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.iiu Northerner.
Paw Paw, Michigan, 'ov. 2, 1877.
SERMON.
Tht Volct or tltt VtaitS
tX XBVISO A. SKABLES.
reiufr dead jet epeaketli. Tleb., 11:1.
This J of Abe1, I'hounands ' Jea" b3'
fore l acl penned these words Abel offered unto
lied a fcaoriiica. He offered it in fitb, and
God accepted it. Afterwards be is murdered
by Lii own brother. For untold centuries Abel
has been in bs grave, and no one could now
pout out hia deal resting place 5 but Paul says
of La. "Dein dead yet epeaketh." What,
speaking alter tne grave bas held bim for thou
sand ot year ! Yes, though long dead, down
tbrocgh all the centuries of the past the voice
of A', el sounds.
Our theme this eveniDg, thus introduced, ia
The Voi:es cf tbe Dead." I eball not speak
of the immortality that shall be ours in tbe
next world tut tbe immortality that is curs in
this world. Tbe formtr we all admit, tut the
latter is a truth less frequently recognized. . I
aim to show tbat so far as our existence in this
world ia concerned. 11; a very great sense, we
never d;e.
If we do not fpe&l; here in eonae way after
death, then onr life, as regards its influence
upon tbid world. is of but little moment. Plac
ing the average length of buman bfe at thirty
three years, and deducting oae-fourtb of thin
for .'.e?p. leaves na about fventy-tive years to
work t.ut the ui-.s-iion that baa teen given ua.
iba'l our voice he heard in thia world for only
twenty-rive year a?
There is a httlo in-cct that cornea into life
at ti5 n-in of the tun. It can bs seen only
with t:ie microscope. Though tmaU, Low
exquisitely tbat creature is formed. Its eye,
its win?, is faultlessly constructed. Xaturo
seems to have expended all her sLill in tbe lor
niition of that creatine. Tut at the soing
down of the sun that little insect dies. We j
marvel at tbi. and say why should Nature have
thus wrought to perfect a creature tbat is to
liv'fl ouly a few hour, rrora bunnse to tuns-el?
Hut if Man. endowed with mind, with soul,
with capabilities, tbat link bim to tbe throne of
Uod, is m twenty-five years to finish bia influ
ence in thia world, bow much greater i3 the
marvel. It seems ueceetjary, in tbe nature of
thin-, that our voice should be beard for a
longer time than the twenty-five years tbat we
are hern 111 person.
Then we know tbat it ia a truth of science
tbat muciiiuthia world cau never bo annihi
lated. Not a parlicla or matter can be annihi
lated. I bold in my band a pencil. Can you
annihilate it ? You pnt it in the fire and it is
consumed, but is it annihilated ? There are tbe
ashei which it ha3 produced. You have changed
1U form but you have not annihilated tbe mat
ter of which it was composed. Y'ou place tbe
pencil m ;t gla jar partially filled with
acid, tioal that lar securely. I'pou placing
the pencil in tbo jar weigh tbe whole. Wait
until tbe aci 1 has consumed tbe pencil and then
wei;:;h nyaintbejar audita contents, and you
will find it to be of the same weight. Nothing
baa been lost. T ho pencil you cau no longer
soe. but tlo matter that composed it still ex
ist. Again wo nay, its form 13 changed but
it 11 not auuibilated.
After a heavy bower tho farmer going over
bit laudrt huds that tho brook in the field ia
filled to ovei flowing. Ho eaya, there is plenty
of water for my stock. A few weekB ra&a and
thu farmer ngiin vinits that field, and find
whftie once flowed the Wool, nothing but a
dry, KravcllyboJ. Has tho water of tbat stream
been annihilated? The tbir.-.ty earth drank
some of tbat water. Tbe eun spoUe to that
stream .md changed tho water into vapor and
thu formed tho clouds. Ynpor is water that
baa eha::tTtr.l it a form end become air, aud
c.ouia nr.' mado of vapcr. l'y und by that
water w:'I descend iijiam m tho form of lain.
f t:-.if el ream w?.b not ariuLiLto:! ii La.I
morel;- i-luied it-j form.
l; hither a 'jyvm of faud and wo cau defy
thtj v. 0 .vi ild of icier.tie.'h to put that f;rai:j
of .v.l i.',U of c?:;t:icn:c.. It cannot he done.
'ILeie n no power en caah that can annihilate
that tiL.v yait' la of imt;or.
What - ue of nailer i'tzli is true of the
forces of nuiiiic. "ioa lave heard of the kw
in i-cit:-.'.'i l.hown ?. tie Conservaticu of
Force-'." Tins means that uo :orco ever ceases
to oxiot. licie id tho ell oa'.; tree. Force was
exerted a. tou as ihe a;orn attempt od to send
its tiny ro: tk-t i into the toil. Thoso roots as
they graw, forcing their way hither and thither
through tho bar. I earlh. sxcrted immense pow
er. Forca wa- cxeitediu liiaing tho trunk;
force wa? exerted in the going foith of cvoiy
limb, of every twig, of every leaf. Tho oak
reaches maturity and d:e. The etoim fells it
to the jiionnd. The tiea its3lf is gene, but the
force n -Hit) its dcvt'lopmcnt will never cease
to -xi:. That fcrce i.ow manitt&t itsslf in
other i:r-:ct':otis.
In tin bouquet befora mo aro beautiful
fiowdi.-. Not cue of the:-o Honors ctmo to
maturity hut asti.e re?ud cf frco. Tho growth
of tha p'.ird, inch by inch, tho putting foith of
every hah th? c; pemnce of every leaf and
blo.ssom, i-i r uitifcfctaUn of force. Tbo
.1 )er dj:jrt and passes away, but the force
that W3it!ms exerted in it is not annihilated.
I; msrely reeks lie tluancls of operation,
now i ' manifcstatio:i.
Io j. rca?oat l3 to supposa that among
thi thiri-jof oirth that cr.tr.iot be annihilated
tli? h iuiin life siiould ha cumbered ?'
Wa aow Hiigcort tonio of tho ways in which
thi d?ad yot speak to us:
1. Tim d-nd e;i(ak in tho localities made
tacrid hy tlieir mennry. The tonrist in Fng.
lind v:it Wt "'minster Abbey. Why does
ha go t'.rr-- f V.'hyia that scene of interest?
I thcra a ;vrig person there w hom 1.0 desires
to ees ? Not rnc. Hut thcro lio buried Lcg
hnd'fl i c ?t-.'. B.igcaDd l.eios1, Ilcr kiDgg and
bar i lC"e BiC there Her dukes, her lords
aud her nL-utu are there. Thcra slumbers
Addison, IhoDul e of Wellington. Lord Nelson,
an l alt wiio rtand high on England's roll of
honor. Wc-ttmiuetcr Abbey is t! interest to
tbo tourist lecausj of tho Voices of tbe Dead.
Why d3JJ the American lovo to pay a visit to
Valley Forge? Is any one living there with
whom he ores to converse ? Not ona. But a
hundrel years ego a Lttlo band of patriots
were eacarrq el there. They mffercd great
privations. Y'onler, a short dutance from tho
Preached in the Discipla Church, Paw Taw
SuDday evenmz. October USth, 1S77, and re
vised by Mr. ,Veailc cxpreesly for the Tact
Nonianamu.
camp. Waalungton knelt upon tbe buo and
poured out bis soulin prayer to God for tbe
salvation of his country. It ii these voices of
tbe dead that render Valley Forge sc sacred.
I have beard those who bare visited Tales
tine eat tbat wbon standing in tbe Garden of
Qetbsemane Impressions crept over them such
as they had never before experienced. The
tbougbt came tbat, perhaps right there, where j
they then etood. otghteea hundred years ago
knelt ono who said.'aa tbe horrors of tbe cross '
loomed up Lcfcro bim, " Lord, if it te possible
let thia cup pass from me, nevertholee, not
my will tut thine be done." ltigbt there, up
through tbo waving palm-leaves, this fervent
prayer ascended. Men who do not profess
any especial interest in Christianity have there
been overpowered and have wept like children
because of tbeao associations of the place.
Eighteen bucdrod years of political revolutions,
the risin;; of empires and the falling of tbronos,
tbe waging of tittles, and the achievements of
peace have not stilled the voice that once spoke
in old Getbsemano.
You whoso father and mother have been
dead for years ; you whose brothers and sisters
have married and moved to distant States ;
you who have not for many a year seen tbe old
homo, go tack there to-day. There stands tbo
home of your childhood. It is an old structure.
Tbe paint is nearly washed off. To tbe casual
eve it is very uninteresting. There are many
nlacos in that neighborhood much better than
that. Tbe architecture is finer and they are 1
kept in better repair. But to you there is no eaa. juagmeni must do piFuuevi uuu
... . .. ,, tli mHiiU nf thia influence can be estimated.
houao in all tbat vicinity as dear as that old 1 tba ro8Ult 01 tmf ncuence can oe esumaicu.
dilapidated building. To you it is more beauti- G- 80:110 B',eak more rowerfudy after death
fnl than a naVs Do vou ask what renders it tLaQ wbcn lmcS- Tbero are petty jealousies
fulthaaapace. Do you ask what renders it iufiuonce
so mtcieeting? As you walk through those ,"T' "J; " , fh uAj.B , fnr
rooms vou recall the time when father and!11110 Lo ,B al,7Q- After death these are for-
mother wcro there. Tbey slumber in the
lage gravo-yard now. Hut as you go about
that house you almost fancy that you cau hear
them tpeak as of yore. You can't make it
uiar,! tl,.) tliiv -al.r1 Yrrn thinlv- inn. nT
L l. . ,. -i .
brothers and tistera with whom jou there;
played. Can it be that they have grown to
manhood atd womanhood, married and moved
away ? You cau't realize tbe chau-e that a few
eard huva wrought,
And yet there you aro ;
' . i
i alone iu
tbo old home, very room in iui ,
house is eioiueut with tbe voices of the dead.
2. Tho dead epeak in our literature. Did
you ever consider that aome of tbe most valu
able books wo have were written by men who
are now in their graves ? Of England we have
no history more valuable than Macaulay'e, tut
Lord Macaulay is in his grave. Who bas not
read Pilgrim's Progress ? But old John Banyan
has long teen dead. The Disciples one time
proposed to publish a collection of sermons
and biographical sketches entitled "The Living
Pulpit." Tbe design was to give the sermons
of only living preachers. The manuscripts
were banded to the publishers, who did their
work aa soon as possible. Hut before the book
was issued ono of tbe ministers contributing a
ermou was iu his grave. The voices of the
dead sound in our literature.
3. Tho dead peak in the civilization of to
day. Every pioneer who felled a tree or burned
a log speaks to-day in our improved farms, our
school-houcea and our churches,
Yo have tbe sewing-machine apparently per.
feet in its construction. Hut the past speaks
in that. More than ona hundred years ago
(1755) tho linst patent was granted for a ma
chine to facilitate the process of sewing. This
was the first step. Fifteen years pass, and an
improvement on this patent is made and also
patented. Thirty-four years elapse and an
other improvement is made. In 1816 came
Howe's patent. Ilia is called tbe first practical
sewing-machine Hut all these former sugges
tions tpeak in tho Howe eewmg-macbine of
to-day.
We marvel at the perfection which the art
of printing bas attained. From ten thousand
presses, tooke, pamphlets and newspapers aro
seut abroad to thu world. Hut the past speaks
in this great achicveu'ent. in the patent office
at Washington is tho tude pre?3 need by Benja
min Franklin. Frunl.lin ereaks to-day i'i tho
wonderful ncbicvcm:ut8 cf tho printer's art.
John Mutt end tig, of Mctz, who was tho find
to cm typo licm melu!, muit cot bo forgotten. !
In KC7 l:o diuJ, pocr and uuLonorud, but in
every Look sud i.owspai er of to-uay Lis voice :
is Ltard iu:i" -; s-tiil further Laci:, tho aucieiq
J-jfyptiaiiH (jpeak iu the printing of this ce!
tury. .Mr. l.a aid eayj : Tlio most couuaon
moda o;-' huepn.g records m Ai-syriaaud Baby
lon vus on prepared bricl.a, tilei', or cylinders
of ila-, I-a led after the inscription was im
pressed." The voices of all thcr-a dead are
heard in tho bum oi the modern print ing-preds.
Y'ou may h:,vo seen ut tho Centennial tho
century i Uat, For a hundred years it remains
without a blcLLom. Thou, all of a eudden, in
a day cr t'.vo, tho Lbfceoms appear, hall
to-day, with it vj Llctboms, speak to the hun
dred years of the past and say, y:u amounted
to nothing? The GieI year, tho rccond, tbo
third, aud every year of that bardred, speaks
in tbo hloshoma of to-day. Every ono of those
years contributed something to tbe final result.
Civilization is a plant of slow growth. For
thousands of years no blossoms mav arpar.
But when they do conic, bursting forth all of a
sudden in tho i beauty, shall we givo no crdit
to tho mary year cf the pasd engaged in pie
paring tho way? Our to-called modern irn
provenitnlo i.io hut tho blossoms on the treo
that ic.uucd thoudauds cf jears in its develop
ment. Every year or tho past speaks to-day
iu thece Lloscomi.
4. Tha dead ppr:t.k ia the monuments they
bavoleltu. ilow full is old Egypt of these
voices of tha doad! Her dead of four thou
sand years tpeak iii tli catacombs, tdielieks
an3 i3r&iiilJs. Thero elands Cheops, tho larg
gest of tho pyramids. It covers e ver eleven
acres of land. I: i3 a perfect e juaro at its
base. Tho vast atones are placed in layers ono
upon another, tho uppr layer being placed
farther inward, thus forming eteps by which
one may ascend tho pyramid. Tho structure is
over tvo hu'adrel fect in height. In the iuto
rior of tho pyramid h a room conla ning a
etono cohin. This cofiiu could not hava been
plsced where it now ;3 after tho pyramid was
erected. Jt is suppled, therefore, that this
was the burial phco of some krn. Tho body
was placed in the stone coflin and tho pyramid
built over it. This was to protect, forever, the
r?maias cf royalty. Bo this as it may, Egypt
is eloquent with theno voices cf tLe dead.
Hundreds of years tcforo tho warw hoop of
the Ind an broke tho ttilcnca of our fore-t
there lived where we lo dwell a people whose
only history banded down to ns is the mounds
aud earthworks that they erected. These toll
m something of tboir number, intelligence and
ralfcion. These epcak of thousands who lived
w.th hopes hi bright as ours and heart-achoa as
severe. Every mound is vocal with the voices
cf tie dead.
S. Tbe dead speak in their influence. Tbe re
is not an individual bo obscure that b has no
influence over others. Kvery one of these
planets tbat march around our sun exerts so
influence on some other planet. And there is
not a mote, dancing in tbe suiibeams, bo small
tbat it bas no influence over tome other parti
cle. Whether you te a star of tbe first magm-
de or only a mote in society, you are exerting
a influouco ovor seme one.
With thia influence we are to speak long after
we are doid. ir John Hawkins brought over
tho first load of slaves from Africa to this
country. Tbat ono act was not bo bad if its in
fiuence bad stopped there, liut a bad examplo
waa given wbicb was to find many followers for
years. An influence was eel at work tbat
cease 1 not until four millions of slaves toiled
on tho plantations of the outb, and tbe over
throw of tbe Union was well, nigh accoua"
plisbe.1. Sir John Hawkins had long been in
bis grave when Sumter heard the roar of guns.
But a certain degree of the responsibility of
tbat rebellious act could te traced back to bim.
He spoke in tbe booming of those cannon. He
epoka in Lihby prison, in Andeisonville. on
Lookout Mountain and at Gettysburg. He
speaks to-day in the graves of six 'hundred
thousand soldiers and in unnumbered homes
that the war made desolate,
liencs we cannot have a right judgment
mntel ont to ua immediatelv after death.
There is to be taken into the account this influ-
ence, good or bad, that lives long after wa are
vil-!Seu anu me cuaracxer appears m us iruo
r
..I...
T M'.ll., T1. .fAolj t.a tluot rn
and discharges his revolver at Lincoln. Did
ho kill bim? lie killed his body. The band
V.o longer reached out toward the oppressed.
. .to . . ....
Tbe tusv braiu ceased to devise ways and ,
means for the preservation of tho Union. Tbo
tonguo no longer called for troops to defend
tlo dag. Tbe bcart. ceasing its pulsatiou, ro
longer feels for its country and for humanity,
.
.. . , . ., .
the heart motionless, the tongue silent-was
Abraham Lincoln dead? He then just began
to live. He was never bo trulv alive as when,
,. 1 ootjn, ic,,i;n
m his collin.he passed through tbo leading
cities of the North. Politica'. differenceo were
for tbe time forgotten. Crowds from all the
mRmdu Wt to ttea. to view
the remains of him whom they held bo dear.
The sight of that coflin sent a feeling of min-
gM ficf and tag.l tbrougbct .h. ent,r.
North. Had it then been necessary to raiBe
mere troops there would have teen no reed of
drafting men. A thousand volunteers would
have sprung to arms at the call of tbe mar-
1 r.a.jant .t,, A ,oar , , t.a
tyred President where one responded to the
call of the living President. Lincoln in his
cofiin was moro alive than Lincoln in the
s,u,ta iirtnan
untie nouse.
John Hrown. a few years before the war, is
charaed with beloinc to hberate slaves, ne is
convicted and hung in Old Virginia. Somo
years after, as the Union army was marching
through tbat section of the country, it occurred
to tbe General in command that they were near V am "T-T 8 " " V , frt 'LK J E
J tembor, a. d.. IStO, which said mortgazo w
the place where Old John Brown was executed. dUiy recorded in the office of the P.egieter of
He gave orders to tbe musicians to play "John Deeds of said Van HureD county; and tbe
t . T. . ,. , ,, amouut claimed to he due and unpaid tbereon,
Brown s Body bos Mouldering in the Tomb. at tbe (kte Qf tbi nonce Umi? tw0 bunJred
Tbe musicians at the head of tbe army began and sixty nine dollars and forty one cents, in
to play, others followed, until all along the eluding an attornev fee of twenty five dollars
line every bugle, fife and drum was attuned to Provided for in said mortgage ; and no suit or
3 ' proceedings at law or in equitv having been 111
tbat song ; and when thev came to the chorus, atituted to recover the amount now duo and
u(i!o:y, Glory, Hallelujah!" and Boventy-fivo unpaid on said note and mortgage : Now tbere-
thouand stentorian voices gave it emphasis, it f,0"' no,ico r18 icreby KTen that by virtue or
,,,,,, . , , ' . tho power of e!e contained in said mortgage,
occuicu iuc uwuj vuuu uiunu uuci
needs leap from bis grave as though Gabriel's
trump had sounded. John Hrown was moro ,
A , ' . , , .
truly ahve then than when be went m person to
tho Southern states.
Tho lesson I bring you in this sermon, then,
is this : Death may destroy your body, tut
you will ever live on tho earth. Ove." Jhat
which trul constitutes yourself diath has no"
power.
i Webster, ia the amoet lmncrial dLviilr of
LiH j,crgonai rrcaeiv!e, no longer appears in th-)
senate. Hut Webster is not dead. Holm
-m t f peeches. ure lives in his lif?. o long
as lh"? povernnient exiets the influence of that
mighty .Senator vil! I c felt iu tho Ocitnc.ls cf
l!.o nation. Ho i.- eahed to deliver tho ud Iierj
at the dedication of the Banker IIi'l monument.'
Tho great concourso h held spell-bound by his
turning words so baautiful in their rnlogy of
libcity, Thj crater iu bis dignity is gone. Tho
hau l no longer ;.;eblures, tho countenance i.o
longer Learns with emotion, tho tongue is si
leLt. I5y and by the old monument itsalf Bh.ill
fail to greet tha rining sun. It'a granite shall
crnmhlc, it hball bo forgotten; but tho impnlsa 1
. . . . , .
given to true patriotism, engendered by tbat
speech, will live iu the hearts of tbe Amcricau
people as long aa liberty is eacred.
Thus
. . ii
earth can kill l.im
Vt. TWna ,.r
In Lis lecture on
Society," Mr. Beecher alludes to Oxford Uui-; grunted. And it is ftr.ther ordered tbat eaid
varsity. Five hundred years ago eomo rich I petitioner givo notice to the persons interested
men founded that irstitut'ion. They aro all iu 1 ifl hl esU,e 9r pcr.dency of said ittition,
a , x- i. . . an l tha hearing thereof, bv causing a copy or
tacir graves to-day. Not one of them can bo ; tln3 oriicr t0 hQ pubiis'aed iu The True North
found. But they are not dead. Their hands 1 err.or. a newtnaner minted and circuhmnrr in
are idle, hut a thousand hands that they have j
rendored skillful move to-day iu positions of j
trust, lben- tongues are eilent, but a thousand I
tongues that they havo educated are heard to- ;
u&y in i.ng'anas institutions. Though tho
grave bas long held them they still speak on
earth and ill continue to speak aa long as old
Oxforl exists.
Were ono of those stars tbat smiles in its
bhgbtLeea upon us to-night to bo swept from
the firmament, its light would be eeon by us j
for years after the t-tar itself bad disamiaarprl. i
" Tbey that turn many unto ngbtoonsncss shall
bhino 83 the ctars forever and ever." YVhilo
they movo m ociety their Lngh'ness shal
gladden ell lie-arts, and after doath their light
shall Lnger nn and on as long as tbo years of
eternity io!l.
MILLINERY!
lint and nounefs
In new and desirable thapes and
Novel Styles !
Al?o, a large as-ortment of
FEATHERS,
Of every description, at prices greatly below
former seasons for goods of equal quality and
finish. Call and be convinced.
3IKK.JI.lt. ODELL.
Hilly Tost Office Block.
lMXCKUY MA I.I-:.
IN pursuance and by virtue of a docree in
the Circuit Court lor tbe county of Van Lureu,
in (Jhancety. in the btate of Michigan, made on
the 22d day of May, 1(177, ia a certain cause
therein pending, wherein Trenor W. Park is
complainant, and James llyhin, Ann Mybao,
James Mvhan Jr. andtiborce it. Mvban are de
fendants. Notica h hereby given that I shall
c
soli at public auction, to (be highest bidder, at verified, of Luanda Earl, widow of iyud de
tho front door of the Court House iu toe vil-! ceated, praying, for reasons therein stated,
lago of I'aw Paw, in said county, at three o'- 1 that an instrument filed in said court, purport-
clock in the afternoon, on tne utn oar or o-
vember. 1877. the following described leal es
tate, to wit t Those certain pieces or parcels
of land lying and being in the township of Ge
neva, in the county of Van Huren aud State of
Michigan, known aud described as follow, to
wit: The north thirty four (31) acres of tbe
west half of tbe south webt quarter of section
tweuty eight (23); also, tbe east half of the
south eaBt quarter of section twenty nine (29);
also, the south east quarter of tbe north east
qaarter, and tbo tast naif 01 tue soutu west
luarter of said section twenty nine (2'Jl, all m '
town one (1) south, of range sixteen (13) west;
also, lots numbered eleven (U), twelve (iz),
thirteen (13) and fourteen (11), in block Hurt?
five (35), in Hannahs' addition to tho village of
South Haven, in the said county of Yan liuren.
Dated Paw Paw, Sept. 18th, 1877.
JOHN KNOWLErf,
117417 Circuit Court Commisaioner.
John C. Sharp. Complainant's Solicitor.
MORTGAGE SALR
Default baring been made ia tbe conditions
of a certain mortgage (whereby tho power
thore.n c0nuined
li0(,on tearing date the tweotv-fourth day of i
January .eiKnieen nunareu anu eveuy
throe, and recorded in tbe ofli e of the lle;ister 1
for tLe COUDty of Van Uuren, in said
SatQ of Michi2aIlf OQ tLe tiftb day o( rebnury
a. d. eighteen hundred and seventy-three, iu
Liber six of mortgages, on rage 113, upon
uch mortage there is claimed to be due, at
this notice, the sum of one thousand j
t wo hundred and Beventoen dollars aud eighty.
Ilimn xar.fii (xl'H7 Hl irirl nrt antr nr rir.voAil
.n,.!.,!. v.en institute,! tn .Pmvr.r
toie h,erfcuy iven tbat on Thursday, the 17th
day of January next, at elveu o'clock in the
ft-renoon, I sliall sell at public auction, to the
highCFt bidder, tale to take place at the front
door cf the Van Huren county Circuit Court
llon, in tbe village of Paw" Paw, the prem"
ises described in said mortgage, or so much
thereof as shall ba necessary to satisfy the
amount due on meh mortgage, with ten per
cent interest, aud IpciI costs, together with an
attorney fee of twenty-five dollars, covenanted
for therein, that is to say, the following piece
or paicai of iand, situated in Van Huren county
m tbo State of Michigau, viz: the north twenty
tight and forty-four hundredths (23.14) acres
of tbe west hrlf ot the north-west quarter of
pfccticn eigbtoeu (18) and tbo south-west frac
tiou.il quarter of section feveu (7) containing
one hundred and thirty-three (133) acres, all iu
JSSSSl
forty-four hundredths acres, more or los.
Dated Kalamazoo, Oct. 17tb, a. d. 1877.
K fiV.UOO
f 1178tt3
1 OIITCtAItE SIATjE.
Default bavins been made in the payment of a
certain indenture of morUw beinLK date the
twenty fourth day of August, a. d., 1876, exe-
cuted by William Earner and his wife Serena
D. Maruer, of the county of Van Huron, etate
of Nlicbigant t0 Qtsian C. Monroe, of Hut-
i4nd coaiity, state of Vermont, and recorded
in the ofih-o of tbe Uesister of Deeds, in
Liber number seventeen of Hortgages, on
page sixty two, on the eleventh day of Heptem
ber, a p., 187G; and the said mortgage was
duly assigned by the said Oseian C. Mouroo, to
tnore will t3 sold at public auction to tne nign-
et bidder, on Saturday, tbe fifteenth day of
December, a. p., D77. at tbe front door of the
Lourr Houje, iu tho village of Paw Paw, an
unn county, M.chUan, at twclvo o'clock at
noon, of Eaid day, tho pemises deecribo.l m said
rnortacre, or so much thereof as shall bo nec
essary to satisfy the amount due on said mort
gage, with interest and costs, said premised
being described as follows, to wit ; the north
eai-t quarter of the southeast quarter of sec
tion throe, (:-). in township two, ('2). nouth, of
ranj:o fixtecri (Hi) west, ia Yan Huren county,
Michigan.
lici ;-t. 2' th, 177.
1 17iM
A.-sunoa.
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( mwTY r v.v un:i:x,
At a K-toion of tdo Probata Court for tho
f'ouuty of an Baton, holden at tho i'roha'o
Olii'M'.' in the village of Paw Pw, on Friday,
tho -Uth day or October, in the year om? thou
sand eilt hundred and seventy seven, J'resent
Hon. Alfred .1. Mills, .1 iiduo of l'robate. I:i tt:o
matter of the estate ot Stephen Sdortdard. de
ceased 'ii reading and filing tho petition, duly
verified of Catbenna Stoddird, widow cf said
(iece.iHed, Travic;r, for roasons therein stated
that suiuini.-ttration of said efctate may bo
granted to her, tho ea:d Cathenne Stoddard or
soma ether Rmtable person, 1 hereupon it is
orf?nre1 tb:lt Monday, tlo OJ dty of UccemLcr.
1877. ut ten o'clock m the forenoon bo assigned
for tho bearing of aaiU petition, ana mat all
o nrpcar nt a tension of said court, tbeu t. bo
holden at tho Probate ( ifflce in the village of
1a,v raw- anlshow canae. if any tin re bo, why
tlm ni'tirn. nf Tof itii-infir dlirmlrl nnf l.t
""'d county of an Buren, for three suacesivo
8t at 1'r&Vi0LFiMLSn?,
(A trus cony.) Jnde of Probate
Mruscopy.) Jnde of Probate.
ALi r.i.r) .J. AIills, Judgo of Probato.
Alit.i i .J. .Mills, Judgo of Probato.
The sura of one hundred and seventeen dol
lars and fifty cmta is claimed to ba due at tho
dato of this nolieo on a mortgago dated Novem-
1... n.ll tu-f I.r K.t.a A I'nln anil Tri.
etta c0U hiV then wife, t.i Jlary A. Canlield,
and recorded on tho tweMy third day of
November. 1876, in tbe office of tbe Bcgi8ter of
Deeds of Van Burcn county, Michigan, in Lber
20 of mortgages, on rae 2. Pursutnt to tho
power of salo doscriljed in said mortgage, tho
premises therein described substantially s tbo
west half of the east half of the north oaft
quarter of fwtiou twenty nine, town ona
fcouth, r.nge thirteen weft, Y'an Burcn county
aforesaid, containing forty acre, will bo sold
at too front door of tbe Court House, in the
viPai'O of Paw Paw, in said county, on Friday,
the M dav nf February. 1878. at twelve o'clock
f noon, to eatisfy tho amount due on said mort
gage, together with tne attorney ree oi nuy
dollars mentioned in Baid mortgage and other
costs of foreclosure. 1180113
Dstol November 2. 1S77.
MAKY A. CANFIELD, Mortgagee.
Clktv Fifc, Att'vB for Mortgagee.
ron siiii:.
The undersigned offers for sale his dwelling
and Ave lots in tbe village of Paw Paw. Tne
troperty is well located, w itlun one block of the
nion Scbcvd House, and adjoining the premi
ses of Ii. O. Bnggs.
Tbe property will be sold entire or in parcels
as may bo most desirable to the purchaser, and
on easy terms, or will be exchanged for farm
property. JOSEPH GATES.
Sept.'Gtb, 1877. H72tf
CJTirPI? iV M IMIIin AY i'
n 1 A 1 I j vri .iiiuniui.isj
COUXTY OF VAX BUR EX, T
At a iwssion of tbe Probate Court for tbe
county of Van Uoren, bolden at the l'robate
office in tbe village of Taw Paw, on Monday,
tbe 15th day of October, in tbe year one thou
sand eight hundred and seventv seven, present
Hon. AKred J. Mills, Jade of Trobate. Jn tbe
matter of the estate of Amyntus Earl, deceas
ed. On reading and Cling tne petition, uuiy
jDR to be tho last will an 1 tes'ament 01 bhu de
ceased ruav be admit ea to prooate, ana aamin
iBtration or said estate, with the will annexed,
granted to Goorge W. Lawton, or some other
suitable person. Thereupon it is ordered, tbat
Monday, the 19lh day of November, 1877. at
ten o'clock in tbe forenoon, be assigned for tbe
bearing of said petition, and that all persons
interested in said estate are required to appear
at a season of aid court, then to te holden at
tbe Probate Oflloe. in tbe village of Paw Paw,
and sbow cause, if any there be, wby tbe prayer
of tbe petitioner should not be granted : Aud
it is further ordered, tbat said petitioner give
notice to tbe persons interested in said estate
of tbe pendency of said petition and tbe bear
ing thereof by causing a copy of this order to
be published in Tbe True Northerner, a news
paper printed and circulating in said county of
Van Duren, for three successive weeks at least
previous to said day of hearing.
1179U ALFP.E T) J . MILLS,
(A true copy.) Judjre of Probate.
A lib ed J. Mills, Judge of Probate.
QIIAKCI2IIY S.B,K.
STATE OF MICHIGAN: Tbe Circuit Court
tolh V,ou-nty ?f XtQ Boren-Iii Chaucery
r .
, . Tf-, , ,. T I
Jabn Reynolds, Franklin 13. 1
AdamaXucinda Adams, Cbas.
D. Lawton, Ansou II. Hatha-
yT, txp-nence tbaway,
James Colwell and .jouu 11.
Hutchinson Defendants. j
Bv virtue of and in pursuance of a decretal
order of the Circuit Court for the countvof
N an Buren, in Chancery, made on tho 28ih
day of August, A. v., 1877, m a certain causa
tuerein pending wherein Etea C. Beach is
complainant, and John W Bevnolda, Frauklm
B. Adamn, Lucmda Adams. Charles D. Law
ton, An bo a H. Hathaway, Expcrince riatba
way. .James Colwell aud John 11, Hutchinson
are defendants : Notice is bereoy given that I
shall sell, at putdic auction, to tho Lubest bid
der, at tbe front door of the court bouse, in
the village of Paw Paw, county of Van Buren,
and State of Michigan, on Wednesday, tbe 12th
day of December, a. d., 1877, at ten o'clock iu
tbe forenoon of that day, the following describ
ed piece or parcel of "land, to-wit : All the
following described lands situate and being in
tho county of Van Buren, in tbe State of Michi
eau. viz : Tbe west part of the south woet
fractional quarter of section ten, in town lour
soutb, of range thirteen west, being sixty acres
of land. AIho. tbe north west quarter ot the
north west quarter of section fifteen, in town
four south, range thirteen west, except school
house grounds, in north west quarter of said
premises, together with the hereditaments
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining.
Datod October 23rd 1877,
117t7 JOHN KN0WLE3,
Circuit Court Commissioner.
John D. Comely, Compi'ts Solicitor.
'carta
G. E Chappell,
Watchmaker. Jeweller, Engraver
All work entrusted to my care will be promptly
dono aDd warranted to give satisfaction : par
ticular attention given to tine and difficult
watch work. A good assortment of
Plated Ware, Spectacles, snd evcrvtlang um
ally kopt i:i a Qit clis
Jewelry 5 torn.
HAIR .7 IT,' F. I.I! V mad to or.lcr.
No ftiarc lor KD.raviurj artic!e sold at
UIIAITET.L'S JEWELRY STORE. .
Oppo?!to tbo Court Ho:n. Parv Par, Mic'ii
ra:i. OUlttaudof W. I'.. Kinnc. HVJ'.v
Ladiea'and Jentlemen'j.
T(AVE2IiIXS IIAS.
Horse Clothing of Every
DESCRIPTION
Old -rtand, Zlxm Street, Opposite Court Ilou
ieesiTwai?T.
Rut
terod
tltlDB
"RANTED.
A pood, retponsible Man, to take charge of Tree
Lnpinesa for Van Uoren county, lo the riobt
man, will farnieli oatflta arid pay part of ealary
or commir?Bion, down. Only a man who Can
furnish the Test of references need aprlv i or
who can furnish bonds, if required. Ii7dt9
Adlreee, J. T. BELL Jc CO., Toledo, Ohio.
vtlb It Pf'i
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' Ki Jv'.HVy A'J WA I'IvI V.' vA M J-A-l'ANION i:I.AMK. litAf.
i; :' f AAWU Vvv)A Mil hhi.i.v i-mk.u-fi OK , v.
ill..' .BTJTfTTT 7 vrnrs 'wT rt?ii i 1 4 U. mmi f - tn 1 1 mnin ti
..! V I X'S VV A'lf ' CNw Vi jJ r,1nrtn rrl"f tVl t $?2 jaf,
r 1 " IkiV,' " VI I .'V ..,,1 cive trenornl a.itief iriloti.
Analytical Physician,
LATE Or SEW YOIIK CITV,
Will tplkli th. (tM of rr Utloc llmot, a1 without'
satDf nlosrml or poltui dru will ur diMw ul rce
IUMIN, HMHpwMtjl.
Cli ron i ll.y of Hi Hrenthlnr.
IHgewtlmc. Itnlldlnsr. Blooil Purify.
lug unci Unproductive Orgnnn.
Tk bkrnmulnuf rtiun of the produce, i f. t be: , a.
tht Jui'tl.vl rf of tb iklllful phr.lcUn iltoul.l ot oou tfnuni
d4 loftit tho emmme of ony df.. mr from thia perfect lUni
rd, wbllo bU kuowledgo of. l xporleoro tilt rui.M,
bould tnoblo bin to oi'plr tare' forrrt-tl v.
" In tl. botkiilKkl worl'l th. r ti tu ontiduie fur tvfrr 111," and
by tlio AflALlTH AL HYKTEN or dlau!i. dLru, Dr. Brue.
1. SM to trooo arery nalodjr or Tmptom wklcli prraoou ltwl(
bau-k to It raua-. n l br Vtill t.nifdio. to tb. rouhljr
o.oAiroio Hi l'rdlirflng nd atutitug om), wull. turlu Uit,
UlMk.o which tbrv b produo.d.
Tblt U tbe only wy to niaki prfM b4 pnnnat oor.
" n.illi vuur bono ujion IbJ rink."
FrM wf Cfcarge! Dr. Bruoo emm f oou.uli.l a-,
OlSGtlTUU, MICH,,
At the DUNCOMBE HOUSE,
Tuesday, November fitli, 1S77.
PAW PAW, MICH.,
At the DYCKMAN HOUSE
Wednesday, November 7th, 1877
31...... of tho HIAn, VIBOAT, lTXr., 1ICART. MTra,
ST ACII, klDMYS, HtOOIl, MKT LS, WOIH aoj IklklBf
OKtiA S8 omno wttbln bli .peeltlty. ond tho eurotiro raiie of tbe
romodloo which bo boo dli"ot-ored ood doTelopedi.
Id enumerating m few of tho dlteasro which tho doctor ho
been lucoeMful fo eurlnr boyond oth.r pracUttouero, w Bay
oommooeo with "tko KIwbT f Terrora,"
ConouoBptloB. lo bli liaodi tblo in not lotarablo dlo
oom," fur till onpreeoilontod oucoeei baa dRnwinalrated to tho
ni'd'ral profrealon, and provm to tho world, that bo eiirvt elfht
oat of taa of oil tho LlMtt, THROAT ood I HtM Uoubla whioli
ho treat. But, If you want htm to euro you, don t wait until
the tuf ro doatroyod and yoa bore waited every atom ofrno jp
eratlro power, for la tbla ataie of the dUenae there I aa hlp.
Catarrh. Thia almoet uolveraal dlaeaaela the atorting pulat .
of more ecnplteated allmeats which r.ault lo painful and irma
turo deotU tbaa any one of the nqruemua eaueea of bumaa
derang'tuont. It t tho eauao of three-quarter of tbs L'onatimu
llon, Broncbltle, Pharlng.tle, I.aryngltU, Trarboitta, Aatlima,
Heart Diaeeao, Dropay or the Brain, Loaa of Memory, Ueadaobo,
Inaanlty, Uvapcpiia, Frmale Weaknaoa. Pore Tl roat, Liver
t'..muliot, Ul lner Ulaaaaea. Bora Kye, Ueaf Kars. ke.
Catarrh, and dlaeaoa which re.ult from It, be never fall te
rare if applied to brfore fatal mmplleatlnu have arl.oa
Thront Troable. All dlaen-a cf tbo Throat, Vocal and
l:."iiiri''T Oriaoa, are treated and nur.-d.
Iirurt Ilaaae. Mno-teuth cf tbe case are curable with
tl icnml'ra.
remain Wrakar.-Evert form I rumble.
lvTepel. rnix and all klDilrd alltnente are pedllr
e. ailicatef. A aouud atotuaob, too d appetite, perfect dlt loo ami
a.'iinilatlnn aro prime reotilalt'' tn health. All are guaranteed.
Liter Complaint, kidney ftcd I'rlnary Troalilee, Xalarlnu
Pltetw, Itheumall.m, Neuralrta, t aorer, Tumor., Hrrofuln, ?ikla
)l.ea.e.. Old fleers ilerrorial Itlwaim, Drnp.y, JL.tha.a, ttroo
r!iiti, Fever and Ague, ( kill, and lever, lii.ew.ee of Urn, oou
tracfd or brouKht on by la Hacrrtlon, and all other Ciroulo
l)i,. .-i-r. Incld snt tn the bcmitn ajatroi.
What pereeataire aro eored." When tne direction are fol
I'wM, I euro every rkroale taa whleh 1 prnnoure rurolilei and
I Wnt-M to the ext. lit tiiat I pronila aurh lururahle ea.ea a I
am wlilmit to treat. Many year of IKe and oompai-ative corufort
jiay he stt'urel to tbouaaod who an not le entirely re.tor-d.
tout and be eiaiulaed, "and let oa con.'ilt toKeiher." That
w I'I Mt yo.i nothlQit, an i I may give you advice word hundred
nfdol.a.a. If I can our you the trentmor.t will not lie erpen.ive.
If. on the other hand, your dlesaae haa made aunh procreM ami
become an enmplleated that 1 oannnt promise a erf et ear. I will
atntr frankly to whtit extent my remeitle will relieve and prolouir
Uf", and thi-re will ba nn charge except for tuectlclue fus uUhed.
Trice l,w. Term fah.
1 praeilre an deeeptloa, br giving enconrae.ment where thero
U no hripe; but will treat yoa In every re.peot ea I wnold like to
lie trird, were yoa In my place and 1 In yourf. " The Golden
Hull'" ia my rontto and guide while praetielng my prnfeeMoo,
and In twcncy.flvo year of active life experience I have found
it alo the true pollrv, to aay nothing of a higher and better
motive, fnr urn demnaatrate to a'l tbat "W a ball reap a4
Vl.lt made at regul .tBtrd latere! for yearti. Ia writing. .
puirou will ddrc.4, Jl. (;. ltltrCE. at Valparaieo, lnU
E. P. HATHAWAY A: CO
DEAXEES KI
IX, SIIEETKION, AND COPPER WARE
North side of Mara street, opposite tbeConr
House, Paw Paw, Michigan.
All orders, in their line, promptly attended to
E. P. II ATI! AWAY & CO.
aieaji
PAW PAW RAILROAD.
Trains from Paw Paw connect with the tame
named Trains on the Michigan Central Kallroali
fttLawtou, going eaet and weet.
LXAvsraw paw.
fl.Srt A. M., returns from Lawton at 1 A.M.
!:.'() a. m., Mail Train, cast.
Ir.'o p. m,, Mail west, and Way Freight east.
s;.v p. tn. Kalamazoo Accomoclation, east.
prTrainBrctnrn-to Paw Paw ondepartareTor
Michsan Central Trains from Lawton.
JOHN lULING.Sua't.
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andTicket Aic-nt, Cliica-o. l'.li
South Haven Hi vInioii.
I. are Kalimazoo, r,;0o p. tn. ray fiob'o!
Arrive at Eolith lliven, 7:m'.
',4:.V3
I.ravo South Haven, :4'i t. ri. I'.h Go'ilv
v-4'ia.m. Arrive at Kalamazoo. In.-iu a .in
T-nl'.if'nn fU TTufehH I'n Mul "f f..rTrn.!;r
t il W r(.mpnl::i.ii rifoi I 'T ri!..tn'.. a (;. . lr r.'-
"elill'lInT L-.il. t Ijh.
I clvee trenornl antief trilnti, V
them bT Mull or Kerre.". rn rrrelrt f
t'anepnrt f f fifll miiilry, nrl'. lil t.
aont '('.) P. '1;rn tlm cu!..nicr 'li';n
mn rKiitf. 1 on ii("riiutif . Ti o,i r'.lo ' int
t il l-.'ii r.Vniit F!ff Tonr.i e -I
jii. rlie wi'.iii p.ittorn In i.nrri c:il n il I
roi li'H erii nii'.ei i,;iin,ut 'e,i,
anil tria Wntcfi tiI i'liriln fir at'iii It il.nl in n P.t !.
V'i.'kiu" ).f vnul, to nr r. onirn tl o l'nlti utalt.
We P.-il tha Wtoh without tha Choi a for C 10.
U CO., CUntoa I'lacc, St Ho. 11 Eighth Street, 2f. "S
Lost. On or bout the 21nt of September
1S77, a light Uriodlo Cow, ordinary gizs, long
teats set close together, switch trbno from her
tail, a braes knob on one horn, and about eight
years old. She is dry and In rood order. Any
one returning ber, or Riving information of ber
whereabouts to tbe nndersignad, will be liber
ally rewarded. Duml W. Abram s.
Sept. 26, 1977. n75t3
i ' mi mi mi ia laeeiaaa lani auianiuaui.
LlUiiaW Vv7i. V ",,) Huli f.irji.iir'in we, ,y
.!V4 Vl mmioinmieyi.ii. irj thin, iiu ,i Tt
w ArCs V A'lo'N OCli 'J'liej iiii-r. l;..ni..,:s. .l:,.
" fllL. lVS e.H. nt-.l in Wmiri.tnil,.., a,l rt;.f