The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-10-28
HUMOn.
The silent man is usually man who
minds his own business.

THE silent man is usually man who
minds his own business.
4 LEADING Memphis paper now runs
a religious COLUMBIAN appeal to the
unconverted, as it were.
A PIcKPocKEr can tell in advance
Just how much money he will get at q
haul, let him pick his own pocket.
WHETHER ladies should wear birds
wing on their hats or not is simply
difference of a pinion. -Teras SUtings.
SOME men have greatness thrust upon
them, especially when fat person sits
next to them in the street-cars.
liqlgto Free Press.
A NEW book is entitled Hints to
Poets" 1t will prove Improbable.
The poet is the slowest person In the
world to take q hint. -PhitadeIphia
Call.
"Do YOU know the nature of an oath,
maam ?" inquired the udge. We'll, L
reckon / orter," was the reply. My
husband drives canal boat. "-Es-
change.
The sewing girl who declared that
she had fairly stitched he self into
shirt is reminded of the authority for
saying that things are not what they
seam.-LOl0eH Courier.
"THE editor of our esteemed contem-
porary across the river" said sarcas-
tic Village journalist, us very fresh, but
the malady doesn't extend to his news
columns "-SOmerUitts Journal.
IT is sometimes said in sarcasm that
han haI
fathers; but it may lie said without
sarcasm that if some boys were not
wiser than their own fathers there
would be a great many more fools in
the world. -Bosto11 Courier.
HARPER's DRAWER.
His cheek was pale. his eye was dim,
His heart with grief was sore,
For editors sent back to him
Advice to write no more.
But now he wears joyous heart
And reads and re-reais Ter
The chestnuts that no laid apart
And sent TO Harpers Drawer.
-NelC Hdcen NeloS
Jr is proposed to build theater in
New York to be devoted exclusively 10
amateur actors. Ii it were possible TO
require all amateurs TO appear on no
other stage than this, saws an ex-
change, we should not object to chip
ping in small subscription to the
building fund.
Il OWE moe to my mother" said
Babster, "than to any other being on
earth" well, she whl never get IT. +"
said Spook. Get what ?" What
you owe her. You have been
owing me $40 for the last twenty years,
and l never expect to get a cent of it.
l wouldn't 81 your mother four cents
on dollar for what you owe her.
Lynn Mirror.
FATHER" said Rollo, "to whom was
Byron writing when he said, Fare
thee we'll, and if forever, still forever
fare thee well?" "Oh," said Rollo's
father, who is away up in ancient his
tory, "he was writing an ode to PATHS
farewell tour; Still, forever fare thee
WELL" "And who was Byron? 2" asked
Rollo. "He was prophet, said Rol-
los Uncle George -BurdeHe.
A DIsAPPoINTMENT.
1t was at the hop met her,
And never can forget her,
| For she looked just like an ,el in her dainty
muslin gown,
w TIA her checks red roses showing,
| And Ter eyes like sapphires glowing,
! And her hair in golden ripples on her shoulders
flowing down.
With delight her beauty filled me,
And her melting glancts thrilled me,
AS We while among tho dancers in the waft1
that summer night;
With her breath my check caressing,
VIII lie her fingers was pressing
/ All, shall / ever know again such moments OF
del ghtl
thought I'd found n treasure
But who my grief can measure
| When the blissful dance was over she Withdrew
! from mine her hand
And said, Will sweotly smiling,
/ More AMI NOR NV heart beguiling,
/ must now rejoin my husband, who's player
in the band.
/ Boston Courier
A FOND mother gave juvenile
! daughter chocolate sweetie, which,
! however, from maternal fears for the
bairnie's appetite, was not eaten az
once, but was to be kept till the after
/ noon before being devoured. Now.
Dolly" said the loving parent, mind
you have promised me on your honor
not to eat the cho colate lefore tea
time, haven't your" "Yes, MOTHER
answered the dutiful mite, and went on
her way rejoicing. A very short time
afterward the chocolate disappeared,
all trace of it gone save sticky brown
mark round the little girls rosy lips.
"Dolly, Dolly, demonstrated the moth
er, "where was your honor when Won
ate that sweetie?" ain my 'tomach,'
was the profound and unanswerabfe
reply.-LOnaoB Period.
!
Mild Objections.