until October 1862, when
on account of i'll health be was honorably
mustered out of the service. bearing the
rank of captain at the time of his discharge
at the general election held in November,
1862, be was elected register of deeds, of
this county and was honored by re cleo
ton to that office in 1864. In 1872 he was
elected to the responsible position of county
treasurer, TO which Office he was again elect
ed in 1874. In 1877 he was appointed to the
same position to fill a vacancy caused by tho
resignation of Mr.. Marshall then treasurer,
and III 1873 he was again chosen to the same
Office. His entire service as treasurer Of
this county was upwards of seven years.
During the winter of 1882 he was appoint
ed az register of the United States land office
at Aberdeen, Dakota, which position he oc-
cupied until the time of his DEATH Polite
ally, Mr.. Duncombe was a pronounced re-
publican, and was recognized as a man of
influence and ability in the councils of his
party. He was one of the best and most
accurate of our business men, honorable and
upright in all his dealings with his fellow
men. He had been in i'll health for many
years, and had it not been for his iron will,
firm determination, and great vitality, he
would, doubtless, have been laid in his grave
years ago.
Few men were better known or more
highly respected in Van Buren county, than
Mr.. Duncombe. lie leaves behind him a
widow and three children to mourn his loss,
as well as a large circle of sorrowing rela-
tives. They all have the sincere and heart
felt sympathy of this. entire community.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-18
Engineering and surveying.

A. A. Fosdick, Civil Engineer, and Survey
or of Van Buren, County, will make sub-divis-
ions of surveys; take levels of mill races,
and water courses for the drainage of lakes
and swamp lands, and level of streets for the
location of sewers of towns and villages; sup
ply drawings of parks and village plats; spe-
cial attention given to the laying out and
plating of pleasure grounds, cemeteries and
village additions. All work intrusted TO me
will receive prompt attention and be carefully
done. Business in adjoining counties solic-
tied. o-9I"
A. A. FOSDICK, Co. Surveyor.
Williams p. o., Kalamazoo Co., Mich
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-18
skats and Ksannets.

One of the most abominabie fashions that
ever afflicted mankind Is that of the ladies
wearing their hats and bonnets in public as
semblages. A gentleman goes to the theater,
for instance, and occupies seat in the cen
ter of the house. lie Is much interested in
the play and desires TO see, as well as TO hear,
what IS going on on the stage. But on ac-
count of the forest of hats, bonnets, feathers
and birds that occupy the seats in front Of
him, il Is utterly impossible for him 10 DO so.
lie dOdges and twists and turns during the
entire evening, and is rewarded only by an
occasional glimpse of the actors, and by a
lame neck which lasts him for the next three
days. But as the senseless custom is dccreed
by the goddess of fashion, all have TO sub
nit, and it is treason even to complain or
murmur about it. How would the ladies
like ii If the gentlemen should all wear plug
hats and not remove them from their heads
during an evenings entertainment? II would
be good experiment to try, if the men only
dared There is no more sense or reason in
a womans keeping her hat on in the house
than there is in a mans doing the same
thing. But they say it would disarrange their
hair. Then let them adopt a more sensible
manner of wearing their hair than frizzes,
puffs, bangs and Langtry shingles, and wear
evening hats that can be easily removed from
the head. But such blessing as this, while
it may be devoutly prayed for, is too much
to expect. In such matters, men are the
weaker sex, and though they may, now and
then utter feeble protest, it will be entirely
unavailing What can't be cured must be
endured and men will keep right on admir-
ing the dear creatures Just the same, even if
they never witness play in their lives.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-18
Notice to Farmcrs and Morsemen.

Having had over Forty Years practice in
Veterinary Surgery and doctoring horses and
cattle, am prepared to announce to those
who are in need of my services that they will
find me ready at all times to attend TO their
calls. Castration by the most approved
methods speciality. Residence opposite
j. j. Woodnans, Paw Paw, Mich.
JAS. n. BABCOCK.
Mr.. Babcock has treated diseases in horses
and colts for me and performed surgical
operations, including the removal and per-
feet healing of an abscess on a colt, and all
with success and TO my entire satisfaction.
Paw Paw, April 26th, 1882.
1874 ]. J. WOODMAN.
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WHOLE NO. l49l.

The following resolutions were adopted,
by the Fire Department, on occasion of the
death of the late James B. Smith:
WHEREAS, Death has invaded our ranks, and taken
from us one OF our most highly respected members,
James Is. Smith, while in the very prime of life and
vigor OF manhood;
ResOtred, That by the death of Mr.. Smith, this
department has lost one of its best members, tho
community one of its brightest onaments and most
honorable citizens and his widow, kind indulgent
and noble husband.
Res0lDed, That we recognize in the sober, indus
trious, upright life of our deceased member
ample worthy TO be followed and initiated.
ResOIred, That We will ever cherish his memory
a. that OF true friend, and an exemplary man. who
always dared 20 do the right and who spurned the
wrong.
Res0tred, That a copy of these resolutions be
spread at large upon the minutes OF this depart
ment, and that an engrossed copy thereof be pre-
sented to the widow OF lamented friend as
token OF respect and esteem, and that a COPY
thereof be published in the several newspapers Of
our village.
@. W. ROWLAND
G. Il. OCOBOCK, Com.
=. n. SNOW.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-18

Breedsville has been all torn up this week
over the arrest of five men for thefts. VIM.
Laferty and Oscar Lanphere were arrested
for stealing a twenty-four pound package OF
tobacco from the depot at Grand Junction.
They were tried and convicted on Monday,
and Laferty was fined so and costs or 30
days in Jail, amounting to SlS, while Ian
phere was fined SO and costs or GO days.
Laferty paid his fine, but Lanphere went TO
JAIL The evidence went to show that Ian
phere first stole the tobacco and hid it, and
that Laferty afterwards in company with
Lanphere brought it home in his wagon.
Hence Laferty's lighter sentence.
The other three parties were George
Meacham, George johnson and Sol. Curtis,
who were arrested for stealing hides from
Bagley's slaughter house i'll Bangor, as told
in the Reflector of last week. They waived
examination and were committed to jail in
default of bail. Bail was placed at 5000.
The thieves took the hides TO Dowagiac and
sold them, where they were found and re-
covered by Bagley, and the description given
10y the Dowagiac parties of the men who sold
them tailed exactly with that of these three
men, whom Bagley already mistrusted.-Re-
fector.