The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-10-04

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iarities 81 Newark, n. j.
Good Newarkers wind their watches
and go tn bed at o o'clock In the evening.
The curfew rings for them az that hour.
1t l. a Ave ton bell, whose notes reach the
most remote corner Of the city. A few
weeks ago the fire commissioners voted to
silence the bell and discharge the watch
men who rang 1t, but the people protested
against the time honored custom being
abolished. Consequently the curfew still
rings, and no irregularity has crept into
the habits of the really good people
1t isan noticeable fact that Newark young
men hug their girls In public to an extent
which would shock people in places where
they are not accustomed to seeing such
actions. In Newark, however, nothing is
said IL nine young men have their arms
around the waists of from a dozen to Is
girls In the trolley cars picnic parks or
on steamboat The girls do not object,
and nobody but new resident or an utter
stranger In the town finds anything to re-
mark about IL. 1t Is destructive OF light
dress waists and delicate tinted fabrics,
but the girls do not mind that.
They have all night trolley cars In New
ark now, one on each line, making trip
every hour The traction companies
fought against their introduction and put
their objection ON a purely moral basis
They said that people staid up too late,
anyhow, and IL all night cars were put on
a lot of them wouldn't go home at all.
The people said that the real reason could
be found In the fact that the cars would
not pay, but they clamored for them until
they got them. The companies drew the
line at Newarkers, however, and said that
they might go to perdition at the speed of
IL miles an hour, but the managers OF the
roads would not be responsible for the
downfall of any suburbanites, and cOnse-
quently the late cars do not run beyond
the city limits.
When a Newark social club desires to
call attention to a proposed excursion, the
committee of arrangements covers wagon
with muslin signs, gets two drums and a
fife and drives through the principal streets
mt night dispensing noise. An innovation
introduced last week, which will no doubt
be popular, was hiring an Italian with one
OF the big piano organs and carting him
around behind the muslin signs.
Peddlcrs of hot frankfurter sausages in
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to give sauerkraut with their meat, but
they are worried for fear the custom will
be introduced from New York. The hot
tamale has not reached Newark yet.
Newark has the only licorice factory In
the United States, and the people In the
north end always realize IL when the wind
comes In from the west. The odor Is pecul-
lar and not unpleasant at first, but Ii
soon pals. 1t is sweet, heavy and cloy-
ing odor. The factory Is a big one on the
banks of the canal and is operated by
foreign syndicate, which Is said to control
the worlds supply of the root.
Newarkers of both sexes have changed
greatly in manner and expression within
few years. They are much more agile
than they were and wear a scared look,
which has been mistaken for the effect of
riding the bicycle. 1t is the trolley face,
which, with the accompanying agility, Is
produced by the clang of the trolley car
gong. There is one place where the cars
have to wait their turns In crossing the
street. 1t Is in the business center of the
city where nearly every line passes the
junction of two streets. Sometimes there
will be as many as 80 cars waiting for an
requires three policemen and three en-
ployees of the traction company To keep
the cars moving and prevent people from
getting under the wheels.
A Newarker who should know says that
there Is one saloon in that city to every 81
| adult male Inhabitants Some of the sa-
looms have several hundred regular pa
irons. Consequently some Of the others do
not get their quota of customers Newark
saloons are peculiar i'm several respects.
They all keep several kinds Of lager beer
on draft, and a few of them have as many
as seven or eight kinds on tap. This Is
said to be because Newark beer drinkers
are finical, and all pretend to know every
thing there Is to be known about beer and
to have most critical tastes In that direc-
ton. Another peculiar thing about a
large number of saloons in Newark Is their
closing hours. Ninety per cent of them
sell on Sunday. About 10 per cent are
open until 2 or 3 o'clock on every weekday
morning, and probably ) per cent are open
all night, but they all close at midnight
on Saturday and keep everybody out until
or o o'clock Sunday morning. This Is
the only time in the whole week that some
Of them are closed Yet there Is little
drunkenness i'm Newark. York Sun.