Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-01-09

Co., Va. d..
some years ago and was buried !, ulet
usual manner. Before her da,r m 'h'
had requested to be inferred will s 81
kindred in the home of her ch; ,al ne
Woodford Co., KY. Circumstsnnsas, a :
ing prevented the execution Of tbs l a
sign, until recently, the body was s' Cd g
med some weeks ago, and the cotso aA !.
found to be Of the extraordinary ws; "a
of 800 pounds. The body va. "''sN
pletely petrifed. CON
FEMALE CoMposrroRs.-Tbo
number of the Racine Advocate ma a'
the following announcement 'As
The GIRLS ARE AT fr.-A pond i.
of the types in the Advocate This ma aal'
ing were set by girls. They have VI, 4
at the business but few days, but o osI
signs of doing more and better s s"f
than is accomplished by boys in month"; "S''
We have calls for ''sits" from oihs.'
who will be accommodated when ' 'a'
nave sPdiS eases.
I5The father of Lord Eldor Il
Chancellor of England, having reso,s ~s
to marry, rang his bell. A female -.
want answered it. He told her 10 dts ~,
herself in order to repair 10 the al.
with him. She thought he was ies,;',
and disobeyed. He rang his bell as.1s
A second servant appeared. To her i,
gave the same command. She ati,sJ
herself and was made bride.
1.-THE Boys are leaving for n,
woods more logging parties than ,s'
parties in the Pinery this month, ihOn,i
the latter are by no means wanting :. =
Lumber is raising, i'll spite Of the efrt
TO confine it to,the old standard Sc be-
thousand. 1t will not stay bound down,
1t is a progressius, and bound to 90 I'd;
good to it, and the makers of it say v.
T Wis. Pinery.
From the way in which men sone
times talk you would suppose that DID,
lars and cents are the only respectful.
things in the universe that suceessV
speculation is the only true heroism AMI
that the hope of making twenty per cent
prof; is enough to bestow dignity upr
meaness itselt.-[Eliot.
MIKE WALSH, NJ. CT is rumuei
that an effort to unseat Mike Walsh
Member Of Congress from New York
will soon be made. Among other stale
Inents, it is said that Mr.. Walsh pre-
tends to have had his birthplace in Nes
Jersey, when the truth is that he va
born i'll Ireland.
DEach cord of wood, when gra,
is estimated to contain I.443 los. Of vl
ter. The farmer, then. who takes coil
of green wood to market has load not
much less for his team than his neighbp
who should put on with his cord thi
weight Of wafer.
IA genius out west, says an eat
tern paper, has just patented machiNI
for making chestnuts ont of sweet poi.
toes. He is brother to the old gentle
man who put handles to pricky pear
and sold them FOR curry combs.
The surest way to prevail Oh
young couple to marry is 50 opposs
them. Tell them you "would raihe1
see them in their graves" and twelvd
months afterwards, their baby will pass
you twice a day in willow wagon.
A GOLDEN RuLE.-A golden rule taI
young lady is to converse always wifi
you, female friends as if gentlsnn
were Of the party I; and with young men
as if your female companions were pre-
sent.
The talent of turning men into ii
dicule, and exposing to laughter th@
one converses with, is the gratiicatia
of little minds and ungenerous tempen
L Addison.
Observation-Disclosures is full Of N.Y.
terry to ourselves. We dare not say
"where mystery begins, religion ends
but this we will say, that where mysts
ny begins, dogmatism should end.
Never associate with those inlerla
to yourself; never do anything whe
you would be ashamed to have general!
known. These maxims followed, haT
saved many young man from infanF
COUNTY SEAT REMovEp.-The Hais
son Journal says that the County S'
of Polk County was by a vote Of 10
people at the late election, remoTs
from St. Croix Falls to Osceola.
u fhe Washington Star states iii
U. S. Government has received advice
that the emigration from Bremen to'H
United States, to the close Of this ysaI
win reach $4,000.
SIGNS IN THE SoUru.--The GeoF'
Legislature has before it bill prONl0'
ing the separation, by sale under eAS'I
ton, &c., of children under five years.
age from their mothers.
ErAccording to the Trieste za'% n
American cotton goods have beaten
British manufactures completely OS S,.
the field on the shores of the BACK s''
:. CArHoL1cs IN CH1cAGo.-The WI
tern Tablet, published in that ci'y' prov" 4
the Catholic population of Chlc's'
twenty-five thousand. Il
COUNTERFEIT ENvELoPEs.-h III
patch from Albany, N. Y, under : "a. .,sI
Dec. Oath, states that collnterie' . rI
Office envelopes are in circulation 'H'
ALBANY PEs1TENT1ARY.-lne
nings OF this institution during .us
wear have exceeded its entire eSP'"