The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-10-21
WHOLE NUMBER 1648.

Miss May Ryan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Ryan OF Antwerp, died last Sunday
morning OF consumption, aged twenty years
Miss May was very estimable young lady
and much loved by all who knew her She
was consistent member of the Christian
Church. with which organization she united
last winter, under the mnistrations of Elder
Russell, and died in the full expectation and
belief of happy life to come. She was fully
conscious To the very last and knew there
was no hope of recovery. All the details OF
her funeral, even to the selection of pail
bearers singers and organ player were ar
ranged by herself. Funeral exercises were
held at the residence on Tuesday last at ten
o'clock a. m, W. j. Russell, pastor of the
Christian Church presiding.
At the June session of the board, Supervisor
Hart of Hartford, offered resolution fixing
the salary of the prosecuting attorney, after
the first day of January next, at the sum of
$1,000 per annum. The resolution was
adopted by vote of sixteen to two. At the
recent session of the board, Supervisor
Stanton of Antwerp, moved that the above
action of the board be rescinded, and that
the salary of the prosecuting attorney be
placed as it has been heretofore, at the sum
of $500. On call of the roll, Supervisors
French, Stanton, Warner and Kllifer voted
in favor of such motion. AS each of these
gentlemen voted in June to raise the salary
to 81 POO, it is but natural to inquire what
has happened to change their views in the
matter Is it possible that the nomination
did not 60 where they hoped it would? Or
have they concluded that there is no hope of
the election of the fusion nominee, and that,
as republican will receive the benefit of the
increased salary, they regret their former
action in the matter?
That minister of the gospel has perfect
right TO belong to any political party he may
choose and that he also has right to advo-
cate the tenets of the party of his choice are
facts that none will dispute But when a
church or its pastor chooses the Lords Day
as time, and the House of the Lord as a
place for political proselyting such action is
proper subject of criticism. On Sunday
last the pews of the Methodist Church in
this village were decorated with notices of
political mass-meeting to be held here and
political documents were circulated, bearing
on one page the following displayed head
line Forced TO Leave the Republican
Party" and on the other page mills vs.
Blair" purporting TO be coloquy between
Senator Blair of New Hampshire, and Thom-
as Mills of New York, said to have occurred
at republican meeting recently held at Ann
Arbor, Mich. Some of the members of the
society emphatically protest against having
their church converted into a political pro-
selyting machine. They realize that thew
would merit and receive Just condemnation
should they take advantage of their connec-
ton with the church 10 introduce and circu-
late republican or democratic hand bills
prior to or after divine service, and they fail
to see how the political party to which their
pastor may chance to belong has any more
or any greater rights than any other politi-
cal party.
In its report of the address of Mr. Burrows
at this place, the Courier. with its usual dis
regard of truth. uses the following language:
Among other things he said, girls receive
the enormous sum of SS per year At this
point All Engishman who had been listening
attentivey, and who has only been in this
country few weeks, left the room. He met
Joe Hanson, countryman of his, on the
steps outside and said to him, i don't like
that mamie lies. He says girls in England
only receive IS per year for their service.
when / know plenty of them who are getting
SS per week. He lies again when he says
that four out of every five who die in London
are buried in the potters' field The only
possible grain of truth in the above extract
is that the Euglishman was present, and
may have gone out and met Joe Hanson.
Mr.. Burrows was quoting from the official
reports of American consuls to different
countries of the old world. to show the wages
of labor. He did not say that girls in Eng
land received but eight dollars per year. He
said he saw an English advertisement in
which that sum was offered for such service.
He did nat say that four out of every five
who die in London are buried in the potters
field. On the contrary, he said one out of
every five were thus buried. And, lastly, the
Englishman alluded to emphatically denies
that he used any such language as that i'm
puted to him. If misrepresentation and
prevarication would win political campaign,
the fusion press would furnish all the ammu-
milton necessary to achieve grand victory.