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which stands the Czar’s palace. 
When a band serenades General Grant it is the 
best policy for the members to choose the easiest 
tune. The General does not know one tune from 
another. The other evening white a band was 
playing "The Last Rose of Summer” he said, “I 
always did like ‘Home, Sweet Home,’ especially 
that part of It which refers to the oaken bucket.” 
The band began another air, “Yankee Doodle,” 
and General Grant said, “I always did like that 
tune of ‘Home, sweet Home,, That refrain about 
•Away Down Upon the Swanee River’ always 
struck me as being very sentimental.” 
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WATCH BUYERS. ATTENTION 
The celebrated Bond and Courvoi- 
sier Wntclius were awarded the tlr*t 
prize in Ixindou in ’82, grand prist* ut 
BariS In'67, first prLze at t etiteunlal 
in Plii la d eJ ph ia. and lastly go I d m cdal 
at Baris in ’78. Lhese 
stood the teat for the past 2U years, 
and pronounced by best Judges equal 
to any made. They all have Nickel 
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Breguot Hotr Springs. IscbrontHcd 
for railroad use In Key and Stem 
Winder*, with all modern improvo- 
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giinruiit.ee that they arc what we claim 
for them, wo rotor by porraission to 
the dealers named below who have 
sold them for years: 
.1 IV TO-..,,* T. V V , 
E, B. Booth & Son, Rocbcster, N. Y 
T N. E Dickinson. Buftalo, N. Y. 
Julius waikor, Butt.iio, N. y. 
A. M. Edwards, Bulfalo, N. Y. 
T. V. Dickineou, BniTalo, N. Y. 
O. B. Rudd, limit, N. Y. 
VV. S. l'aylor, Utica. N. Y. 
A. l.awten»;ager. Albany, N. Y. 
Wm. L. Hoskins, Owe go, N. Y. 
E. G, Blake, Farmington, Me. 
J, J I.uther, (Tuvldcncc, 11.1. 
J. B. Oaorou, New Milford, Conn. * 
S. Silverthaud X, Sou, New Baven, Ct 
Hyde A Belly*. Auburn. N. Y. 
J. A. ( lark, Batavia, N. Y. 
H. ti. IIudnoTi A Co.. Aiuesbury, Mass 
G. Hills. Canandaigua. X. Y. 
H. J. Howe ,t Co., Syracuse. N. Y. 
LeGrund S, strange. Amsterdam, N. Y. 
M m. H. Lyon, Newburgh, N. Y. 
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the dealers named below who have H.WV-8--^ LeGrandS. Strange. Amsterdam,? 
sold them for years: M m. H. Lyon, Newburgh, N. Y. 
A. W. Brant, Fairoort, N. Y. G. W. Fairchild, Bridgtvport, Conn- M m. Kirk, West M’lusted, Conn. 
Joseph Moulton, Worcester, Mass. Cl gorge Embrey, Morrow, Ohio. 
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