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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-08
The EdibiIity of Rats.

[, MYSELF, have eaten rats (says an En-
glish clergyman, and found them good
eating. [ was on board ship at the time,
and it was found necessary to smoke the
hold out to get rid of the rats that infested
the ship. Three hundred and ninety rats
were found suffocated round the fires. A
French third mate who was on board pro-
posed to cook, and actually did cook,
some of the finest OF them. These |
tasted, and indeed ate of them. Chiefly
the hind legs were eaten. They were ex-
ceedingly white, delicate and tender, and,
as far as | remember, put me in mind Of
chicken, with slight flavor Of game
aoout it. They had been well nourished,
and were plump and in good condition I
would not object to eat them perfectly pre-
pared, and should regard such food as a
great boon after salt junk and picked
pork of six years storing. After careful
ly cleaning, | believe the Frenchman fried
them. At all events they were very eata-
ble. Speaking of this to country friend
of ours-a lady-she informed me that
her husband once bad pie made of rats
They were caught in a barn where the
wheat was just threshed, so that they were
very nice and tender from their feeding.
The African Methodist Episcopal
Church reports for 1875 the following sta
tistics: Twenty-Five conferences, six bish-
ops, ], 1884 preachers, 1 ,642 churches, 49,
292 members, 1874 Sunday-schools, 98,-
COS Sunday school scholars, and $507, $50
contributed for religious purposes, of
which $149, 900 was for new church build
ings. Also $3,748 missionary money
Wilberforce University is sustained at
Xenia, Ohio. The total membership is
reckoned at 100000 members. A flour
ishing church exists at Port-au-Prince, in
Hayti.
The time for the meeting of the Gen
eral Conference of the Reformed Episco-
pal Church has been postponed to the
18th of July. The place for the session of
the Conference remains unchanged, name
w Ottawa Canada.
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14
Because They We're Not Let Alone.

Under the heading ga Good Thing the
Atlanta (Ga) Courier, of the I'd inst, prints
the following:
Waterman, of the L. Grange Reporter,
has q habit of dropping good things from the
point OF his pen. The following is good
enough embalmed, and we trust it will be-.
AT any rate, we give 1t q start in the direction
of immortality:
"Referring to the denunciatory epithet-
Confederate Congress-which, because of the
ex-Confederates in it, the Radical papers are
so fond of hurting at the body now assembled
at Washington, makes the following palpable
hit: They are not there by their own will
not at all. They erected a neat little govern
nent of their own, which was altogether
"Confederate;;' it was daring, noble, self
sacrificing governments government which
made as heroic q struggle for independence
as eyer gl0rifed the pages Of history Why,
bless you, warlike brethren of the Northern
press, it was the fault of your people entirely
that that government was demolished, and
that We Confederates are forced back into
the Union.
.. We would not have been in Il to day, and
the hateful Confederates" would not be in
your Congress but Tor your physical superior
ity. We stayed out as long as we could; We
managed to put several hundred thousand,
more or less, Of your best imported Europeans
under ths daisies-.with here and there few
natives; we fought, and fought and fought
until we could fight no more. Then we had
to 60 back because you, who were our con-
.querors, forced u.s. II our presence is dis.
tasteful. blame yourselves. II you did not
want rs to mingle with ybu and have q share
in the government, why did You not let rs
stay out of your detestable old Union when we
went out? We'd have been happy enough if
you had let as alone.
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

United States, an army officer who had served
with him in the Mexican war, and who was
personally intimate with him, committed
some dereliction of duty in which the style of
arms allotted for the quota OF each State was
concerned. The officer was Immediately re-
lieved from duty, and to avoid . court-martial
his friends urgently besought the President
to allow him time to resign. "No, gentle
men," said the President, eff he we're my
own brother would not do it. The officer
was tried and dismissed the service. What a
vast difference between the Executive action
then and that which we are panied to behold
now prevails in Washington
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

VIRTUE AND NECESSITY Grant is praised q
great deal by the organs for such appoint.
ments as those Of Mr.. Dana and Judge Taft
but when man finds that the only way to
keep his whole administration out of State
Prison is to change his system Of appoint
ments, We can not see that virtue practised
under such pressure is worthy very great
praise. 1t has taken Grant great while to
find out that there is any one else in this
cogery had not been forced upon him by the
fact that his friends are SO generally dishonest
men. Discoveries made in such circum-
stances are not entitled to medals-M \.
Herald
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

The only remarkable thing about the SUBJ
joined stanza is the fact that all the letters of
the alphabet are used in its construction ex-
cept 9, the one most frequently employed in
ordinary composition:
"a jovial swain may rack his brain,
And tax his fancy's might;
To quiz il vain for It's most plain,
That what say is right"
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

The color of q soldiers uniform is shown to
be not 80 much a matter Of taste as of vital
importance Experience proves that men are
hit in battle according to the color of their
dress. Red is the most fatal; the least fatal,
Austrian gray. The proportions are: red.
twelve; rifle green, seven; brown six; Aus
trian bl0ish gray, five.
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14
OUR RIFLE CLUBS.

Crescent City Rife Cluh.
The weather being unfavorable for rlhe
shooting on Sunday, the attendance was not
as large as usual.
1000 YARDs-LYING DOWN.
Col Jno Glynn, Jr 5 5 502044 - 25 95s
Dr. Geo Howe .....5 .55433353 3443555 80
r. O. Smith ..4 55544 5 3O24 3-5e
New Orleans Rifle Clnb.
The attendance on the grounds Of this club
was composed Of few spectators.
A new method for prize shooting was
adopted, consisting Of cartoon shooting at
rest the cartoons measuring two and half
inches in diameter and placed in an eight
inch black. The following is the result:
CARTOON TARGET, AT REST.
First prize won by L. Gonthier.
Second prize won by r. G. Eyrich. f.
Third prize won by A. Brieugne.
Fourth prize won by M. Winteler.
Premiums for the most cartoons we're paid
to Il. G. Eyrich, A. Brieugne and +. Gonthier.
WIMBLEDON TARGET.
F. Gonthier scored rs out Of Q possible rs,
in Is consecutive shots
r. G. Eyrich scored 23l out Of possible
235, in AZ consecutive shots.
Plan and specifications for the shooting.
house and other buildings to be erected at the
new shooting park of this club are now ready,
and the building committee is authorized to
receive estimates from builders during this
week, and it il understood that these build
ings have to be completed in five weeks from
the present time, SO as to enable members to
practice OF their new grounds one or Two
weeks before their Shooting Festival. to be
held at the Inauguration Of the parkin the first
part of May lex.
The plank walks Leading to the target-houses
at the distances Of 200, 500 and 1000 yards,
we're completed lastweek, and are already
used by our Sunday hunters, who confess
that they never had 50 good walk so far out
to the bush.
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14
Let President Grant be Called.
From the Chicago Times.l

By the way, why not call Grant himself be-
fore the committee and the grand jury? He
received Belknsp's confession, and is prob.
ably the best witness now in reach. There
need be no hesitation on the score of delicacy
or regard for his position. He sbdicated his
right to any consideration on that score when
Louis case.
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Ranges and Pumps.
SULLIVAN 4 BULGER, 81 Camp street, neas
Camp. Also sell the Barstow Range.
JAMES H. REYNOLDS 72 Baronne street
repaired cleaned or bronzed. Second hand Gas Fix
lures bought and sold.
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14
ARTICLE VI.
LIQUIDATION.

]. A. GIRDNER,
GEO. JONAS,
JULIUS WEIS,
HU. KENNEDY,
DAVID WALLACE,
e. B. WHEELOCK,
e. L. RANLETT,
JOHN II. KENNARD,
CYRUS BUScEY,
(By I. & G..)
JOHN PHELPS,
w. B. SCHMIDT,
SAM'L H. KENNEDY.
A. j. ARMSTRONG,
JOHN w. HUNTER.
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

Advertisements in the Want and Rent column in
che BuILETIN, not exceeding one square. inserted
far 6fkv cents each.
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

DR.. B. was called to visit lady in Chelsea.
Mass. After continuing his calls for some
weeks, she expressed her fears that it would
be inconvenient for him to come so far on her
account. "Ob, madam" replied the doctor,
innocently, II have another patient in the
neighborhood, and thus / kill two birds with
one stone"
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

The Philadelphia North american makes q
GREAT ado about new process of making mo-
iasses from corn. which has been successfully
tried in Iowa. There is nothing neI in this.
Some dozen years ago the process was dis
covered by German chemist in Buffalo. Hs
came down here and sold his patent for more
than half million to some great sugar re-
fners in this city. They thought they were
going to make sugar by it; but it turned out
they could make nothing but molasses. They
concluded that they had lost their money.
and have never tried to do anything with the
natent N " Sun.
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

N L. RANLETT & CO.
BAGGING, TIES. CORDAGE, ETC.
OnOn Rolls standard Domestic and Calcutta
OUOO BAGGING, in store and to arrive.
EUREKA. LUDLOW. DOUBLE ANCHOR, Eta.
Delivered in Galveston or New Orleans in lots to
nit purchasers.
-AlsO-
Boards LOCK and STAR BUCKLE TIE,
At lowest market quotations.
MANILA, SISAL and HEMP 'CORDA0E, ETC
~, %. 9S Peters street..
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

st. Charles Hotel.
RIVERS 4 LONSDALE. Proprietora
st. Charles Street, Between Commef ~
Grayier.
This. Hotel has since 1852 been the leading Hota
In the South and is better prepared to entertain
guests than at any period since its opening.
The proprietors have spared no expense In fttdns
mp the House, and both as to furniture and the n
rangementz Of the culinary department it u us
rivaled.
Transient visitors viii find the st. Charlie tn
most delightful - well a. the NEST central Hotel
the city. nhl7 If
A DvERTISE IN THE
HandsbOrO (Miss.) Democrat.
ItisTHE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM in
Southeast Mississippi.
Merchants and business men can have Advertise
ments inserted in the DEMOCRAT, by the year or
for shorter period, at liberal rates.
Address PIX. MAYERS
Editor and Proprietor
e3t Handsboro. Mississippi
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-03-14

of 1S74-5 and unearnei OF 1S734... $117,130 90
The COMPANY HAVE THE FOLLOWING ASSETS TC-WIT
Cash on hand. 1894, 4S3 Is
Accounts in course OF col
Bills s1SeH receivable for loans on ~
pledge OF stocks and
bonds. oS2,J23 u
dates. 3s,o11 As
Bank and other stocks.--. ls'lO3 IS
Stocks fCity Railroads. 79,549 81
City and other b0nds---... 1l0,6o1 S.
Bonds Of Masonic Grand
Lodge of Louisiana. 5000
Bonds Of Odd Fellows Hall
Association. ...---...-.. 1000 %
Bonds of Association for
Relief of Jewish Wild
ows and Orphans.-.-.- 1000 90
Real estate............. 60,135 OO-t1 ,4S5 2l5 ss
LIABILITIES
Capital stock. 81 lOO,O QUO %
Deserved for Untermnated
Unpaid dividends dnciud-
ing interest and pre-
MUM dividends April
Contingent Fund surplus) 116s1s 65-$1, 1856 215 90
The foregoing is true and correct Transcript from
the books Of the c0RRsny. Ep Z pA1rREY President
THos. +. WALKEh, Secretary.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Orleans, City Of New Orleans. Or
EDWARD IVY, Notary Public.
At special meeting of the Board of Trus;ees held
on the twentieth inst it resolved to pay DE
MAND q SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL interest Of
FIVE PER CENT to 3Oth April, 1875 making ten
per cent per annum on the CAPITAL STOCK of the
Company 81, ,10o, ,OOO,) and CASH DIVIDEND of
TWENTY FIVE PER CENT, to Stockholders
the amount (s47l 769 ss) Of their net participating
premiums for the year ending 30th april, 1875, and
Of their unearned participating premiums for the
year ending 3Oth April, 1874.
ED. A. PALFREY, Tresident.
THos. +. WALKER, Secretary.
MOSES GREENWOOD, Vicerreside1t
TRUSTEES.
Moses Greenwood, r. NJ. Wa.msley,
w. A. johnson, A. Brittn,
John I. Noble, A. ii. May,
John Chaffo, s. II. Sn0wden,
Richard Millken, I. Lytt. Lyon,
Samuel e. Moore VIM. C. Raymond,
J. l. Warren, James S. Prestidges
R. T. Buckner, Samuel F.. Boyd,
SamI Friedander. Joseph McE1rOy,
A. A. Yates, e. B. Wheelock
John /. Adams, Cyrus Bussey,
Isaac Scherck, VIM. j. BehaR,
B. +. Eshleman. my23 n
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15

parlor than q stable; and company I'd
the doctors always paid" Don Juan d
visit before they left.
Thus lived they many. years. the
doctor and his horse growing old to.
gether. Don Juan" survived his
master some years, and when the
good old mans will was opened, there
was found clause appended which re-
lated to 'Don JUAN" to this effect:
That he should be given to his young
est daughter (Mrs. Morrison) while
she lived, to be cared for as he had
always done, and that he should at
his death be buried in his shoes,
wrapped in his own rich blanket, and
enclosed in a BETTING box, in the cor.
ner Of his own burying ground. His
wishes were religiously respected, and
two years after l learned his history.
Don Juans bones were buried in the
corner Of the old Mosely burying
ground in Whitesboro.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15
Cut or his Oux Head.

An ingenious Frenchman living in
London has accomplished with great
success the very difficult feat of cutting
of his own head. His name was
Francis Auguste Chere. He was 80
years old, and he lived in. apartments
in New Cross Road. Having become
tired Of life, he made for himself lit
tie guillotine in one of his rooms. 1t
consisted Of two wooden uprights and
large double-handed knife, to the up
per part of which he bound two heavy
stones to give weight enough, when, all
being ready, he placed the machine on
his table, put basket below to catch
his head, laid down on the table with
his face upward, elevated the knife BY
means of a pully. the cord of which he
held in his hand. and then let it slide.
1t fell on his throat, sliced the head off
as clean a. possible. and all was over.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15

Where does the rain come from /!
You answer, From the clouds" But
where do the clouds come from! You
may think the wind blows them over
you from somewhere el.e, it also blows
them from over you TO other places.
The fact il, the water of the clouds is
just as much over you ON q clear day
as on cloudy or rainy day. On a
fair day when no clouds are seen, the
water is divided up into such shall par
ticles, that it does not obstruct the suns
light, and soyou see no clouds or water.
A change of temperature in the atmos-
phere, as when q warmer and colder
current Of air meet, causes the small
particles Of water to unite in pairs, and
the pairs unite, and these quadruple
drops unite, and so ON until hundreds
or thousands of the small invisible par
ticles unite in one, and even then that
one may be many hundred times small
er than pins head. A mass of these
combined drops which are still small
enough to float IN the air, reflects, re-
tracts, or bends out of their course 80
many Of the suns fsys that they stop
and often darken its light. 1t Is thus
that clouds gather in q clear sky.
When enough drops unite to make one
two heavy to float in the air, h begins
to fall. It meets and unites with many
others in falling, and otter 80 many
unite that great rain drops are formed
by the time they get to the ground.
Each large drop is made up of thou
sands, perhaps millions of small drops
that float in the unseen air in q clear
sky.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15

A writer in the Nas EnglrHi Rr-
MGR gives bic Of experience. h na-
nuring which Is against spreading: ma--
nsre over the surface in sutuun.--
Late in autumn he carried bat four
teen ox-load on one half scre- and
spread it, expecting to psOw the ground
st once, but sudden freeze prevent
ed. In the spring he czrted out ma
nure from the barn cellar and ocEsr-
ed the adjoining ground. The vhs's-
was then Psowed and planted with
corn. The crop was much bssser %
that portion MANFRED in the spring,
although the land was PoorsE. Tia
writer believed the manure srres3 m
the fall lost its ammonia through the
winter, Is he detected the vokt7s
portions whenever he passed p-sz-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15
IT, W..ssa Eleusr..

On the velvet banks of . rivulet sst
. rosy child. Her lap was 6Iled with
flowers, and 4 garland Of rosebuds
were twined around her neck. Her
face was ~ radiant rs the sunshfne
that fell upon it; and her voice wGs q
clear - that Of the birds that ssfdef
at her side. The little stream went
singing on, and with 4 flower in her
dimpled hand-with \ merry laugh.
threw it upon lts sttffsce. In her glee,
she forgot ithat her tfesutes &ere
growing less, ard with the swift mo-
ton of childhucd, she flung them up
on the sparkling tide, until every bud
and blossom had disappeared Then
seeing her loss, she sprung upcaf her
feet and burst into tears, calling aloud
TO the stream-"Bring back my
aowers!" But the stream danced
along regardless of her tears; and as II
bore the blossoming burden away, her
words came back in q haunting echo
along its reedy margin. And, long
after, amid the wailing breeze, and
the fitfal burst of childish grief, was
heard the ffuftiess cry-"Bring bach
thy aowersp Mercy fraidenl who
are idly wasting precious monssnss %
bOuntiftfS bestowed upon thee, OBJ
serve IN This thougsnless Child an en-
Hetn Of slysek. Each moment Is a
perfamed flower. Let its fragrance
be dispensed in blessing aif around
thee, and ascend as sweet IN
cense 10 is benevolent Giver. Else
whes thou hast carelessly flung them
from thee, and seest them receding on
the swift waters Of Time, thou wilt
cry In tones more scrrowful than those
Of the child-"Bring back my fOw-
ersT And the only answer viii he an
echo from the. shadowy past-"Brng
back my flowers =
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15

P.sehalL-y|,-~-harmu fvfng near
Raleigh North Carolina, died the
other day. He was seventy-three
yeau of age. His dying request WA
he should be buried in the shoes he
wore every day, with his every day
hat on and his walking cane be placed
in his coffin. He also asked that the
lid of his coffin should not be screwed
on tight. His hickory stick with a
buckhorn handle was placed in his cof.
fin and at the grave his friends .un-
screwed the coffin and lowered him
down-hat, shoes and all-Spenocr
Journal.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15
Hard On the IsOetor.

A French lady left a will containing,
among Others, bequest to her pbysi.
clan, of all the objects contained in an
old oaken chest of her oabiaettc de toilette
for "his enlightened care and the sage
instructions" which had enabled her t.
live to such an advanced age. There
was great commotiOn among the heirs
when this clause in the will was read,
and greater curiosity to know what
treasures had escaped them. The no
tary handed the key to the doctor, who
on opening the chest, found all tn,
drugs and portious that he had ordered
for his patient during the last twenty
years.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15

That's right, keep up the agitation
Ofthe turnpike question. You srdo-
ing more to advance nOrality and
Christianity than the united sabrt OF
the ministers. No one ca retain his'
Christianity and drive an or team,
over a muddy road. Ifthers Is asia.
to be forgiven without proper rsps.as-
ance, it is certainly the piOus swearing;
done under such circumstances Esa--
taIcky Neac Era.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15
Gesaes

Nouns denoting Office, occupation,
character, ETC., are generally of the
common gender. having no reference
to sex. Thus painter means q person
that paints, not a male person that
paints, and there is no need of the word
paintress; editor means a person that
edits, and there is no need Of the word
editress; writer means a person that
writes, and we need writress no more
than We need readress. Some persons
are so fond Of the feminine termination
that they even propose to introduce
such words as teachress. Why then
should we not have physicianess, pa
tientess, wretchess, neighboress, COM
panicness, sinneress, traveleressi Why
should not the lover speak of a charm.
ing Creatures and a lovely beingess ?
Would it be surprising to hear some
one speak of a woman as his guidess,
PHILOSOPHERS, and friendess1
NOBLE BUTLER.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15
kDvERrrstrG RATES.
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Tire Tire: I'D =. Sc s.: rs, IS I::: I::
Cot I.Oe so. SO I4.h ~ .Oslss 80
} Col 6.0vi R.oei lao 1900 Ss.e6l .sse
. Gel. lo.ool lS.ool 2a.sol 800 Ss.s.l ss.ps
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BY dffting hOrses 10 sxcea ~ ns<n
hdt horses are eftsd md hnHisd jeff
ed and lstetSd to Hhset ~tsh In
rcin.s fHFs / TOD mHefi kufdiag
Sith tts Me-. Concerning ihs sub,
tcf tie PuitH Hsrmr seys On trushJ
that the most fieioa. and fseaeua-
be nyle u dying . the manner
xhrlf 90 many drivers atoPt sOwit:
of wrapping tss me sfoGbd their
hands and Pd1lis the bore hSekx.rf
with all ther might and main, 20 Hzi
the horse; M point q Ret feels The
weight back Of him; WIN M fhosth,
and not with hs bfeast aud shoaldss-
This they viii do under the impression
that such Q dead pull , ties4sf n cf<
der to steady ere horse:
'rhe fact Ii win rxrs exceptions;
there shrSh ne YER b my pGR spon
the horse n IN. A hssaf tFs.urs i
allowable. probably s2yiets.; bat any:
thing beyond this hss % tnacatior
in natur. or reason. For nature s6AiS.
gests the utmost freedom Of action Of
the head, body md E&ts, Ia oster
that the animal may attain The hishs
est ttssbie rate Of spesd: IN ypests
ing q horse de Eaes need seldom 50
grasped in both hsDas when the road
is straight and free from ohstructions.
The true way to drive d 10 let The
horse drive himself, the driver doing
little but directing Nm and giving
him that eohE6saes which . horse gsts
in himself only When he feels that .
guide and ffiead d back of him
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-15
From the Henderson News.
Card fren Hon. Jn0. Young Brew

From the Henderson News.
Card ffsn Hon. Jne. Young BIswn
To EDITOR NEws:-My attention has
been called to the following paragraph
in the Hopkinsville Ne,u Era.
The CONGRESSIONAL CANVASS.
The Henderson. Ne,cs of this week
comes out warmly in favor of Hon. 1.
A. Shading for Congress. This tends
strongly to corroborate the report that
Mr.. Brown kept Mr.. Spalding from
opposing him two years ago by prOmis.
ing that he would not be q candidate
again and would use his influence to Sc.
cure his (Spalding's) nomination as his
successor.
There Is no truth in the report" re.
ferred to by this editor. There never
WAS between Mr.. Spalding, or any of
his friends. and myselfany such agree,
ment, promise, or understanding. /
do not think Mr.. Spalding had any
thought of being a candidate two years
ago, and it is well known in his county
that, had 1 been a candidate again for
reelection, he would not have opposed
me. He knew nothing Of my purpose
not to run until he saw my published
card. JOHN You've BROwN.
March 1st, 1876.
We Eope our contemporary Of the Era
will copy the above card, in justice to
the parties concerned.