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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17
MISCELLANEOUS
Paris Fashion for JULY.

The closing Paris season has left few
'elcgancies which are worthy of record.
An grand ball at st. Cloud, a short
tinc since, the dresses of the ladies were
remarkable for their delightful freshness,
AID light colors, aproEr iate to The sea-
sen. The dark colored dresses of the
Winter assemblies had given place 10 fresh
ahd charming light colors all the head
dreSscs were of natural flowers, as We're
also the ornaments of the bodies and
aklrts of dresses. Flowers and boquets
~ straw-work-a charming novelty
We're also worn.
n This year, white is much worn for
pmmer dress not only for balls, but
4 SO for indoor and visiting dresses 49,
p the morning, peignoir, of white iac-
obet, fastened all round with coutU .4ng-
MS Jaconne, or jaconet striped length
vlsc or across, or i'll squares, is Worn.
4 or walking dress-the nansoud is
Worked on All embroidered band on the
Border and the large sleeves Of the sea-
spn. For evening, white muslin en-
broidered-the volants trimmed with
Mcchlin or Vaenciennes lace, is an elc-
gpnt dress. The bodies a baSques, are
open in front and trimmed with small
plants, like the petticoat, the volant Of
ne basque appearing to form the
last volant of the petticoat. Organdie,
tarlatane, and tulle are also employed in
TIC same manner as muslin. The en-
Moideries are either small flowers spread
Ger the dress, or garlands on the bor-
deFs of the volants. For persons who
do not require such juvenile dresses,
prnted jaconet is much worn; the
grounds are generally white, with very
snall boquets or patti ems, blue, lilac,
ani light violet. The petticoat is plain,
m body closed, and the basquine orna-
mnted with plain bands. When the
petcoats are uolants, the band Of the
uFqulnc is festooned, and appears to
make another volant TO the petticoat.-
tnese bodies are also trimmed with a
@aHonne.
FOulard dresses, discarded of late
yfars, appear likely TO come into vogue
apl'tle this year. They are worn prin-
~ IN all styles, and more covered with
Ptterns than other dresses. This ma
1rlal has an advantage for ladies who
Tavel, as it can be packed in trunks
Without being spoiled or rurnpled.
81 Tatfetas is the only silk which is
Worn this season. 1t is made of the
6htest colors, with squares formed of
single thread, very thin, and scarcely
sible. We remarkeda few days since,
shop, dress of singular though dis
Mguished appearance. 1t was of taft
as' green or blue, very light, with five
ANTS; on which there are three black
!! l9cS of unequal width, these stripes
ns woven into the stuff, and .conse-
emily softened by the light color of the
Pund. The border of each volant is
anented with an efile naelange of the
Iors or shades of the dress. The bo-
Is ornamented with two black hands
similar e6iIe, and three rows of similar
innings, nearly covering all the
eVe, complete this dress. Scarf man
eIs continue TO be worn square in
n'' ana trimmed in the manner we
serioed lately. The shape of bonnets
not undergone any change.
hoMISH MIssIoNs-Thef fatal ;ncone
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

You've AMERIcA.-In the Geography
OF Young America, the following boun-
DIARIES of the United States are now gill
bly, gives East by sunrise. West by
sunset, North by the Arctic Expedition,
and South as far as we darned pLease!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

aIThere are thiriy-one thousand in
sane and idiotic persons in the United
states-one to every eight hundred in
ha1itants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

I"How long did Adam remain in
paradise before he sinned ?'' said an
amiable spouse to herr husband. It'll
ne got wife, !" was the calm reply.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

The amount raised by the conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church south
for missions, during the past year was
$166, 901 90.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

I9Men are sometimes accused of
pride merely because their accusers
would be proud thems elves if they were
in their places.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

SAM SLICK ON CoURT1NG.-Another
wise saw from Mr.. Sticks last book
"Courtin' gal, guess, is like catch
in young horse in the pastur. You
put the oats in pan; hide the halter,
and soft-sawder the critter, and it comes
up softly and shily at first, and puts its
nose TO the grain, and gets taste, stands
of and and munches little, looks round
20 see that the coast is clear, and advan-
ces cautious again, ready for go if you
are rough. Well, you soft saw-der it all
the time; $3.50, pet gently, pet :! that's
a pretty doll and it gels to kind like
it, and comes closer, and you think you
have it, make grab at its name, and it
ups head and tail, snorts, wheels short
round, let's go both hind feet at you, and
off like shot. That comes of being in
hurry. Now, if you had put your
hand up slowly towards its shoulder, and
felt along the neck for the name, it might
perhaps have drawed away, as much as
to say, hands off, if you please; l like
your oats, but don't want you; the
chance is, you would have caught it.
Well, what's your play, now you have
missed it? Why, you don't give chase,
for that only scares tn 6 critter /; but you
stand still, shake the oats in the pan, and
say, cope, cope, cope! and it stops, looks
at you, and comes up again, but awful
skittish, stretches its neck out ever so
far, steals few grains, and then keeps
respectable distance. Now, what do
you do thenp Why, shake the pan, and
move slowly, as if you were going to
leave the pastur and make for hum !;
when it repents of bein' so distrustful,
comes up, and you slip the halter on.''
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

PRoLIFrc.-A German woman in Gin
clnnatl the other day give birth to four
boys. The mother and children are Co.
ing well.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

1.-THE author Of "Sketches in Par
aguay," gives us the following fragrant
morsel: n
Everybody smokes in Paraguay, and
nearly every female above thirteen years
Of age chews. | am wrong. They dc
not chew, but put tobacco into their
mouths, keep it there constantly, except
when eating, and, instead of chewing
roll it about with their tongue, and suck
IL. Only imagine yourself about to sa-
Lutte the rich red lips of magnificent lit.
tie Hebe, arrayed in satin and flashing
with diamonds-she puts you back with
one delicate hand, while with the fair
taper fingers of the other, she draws forth
from her mouth brownish black roll Of
tobacco, quite two inches long, looking
like monstrous grub, and, depositine
the savory lozenge on the rim of your
sombrero, puts up her face, and is ready
for your salute. | have sometimes seer
an over-delicate foreigner turn aw ay with
a shudder of loathing under such cir
Gums tanees, and get the epithet of Ell SAL
"a co (the savage) applied to him by the
offended beauty, for his sensitive squea-
mishness. However, one soon gets used
to this in Paraguay, where you are, per-
force of custom, obliged to kiss every Ia
dy you are introduced to; and one-hall
you meet are really tempting enough te
render you reckless Of consequences
and you would sip the dew Of the prof.
fered lip in the face Of tobacco battery
even the double-distilled 'honey dew Of
| Old Virpinia.''
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17
1.-THE following bills will be intr

1.-THE following bills viii be intr O.
duced into the next Legisl ,ture :-Tc
declare Lake Tyson navigable on rainy
days; to take Frank Pierce's and
Daniel Webster's heads off Richards &
Clarke's shinplasters to Danish the OK
that hauled the rocks in the Mississippi
below Cheever's to prevent steamboats,
from attempting to butt the brains out
of the head of navigation /; to stop dad
associations, such as Wing newspaper
offices, from surrounding the editor Of
the Democrat; and to prevent persons
who are running for Congress from run.
ming the thing into the ground.-r Min.
nesotian.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17
IIThe SpringfeJd RepubLicon prop

"a Hs OPrang5le1d Repabl'cdn propo-
ses that monument to Franklin be e.
rected by the printers of the United
States. The editor concludes his para
graph on the subject with the following
sentence 1.-THE printers in the Repu5-
lican Office every one of whom learns his
bread by the sweat of his brow,' will
back up these wishes with a contribu-
ton of twenty-five dollars" A good
suggestion and good beginning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

& So Z. B
PonITIcs IN MA1NE.-The State TEN
perance Committee of Maine have. adj
dressed interrogatories to the. different
candidates for Governor of that State
relative to their opinions upon the Maine
Liquor Law, Gov. Crosby (Whig)
states in reply his approval Of the law,
and that he has "no notifications to pro
pose or recommend" and he is "not a.
ware of any which should be made. -
Dr.. Holmes, the Freesoil candidate, in
his reply, goes entirely against any re-
peal or modification Of the law, though
he thinks that ssseveral notifications
might be suggested that would strength
en- its prohibitory character and increase
its stringency." Mr.. .Pillsbury, the De-
mocratic candidate, has returned no an
|swer, and it is minated that he has gone
to Moose Head Lake to avoid the scar
ches Of committees, and that he intends
to remain there till after the election.
The temperance men are to hold a
great Convention at Bangor on Wednes-
day evening and Thursday next to en-
deavor to strengthen the cause Of the
law, and the dissatisfied Democrats will
have Mass Convention at Portland the
first week in August to nominate can
didate in opposition to Mr.. Pillsbury.-
The cause Of the revolt in the Democra-
tic camp is, however, not confined to g
difference about the Maine Law, though
hat is one pf tic oonoon,itapto Tho hie
tory of the politics of Maine for the past
year, the fierce quarrels which existed
between the two wings Of the party, anc
the retaliatory spirit Of the friends of Go.
vernon Hubbard, who was sacrificed By
the "wild CATS" will furnish some sou.
ton to the cause Of the present troubles
l. Boston Courier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

a5-Why should sailors, shoemakers'
and milkmen be classed togcther? Ans.
Because they work at pumps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

TEST OF Coon FL umoa.-- Wake a man
up IN the the middle OF, tire night, aud
ask HIM to lend you five sllillings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17
1 He PISM AND Sc ISIS s.

Fourteen thousand one hundred and
eighteen dollars and twenty-three cents
have been received from Massachusetts,
towards building churches in the west
ern States. Adyices from Santa Fe
to the l1th Of June state that Gov. Trias
had Withdrawn his troops from Mesilla
Valley pursuant to an order from the To-
cal government. F Ex-Governor
Paine of Vermont is lying at the point Of
death at Waco in Texas. - The total
cost Of the public schools of Boston for
the past year, was $lS7,6oo.-T The
population of Philadelphia has increased
thirty per cent. during the past two
years. T The Mexican papers are
full Of accounts of Fillibuster expeditions
from California into the State O. Sonora,
and manifest much anxiety in regard to
the difficulty between Mexico and the T.
nited States. ---T Said one to an aged
friend, 81 had letter from distant cor
respondent the other day, who inquired
if you were in the land of the living" p
"No," replied the saint-like, venerable
man, "but am going there. This world
is alone the land of shadows and the e.
ternal is the only one Of living realities .
- A Mr.. Garvill, Of Owen cotintv,
Kentucky, brought to Cincinnati seven
slaves, and gave them their liberty, with
money sufficient to sustain them one
year. Ill The Massachusetts Consti-
tutional Convention has adopted an a.
mendment, limiting the terms Of Justi-
ces of the State Courts to ten wears.
Nashua, New Hampshire, has become a
city, and the grand ceremony of lighting til e
gas is to come off on the Goth Of September.
There is fg-tree growing in the open
air at Charestown Massachusetts, on which
are forty-eigM figs nearly ripe. The tree is a.
bout eight feet high. $685. slaa
in country grave yard in NewJersey is a
stone with this incription Here lies the
body Of John Jones, ,cho neper held an office An
honest man.
1t is stated that marble to the amount of
seven millions of dollars, is annually taken from
the quarries of Vermont
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17
-.sHave we a Demoetatis nartx q

-"Have we Democratic party a.
mong US ?''
Yes, two of them. Their existence
can no more be questioned than could
that of the Kilkenny Cats just previous
to the disappearance of the last inch OF
their tails.-[ Rochester IN. Y.) Amer
lean. @
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

sIke, " said a rusty old heather Of the
desk, show do astronomers measure The
distance TO the sun?' ssWhy,n replied
the young hopeful, ssthey guesses at one
fourth the distance, and then mulliplies
by four
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

noMIsH MIssIoNs.-The total income
l; ;ne society for the Propagation of the
/ WI LOT the past year was 8l29, $50,
more than $4,000 less than the pre-
as year. The expenditures for mis-
81 NJ am amounted to 9l22,6S2, of which
. 100 were W for church purposes in
Spe' 9,578 in Asia, ;ell,267 in
10 : 3z9, lSo in America, and se13,-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

INTERVIEW WITH SANTAANNA.-We
never saw Santa Anna but once, and thai
was at Kingston, jamaica, in 1850, after
his last election from Mexico. He oc-
cupied good house, comfortably but
carelessly furnished, little way out Of
the city. He sat at table covered with
papers, some of which had Mexican
postmarks on them, yet unopened, that
probably came to him by the same steam
ell which brought us from Chagres. AS
we entered he rose from his seat, and
welcomed cordially, but with great dig
nifty, each one OF us as our names were
announced. As he seemed disinclined te
speak English, we opened a rafting fire
upon him in bad Spanish, ourselves
thrusting in sideway question or re-
mark occasionally in unpatented French.
He conversed freely upon California,
spoke of its great wealth in gold but
remarked that Lower California contain
ed more gold than Alta California, and
Sonora more than both. What seemed
most particularly tointerest him, how
ever, was our description CT the game of
tasonte, as played in the gorgeous saloons
of San Francisco. His eyes sparkled
and their pupils dilated as we told him
we had seen twenty-five thousand, and
even fifty thousand dollars, staked at one
bet upon the 'caballo,' and the sharp,
quick tone with which he asked, did the
horse win?' proved that he was watch
ing the game with his mental eye with
all the interest and excitement he had
watched his own big hazards at the fair
of 'Nuestra Sonora de los Lagos.'-TOl-
i've Branch. A- al
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17

The SUSPICIOUS MAN.-This kind of
individual is always smelling contin-
uous line Of rats. He sees, hears, nor
dreams of anything, in which he does
not ssmell a rat" The most harmless
action of his neighbor, under his suspi-
cious and inquisitorial dispositions made
matter of serious investigation, because
he knows there is something in the wind,
for he saw his neighbor, Mr.. B,
speaking very confidently to Mrs s.
that morning in the market. He puts
that and that together as he calls it, and
connects i'is whispering in the NOR
ming with something he heard in the
barber's shop, some weeks before, and
he is satisfied his neighbor B is
either going to fail in business, or alb
ssond without giving his creditors due
notice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17
Pacific II. Hsoad-Tl.e Great Desert.

The Secretary of War, in his speech
at the Crystal Palace Banquet, touched
on subject that has net yet been suf-
ficiently presented to the public mind;
but which must come UP sooner or later
amongst the considerations relative to
the projected connexion with the Pacific
by railroad. We refer to the obstacles
presented to the construction and work
ing Of a railroad across those dreary de-
sert wastes that stretch SO far eastward
ly and westwardly from the backbone
Of the Rocky Mountains. These obsta-
cles are great, and it would seem, in the
estimate of the Secretary, insurmounta-
BILE by existing means; for he says we
shall have s'to find ne,c modes" of over
coming them. 1t is rot in what we al
really have, but what he believes we
shat possess, that he places his conf
dence, and tells Us that ssthe problem
which history has heretofore taught lis
to believe must remain unsolved'' will
be among the future trophies of science
and the energies Of our people.
1t is easy to see that the special advo-
Gates of each particular one Of the nu-
merous routes to the Pacific plead pow
erfully against every other. Much OF
this in all of them will be rejected, but
there Is residulm in each not TO be Sc
treated. The almost entire absence Of
wood through four-fflhs of the way will
be poser of itself; water will often be
very scarce for hundreds of miles, and
we doubt if coal can be procured any
where in sufficient abundance for the
purposes of the road. We therefore a.
gree with Mr.. Davis in his view of the
intrinsic difficulties, and we have lon g
seen with him, that the people, in think
ing somuch about how to cross the noun
tains, have "skipped the desert" He
says these "sterale plains can neuer BE-
crossed until science shall produce the means
aDhach shoH render them not only passable
but fertile" We fear, if the Pacific R.
Road must wait for that, neither this
century nor the next will witness its
construction. Nature has forbidden fer
tility to those wastes, as she has to the
deserts of Lydia and Sahara their depth
in the interior Of the continent will al
ways deny them those supplies Of rain.
distilled from the ocean vapor, which arc
indispensable to widespread fertility
Irrigation is the only resort in the re-
gions in question, and that can be ex-
tended little or nothing beyond what is
effected at present. Baltimore ANN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-17
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.
SPICY AND HUM Gus,
The way to Make Poetry.

q certain famous poetaster,
Than whom but few could rhyme it faster,
Was, by wag with sober face,
Accosted thus with seeming grace,
HKind sir, pray whence is your ability
For making rhymes with such facility ?v
The poet answered, .. @
"Sir, did you but know it,
lis no great knaclS to be poet.
First | select, for can tell,
Such words in pairs as jingle well,
Then down along the right hand AL, border,
Arrange them, sir, in martial order.
These you know are my front guard,
'Ganst those who criticise bard:
And then to I'll the blank, measure out
My lines some five feet or thereabout.
Then find those words that best will match,
And stuff them in to fill the batch.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-28
THE PRINCESS DE BELGIoJosO.
We take the following notice Of a LADY wis has long
been Correspondent OF The Tribune from The Bizarre,
a weekly paper of Philadelphia

We take the following notice Of lady wis has long
been correspondent Of The Tribune from The Bizarre,
a weekly paper of Philadelphia;
Femins seIu, nseniO vr.
II hes been many Yeas since THIS strange Woan
he nod,rn Pebtheses bas been pleading tur0 oy turn
With the uusket and the pen the acknowledgements O
tt her noble husband displayed his magulce yOics
at the piano she intrepid continued her Isk
through thousand cangers-nOw pursued b. the sOrris
Of Aus'n.-nOT obliged to hsr-eif from Gem Oy
fight 10 ssA IN hte bark in the middle Of the night
The Princess Of BelgojoeO i, win Madame de Stae
George Sand. aid others Of that small number Of
women DO will leave behind seriously political reoO"n
il the history Of their time Formerly Italy would have
mace her minister, general Of an army DIugnter o.
the MARQUIS Trvuce and the srchOnsss GherArdni her
inscribed az Tie very ae-d Of Tue sOi9sn OO"N ="
tie Italian nobility ..,..,
Her age 10 foriyone say brutay aud Without sny
more gaantry than the almanac OF Gotna bet sns b
nevertheless retained All tie characteristic 1eAuts'
youth her raven hair, bright black eye CURING "f' $3.50
h4BghuLess. aud duHngbs ar. e.. p-;. 4, Tho
There l. il the street u Monparn4sse' IN Als "a nc
uidst II tree. splendid hotel lts hers An ~. -
Of exquisit-, tsDiAsical worHnAhsnP ~ 80 -
den full OF u sde and grass where Jour OF ~
81 ave on b.l1g a Little girl, who a2s brought hOm
Its uop her face n kiss OF IL ardent SUI runs "a pu
.u M en- vilOs switch IN her mana Inc mousse STANDS
~ h h. uup-r part richly carved and the corners sur
- - ,rrrr.,s 81 ron On the dOor-siI, plunged in
-, - cs9 xheu the weather Is doe, sits msdit4tiug
closed eyes-a blind IL j. he whom Chat
eaubri.ud has called the Homer Ct history IL Angus
The profound friendship which unites the Princes. Bel
yioso aud the auth d The Conquest Of En- gland i
besuuul ard noble spectacle This alliance Of sctive
fbough srd pssslve tDought-Of the oheraye aud the
hsruitof commOt0n FepOss-is every day fesInd ia
pou eful rssuts The one setting out goes Ike hso
ry the Other Uais AZ home and records H. Bot every
ysu hncs then reunited Al toe same green b1Le desc
The works 81 the Princess BeEiqesO are more tAie
Of B,nsdlcine than u woman Of the world EleEsnt
lx ft.frtsu An n
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-28
.oPoSED DATES OF SAILING.


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