The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-26
WHOLE NO. 1453.

ceedlngs OF the county GranBe, TOO late Iof
insertion this week.
On the inside of this paper will be found
a detailed statement of the sinking of the
steamer Cimbria, and the loss of 800 lives.
The ladies of the Free Baptist church will
hold a Coffee Social at the residence of y.
H. P. Sheldon, on Wednesday evening, Jan.
31st. All are cordially invited.
Editing the local department of news
paper during the continuance of a blizzard,
with the mercury going down out of sight,
is like being compelled to make "bricks
without straw"
A telegram from Prof. Derby, of Chicago,
to Prof. Horace and Billy the Kid, of this
place, reads as follows: On dit is afioat in
the city that Elder Tongs has entered into
CiRculun n,atrimonit, and will be here this
evening. Come on through freight.
We have received letter from our old
friend L. Cook, renewing his subscription to
THE NoRTHERNER. He says he can't get
along without it and remain in q state of
felicity. His family are well. Z. w. Mills
is visiting them. He says the trial of Scott
Beebe for attempted bribery of jury, is in
progress. He thinks Scotts political enc
mics are prosecuting him, and that he will
get clear. We are always glad to hear from
friend Eb.
Bro. Parker, of the Morcellus Ne,cs. we
observe, is advertising the Mendelssohn
Piano Co.. and "Foo Choo's Balsam of
Sharks On.' If he made his contract with
Conant & Co., of New York, we hope he will
get his pay. We tried the same ads for that
firm three months and have never been able
to collect cent for it.
Rev. f. M. Reule, of South Bend Ind, is
to open the course of three lectures, on Tues
day evening, Jan. 80. He will point out the
breakers in human life, Offering many
pointed and practical suggestions. Mr..
Reule is an eloquent speaker and no one
should fail to hear him. Remember that 60
cents admits you to the entire course.
The Farmers Institute of the Husband
mans Club, of Kalamazoo county, will be
held at Galesburg, Mich, in connection with
the State Institute, on Wednesday and Thurs
day, Feb. 9Th and 9Th, 1888. The discussion
of topics will be opened by practical men
and women, and there will be ample time for
discussion, as those who follow the essayists
will be limited to five minutes each.
The following is the programme of the
lecture course to be held IN this place:
Rev. f. NJ. Reule, of South Bend, Ind,
Tuesday evening, Jan. 30th subject Break
ers." Prof. Lewis McLouth, of State Nor
NAL School, Feb. 10th; subject, .'The World
We Live in James Clement Ambrose, of
Chicago, Feb. 2Gth subject, "The Sham
Family Course tickets 60 cents, for sale
at Chappels.
A dog fight took place on our streets the
other day, between city purp and country
dorg, which might have resulted fatally, but
for the timely intervention of some of our
citizens, prominent among whom, was our
pink mustached typo, who, needless of dan
ger, rushed recklessly into the melee; grab
bing lamp post with his left duke, while
with his dexter paw he seized canine tail,
and shouted, as only he can shout, "Kaiser
don't you want to buy dorg." The irate
CANNES mistaking him for bone, ceased
their wrangling and followed him away, wag-
ging their tails behind them, like brother
purps, "true and tried"
Notwithstanding the fact that the mercury
was several degrees below nothing, the lee
ture by Prof. Swing, at the Opera House, on
Tuesday evening" was greeted with good
audience, but not as large as it would have
been under other circumstances. The speak
er held the closest attention of his hearers
from the very beginning until the close of
his address. He argued that the novel,
while not entitled to place on the summit
of the beautiful mountain of literature,
did not belong down in the depths, but was
worthy of position high up in the region of
life, light and beauty. He thought the ideal
novel, the unity of which was the ideal
woman, around whom clustered truths drawn
from all attainable sources, had done and
would yet do work in the world, that could
be wrought by no other literature. But
few such novels had been written. Not
more than twenty or twenty-five were needed
to complete the library. But it is useless TO
attempt a review of thelecture, it must have
been heard TO be appreciated. The inimit-
able drollness and humor in which the speak
er occasionally indulged were the spice
which favored the whole address and helped
To makest matter of deepest interest from