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Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-04-13

By virtue of and in obedience to
an alias writ of # ia to M directed
by the Hon. thu 18th Judicial Dis
trict Court, in and for the parish OF
Assumption, in the above entitled
and numbered cause, dated the 9th
day of March A. D. 1878; / will
proceed to sell at public anetion,
at the court house door of the par
ish of Assumption, at Napoleon
vile, on
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-04-13
BRlCKsl BRICK 5 !!

- The undersigned. having larged Their
BRICK YAIsD with the intention OF carry
4 inc their business on . larger scale solicit
- heretofore the patronage OF tllelr
friends. and are now prepared TO denver
pr;elss At an landings between Donaldson
x;Ils lIsAs and "a Thibodaux at prices and eondi-
tions to suit purchasers.
address: ,,4,xura
Assumption Store.
-. Constantly on hand 3 supply OF
TYLE BRICKS.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
Heaviest Clock in America,

The clock in Trinity tower, New York
city, is the heaviest in America. 1t
might seem that in its construction an
effort had been made to ascertain how
much metal could possibly be planted
in clock. The frame stands nine feet
long, five feet high, and three feet in
width. The main wheel is thirty inches
in diameter. There are three wheels in
the time train, and three each in the
strike and the chime. The winding
wheels are formed of solid castings,
thirty inches in diameter and two inches
thick, and are driven by opinion and
arbor." On this arbor is placed jack,
or another wheel, pinion and crank, and
it takes $50 turns of this crank to wind
each weight up. 1T requires 700 feet
of three-inch rope to wind the clock.
The pendulum is eighteen feet long and
oscillates twenty-five times minute.
The dials are eight feet in diameter, al
though they look little more than half
that size from Broadway. The three
weights are about eight hundred, twelve
hundred and fifteen hundred pounds
respectively. "A large box is placed al
the bottom of the we'll that holds about
q bale of cotton waste, so that if q cord
should break the cotton would check the
conclusion,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
A Canfi0nS officer.

The sounds of blows and shrieks at
tracted q crowd before house on Null
lett street the other day, and directly a
policeman came sauntering along. He
seemed trife anxious, but yet made no
movement, and one of the crowd ex-
claimed:-
"Why in the name of heaven don't
you stop thatP"
"Is it a fight ?" quered the officer.
"Of course it is |"
"Are you sure?"
"Surel Why, even fool can tel
that some one is being pounded tc
death |"
"Perhaps So, unused the officer; ''bu
you can't teA-can't tell. I jumped il
once in just such case as this ant
found that it was young lady taking
music lessons instead of q row. Keel
still. you boys, and let me see if I cal
hear crockery bang against the walls I
Detroit Free Press.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
Captured by Cannibals.

A telegram from Cambridge, Ohio, to
a Western paper tells this story: "This
city was greatly surprised by the pres
ence of William J. Raines, whose alb
sence of nine years produced the gener-
al belief that he was dead. He lived at
Henrysburg, Belmont county, and had
a wife and child. Being carpenter, he
left them in 1869 to work in the East.
Shortly after arrr j,E there his uncle
employed him III Esdne months cruise
to go to Calcutta. He sent his wife
5000 and informed her of this fact. She
had one other letter from him. In mid
ocean the vessel was wrecked off the
coast of Africa, and he, his uncle, and
four other men landed on shore, but
were soon captured by the cannibals.
They were marched 600 miles to the in.
terror. and one kept by each of the
tribes as curiosities. He was Invested
of clothing when on exhibition, and Wis
itors came hundreds OF miles to see him.
He was kept by the kings authority,
and was the pet of the tribe. One year
ago he made his escape and found his
way to CapetowD. and reached San Fran.
cisco three weeks ago. He came to his
friends in Caldwell and learned for the
first time of hfs wife's marriage three
years after his absence. This was sad
news to him. He came to Cambridge
Monday and learned her whereabouts.
He proposes to leave the question to he,
with whom she will live. He loves hii
wife and child.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
Words of Wisdom.

Strong reasons make strong actions.
Blunt people often say sharp things.
The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
ALI is but lip wisdom that wants expe-
rience.
Whoever conquers Incidence can con-
quer most things.
He only employs his passion who can
make no use of his reason.
Great takers resemble those must
clans who, in their airs, prefer noise to
harmony.
To be in passion is to punish ones
self for the faults and impertinences Of
another.
Minds of only moderate caliber ordi
narily condemn everything that is beyond
their range.
Method is the hinge of business, an6
there is no method without order ant
punctuality.
He who thinks too much of himsel
will be in danger of being forgotten b,
the rest of the world.
| What we wish to do we think we cal
do, but when we do not wish a thing i
becomes impossible.
If you would rise in the world, 20
must not stop to kick at every cur VIII
barks at you as you pass along.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
The House Presidential Election InvestiEa.
lion.

After an extended recess the committee met
again in Washington and proceeded to the ex-
animation OF witnesses. Senator Kellogg was
called and testified concerning the doings Of
the returning board in 1876 and the condition
of a6airr in. LouisanR at that time. Witness
then stated thatlon I1e face of the returns the
Tilden electors had majority, but that the re-
turning board had thrown out enough votes to
count in Hayes, and that this was done be-
cause the election in some parishes had not
been free and fair. After examining witnesses
In regard to appointments made by the Presi.
dent Of Louisiana politicians the committee ad-
journed.
When the committee met again the examina-
ton OF MIR. Kellogg was continued. Witness was
questioned further in regard to the Louisiana
election. He denied that he had ever requested
Anderson to make forged protest az was al
| legged by that witness, and contradicted all the
assertions of Republican fraud made by Ander.
son and Weber. This was the pith Of long
and tedious examination, nothing further OF
Importance having been elected when the
committee adjourned.
Chairman Potter has replied to Secretary
Sherman's last letter in regard to offering ties
timony concerning intimidation in Louisiana
| Mr.. Potter saws: "Should it later appear thai
the specific acts to which you refer have any
bearing upon this conspiracy, or upon the goot
faith of Weber or Anderson, or Of the return
ing board In respect OF their protests, the com
mittee will then consider tho practicability o.
taking the testimony and that in contradiction
of it, or OF permitting you to use instead tn
reportg of such testimony taken before forme
committees"
On the third day OF his examination Senate
Kellogg testified further in regard to th
Louisiana election. Witness had no knowledg
Of any kilograms received by the visitin
statesmen from Governor Hayes. He did no
regard James Z. Anderson as Trustworthy
Witness believed that, with the exception 0
Anderson, all tho Louisiana politicians VIII
had been appointed to Federal office we're com
potent to FIJI the positions. Witness was e1
amined in regard to the forged Louisiana Re
publican electoral certificates, but nothing ne
was elected, and the committee adjourned fo
ten days, to meet in Atlantic City, NJ
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
In,eresiInr scIentlle Faets.

Interesting Scientiilc fAoe
Hares are unprovided with eyelids'
Gold leaf is the $50, OOOth part Of an
inch in thickness.
The difference Of time between high
water averages about forty-nine minutes
each day.
The thread Of spiders web is OF cable
form, and is but one-siXth the diameter
of fibre Of silk.
The film of a soap and water bubble
is estimated TO be hut the SCO,OOOth
mart of an inch in thickness.
All matter is porous. Even polished
marble will absorb moisture, as evi-
denced in its discoloration by the pres
ence of q colored fluid, as ink.
Dew is more plentiful in spring and
autumn than in summer, because q
greater difference is generally found be-
tween the temperature of the day and
the night, in the former seasons OF the
year, than in the latter.
A sensible current of air is about three
feet per second, gentle wind double, a
brisk wind sixteen feet, strong wind
tbirty-three feet, violent wind from
sixty-six TO eighty feet, while a storm
which overturns trees is 100 feet pen
second $40, 900 feet in an hour, or al
the rate OF ITO miles.
The power of reproduction in insects
is one of the most wonderful parts Of
their economy. On beheading a slug,
new head, with all its complex appur
tenances, will grow again; 80 will thu
feet of Salamander and the claws o.
Holsters. The end of worm split pro
duces two perfect heads, and if cut int
three pieces the middle reproduces
perfect head and tail.
Hail is the frozen moisture OF tn
clouds. 1t is probably formed by rail
drops which have accumulated in size o.
their way to the earth, meeting wit
an exceedingly cold current of al
near to the earth by which the
become suddenly frozen into har
masses. 1t is also supposed that tn
electrical state of the air influences tn
formation of hail.
: That wonderful machine, the huma
, heart, goes night and day for perhar
eighty years together, at the rate c
, 100000 strokes for every twenty-fou
hours, having at every stroke gref
a resistance to overcome. Each ventricl
will contain at least one ounce of bloo(
! the heart contracts 1000 times IN hou
: from which it follows that there pal
: through the heart every hour 35Opount
: of blood. The whole mass of blood
Q about twenty-five pounds, 30 that
!. quantity equal to the whole mass pass
d through the heart fourteen times {
: hour, which is once in every four or fl
1t minutes.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

At Montreal, recently, George Lessard'
aged ninety-eight years and six months,
married Thirtice Legsult, a spinster OF
fifty. The groom served under Napo-
leon in the campaign Of Egypt, fought
in Canada in 1912, is still hale and vigor-
Gus, and declares that he will not die for
twenty years to come.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

Recently a band of Arkansas horse
thieves, being fearful that one of their
number who had been arrested would
"peach, got up a mob of indignant
citizens and helped them to lynch him.
These tactics, however, are not novel,
having been employed in one memorable
instance on the Ohio river.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
M pna.N.

~ AasNs
Little Kitty whitefoot-litile Kitty IghtfoOt
Don't you wish you had mouse or bit Of
cheese for dinner7
o, you're such pun-bAl. rolling through the
long hall
sometimes wish you were very little
thinner
Opussy, pussy, pussy-oAtl
1 love you dearly, thin or fAti
For don't you see, you belong TO mo'
And love to make you say, every hour in the
day,
New purri meow! fuzzy spit! p'g!
Now would you like to heAr what my little
pussy dear
Decided she would do one very pleasant dAyf
She crept up the staircase, to very quiet rare
place,
Where she could carry out her naughty
naughty way.
pussy, pussy, pussy-cat!
1 love you dearly for all that
For o! don't you see, you belong to ue'
And Hove to make you say, every hour in the
day,
New! purl meow fuzzy spit puff!
Well, there on the bed, as she took 1t of her
head,
Poor grandmamma had laid her lovely new
spring bonnet;
My naughty little kitty, without one bit OF pity,
Flew right upon the bed, and jumped straight
upon it
pussy pussy, pussy-cstl
l love you dearly for all that;
For o don't you see, you belong to me!
And love to make you say, every hour in the
day
New purr meow fuzzy spit put!
She settled all her furry clothes in the middle
Of the nice, fresh bows
That any one would find her, she had no
anxious fears;
She wriggled in the crown, and she crushed the
When up came grandmamma, and boxed my
pussy's ears
o pussy, pussy, pussy-cat!
1t served you right for all that,
That can see, if you do belong to me.
So made you say, every hour Of that day,
New purr meow fuzzy spit puff!
Well, no,o she's very nice, and she catches al
the mice,-
My papa says she is the ''greatest treasure !!
I'll tell her what he said, and she'll bow hel
pretty head,
For that will give my puss the greatest
greatest pleasure.
Opussy, pussy, pussy-cat
I'm very glad he said that,
For o don'tyou see, you belong to MOP
And love to make you say, every hour in tn
day,
New purr meow fuzzy spit puff !
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
The Nature Of the Service which 4 !,
Our Business to Render 10
the Advertiser.

We undertake 10 maintain an establisAsA s,.l,
with ever newspaper, and have at hand sobsSs.ti
charges for advertising space In It's columns; d IN,
TO quote the rates TO an advertiser who visbss M
or several, and TO procure the prompt insertion q IA
ndyertsement without any extra charge for be ssrv
rendered which service consists Of quoting H. ~,
printing OF writing many duplicates Of the adysrt
ment as may be required, forwarding the COPY h,
insertion at our own expense for postage or messn
service e1Aminingth the papers 70 that the ADJ !,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
The Amount Of Money to be Expend''

Persons who have had little experiences as as TSs
often have pretty clear iseSv ignorant Of the d
bable cost a., .,l Doraon A plsn Of stN
sing calling for an Investment o' customer dsnis
AZ he maenitude Of the expense he not hSg y6 U
plated an expenditure exceeding SDD o. @ ~ M 40
case labor would have been saVeu, o had ID
naked Aow much money are you prepared "u''"
10 this advertising 7"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

AMERICAN ORGANS AT THE PARIS Ex-
HIBITIoN. Every American visiting our
Section will conceive legitimate pride
at the well-merited praise which he will
hear from the great European Musical
critics who constantly swarm around
Messrs. Mason & Hamlin's Cabinet Or
gans, and openly acknowledge that
nothing in Europe can be compared
with the Exhaust Bellows and Separate
Vibrators peculiar to American Organs,
as especially perfected in the Mason &
Hamlin instruments. --Paris (France)
Register, June /, 1873.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
Geo. P. ROWeII & ca
10 Spruce St.,
New York.
The Object Of Our ESTABLISHING,

Oar Newspaper AdrurtisiaE Burszu. EaNs.
Street, New York, = an establishment 49,
fsriitsta the couveuieut and systematic ui1si-.
vertisrments in neWapapers. II ia CONDUCTED -
,rinciplas which conceive % be the rrhi - p
securinF the best results b the ADVERTISE -
we undertake 70 represent American ns,,,
uot ouly the newspapers 81 the city q NsH 49,
~ Al other American cities, Religions ArTi--iAei
and other class neNspApers,-but also ths 5u,5A
tn journals We receive regularly and kes5 ii -
daily and weekly newspapers Of ever Co..
Throughout the land. -
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

Whirlwinds are produced Ky violent
and contrary currents meeting and strik-
ing upon each other, producing circu-
lar motion. They generally occur after
long Gains, attended by much heat.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
TIMELY TOPICS

washington's will is kept in glass
case in the Office Of the clerk OF Fairfsx
county, Va. The writing has almost all
faded away and the paper is so frail that
it will not bear handling.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

tn. Greatest Discovery Of the AEe y ~
r,ni,, a.l.lrs,ed VeusslNn Lnimenti y JeAr' oeio'
he public, and warranted 70 care DiArthsA D5ssn.ss
49,. "a ,p.,ms taksn internally; and Group, ohronie
pr.,r,.ti.m. sore Threats, Outs, Bruises, od sores
and Pains in the Limbs, Back and ohe,t' ensstnH y
M h., never failed No family will ever be Winoo, =
after once giving IL fair trial Price ~ - ,n,
ao,,,a. =, ons Dollar is warranted superior 70 Ans
atbsr or NO PAY. for the Of oOle, outs bTusss
GA soras- ate. sold By al Druggists. Depot-iO rA
plaaa New York.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

For upwards OF thirty years Mrs. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with nover-failing success. 1t corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrh9a,
whether arising from teething or other causes
An old and Well-tried remedy. Is cts. bottle
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

Gentleman; 81 say, waiter, I've just
cracked this egg. Look at it" Waiter:
"Don't look very nice at that end, sir,
I must say. Try the other"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

o,o s,neIa box Of Parsons Purgatiye Pills
-, .-e ssch night will make more new men
Mood Mood Than ten dollars worth Of any hqn iS,
blood purifier now known. These ph1. M W..
change the blood in the entire system IN 'hioe
r,o,fha taken one a night.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

Johnson's Anodyne Eminent VII ko 49, ~
S s,,t.-- cAolerA uOrbus, and cholerA, usea
;y3,s-nsIly There is no remedy known 20 VAL
,sbIe fof Immediate use Is this old NE preSet-
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

No family should be without a box Of Grace's
Salve. In cases of Outs, Burns, Scalds, Flesh
Wounds, &C., where a remedy is wanted i'm
mediately, it will be found invaluable. 1t will
also cure Ulcers, Felons, Corns, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, old Sores, go.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

Ertract from NeW Fark " Times 'p"' "A
Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. 7. Kowewli 1,t 6iiJ ,
lshed their advertising agency in New invdncted
years ago they absorbed the business imto ibs
entsrprise Now they have the satisfaction ssrdrt
ling the most extensive and complete M Ore x
neotion which has over been secuIeu u1,nntry d
would hardly be possible In any other compel
ness into 90 thoroughly systematic MA cln v
change in the newspaper system Of A'T mon 81 "
notice, while the widest information osdily At ID
interesting TO advertisers is placed iea"
posal of the public.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

should not forget that the way % reaSn ne
bands heart 4 through his ss s,as hiscuitS.
t.s-S' 80 roIis. mufina, etc, and tneg Niii
b ~ 49, 49,, HSbl diFestible and wholesome
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
Our Customers Entitled to OA' P"
Services.

Whenever we are doing the adyert as,i N bs
individual, or firm, we consider then ,srSr vha
know to be not the best for the purpose, W. sod i
give the reasons. We often expend n sU thst
time for very small advertisers, mucn WI mi NJ
profits on their patronage would wart ~, have
content, as they entrust to us what Wy NV patror
perse, and influence in our direction tne
their friends and acquaintances.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

Trying moment--When your new coat
comes home from the tailor's,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

On the day of the great national fete
at Paris, admission to the Exposition
was reduced to twenty-five centimes
five cents), and no tickets were issued,
nor was change made. The 10000
visitors brought bronze coins, each one
from three to five, in such number that
it took four wagons to carry the receipts
for admission to the Minister Of Finance.
There were 202, 713 visitors to the great
show on Whit-Monday, and then the
tickets gave out, leaving $1,000 persons
unable to gain admission. The largest
attendance in 1867 was 172,000.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
The Confidence Of Our Patrons
Matter of Prime importance

IL is a matter of prime Importance e u.s. nshiSa
purpose of maintaining our influence WIN NM
That il shall come to be understood among .ns "
onr statements about the advertising TO DC NV
To be DONE are to be relied upon, and 70 YIN
dealing with our advertising patrons mas'
basis of mutual confidence and good iai'A
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

We promise those advertisers who entrust their ~
vertising patronage to our management that we Wutd
allow them to be charged, in any instance any mis
than the publishers schedule rates that we will No
cure for them the acceptance Of any advantageous E
definitely made to them by any newspaper pubIhhf
advertising agent, or Canvasser of responsibility, VI
are unwilling to do work without a profit, and nslg
offer to do so, yet conformity with the promise ma
above, we sometimes find 1t ADVISABLE
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

A vessel recently arrived at Liverpool
with the extraordinary freight of three
living whales, brought from the coast
of Labrador. and intended for public
aquariums. They we're each about four
teen feet long, eight feet girth, and
weighing half ton. On the voyage
they were placed in long wooden boxes,
reposing upon a bed of sea-weed, and
being flushed with water from bucket
every few minutes. The flushing had
the curious effect of peeling off strips Of
their skin, so that the coat will be en-.
tirely shed by the time that they gel
into, their permanent tanks. No food
was given them on the voyage. Wher
they were being removed ashore two Of
them, it is said, emitted very peculiar
kind of scream.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24

The Shah of Persia left twenty-five of
his thirty-six caskets of gold at Paris,
where he spent 100000. His expenses
at the Grand Hotel were $3.50 day.
Extracts from his disputed bill at Fen
tainebleau are published. He was
charged 5000 for flowers, $12 for a
melon, 81 for a cigar, $3.50 for three
carriage drives and 81 each for twenty
chickens; his rooms we're set down at
$40 day each, two boxes of cigarettes
cost $40, $500 were charged for flowers,
50 a piece for dozen peaches. He
received during his stay at Paris 5,40O
begging letters, asking amounts vary
ing from $40 to $500, 900, the aggregate
amount sought being nearly Sic, 900, 600.
The daily gazette., 1878-11-16


Such progress has been made abroad
In, developing the power of artillery that
ifs capabilify tor attack is az present
mich greater than the defensive strength
of any armed shin now built or -hnllding.
This Is the official statement of Com
modore Jefferis, of the Orinmice Bureau
of our Navy Department, and the Com
modore remarks rs ground for congratu-
lation that as our whole artillery system
demands reconstruction, all the foreign
improvements inure to our beneth. This,
of course, is true, and In the long sirug-
gle between gun force on one side aud
armor resistance on the other we have
saved a vast sum of money by not being
obliged TO pass through all the costly
series of experiments which foreign ma
tons, morbIdly fearful of each others
military strength, have been compelled
to conduct. Whether 10 Is safe to COO
slider that the conclusions now reached
are final and that we may expepd our
money with an assurance that the best
guns of this year will not be thrown aside
as worthless in twelve months 10 come,
Is very much to be doubted. Suppose
we let the experiments go on n while
longer; nobody is likely to come over
and molest us.-Times.