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ROBERT E. LEE
STOVE.

THIS STOVE HAS. JUST BEEN INTRO.
L duced in This market. 1t is manufactured
in Georgia. and il presented to the public "a he
equal Of any Stove on This market for all house
h. Id purposes, with full guarantee to that ef-
feet, while il is sold fu " TWENTY PER CENT
CHEAPER, by the undersigned.
JAMES HI. REYNOLDS,
General House ana Atea m boat smith,
Plumbing, Gas and Steam Pipe Fitting. Stoves,
Hanges and Pumps,
DO ............ BarOnne street .......-.,.. 80
Between Union and Perdido streets,
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
Locksmith ard Bell hanger, Iron Safes and
bank locks repaired. combination locks in
serted in old safes. Copper. Tin and Sheet
Iron Worker. lightning Rods put no in the
city or country Blacksmi, hing and Iron Rail
ings made to order. Printing and Copying
Presses repaired. New and second hand stoves
and stove pioes. Ba hing Tubs. Gas Fixtures
and Iinwa'e ALWAYS on hand for sale. Iron
Safes removed. bought. sold and exchanged.
All orders promptly attend d TO by reliable me-
chanirs. representing each of the aboye
branches.
Speaking Trnmpets made and put up to order.
ap13 II
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Union Insurance Company, New Or
lea s, April s, 1s7s.-The annual election for
Direc ors of this company will be held on the
8 Carondelet street. between the hours of IL
m. and 2 p. m. -
ans lot J. NJ CRAWFORD Secretary.
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Office Of the Crescent City Live stock
Landing and Slaughter House Company. No 20
Carondelet street, New Orleans, March %, 1873
At meeting of the Board of Directors. held on
the twenty first instant. a dividend OF two dol
lars and half ts2 5O) per share was declared.
PAYABLE to the stockholders on or after MON
DAY. April Is, 1878. j. N. AUGUsT1N.
mh27 ap15 Secretary
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Special Notice ta Teche shippers-On and
after April 10, oil freights 70 and from points
on he Bayou Techs via Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas, Railroad and Pharr Linz Teche
steamers will be carried at 80 per cent below
card rates until further notice. -
PHARH LINE TECHE STEAMERS.
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ATmy OF NWFthFTh VsFEln'M BeHtvHItHF
Association Louisiana Division. = Regular
mon hly meeting SAT URDAY. April IS. 1873. at
1880 .. M. at Mechanics Institute. Drvades
street between Canal and Common. Prompt
attendance OF all officers and members Is re-
quest4d. as business of Importance will be
transacted.
By order Of Francis 7. Nichols. President.
w. b. KLEINPETER,
apf2 ct Recording Secretary.
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JERSEY AND ALDERNEY
MILK.

MILK. MILK. MILK
Pure and fresh, from the country. to be had
Corner CarOndeIet and Common streets
ana Branch. No. 60 Canal street, neal
the Custom House, North Side.
The. only places In the city where this ceie
brated milk can be procured.
Pure. rich and sweet Jersey and Alderney
Milk and Buttermilk, at cents per glass. re
eeived daily on Ice. via Jackson RAILROAD, from
from the we'll known Fowler's importations o.!
Jersey and Attorney cattle: 49,,
Also kept Cd hand, Mead, Soda, Yichy. Min
eral Waters Homemade Pies and Pastry
ee6 lySthp
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THE COURTS.

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.
On trial. he Taylor brothers, charged with
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hereby notify the Public that will mot
from and after this date pay any debts contract
ed by my wife, Pauline Rose, as she has left my
house without my consent. O. w. ROSE.
Donaldsonyile Feb o. 1878. fe23
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Office Of the IT Charles street Railroad
Company, corner Carondelet and Eighth streets.
Board of Directors of this Company, held this
day, a dividend of THREE PER GENT was
Declared. payable to the stockholders on and
after Monday, April % 1878.
mia tdt " HIVTERE Secretary
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SECOND RECORDERS COURT.
CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS.

CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS.
VIM Clifton. sent before the Superior Crimi-
nal Court
PETIT LARCENY.
Emile Petrot sent to the First District Court
on $3.50 bond: and also for woundng less than
mayhem put on $500 bonds and sent to the First
District Court.
Wash Williams, entering house in the day
time without breaking. with intent to commit
felony and petit la ceny. Remanded to the
Parish Prison in default of $500 bonds.
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pIDWELL's ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

Farewell appearances of the COLvILLE FOLLY
COMPANY Saturday Matinee and Satur-
day and sunday Eyeninxs-Owng to fts
great success. PiFF-PAFF; or, THE MAGIC
GUN.
Monday. April 15-Rsvval In the grandest ylo
by spalding's Olympic Theatre Company
q ,n( ME-; s,o ,,n greet pathetic story OF
UNCLE TOMB CABIN. aD12
DycNrc prcnrc Y,rc~rv~,
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ONCE of Crescent CITY Railroad Conn

pany, No l03 Canal street New Orleans. April
8, ls78-The annual election for directors of this
company will be held on MONDAY. fifteenth
instant. bet seen the hours of II q. N. and D..
M, at the Office of the company.
ap3 13t J r. JUDEN, Secretary.
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HALFWAY HOUSE GARDEN,

HALFWAY HOUSE GARDEN,
Atthe junction OF Metarie Road and New Canal.
this pleasant garden, with large shady platform
and sheds on reasonable terms. The City Rail-
road cars on Canal street will make special ar
rapgements for carrying parties INQUIRE at
the place or No. "a Exchange Alley.
mh23 w Sa Sn Inn
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WANTS.
HELP wANrEn-FKMAy.Es.


WANTED-BY A WHITE WOMAN. A SIT,
w uation to cook and assist in washing and
ironing. Address J. O. W., this Office. ap12 st
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measures, anu He WOuiu NoGe iot oit5SS iaetS
ares without prejudice, and with due regard
to an amended constitution and to the laws
which govern the prosecution OF wars. But
in this case we might step beyond the mere
legal obligations. Had his alma mater, Har-
ward, fallen before the storms OF war, he
should be found here asking for it's restora-
ton, and in the same spirit he came here in
the interest of William and Mary.
Whatever we may do here now, the time IS
surely coming when the losses sustained by
this institution will surely be paid. When ne
asked for the passage of this bill he advocated
no war claim for damages. 1t would not es-
tablish any precedent. He called upon Con-
gress to preserve this grand LANDMARK, ABOUT
which so many glorious memories cluster.
When Mr. Loring closed there was loud APP
plause and he was warmly congratulated by
Democrats and Republicans alike.
Mr.. Reed of Maine, said, that while he
could congratulate the gentleman as warmly,
as any one for his eloquent speech, he listened
to him with a feeling of regret; and ne be-
lieved that the gentleman would himself yet
join in the regret that he had aided to pass
the bill II it should pass. 1t was, of course,
x fair-seeming claim. He wanted this case
tried by reason, and not by rhetoric. He did
not believe that this was for the mere pur-
pose of getting $65,000 for William and Mary
the payment OF other war claims.
Mr.. Reid then argued that this bill was
against the presidents which the United
States itself had established. In proof of this
he alluded to the claim OF J. Milton Best and
that of the East Tennessee University, in
taken or destroyed in furtherance of military
operations. These bills were passed, but the
President, with far-seeing craftsmanship,
had vetoed them and they have not been
heard of since.
But there was another precedent, and that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04
To the Rockies and beyond.

The above is the title of pleasing and in>
structive work fresh from the Western press.
It is an admirably condensed account of a
summers travel in the Rocky mountain states
and territories, by that well known correspond
ent, Robert +. Strahorn, and is crowded with
useful information as well as with versions of
delightful mountaineering experiences. Fond
of sightseeing in Lew lands, the author pleas
antly introduces us to the grandest and most
beautiful and senic attractions in the Western
mountains, a devoted disciple of gun and rod,
he leads us through the widest Rocky Noun
tain hunting grounds and by the side of the
finest trout streams and lakes keeping eyes
and ears open for the main chance he is en-
abed 10 make valuable observations on the
vast areas of unsettled farming lands, the
wonderful stock ranges, where cattle and
horses take care of themselves the year round
and on the gold and silver mining regions,
where fortunes are sometimes lost but more
won. The writer has spent considerable time
as correspondent in the Black Hills, Big
Horn and San Juan regions, and furnishes
special articles on all of these sections. To
fill want long felt, he also furnishes vast
amount of useful Information concerning routes
distances, expense OF travel and living in many
different locations described, all obtained re-
Gently from personal observation. A large
and entirely new map of the region covered
BY the book is one of its most valuable fea-
lures The work contains IA large pages and
is profusely illustrated with gems Of Rocky
Mountain scenery. The really extraordinary
part of it however, is that any reader of
the GRANT COUNTY HERALD can obtain sans
pie copy free of charge by applying to Thcs
l.. Kimball, Omaha, Nebraska.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04
Ancient T1mepieces.

Bowls were used to measure time,
from which water, drop by drop, was
discharged through q small aperture.
Such bowls were called water. clocks.
1t was then observed how much
wator from such bowl or cask, from
sunrise till shortest shadow, trickIipg
down into another bowl placed be-
meath f; and this time, being the half
OF the whole. solar day, was divided
into six hours. Consequently thoy
took sixth of tho water which had
trickled down, ponred it into the
upper bowl, and this discharged one
hour had expired. But afterwards
more convenient arrangement was
made; they observed how high the
water at zach hour rose In the lower
bow marked those points, and count
ed them. thus finding how many
hours there were till sunrise.
With the Chinese, the water clock
or clepsydra, are very old. They
used round vessel filled with water,
with hole in the bottom, which was
placed upon another vessel. When
the water in the upper vessel passes
down into the lower vessel it sut-
sided by degrees, announcing there
by the part of time elapsed. The
Babylonians are said TO nave used
such institutions; from them the
Greeks of Asia Minor got them, at
the time ofkingCyrus, about the year
$50 before Christ. The Romans did
not get the first water-clock before
Christ. But, though the hours of
the clepsydras did not vary in length,
they still counted from the morning.
When the clock with as strikes seven,
the ar clients count Ted ono when the
clock with us strikes twelve the an
clients counted six, and so forth. This
method of counting the hour was,
&C )ording to the New Testament,
also customary in Palestine at the
time OF christ. The water-c clock had
the advantage that they could be
| used in the night, and the Romans
| used them to divide their night
watches. which were relieved four
times, both summer and winter.
Conformably to these four night
watches were counted not only in
Rome but wherever Roman garri-
son was stationed; consequently also
in Palestine after she had become q
Roman province.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04
Law Against Bird Killing.
Section /, chapter 900, of the
Laws of 1877. reads thus:


Section /, chapter 900, of the
Laws of 1877, reads thus:
II shall not be lawful for any person TO wan
tOnly destroy or kill by any device whatso-
ever, any brown thrushes, blue birds, martins,
swallows, wrens, cat-birds, robins, peewee,
meadow lark, sparrow, or any other insects
eating bird OF any kind in this state nor
shall it be lawful for any person to disturb or
destroy the nests or eggs of any of the birds
mentioned in this section.
Section 2, of the same law, makes
a violation of this law misdemeanor
and punishable by fine of one to five
dollars for the first ofense, and FIVE
to fifteen dollars for subsequent of
lenses. Yet every morning for two
or three weeks, within the limits Of
Lancaster, i; has been crack, crack,
crack, killing the birds. There are
men in town now who could be fined
more than they can make in year if
this law we're enforced against them.
Their neighbors feel aggrieved but
dislike to create i'll feeling by enforc-
ing the law. Some of them request
this publication of the law, as a gem
tie warning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04


j. MILTON TURNER, formerly U. S.
Minister to Liberia, pronounces the
scheme to colonize Liberia with ne
groes from the South, as a great
fraud. He calls it a fraud on our ne
groes because they cannot better their
condition there. He says the soil is
fertile, constant summer prevails,
there are valuable minerals and trop-
ical fruits grow luxuriantly, bat horses
mules or donkeys cannot stand the
climate and the work has to be done
by men. Besides, heavy rains alter
mating with hot suns produce miasma
and cause much sickness. All this
may be true and more but it is true
that the natives do live there and that
they have no more tnan their share of
sickness. Put all the evils and all the
good together and it is probable that
Africa is better country to go to
than America was when first opened
by European colonists. 1.-THE negroes
of the South want to show themselves
TO be men, self-supporting men, capa-
bic of civilization and progress, they
should seize upon the vast unoccupied
fields of Africa. That wilderness will
be reclaimed, if not by the black man
it will be by the white. The way to
get the negro off the fence in this
country is to encourage his gong TO
Africa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04
Longevity OF the Turtle.

MIR. ID. Fl. Willard says that in the
year 1888, on his east farm, half o
mile south of Newington Junction,
he came across large and beautiful
ly-mottled box or hinge tortoise, SO
called from its power to close it's up
per and under shells firmly together.
Turniog.it upside down he, with bis
pocket knife, inscribed on it his wn
initials and the date, letting it then
go free. In 1862 he found the same
turtle a. Jain, half a mile west it had
crossed two bridges or forded the
streams, and three railroad tracks.
A new date was then added the first
inscription being very distinct. Mr..
Willard had not seen him until last
Saturday, the 18th inst when he
discovered it again on his west farm
and near the New Britain town line,
about one and one-half miles from
the first point named looking IS hale
as ever, but not increased in size
perceptibly. 1t was duly marked
"187s" and sent on lis way,-Hart.
ford Courant, my 21st.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04
The Habit of ObeyIng.


Boys, the habit of obeying at once
is one of the best habits in the world
1t makes prompt, active, energetic
business men. Why, it is "now at
once, right off, that leads all the
work to the world, and gets the pay
for it too. A boy that is prompt
and ready will be just the boy that
will get recommended for place in
q warehouse or an office, and when
he gets the place he will keep it IN
til be gets promoted, till finally he
becomes member OF the finn, prob
ably its manager. And this because
he is on hand, ready aud prompt ;
see. what is ready TO be done and is
ready 20 do it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04
If an increase of eggs is desired in

If an increase of eggs is desired in
the poultry yard, before very large
sums are expended in the purchase
Of everlasting layers, we would rec
ommend the keeping of no hens af.
ter the first, or at most their second
year. Early pullets give the increase
and tho Only wonder is that people
persist, az they do, in keeping up a
stock of old hens. which lay one day
and stop three, instead OF laying
three and stopping one. 10 some
parts of England it is the invariable
rule to keep pullets only one year.
Feeding will do great deal-a sur.
prising work indeed-in the produc
ton of eggs, but not when old hens
are concerned, they may put on fat
but they cannot but down eggs
Their tales are told, thoir work is
over; nothing remains to be done
with them but to give them q smell
Of the kitchen fire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04
Der Freiheitskrieg.

Washington war Komandant,
Ais der Freiheitskrieg entstand,
Dem Staat uud freiem Landesgluccke
Sucht der Feind Zu untcrdruecke';
Da crying elm Landesrecht:
"Sei Elm Sclave, oder fecht!n
Jeder trait zam Freiheitsbunde
Wer NIGHT wolfe gehn zu Grunde;
Damn wurd' erst elm Bund geschlosscn
Ehe Pulver wurd' verschossen.
Damn, sprach man dem Feinde Holm;
''Hier list Colt und Gideon!n
Washington errang den Sieg
Mach der Regel in dem Krieg,
Das Glueck that Washington begleiten,
Ais er das Schwert zog aus der Scheiden;
Er focnte NIT dem Schwerte blank
Vie Simson die Philister zwang--.
Pulver hat der Feind verschossen,
Und unnoethig Blut vergossen,
Washington focht TAPER zu
Bis der Feind bat um Pardu.
ia, da war der Kreig zerstoeret
Und die Unabhaengigkeit erklaeret.
Der Teufel hat SEM Kunst probiert
Dass nachher oft wurd' rebellirt
Der boese Feind der musste weichen
We'll CIR sein' Zweck konnt NIGHT GRETCHEN.
Amerika! bleibt albeit fret,
Wenn wir nur sind dem Bunde treu.
Der boese Feind viii jetzt regi0ren,
Err wird den Plan doch NIGHT ausfuehren.
Der Hochmuth ist jetzt uebertrieben
ia, err verscheucht die Menschenliebe.
Gieb Colt! dass Uns klein Krieg erschreckt
Und dass das Schwert noch lange steckt.-
JOHANNES BENNER.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04
TALLAHASSEE, March, 3, 1877.

Hon. Il. r. Noyes, Washington:
DEAR SIR: Surprising that you
are in Washington rejoicing with
the nation over the inauguration of
Gov. Hayes, l embrace the oppor-
tunity of thanking you for your kind
response to my letter, and at the
same time expressing to you my soul
felt qualification over the ultimate
triumph of Gov. Hayes. The party
may expect much in the way of pur-
ification and elevation from our no.
bic president and the nation will OK
perionce four years Of unexampled
prosperity. Laughter Let joy
reign supreme at the Inauguration. [
very much regret that [ cannot be
present and drink in foodtide of
happiness. laughter As it is
am happy here, surrounded by the
meanest democrats the world has
ever seen. [Shouts of Laughter. I
Truly. SAMUEL B. McL1N.
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Lyfng-Its Belief in Lies.

The first page ofthis paper contains
lengthy article on "Lying as a fine
Art" We give place to it because it
is seasonable diet 1t is also enter
tanning and will be relished even by
novel readers. About once a year
there appe ars in the papers list of a
quarter 30 a halfcolumn of paragraphs
headed, "Biue Laws of Connecticut"
These arc given nine times in ten as
copies OF laws that at an early day
existed and were enforced in a colony
IA Connecticut During last year we
remember to have seen them so pub
ishcd in the Milwaukee Evening WiS-
conStn. Editors are commonly sup.
posed to be men of general knowl-
edge, but the reckless manner in
which these frauds are palmed off on
the people as realities shows that the
majority of editors do not know as
much as they should or do not care
how they deceive, if they can only
put little spice into their columns.
AS long ago as when Goodhue was
publishing this paper-more than
thirty years ago-these laws appeared
in its columns. A very intelligent
writer showed them to be Munchaus.
en- fabrications. A list of them has
appeared in its columns several times
since then, and they have as often been
shown to be shams, yet it is proba
BILE that half or more than half of the
people of Grant County believe in the
"Blue Laws"-so prone is human ma
ture to believe lie. 1t is easy to
account for their frequent publication
and the general belief in them. They
were first fabricated by Tory. In
the times of the Revolution this
country was too hot for him. He
went to England and there undertook
to make the people appear ridiculous
in the eyes of the enlightened world
by the publication Of what he falsely
represented as a true history and &C.
count of the customs, habits and laws
of the people of New England. He
was an Episcopal minister and yet
was villainous slanderer and liar. In
later days New England people were
by far the most enlightened and edu-
Gated people in America. This book
and its blue laws then became meat
for the southern people and those
Jealous of or predjudiced against
New England advancement. To CO.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04

difficult task of defending the Quaker
mode of life. 1t did not seem that
her attempt was successful. 1t was
somewhat difficult for one to admire
oil the Wild Flowers displayed togeth-
er by Miss Sylvester.
The manner in which all the gen.
tlemen bowed TO the audience was
faulty. AS they proceeded alike they
must have followed model. Their
bows were too depressing and servile.
The best teachers of elocution and
gesture advise to keep the eyes upon
the audience while bowing
There was not enough variety in
the subjects. They dealt too much
with history.
Pres. Charlton's farewell words to
the class We're tender, yet dignified.
The class exercises were of a nature
more popular and gossipy. The class
history, written and read by Mr.. Jen.
nings, was spicy and full of humor.
The toasts by members of the Alumni
would have been considered good had
not the audience been wearied by
some long speeches. The pleasure oil
the day was greatly enhanced by the
kindness of that prince of landlords,
G.. D. Streeter. The polite, genial,
noble men, Charlton, McGregor, Beck
and Gardner have drawn about them
a circle of many good friends. They
are loved and respected throughout
the Northwest. The peculiar har-
mony which has always characterized
the administration of affairs at the
Platteville Normal School, is due en-
tirely to the nobility of soul charac-
teristic of the men under whose charge
the institution is placed. Fortune can
not fail to reward such men and their
labors.