Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-09-19
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~ VfSFcnaflls 81 Grant County, we
know most Of them, have long acconno-
dated farmers, particularly industrious be-
gpners in the world, to the utmost extent
|of their power and ability. Many OF our
merchants are human men-feeling hear
ty good will towards the upright and IN
d ustrious OF tEeir customers. thus our
country merchants are largely indebted to
their wholesale dealers for goods, which goods
have been sold anil consumed BY farmers.
In fact, the goods and wares now charged
an the retailers Locks and consumed are
changed into horses, cattle, grain, &c, IL
the process of living and earning such
farm products. Now, what we are aim
ing at is to prove to the country customer,
farmer, mechanic or miner, that he justly
owes the merchant, for his crops and good
luck and is in honor bound to pay first
those TO whom he is most honorably In
debted. The merchants are cralnped-
cramped seriously as result OF their good
will and aid rendered farmers in the time
Of greatest need. Now is the time to help
merchants by all that is honorable and
i lust. The crisis will bear first on them,
and then they will be compelled to push on
Won, farmers, and finally you will have to
crowd all round to save yourselves. Help
the merchant out as matter of selfde-
Tense; if you fail to pay he must fail, all
must fail. Keep up the merchant and all
vii. be safe and sound.
PUBLIC IMPRovELKNTs.-Wsi invite Wis
itors to our Town, particularly the citizens
and tax payers of Grant County, to call
and examine the new Jail, erected at the
public expense. The Jail departments,
walls and roofing are finished, or nearly
so. It will be substantial as we'll as
creditable improvement. The expense is
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labor, with trifiing margin for profits to
understanding added for accidents, ca
tastrephes and liabilities. The estimate
for such Improvements, except in Lancas-
ter where clese, bair-splitting calculations
are made on Public Improvements, would
net be short of $4,000, while the entire
Jail contract, including Jailor's House, is
only So, 5Oo-payment to be made when
the work is completed and work accepted,
which will be by the time of meeting of
the County Board in November.
The new incosure of the Public Square
at public charge, the side walks, stone
cross ways and other street works at cor
poration expense, are also referred to.
The CRIsIs.-Several points of the cri-
sis are well demonstrated: very few men
or firms, banks or bankers, stock or gam
bling houses, fail except such as deserve to
have failed long ago; many more of the
same sort deserve to fail and will fail soon /;
men doing fair, honorable business, as a
general rule, will not break; the explo-
sions thus far have been necessary, only
that many more should break Immediately
in ordersthat it can be known who are
sound and legitimate in their business !;
those who have been fast men, at the head
of fast families-the fathers of fast wives,
daughters and sons, who suddenly arose
frona poverty, for time outshinig every
body their superior, are suddenly cast down
where they started from and where they
justly belong till they learn economy !;
more Of the same sort may be seen in our
streets on their way downwards; lastly, a
crisis is ust as necessary now and then to
cleanse the business interest of all the
country, as thunder showers to cleanse a
foul atmosphere. Not one in ten Of the
great land Spectators nor the bankers who
deal in lands and railroad stocks, are worth
dollar; most of them are now transfer
ring their lands and stock to relatives as a
preliminary to bankruptcy. Doubtless,
transferring of property to friends-the
same to be held On verbal trust, is going
on all ever the country. Look out for
them.
ST.. PAUL VIe1 LANcE.-Burglars and
thieves have become SO numerous in St.
Paul-so powerful and influential, cenceit-
ed and organised-at the ballot box and