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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

A DANBURY man was sure some one
was tampering with his meal-barrel.
He drew pencil-line to show just how
high in the barrel the meal was, and
the next morning the meal was fully
two inches below the mark. Then he
had his idea, which was to set steel
trap in the meal. 1t worked well, and
when he next visited the place the trap
was gone, and there was good deal of
blood about, at which he chuckled
greatly and told his neighbor, who
praised his shrewdness, and together
they kept watch for some one with
damaged fingers. Before they found
him this shrewd man went in haste one
morning to the barrel to take out meal.
There was q click, and he was caught
in his own trap, which the thief had re-
turned and set just as he did at first.
He has had one finger set, and hopes
to save two more from amputation. -
Danbttry Ne,oS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

ANcIENTLY, in many parts of France,
when sale of land took place it was
the custom to have twelve witnesses,
accompanied by twelve little boys; and
when the price of the land was paid,
and its surrender took place, the ears
of the boys were pulled and they were
severely beaten, so that the pain thus
inflicted should make an impression up
on their memory, and, if required after
ward, they might bear witness to the
sale. Later, when a criminal was
being executed, parents whipped their
children, so that they might take warn
ing by the example and keep in the
path of virtue.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

Mr.. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD. in lee
ture before the American Geographical
Society at New York, expresses his dis
like of the system of naming towns in
this country, and gives his opinion of
what would be tire proper thing. He
objects seriously to the nomenclature
in vogue in the rowdy West. He does
not like such names as You Bet, Saw
dust, Big Coon, Cut Shin, Toad Vine,
Skunk Lake, and Fish Hook. Yet Mr.
Field will hardly claim those names to
be un-American. There is breeziness,
neat abandon about them which is as
clearly recognizable as the air of Yam
kee Doodle. 1t is true that the objects
selected as having some connection
with towns location or origin are not
the most attractive in every instance
but just at that period in a Western
towns history when it gets its name the
chances are that more attention is paid
to poker than to etymology, and that
the pioneer in selecting title has pro-
found regard only for its applicability.
The only fault with him is that he gets
sometimes a trife frisky. When Mr..
Field goes further, and attacks the
practice of giving American towns
classical names, or of adding the
French willie" to a proper name, as
"Jonesville," or "Smithsville" he takes
stand where he will find sensible
pc ,ple supporting him. Equally will
he be supported in has advocacy of the
soft Indian names to towns in the land
from which the Indians have been
driven. Even Oshkosh may pass-it
is American. But ought not some
thing to be done with Bismarck. Oak.
out of regard to the American hog,
and to Babylon, l.. l., on general
principles?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

(which form also one Of the humors of
Sam Weller's conversation), for which
his everyday talk was distinguished,
were lavishly introduced by the actor
into his part, and made distinct hit.
Among those which have been record
ed we find the following: Come on,
as the man said to the tight boot;"
Why, here we are all mustered, as
the roast beef said to the Welsh rab-
bit;" Where shall we fly? as the
bullet said to the trigger" 4 know
the world, as the monkey said when he
cut off his tall" There she is mu-
steal and melancholy as the cricket
said to the tea-kettle."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09
The Delights of Tobogganing.

Within the last few years score of
regular toboggan clubs have been or
ganized in Montreal. Everybody has
gone crazy on the subject, and men,
women, and children revel in the dash
ing flight. The hills are lit by torches
stuck in the snow at each side OF the
track, and huge bonfires are kept burn
ing, around which gather picturesque
groups. Perhaps of all sports of the
carnival this is the most generally en-
ioyed by visitors. Some of the slides
are very steep and look dangerous, and
the sensation of rushing down the hill
on the thin strip of Eastwood is one
never to be forgotten.
How did you like it?" asked q
Canadian girl of an American visitor,
whom she had steered down the steep
est slide.
"Oh, / wouldn't have missed il for a
hundred dollars"
you'll try it again, won't your"
@Not for thousand dollars
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

ONE of the most remarkable oils yet
discovered is that found in the Arago
oil basin in Wyoming Territory. In a
shaft put down on the east side of Bath
Greek, to depth of twelve feet, oil
flows in of exceptionally high specific
gravity. 1t is, when first exposed, of a
brownish color, and can be cut with q
knife like soft butter. 1t gradually
turns black on exposure. 1t has little
color when it first comes from the
shaft, though what escapes on the
south side of the adjoining ridge has a
slight pungency, which 1t loses on ex-
Dosure.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

The Montreal Witness pays this
tribute to the progress in architecture
in this country: "The United States is
soon going to take the lead of older
countries in the matter of modern
architecture, as it is natural that it
should. A rapidly developing country,
constantly requiring new conveniences,
offers the most promising field for the
ablest men of the age, and scarce a
week passes that the American illus
trated papers are not adorned with
pictures of some new public building.
grand in extent, of orAinal design. and
Of SURPRISING beauty. The young
Western cities which have sprung up
within the aesthetic era are fairy lands
as compared with the new towns of thir-
ty years ago.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

THE Rev. Aaron Cleveland, the
Presidents great-grandfather, settled
in Halifax in 1850, the year after the
city was founded, and established a
church known as "Mather's Church, I"
after the great New England divine of
that day. He remained five years, and
was succeeded by Scotch minister.
The church then became known as St.
Matthew's, and was the first Presby-
terrain church in the British lower
provinces. 1t is the leading church in
the city to-day. FITS library, established
by Mr.. Cleveland, still contains many
volumes presented by him and bearing
his autographs. There are many rela-
tives of his still in the province.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

A Winnipeg special reports: Capt Stew
art, Who owns ranch near Fort Mcleod,
and who was at Ottawa when the rebellion
broke out, returned to-day, commissioned
by the Government TO form a corps OF
mounted cowboys for service during the in
surrection. The horses will be furnished
by ranchers, and many who will join will,
doubtless, have their own animals. Many
of the men will have arms themselves, but
to those who have not the GovcrnmhAt will
supply
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

THE first patent granted to an invent
or in the United States is mentioned in
speech of ex-senator Wadleigh, of
New Hampshire, in the Forty fifth Con-
gress. The Senator said: IAN intelli-
gent gentleman of my own State has
referred to me an act of the General
Court of Massachusetts Bay, passed in
1916, granting to one of his ancestors,
Joseph jerks, the exclusive right OF
making and selling his improved scythe
for the space of fourteen years. That,
1 think, was the first patent granted to
an inventor in America. The improve
ment referred to changed the short,
thick, straight English scythe into the
longer, thinner, curved implement with
stiffened back now in use."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09
The Midland Sun says it is related O

The Midland Sun says 1t IS related or
a certain Clare "moonshiner" that he sold
some pine logs last fall to Saginaw lum-
herman, the same being cut on land owned
by the Saginaw man. Not long after he
sawed the ends of the logs so as to erase
the marks and sold the same logs over
again. The thing worked SO well that he
tried it again with equal success, and kept
on doing so until the logs, which were
originally sixteen feet long, were reduced
to twelve feet; then he was mad because
twelve feet was the shortest measure taken.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09
Jhs Trus Yurtherurr.


A PHYSICIAN connected with one Of
the hospitals in New York where
children receive special attention says
that many of the cases Of spinal trouble
brought to his notice are the direct re-
suit of the careless handling of baby
carriages. The matter of how nurses
and others handle these little vehicles
is one to which parents may well pay
attention.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

Forecast Of Appropriations Made and to Re
made-Languagos May ntiii He Taught
No Prohibition at Ann Arbor-Tho New
Orleans Exhibit-The so-callsd Csdavcr
Bill-Sundries.
From Our Own Correspondent
LANSING, Marc 80.
Last week was as near a full one as the
Legislature can ever be induced to put In,
and considerable work was done that shows
on the published record, and much that
does not, having been performed in com-
mittee rooms. Coming back on Monday
evening the Senate found itself wonderfully
short Of timber, having neither President,
President pro tenn, nor a quorum, so ii adj
jonrned. The House had bare quorum
and Speaker pro tenn, but the amount Of
work done was very small.
REGARDING THE APPROPRIATIONS.
Only a portion of the probable appro-
priatiens have vet been acted on or re-
ported, yet enough have thus far been re-
ported to make quite large hole in the
State Treasury if all the committee recon-
mendations are adopted by both houses.
Up to this date the Senate Committee on
Appropriations and Finance has reported
fayorably on the following bills:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

Reading has pensioner of the war Of
1912 who is yet able to take spin of ten
miles in day. He was in the engagement
on Lake Erie with Commodore Perry. He
does all his own work and takes consider
able pride in his garden, which he works
hirnaalf
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

Gen. Middleton has ordered a general
advance of the troops at QuAppelle to make
room Cor the troops from the East The
advance will be made in tive diyisions-one
from Qu'Appelle, the other from Swift Our
rent by river to prevent the rebels leaving
the country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

We think we have now found the old
est inhabitint." Mr.. Douglass, of vicks-
burg. says forty-two years ago it was fine
sleighing April 1. which continued fair un-
ill April 2O.-Kalamazoo Telegraph.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

--Ionia is very anxious that some means
should be devised by which the prisoners
discharged from the House of Correction
may be returned home instead of being let
loose in Ionia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

DICKENS is said to have found the
originator at least the suggestion-o'
Sam Weller in Samuel Vale, popular
low comedy actor, whom he saw in his
youth. yale's quaint comparisons
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

THERE are swans on the Thames
River that are known to be 100 years
old. For five centuries the winners
company there has kept record Of
certain swans, and the ages of the
specimens of this long-lived species of
water fowls are known to a day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

The life of George Eliot, written by
Mr.. Cross, is the most interesting lit
erary production of recent years. 1t
contains indisputable evidence of the
royalty of her nature, and the purity of
motive that controlled her private acts.
But, with all due respect to this great
mind and heart, there are many people
who will question her queer criticism
on Jane Eyre" where it says "she
wishes the characters would talk less
like the heroes and heroines of police
reports
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

Mrs. Gen. Custer, of Monroe, has
written the life and adventures of her hus-
band on the plains. and it will soon be
brought out by the Harpers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

You've man, never call another q
"liar" If he is not. It is unjust TO APP
ply the term to him, and if he is he
knows il himself.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

LINDSEY MUSE. the veteran doorkeeper
for,the Secretary of the Navy, has served In
that capacity for fifty seven years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

The Clare County woods are full Of
hungry wolves and. @moonshiners."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

kalamazoo College has aided $125
telescope to its apparatus.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

THE following lines were discovered
on slip of paper found in an old-fash-
Toned bottle in the center of an oak
tree, cut down at Goshen, Conn.,:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

THE name of the Chinese Emperor's wife
is Kan Di Sweet, isn'fit2
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

THAT grief is most sincere which
shuns observation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

1t is believed the paper was concealed
in the tree about ITO years ago by a
woman named Hunter, whose daughter
was killed by the Indians.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

1t is estimated that $50, OOO. 900 feet of
logs have been banked on Menominee River
this season. Nearly 10000, 900 feet Of
logs remain over in the booms from last
year. These, with those cut this winter,
will give the mills all they can do
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

She was young
And she was fair,
But the Indian
Raised her hair.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
LITTLE FOLKS.

Don't tell me you WON'T said father to
his little daughter of six summers. "Well
but, papa" said the artless little one, ''what
shall Isay when | mean won't?'
When little Harry father gave him
young applt-tree for his every own he
asked gravcly, "What kind of apples do you
s'pose il will have, dried apples, or the
round, rolly kind
Elva, aged four, was pulling grass for odd
Paul, the family horse. After feeding him
Cor some time she said, earnestly, Papa, |
am going to feed Old Paul till he gets so tall
he can't touch the ground
Little Jim was baby brother to family of
married brothers and sisters and was "unCle"
To little nephew when but n very small
boy himself. OF course, the family talked
a great deal about ''Uncle Jim,'' so when
there was another nephew Jim exclaimed
proudly, Now I'm two uncles."
A three-year-od little girl was taught to
close her evening PRAYER during the tempo
rary absence of her father, with land please
watch over my papa" Ii sounded very sweet
but the mothers amusement may be mag
ined when she added land you better keep
an eye on mamma. toor'-Baptist Weekly
Two little North Side girls wished much
for baby, and having great faith i'm prayer
they took a basket lined il with cotton and
put il under the back piazza, and then each
night prayed earnestly. A. the DIDy ulU
not come, the children have lost faith. Ii
has been hard for their parents to explain
why the prayer was not answered
A class in mental arithmetic was aues-
toned concerning the number OF men re-
quird TO perform certain piece of work in
"A specified time. The answer given was
Twelve men and two-thirds." bright
lad perceiving the oddity of two-thirds OF q
man, instantly replied, Twelve man and n
boy fourteen years old."-Two-thirtlS of
twenty-One the legal age Of manhood
Crooked Answers.
SchOOl-children become possessed OF many
singular and amusing ideas. Here are some
in the form of answers TO questions asked by
their teachers.
describe the heart"
ut is comical shaped. bag
What is a volcano?'
"A volcano is q large mountain with hole
at the top and fireplace at the bottom, and
sometimes the fire comes out at the top, and
destroys the cities at the bottom, il there
arc any"
Mention any occupation considered inju.
rious to health.n
Occupations which are injurious TO health
| are carbolic acid gas, which is impure blood. "
as a bootmaker's trade injurious tC
| healthf'
Eyes, very injurious; because the boot
| makers press the boots against the thorax
| and, therefore, it presses the thorax in and
1 il touches the heart, and il they do not die
| they are cripples for life"
| What is the feminine of goose?'
"Ganderess."
Where was Bishop Latimer burned Il
\ deathF'
"In the fire?'
| Another pupil writes,-
"When food is swallowed il passes through
| the windpipe, and the chyle passes VI
1 through the backbone and reaches the heart
where il meets the oxygen, and is purified
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
Advertising Cheats,i,

at has become so common to begin an article
In an elegant, interesting style.
'sThen run il into some advertisement, that we
avoid all stlch,
"And simply call attention to the merits OF Hop
Bitters in as plain, honest terms possible,
'.1O induce people
''To give them one trial, which proves their
value that they Will never use anything e.st.'
''The Remedy favOrably noticed in all the
papers.
Religious and secular, is
"llSving a large SALE and is supplanung all
other medicines.
There is no denying the virtues OF the Hop
plant. and the prOprietOrs of Hop Bitters have
shown great Shrewdness and ability
lin compOunding a medicine whose virtues are
so Ddlpable TO every ones observation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
Piety That Paid.

''How does il happen that you joined the
Methodist church," asked man of dealer in
ready-made clothing.
"Vell, because mine brudder choined der
Bresbyterians. | vas not want der let him
get der advantage init me-"
"H0w get the advantage
milne brudder noticed dot he vas elm shoe
maker, und dot der Brcsbyterians shtood oop
ven dey braye. He see dot dey ware der
shoes oud in dot way, unit he choins dot
church to hold dot trade unit prosper: so /
shoined der MethOdsts."
what did you gain by that?'
Ivy, der Methodists kneel down unit ware
der pritches at der knees out ven dey braye,
unit dey bray long unit ware big holes in dem
pritches. Veil, / sells clothing TO dem Meth
Odists unit makes monish.'
"But don't you have to donate consider
able to the support Of the churchr
Yah; I.puts much money in dot shurch
basket, but efery time i donates 10 dot
shurch i mark pritches oop den per cent,
unit eits more as eien.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
THY DUTY.

Let all the good thou doest 70 maa
A gift be, not a debt:
And be viii more remember thee
The more thou dOst forget.
Do il "a one who knows IL not.
But rather like vine.
That year by year brings forth its grapes.
And cares not for the wine.
A horse when he has run his race,
dog when tracked the game,
A bee when IL has honey made
DO not their deeds proclaim.
BE silent, then. and like the vine,
Bring forth what i in thee;
IL j. thy duty to be good.
And man 10 honor thee.
Morals OF Marcus Aurelius by r. II. StOddard
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
A Slight MISUNDERSTANDING.

They slowly approached the house. he
with "a sad, detected air, and she with a
proud, scornful look upon her fair young
face, that bodeu no good to the wedding
bells and the orange flowers.
IL can not imagine, my dear" he said,
mournfully as they gained the front door.
what has come over you so suddenly.
would at least know my Oilense. | simply
asked You If you were romantic, when"
A startling look came over the young
girls face
"You asked me what?' she demanded.
81 only asked if you were romantic, and
r
Forgive me, George" she exclaimed, with
a cOnvUlsve sob, as she threw her arms
about his neck. 81 thought yon asked Inc
If ] was rheumatic.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
The Kiss Happened.
Missouri Republican. /

At all the Saratoga hops the children are
allowed to use the hop-room from 10 o.
There can be no more beautiful picture than
to see hundred little white angels flying
around the ballroom to the music of the
waltz.
Last night Mrs. Astor's little girl Ethel,
danced with Freddy Livingstone. who, i'm
the excess of his innocent love and Joy, put
his arms around her neck and kissed her.
This made everyone in the States ballroom
laugh
''Oh. Ethel. I'm ashamed to think you
mother
"Well. mamma, i couldn't help it," said
Ethel.
"You couldn't help itT exclaimed her
mother
mo, mamma. You see Freddy aud were
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
NOBLESSE OBLgGE.
By CHARLOTTE PERCY.

ii / am weak and you are strong
Why then. why then.
To you the Drawer deeds belong;
And so, again,
III you have gifts and have none,
III / have shade and you have sun,
lis yours with freer hand TO give.
lis yours with truer grace to live,
Than !. who giftleSS. sunless. stand
With barren life and hand.
We do not ask the little brook
To turn the wheel.
Unto the larger stream we look.
The strength OF steel
We do not ask Tor Silken bands.
Nor heart of oak i'm willow wands
We do not ask the wren to go
Up 10 the heights the eagles know:
Nor yet expect the lark's clear note
From ont the doves dumb throat.
lis VISIONS law. the perfect code.
Ry love inspired:
OF him on whom much is bestowed
IL much required.
The tuneful throat is bid TO sing.
The oak must reign the forests king:
The rustling stream the wheel must mol
The beaten steel it, strength must prove
lis given unto the eagles eyes
To face the midday skies.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
Hard Times.
IFrnm the Arkansas Traveller.

From the Arkansas Traveller.
How are the times down i'm the country.
uncle?' asked white man of an old negro.
"Porely, sab, porely."
what is the cause?
Its lie comm i'm o. desc Yankees, sab -
How did they cause hard times?'
by t'arin' down all de ole smoke -houses
sah.'
why did that make any difference"
'Whut? Why did dat make any difference?
Sah, ia tore down dc Lighthouses an built
brick ones in dar place. Da needn't be 50
particular. Nobody want gwine ter steal
nuthin'."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
The Very Newest in silver Ornament.

TIC very newest and latest device for mex
pensive ornament, are square pins OF bur-
nished silver on whose brilliant surfaces are
enamelled the loyeliest of flowers in their
natural colors. Some OF the designs repre-.
sent a square silver card with one corner
turned over and long pin thrust through as
if fastening il to the dress, Others of q palmer
pattern are simply decorated with a couple
of wild roses or a spray of forget-me-nots,
while other devices, intended to be worn on
coaching parties, represent "trophy" of
jockey cap, whip and horseshoe, each tiny
article exquisitely enamelled in racing col
ors belonging TO well known turf men.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23
A Novelty All Around.

Sympathzng Friends il true, my dear
Mrs. Brown that your husband committed
suicide?
Mrs. Brown (recontly bereaved)-I am
afraid il Is.
Sympathzing friend-What in the world
could have induced him to commit such a
rash and desperate act?
Mrs. Brown-l haven't the faintest idea
| never knew John to do such thing before