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NOTICE 10 FARMERS s. HORSE MEN.

NOTICE 10 FARMERS s. HORSE MEN.
Having had over Forty Years practice III
Veterinary Surgery and doctoring horses and
cattle, I ana prepared 10 announce to those
who are in need of rny services that they will
find rne ready at al times To attend to their
calls Castration by the most approved
methods speciality. Residence opposite
J. +, Woodman's, Paw Paw, Mich.
JAS. n. BABCOCK.
Mr. Babcock has ;rsated diseases in horses
and co!ts cor mo and performed surgical
operations, including tho removal and per
feet healing Of an absCess on colt, and aD
with success and to my eRtiro satisfaction.
Paw Paw, April 26th. 1882.
tlI4 j. j. WOODMAN.
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NEW GOODS.

have opened an entirely new stocE Of
Confectionery, Fancy Goods and Millinery
at my store in the post Office blocb. Stamp
ing carefully done.
Gitl3n1G MRS. III. y. Sl.AllIaRS.
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DENTAL NOTICE.

DR.. G. w. Ward has opened new Dental
Parlors a. No. l03 Main st., kalamazoo.
Mich, over Young's brick store, where be
will be pleased To meet any who may need
the services of Dentist. 1f6lly
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R.S. PALMER. DENTIsT.

Succeesor to c. W. Ward. Office, corner
OF Main and Kalamazoo streets, Paw Paw
Mich. Dental work at reasonable rates. AL
operations warranted. tt32d
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FANCY FOWLS.

For sale by the undersigned, eggs of pure
bred American Seabright, and Wyandotte
chickens at $500 per setting. Eggs of pure
bred Pekin Ducks at $500 per setting.
Addresa i. II. KELLY. LaWrence, Mich.
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

The copartnership of Forsyth d Bryar, Of
this place, il this day dissolved, and al debta
due the firm ara payable 10 p. &. Forsyth.
Dated Paw Paw. April II, 1883. g.
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FOR BALE.

a FIRST csaes Dwelling House ana two lots,
situated IN the village OF Paw Paw, will be
solo, ,cheaP--as the owner resides IN acother
State. Enquire Of
o-eO R. q. BEEBE.
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AUCTIONl AUCTIONl

To sr parties 9ishing the sefv,ces OF al
Auctloneer. am prepared to make Farm
Sales 6. reasonable rates leSStf
III. W. Nc >ABE, Paw Paw, Mich.
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HIST ARRIVED.

AZ Pnster'a Art Gallery, the lsrgeet and finest
stock OF picture franee that ever came into
Paw Paw. All the latest city styiee from the
cheapest 70 .he finest velvet and gold.
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LOANS NEGOTIATED
pOR SALE.

I will veil my farm of rs acres, at rcason-
able terms. 1t is located mile north IF
ilawton, and contains 2.600 bearing peach
treee. and other traits. Good fences and
GO d buildings. For further particulars on
GU 10 at place.
IiG5tiu6S II. w. ODELI, Iiawton, Mich.
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w. Z. COOK.

The Harness han, has nice lot Of Trunks
and VaHses- to which he desires 10 coll atten-
UCn. Gfve him n call. 626
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RHEUMATISM POSITIVELY CURED
In the shortest tune. Writo for free 40page
pamphlet OF rbeunatism, to R. X. Helpen-
slime, Druggist, Washington, ID. q. t5etS o65
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A GOOD FARM AT A BARGAIN.

have for sale good so acre farm, miles
from Paw Paw. good orchard, buildings and
fences. and in good condition. l43otf
Il. q. BEEBE. Paw Paw.
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For SALE.

A quantity OF hoy, good quality, good
QUE horse wagon, and variety of farming
n ensils. A. w. CUArsGs.
cstf Paw Paw.
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III. woodmau, the Bo~s Gran0er. buya
his Harnesses q Cook, at tSe Old Stand.
6st2.
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MONEY To LOAN

desire Ia call the attention Of the public
to the fact that am prepared to do Caho-
mining, Alabastining, Whtewsshing. Repair,
ing Cisterne, ETC.. on the shortest notice and
most reasonable terms. 54u
DrNs1soN CRANE Paw Paw, Mich.
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HORSE TRAINING,

Having had several years experience IN
handling colts, am prepared to trsin colts
to bc driven either single or double. Ugly
and vicious horses made kind.
WILDER BABCOCK.
Paw Paw, Mich. l424tf
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FOR SALE

At bargain and on easy terms the j. NJ.
Crane place next to &. W. Longwelrs. Will
be sold at less than two-thirds ts value. En-
quirc of l.. Crane or NJ. DeGraff. 26tf
The National tribune., 1883-11-29
tieneraI noward,s Artlclea.

In this weeks issue of The TRIBUNE we
publish General Towards monograph on
the battle of Bull Run, which viii be fol-
lowed in our next issue by paper on the
organization of the Army Of the Potomac by
General Mcclellan, aud in subsequent issues
though not necessarily consecutive issues
will appear articles containing his reminis-
eenees of. Yorktown; 2. Williamsburg;
3. Fair Oaks; 4. The retreat from the PEN
insula; 5. The second Bull Run; 6. Antietam;
T. Fredericksburg; 8. Charlottesville 1.-THE
preliminary campaign; 9. Charlottesville
(the battle); 10. Gettysburg the preliminary
campaign); II. Gettysburg the battle) i;
with which General Towards personal
"reminiscences of the war in the East win
close, when the scene viii shift to the Army
of the West.
These monographs, we believe, viii be the
most interesting that have ever appeared in
print, and, as we cannot undertake to supply
back numbers of THE TRIBUNE, we advise
those who are engaged in forming clubs o.
new subscribers to send in their names a:
soon as possible, so as to get the benefit o
all General Towards articles.
We may say, too, that General Howard
as he himself writes US, covets kindly
courteous criticism" and that it is his in,
tention to extend the same generosity to al
his comrades who have the consciousness
of having borne an honorable part in thu
successful struggle for the preservation ant
perpetuity of our cherished Government
Our veterans are welcome, therefore, to TAX
hand in the discussion whenever the.
choose.
The National tribune., 1883-11-29
Another Lie Nailed.
w. S. RosEcRANs.

1t has been stated-though upon what
authority we do not know-that the Post
Office Department has received notice that
Custer Post, No. z, of Omaha, Neb., has
passed resolutions approving the Postmaster
Generals action; and also. that this is the
Post of which Comrade Van Dervoort is a
member. 1t would be interesting to know
and the information will, doubtless, be
shortly forthcoming exact language of
these resolutions, as well DIS the circum-
stances under which they were passed, but
we may as well at once characterize as utterly
false the statement that Comrade Van
Deryoort is member of Custer Post. He
is on the contrary, member, in good and
regular standing, of Omaha Post. No. 10.
The National tribune., 1883-11-29

see that there is fair play in the next Con-
gress as regards the pensiouing Of ex-prison-
ers of war, and he asks this searching ques-
ton: "Does any doctor or any sane man dare
affirm that those who for a year or mort
were forced to feed upon the vapors Of a
dungeon, as thousands of cur ex-soldiers
did, came out of that dungeon in perfect
health and untarnished with disease?"
That is question which Congress win be
shortly forced to face, and it must not be
permitted to dodge it
The National tribune., 1883-11-29
Happy Households.

THE TRIBUNE viii have been published
in vain if it shall fail TO contribute in some
measure TO the happiness of the households
to which ii comes as a welcome weekly
guest There is, indeed, No object worthier
of its efforts than the cultivation among its
readers of an aspiration towards truer, bet
ter modes of living. The homes of our
veterans ought to be the happiest in the
land. Their children ought to be the most
thoughtful and loving, and all the infu-
and elevating. Yet we are afraid that it is
often-too often-the case that these homes,
which should be bright and cheerful, are
dark and dismal, and that the children Of
the soldier are neglected and uneared for
1t ought not to be so, and it is part of the
duty of that noble organization Wom-
ans Relief Corps-which has been raised up
in this country as the ally Of the Grand
Army, TO see that it is not so. 1t is a sad
thing TO know that so many of our soldiers
orphans are denied the benefits of home
training, and condemned to the impersonal
care Of charitable institutions, although it
is a noble spirit in which these institu-
tons are conceived, but it is still sadder
to know that among those who have not
been deprived of home there are many
who do not enjoy the blessings which a
home should afford. It is true that harsh
necessity in many cases compels our veter-
ans TO deny their children those advantages
Of education and home training which
should be theirs, but even where poverty
bears most heavily it is possible at least to
have happy household The inability to
acquire a common-school education is not
an insurmountable obstacle to the making
Of industrious, God-fearing citizens, nor lack
Of acquaintance with the accomplishments
of society bar to the development of pure
and noble women. The truth is that the
education of our youth nowadays is toe
little directed towards practical objects
Too few of our lads are taught useful trades
and two few Of our misses are brought u,
to be practical bousekeepers. Their time Il
frittered away in acquiring a smatteriDg 0
knowledge, and when too late they reaIiz
that little learning is a dangerous thing
| We have endeavored, in our household de
partment, from time to time, to direct th
thoughts Of our young people to the seriou
things of life, to the cultivation OF knowl
edge of useful, rather than merely orna
mental, accomplishments, and in the nea
future VIC shall have some practical sugges
tons TO offer in that direction. We shal
have something to say, perhaps, about read
ing and study circles, about industrial pun
suits for boys and cooking classes for girl,
and we shall Try to show how it is pcssibl
10 make Il pleasure of work. The care an
education of the children of our yeie-ans
as nRch matter of real concern, In on
The National tribune., 1883-11-29

Mrs. E. FLORENCE BARKER, President
of the National Woman's Relief Corps, writes
US that the Department of Massachusetts,
has gained over 700 members during the
past year. and that Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood
is doing a grand work for the Order in the
West" This is good news, indeed, and we
hope to hear shortly that steps have been
taken to permanently organize every State,
in which sufficient number of local Corps
has been instituted, into permanent De-
partment, 80 that, when the time arrives for
holding the next national convention of the
Corps, the Grand Army viii have an ally Of
almost equal strength and influence with
itself.
The National tribune., 1883-11-29

Der of the committee on the address of the
Commander-in-C Chief of the Grand Army at
the Denver Encampment. This establishes
beyond doubt that the Pittsburg branch
of the Sons of Veterans was the one that the
Grand Army Endorsed at the last National
Encampment, and now Commander-in-Ch Chief
carp, of the Philadelphia branch, viii do
wise and graceful thing by agreeing to
compromise by which the consolidation of
the two branches can be effected.
The National tribune., 1883-11-29
va perroort versus Gresham.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON. Nov. u. i

WASHINGTON, Nov. y, 1888.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
You called my attention to the letter of
your friends Burnhaa and Wood of the
steuben Ind Repa5lieGn, inelosing print
edslips purporting to he extracts from aletter
written by Samuel Bright, of the Post Office
Department, respecting Van Dervoort VS..
Gresham, and requested from me a state
ment Of facts for the information of all our
comrades of the G. A. r. Please let me
say
First. That the facts stated in Paul Van
Deryoort's statement which you published
are, to nay knowledge, corroborated by
undoubted testimony and susceptible of
demonstration before any competent tri-
bunal
Second. General Gresham has admitted
their truth, and offered to secure from his
Cabinet colleagues either of two important
employments of responsibility and trust
under the Government, after full hearing
of ali the complaints against him.
Third. A comparison of these facts with
the positive and contrary statements con-
tanned in the printed slip, show clearly that
it is a tissue of unmitigated falsehood.
General Gresham cannot afford to have
his past fair name and standing furnished
by the publication of such calumnies-and
he knows they are calumnies- against Paul
Van Dervoort, and, if do not mistake he
viii ferret the matter out and punish theil
author. Nor can the present Commander
in-Chief Of the Grand Army of the Republic
afford to neglect his duty in the matter
Yours. very truly,
w. S. RosECRANs.
The National tribune., 1883-11-29

READ the letter from Mrs. Margaret Free
man, of Denver, Col, which we print this
week in our department of Loyal Wom-
ans WORK. and learn therefrom how hollow
and insincere is often this rich Governments
boosted generosity to our ex-soldiers. Yet
there are men, assuming to be statesmen,
who contend that the Government should
not pay what it owes to our ex-soidiers if it
can, by hook or crook, escape its response
bility to do so. Does any one suppose that
the appeal of this soldiers widow for the
passage of the equalization of bounties bill
is prompted by claim agent?
The National tribune., 1883-11-29
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The National tribune., 1883-11-29
Membership in the Grand Army.

In recent issue of THE TRIBUNE we
had occasion to call attention to the fact
that the effect of the present Rules and Regu-
lations of the Grand Army was to exclude
from membership in the Order every ex-
soldier, no matter how sincere his loyalty
and how brilliant his record of service in
the Union army, who, at the outbreak of
the rebellion, had been forced to serve, until
an opportunity Of escape offered, in the Con-
federate army. We are now in receipt of a
letter from comrade at Waupun, Wis, who
writes us that he belongs TO the class of ex-
soldiers thus denied membership in the
Grand Army He states that few years ago
he made application for admission to the
Order through one of the highest officers of
the Department, who handed him copy
of the Rules and Regulations to read over,
and that upon reading the conditions of
membership ne found that he was ineligi-
Bile, owing to the fact that at the beginning
Of the war he was living in Texas and had
beer forced into the rebel army, although,
after about years service, he managed to
effect his escape and enlisted in the Union
The National tribune., 1883-11-29

THAT is pretty story that our New
Jersey comrade relates in letter in our de-
partment of Loyal Woman's Work this
week, of how when the members of GER
tain regiment were taking leave of their
wives and sweethearts on the eve Of their
departure for the war, the prettiest girl In
the village, observing one brave fellow stand
ing aloof with apparently no one to bid him
good by, threw her arms around his neck
and said: 1 viii kiss you for the uniform
you wear" This poor fellow, in these days
of petty hatred of the soldier, would be
much more likely to be kicked for the uni
form he worel
The National tribune., 1883-11-29
TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
D. G, NOVEMBER %, 1888.
CONTENTS THIS wEEK.

list Page.-GEN @. o. HowARD's PERSONAL. REM
NIsCEycEs OF TIE WAR: Battle Of Bull Run
Victory and observation-disclosures Timely Ar
rivai.-STILr. FIGHTIsG Fon THE PAsTRT.-A
MAGEIFIcE-NT ErsEBEG.- ENIssAw MOUNTAIN:
The oath Kentucky Struck by MIME Bali
1900 Men lost IA Three Hours Fighting.
I'd Page.-IaYAL WomASs WORK: Reading Cir
ele-Heaih Talks-ExpeTienCe Meetng-Re-
lief Corps Work.-OUR RURAL Torres: Cues
tions and Answers.
Sd Page.-GooD SIR TITUs SALT; Miss Kelley's
English Leiter.-A LIyELY SKIRMIsH: The
Experience of the lGth Ohio in the TaZewel
Affair-fEDAR AIoUNTAIy: Gallant Behavior
of the lst ia. Reseryes.-A COLORADO GI,I.ET-
ING EXTENDED TO GEN. BAIL AND TEE lZ2D
OHIO gEssTIsEz1EETs.
<th Page.-I.DIroEIAIs: Van DerTooTt VS.. Grcsh-
an-AEiCt her Lie Aaied-Eappy Households
Doctrines - PcrIiielous as Secession = Inc
SteecDlaE fuBd-A Timely AaTnlng-Men1-
bership in the Grand ArnIy-S5cn. Towards
Articles - Editorial Paragraphs. - is THIS
GREsHAaf's BESD2
9Th Page.-7yEps OF THE wEEK.-Capital Topics
Crimes and altjcs-Personal and Poiiti-
cal.-EvAcUsTIoS Day: Parade Of the Grand
Army.-TRIPgE MURDER N new karlsruhe.
SERGEANT MAscE PARDoEED.-THE LoYAL
LEGIoN.-A d ATNE VETERAN on BAToN ROUGE.
The OLD N0RTD.-A SECOND EMPHATIC Isl
DoRsEMf-ST.-NEw PUBIICAIIONs--QLD GEE-
ERAL EARLy.-THE OHIO SOLDIERS ORPHAss'
HoNE.-TuE lSDEPENDEST.-SoEs or NEsTER-
AEs-A EEw RELIEF Corps * NEBRASKA
TIE LOWELL iAiAssi REI-II1F CoRTs.-AIA- He
Cor DUT OF TIE Trade Was EXPERIENCE
TEE FIRST REGIMENT IL THE FIELD.-C5H-
RADE GIIlEsPIEs E-ABYEzTIsEMEST
9th Page.-TrK GRAND ARs1y: The Western
Trip Of the Conlinander-in-C 'Iief-Affairs at
dquariers-Iseparrment News.-REUSIoS
AT DAR1Fo2D WIS.
sfl1 Page.-FEGEzzISS Tim OVER: Charles City
Gross Roads-TIe Unwritten History Of the
9th IaGiana-The Sth Nisconsin's Eagle-The
Late Colonel X. c. kise-The 95fh Illinois at
Chickamanga- Aagye's Eeights-A Moral
Hero-TlIat Reward for Dead cavalrymen-
A Day With I5Tiersos4-The 20th EIlSnois-Ihc
52.h Iowa Not al Fort Donelson-Stampede Of
the I'd Corps Expiained-Di Discharges Awaiting
Their Owneis--TE-E QUESTION SQUAD Roll.
or FAEE: What Has Become Of the Men Who
Commanded ~ Geitysburg.-AEsgERs TO Cor
EsnoEuEyIs-1 sEE0s1EoGY OF THE WAR
9th Page.-ouE SRoxEsG CoUSTRT--Its Indus
trial, Commercial. and Agricultural Develop
nlcnt--5LoEEoUs CEDAR CREEK.-WBAT RTG-
ExEET OPENED THE BATTLE or f5KTTYsBURG ?
The EAzEE NoEUasEST--THzT MYSTERIOUS
SEARCH AGATS.-HRs HoILIsTER's BROTHER.
SUBSCRIBERS LErTERs.-ADvERIIsEzE
The National tribune., 1883-11-29

EVERY reader of The TRIBUNE viii be
glad to hear that General W. S. Rosecrans,
member of Congress from the San Francisco
district, will, at the opening of the first
session of the 18th Congress, offer a joint
resolution providing for the submission to
the voters of the various States of eonsti-
tutional amendment prohibiting Polygany,
and empowering Congress to pass the
necessary laws to make the amendment
effectual Now, comrades of the Grand
Army, you have leader, and you should
rally to the color line!
The National tribune., 1883-11-29

WE RECENTLY had occasion to comment
on the action of the Illinois Legislature
during the war, in refusing to permit the
soldiers from that State who were in the
field to vote for President at the election of
1864. Comrade A. N. Reece, of the 124th
Illinois, writes us q letter from Chicago,
which throws significant light upon the
motives of the Illinois Legislature He says
that ON the vote being taken in mis- regi-
ment, which was attached to the Sd division
of the 18th Army Corps,-a regiment which
was reckoned among the finest Of Illinois
troops,-502 out of total of SIC votes were
cast for Abraham Lincoln, and but fourteen
for General George B. Mcclellan.
The National tribune., 1883-11-29

army, serving faithfully until he was hon
orably -discharged on account of total disa-
bility caused by gunshot wounds 1t is
clear that there are considerable number
of cases of this description in various parts
of the country, and, as we said before, it
seems to us that the conditions of member
ship in the Grand Army should be so far
modified as to admit ex-soldiers of this class.
The National tribune., 1883-11-29

Comrade Charles Bush, formerly of COM
pany l, LIST Maryland veteran volunteers,
now of salina, Kan, in sending his subscrip-
ton, writes:
If every Post would only give one dollar to the
wife. mofhc-, father children of every MEM
Der of the Grand Army of the Republic ut his
death, it would do great deal of good and am
sure it would never bankrupt any Post. j think
we ought 10 have something of that kind. would
like to hear from some OF the boys. Commander
in Chief included.
The first suggestion is capital one. AS
for the COMMANDMENTS Chief, we trust he has
already subscribed through some other
agency than THE TRtHuSE- or will yet do
The National tribune., 1883-11-29
General sherman ON the Soldier.

f'Hs --te -fcts Sotl f1i'Sttftl
81 do belic.e that the soldier element has
paid 70 the United States in advancing
civilization full compensation for the s13 a
month which Jon drew during your service
in the army. II was hard for yon boys who
were marching and counter marching and
yen did good deal Of conntcr-nnarching
sometimes-but you are Sighting the same
battle to-day 81 right against wrong, aud Of
civilization aga ast bsrbarisn. We want to
make This corntzy so safe that every man,
woman and child IN ii may feel secure from
sll harm, and claim that At the head Of the
column which Is fighting on this Bne ID
behalf Of ci1iliz=ltion is the Grand Army @.
the Republic. II IS leading in the fight
with the sane srccess that attended the
assault at viclSsbarg and at Atlanta We
were all in The sa:ns boat then, and we aTe
al in the same beat aow"
The National tribune., 1883-11-29
Nhat Is Thonsl,t Of Gresham in orsgon.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In common with many Others Of our Order,
I thought proper to suspend Judgment IN re-
gard TO the action OF Postmaster General
Gresham in the removal of COmrade Van Der
WORT until the returns were all in" We
now have the very full and complete statements
of COmrade Vandervoort in refutation of the
charges against him, which, IN the absence OF
any evidence in rebutsal, makes, at least, 8
good primo fqcis ease against Comrade Gresham
of violating that fraternity which IS one Of the
cardinal principles of our Order. Taking into
account the time chosen for his removal, the
manner IN which it was effected, the failure Of
the reasons given therefor, evidenced by the
offer of other responsible Government posi-
tons, and it appears . colossal outrage and
must give an outsider an unfav0Table opinion
Of the fraternity we profess, and cause many .
eomrade to ask with concern, Is this q fair
sample Of the fraternity that we have supposed
to aetuate cur Order?" Perhaps 5his cannos
be made q snbjeet for discipline under our rules,
but we can, at least, set forth our strong con-
demnation of such a fragrant breach Of good
fellowship, and express our sympathy and
regard for our wTonged eOmrade.
Yours, in F., @. and l.,
G.. E. CAURIS
Department. Commander.