Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-02-10
-. q. Mccnhn.s Gnze,teer Of Wisconsin.

Notes for McCabe's Gazetteer OF wisconsin.
MoNRoE. -Monroe, the seat Of JUS
tice of Green county is pleasantly To-
Gated on section SO town 2, range 4,
on the southwest corner Of Grand
Prairie, 95 miles due west of South
port. 80 miles w. n. w. of Beloit, 40
s. ofMadison, 40 miles S. w. of James
willie, los miles S. w. of Milwaukee,
and 100 miles N. w. OF Chicago.
The ground on which the village
stands was conveyed to the county Of
Green by Messrs. Jacob Ly Brand, Jo-
seph Payne and William T. Russsll,
in the year ls4l, under the express
stipulation that the same should be
used as the site Of the county town;
and the village was laid out in the
same year. The first house was erect
ed by William Rittenhouse, Esq, a
native Of Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
The first store was opened by Mr..
Dunnis Beach Of Rutland CO., Yer
mont, and Mr.. j. Payne was the first
person who kept tavern in the village
Monroe, at present, cantalns three
stores, two blacksmith shops, one coop
or, three lawyers, two Justices Of the
peace, two ministers Of the gospel, one
shoemaker, one tailor, seven joiners,
one mason, two taverns, and about thlr-
~ buildings.
The inhabitants are supplied with
excellent water from mammoth
spring, which rises in the centre Of
the village.
The Court is held and the county of
flee kept in the second story Of a frame
building; but arrangements have been
made for the erection of splen-
din brick court house and other public
Offices with which it is intended to
decorate the beautiful and spacious
public square Of this pretty town.
Several roads centre at this place,
including Territorial road and mail
route from Madison TO the line Of Illi-
nois at Oncco: Territorial road from
Rock Grove, Ill, TO Mineral Point; a
mail route from GAINESVILLE TO Galena; a
county road from Bcloit to Mineral
Point; and a number of private roads
leading to the rich farming settlements
IN the vicinage.
There is saw mill and sufficient
water for large grist mill on Honey
Creek, within two miles Of the village;
aud there is also good grist mill on
the same stream FIVE miles from town.
The village is surrounded by truly
delightful country, containing some of
the most extensive and highly cultiva-
ted farms in Wisconsin, and inhabited
by people remarkable for their hos
pitality. Several extensive groves OF
white, red and burr oak, cherry, hick
ory, white and red elm, black and
white walnut; ash, Eastwood and iron
wood are in the immediate vicinity oil
Monroe.
Fruit, including red and yellow
plumbs, blue grapes, gooseberries, cur
rants, crab apples, cranberries, and ha-
zlenuts, grow wild in abundance IN
this neighborhoob. Lead Mines are
worked within four miles OF the vii
lage; the roads leading to the village
are among the very best in the Terri
tory, being located on elevated prai-
RES, and no country under the sun
possesses q more salubrious climate.
CHAPTER on TEARS. Tears are
sometimes a relief, and sometimes a
burthen; they are relief TO woman,
but burden to a man, they relieve
n woman, because her sympathy ap-
proves them, they burden man, be-
cause his pride rebukes them, woman
weecps because she feels; a man, be-
cause he can't feel; n woman's tears
affect man, but mans tears dis-a flee;
y woman; woman weeps for Others;
man, for himself; a woman's tears are
common property; mans are his own
woman believes them apro6table in
vestment; man considers them n use
less expenditure; woman's tears are
easy and natural; mans are forced and
awkward, woman's are the warm
streams of the summer cloud, mans the
cold drippiugs of the icicle.
A CRusrY ONE-The editor of the
llagerstown News, himself an old bach.
elor, says:-"No,hing can prevent an
increase OF bacheloriSm save an amend.
ment inthe mode of educating women
When they learn common sense. instead
of broken Freneh-whcn they learn