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Vm TT TT TTM T"N TTTY A TT 7TY - TUT A. Tx'TTW ' I dull-: A fcp ' V h .it n ..AY . -V :lLi: V ' JJJALV t l l. till 1 I i V-Oy'-." ,-T:;.... ' ... .. ,', !;.,;: ': . ' ' VOLUME 6 NUMBER 301. . GRAND HAVE?, liKUAKX , looo. , . , ' Birthday Festival at Eastmanvuie. THE GRAUD HAVE1I NEWS, Published every Wednesday, BY J. & J. W. BARNS. TURKS: One Dollar Fifty per year. $5r $2 00 when left by the Carrier. HJ Office oa Washington street, over Beektel'a Market, Grand Haven, Michigan. ADVANCED RATKS OP ADVERTISING. One square on week,.... $ 75 On square two weeks,.. I 25 One square three weeks,. ' 1 75 One square one mouth,. 2 25 Or icuira two months . ..... 4 00 One square Three months,.. 7 00 On iquare six months, ..........1..-- 10 00 One square twelve mouths, 15 00 T r.r.lo na Una &ch. $2 PCT VeOT. Advertising by 'the column at rates of special agreoment. . '','' n ........ i. nn. Inoh of column or Iojs. Advertisements without special directions as o time will be Inserted and cnargeu ior unm r- Legal advertising at legal rates. When a postponement is added to an advertisement, the whole is cbargod as for we nrsi luserwom BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Reuben Vanderhoef, Sheriff of Ottawa County, Urand naven, iuich. TTnrmannn "nnp.s"hurEr. Clerk and Register of Deeds, Ottawa County,' Grand Haven, Mien. George Fleming, Treasurer, Ottawa County, urand uaven, itiica. George Parks, Judge of Probate, Ottawa County, uranu uaven, mwu. Robert W. Duncan, Prosecuting ., ,'r r! -V. Attorney. Ottawa Co., urana iiaven,iHu;u. Wrltrht T.eR6v. Circuit Court Com- missionor, Ottawa County, Grand Haven, Mich. Charles E. Cole, Surveyor, Ottawa County, iieriin, micd. S. Munroe, Physician and Surgeon. Office, on Washington street, Grand Haven, Mich. Ttariirht Cutler. Dealer in General Mr.,h(inrli. Pork. Flour. Salt. Grain. Lumber, Shingles, Lath, Ac. Water fctreet, Orand Haven, Mien. William Wallaoe. Grocer and Pro- rislon Merchant, Washington Street, Grand Haven, Mien. 1nrY TTisilorofl Pronrietor of tho Vic I tnr Mill. Tftllmaflf n. dealer in Merchandise. Groceries and Provisions, Pork, Grain and Mill Feod.Sbinglcs, c., AC Jamont, uua wa County, Michigan. Augustus W. Taylor Judge of TroWe, Ottawa County. Post-OtRce address Ottawa Center. Court days. Firs! and Third Mondays of eaeh Month. Office at the Court House, Urand Itaven. Oftorra E. Hubbard. Dealer in Stoves, Hardware, Guns, Iron, Nails, Spike, (Jlass, Circular and Cross-cut Saws, Butcher's . v.am, nl Mn.nufiutnrer of Tin. Copper, and Sheet-Iron Wares. Job work done cn short notice. Corner of Washington and I irst sts., Grand Haven, Mich. John H. Newoomb, Dealer in Dry flrnchrini. Provisions. Crockery.IIard- war, Boots and Shoes, tt. State Street, Mill Point, Mich. J. T. Davis, Merchant Tailor, Dealer . in Gents Furnishing uooas, uronacioiui-, v simeres, Vestings, Ac. Shop, Washington St. 2i door below the Drug btore. Perrv & Son, Manufacturers and Wholesale ana xieiau jjeaiors in numcr,ouiu. t th PlkPtj. Timber Ac Business Of fices, Water Street, Grand Haven, Mich., and 23fi, Adams Street, Chicago, III. J. F Chubb, Manufacturer of and Dealer in Plows, Cultivators, Threshing Ma chines, Reapers, Mowers, Hay Presses and all iui. f v.rminif Tool and Machines. Air ticultural Warehouse, Conal Btreet, Grand Rapids, Mich. DWELLING HOUSE TO LET. A Good Dwelling House, conveniently locat- d, and now unoccupied, will be let on reason- able terms, on immodiate application to . , J. A J. W. BARNS. News Office. Stock Company, Incorporated in 1852. Irving Tire Insurance Compa. nv. licw xoric. CASH CAPITAL. - -$200,000! With a large Surplus TSURES Buildings Merchandise and other J- Property, against i,osor iamae uj at rates as lew as other Fist Class Stock Com panies. Prt.tin1np At.tnntlnn piven to the Insu ranee of Farm Property. Isolated Dwellings and iif iiKtitinti. fnr n. tbre or five rears. Loss. ai equitably adjusted and promptly paid at this Agency. GEO. D. 6ANFORD, Agent, 230tfl Grand Haven, Mich. Sentiment presented by AT. Garrison, 17tii ' or' Januaut the anniversary birth day of one of America's greatest. wisest, and most noted sons Dr. Benjamin Fraoklin but wo are here assembled to commemorate it a the 67 ill birthday 'of one of our villagers, who now presides at our festive board, and who gave birth, name and patronage to our present busy, prosperous littta town -Dr. T. Eastman who, also, thirty years ago, entered our then entire wilderness county as its second pioneer -ever esteemed iu his profession while in practice, often honored with posts of trust and confidence by his fcllow-citi- jens, still respected, reverenced and loved by all who knew him, we award hira the motto, " vive le Ion homme" (may ho long live the good man.) Followed by a Poem, by Mrs. II. Kiles, and read by the Dr. .; , YOUTH. , Happy the birth-day of the young and joyous, Whose early lifo Is like the new born spring When fragraut flowers to field and wood decoy us, , And all the groves with merry bird songs ring, When on each mile-stone planted by the way side Marking the years as tardily they roll- Hope, crowned with flowers, sits smiling like a gay bride, Pointing her finger to the distant goal. MIDDLE AGE. Happy tho birthdays when tho pulse beats steady . With full tide life and power of manhood prime. When the strong arm and will are ever ready To work out what the fertile thoughts design. When the full autumn days nre just beginning Ere killing frost has touched one power of life, When worth is meed of fame and praise is win ning, And honor greets the hero of the strifo. AGE. . Happier the birthdays of the ripe and hoary Of Aim whose head with anow-clad wreath ia crowned- Revered beloved his children's pride and lory - To honor tuck we here to-day are found. See mother earth without so calm and easeful, Now resting from her active labors done So Ae, the heat and burden borne, waits peaocful Watching the radiance of the sotting sun. Upon each milestone where the bright rays lin- eer, Shedding a golden, halo 'round her head, Hope still sits pointing with prophetic finger Along the path-way yet his feet must tread. Whilo mcm'ry bathed in the same beams of beauty, Points backwards thro' the vista of long years, Joy swells the heart at thought of fulfilled duty, For loved onca gone, the eye is dimmed with tears. Long long may he be spared to walk before us come'upns beautiful oases id retrospection. Life -in, tho past seems to me a.' want book, in.wbicli littje or nothing has been written to even amuse or instruct. . l ct, if, through tho ' partiality' of this Jittlo town, I shall be awarded one tnuo wart here that may in the future reflect even the light of one feeble ray of a penny. tajer, us the vision of tho fly "scarco an inch around," I shall ever cherish tho thought with deep felt gratitude. Tbo 17th ofJanuary gave iirth and life, and "light to the immortal Frank lin, the " sazo " philosopher and patriotic si alesman, who-jo monuments, thickly. strewn along his whole life-way, beam with never failing good in the futuro to an admiring world.' Tho - Copernicah theorv of the orbitarr movements of the stellar world, explaining thereby" the nat? ural laws governing eclipses, dispelled ai, once the fears, tremblings, and awful dreads of those wno navo seen mem. on ly as the signia of an angry God.fi So Franklin tamod llio awiui tnunaer, ana proved it only music of the sbhercs ; to form rain drops , and invite, the gentle showers to water tno eartn aqa Dies j.ne labors of ..tbo husbandman. , Hey too, stolo fire from heaven (with the full per mission of tbo Gods) with Promethean skill, and reanimated and enlightened mauKind. oucn are mo uenumuiura ui tkeir race they have dispelled ignorance and the superstition of tuo tnonit, expos int? their fallacies taucht the valvar, load ing them down with this awful dread 'of God's vengeance and wrath cunningly offering to mako reconciliation for each of their dupes for so much money per ueaa These benevolent philosophers explained ... . - . theso ureAded phenomena to do in perioci harmony w ith natural laws of a wise anl cood ;Providenco. I ihauk you my friends for the award ot.lno reach mot to, vive le Ion ' homme." I accept it rather as a common mark of respect than in its strictest construction. Length, of days may not always bo the trtio test of the good man Ubrutian philosophy to be sure, teaches that the righteous snai live long in toe land, and it is the reason nbla conclusion that ho who moro strict ly observes and lives ud to nature's laws, . . . , which are Gods Jaws, conforming to the laws of health and conscience, should hold a surer promise of long life than he ... .i ' i m. i.,i woo violates inern an. a no wicacu ui transgressors of these simple laws "shall not live out half their days," still .there is a Greek saying that " those men whom the Gods love die young, and woods worth has it, Tho milestones yet be many on his road- Good Angels him guard as they hover o'er us, And peace be with bira from our Father, God, With a heart too full for utterance the Dr. responded in substance: Mr friends will allow me to acknowl edcra with feelings of sincere crralilude. O " - - a - t o , theso kindly and complimentary testimo nial on this occasion, lhev seem to me as unmerited as they are unexpected. Somo .it . tl .t.-. allowance iujvv jivva tu ujo pviwui ov pression of friends and neighbors where harmony and concord havo ever been maintained; as also for thoso tendered iu noetic lanrruaco which, as a pastimo ef. I r o . ' . . . -.11 J - IT. - V, ; .. . t IOrb, WOU1U UU crcuid ' w tuo cmua vii many an vvraencan pooiess, ur cvvu T ll Willi! sucn as iiongieuow ur Tn.tier, ur vcu it '' . ! . v r ..l . !"...-i inn nrnm priu n iiif.rii:Hii i h: l i hiji t nmi Socu occasional effusions, both in prose . . . . ! I . I and poetry, fiaro neretoioro ugntea up . .. i . . . . her obscure pathway nenceiorwara may tho rxrHU hp.twftn them be nhorter. and her themo nobler. You, ray friends, have assembled to-day, not alono to show ro- unccL to an old mnncr.r. one wno is far down on the sunset slope of the hill of liie, but also to enjoy tho social converse, "the feast of reason and flow of soul." and ramblo in reminiscenses pleasant, and i ... even painrui pornaps to renew tho inner and outer man aua trust that it has been enjoyed as such by all presont. These meet ings and greetings are very pleasant, and 1 Tli a crnnd din fir.t : The life of him whose heart is dry as snmmer dust, Burns to the socket." Bat theso I trust are tho explanations and not the rule consolatory to those who lose earlv friends or lovinor children through epidemic or accidental causes. Tdrt. mv nnt nrtnlv in t.riA Rholftrl v T!v- eret. the news of whoso death at three scoro years and ten, has just reached mo since we have bore assembled, whoso lite has been but one continued sunbeam to enlighten and better the world. - The Dr. here entertained the company with a succiuct history of his early -. life, ioierspersed with interesting reminiscenses and amusing incidents and annecdotes to the time of his settlement in Grand River Valloy at Grand Haven. W if m , , . . w . n But. ladies and centlemcn, I no loncer havo home or shelter with you after tho 1st of April' next probably my last mile-mark bore araonj you is commemo rated I go into exile, perhaps rather voluntarily, and not in an respects use Athonian statesman of old, after having spent a live-long life in the service of tho State, were rewarded with banisnmeni, and often loadod with opprobrious charges of misdemeanor and crime, to make tho act Dlausible in tho eyes of tho common people, or moro frequently to rid tho State oi ineir oDugauons vo vueiu. But tho final wav-mark is passed I stand at tho foot of the sunset side of thfl hill alone, no loniror walcbine the nUntinrr ravs of that beautiful but now r . o .... . hidden orb beneath mo western occnu oi lime. My constant prayer shall bo that when ' thn mimmons comes to Join tk tnmimrable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm, where eaeh shall take His chamber in toe sueni nans oi neam, t i t,a lit a thm fiuarrv slave at nieht Scourged to the dungeon Dm suswinea anu With an unfaltering trust (in God) approach my grave T.'iir l,n wnns the drarerr of his couch About him, and lies flow w pieasan areams. Words are but tho froth of thoughts. Tim Proposition to tax all Ih muM. Mr. Miller, black republican from New York, las introduced into the House rif TCpnnvsftntatives of the United States. a resolution which was adoptod, instruct- to inquire into the expediency of taxing all incomes great and small. . ( This is ih accordance with mo recom- niendftlion of the Secretarv of theTreas- nrv. in his Annual jBenort. and means, simply, to inquire into tho expediency of .f v .i i j i ,in SUUjeClirg tno BIX UUiiureu uuJiaia, hww exempt, to tho operation of the income tnt. . That this would produce a vast increase of revenue, is not doubted, 'and so also wnu il a tax on tho money made by. man-. ufacturcri, contractors, apd officials out of tho war itself. This money is kept ,lreo from taxation bv tho millionaires whom it creates, by investment in bonds producing interest in gold, and it might not oo "io expedient " as a war , measure " to in quire whether it also ought not to ue taxed. It could be iustified on tho pica of M military necessity," in spito of tho law declaring tbo bonds exempt and surely, this application of tho higher. lit.., . U IVt I4V. fcV , j loyal" who havo so nobly sustained tlin flffnrtt of this administration in their dav of trouble. The oronosition of Mr. Miller will prob ably bo made an administration measure, and the poor will have a slice taken by the tax-gatherer from their hard earnings. - ...... .a -. How do they Jiko the prospect! Jjei. Free Press. Anscdotk or Farraqut. A Scotch traveler who has recently visited Uho United States furnishes tothevEdingburg Scotsman the following anecdotes: "Mr. Osborn (President ot the Illinois Central Railroads told mo a story of Ad miral Farrarrut and his son. They were on tho Mississippi, and FarracutY fleet was about to pass rort Hudson, whim, was then held by the uonicdcrates. J?arra rrut's son. a lad of about twelve, had beeo . . . . .... importuning his father that ho migni. oe sent to West Point, whero the military cadets are educated. Old Jarragut Raid, I don t know bow that would do; l am not sure whether you would stand fire.' Oh. vcs. father. 1 could do that.' Very well, mv bov. we'll trv! comeupwithme here.' ' 1 Tho Admirafand his son went up . . . . . 1 1 together into the maintop iho old man had himself and the boy lashed to it, and in tlii tvnir thev liasaed Port Hudson. ThA UA riflvpr flinched, while the shot and shell wera flvint? tast him. Very well, my boy, that will do; . you shall go to WestPoiut." TljtMARKABLK Skatino Feat. Pro- fessor II. S. Quinn, of New, York, who Las been lecturiner in the North-West, ar rived at Quincy, last Monday, on skates, having skated all tho way from St. Paul. Ha left St. Paul on -tho 9th inst.. and teached Qaincy on the 23d, traveling the whole distance of eieht hundred and Buy miles in fourteen days, stopping on the way to deliver lectures, tie louno ino ice smooth and beautiful, and clear of air holes. "He had a clean stretch from St. Paul to Ouincv. and he bowled down tho globe, over fivo degrees of latitude, with out meeting with an impediment, u.is one of the most extraordinary leats on record. . . t. : Trt nnnit'i "Felon" As fcoon as the rwiri liefrina' to swell, pet tho tincture of lobelia, and wran tho part affected .t I .1 . .x a. !. t U 1 ...IiV. Iha witn ciotn, saiuraio h wioruuijiii v iiu . ... ... ..,. tincture, and the felon will soon "die. poisoned instead of hunff, as all felons ought to be. An old physician iuforms that ha has known this to euro in scores of cases, and it ryjver fails if applied in season. octeniiic jxmciw Tiii first regiment under Hancock's . . e . ... ni t 1 corps is to bo armed witn onarp a oreecu loading rifles and ft new stylo of equip menL Each weanon is to bear tho name of tho man who carries it, and is to be his properly, after the expiration of hi$ term of service.1 Tho time for the enlist ment of tho corps has been extended. A woman in Lexington, Missouri, who ha a husband in tho Arrav, and one child to support, is exciting tho admiration of tho farmers by. her prowess as a wont man. for sho dresses like a man, arid is engaged in chopping wood at 11 12 per cord. . A SKurric once 6aid to Dr. Parr that ri unnld not believe auvthint? ho could not understand. To which the Doctor replied: "Then, sir, your creed will be the shortest of any man 1 Know, TERMS $1 50 PEH ANNUM ' ,: Fine Wools vs! Ciarta 7cc!j I noticed an article from '.Mr.' Ezra T Brvan. of Calhoun Countvi in the Rural - j - . ; for,Dec. l7th in which he, makes some statements in fayor of coarse wool, shwp 1 should . have replied, sooner, but va$ waitinc for others who could do the, sub ject belter justice. , Mr. B. seems to be: down on the Agricultural bociety of Cal houn Co. - Of lhis 1-:have, only o t-ay that the probability is lhey pursued ihe courso they did because they .thought ihe coarse wooU wore not worth propagating. lie says "ino ijeiccsiers pre oua ui me most valuable of sheep with which this country U favored, eunl in valuo; for wool, and their meet l . tvorth mnrn irt 7 - ,lho markets of-Boston and New York, dui it seems to me he has given us no evidence to prove hia assertion. . Mr. IS. has not given the live, weight of his sheep, nor bow much feed it takes to 'produce-a pound of wool or of mutton. I take the position that the kind of sheep that will produce the most woo! and mut ton lor a, given quantity or leed consum ed ia tho most profitable. 'We claim that as a genera) rule all animals of all kinds consume food according to the weight of carcass. Hero in tbo interior of the mate we have but little to do with eastern prices of mutton; wo sell our fat sheep by the head or by the pound.- What tho fine- . wool sheep , Jack . in quality .of . mutton they , make up in weight of flcecoV ; . . ' Raising sheep for motion is a small part of sheep-bi coding in Michigan, es- ra!lltr in I lii infjrl 'f iTlA ' KlklAJ. Coarse wool and fine . wool are. now.: of about the earno valoo, and probably, will . oe uniu i nis awiui war is over, .ijuv ue- fore tho war coarso wool was worth from 10 to 15 cents jer pound less than nno, and it probably will bo worth still less af ter the war closes, and tho boys get home, and all want a suit of broadcloth. 1 as sert that a stock of well bred Spanish . .... .. . . ' sheep, win snear irom onc-tnira to one half more than coarse-wools from the samo amount , of; live .weight, ; If thi? statement be correct Mr. p. is browing away one-iuiru pi uis pruuuca uv icciung it to coarse-woolcd sheep. ' This is Quito too much for farmers to lose in these times of high prices. ,1 will give a littlo evidence to prove . that ... my. posi tion is correct." At a sheep shearing fes tival held at Hillsddlo, on the 26lh of May last, Mr. L. Thompson, of Hillsdale, presented an ewe iamb, wnicn, wnen cnorn, weighed 36 pounds. ..The fleece weighed nearly seven pounds, beautiful, wool- over one-sixth the weight of tho carcass. Mr. S. Morcy, of Quincy, has a Spanish buck that gavo M6 J pounds , ot wool to 123 pounds of live weight, .and : three breeding ewes that gavo 14 pounds to 15 pounds live weight. v There are prob ably many others in tho State that will como up to this standard.: plow - what will Mr.-B., and his friend D. F. .Ewen, of Tekonsha, say to this! It itp)ear that Mr. Ewen is from England; this may account for his prejudices, ; I presurao bo novor saw ft nnc-wooica sneep in ring land, and if this is the case he u scarcely qualified to give valuable testimony as to speaks oi the old miteweii ijiecester sheep as bem ono of the best breeds. I guess he has got a new breed of sheep. Probably he brought them with him.i-r-Mr. Bryan says ho has both coarse-wools and flno -wools, and that he has carefully tested their relative value, but he doc not tell us how he tested it. Hesaysne sold ten fat weathers for $9 05 per head, but does not give their live weight, conso- , eueni!y wo do not, know what he got per nuudrea weignt. Tho trub policy for farmers in Michigan is to keep and propagate that kind of sheen that will nroduce the most money from tho produce consumed, and the cap- uai invested. ve snow i.uni uuo-iwui alinen Kre aelJinnr for three limes ftS much 4 , n e , as coarso-woojs. wno oi iuy uuijjuuyi sold twenty fine-wool lambs last spring for $400." , How much can Mr. B. sell Wi laniha for I As to Mr." BrvanV prop osition to bet, I would Bay that I ara not a betting man, but I will meet him halt wkv at aomo place agreed upon horcafter. on the 20th of May. . I will produce six Spanish' sheep of various ages, and he shall produce six conrse-wools, and we will have them snorn oy disinterested par i.ic.L and if mv sheen do not shear one- third more wool, according to weight of carcass than his, bo shall have my sheep, but if mine do thear one-third more than his, then I will havo his six kbeop. Tho decision to be made bv committee here after to be named. Mr. B. says he hst a yearling that will shear as much cleaned