The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-11-09
Hallowa,an sports.

The custom of doing mischief on the
night when, it is supposed the witches
are making tea" is one of many years
standing. Until in these later years, it
was not marked with acts of destruction
to property. 1t is to be regretted that
the customs should take these forms so
often nowadays. 1t is quite deplorable
too, TO people of refinement, To learn that
young ladies and gentlemen supposedly
should find it agreeable to go about in
gangs bowling and screeching until near
ly morning, acting in every way like
hoodlums. There is much talk among
our people about the need of the curfew
bell, and it seems almost necessity,
when we reflect upon the actions of last
Wednesday night. 1t is not strange that
there should be demand for this law,
when mother can say TO her daughter,
(who is starting out for night of such
conduct) good night, my dear, I'll leave
the side door unlocked for you," thereby
consenting to her absence. Most of us
take the good natured view OF these
pranks and consider that youth and in
experience are the conditions which
cause them to sometimes do real wrongs,
and may cause many of their jokes to
rebound upon their own heads. a fun
ny incident of this character happened
last Wednesday night: A dozen young
folks were spending an evening with
some friends in the home of one of our
citizens, and while they were having
delightful evening in the parlor crowd
of these witches entered the rear of the
house and took, for their own use, what
they thought were all the refreshments
which had been prepared for the guests.
This was quite ludicrous, when we learn
ed they had taken some moldy cake
which the domestic had neg lected to put
into the garbage pail, and drank freely
from pitcher of liquid designed for the
young porkers, and ate freely of food set
apart for the scavenger. In all this they
made themselves victims of their own
mischief; it is too good joke to be kept a
secret. Fortunately the necessary re-
freshments were plenteous, and we
laughed at their calamities. And yet,
in all candor, it seems To the writer that
it is not at all creditable TO young ladies
and gentlemen to go about in these howl
ing gangs, proving about peoples
houses, tearing away steps from peoples
doors, drawing vehicles from one neigh
boris yard into another's, or leaving them
in the highways; these tricks do not re-
quire any very deep mental power, or re-
veal the evidence that the perpetrators
are especially thoughtful. These are very
stale jokes and are like the stale cake
and pancake batter" $50 called) which
they Appropriated There are mirth pro-
voking tricks which show some thought
and do not SAVIOR of anything low such
as the decorating Of the homes of well
known republicans with Bryan's picture
and vice versa Is it not time halloween
sports took on some new character, some
thing a little higher, something more in
harmony with a cultured people? This
is submitted in the best of spirits, with
no feeling of resentment whatever, but
certainly our young people should not
behave worse than a troop of campers
who were ordered to "move on" by the
village authorities only few weeks ago.
Yours for improvement,