Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-10-02
Editorial sGOod-Rve,,

MIR. j. l.. MARSH, former editor Of the
Grant County Herald, and for many wears
editor Of the Independent american, has
taken leave Of the latter, and intirnates
that his taregeU is final one co sc;s-
sors, pen and press. The remarks are
touching In his allusion to his long connec-
ton with the Press; and tie manT soul
trials which those occupying the place Of
an editor can best understand and fully en-
dorse, are but a small invoice of what be-
longs to the station.
We give our readers that part Of his
closing editorial reviewing the past and
present of Platteville, Grant County and
the State:
Since our connection with the press in
Wisconsin, the territory has been dropned
and she has taken her stand in the foremost
rank among the States Of this confedera-
cy. From tens of thousands of inhabit.
ants she has increased until they are NUM-
bered by hundreds of thousands, and Of
whose industry and thrift we want no bet
ter commentary than The millions bushels
OF wheat which are ready to be shipped to
less favored chimes. But the wealth and
enterprise Of cur Beloved state is shown ii
another way. She has through her uninll-,
paired credit and home resources, secured
network of railroads which have made
the interior and remote parts Of Tie state,
busy with agricultural and mechanical life,
Might we not have been an assistant in,
bringing about this happy state of things:
Grant county, although one of tie ear AR
lest settled in the state, has assumed very
much OF its Importance since Newspapers
were established, and sustained Nitbir its
borders. Its little hamlets have sprunos
into embryo cities, ringing with the sound
OF mechanical tools, and each dealing out its
hundreds ct thousands of dollars worth of
domestic and imported goods &c those who
have developed its resources by tilIing the
soil or by bringing to light its hidden min
eral wealth. The Press, our own amono
the number, is entitled to some credit foa
this. pfo5ress ,. u
but to come down to the limits of our
own village, the change, within our edito-.
rial career, has been almost ti!5agical. At
the time the American was started. tiers
was but one, (if any brick building in the
town; there were but few mechanics: but
few farmers in the vicinity. Miners were;
plenty, as well as minefal, and disorder was
more common than at the present. time
Now and then are two distinct eras, as ODD
Dry-Gcod Stores--now The former are ex-
tinot, SO far as open traffic is concerned
none sell except by stealth land consequent,
ly drunken man is an anomaly among
our citizens. This town has become the,
depot Qf an extensive country, for all kind
of Goods, and is becoming the workshop
which supplies everything. needed by Far
mer, Mechanic, Miner, q Ertizan. We
can manufacture Steam Engine, or any
thing intermediate, down to Broom, Of
as good quality as anybody, But the
no wning glory Of Platteville is Ter mag
nifcent edifice devoted to Education. 1t
is not excelled by any other in the West:
its popularity; under Mr.. Pickard's precep-
torship is we'll attested by the number Of
Students constantly in attendence. j.
Could it Be / natter Of surprise that we
have regrets at leaving public position in
such tielda We have regrets but they
are stilled by the thought Of impaired
health, and the expectation Of becoming
more robust, in other pursuits. We. le&ve
the American, as we hope, in able and
better hands, and hope it may receive
support commensurate with its deserts
that will secure to Platteville faithful Or
gan and to its publisher a sufEcieHcy Of
material aid to warrant its continuance.