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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-06-18

ON the fence sneak thieves.


NEVER place SO much confidence in
yonr minister as TO sleep during the
sermon.
IT must have been a wheelwright
who was first put in Is spokesman by
his felloes.
BoGGs-Stanley reminds one Of .
poker. Fogg Indeed? Boggs-Ies; .
CRATE explorer, you know.
"IHAvE never read Sha kspeare's
works" said pretentious woman, but
always entertained the highest opin-
ion of him a man..
In street car just before o'clock:
He-I am very sorry to crowd you, Miss
Dewitt. but Miss eWitt-Don't
speak of it. There is really no room
for apology.
WHAT a nice portmanteau you have,
Henry" "Yes, my wife gave it to me-
On my birthday" "Oh! Was there
anything in it? why, yes, the bill for
the portmanteau.
THREE THOUSAND Austrian bakers
are on the strike for an increase OF
wages. They knead bread, but arc
willing to loaf rather than work for
their present pay.
PROFESSOR in psychology-Can't W,
conceive of anything as being out OF
time, and still occupying space? Musi-
cal student (thoughtfully)-Yes, sir; .
bad singer in chorus.
How TO elevate the masses is still
the burden of a good deal of Depreciation.
We thought the introduction of ele-
Vators a number of years since had solv-
cd that problem for all time.
THREW him in again: Rescuer who
has pulled man out of the water)
Gracious! Your head is bleeding.
How did you cut it? Rescued man
On the waters edge, guess.
SHE would like to- He cat midnight)
Funny custom the Chinese have.
The hostess is expected to notify the
caller when it is time to go. She with
= sigh)--But We are in America, you
know.
"YoUR papa and mamma know what
Is best for you, Tommy said his
mother. Tommy rolled about a good
deal on the rug and then said MA, do
you know sometimes L feel like being
an orphan"
"HoLD on, my friend, don't shoot;
I'm Judge" Wall, s'posing We are;
Judges amt no more count dan de law
Is nowadays. Ye can't hang a felle>.
We can't 'iectrify him, and my lawyer
KIN appeal s fast as you kin sentence.
Shell out"
An old negro who had some business
in lawyers Office was asked if he
could sign his name. "How is dat,
sab ?" Il ask" the lawyer answered,
if you can write your name ?" We'll,
no. sab. L never write my name-ies'
dictates it, sab.
MANAGING What's this, Mr..
Scooper? Ten dollars for magnifying
glass sent you to the beach to write
up the ladies' bathing dresses-not to
study natural history. Reporter-I
know it, sir; but had to get the mag
nifying glass to see the bathing dresses
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General thanked me. became satisfied as TO
my loyalty and gave me "A pass, with which
/ got away as quickly ms possible. before
they recognized me. / returned 10 Pra-
theirs. where / found my horse and Con-
once 10 nv orders. We then organized
the Paw Paw militia. and had fight near
ST. Joe with Craighilis Dutch, in which
Conway lost an arm and was shot through
the shoulder; nine Of the Dutch being
killed.
/ then succeeded in getting 10 Paris. Ill.
where Mr.. and Mrs. Farrell nursed mo back
to health Rnd / returned TO Missouri, then
TO Richmond. where | reported to Senator
Sims.
was then instructed to return, and given
the rolls OF the Confederates in the North
30 COO in Illinois, 1900 In Missouri. 26.OOO
in Indiana. 1000 In Ohio. and 5000 in Penn
sylvana
ON the 10th OF January. 1863. went TO
City Point and hired rs a roustabout on the
United States flag OF truce steamboat Gen.
Hensell. / was 10 receive SO month.
staid six d,ys, for which the Government
still owes me. leaving the boat at Balti-
more.
The next morning / was In Washington.
where met United States Senator Powell.
OF Kentucky. delivering 10 him regular
commission rs lieutenant general In the
Confederate army. commanding all the
forces north OF the Ohio River. and with
auth ority TO issue commissions. From him
I obtained a map OF the Qualifications on
the Potomac River. the number OF men b3-
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active service for the United States Gov
eminent The three freebooters. armed to
the teeth. and killing every man they met
with "A home guard uniform on, naturally
created n SEM alton.
That night we ate supper az Charles Pra-
Tiers in Columbia County, at the foot OF
Blackieet Ridge. While eating. forty Yankee
soldiers arrived, looking Tor a notorious
bushwhacker by the name or Conway.
Kibble and Andrews escaped. and l have
never seen them since. i pleaded loyalty,
said l was alone and on "A pony, and TO
show my loyalty would assist them IN
hunting up Conway. who by the way. had
agreed TO meet me at Prether's that night.
] OF on Prather's pony and went with the
soldiers 10 a corner grocery eight miles
away. and twenty-five miles from Column
biaville. Here / called Tor Conway. and in
sisted that / knew lie was there. man
named Steele was proprietor. and l gave
him SO and paid for all the whisky TO make
the soldiers drunk; then / loaded them up
with bottles Of liquor anil started with them
for Columbiavilla Arrived there / took
them at once 10 Gen. Guitars headquar-
ters. and said:
General | am a loyal Irishman. Your
men took me prison y, an /. 20 show my
loyalty. have brought them back 10 you.
II had not they would have all been killed
in their present drunken condition. The
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home together. Thhs ACC. sfntance was my
starting point In Missouri. Their father
was Lieut. Col kibble. OF Prices re IL
ment. aud their home was the hot bed 81
the whole Southern organ AVIATION in North
Missouri.
AT midnight that night 1872 determined
Confederates met there. inside the lank, Q
lines. and within four miles OF st. Louis,
twcnty eight OF them being commissioned
officers.
4 left the next morning. going through
tho State on the south OF the river. making
my reports through the mail at Paris. Ill.
My next experiences OF interest were in
st. Charles County. whore / met with
Craighilfs Dutch Home Guards. At War
renton. while eating dinner. twenty-six Of
them came in to arrest me. / showed my
certificates OF oath. pleaded Union senti-
ment cursed Jefferson Davis and the whole
Sou hern Coniederacy as an honest Irish
man. but IL took five kegs OF beer 20 finally
convince them that 4 was loyal The Eng
lish- speaking people in that section were
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And said she soon could give our house
A fashionable air.
You needn't purchase things" says she,
With Il superior smile,
iii use your common household goods,
For them are all the style"
And with little gilt and such,
She fixed us up so fine,
That when looked about the house
1 hardly knew twas mine.
Well pa and me. at first. were pleased,
But pa soon cried in wrath,
-Where IL the old snow shovel gonef
want 20 make IA path"
And there II was n painted up
With many a bud and rose,
And hanging on the parlor wall
BY sky-blue ribbon bows.
And soon IL was my turn TO fret
When ironing day came round;
had two favorits iatirons,
But only one ! found
Z went into the sitting-room
And there found the mate
All gilded up 10 look like gold,
And made paper weight.
And when pa bought a steak, found
OF broiler had lack;
The gridiron was fixed 90 be
A fine newspaper rack.
And all-the tins Tor lelly-cake
Had been we'll washed from grease,
And painted up like plaques, to stand
Upon the mantel-piece.
But when pa found his old armchair
That hugged the kitchen fire,
A painted white. aud hung with bows,
The way some folks admire,
And standing in the sitting-rOom,
Too nice and fine 30 use,
He said that fashionable styles
Ha hapogforth ShOull refuse.
SO pa and me we both agreed
That fashion hadn paid,
And that we'd use our common things
For what they most seemed made.
So down came shovels, down came pans,
Aud OF came every DOW,
And things are now more comfortable,
IL not SO much for show
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We awakened Mrs. Buford. who was wen
acquainted with both OF US. and who had
made many prayer for the forgiveness o.
my sins. expecting me 20 die on April
When she first saw Us she was frightened
but soon reJoiced and welcomed us mos
heartily. Will Moore. the ovsrseer. waf
called. and We went TO the far side OF the
plantation: whore We took refuge under q
straw stack.
At o'clock that morning Mrs. Buford
Miss Wiley George. Miss Garfield. and Miss
Harris rode out over the plantation OF
horseback, finally coming TO the straw
stack and producing from their long ridne
skirts the best breakfast l ever ate. They
had not been gone half an hour when thu
section was literally swarming with YAM
kee soldiers. looking for us.
We had been traced TO Versailles, whore
all clue had been lost. That night IL raineG
very hard. and under cover OF darkness we
lett Tor Frankfort. where Shivers left me
and have never sean him since. l heard
that he was killed by Jack Goodwin bush
whackers.
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usually friends. but these Dutch were Bit
ter enemies OF the South.
l leaned that Colonel Kibble had broth
Or toward Black River. l finally reached
there after swimming two swollen creeks
and having two battles with Craghill's
Dutch. j learned that Colonel kibble's
daughter had married "a Sergeant in Gen
eral Prices command. and that these Dutch
troops had dragged her from her bed while
in IA delicate condition, and had burned the
house on the day previous. When learn
ed this | made up my mind TO teach the
Dutch lesson. Taking fifty-two men
went TO Warrenton, and we killed every
Dutchman we met This gave Murphy a
notorious character. and the quicker l got
out OF there the better for all concerned. |
took two men with me. Cumberland Kibble
and John Andrews. and started through the
country.
Gen. Odin Guitar was at that time COM
handing the Department OF North Mis-
souri,. with headquarters at Columblaville
He issued an order that no person should
carry firearms except those engaged in
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-06-18
Love by Wire.

Said Maine telegraph operator to
the writer the other day: You
wouldn't think that spoony lovers
would resort to such public means of
correspondence as the telegraph for
the transmission Of their sweet little
messages of love and devotion, would
you? They do. just the same
Very often a certain young man in
this place, if he does not regularly re-
ceive letter from the future source of
his JOY and happiness, rushes here
with crestfallen countenance and files
a message like this:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-06-18
Ny dear, why did you not answer
my last letter? Yours devotedly,

Perhaps you don't believe that such
a message as this was ever sent, but /
would show some of them to you if it
wasn't against the rules.
We fellows on the wire enjoyed
quite an amusipg incident not very long
ago, in which Sophia sory of gave away
joins brilliant scheme of popping the
question by wire. We surmised that
this brace of folly's victims had been
conducting a CORES pondence for some
time, which the artful John, culmi-
mated with the following dispatch,
which was evidently intended to draw
forth an answer tC an entirely differ
ent question:
SOPHIA: Did you receive my last
letter? JOHN
Sophia. in her ecstatic delight, evi-
IDENTIFY understood the query in diff
ferent sense from that which the ordi-
nary reader of the epistle would. and,
with JOY and exultation depicted in
every hneament of her countenance,
she proceeded TO the telegrapher's
sanctum and left the following to be
forwarded to the flower of her affec-
tons
JOIN: Yes. How about next
Christmas? SOPHIA
This gave the thing dead away, and
John was much chagrined when he re-
ceived it. 1t accomplished its purpose.
nevertheless, and now the couple are
soaring in the rapturous realms of
double bliss. "-LelCiSton Journal.
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Early Rising.

Early rising is synonymous in long
life histories with short sleeping, which
means rapid recovery from fatigue, .
sign of bodily strength. These scien-
titic facts in no wise contradict the al
legged value of early rising as a prac-
tice to be cultivated by all persons in
good health. 1t is excellent as moral
discipline, and eminently healthy as .
matter of fact. Most persons will eat
thu ee meals daily. When a man gets
up late those meals will probably fol-
low each other at too short intervals to
be wholesome. When he is an early
riser it will probably be otherwise. He
can enjoy a good breakfast, and by the
time for his lunch or midday dinner
he will have an honest appetite again.
British Medical journal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-06-18

NE OF the most re-
markable contribu-
tons to war history
made in recent years
is that furnished to
a CORES pondent OF
the Des Moines Reg
lister 10y Ma or W. &.
German, an eX-Con-
federate spy and at
present a resident OF
Birm / II 2 h a IN. Ala.
The story OF his peril
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Christmas I?

SNIFKrSs-Ye gods Look at Briggs.
Isn't he stuck up? What's the matter
with him that he's grown 20 proud all
of a sudden? Has he made a fortune,
Or? Bimley-No his wife sent
him down town the other day to match
some cloth for her, and he came within
two shades Of getting the right color.
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When I kissed her that night in the hallway
Twas so dark that nothing was plain;
And not being sure but Ia miss her.
Why, twas righs / should kiss her again.
There was darkness on everything round us;
I was reac hing IN vain for the door,
And while | was seeking an exit
IL SO happened kissed her some more.
And wasn't quite sure that left her
As 20 whether she liked It or not
But knov that sighed 70 be back there
The further away that got.
And the next time called IL 80 happened
That stood in that hallway once more,
And the gaslight fell over and round US
AS quietly moved To the door.
But her red checks 40 roguishly dimpled
And her eyes shOne so wickedlv bright,
That guessed whore her thoughts were a-stray
ing.
And l reached up and turned out the light.
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A MAINE young woman who was
asked the place of her nativity replied
that she wasn't born anywhere in par
tcular, as she was the daughter of q
Me hodist minister.
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A LONDON correspondent saws it costs
for dress alone "from $500 70 81. 900 to
have the pleasure of bowiog to Queen
Victoria That settles it, We shall
never bow to the Queen-unless the
game is poker and we draw her when
we have the other three ir our hand.
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ADVENTURES OF A SPY.
STORY THAT READS LIKE A
PAGE FROM a WORK OF FICTION.

She Remarkable Career of Major w. c.
German, "a spy i'm the Service uf the Con-
fedrrates During the War-Thriiling
Adventures and air-Breadth Escapes.
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THE Gar, il is said, drinks gallon
of champagne a day; 40, after all
what ia The use of bombsi
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Men are content to be laughed at for
their wit, trt no. for heir solly.
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THE DECORATING MANIA.
HARLEs and

III A II l. u s and
his city wife
came home
About Thanks =
giving Day;
She's "a smart
gal an all
for style.
And style amt
IN u h IN y
way.
s n q | O O k o a
about o u r
slit In G.
room
s(I own it's sort
Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-23
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEET.
ING.

IN PURSUANCE OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE
l. Board of Directors OF the Los Angeles and
Pacific Railway Company duly passed on the
9th day of January, 1890, Il meeting of the
stockholders of said company is hereby called
to meet ON the 18th day of April, 1890, at 10
o'clock Il. M, at No. Al North Spring street (the
same being the place where the board of Di
reCtors OF said company usually hold their
meetings), i'll the City OF Los Angeles, State OF
California, for the purpose of authorizing the
creation of bonded Indebtedness OF said COM
pany, consisting of three hundred bonds, of
said company numbered from one to three
hundred (said two numbers incusive). Said
bonds are to be first mortgage bonds Said
bonds are to be for one thousand dollars each
and are TO be all of the same date, and all
payable in thirty years from date, and are to
bear interest at the rate of six per cent. per
annum, with interest coupons attached thereto
payable semi-annually, and for the securing of
said bonds to further authorize the execution of
mortgage or trust deed, covering all of the
corporate property and franchises of said COM
pany, owned at the date of the execution of
said mortgage or trust deed, or that may there
after be acquired by said company, during the
running OF said bonds to maturity. The said
settling and paying the present Indebtedness of
said company, and in paying for the further
construction and eq uipment of its roadway.
Said meeting of stockholders is also called
for the purpose OF electing new Board of Di-
rectors, and for the purpose of transacting any
other business that may be brought before it.
By order of the Board of Directors of the Los
Angeles and Pacific Railway Company, this
9th day of January, 1890.
S. W. LUITWIELER President
S. L, REEs, Secretary.
feS-62t
Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-23
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE.

Nj RS. CORNELIA A. JENKS, PLAINTIFF,
wi VS.. D. W. Field, administrator of the estate
OF Nalicia Rinehart, deceased, defendant.
Sherihs sale. No. 12,2S4.
Order of sale and decree OF foreclosure and
sale.
Under and by virtue of an order OF sale and
decree OF foreclosure and sale, issued out of the
Superior Court OF the County of Los Angeles,
State OF California, on the 1st day of March, A.
d. 1890, in the above entitled action wherein
Mrs. Cornelia A. jerks, the above named plain
till obtained Il judgment Bnd decree of fore
closure and sale against ID. w. Field, admins
traitor OF the estate OF Valicia Rnehart, de-
ceased, defendant, on the 1st day of March, A.
money OF the United States, which said decree
was, on the Sd day OF March, A. D. 1890, re-
corded In Judgment book 1S of said Court, at
page "a, am commanded to sell all that certain
being in the City OF Los Angeles, County OF Los
Angeles, State of California, and bounded and
described as follows:
Situate on the westerly line of Eighth street,
between Olive and Charity streets, being sixty
five (65) in width on Eighth street and sixty
feet in depth, being the westerly part of lot one
", IN block twenty seven (27), OF the Huber
tract, in said City OF Los Angeles.
Public notice is hereby given that on Satur-
day, the 29th day OF March, A. d. 1890, at II
O'Clock m. of that day, in front of the Court
House door of the County of Los Angeles, on
Spring street, will, in obedience to said order
OF sale and decree of foreclosure and sale, sell
the above described property, or so much thereof
as may be necessary to satisfy said Judgment
with interest and costs. etc., to the highest and
best bidder, for cash, lawful money of the
United States
M G. AGUIRRE,
Sheriff of Los Angeles County
By A. NJ THORNTON, Under Sheriff.
Johnston & Borden, attorneys for plaintiff.
mar6-thu-4t
Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-23
SUMMONS.

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE
i OF California, in and for the County of Los
Angeles
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles
a corporation plaintiff; VS.. David Pearl, de,
fendant
Action brought in the Superior Court of the
State of California, in and for the County OF
Los Angeles, and the complaint filed in said
County of Los Angeles i'll the office OF the Clerk
of said Superior Court.
The people OF the State OF California send
greeting to David Pearl, defendant.
You are hereby required to appear in an ac-
ton brought against you by the above named
plaintiff in the Superior Court of the State OF
California, in and for Los Angeles County, and
to answer the complaint filed therein within
ten days exclusive OF the day of service), after
the service on you OF this summons, if served
within this county; or, if served elsewhere,
within thirty days, or judgment by default will
be taken against you according to the prayer of
said complaint.
The said action is brought to recover of you
the sum of S1,O50, with interest on $1,000
thereof, from April 22d, 1889, ut the rate of ten
per cent per annum, compounded monthly,
alleged to be due from you to the plaintiff
herein, on your certain promissory note for the
sum of 81 600 dated December 22d, 1888, run
ming to the plaintiff, payable one day after date,
with interest at the rate of ten per cent. per
annum, payable monthly, and if not so paid to
be compounded monthly, together with five per
cent. OF principal as attorneys fees in suit
is brought thereon, and for costs of suit. Refer
ence is had to complaint for particulars
And you are hereby notified that if you fail to
9ppe;ar and ansWer the said Complaint as above
fault to be entered and will take Judgment
against you for said sum of 81 $50, with inter
est on 81 900 thereof from April 22d, 1889, at
ten per cent. per annum, compounded monthly,
and costs of this suit.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Su-
perior Court of the State OF California, in and
for the County of Los Angeles, this ;}lst day OF
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.
(sEAL CHAS. ii. DUNSMOOR, Clerk
BY ID. Z. ADAMS, Deputy.
GRAVES, OMELyENY 4 sHANKLAND,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.