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The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1877-02-08
READING.

Two weeks ago an article under this
head was published in the HERALD, and
writer in the New Sharon Star asks
for an explanation of the same: ....
The object of the writer was to attack
the method of teaching reading by spell.
ing out each word, as was the custom
twenty years ago, and which is now being
practiced by some teachers in this coun-
ty. 1t is lamentable fact that children
are often thus taught and un Ter such a
system, it is impossible to make good
readers, since no thought outside of the
letters is conveyed to the mind of the
child.
1t was not the intention to convey the
idea that the writer "had never
heard any one read" up to the time of
his first learning the secret of opening
the glorious ideas tucked up in words /;
but until that time he did not realize
that the work he was trying to do was
the same he heard others doing around
him. 1t might be possible for child OF
ten years of age to comprehend what we
mean by reading, but for the little ones
that are just beginning to enter school
age, such fact could not be appreheud-
ed.
The writer believes in the teacher
teaching reading from the beginning, just
as the child will be required to read af-
terwards. In not attempting to simplify
the subject so much as to leave nothing
but dry bones, while reasonable allow
ance viii be made for natures method of
working.
"How to teach reading" according to
the writer's views will appear in course Of
time. III.
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Isham G. Harris threw VIM. G. Brown
low into prison for being a Union man.
He chased Andrew johnson out of Ten
nessee, hunted Unionism Of the State
with the blood hound, the Jail, the rifle,
and the bayopet He worked for seces-
sion in the spirit of the inquisitor He
filled the jails of Tennessee with Union
men. What "Bloody Bonner" was to the
mad caprice of Mary Tudor that 1sham
G. Harris was to jeff Davis and the seces-
sion conspiracy. He set the example of
bloody instructions to the whole South
and prepared the horrors of Andersonville
by his unrelenting barbarity to the loyal
men and women of East Tennessee. All
this fits him to be "Tilden a nd Reform"
Senator, and he goes to the S. Senate
to III Ike laws for the people Of Iowa and
the nation.-Gdte City.
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THE NATIONAL GAME OF CHANCE.
Inter-Ocean

Inter-Ucean.
The tribunal will be organized to
elect Tilden. Republicans will find
that they have compromised away
the compromise of the constitution,
defeated the will of the people, and
made the threat ofrevolutfon always
imminent in elections of President.
Hayes has been elected why throw
his election into a lottery. Folly
turning the wheel, and Treachery
drawing forth the prize number.
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Prairie Ridge School, Sub District No.
6, Prairie TIP.

On visiting this school recently, We
found an interesting register. Its first
date was 1860. Back through the past
decade we traced the history Of that
school, The book i not Gully interesting,
but valuable. We wish every school had !
record for the last 10 years.
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lOTICE.

ORIGINAL l'OTICE.
Nelson Williams In the district court
vs. of the State of Iowa.
Rodney NJ. Whipple, In and for Mahaska CO.
and others. March term, A. ID. 1877
To Rodney NJ. Whipple and Edwin Bean.
You are hereby notified that on or before the
25th day of January, 1877, petition of Nelson
Williams will be filed i'm the office of the clerk
of the district court of the State of Iowa, i'm and
for Mahaska county, claiming of you the sum
of one hundred dollars, taxes paid by him on
on the south a of the north west quarter, and
the north u of southwest Il of Sec. eight (S)
TIP. seventy-seyen az, fourteen (l4) west
the taxes for the years 1871 1872, 1873, and 1874
and asking tina I the same may be made spec
ial lien upon the land above described.
And that unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second day of the
March term, A. D., 1871, of said court, which
will commence on the third Monday of March
1877, default will be entered against you and
Judgment and decree rendered thereon as
prayed for in said petition.
G. i. sEARLE and JOHN +. LACEY,
% Attys. for Plaintiff.
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The .o. called comnrom;se WOULD

The so.called compromise would estab-
lish precedent whereby any political
party in the future, having the two houses
of Congress under its control, could call
in five serviceable members of the Supreme
Court, and make president to its noiien.
1t would be easy enough to get up con-
test on electors, and then the High Joint
Compromise Court could count out the
opposition electors and count in those of
their own kidney. The theory opens a
more dangerous and perilous door toward
the ruin of the Republic than secession
itself.-Reoister.
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The Brighton Star thinks that "Con-
gressman9 McCrary vill ere long take On
the title aSenators NcCrsry. We opine
not as long as Senator Allison i IA Tie
fsld--a nan q more ability, msre exps1-
ene, - ersry way better quallasd for
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CHERIFFS SALE.

SHERIFF'S SALE.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of q
special execution directed to me from the Office
of the clerk of the district court of Mahaska
county, Iowa, and dated January, 30th, A. D.,
1871 have levied upon and will offer at sheriff s
sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at
the door of the house in which the last district
court was held, in Oskaloosa, in said county, on
Saturday, the Sd day of March, A. d., 1877,
described real estate in said county, TO wit:
Lots two hundred and seventy and lot
two hundred and seventy-three (2T8 in the
town of Ornbaum.
Taken as the property of G. E. Harroun to
satisfy the above mentioned executionin favor
of Leighton & Moore and against e. E. Har-
r0un.
j. Z. HETHERINGTON,
% Sheriff of Mahaska co., Iowa.
By j. G. Roth, Deputy.
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SHERIFFS SALE.

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Notice is hereby given that by virtue of spec
ial execution directed to me from the Office O,
the clerk of the district court of Mahaska coun
ty, Iowa. and dated January Both, A. d. 1877, l
have levied upon and will offer at Sheritfs sale
to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the
door of the house in which the last district
court was held in Oskaloosa, in said county,
on Saturday, the Sd day of March, 1877, at
scribed real estate in said county to-wit:
Lot two hundred ndtwenty-five C225) in the
town of Ornbaum.
Taken as the property of Jacob Lusch and
to satisfy the above mentioned execution in
favor of Leighton s. Moore, and against Jacob
Lucsh.
JAMES f. HETHERINGTON,
Sheriff of MahaSka county, Iowa.
By John G. Roth deputy. %
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4 SsIGNEE'S NOTICE.

IA ~. ..... ...s
To all whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that Geo. w. Hale,
trustee of the late firm of Douglass & Watts,
hardware merchants, Oskaloosa, Iowa. will on
the third Monday of February, 1877, submit for
approval to his Honor, L. c. Blanchard, Judge of
the Circuit Court of the State of Iowa, Mahas-
ka county, a full and final report of all his do
ings as such trustee, and asking that he be dis
charged and his sureties released from further
liabilities In. the premises.
GEO. w. HALE.
BY Bolton g. Mccoy, his attorneys. ~
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BY Bolton g. Mccoy,
DROBATE NOTICE.
tiers of the estate of Joseph H. Fisher

In matters of the estate of Joseph H. Fisher,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that on or before the Sth
day of Feb 1877, there will be file in the Office
of the clerk of the circuit court of mahaska
connty, Iowa, the final settlement and petition
for discharge of j. B. Hertsman administrator
of the estate of Joseph III. Fisher decd, and
the same is set for hearing on the 1st day cf the
next term of the circuit court, to be begun and
held in Oskaloosa, on the 10Th day of February,
1876, at which time objections can be made to
the approving of said settlement and granting
the prayer of said petitioner
22n-w3 ID. X. MOORE, Clerk.
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SHERIFFS SALE.

Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a
special execution directed To me from the Office
of the clerk of the district court of Mahaska
county, Iowa, and dated January "a, A. D.,
1877. / have levied upon and will offer ut
sheritfs sale to the highest bidder for cash in
hand at the door of the house in which the
last district court was held in Oskaloosa in said
county, on Saturday the 3rd day of March,
A. D., 1877, ut O'Clock, p. M, the following
described real estate in said county to-wit:
Lot No. two C2) in block No. thirty-nine (39) in
the city of Oskaloosa. (old platl.
Taken as the property of William Stier,
to satisfy the above mentioned execution in
favor of The Mahaska County Building and
Loan Association and against William Stler.
JAMES HETHERINGTON,
% Sheriff of Mahaska Co, Iowa.
By JOHN G. ROTH, Deputy.
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A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

7
Notice is hereby given to all persons interes-
undersigned was appointed by the circuit court
of Mahaska county, Iowa, administrator of the
estate of Jared Graham, deceased, late of
said county. All persons indebted to said estate
will make payment to the undersigned, and
those having claims against the same will pre-
sent them legally authenticated to said court
for allowance. JOHN V. GRAHAM,
Dated Jan. 80, 1877. Administrator.
ID. II, MOORE. Clerk. %
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A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interest
ed, that on the 1sth day of January, A. D., 1877,
the undersigned was appointed by the circuit
court of Mahaska county, Iowa, administrator
of the estate of Isabel Jack, deceast intestate,
late of said county. All persons indebted to
said estate will make payment to the under
signed, and those having claims against the
same will present them legally authenticated
to said court for allowance. ra. a. ..
NJ. L. WILLIAMS,
Dated Jan. 12th, 1877. Administrator.
ID. II. MOORE, Clerk. 20w4
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I EGAL NOTICE.

7 ,EGAL NOTICE.
STATE OF IOWA, Inthe circuit court
Mahaska County. of said county.
In the matter of the estate of Andrew Lytle
deceased.
To Julia e. Shepherd and George Shepherd
her husband, Jane Biglow and William Biglow,
her husband, Charles Lytle, John Lytle, Helen
Pettitt, and William Windsor, heirs at law ol
the said Andrew Lytle, deceased.
You are hereby notified that there is now on
file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court
of Mahaska county, Iowa, petition of A. j. Ly-
tie, administrator of the estate of Andrew Ly-
tie, late of said county, deceased, asking an or
der of said court to sell the following described
real estate, viz:
Nineteen acres off of sonth half of north. west
or of the northeast or of Sec, No. 35 Up. rs, n
10 W, except three acres OFF the east end of the
said described piece: also the n or of w or OF
Sec. 3, Up. IS, 10 W; also one-half Gl) acre oi
land out of the s-w corner of NV or of Sc or
Sec. No. 3, TIP. rs, x. 16 W.. for the purpose OF
paying the debts of said deceased.
And that unless you appear thereto and de-
fend before noon of the second day of the Feb
A. D., 1877, term of said court, to be commenced
on the third Monday of February, 1877, default
will be entered against you and judgment and
decree rendered Thereon as prayed for in saiC
petition.
2I j. RHINEHART,
Jan. "a, 1877. Atty for Admir-.
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T EGAL NOTICE

STATE OF IOWA.
Mahaska County,
James NJ. Wharton
The unknown heirs of Ezra Whitlock and Mary
Whittock, claimants of east OF Sc n of
section "a, township u, range IL, Mahaska
county, Iowa.
To the unknown heirs heirs of Ezra Whitlock
and Mary Whitlock.
You are hereby notified that there is now on
file in the Office of the clerk of the district court
i'm and for said county, petition of james NJ.
Wharton claiming of you the quieting of the
titlein and to the following described real es-
tate, situated and lying in Mahaska county,
Iowa, viz: East u of southeast u of section
No. "a, TIP. No. n, north of range No. IL west.
containing so acres more or less. Said petition
alleges that all your right title and interest In
and to said real estate has. prior to the COM
mencement of this suit, been sold by you to one,
J. @. Straughan. who conveyed the same TO 9TH
er persons, through whom said Wharton de-
rives his said title. That tits alleged and claim
ed iu said petition that your names and places
of residence are unknown, and that you make
some claim to said real estate. You are there
fore notified TO appear at the next term of the
district court of said county, at OsIfaloosa, Iowa.
commencing on the Sd Monday i'm April, 1877,
and answer or defend said action. Now il you
fail to appear at said time and place and make
defense TO said action, your default will be en-
tered and Judgment and decree rendered there
on as prayed for In the said petition.
JOHN +. LACEY,
Airy for Plttf.
The foregoing notice is approved and 1t is or
dered that the said notice be served by publica-
ton for six weeks in the Oskaloosa HERALD, a
newspaper printed and published weekly In
Oskaloosa, Iowa. IL. 3. WINsLow,
10 Judge.
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A DEMONSTRATORS SALE.

BY virtue of an order ofthe circuit court ofMa
haska Co., Iowa, will offer for sale at the doo
of the house in which the last district court was
held in OskalOOsa, said county, on Saturday The
24th day of February, 1877 at the hour of 3 p. IN
of said day, the following described property
viz: lot No. four ~ block No. one ID of Dona
hue's addition to OSkaloosa, late the estate o.
VIM Perry, deceased Terms of sale One-thirC
of purchase money paid on day of sale, one
third i'm six months and onc-third in twelve
months from day of sale.
JAMES RHINEHART, Adm. of
22w2 WIN. PERRY, Deceased.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
A ssIGNEEs' NOTICE,

To all whom it may concern.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
January. 1877, John M. Newhonse, of Mahaska
county, Iowa, maie to the undersigned gen.
eral assignment for the benefit of all his cred
itors, as provided in chapter Z, title H. code of
Iowa, 1873. All persons holding claims against
said John NJ. Newhouse, will be required TO pre-
sent them to me, properly certified, within the
time provided by law. o. HATFIELD,
Assignee.
20 Bolton s. Mccoy, his attorneys.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-07
A Deliberate 1iot 90 Externinate
the saith Family.


The "Smith Rolling and Crushing Machine"
which is 10 be exhibited at the Philadelphia
Exhibition, is Obviously intended for diminish
ing the number Of Smiths. II is understood
that il consists Of series Of heavy rollers re-
semhling these by which iron plates are
rolled, and also pair Of gigantic grindstones
Of novel pattern and enormous power, the
whole being set in motion by twelve-horse
power engine. Its method Of operation is at
once simple and effective. The operator takes
a Smith Of any size, and adjusting the gearing
of the rollers to the exact width TO which il is
desired 10 roll the Smith. gently inserts his
head between the rollers. The machine is
then set in motion. and in the brief space Of
fifty Eight seconds the Smith Is rolled to any
desired degree Of thiuneSs, II a Smith Is 20
be crushed, he is placed in a hopper COM
munioating with the grindstone, and after a
rapid trituation, varying from two to Eve
minutes, Sccouiing to the size and toughness
Of the Smith. he is reduced to fine and even
ground POWDER in which such foreign sub
stances as buttons or shirt studs can be de-
tecsed only by the most delicate chemical
tests. The inventor, SO il is said, claims that
by very simple mechanical attachment the
machine can be made to rull or crush Smythes
and Schmidts with equal efficiency, and he is
confident that the general principle under
lying his invention can be applied to Brown
crushing or Robinson-rolhhg machines. But
why employ costly machinery to roll and
crush Smiths, when they could be retired with
equal efficiency in dozen different and less
expensive wayss The inventor has as yet
made no suggestion as to the possible uses to
which rolled Smith might be put; neither
has he proposed any plan for the utilization of
crushed Smiths. On the other hand, il is
perfectly evident that one result Of his process
would be the financial ruin Of coffin makers,
who, as is well known, regard the Smiths as
their most valuable clients. The more closely
the invention is studied, the more plainly it is
seen that it meets no real want, and that it
proposes 10 do, in an elaborate and costly way,
Whist might be done more simply and cheaply.
" Y Times
The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-07
Riding n wild Horse.

Says the Press, Of Santa Barbara:
On Christmas day an exciting exhibition Of
wild.horse riding was given in the vacant lot op-
posits the Arlington. An unbroken horse be-
longing 10 J. ). Bell OF the Los Alamos rancho,
had been selected for the occasion, on account Of
his thoroughly artistic bueking and other vicious
propsnsilies. Shortly after o'clock the ami
mai, compaetly-built bay. was led into the Geld
aud there blindIolded aud saddled. The baud
age was then lifted from his eyes, and he CON-
menced TO lash out and jump around with ven
geauce. The bandage was again pulled over his
eyes. and a yaquero named Valentine Romeitez
mounted, amid prealhless expectation from the
immense crowd Of spectators who had assembled
to see the sport. As long as the animal was
bhndfOlded he was perfectly quiet but rs sOou
his rider raised the bandage be commenced to
buck. and the crowd held their breath. The r.
der kept magnificent seat 10 spite OF the ami
mails eadeavOrs 10 throw him The horse Jumped
like all pOssessed-sdeway, eudway. longways,
aud topways, arching his beck as il be we're made
Of rubber, and Jumping as much as four feet up
in the air and coming down on oil fours as solid
as q rock But all his endeavcrs 10 unseat his
rider were futile. 1t would be sale to bet that
that man never suffers from Indigestion. But il
has To be seen to understand it. AMER the ca
ballo was turned loose, preparations were made
10 lassO him. but he broke away. jumped the
fence, carrying part Of it away with him. and
made for the hills, with crowd of vaqueros,
armed with lariats, at bis heels. After an eX-
citing chase be was brought back captive aud
again turned loose. aud some splendid speci-
mems Of lassong we're done by Qastano, one
Of the most skilful Of the many skiful ihrowers
Of the coil After that performance was over
several pieces Of moaey were placed on the
ground for the vsqueros to pick up, riding at
full speed. Only few entered for that fun.
and those that did made quite a nice little
purse. The exhibition made some OF our vsi-
tors who had never seen such performance
open their eyes IN surprise and many were the
shouts OF applause that rose on the air as some
Of the most difficult teaIs we're performed.
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The Ne1t MOBILE Fair.

The plans Of NJ. Davioud for the palace on the
Trocadero, which is to be the main building of
the Paris Exhibition of 1875, are finished.
The building is 10 be Of stone and enameled
terra-cOrra, and will probably be built So
solidly that the city Of Paris will buy it when
the show is over, aud turn it to some account
The architecture will be ATabesque. The
palace will be fanked by two extensive lateral
galleries for the horticultural and agricultural
exhibitions. At the sides will be two light
houses, each $50 high, the lanterns of which
will be visible from nearly every point in
Paris. These towers will be used for expert
ments with the electric light, and the various
international methods of lighting. The slopes
of the Trocadero viii be decorated with gar
dens belonging to different nations, and with
cascade, which is thus described by NJ. P.
Buty 10 the London Aoqde7as; I" 1t will spring
from the very base of the palace, from the
pedestal of group of large decorative figures
III stone and bronze. A grotto nestles behind
the curve described BY this cascade, which
will have fall Of nine metres. Through this
sheet of crystal the spectator will see con-
fusedly the who'd extent Of the Universal
Exhibition, with its buildings and its gardens
stretching away over Champ de Mars, as far
as the Ecolc Militaire, then, beyond in all
directions, the great basis Of Paris, drained
and intersected by the Seine, and bOrdered on
the horizon by picturesque hills"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-07
Nasty.
ooVEDRIT Z ROADS, WHICH Is IN The STATE
Uv KENTUCKY.

Is Tilden agoin to be counted out
Is all the money that the Great RefoTI1el
spent in Moo York for repeeters, and in South
kerliny for KILN niggers, and in Looisiane;
for intimidashen, and in Florida for hugger-
muggin returns to be wastid
Is the labor Nv the Editorial Burow, in sup
plying editorials to rooral editors TO 90 for
narghi, and IS = plans wick We hev bin two
years a matoorin goin TO run to seed in this
way2
Three millyuns Nv dollars hev bin spent,
wich hez not bin ded less, for SIGH ez me got
il mostly, and ez II went TO the Dimocrisy It is
well emit
But, Great Heavens Think what wood hev
follered ef that money and the KILN Nv them
niggers bed accomplished its objeck l am
sick
Yesterday 1 appointed that the follurin be
chantid in the meeiin-house:
SAX Uv voEl
We are busted
Floridy, Looseana, South Kerlinyl
In vzne Wade Hampton rode the State with
his rife clubs; in vane niggers wuz killed, and
IN vane did We keep en- away from the polls.
We didn't keep quite enuh Nv en- away, for
sun Nv the cusses managed TO vote, and Their
vUtin WIZ our death.
" 14tau9se4 en- "a Falcy 4OE OOE DullOOsl1g
didn't 90 far enui.
The wind that blows from the South is .
bitter wind and chilly, and It's sound to u is
a sigh.
Oregon is a slight hope, but the Republican
SENT viii bust that.
Bein busted is our normal condishen-
1 hev endoOred more Dustin than falls to the
lot Of man, and l sigh for change
Flondy WIZ our parsimmon, and we reached
for II, but our pole wasn't long ennff.
In vans We cOuntid double-in vane We kept
our returns the Rsdikels scooped US.
And Lo0sianer, wo Is Us, viii be returned
for Hayes, which settles cur hash.
We held out three aces, but Kellogg held
four kings, yea and he Good hev played FIVE If
they he'd bin needed, and he rakes the pot
Uv wat ayale is il 10 Kill niggers, and keep
en- away from the poles ef we are not allowed
to count the parishes wherein we did il?
The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-07
EorLease.
Notice.

ENROH AND AFTER THIS DATE G. w
n Macy VII act FOR ne IN al Of business u
receive Al moneys due and ali buls against be ap
proves ~ my Attorney before they are cancelled
Honoi1lu January 1Sth, Is77
The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-07
THE COMMERCIAL
PERIODICAL AND NEWS AGENCY
L s II.

'rersd Free Of Postage in any part
Of Ms Group.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-07
Pacific Rubber Paint Conpany's
PAINTS!
TWIs ARTICLE Is ron SALE By
7oLLEs & Co.

ne R1hAe- Paint Is Justly ceeh-z;e5. z,5 q coming
tz,n E1t Al uho hzre E1vea 4 t-sEl hsEhIy
reco-nzne1d he ult--ziEned have Ee1e-z1 asu---
meat - Al ca-s krd sa5es keep ~ m EEsort
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