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anu PTUuIaUIe You pay me the highest com
piiment and give me the greatest reward pos
slble. only wish that had accomplished
more. In closing DR.. Cow paid warm
tribute to his brethren in the profession in
Brattleboro and said that it had never been
his lotto work with company of brother
ministers all of whom were so free from zeal
ousy and petty striving and all of whom
worked together with such freedom love aud
good will. One of his greatest regrets in
leaving Brattleboro was that he must leave
these fellow workers. Il pray" he said,
that God may bless and prosper you all. "
The testimonial thus presented TO DR..
Cow was the gift of some 70 or 50 citizens.
We need not say that the sentiments express
ed by Col. Haskins in his speech of presents. L
ton correctly represent the FEELING
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hoped would soon be found, the cordial and
united support OF the church. After DR..
Cow had ~oii-eA.tbc ~'"rt. NJ w. W. Haw-
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low.
AS to Christmas Goods, we
never believed in . carrying
over" a lot of goods just because
we could not get all that we
thought we ought to for them.
Fresh goods daily is our idea Of
the store of today, and therefore
we shall try to completely close
out all Christmas goods, and
we have almost an unlimited
quantity of them, and a variety
that cannot fail to suit you. We
will mention none today, for
we know you would rather call
in and see our double stock.
Two Stores in One.
"Little 33" and the New York
Bargain Store.
S. WILCOX
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IHuIi II HHVIHB DtVu Iuo
( the peorle to elect ,Walr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-05
Immense Loss

On our most valuable over Stock Of Ready Ma1e
Cloaks Furs, Dresses, Tea GOWNS NraPP7''
and Waterproofs
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existence of
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new reform
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all desirable
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would prevent quorum it any attempt was
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-05

Maj. Gen Leonard Wood, the American
military commander OF Santiago, has been
granted leave Of absence to 60 TO Wash
ington and be is now on bis way to that
city, The reason OF the generals depar-
ture is unluestionably the order received
from Havana to transmit the entire Gus
toms receipts each week To- that city.
Compliance with these instructions would
involve the abandonment Of many neces-
sary public Improvements, would throw
10000 Cubans out Of employment and
send them to the hills to become bandits
and would revive SPAIN practice Of none
tary Capitalization which caused poS'~ nn
her troubles in Cuba il is BELLE confdenC
Gen Wood is desirou, Of seeiaation was a
dent on this subject and it was wit
The people Of Santiago on that he attemI
cited over this matter, arking on some of ii
have been held to eNpss and sorrows of
They say it was tt he said, briefly, that
which the Cubans bro with desire to be |
years, to send syou say that my work here
instead oF al and r,rf,Gto III, 49, .....
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The annual meeting Of the Unitarian 30
eiety occurs next Tye9deY lfye7inR at 1880.
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GOOD NEWS.

The PendleIOn Civil Service HRs
bill Passes the IIOuAe with "A Ruah
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S5O,OOO.OO

VIII not cover our stock Of Top Garments Be
sides we have more than
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more universally I
DR.. Cow leavey
morning to spG
Fairhaven
LIBRARv'l price
amount in
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-05

Mr.. Cephas b. Lynn, IL
orator, will be present o
day Mr.. Edgar W. Emt
n. H., and Mrs. Gertr
Wallingford, Vt, test
public tests and many
announced to be present
1t is very rarely tina
fine skating as they have
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occasion.

A company of some %, parishioners an
others took possession of the parsonage o|
Tuesday evening. The hours passed yer
pleasantly. After remarks by the pastor kim
words were spoken by Revs Arms of the vi
E. church, and c. > Sherman of Guilford
Mrs. ,. presided at the organ. Some 40 dol
lars IN cash and "eir""'"- --- left for th|
past gs are sunni
sPod hich gratefu
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AAb ~
is good as far as the f.
pore yeptgGsome boy
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~ removal Of The maternal head
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the office.
gible public
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lett Tor tn
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
Sanitary Value OF Foliage.

Prof. Goret, of the University of Ge-
neva, points out that the functions of
trees in streets are not limited to acting
as screens for sun-shunning wayfarers.
They temper the heat and serve as o
protection against dust the evaporation
from their leaves tends to keep the
surrounding air cool and moist, and, as
one of the best means of refreshing the
air of sick-room is to place in it plants
and branches, and sprinkle them with
water, a like effect is produced by trees.
Sunlight is necessary to health; but
trees, if not too thickly planted, do
not intercept sunlight,-the continual
vibration of their leaves and swaying of
their branches admitting the light
every instant and i'll sufficient measure,
serving, moreover, to protect the eyes
from the MONDAY glare. SO far from
trees impeding the circulation of air,
they help to purify it; the evaporation
from their leaves determines o current
from above, and the fresh air thus
brought down assists in driving away
the heated and dust-impregnated gases
OF the streets. Another useful property
of foliage is that, while In hot, dry
weather it moistens the surrounding
atmosphere, thus rendering it filter to
breathe, this effect, which is due to
evaporation, ceases In wet weather.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

them. As soon as there was short
pause he summed up the amount
again, and rising to his feet, quietly
said:
"Thirty-two thousand, four hundred
and sixty dollars-s460 for shrinkage"
The scene that followed can only DO
imagined by those who know what an
incubus church debt is to q devoted
congregation, and who are familiar
with the ways in which Metbodists are
wont to express their feelings.
Il preceive," said Mr.. Thorpe, rising
to his feet, after the tempest had sub
sided, that oil these pledges are to be
paid tomorrow, at noon, Mt the First
National Bank. 1t is easy to guess
who is at the bottom of oil this bust
ness, and see him now, standing near
the door,"
mo scenes for me-" whispered the
banker to his minister. I'm going.
Make my excuses"
And he slipped out of the door and
walked quickly away.
walter Franklin is the man," con-
tinued the parson, "and he is leaving
the house this moment. Will some one
bring him back?"
But that was a vain suggestion. Mr..
Franklin, as everybody knew, would
not be brought back.
MIR. Franklin's pastor must answer
for him then" said the minister; and
Mr.. Strong walked up the aisle amid
great cheering. In few graceful
words he told the congregation that
Mr.. Thorpe was right in his conjecture
that the plan of aiding them in their
difficult undertaking was conceived and
set in motion by Mr.. Franklin, who had,
nevertheless, been supported in the
heartiest manner 10y the gentlemen on
whom he had called; that the whole
scheme was the inspiration of moment,
and the fruit of few hours work; and
that he trusted that the result of it
would be, not only the emancipation of
the Methodist Church from the bondage
of debt, but the strengthening of the
bonds of fellowship among the churches
of New Albion. TO that wish there
were many fervent responses, and after
prayer of thanksgiving by the pastor
and singing of "Blest be the Tie that
Binds" the congregation broke up.
The day will never be forgotten by
any who had part in its doings, and the
fruit of the seed then sowed will be
reaped in the increasing charity of
many generations. The Century.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
The Nail City.

Wheeling is one of the most extern
sive manufacturing points on the Ohio,
and in point OF nail products it takes
the lead of all the other places. L
presume not less than 10000, 900, coo
nails are made here every year
and they are shipped all over the world.
Wheeling is known as the nail city.
It's factories and mills and furnaces and
glass houses employ thousands of peo-
pie, and here as plainly rs can be found
elsewhere in the country is shown the
disastrous result of that turning point
in the conflict between labor and cap
tai, the strike" When strikes occur
they bring a Sunday calm, and all kinds
of business rest until work resumes.
1t is from these factories that
the smoke and sulphur come.
They use soft coal without smoke con-
sumers, and clouds of the black stuff
settle over the place until everything is
darkened, and the sulphur kills the
grass and the flowers. Yet the smoke
is business, and every bucket full rep
resents so much money; and, as money
is what man worships, L don't know
that it is such a bad thing to have ones
idol always before and behind, above
and below him, and permeating every
recess of his abiding place" Mary
Jane" IN Co1trier-JouTpdl.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
Women as Indian Fighters.

DR.. Edward Eggleston, in historical
paper in the Century, on the Indian
War in the Colonies" says of the hero
ism of the wives of the pioneers: "The
women of those times developed a read
mess and courage as remarkable as
that of the mon. The Swedish women
near the site of Philadelphia, while
boiling soap, were warned that the In
dians were coming. They took refuge,
soap and all, in the fortified church,
blew the conch-shell horns to alarm the
men, and when the Indians tried to I'M
mine the building ladled the scalding
soap upon them, and so saved them
selves from destruction until their hus-
bands arrived. The renowned Hannah
Bradley. of Haverhill, in Massachu-
sets, who had more than her share of
captivities and adventures, killed an
Indian who was rushing into the open
gate of her husbands garrison, by
throwing boiling soap upon him; and
when the savages came to capture her a
third time, she saved herself by shoot
ing the foremost one dead. In 1876,
the battle which Tacott was fighting in
defense of Hadley was decided by the
promptness of the women, who loaded
with small shot and nails cannon that
had just arrived from Boston and con-
veyed it to the defenders; these dis
charged it to the dismay and rout Of the
savages. A story is told of maid
servant in Dorchester who defeated an
Indian single-handed by the use Of a
musket and and shoveful of live Goals.
A young girl in Maine shut door and
held it, and thirteen women and child
had tim. to reach block-house, while
the Indians were chopping down the
door and knocking down, though they
did not kill, its defender Twelve years
after Bickford's ingenious defense of
his house at Oyster river, some women at
the same place initiated it. There being
no men in the garrison, they fired an
alarm, loosened their hair to appear
like men, and used their guns so brisk
ly that the savages fled. In 17l2,
Esther Jones saved Heard's garrison,
in the township of Dover, in New
Hampshire, by mounting guard and
calling so'loudly and confidently as tc
make the Indians believe that help was
at hand. The stalwart Experience Bo
garth, of Dunkard's Greek, in Pennsyl
vania, in hand-to-hand fight in door
way, in which two white men were
! killed, slew three Indians with an ak"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
HUMOR.
burlington Hawkeye.I

SOME of the farms in Ireland are
strips of land only ten feet wide. That
is twice as big farm as some men we
know would cultivate, if it were given
TO them.
A NEW novel is entitled "A Foolish
Virgin" Probably she didn't find out
until she tried it that it is the usual
thing for freckles lotion to take the
skin along with the freckles.
CHEAP italian labor has run the price
of Shines" down to 3 cents. A 3-cent-
shine, however, is merely run across
the toes, leaving the heels as red as
sunset. Like u school boys boots on
exhibition day.
A MAN in Massachusetts was sent TO
reform school for breaking windows and
stealing apples when he was 8 years
old; then he stole O dog and went to
prison when he was ii; he got out In
time to set fire to house and got two
years sentence before he was 10; and
picked pocket and got run IN on his
10th birthday. Before he was old
enough to vote he received sentence,
and since then he has served three
terms in as many prisons. 1t Is time
he quit this restless, wandering life,
and found some good, quiet prison that
suited him, where he could settle down
and stay.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
The Alligator Fever.

1t beats oil how a Northern man does
banker to shoot an alligator just as soon
as he gets beyond the Ohio river. and
the further South he goes the stronger
grows the feeling. It's sort OF buck
fever" and nothing will cure it except
the gore of the reptile. A chap from
Rhode Island went down to Biloxi from
New Orleans with the party. Small
alligators were plenty enough along the
creeks and bitches, and every time the
Clam State man saw one he almost
kicked his boots off. He tackled every
body around Biloxi for an alligator
hunt, and he finally paid a darky So 10
drive him to lake four or five miles
away, where the saurians were said to
be numerous enough to crowd each 9TH
er out of water. The boys had been
over in the morning and fixed things.
A rope was tied to either end of a wa
ter-soaked log and led into the bushes,
and no sooner had the hunter gone
down and discovered movement in the
water than he opened fire.
Oats yer game, boss" said the dar-
ky, as he seated himself in the shade,
and the way that old log was lombard
ed was n caution. The man made eye
shots and line shots and dead shots,
and after he had fired sbout twenty-five
times he began to wonderfully his game
didn't turn toes up.
Takes heap o lead, boss, but.you
is trubblin' him mighty bad" encour-
aged the darby, and the bombardment
was renewed with determination to
die in the last ditch. Pretty soon
man broke from the bushes to the left,
and in voice of authority called out:
Shooting alligators out of season is
an offense punished by fine of not
less than SO"
"N-o-ap
"How many shots have you fred?"
"Only thirty-nine."
shooting off a revolver in the State.
of Mississippi, except in self-defense, is
n fine of 50 for each time Have you q
permit ?"
Permit for what?"
"To shoot at Col. Ford's alligators.
If not he can recover damages not to
exceed $500. Did you cross that
field? ?"
"Yes."
That's trespass, and the fine is not
less than S25. You must come with
me!"'
But, sir-I-"
Il will bring up my horse and
buggy and you must go the county
seat :"
The Constable" started. So did
Rhode Island. They went in opposite
directions. The Rhode Islander came
into Biloxi on canter, settled his no.
tel bill without stopping to count the
change, and picking up his satchel he
busted oil along the railroad track as if
called to death-bed When l found
him in Mobile a few days later he
had shaved of his whiskers and black
ened his eyebrows. He also COM
planned of a lame back and corns on
his feet
Say" says he, as he carefully looked
around for listeners, IF old Missis-
sippi feels so stuck mp over few ponds
and alligators and constables she can
keep 'em and be hanged to her! I'd
ruther shoot crow any time than an
alligator" -DetTot Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
"Bread and Cheese and Kisses"

"But what do you suppose we are GO
ing to live on?" inquired young lady
of her slightly impeeunious lover after
the first shock of his proposal had some
what worn off.
Live on!" said the enthusiastic and
visionary youth, why, darling, we will
live ON bread and cheese and kisses"
Eyes; well, it may be all right enough,
but it's my opinion that bread and
cheese, with thin slices of kisses in be-
tween 'em, are mighty light sandwiches
for steady diet. You'll have to talk
roast beef-beef and strawberry short.
cake to me- "-TerdS Siftiraqs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
POstofice Red Tame.

When q citizen of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich, wishes to send letter to q
friend in the opposite village on the
Canadian side of the river, he directs it,
prepays the postage, and puts it in the
postoffioe bn the American side; then,
in order to reach the postofiice on the
Cauadfan side, which is about one mile
DISTANT, tho letter goes to Detroit
through the United States mails,
crosses from Detroit to Windsor, where
e enters the Canadian mails. and IL sent
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
Learning 50 Spell.

Not all the bright answers are given
by grown-up people, by any means.
Here is an illustration of the fact, taken
from an exchange:
Arthur is bright little fellow, Just
beginning his education. A short time
since, in the presence of visitors, he
came running to his uncle, exelaiming,
"Oh, uncle, can spell SUM-"
Very well, let us hear" answered
the uncle.
"S-u-n, SUM-"
That is right. Now let MS hear you
spell another kind of son."
Arthur's face wore a puzzled express
sion for time, but soon frightened
with an inspiration, as he sang out,
M-u-n, moon"
This was greeted with applauding
laughter. The uncle then said, Are
you not your papa's son?"
Eyes, SIR"
very well, spell that kind Of a son. "
me, me-" triumphantly shouthed
the little chap, to the confusion of his
uncle, and the glce Of the others.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
A Bugs Idea.

After describing the repeated fail
ures of o tumble-bug to get his ball out
of a rut, the indianapolis Ne,Cs adds /:
Finally he plowed out space, like q
sort of railroad cut, with a smaller
slope than the buggy track, and pushed
his ball triumphantly out through it..
Was that reason? II was exactly the
course an engineer would take. It was
exactly the course taken to raise the
great winged bulls of Nineveh. Has a
tumble-bug got mind?"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTUM.
by CHARLES n, WELLS.

When de nicgah beah de possum cry,
ale slap lbs leg an he peel his eye;
tie jump aroun' an he kick up high,
= on he know dat do critter gotta die
Sure die! Shllohl
ale Trab dc gun an he fly & de tree
Vie look up high. Mr. Postum he see
We y mt de gan as lie drap on is knee;
Cra X! so de rifle, den down down come he,
Some deadl Shilohl
Mex he skin Mr.. Postum an he put i'm in do
pot
Wild de bilin' wat an de polk grease hot
An all etch Vegetable as he happen fer tn got;
Den ut twelve er'clock on d. table it am sot,
Steamin'! Shilohl
all pitch in, niggahs, now, an help yo'sel's I
meat;
Oars muffin on d. earth OATS rs goods possun
q eat;
DE legs am tender an dc tail am sweet,
DO backbone am houey-comb, an likewise d.
feet,
Yum-yuml Shilohl
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

THE English mails were first con-
veyed by railway in 1880. Nine years
later the letters sent averaged three to
each person, and at the present time
the average has risen to thirty-six. The
Postoffice Savings Banks last year had
nearly 5000, 900 depositors, whose de-
posts reached the sum of about $780,.
900, 900. /;
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

over Canadian routes back to the SAINT,
reaching tho Canadian Office there In
about ten days from the time it started
ten days to go one mile. But when
one is in hurry he goes across the
river himself and talks to the other
fellow: he doesn't write.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
[Carl Pre.zel's Weekly.l

A TIGHT place-The bar.
A TYPE-RIGHTER- proof reader.
WOMAN was maid, but man never
was.
= WITHOUT ladies the United States
would be stagnation.
WWH dudes pumpkin blossoms ought
to be taking posey, that is, if affinity
counts for anything with them.
Il USED to be bothered awfully with
rats" said Mrs. McGill, "but L used
some corroded supplement and got rid
of 'em."
AN exchange speaks of the tragic
end of man in Jail" If not out Of
place, we should like to inquire why
they did not put him all in Jail, and
what the general effect is when they
shut the door.
THE Globe Democrat recently con-
tanned q half-column article upon How
il feels to be insane" If disease
breaks out among the American people
to tell how much things strike them,
every paper in the land has all it can
do for the next century.
A DUEL is an affair of honor, settled
with weapons. A prize-fght is an af-
fair of science, settled with fists. A
fracas is an affair of main strength,
usually settled with whatever comes
handy. And now abideth these three,
but the greatest of these is the fracas.
lChicago Cheek.l
PREACHERS say croquet' is a wicket
game.
The proof-reader does much toward
righting a book.
WHEN woman slams a door with
force that's o she-bang.
On dark nights men usually sigh for
the light of other days.
MEN never - one another, but they
long - the women.
THE less on'er woman has now the
more comfortable she is
A PHYSICIAN always knows where to
find his patients when he loses them.
IT amt every paper that can afford
funny man, but they all have para
Grapher two
A PICKPoCKET stole watch right of
its guard the other day. We trust the
watch next time will be on its guard
against such accidents.
The Town Council of New Haven has
assessed tax of So against men for
swearing This is job the men have
put up on the women to avoid putting
up stoves.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

You can hear the whistle Of a loco
motive $500 yards, the noise of train
$500 yards, the report of musket and
the bark of dog 1900 yards, the roll
of drum 1000 yards, the croak of a
frog 300 yards, and cricket's chirp
800 wards.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

In the State of Mississippi only
1926 women said their ages we're 81,
while no less than 1868 declared they
were Just 30
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

BosToN is next to New York in the
number of its banks and amount Of cap
ital.