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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

CURING Pork AND HAMs.-Sometime
since we had the pleasure of dining with
Leonard House, ESQ.,, of Housewife, Lew
is Co., N. T., and could not but observe the
superior quality Of the pork and ham-iui-
cy, tender and fine favored. They were
cured as follows For pork: make brine
enough to cover the pork. as. strong as Dos
slble. For every laying Of pork, put a lay
er OF ground black pepper, say about one
pound to barrel. Put in three or four
ounces OF saltpetre; this is not enough to
make it taste, and yet it is sufficient to keep
the lean from getting hard. When used
the second time, don't scald the brine
This is very important. Mr.. III. thinks
brine should never be boiled.
For hams: to each 100 lbs. of ham take
nine pounds of salt, five ounces of saltpetre,
one quart Of molasses, large spoonful Of
saleratus, and four ounces Of ground black
pepper Let the hams remain in the brine
from four to six weeks. Smoke them a.
bout fortnight; then pack them away in
dry ashes. Care should be taken to pre-.
vent the pork from freezing; or at least be
careful that the frost is all out when it is
put in the brine. More hams are proba
bly, lost from neglect of this, than any 9th
er cause. Many imagine that because the
hams have been in the salt the requi
ired time, they must necessarily be cured
forgetting that if they are frozen the sal
cannot penetrate them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

GEN. SAM. HoUsroN.--This gentleman
is organizing Know-Nothing societies
throughout Texas. So says that medium
Of communication, which very frequently
is tel-lie-graph. Gen. Houston has also
agreed to deliver lecture before the An
ti-Slavery Society of Boston, on the ex-
press condition that he shall be allowed to
freely express his views concerning slavery
without reference to the supposed opinions
of his audience.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
GEA correspondent Of the Bost

G@A correspondent Of the Boston
Transcript has the following capital hit:
81 have heard an anecdote here, of one
of your Boston men, which is too good
to be kept from your readers. Theodore
r. Parker, Esq, a merchant in your city
happened few weeks since to be guest
for one night at Mr.. Knapp's hotel. AT
ter tea, as he was enjoying the GOODNESS
of the evening breeze on the piazza, he
noticed a gentleman in the office who was
examining the book of arrivals, and who
afterwards walked up and down the piazza,
scanning him Mr.. p. very closely
Some ten or fifteen minutes passed in this
way, when the stranger broke the silence
by addressing him It's your name Par
ker, sir a-sYes, sir.'-sTheodore Parker 2
Yes, sir.'-sDo you come from Boston,
sir?'-sYes sir.'--sThen, sir, with look
as if the identity of the individual were
fairly established,) 4 suppose you are the
man who goes about in New England,
vilifying the institutions of the South p
% no, nor answered the astonished Mr..
Parker, before whose eyes bag of fea-
theirs and kettle of tar danced mo-
mentarY pas de deMr; 4 am Theodore
ID. Parker-I am merchant in Boston
II am not the minister, whom you speak
of sAh! that alters the case, them re-
sponded the chivalric Virginian in amilder
tone; 'but allow me to give you one piece
Of advice, and that is, thatif you are going
to travel round in these diggins, you had
better in future, when you sign your name
be certain and make that d. particular
d plain
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

HusK BEDs.-No one who has not tried
them, knows the value of husk BEDS
Straw mattresses would be entirely done a.
way with, if husk beds were once tried
They are not only more pliable than mat
raises, but more durable The first cost is
trifing; to have husks nice and clean they
may be split after the manner Of splitting
straw for braiding. The finer they are
split the softer will be the bed, although
they are. not likely to last as long as when
they are put in whole. Three barrels full,
well slowed in, will fill good sized tick,
that is, after they have been split. The
bed will always be light, the husks do not
beco ne matted down like feathers, and
they are certainly more healthy to sleee on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
Coon CRops OF Come. Hartmai

Coon CRops OF CoRN-C. Hartman,
of Freedom, in this county, raised corn
crop which averaged As bushels per acre =
Mr.. Hartman informs us that he used the
Southern Dent corn, and that it ripened
without any trouble. People generally
suppose that the Southern corn cannot RI
PENN this climate. This evidence disproves
the supposition. Mr.. H. says he will plant
no other kind, except for early table use
Appleton Crescent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

Twospecimans Of the American Os=
trich---rnale and female-were recently
killed near Fort DIES Moines, Iowa, and pre-
pared by w. E. Moore for the Fort des
MONIES Museum. They are described by
Mr.. M. as four and half feet long, and
five feet in height, with bills six inches long,
straight and very sharp. They resemble
in most points the ostrich of Africa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

"A voting lady who wore spectacles
exclaimed, in voice Of sentimental en-
thusiasm, to ploughman who was walk
ing on the road:
EDO you, sir, appreciate the beauty of
that landscapel Oh, see those darling
sheep and lambs skipping about"
"Them amt sheep and lambs them's
hogs, Miss"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

GgJ. I. Hadly, the historian Of @Na-
poleon and his Marslals," and Washing
ton and his Generals" r. elected to the
New York Legislature, from the New
burgh district. He run as an independent
Maine-Law candidate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
~A bluff country farmer. rneeti

EA bluff country farmer, meeting the
parson Of parish in by-lane, and not Civ
ing him the way so readily as he expected,
the parsou, with an erect chest, told him
she was better fed than taught" every
true, indeed, sir, said the farmer, sfor you
teach me, and ! feed myself"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
AOOertising Rates

column, per year, $50 Fl of column per year, 81 4
column, do IS spare, per year, S
Transient advertisements Of IL lines.or less, fl
for the first and % cts. for each subsequent iusers
ton. Business Cards, lines or les 8 per year, IS
Yearly advertisers will be allowed foar change
Lega! advertisements inserted at statute prices.
Notices of strays. published four weeks, SITS
Advertisements sent in without the number Of
Insertions Indicated, will be continued till ether
wise ordsred. s.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

SCRAP OF H1sroRY.-During the re vo-
lutionary war, General Lafayette being in
Baltimore, was invited to ball. He went
as requested, but instead of joining the a
musement, as might be expected of young
Frenchman of twenty-five, addressed the
ladies thus:
sLadies you are very handsome; you
dance prettily; your ball is very fine, but
my soldiers have no shirts"
The appeal was irresistible. The ball
ceased; Ladies went home and went to
work, and next day a large number Of
shirts were prepared by the fairest hands
of Baltimore for the gallant defenders o.
their country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
HWe take no notes on time"
Triumphantly yours,

TrlumphantIy yours,
DIR. @. R. PHILANDERD oEsTIoKs, p. B., MD
P. S.-Bull Dogge says I have piled it
up too strong, and that no one will believe
what he calls "humbug about the newspa-
pers, and the preposterous nonsense con
corning the Broadway actor" am aware
that in these instances my medicine has
performed modern miracle but the facts
remain ''no less true than strange"
DR.. O. R. P. D., P. B. NJ. D.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

GETalk about the enjoyment Of wealth
It never was and never can be enjoyed
An abundance of money is heap Of mis-
cry. A man who owns small house, a
small farm, small wife, a big dog, a good
COW, two or three fat pigs, and three
children, ought to be web satisfied Er.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
EW Kidnapninc seems to be usl1rnino

gg kidnapping seems to be usurping
the place Of the regular operation Of the
Fugitive Slave Law. On Sunday night
week, a free colored woman in Cincinnati,
was called to her door, knocked down, pla-
ced in carriage, and lodged in Jail in Co
vington, KY, as a fugitive slave, alledged
to be owned in Maysville, Ky. Some Of
her friends hearing of the outrage, had her
taken before the Mayor Of Covington, by
whom she was released On her actual free
dom being established. The kidnappers
fled. The previous week several Kentuck-
ians, aided by an Ohioan, kidnapped a
young negress near Georgetown, Ohio, and
conveyed her TO Maysville, where, after a
eoncealment of two days, she made her es-
cape. Three of the kidnappers were ares
ted and committed to jail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
THE Poor OF THIS Wop1n-God,s wav

The Poor OF THIS WoRLD.-God's WAYS
are not as the ways Of men. They often
seem inexplicable to the human mind
None are more so than those which con-
Germ choice as to the objects of his favor
He selects, as a general thing, not the rich
of this world, but the poor, not the noble
and the mighty, but the humble and the
weak.
Moses was the son of poor Levite-
Gideon was thresher-David was a shep-
herd boy-Amos was herdsman-the a.
postles were Ignorant and unlearned."-
The reformer, Zwingle, emerged from a
shepherds hut among the Alps. Melanc-
Ton, the great theologian Of the Reforma-
ton was workman in an armorer's shop
Martin Luther was the child of poor mi
ner.
Carey, who originated the plan Of trans
lating the Bible into the language OF The
millions of Hindoostan, was shoemaker in
Northampton. DR.. Morrison who transla-
ted the Bible into the Chinese language
was last-maker, in Newcastle. DR.. Milne
was herdboy in Aberdeenshire DR.. Ad-
am Clarke was the child of Irish cotters
John Foster was weaver. Andrew Full
Ter was farm-servant. William Jay, Of
Bath, was herdsman; and the present
Archbishop of New York is the son of q
| draper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
aYThe great question in California

E-The great question in California is
What shall be done with John China
man. Already the Chinese population
exceeds forty thousand in that State, and
accessions are made, sometimes a thousand
in week. Naturally of thievish dis
position, these poor fellows are getting in
to bad repute; and from the impossibility
Iof sqeezing the truth out of them by any
process Of legal ingenuity, eenrietinns
for offences IN which John is party, are
rarely made. The feuds engendered by
the civil war in the Flowery Land, exist
among the Chinese of California, and from
time to time they engage in regular bat
ties. Were it not that the authorities in
terpose, there would be extensive hostili-
ties carried on among the California Johns
An account of the last 'great fight" we
find in late Sacramento paper, the COM
batants numbering five or six hundred
1t was funny affair, and witnessed with
great gusto by the white folks "They
were armed with tin hats, bamboo shields
tin and iron swords and cutlass a la pick
handles, and proceeded at once tobusiness
They were not separated into different ar
mics, but pitched in generally, every mar
apparently on his own hook. Every one
behaved in the most Ishmaelitish manner
and raised his hand against everybody
and everybody's hand was raised against
him. They fought some half hour or SO
when the police interfered in the sport
and quelled the row in Chinadom. OF
all the wounded, and there is no telling
their number, only one is supposed to b
injured sufficiently to cause DEATH" Te
save appearance, the police actually arres
ted twenty, or SO, and 'jugged" them
Such scenes are of frequent occurrence il
various parts of the Eureka State.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

ANOTHER RUNAwAY.-Tuesday evening
the team belonging to Messrs. Stowell
took fright and ran away, on the Belmont
road, the driver being for moment out Of
the wagon and, as is frequently the prac-
tice, walking in front of the team. They
finally brought up by Stephenson's Hotel
without having done any serious dam
age ID.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

EXTREMES Many fool has passed
for a clever man, because he has known
how to hold his tongue, and many q
clever man has passed for fool, because
he has not known how to make use of it
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

KNow-NoTHING FuN-The discussion
concerning the birthplace Of Ullmann, the
Know-Nothing candidate for Governor Of
New York, has been the source of much a.
musing wit The Albany Register don't
stop even with the election, but makes Cal
cutta figure in the returns as follows:
The friends of Ullmann are confident that
the Calcutta district will bring up his vote
and make him run Clark pretty close
Burmah is all right, too. All along the
Ganges he must have run WE'LL His vote
in Asia will be large with "tiger" to
boot.
It is said that the New York Know-No-
things, unlike other defeated candidates,
will not have to sail up "Salt River" but
on account of their leaders origin will as
cend the Ganges. In Massachusetts, and
Delaware, however, the Known othings
have all the fun to themselves Beloit
| Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
ooh if there be an Elysium on Earth.
It is this-it is this"

Orders for my balsam, accompanied By
the money, will be Immediately attended
to; otherwise, not-for my partner and I
have resolved to sell for cash only, feeling
as did Dr. Young, who appropriately and
feeling by remarks
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

EFFECTS OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES w.
Stewart, one of the doofkeepers of the u.
S. House Of Representatives, committed SUI
icide at Washington, a few days ago, by
taking strychnine in glass of champagne,
in the Speakers room at the Capitol. He
was found lying on the sofa perfectly dead.
During the day he had taken leave of the
persons employed about the building, say
ing that he would not again see them. To
one of them he gave the keys usually kept
by him. He had accumulated quite a
handsome property, and was popular a.
mong those who knew him, but had of late
INDUCED too freely in intoxicating drink,
from which his mind was frequently found
deranged. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

Cuba.

/ The latest intelligence from Cuba is Of
a serious and startling character. Were
not the desire and purpose of considera-
ble party IN this country, TO possess this is
land, openly ayowed, and were there no
plans on foot to accomplish this BY force Of
arms, a revolution would be matter of no
particular moment. But with the South
ia unit in favor Of the acquisition. as a meth
cd of strengthening the institution of sla-
very; with the pro-slavery party Of the
North, backing up their policy by their
votes and influence; with filhbusterinc
force ready to be called at moments no
tice into action; with the opposition Of
England and France to be encountered
a rising IN Cuba at this iuncture, will be
attended with results that no man can fore
see. There Is no probability that such an
event can take place without embroilino
/ the United States. Had we q jackson, o.
leyen Van Buren,, in the Presidential
chair, there would be hope that the schemes
Iof the propagandists might be defeated,
and the peace Of the country preserved
But with imbecility in the highest place in
the nation,-imbecility united with de-
sire to win distinction by any means what
soever,-the lookout ahead is stormy e.
nough. Could Gen. Pierce be courageous
enough to be true to his convictions; could
he muster manliness enough to rid himself
of the bad advisers-the Forneys, the
Campbells, the Cushings, and the Davises
by whom his administration is controlled.
to his disgrace and the shame of the nation,
we could see the Cu5ans and their rulers
fight it out to the bitter end and not trem-
bic for the influence of that contest upon
the future Of our country. With constitu-
tional advisers in the Cabinet, Senators and
Representatives in Congress, Generals in
the army, and host of politicians among
the people, who do not value the Union
except as it sustains and supports chattel
bondage more horrible than any tyranny
of Spaniards in Cuba, and who would, with
out conjunction, break the bonds that bind
the States together, whenever the designs
of slavery will be promoted thereby,-with
these to make and administer the laws and
punish their infraction, what can we hope
for but the most unlimited license and the
widest disorder9 IF a revolution does oc-
cur in Cuba, and the South demands war
for acquisition and annexation of the island,
war we shall have, though all Chrstendom
Galena Jeffersonian.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

Tom CoRwIN's WIT.-While Ills CAPT
tai joker was a member of the General As
sembly Of the State Of Ohio, hebrought
in a bill for the abolition of publidpunish-
ment at the whipping post. Hymade a
speech theron, to which an elderlymember
replied somewhat as follows:
"Mr. Speaker, the gentleman Is not as
old as am, and has never seen ssmuch Of
the practical operation of the ystem Of
punishment which he desires to bolish.-
When | lived in Connecticut, { fellow
stole a horse, or cut up other ustics, we
used to tie him right up, and gye him a
real good thrashin', and he alwys cleared
right out, and we never saw 70 more Of
him. It's the best way of getting rid Of
rogues that ever was tried, andwithout ex-
pense to the State"
Corwin rose in reply:
sMr. Speaker l have been dten puzzled
to account for the vast emigration from
Connecticut to the West; bul the gentle
man last up has explained it 10 my entire
satisfaction" The bill passe4without fur
ther discussion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

The GEOLOGICAL SURvEY-Dr. Jane 8
G. Percival, State Geologist, and A. G..
Barry, Esq, assistant, arrived in town yes
terday. They have nearly or quite finish
ed the examination of the lead region,
having passed over Grant, La Fayette, To-
wa and some parts Of Green and Dane
counties. The season is SO far advanced
that they will not prosecute the survey
further the present year, although we be-
lieye DR.. P, contemplates visiting the iron
mines in Dodge county some time prior
to the meeting Of the Legislature. He
will remain here most of the time, howev-
er, in order to make out his report, which
must be submitted to that body when it
shall have conyened.- Mad. Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04

RUNAwAY.-Last Monday morning, as
Mr.. Richard Bevans was driving in a sui
ky, on the Lancaster road, about two miles
from town, in meeting team 1.-THE driver
of which gave his whip a tremendous
crack,) the horse took fright and the sulky
striking stump upset and, split the driver
The horse, with the sulky running on one
wheel and one of the shafts between his
legs, started off on his own responsibility,
and ran some half mile before stopping.
Instead of a general smash up as at first
reported, we are glad to learn that Mr..
Bevans escaped almost unhurt, the horse
being badly bruised and the sulky but
slightly injured and the principal result Of
the affair being this item and warning
to drivers when they meet boys driving
Y Dung horses not to be too free with
their whips Observation-Disclosures Nov
Oh
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
SKI HY.
Yours, entirely,

feel that after this, Mr.. Editor, need
give you no more reports of third persons,
'a' Will nevertheless detail some of my
''n experience of the article. | caused
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-04
A NorIcE TO CoRREspoNpENrs.-Upo

A NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENCE
my arrival at this place, | find some guam
tity of letters here, addressed to me through
the st. Louis city Post Office, which l re-
turn to the said Office, and which, (if the
law is complied with will be sent to the
dead letter Office in Washington, where
they viii reach me and be attended to-
| had endeavored to make it known to the
public that since the late appointment Of
post master in this city, do not cores
pond through this ofice-that appoint
ment being one of these made in this
State through acriminal prostitution Of the
appointing power to malignant and per
sonal purposes, with a view to outrage
and injure me; from which designs | have
a right to protect myself, las far as can,
by refusing to open correspondence forwar-
ded to this office. But in saying this |
do not mean Mr.. Pierce, but the nullifers
who rule him, and who have brought
things to their present pass-the harmony
of the Union destroyed, the honor and
peace Of the country endangered abroad,
and his own administration run into the
ground. THOMAS Fl. BENTON.
St louis No., IL 1854
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