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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-09-26
D. b. Lucas, q. q.
Septenbar 5,1S76 Il.
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.,

V6HtTSUH NUuuIy, IO-WIt
At Rules held in the Clerks Office Of the
Circuit Court Of JcfersOn County, September
An, 1876:
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THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,

d. B. Lucas. p. q.
September - l>I6-4t.
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FOR SALE.
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PURE BERKSHIRE PIGS

DERSoSS in want of THOROUGHRREn
BERKSHIRE PIGS. can OBJ
AN tHcm-sinGly or by the pair or two-by
Every animal sold guaranteed to he Of the
purest blood. AIEFRT M6SpE
August :. 1876 Nv.
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THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,

White Il TrapneIl, 30.
Sept. 5, I6-It
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THE STATE OFWESF VIRGINIA.,

d. =. L.ucas.p ?. q.
Sc ItcubuT IL, !Si6-It.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
Pill NOT KEEP YOU BACK.

These were the words of one of the
school girls of this county; she had ell
tered class too high for her to do the
work properly, and was very kindly told
by her teacher that she must take simpler
principles first, as she would keep the
class back. We have quoted her re-
sponse above, and on a pretended offense
she has withdrawn from school. The oues-
tion that arises in my mind is how can
these things be remedied? To whom
shall we appeal for adjustment at such
times. The only answer yet found is
the parents. Children must be taught
obedience both to parents and teachers
and this is the work of parents. The
teacher should be person able to Judge
OF just such matters as are here eonsid
cred, and his or her decision should have
the parents approval, and should in thai
way be carried out. 1t is ruinous to thu
child, and to our educational interests t.
carelessly consider and act upon sucl
matters. Every means should be used t,
show children the need of beginning il
the right place and in the right manner
and to show them that ignorance is n,
disgrace, but that to remain SO is dis
grace to anyone.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
RECORD BOOKS AND BLANKS

L desire to call special attention from
our school officers throughout the county
to the matter above mentioned. 1t is es.
sential to the success of our public school
system that we keep careful statistics on
all matters pertaining thereto. This, as
does all business, requires forms. Such
forms can only be uniform when prepared
In printed blanks by some one who has
given the matter special study. This is
done, and the only thing remaining is
that school officers everywhere purchase
and use some kind of blank forms.
True it is that there is some expense
connected: 1t is not heavy, and can be
born by the districts at large while the
sub-directors can lily afford time and pa
paper for the writing of all the school
business under his charge: and had he
the time it could not be so well done
Now let the Secretaries look into the
matter and see what they need, then let
the several boards order a supply suffi,
cient for two or three years at time and
renew these when necessary. Money will
then be saved over the present plan where
many OF the officers buy one or more
blanks at retail paying almost double the
price at which they can be bought in
quantity.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
Edited by j. W. JOHNSON, Co. Supt
7 HE TEACHERS CAPITAL.

In business life that investment which
yields the largest per centoi profit Is con
sidered the best investment. 1t is not
the amount of profit but the per cent of
profit that measures the success of busi.
mess enterprise. Thus heavy capitalist
may invest his hundred thousand in some
Enterprise and may realize ten thousand
on his isvestment.
Another man with his small capital
invests his ten thousand in some other
enterprise and realizes his two thousand
on his investment. The first mans in
vestment yields profit of ten per cent. !;
the last mans investment yields profit
of twenty per cent; which is the most
successful business man? Clearly the
man whose investment yields the greatest
per cent of profit. Let us consider teach
ing professional business
The teacher is capitalist; his knowl-
edge is his capital; the benefit that the
pupils realize from his instruction is his
per cents of profit on his investment.
One teacher is heavy capitalist; he pos
sesses heavy calital of knowledge, he is
a graduate from some college, which
makes him millionaire in his business.
His diploma is both cash and credit. He
invests his whole capital in country
school. Another teacher invests his
small capital in another school. His cap-
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
DAVE CAFFIN'T GROUSE.
Virginia New. Enterprise.

Dave Cafin, who keeps a boarding
house at Emigrant Bay, on the Central
Pacific railroad, is very hard heariop-
can hardly hear anything that i no,
shouted in his ear. Dave is fond Of
hunting, and very often takes his pun
and scouts about the mountains in search
OF grouse, quail and other game.
"A Comstocker, who was snow-bound a.,
Cisca for day or two last week tells tho
following story, about Caffin He had bean
out hunting, and was going home with :.
grouse he had killed. As he came ont Of :
the wood and struck the railroad track ba
was overtaken by a stranger, who asked !.
How far 1t was to Cisco?"
"Yes," said Dave, holding nm a;s
grouse, 81 got one of EN-" 's
II don't think you understood mo s.;,
the stranger, 81 asked you how far i wv waa
to Cisco" M ~ was
Yes, he is pretty fat, said Dave chen
make very good stew"
"You must be id fool" cr;oa !,
stranger. 0u 'iie
Certainly, certainly said Dave atbo.o,.
good many of EN- flying abo,. .ie ne :
yearp "oU' 'his
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

ltal consists only in his knowledge of the
common branches obtained in an ordinary
country school; yet it frequently happens
that his investment yields a greater pei
cent of profit to his pupils than the In
vestment of the heavy capitalist, the
graduate. His capital is small, it is an
available fund: he invests it ALL and his
pupils realize profit on every invest.
ment he makes. The advantage of the
small capitalist is not in his small capital
it is in his investments.
In the business life it is always an ad-
vantage to have capital at command.
With this the business man can take ad-
vantage of every opportunity to make a
profitable investment Without it the
business man must forego many of these
opportunities. But capital must be en-
ployed must be invested. If the capital
ist should lock up his capital in his iron
safe he might, perhaps, realize some sat
isfaction in knowing that he possessed
such capital, but he would realize no
profit from it, and some men who DOS
sessed less capital but more business tact
would soon outstrip him even in capital
30 with the teacher. If he possesses a
capital fund of knowledge he can improve
the many golden opportunities of making
safe investments in the growing minds of
his pupils. Without this knowledge the
teacher must regretfully forego many of
these opportunities.
But the teachers knowledge must be
employed; must be invested. If the
well informed and educated teacher sim
ply lock up his knowledge in his own
mind, he might, perhaps, realize some sat
isfaction in knowing that he possesses
such knowledge, but his pupils would
realize no benefit from it, and some teach
er who possessed less tact if he did not
soon outstrip him in knowledge, would at
least outstrip him in usefulness.
j. w. SLATER.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
P0iiticaI Assessments

mn
The following statement is maao -.
'he authority the Republican Consrss
slonai committee: So much is said a6on.
assessing employees of the goyernmaa. 1a' eo'
pohticai purposes, and ignorantlv ~ -
:, that 1t may not be out of place to s,a.s suo'
.nas masa NJ assessment as such has ever been
made by authority of any Republ;caa o.en :.
tionai or other central committee thu thu, ''ap :
IN one contributions made by Office halSas Ss =
oo per cent. has always gone to The ss na.'' ?
ment OF printing bills; that no, = s.se a,' pay, !
per per cent. OF all the government emnlovss i, =
nave n paid dollar to any such fuad p'osss sss
'na' the name of no man has sxsr - hal ala
presented Tor dismissal In oonseoneaes : sss,s !
nah nnn-naumaak iaenot q
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

The late A. T. Stewart owned his millions in
this world; but he left every cent of 1t here,
taking nothing with him. Others would do
well TO take the hint.
The above extract found in numerous
exchanges, we are inclined to dispute
True, he did not carry a pocket-book well
filled with green backs on his long journey,
but his wealth of millions enabled him to
perform many deeds of charity and pure
benevolence, that poorer man could not,
and the fact that his battles with the
world in building up large fortune,
hardened not his heart, is much in his
favor, and we opine that when the Grand
Book-keeper above, balances his accounts,
the numberless deeds of charity will be
found credited to him, not least of which
will be the sending of ship load of pro-
visions to his native Ireland during fam
inc, and the bringing back by his ship of
load of sufferers for whom he found
good places; the founding of home for
fallen women, whereby scores of souls
have been redeemed and saved; and the
founding of home for feeble and aged
men, who are thus saved from the poor
house, will all be credited up to him, as
part of his fortune taken with him, or
rather sent on before, and laid up where
moth and rust cannot corrupt.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

The district Township Board, of
Adams Tp., at their spring meeting
adopted certain rules suitable to pupils
and teachers, also uniform series of text
books. This was good move. Thew
want or intend as early as possible, to pur-
chase some needed apparatus for their
schools. There are some live school men
in Adams.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
SCHOOL HOUSE CLEANING

This is the time to scrub and white
wash the houses and school houses. Nc
family in Mahaska Co. that takes any
pride in being neat and trim at home will
not allow the spring to pass without
cleaning house" Not only SO, but the
yards will be raked, the trees pruned, and
fences repaired. What about the school.
house? If the directors have not time tc
attend to the matter, let the neighbors
turn out and see to it that the children
have clean, bright houses in which tc
spend the long summer hours. Natures
green outside, and dingy, brown wal
and floor inside are very unlike. No won.
der the children love the former and seek
the latter lazily.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
REPORT
GfBeacon School, For the Month com-
menclng March 18th, 1875. and
ending april 21sr. 1876.

ALA L. ORNlS, Irlnclpal.
The above is good showing for Bea-
con- The enterprise manifested in school
matters by the people of that place has
secured for them good schools. The
teachers are doing lively work. We shall
be glad if the Principal will send her
next report.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

C.. B. Jack principal of Oskaloosa High
Schsol, has been elected Superintendent
of the Abba schools for the coming year
Mr. Jack is a gentleman, scholar, and
an excellent teacher. The good wishes of
our people will attend him in his new
field of labor.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

"Fules make feasts, an wise men eat
them.
Wise men make proverbs, and fules
repeat them"
"lll take what father takes" said a lit
tie boy when asked what he would drink
for breakfast. The answer reached the
the fathers ear, and instantly, realizing
the full responsibility of his position
replied: "Waiter LII take water" and
from that day strong drinkhas been
banished from that mans home.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

H. H. Gay, one of Mahaska's first class
teachers, has left the profession 1--WE hope
only for the summer,l and is now engag-
ed in making "brix"
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

We learn from Supt Todd of Keokuk
20. that the Teachers Library of that
county pow has on hand about 200 vol
umes' and money ahead. Can Mahaska
Go. have such q library as this?
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors
of Mahaska County, Iowa.
APRIL "a, 1876.

Board met in Auditors Office at Q
o'clock a. M, April oath 1876, as per
adjournment. Members all present.
Forenoon spent in discussing bridge
matters.
AFTERNOON.
The sum of $4,000 is hereby deducted
from the assessment of I. w. Linton for
the year 1872 in the city of Oskaloosa
the same being double and erroneous.
The Board proceeded to open and in
spect the bids for building the two stone
culverts ION Market street in Oskaloosa
city and award the contract to Geo. Brown
at $3.50 per cubic yard.
WHEREAS, The acts of the 10th
General Assembly provide for the collec-
tion of a license from any person exhibit
ing any kind of natural or artificial curios-
ity CT exhibition of horsemanship for any
price, gain or reward, i'll any county out
side of an incorporated city or town;
Resolued, That the license as provid-
ed for in said law be fixed for Mahaska
county as follows:
If travelling on foot, five dollars: if
travelling with one horse, ten dollars; if
travelling with two horses, fifteen dollars
if travelling with more than two horses,
and not more than four, twenty dollars.
For general circus or menagerie or eth
er, one hundred dollars.
That said amount shall be charged for
each exhibition, and shall be paid into the
county treasury for the benefit of the
county fund.
Adjourned until 9 a. m. tomorrow.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
APRIL 25TH.


Board met as per adjournment. Mem
bers all present.
The Board having decided to insure
the county poor house and barn and bull
ings connected Herewith for $4,000; viz.
$1,000 in the North America Insurance
Co. of Philadelphia and $4,000 in the
Hartford Insurance Co. of Conn: there
upon the Auditor is directed to issue
warrants on the poor fund in favor of
said companies for premium, etc. as per
policies on file, viz: $l57.5O to said
Hartford Co. and $45 to said North
American Go.
WHEREAS, The county treasurer in
his annual report of collections and dis
bursments for the year 1875 shows a
balance cash on hand of $l2,969,4O and
WHEREAS, The committee heretofore
appointed to examine the books and ac
counts of said treasurer, have carefully
reviewed their former work, in connection
with the county treasurer, and now file
their final report showing the sum of
$14,292.69 cash in the hands Of said
treasurer on the third day Of January
1876; and
WHEREAS, The said county treasurer
agrees that the said balance is correct
thereupon after careful examination and
account of cash on hands the committee
is discharged and the bond of said treas
urer is approved.
AFTERNOON.
The Auditor is directed to contract
with Margaret Delashmut for free ferry
at Gateley's crossing on the Des Moines
river, from this date until Oct. 2lst 1876,
at the rate of 1875 per year.
The following persons are appointed. a
committee to superintend the -. .lding of
the two stone culverts on Market street
Oskaloosa; viz: S. Knowlton, n. Caven
and David Evans.
VIM. Stewart is directed to repair the
grade at Whitmores, Curriers' & Glendale
mills on Sou tn Skunk river. On motion
Board adjourned sine die.
| Attest
GEO. A. Ross, WM. T. ScHEE.
20. Auditor. Chairman.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
PRESCRIPTION FREE.
CSKALOOSA
Pearl Hominy Mills.

Feed of all kinds, meal and hominy, at these
mills, delivered free to all parts of the city. 1
will chop feed for farmers and others. at 6 and
cents. Mills i'm southwest part of city. High
est price paid for white corn.
25-y1 G nj, STRAIN.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

Oskaloosa schools are adjourned this
week on account of sickness from scarlet
fever.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

SHRU BS AND PLANTS,
of which the following is a partial list:
APPLE TREES
Of all the leading varieties 2. 3, and years, 12l
centseach-Sl0O0 per IUc.
PEAR TREES
Standard, leading ION French stock varieties, z
and years. so cents each; dwarf, leading yari-
cites, 2years, so cents each.
CHERRY TREES
2 and years old, budded on the Mahaleh
French stock, that will not sprout from the
roots, as the Morrelloes do, ut 80 cents each, S5
per dozen.
PLUM TREES
/, 2 and 3 years, of Wild Goose, Miner, Lombard
and Spanish King, so cents each; IS per dozen
SOFT MAPLE
Is to 20 feet, 20 cents each S1.5O for ten, S125(
per hundred.
EVERGREENS
of ten varieties, from to 10 feet, lower than
ever was sold in Iowa.
Currant Blackberry and Grape roots very low
Flowering Shrubs, viz: Wegelia Rosea, Japan
Ounce and Syringa, from 25 to 40 cents each.
All my stock is grown with special view tC
this climate and locality.
= guarantee every article true to namC
Il offer them at the lowest pric. =
You can see the article before you buy, anC
make your contract from personal knowledge
can furnish you anything in the nursery
line.
Twill be pleasedt to see you all at my nursery
15m5 in the spring.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

A man by the name of Rudolph shot
himself in the arm while out duck hunt
ing near Busy. He is getting along as
well as can be can be expected.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.

IRA w. ANDERSON,
Il ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Office up stairs in glass front, south side
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
IOWA NEWS.

West Liberty is excite over the return
from California of Mr.. Barber, who has
been absent for thirteen years. He had
been married three years when he left,
bat his wife had not heard from him for
ten years, SO she married again. He
sent her $4,000 while gone and holds the
receipts of Wells Fargo Express Co. for
$1,000. He wants her to live with him,
but the poor woman does not know what
to do as she loves both her husbands.
A sad accident occurred at Oakland
Mills, Henry county, last Wednesday.
Three men were in a skiff in the river,
and getting two close to the mill dam, got
scared, and all jumped out, two of them
were rescued by great exertion, but the
third, boy of eighteen, by the name Of
Ferdinand Stringer, was drowned. His
body had not been recovered at last ac-
counts.
A man by the name of Rudolph shot
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

W" ATTORNEY AT LAW.
=, Office with John F. Lacey, above Boyer &
Barnes store, OSkaloosa, Iowa. All kinds of
egal business promptly done. Collections made
and cOnYeyanceing done.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
JOHN o. MALCOLM

IL. COPENHEFFER.
u ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office with Judge Rhinehart S. L. corner
square. n45-tf
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John f. LACEY,

I AFFERTY & JOHNSON,
il ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Oskaloosa, Iowa. Office over Mitch Wilson's
store, northwest corner of square. At
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-07

either for the man or horse. Be
sides. in that way of driving, it is
impossible to give these movements
to the bit which seem to refresh
and stimulate the horse SO much.
When a horse has been taught the
significance of the movement of the
bit, the shift by the turn of the
wrist, he will never fail to answer
it, even though he should seem to
be at the top of his speed. The mo-
ment he feels this little move of the
bit in his sensitive mouth he will
collect himself, and make another
spurt, and the value of this way Of
driving is, that the horse is not
likely to break when thus called
upon; while in a high-strung, gen.
erous horse, if called upon for a fnal
effort with a whip, is likely to break
the moment it falls on him, as not,
| have won many u very close heat
by practicing this movement, anC
therefore | have no hesitation il
recommending it. 1t is not diff
cult to acquire; and a horse soOr
comes to know what it means"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-07

On this point Hiram Woodruff
says: People talk about steady,
braoipg pull, butin my opinion that
is not the right way to drive a trot-
ter. There's a great difference be-
tween letting go of your horses
head and in keeping up one dull
deadening pull all the time. The
pull should be sufficient to feel the
mouth, and give some support and
assistance, so as to give the horse
confidence to get up his stride
More than that is mischievous
To keep the mouth alive, the Bit
must I'd shifted occasionally. But
this is not to be done by a pull o.
the hand on the rein. A mere iiSi, 4,
turn of the wrist OF less than hall
a turn, by which the thumb is ele-
waited and the little finger lowered,
is sufficient to shift the bit, keep the
mouth sensitive and rouse the
horse. The reins are to be steadily
held with both hands while this
play with the wrist is being made
and it is, of course, only to be done
with one wrist at a time. Tht
hand should be well down. anC
the driver ought not to sit all of {
heap with his head forward. Neither
should he lean back, with his bodil!
weight on the reins, which, in tha
case, are made a sort Of stay fol
him. He should be upright, ant
what pulling he has to d'
should be done by the mus
cular force of the arms. Th
driver who depends upon the arm
has command of the horse; he VIII,
substitutes bodily weight, with tn
reins wrapped around his hands
has not half command Of the horse
or of himself, either; and, if tn
horse is a puller, he will soon tax
command of the driver. The rea
son of it is, that there is no inter
mission of the exertion, no let-u
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-07
Cnster,a rnntee Roonta.

General Custer employed several
Santeo scouts when he went to the
Black Hills in 1874, and was favor
..l,! .h!y IMPRESSED with their conduct
on the field. In a letter to the Rev.
S. D. Hinmap, their missionary, he
frankly admitted that these scouts
had taught him how much ciyiliza-
ton could do for the Indians. One
incident he recalled with keen
pleasure. at was during one OF
our resting days in camp. | was
seated alone in my tent when sud
denly, as if from the rocks and
forests of that beautiful region, |
heard the familiar air, 'Old Hun
dred, roll from score Of manly
voices. Then followed the equally
familiar hymn, 'Rock Of Ages, and
others not less known. Cavarymen
are not noted for their hymn-sing-
ing qualities, and | stepped outside
of my tent to discover from whom
the music came. 1t was from a
group of Santee young men, and
shall long remember the pleasing
effect produced by having thesC
good old hymns sung as | ther
heard them by men, or the sons O.
men who, but a few years ago
roamed over the country in a STATE
of barbarous wildness. So mucl
for the labors of Christianity ant
civilization"