davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
HOLIDAYS Of the United States.

January /, New Years Day, is a le-
gal holiday in all the States except
Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Maine, Massachusetts,, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, and North
and South Carolina.
January 3, the anniversary of the
battle of New Orleans; February II,
the anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln; and March 4, the firemen's
anniversary, are legal holidays in Lou
isiana.
February %. Washington's Birthday,
is a legal holiday in all the States ex-
cept Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Hi
nois. Indiana, Iowa Kansas. Maine,
Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Ore
gon, Tennessee and Texas.
March ., the anniversary of the in
dependence of Texas, and April 81,
the anniversary of the battle of San
Jacinto, are legal holidays in Texas.
April 2G, Memorial Day, is legal
holiday in Georgia.
Good Friday is legal holiday in
Florida. Louisiana, Minnesota and
Pennsylvania.
Shrove Tuesday is a legal holiday in
Louisiana, and in the cities of Mobile,
Montgomery and Selma, Alabama.
May 30, Decoration Day, is a legal hol
iday in Colorado. Connecticut. Maine,
Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jer-
sey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island and Vermont.
July 4, Independence Day, is legal
holiday in all the States and Terrific
ries.
Thanksgiving Day and public feast
days appointed by the President are
legal holidays in such States as may
set them apart for religious observance
by the proclamation of the Governor.
Days appointed for general elections,
State or national, are legal holidays in
California, Maine, Missouri New Jer-
sey, New York, Oregon, South Caro-
lima and Wisconsin
December %, Christmas Day, is a le-
gal holiday in all the States and Terri
tories.
Labor Day, the first Monday in Sep
TENDER, is a legal holiday in New
York; and that State has also desig
noted all Saturday afternoons as legal
HOLIDAYS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
Pipes i'm Tennessee.

"You all gwine down TO Knoxville 10
court next week 2" asked Bob Martin
as he climbed up on the fence beside
Bill Thomas down in Claiborne County,
Tenn, last month.
Il reckon | am. Got the papers last
week.
Witness or prisoner"
"Witness agin Al Myers in distillin
case. get Al spenied las yeah, and Al
he's gwine to git me the trip this time.
Got little-buyin. ter do, an mout as
well make the gov'ment pay for it. "
who gwine to put in Als crop in
case he's sent up ter Albany"
Tom Corbett. Ireckon. Toms shin
in round AIS oldest gal purity lively. "
How'd they git the evidence agin
Alp"
He was drunk in the still house,
an they had i'm tied afoh he cud git
at his gun.
Reckon he'll go up them"
Reckon he will onless lie kin prove
an ahbi, an he KANT very well,
bein' as he was caught in the still
house with kittil on at the time.
Done give bonds, didn't he :"
"Yaas he didn't wanter to lay in Jail.
Up to Albany it's all right, but in that
Jail they put niggars and white men in
the same cage. They WIZ fohty in
Wen l wuz in.
How many days do YOU all expect to
stay down the road?"
Bout a week, l reckon. Get foh
dollars day an my railIoadin'."
"Gwine to give evidence against
Alp"
Not much. Only huff ter send i'm
up fer wear Al KANT stand moh'n
a year. They all didn't raise but foh
pigs an little patch o cohn this
year"
"Gwine to ride down to Corlnn?"
EFF You ali ull lend me yoh mewl,
l will. IF YOU KNIT, I'll hoof it.
"Ye kin have i'm eff You'll send i'm
back by boy"
All right 'Bleeged ter yer. Good
day"
Good day. The nevis out n the
lot ketch i'm, an the saddles in the
barn"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
TWENTY-FIVE Kind OF Carriers.

Gillifower isn't much of scholar,
and the other night when he was read
ing to his old-fashioned wife out of a
newspaper he came across an item
about some woman having charge OF
twenty-five kindergartens. The last n
being little blurred he read it TWEEN
tyfive kind er garters."
Law sakes" exclaimed the old lady,
as she snatched off her spectacles in
establishment; twenty-five kind er
garters No wonder there's so many
busted people and repytashens nova
days. Why, when 1 was gal we
used to knit 'em, or use string, and
if we wanted something right hand
some we'd get the selvidge off the
cloth when the boys got pair of
trousers made out o store cloth. Now
everybody must have 'lastics. Twenty
five kind o garters An, of course,
other things to match This is what
Sarah Togy and Nary Gansett Peers
doin' for us.
Then she replaced her specs and
went on with her knitting T eEaS
Siltin1S.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
story OF n SOmnambuIist.

Not long since rather an amusing in
cident occurred in Texas. A Young
gentleman of one of the best families
discovered when he put on his top shirt
in the morning that some one had
stolen an elegant pair of gold cuff
buttons from him during the night.
He tried to discover the thief but found
no trace of him. He bought another
pair of buttons, and it was but a few
days until they were missing in like
manner as before, the buttons having
been stolen during the night. The
young man was perpleXed no little, not
being able to account for the loss. He
again bought buttons, and few nights
afterward his younger brother, who
occupied the same room with him,
walked during the night and found him
standing by the chair that he had placed
his clothes on, and saw him carefully
remove the buttons from the shirt-cuffs
and leisurely walk ont and go round
the house and dig q hole in the ground
and place the buttons there and care
fully cover them up, and return to his
room and enter it,
1t Just then dawned upon the Young
er brother that the elder brother was q
somnambulist. and he would await de-
velopments. So the next morning when
the elder brother put on his clothes,
greatly to his annoyance his cuff but
tons were gone again. His younger
brother told him to follow him and he
would show him where his buttons
were. They proceeded together, and
the Younger brother scratched down in
the ground and turned out all three
sets of the buttons, greatly to the sur
prise of the older brother, and it was
with great difficulty that he could be
made to believe that he in his sleep
had been playing such tricks, and it
plaques him no little to refer to the
matter in his hearing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
The Rise OF the DrexeIs.

To-day Drexel 81 Co. can raise more
money in twenty-four hours than any
financial Institution in the United
States. Yet it is not n great while ago
that old Francis Orexei was poor por-
trait painter. Somehow or other the
old man about fifty years ago got an
order to paint picture for a Brazilian
grandee, and went down TO that coun-
try to do the work The Brazilian took
n fancy to the poor portrait painter,
and not only pail him a good price for
the picture but let him in on some
money-making scheme out of which
Drexel realized quite sum. He re-
turned to Philadelphia and went into
the money-lending business. BY care
full investments he amassed big for
tune, and his three boys-Francis, An
thony and Joseph-increased it. When
the old man died he was worth about
s5,O00,000. When Francis. the oldest
boy died, he left $25, 100000. Joseph
left about $S,000,000. being less of a
money-maker than the others, and An
thony, the only one left, is estimated
TO be worth anywhere from $40, 0O0. 600
20 $50, 100000 Nobody really knows
how muoh he is worth, but the house
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
Some Queer Letters.

Here are samples of tiers received
10y Congressman. The .ollowing was
addressed to member from Indiana:
DEAR SR-If the Agricultural De-
partment is sendin' any choice breeds
Of hogs dis yere, what is proof against
, cholera, send me pair of the best
Polin China pigs, and anything i'll the
chicken line that you think will stand
our climate; and be certain to get the
kind whot roosts high, as chicken
thieves are mighty bad in these parts :"
member from Kansas received this
letter
MY DEAR SIR never write TO any
one unless it is on business, SO L drop
you few lines. l have invented q
dying machine by which the human
being can navigate the air as lively as
the mountain eagle. l want you to
introduce bill and pass it which will
allow the Postmaster General to employ
my machine for the use of the Postof-
flee Department in transferring the
mails. If you can do this we can make
bushel of money, and then we can go
into Allen County and start first-class
COW ranch"
The following instructions were re-
ceived by Florida member
MY DEAR SIR-Please call at the
medical department of the United
States army and see the best cash offer
you can get for dozen sailed alligator
skins, and also one gallon of pure rat
tlesnake oil, which is good to rub sol
ders' limbs after hard marching"
A Kentucky Congressman received
this communication
SIR have some of the finest whisky
that ever warmed the throat of states
man, and want you TO present sam
pies of it to some of the leading Demo
cratic members and Senators of Con
gress and get their opinions. Don't
forget our own Joe Blackburn and
Jimmie Beck; they can assist you
greatly III getting certificates as to its
purity and its strength"
To well-known member from Ohio,
the following epistle was sent
DEAR SRI am engaged in teach
ing public school in your district, and
therefore feel at liberty to call on you
for some literature. VIII you kindly
send me the following list of books: l
want the Proceedings of Congress from
1910 to 1888, Shakspeare's works, also
Millions, Byron's, Burns, Moore Cow
per's, Rodgers, Campbell's and Poe's
poems, bound in library form; COM
plete series of works of astronomy.
Call at the Naval Observatory and ask
which would be the best books to send,
if you have any doubt of Your iudg-
ment. on star-gazing. L want COM
plete outfit of law books, suitable for a
beginner, as / expect to start i'll the
nractice of the nrofessinn this summer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
Shaken, Broiled and Drenchsd.

These are three participates of English gram
mar. They are also the three successive condi-
lions undergone every day, every other day or
every third day by the unhappy wretch heed
less enough TO allow fever and ague TO fasten it's
clutch upon him. No need OF it-none Hos
letters Stomach Bitters will and does preserve
those who use it from every type Of malarial dis
ease whether intermittent or bilious remittent.
For nearly thirty-five years it has been profess
sionally recognized specific for and preventive
If these tenacious maladies, not only on our
own soil, but in tropical and equatorial lands
where the scourge is prevalent at all seasons
and in its worst forms. BiIiousness, dyspepsia,
sheumatism. kidney complaint nervou sness
md debility are also ailments TO the complets
removal OF which the Bitters long since demon
strated its adequacy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
Toe HOSpitable.

Your friend, Mrs. Ames, is charm
ing, isn't she?" said one lady to an
other.
Charming, indeed" was the cordial
reply. Il am very fond of her"
and yet you never stay at her house,
when you come to the city She spoke
about it the other day, and seemed
quite hurt.
well, to tell the truth, / haven't
time to go to Mrs. Ames' when / come
to town on n shopping expedition" was
the reply. You know she has a way
of arranging everybody's affairs for
them, and though she does it from the
best of motives, l find it very dis
tracing"
The accusation was literally true. If
one proposes leaving Mrs. Ames' house
at certain time she inquiries, But,
why must you go now?'
because l want to take the three
forty train"
Instantly her time table is produced,
and she proves to you, beyond the
shadow of doubt, that You could take
an express train at four, and reach your
destination only three minutes later.
You may be able to convince her that
YOU would rather take the slower train
and thus stop at Hemlock Point, for a
word with Cousin John, but you have
only switched her temporarily TO a
side track, for she presently resumes f:
"And if you take the three-forty You
needn't start now. / only allow my
self twenty minutes to get to the sta
ton, and you could do ii III twelve. SO
you needn't go for ten minutes yet.
1t doesn't seem worth while TO ex-
plain that YOU like TO be leisurely; that
YOU want TO buy some oranges at the
stand on one corner, and look into the
windows of the Chinese laundry on an
other. You merely resign your brief
bit of foolish pleasuring, and allow her
to settle your affairs as she pleases.
SO capable" is she that no point
seems worth contcsting. and You chat
with her until she bundles YOU out of
doors, with hearty Goodbye and
then run for your train, to arrive at the
station, hot, dusty and anxious.
There is such thing as being too
hospitable. The perfect host is he or
she who studies to find out what guest
likes best to do, aud helps him to do
that, without suggesting tn at some
thing else is better. 1t is well to have
your advice and practical help always
ready, and ION tap as it were, but
they should never be obtrusiyely of
fered.-YOuths Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07

MANY industries having been established
in the South. particularly at the rapidly
growing city OF Florence. Ala, the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois Evansville Route) has
decided TO run five personally conducted
excursion trains as follows: August and
20. Sept 10 and "a. and Oct. 8. All the rail-
roads In the Northwest have agreed TO sell
for thoss, dates excursion tickets to points
in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana at one lowest first class iarc for
the round trip. Tickets will be good re-
turning thirty days. Persons desiring ia
join these excursions can obtain full par
ticulars by writing TO J. j. Morrell. Travel
ing Agent G. & +. /. II. r.. 501 First Ma
tional Bank Building. Chicago. or TO Will
liam Hill General Passenger Agent.
Chicago
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
What They Call EN- in Chicago.

Miss Calumet" said Miss Brainy
(of Boston,, speaking of Sartor Re
sartus reminds me TO solicit your opin
ion of the modern style of gentlemen
trousers. Do YOU think their unusual
and l may even say thsir extreme
width, is incompatible with the high
est expression of true art in mans ha
biliments 2"
Well" replied Miss Calumet, hei
Chicago eyes cleaning with interest
81 think they are slicker than the old
fashioned hand-me-downs. >" - CioHieI
and E7LL1l iSher
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
Too Much for the Baby.

Gushing visitor-Oh. 90 title teenty
weenty toozie oozie sing Tum here
and ct me tiss its title turly tootsie-
wootsie. 90 itty pity sing.
Boston baby really beg your par
don. madam, bat, owing to what per
haps is foolish prejudice on mammals
part, have not been allowed 60 com
mence my language studies. | am very
sorry, but l will have to ask YOU to ad-
dress rue solely in the English Ian
QuaRe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
More Likely.

Landlord-Well, sir, how did you
sleep last night?
Guest-Oh frst-rate, until long
toward morning the trains woke me up.
Landlord - There are no trains
through here in the morning sir. 1t
must have been our new hash machine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
A Mnrderoils Proposition.

Bridget Sophleigh is in the
parlor, mem.
Laura-That hateful little dude
again? j wish / could think of some
plan to get rid Of him.
Brother John-Why don't You try
insect powder on him, Eol?-TeTre
Hdute Express.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07

can raise $50, 900, 900 or more in twenty
four i.ours. if necessary, which is some
thing no other institution in the coun-
try, outside of the United States Treas
ury, can do. When Frank died he left
three daughters. All are under TWEEN
ty-five, one only is married, and they
have each an income of about 81 900 a
day. The fellow who married one of
them was Young lawyer without a
dollar.-St Louis Post Dispatch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
Looking backward.

ave never seen my hands when they
were as dirty as yours" said a mother
to young daughter by way of reprov-
ing her for want of neatness.
NO" quickly retorted the clever
child, "but l guess grandma has. y
Judqe
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
Hard TO Understand the Law Business.

"Qu'ah thing bout dissher law bust
ness" said Uncle Jonas.
What's the matter, uncle? Have
they been mixing you up?"
Oats jess what. | doan un'stan' it. I"
What don't you understand? 2"
"Why, / pays de lawyer so ter git
me out er trubble, and de Judge he
goes ahead anyhow an does jes ez he
pleases erbout il. "-Merchdiu II az
e[er.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
Save That Sweet Girl!

Don't let TINT beautiful girl fade and
droop into invslidism or sink into an early
grave for want of timely care at the most
critical stage OF her life. Dr. Pierce 8
Favorite Prescription will aid in regulating
her health and establishing il on a firm
basis, and may save her years OF chronic
suffering and consequent unhappiness.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07

The highest Office in the gift of the
President is that of postmaster at Min
eral Point, Col. 1t is 1000 feet above
the sea level but the salary is not as
high in proportion. The oflice-seeker
prefers lower position with higher
salary attached. -Norristown Herald
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07

CUSTOMER Ito grocer's boy You
don't seem to be an energetic little boy.
Don't you feel we'll? Boy-Yes, L feel
all right, but the boss is out to lunch.
Life
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07

IT is all very we'll to pay as You go,
but if you have no baggage the hotel
proprietor would rather you would pay
whom you arrive.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07

THE rerv best rav to know whether or not
Dobbins' Electric Soap IS "a good as IL Is
said to be, 10 TO try IL yourself 1t can't de-
ceive poM Be sure to get no imitation.
There are lots OF them. Ask your grocer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07

THE skillful cook may not know
much about Shakespeare and Milton,
but she is we'll up in Browning.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07

The prayer rug must have been the
original of mat-in-knees.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
'' Ok. I I,ss,IsS T + TS GrS' :
CELEBRATED EYE-WATER.

This article Is carefully prepared phy sicians pro
scription and has been In constant for nearly
century. There few diseases to which manksDd
are subject more distressing than sore eyes. ana
none, perhaps, for which remedies have BEEN
tried without success. For alleItern fhnammsfson
or the ewes it Is infallibie remedy. IL the diree
lions are followed Il will never fail WepartfcuinyfU
invite the attention OF physicians its inertia For
sale by all druggists. JOHN J. THOMPSON. Sons
4 CO., Troy, N Y. Established 1911.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07

A MORE pleasant physic
You never will find
Than Pierces small Pellets"
The Purgative kind.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-07
A FIRST CLASS MACHINE /!
A LIBERAL OFFER.

We viii send TO any person that RENTS us a Pess
office Express Money Order, Bank Draft, or TIA
Cash in Registered Letter for FOURTEEN 1ssSs.-
LARS, THE CHICAGO LEDGER every wssh
for ONE YEAR, and one of the aDove-dcscr lref
Sewing Machines. The machine will be carefully
packed in a substantial wooden crate, shipped By
freight the most direct route, unless ordered
shipped by express.
Every lady in need of good reliable Sewing Ma
chine should take advantage OF this offer and sea
at the msnufacturers' Wholesale price which e..r-
not be obtained in any other manner. Write Mama.
Town Comfy, and state plainly and address Tx
CHICAGO LEDGER 2T1 Franklin street..
Chicago. Ill.
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-25
LAWYER Us. SPORT
The Public Cares But Little Which
Comes Out Ahead
l1arIss Jshnson, ~ BraskIyns Hks %
FaF We'll fer hls Ceanserloa stth
tns B.ssfaa ,4aggsF-A suIt Jase
BFsughr Agzinst hfm.

EsN YosK Dec. - The troubles 0t
Charley Johnson. az Br9oklyn, growing
Qua II n.s friendship f0E joan l. sul.--
van, are rot YET a. al end They were
companions lu ght frQm the g.ug side
at.rr lne hgnt with kLran. They
were also partners la misfortune
when polnced upon by the Nash
vile police, on Their way North
aud taken 90 the lookup. Their
Imprisonment 40 Nashville vas short
tle lutCt before wn0m they were
brought. 9n nabeas corpus proceedings,
lasa- decided tnat their arrest Was
uuiusuhed Mr.. Johnson paid Mr..
I,dJ $500 Tor BIS services. which occu-
psl only q ieW minutes, put he was
a.-l ged L0 make some other b.g
q l-ca.ellts before be- and uI, come
g4a9us hade farewell to Nashville.
Nuu ua got Ialr.y away he never
dreamed f0r a moment that he had
leIL any unsettled accounts behind
lHu ln Tennessee. lie was sur
pr .et, tl.le lrr when he was served
W.ta summons Ali complaint yester-
0aF mora Z ll e -I.t instituted in the
>apg.me Court m tlas city by Andrew
= Caldwell aud N4I.4m II Washing
tom. The PARTNERS oI the deceased .aN-
ser Wlo defended um for the rccoy-
ely ot $500 u.tA interest. The com-
p.a.at sets tortl lat 0u July IL. the
defendant engaged the service 0t the
ltn urm, agreeing t0 pay $1,000 on the
release ot ~auvtn 8at himself,
and tlat ou.y half 0t tne amount
Ltt been pai. Lawyer Paul Jones, 0i
Broadway, - tAe attorney. Mr. JOAN
son saI Yesterday "Ih- clam is
4olhng short Of am outrage. / paid
Iawyer uoId 5000 tor getting 0ut
Use WIFI ot habeas corpus. and
tnnk tlat was quite enough for the
Uors t.Uy had Co do 4 soon as
sullivan aul I were taken uio court
tae judge discharged us. as 10 was clear
that Wr lad committed uo ohcnse
against tue state ot tennessee. Tue
subsequent clam ls ridiculous. and !
am ,uIe tuc New York court wlll rec
oguzc 70. We were sufficiently bled,
t.rak, Nashville, for our few hours
soIouu there did not cost us less than
$500. Iu- IS tine most unjust demand
} have ever beard Oi, and [ thought at
ms, % was lOke.'
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-25
LOOKED FOR TROUBLE
And Got Plenty OF it-Georse Tyler
Jugged.

George Tyler, negro tough, who has
been looking for trouble for u lorg
time, and passing As chad man,
found t last night lie went into Far
relis saloon the Arcad and tried TO
get some drinks on the representation
that Farrell had given h.m credit.
The b3rkeeper refused ham, and iu the
d d.~cus.-on that ensucd, Tyler struck
the barkeeper lu the face and a lively
,crlmmaEe cn,ucd in which the negro
was badly beaten. Officers Fitzpatrick
and Price came in and arrested the
darkcv, and Detective Joe smith took
iu 81 Wh.te man VINO made himself "a
little too Oihcous. The white man for
long time refused 90 give has name
bat finally gavcIt as john Crttenden.
At the station house, when Tyler
was lOo>eued from the handouts, me
made q break al everybody IN reach
and Jake Johnson, tine clerk, viii have
sore lp rs a reminder Tor several
days. Tyler Is we'll known 10 the police
az hard fellow to handle.
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-25

Lula Clark, s5 Peaslee-st., measles
Rozeue, l65 Madlson-ave., typho-
malaria; LOYAL >coYAle, Malker-aYe.,
typhoid fever; Mamie Baicom, -
Peaslee, measles, lda Barry, 5t4 Sec
ond-st., measles, Glenn Barrett, 53S
Jeherson-aye., scarlet fever; Laura
Meyers, Clancy-st., diphthcra; Willie
and Mary Ner,o-e, 56 Pleasant, dlph-
theria; Guy Hassiott, 20 Dunham-st.,
hlnhrbarfa
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-25

The Board of Directors of the Kent
County Savings Bank reelected the old
officer. yesterday. They are a. follows
Pres ident-John A. Coyode.
Wee President ). - HTlen.
Cashier -. A. :. Nerdicr.