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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

A SMART LAD.-At the recent exhibit
ton of the New York Free Academy, a
lad received one gold and six ward med
ais. The gold medal was awarded for
his atsaihments in mathematics. The
six ward medals were given for his pro-
ficiency in chemistry, natural philosophy
English, German, composition, and as
tronomy. His name is JohE Hardy
The Express says "The youth who is
about eighteen years Of age, display ed
much ability in his course, he has done
honor to the institution wherein he re-
ceiyed his education. and is the Joy of
his poor parents. His father is a Jour
neyman misunderstanding his bread
by the most unpleasant labers, and is so
needy In circumstances, as TO have been
scarcely able to leave his son at the a.
cademy for the past year. But Johnny
has proved good son, his education has
not been lost, and now he goes to hi.
father. accompanied by the love and adj
miration of his professors and class
mates, and profusely crowned with aca-
demical honors. Each time he camo
forward to receive medal, he was re-
ceived. with the most vehement APP
plause."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

Coop FOR THE OLD MAN.. p
Wheeler, of Rock county, announces
himself in the GAINESVILLE Gazette, as ar
Independent candidate for the Assembly
in the following heroic language. He
is a veteran worthy Of victory:
"a word to the electors. In Mas
sachusetts in 1904 / was called dem
ocrat, word of great scorn and dsri-
sion; 1912, I was called a war hawk
in 1914, shouldered my musket as one
Of the drafted militia Of my native coun-
ty, and marched to Boston, under the
Maj. Gen. Wheaton. The regiment was
called the Berkshire nub. In 1921 they
called me a Clintonian in New York
take pride in having supported the
man and measures which brought into
being the Erie canal.
But no matter what l may have been
under all the changes and phases that
parties have assumed, | am now deter
mined to do my best to advance and sus-
tain the free institutions of my country,
avowing that l hate slavery, black or
white, as hate the devil that l re-
nounce all allegiance to king caucus and
tyranny; and that SO long as
my gray hairs float in the breeze above
the turf ofmy prairie homo will support
the temperance cause and the Maine
Liquor Law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

THE GAIr.-One may judge of the
spirit and disposition of man by his
ordinary gait and manner of walking
He who habitually pursues abstract
thoughts, looks down on the ground
He who is accustomed to sudden impul-
ses, or is trying to seize upon some me-
cessary recollection, looks up with a
kind of jerk. He who is steady,
cautious, merely practical man, walks
on deliberately, his eyes straight before
him and, even in his most musing
moods, observes things at hand su fiji
GENTLY to avoid porter's knot or a
butchers tray. But the man with
strong granglions-of pushing, lively
temperament, who, though practical, is
yet speculative--the man who is emu
ous and active, and ever trying to rise
in hie,-sanguine, alert, bold-walks
with spring, locks rather above the
heads of his fellow-passengers, but
with a quick, easy turn of his own,
which is lightly set on his shoulders
his mouth is little open, his eye is
bright, rather restless, but is penetra-
tive; his port. has something of def
ance his form is erect, but without
Stiffness Portland Eclectic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

"A large meeting was recently held
at Stafford, England, in favor of aiding
Turkey against the incursions Of Russia.
Kossuth was invited to attend, bit de-
clined on the ground that he condemned
the trucking policy Of England, which
refused to protect the week against the
strong. His letter closed as follows:
aThe question now pending in the
East is not question belonging to Eng
land alone it is question Of mankind,
Of liberty, Of civilization, and particularly
the future of my country and, in such
matters, l may we'll claim the right of
having an opinion, and of expressing it..
/ therefore conclude by saying, that it is
with deep sorrow and intense anxiety that
Isee the British Government taking a
principal share in line of policy which
the course of events has already con-
demned, and which impartial history
will undoubtedly pronounce to have been
unbecoming the position of Englanp, ad-
verse to the interests Of Great Britain
and Of humanity, inefficacious to achieve
its declared design, inconsistent to
help, and helping those it protested to
oppose.
/ am, sir with particular regard,
Yours respectfully,
L. KOssUTH.
William Peplow. ESQ. Stafford.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

Fox HuNTrNG-Hs Cost in one Coun-
ty in England. An old huntsman has
just calculated that in Yorkshire, at least
the fox is the farmers best friend, and
thus he shows it to be so. In that
county there are ten packs Of FOX
hounds, one pack of stag hounds, and
FIVE or six of barriers, equal in all to
thirteen or fourteen packs of hounds
Thirteen packs Of fox hounds of fifty
couples each; i. g., l 300 hounds, con-
sumo annually two hundred tons Of oat-
meal, at cost Of f2,6O0, besides the
carcases Of about 1900 dead horses,
worth nothing, if no hounds wers kept.
There are at the very least 200 hunt
ing men in Yorkshire, keeping at an av-
erage four horses each; 1000 horses
will cost them f2O0, 900 at ESQ each,
and their keeping at ESQ per annum
each amounts to 4200, 900 more; 1000
horses employ 1000 men as grooms,
generally the offspring Of the agricul-
tural population, and consume annually
40, 900 qrs. of oats, 1000 qrs. of beans,
and 5000 tons Of hay and grass. Eve
cry tradesman is also benefited by hun
ting-tailors, shoemakers, blacksmiths,
saddlers, druggists, surgeons, and veter-
mary surgeons, SC. If fox hunting
were given up, where would the farmer
find a market for the above produce, or
for well bred horse of four or FIVE
years old. Foxes are the farmers best
friends.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

INSANITY IN RoMANIsH CONVERTS
Mr.. Seymour has stated, on the author
ity of an official visitor Of the Roman
converts, that one half of the nuns die
raving mad before they have reached the
age Of twenty-five. 1t is not otherwise
with thsir unhappy sisters of Tuscany.
A gentleman whose veracity and whose
means of information are unquestiona-
BILE, informs me that in one of the best
managed converts in Florence, three
girls have died during the course of the
last year, screaming, foaming, cursing
the system to which their youth had
been offered up. Hitherto, considera-
BILE facilities have been offered by the
Tuscan law FOR the temporary return Of
the nun to their families, i'll cases where
the certificate of the family physician
had pronounced such returns to be ne
cessary. But the law is constantly e.
vaded or defed by the superiors of the
converts. They hold at bay relatives,
medical advisers, bishops, and even con-
ceal or disregard the orders which they
receive from Rome. In the Papal, as
in all other despotisms, the delegated ty-
rany often defies its head, and effectual-
ly escapes from the control by which in
theory it is curbed. - Correspond. of
the London Christian Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02
Resources of the Mineral Region
Doctor PerciVaI.
Hazel Green. Oct. Is. 1853,

Hazel Green, Oct. Is, 1863.
No one who has not made a persona
examination Of the mineral region Of
Wisconsin can have any just conception
Of its resources and mineral wealth.
No written description extant does i,
justice. To most persons, mining
country is associated with rough bro
ken surface, and rocky, sterile SOIL
But the mineral region, so far as / have
seen it, is unsurpassed for. beauty and
variety of scenery and for fertility OF
soil, and its mineral wealth is exhaust
less. The earth thrown up from the
depth of hundred feet at once pre-
duces luxuriant vegetation, and the
mines have only been worked to the wa
ter, while the richest portion of the
mines, owing to the want of capital,
have not yet been touched.
found here, IN this quiet village, DR..
Jas. G. Percival, the scholar, poet and
geologist. He has been here during the
past summer, exploring the mineral re-
sources Of this region, under the auspi-
ces of the American Mining Company
who contemplate erecting works on a
large scale, and employing steam en-
gines to drain the mines, and enable
them to penetrate to far greater depth,
if DIR. Percival's report is favorable
This Company have already one engine
at work at Fair Play, FIVE miles west of
here. DR.. Percival expressed to me his
surprise at the fertility of the soil, and
the exhaustless quantity Of ore. He
said that nothing which had been writ
ten in regard TO the mining region of
Wisconsin had given him any adequate
idea of the boundless resources Of
wealth contained here. l sincerely wish
he could be appointed State Geologist,
at least for year or two, in connection
with Prof. Daniels. His great practi-
cal knowledge Of Geology, as we'll as
his scientific attainments, would be- Of
valuable service TO this State. His re-
port of the Geology of Connecticut
every square mile Of which he traver-
sed in persen-is monument to his in
dustry and attainments.-[ Ed. Cor. of
the Milwaukee Free Dem.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

CRIMINAL STAr1sTIcs OF THE UNITED
STArEs.-The lstest national statistics
of crime are found in the abstracts of the
Seventh Census. From that it appears
that the whole number of persons con-
victed of crime in the United States, for
the year ending June, 1850, was about
81, 03O; of these, $4,000 were natives,
(includlng colored prisoners and A.
600 foreign born. BY the same author
ity, and to the same date, we are infor-
med that our population were composed
of 1885, sos natives of its soil; q
2, 1928 born in foreign countries, and
30,0l4 whose nativity could not be de-
termined. While we have, therefore
but about one foreign resident to nine
native whites, there is fraction over
one foreign born criminal to every ma.
tive, including black and white. Such
was the ratio of crime in 1850, ant
there is no reason to suppose it has ma
terially changed since that time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

THE Era IN WHICH jon LIvED.-The
time of jobs existence is not less re-
mote than his situation and manners. 1t
is involved in the highest antiquity
We must unrol the records Of time be-
yond all other history, except the brief
accounts contained in the early chapters
Of the Book of Genesis. Not only had
the Roman empire not arisen, the Ro-
man city not been founded, but even
those Etrurian kings, whose tombs, af-
ter being closed from human sight since
a thousand years before the Christian E.
ra, have recently disclosed their crown
ed and sceptered ten ants, to glitter a
moment, and vanish into dust-even
these had not yet learned to sway the
sceptre, or their subjects to delve the
virgin soil. The Grecian States were
as yet unsettled by Polops in the south,
or the wandering Pelasg from the north.
The Egyptian monarcy, and its mighty
rivals in Ninevah and Babylon, the war
like children Of Ham, did alone divide
the empire of the East; for Persia and
Medoa had not yet risen into notice. No
great state had been formed from the sa-
cred family of Shem (; but petty kings
ruled in Canaan, and over the free tribes
Of the East, who wandered far and wide
ior pasture and merchandise, without
limit or restraint over the yet uninclosed
regions between the Nile and the Eu
Parates, the Caspian Sea and the Per-
sian Gulf. The pyramids had probably
not yet reared their all-enduring sum
mus MI and only the sun-burned masses of
Dna.oylon, and The scorched marbles of
Ninevah or Calah, remain to remind us
VI =. Nose mighty nations which were CO.
SvnnpoFary with the patriarch job Hull
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

DEEP SEA SouND1NGs.-Th United
States Surveying brig Dolphin, has COM
pleteda perfect line Of soundings acros S
the .Atlantic, from Chesapeake Bay te
Rockule, off he west coast of Scotland.
The greatest depth at which bottom was
reached, was $3.50 fathoms, Is, 78O
feet-or miles and one third, S peel
mems of the soil were obtained at each
sounding and have been preserved fol
analysis. The temperature of the wa.
ter at various depths was also noted
Much difficulty has heretofore been ex.
perienced in obtaining return Of the
line after being sunk, it having invaria-
bly, broken under the weight. This OBJ
sticle has been obviated by an appara-
tus used on the Dolphin, whereby the
shot at the end of the line becomes de.
tached upon touching bottom.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

Sir Charles Napier is dead. He was
one of the most distinguished Generals
of the British Army, and had been an
officer, in different ranks and in various
parts of the World for sixty years. He
was seventy-one years of age, and had
received, in the course of his numerous
campaigns, greater number of wounds
than were, perhaps, ever survived by
any other soldier. At the battle of CO.
runa, his leg was broken by a musket-
shot, he had sabre cut on his head, a
wound in the back with bayonet, and
his ribs were broken by cannon ball.
Subsequently, at Busaco, he was shot
through the face, and had his jaw bro
ken, Nevertheless, thirty years after
wards, he commar ded in Scinde, with a
vigor that excited universal astonish-
ment, and, with twenty-eight hundred
men, attacked and defeated twenty-five
thousand Of the enemy, after desper
ate action Of three hours. His figure
was small, and his temperament was as
keenly nervous as that Of Nelson--so
that his having reached the age of sew
enty-one, after what he had gone
through, may be considered remarkable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

1.-THE nomination of Hon. Henry S.
Baird, of Green Bay by the Wings, for
Governor, is the most significant event
for the consideration Of Democrats, that
has happened in the State. If he is bea-
ten by US, Gas he propably will be, an
additional obligation will rest on the sue
cessful candidate, to conduct the
affairs Of the Executive Chair with
integrity, and a strict view to e
economy. Such would undoubtedly be the
case should Mr.. B. be elected.
He has resided in Wisconsin for 20
years, understands its wants and inter-
ests, and appreciates its bright future
He is honest-he is capable. The
Wings have honored themselves, al
least as much as him, in setting him up
we almost wish we could say-no!
to be defeated. Wisconsin Pinery,
Democratic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02
SMASH UP ON THE M. g. M. RA,

SMASH UP ON THE Nj. s. NJ. RAIL
RoAD.--The freight train from the West
this morning, when about two miles the
other side of Wauwatosa, ran over a
bull. who, We suppose, defantly placed
himself upon the track anticipating an
easy victory over the Iron horse. The
locomotive-the Milwaukee-and three
of the cars, heavily loaded with pro-
duce, were smashed in pieces. No one
was hurt save the engineer, who sprain-
ed his ankle considerably by jumping of
the train.-T Mil. Free Dem.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02
BY COVER & GOLDSMITH. ]

LONGING FOR RETIREMENT.--The fol-
lowing is he closing passage of an ad-
dress delivered by Horace Greely, at an
agricultural fair in Indiana
As for me long tossed on the stormi-
est waves Of doubtful conflict and ardu-
Gus endsavor, | have begun to feel, since
the shades Of forty years fell upon me-
the weary, tempest driven voyager's
longing for land, the wanderers yearn-
ings for the hamlet where in childhood he
nestled by his mothers knee, and was
soothed to sleep on her breast. The So
Der down hill of life dispels many allu-
sions while it develops or strengthens
within us the attachment, perhaps long
smothered or overlaid, ''fer that dear
hut, our home" And so I, in the So
her afternoon of life, when its sun il
not high, is still warm, have bought me
la few acres of land in the broad still
still country, and bearing thither my
household treasures, have resolved to
steal from the City's labors and ankle
ties at least one day in each week,
cries of my childhood's humble home.
And already I realize that the expert
ment cannot cost so much as it is worth.
Already find in that days quiet an an
tidote and solace for the feverish fes-
tering cares of the weeks which envi-
ron it. Already my brook murmers a
soothing even-song to my burning. throb-
bling brain; and my trees, gently STIR
red by the fresh breezes, whisper to my
spirit something of their own quiet
strength and patient trust in God. And
thus do family realize, but for brief and
fitting day, the serene joy which shall
rridate the Farmers vocation, when a
fuller and truer Education shall have re-
fined and chastened his animal cravings,
and when Science shall have endowed
him with her treasures, redeeming La
Dor from drudgery while quadruplings
its efficiency, browning with beauty and
plenty, our bounteous and benifcent
Earth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

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Those who advertise by the year, will be allow
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02
TThe editor of the Free Democrat
sends the following for his paper:

~-'~~~ sAAS AOANS"-'6 go AeAS F~kO
Yesterday, we rode to this village
Shullsburg-over beautiful country,
still almost in state Of nature. AT
Wiota, village Is miles from here, we
entered the mineral region, and the
earth was cast up in all directions, by
those in search Of ore. Between Mon
roe and Wiota, the country is mostly
timbered. Between Wiota and Shulls-
burg, it is chiefly prairie. The pros
pect as you approach Shullsburgh !,
for the last six miles, is magnif-
cent. We saw prairie on fire, the
first sight of the kind, ever saw. All
this region is admirably adapted to agri-
culture, the soil being very fertile
But the attention of the people is turned
chiefly to mining, and they me rely raise
grain and vegetables enough for their
own consumption. The miners gener-
ally are doing well.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

LAMART1NE'e MoTHER.-H is cur
rently reported, and believed to be quite
authentic, that the mother Of the cele-
brated French patriot, Lamartine, was
a Massachusetts girl named Waitstil
Brigham. She married the father Of
the eminent statesman Lamartine, when
quite young, in Boston, and then went
10 France, where she remained during
her life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02
William Peplow, Esq, Stafford.

Gun WISCONSIN, LEAD M1NEs-We
have on different occasions, within the
past two years, endeavored to direct the
attention of men Of capital and enterprise
at the East to the inviting field which
our almost unknown and yet unexplored
Lead Diggings in Western Wisconsin
hold out. The extent and value of
these mineral deposits can hardly be o.
verrated, and nothing is needed but the
means to 60 largely and systematical-
ly into the business Of raising the ore,
to ensure steady and remuneratiye re-
turn. We rejoice, therefore, to learn
that measures are on foot to enlist East
ern capital in this promising enterprise.
Il Milwaukee Sent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

ANCIENT IRISH DUELL1NG.-The an
cient mode Of duelling in Ireland was
generally on horseback. The comba-
tant. were to gallop past eacheether at a
distance marked out by posts, which
prevented nearer approach. They
were at liberty to fire at any time from
the commencement to the end of their
course, but it must be at a hand gollop.
The pistols were previously charged ia
like with certain number of balls,
slugs, or whatever else was most con-
venient, as agreed upon.-E Barrington's
Sketches.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

AN OUTRAGE UPON THE PREss.-The
Watertown Register, hitherto staunch
democratic PAPER, was SO Disguised with
nomination of Barstow, Dennis, and the
balance, that it bolted the ticket, and
has published some healthy truths in re-
lation to those individuals. The conse-
quence has been dastardly attempt on
the art of the friends Of Barstow and
Dennis to silence it, by selling it under
an execution. They were foiled how
ever in this base attempt.-[ Madison
State Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

The North Carolina papers are dis
cussing means to draw fereign emigra-
ton to that State. 1t seems that of the
twenty-one millions Of acres Of land in
that State, less than six millions are i'm
proved and for these six millions there
is not one laborer for every % acres,
whereas high state of cultivation would
require five times as many.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

The Morning News, DEM, truthfully
says Of the people:
"Their prospects are dark. A black
cloud hangs over them. tits impregna-
ted with democratic thunder"
This democratic thunder" threatens
to blast the interests of the State, to ruin
our banking system, to seattle the School
Find. and to destroy our credit and
prosperity. Will the people take nc
measures to protect themselves against
it?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02
OId-FashlOned Love Song.


Fairer than thee, beloved.
Fairer than thee
There is but one thing, beloved,
Fairer than thee.
Not the glad sun, beloved,
Bright though its beams
Not the green earth, beloved,
Silver with streams
Not the gay birds, beloved,
Happy and free;
Yet there's one thing, beloved,
Fairer than thee.
Not the clear day, beloved,
Glowing with liz hit;
Not fairer still, beloved,
Star-crowned night.
Truth in her might, beloved,
Grand in her sway
Truth with her eyes, beloved,
Clearer than day
Holy and pure, beloved,
Spotless and free,
Is the one thing, beloved,
Fairer than thee.
Guard well thy soul, beloved,
Truth dwelling there,
Shall shadow forth, beloved,
Her image rare.
Then shall | deem, beloved,
That thou art she,
And there'll be nought, beloved,
F'airer than thee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-02

SELF RIoHEs.-At an inn in Swedei,
there was the following inscription, in
English, on the wall: "You will find
at Trollhathe excellent bread, meat
and wine prouided you bring them Nth
you." And this will almost serve for
a description of human life, SO much de-
ponds upon the temper that events are
met with, and on the prudence that fore
sees and provides against them.