The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-26

"A Georgia County Editor Who Is Very
Like the Celebrated Grandson.

A Georgia County Editor Who Is Very
Like the Celebrated Grandson.
The editor of the Cedartown GA
Guardian gives the following points
of resemblance between himself and
the President-elect:
"He wears ~ hat. So do we, of
the vintage of the summer of 81.
HE wears 81 shoe and can wear
@. We wear slippers-odd numbers,
one as and the other a 6t-but we coulo
compromise on q il il was a good
wearer. He has bunion on the right
foot and no corns. There's where we
differ with him. We sport corns on
both, and sore on our heel where the
ventilation was placed in our sock.
His neck measure is 16i. Don't say
whether inches or feet, perpendicular
or circumference. If either inches or
feet up and down he beats us to the
tank. If it means circumference, we
repeat what we have said before, that
he is sort of bull-necked old struc-
ture, anyhow, and we are not built
that way.
He wears open front shirts at $27
q dozen. We wear them open front
and rear-especally rear-and If we
ever own dozen we'll pay the price
and ask no questions.
He seldom carries a silk, but usually
a linen, handkerchief. We carry none
Mt all, but we wipe our tears away on
our coat sleeves Just the same.
He keeps one horse. We have neigh
Dor who keeps one, but he keeps it
awful close. Perhaps he knows best.
He smokes small cigars and does not
smoke to excess. Small are the cigars
we smoke, and If ever we smoked one
to excess we are not aware of 1t.
His whiskers are getting gray. Ours
will get that way. Only question of
time. He uses bay rum on his hair and
TO oil. We use common water week
days and neatsfoot oil Sundays.
He is fond of baseball. So are we,
at safe distance. But there is one
thing, he certainly made a base-hit
this time.
His chest measure is thirty-seven,
his waist fortytwo. Ours fiuctuates,
and we have not figured out the aver
age. He has good deal OF stomach,
and we have very good one, too, but
it is patient and long suffering.
He weighs $50 and appears
to be five feet seven and half
Well there are times when we feel ten
feet high and weigh a ton, but not
ordinarily.
He does not fancy iewelry. Neither
do we. 1t is money thrown away, and
our preacher denounces the custom of
wearing it. Another thing, we never
could endure a $40 saddle on a $40
horse
He wears high-buttoned coats, and
seldom arrays himself in suits of one
piece. That is our way precisely. High
buttoned coats tell no tale, and suits
OF different pieces are extremely con-
venient.
He reads for recreation. Is fond of
Scott, Eliot, and Thackeray. We read
for the recreation of clipping from our
exchanges, and we like all of them that
get up good stuff.
He goes to bed at 10, gets up at 6 or
z. Sometimes we go to bed, but it is
nobody's business what hour. As TO
getting up it depends upon the condi-
ton of our conscience and the state of
the weather.
The family cooking is done by an old
"aunty." Ours is, too, but we have to
change them about once q week They
are such sticklers about financial
matters
He is a Presbyterian deacon, Well,
;. some of our best subscribers are Pres
byterians, and we make no invilious
comparisons; but we'll just bet him a
years subscription to the Guardian
against the Hong Kong Consulate that
we can beat him taking up collection
with one hand tied behind us.
In some ways we resemble each
other, and in others we bear stronger
resemblance than he does.