Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-01-17
to PlatteviEEe-A few
hints in the hight Direcsi0n.


Hotel on the 9Th inst, and had q talk over
Railroad matters. Their fayorlte proJeci
laow is to join the Dnbuque ntesest in the
Dubuque and Arena R. R. Charter. They
purpose organising with the view of build
ling Road from Plattevile to Calamine.
which would be section of the Dubuque
md Arena Road. We consider it highly
probable that PlattesiIle will, in a few
months. have an outlet by Railroad in some
direction. Many Of the citizens Of that
thriving, enterprisiDg and rich town, having
passed through the narrows on the high
way to wealth, have a large aggregate OF
surplus capital not invested in trade, which
ithey will turn into Railroad stock 70 soon
as they can make up their minds that the
Investment will pay better than personal
land mortgage securities at twelve per cent.
So soon as they can understand tha. a
Railroad would add 25 to so per cent. to
the value Of their lands, and that without
a Railroad, Platteyille must come to a
dead stand still or rather sink down COM
pared with the rising Railroad towns in
her vicinity-just SO soon Will her shrewd
capitalists draw in their II per cent. farm
loaned. moneys and turn the same into a
Railroad. The profits Of Railroad must
be made clear to them; theory has no force
and excited popular favor no influence over
Capitalists; it takes money to build a
Railroad, and the only way to get money
out of our country capitalists, who are the
!sllrewdest men in the world, is to go to
them with clear facts, demonstrate by all
the senses. We have studied into the ma
Iture of these country capitalists, such as
have made their precious fortunes off Tom,
Dick and Harry at a dime bob; they
are as impregnable to persuasive influences
as a Wisconsin winter; demonstrate to
them that a Railroad outlet will turn more.
Iof the world into their pockets, than any
other process, and then they will let 90 of
the crank they have been turning and grab
the crank which speeds the car.
There are at the very lowest calculation,
100000 Of dead capital at Platteville,
loaned out to individuals; say that half Of
this or third could be secured for a Rail
road; then the corporation would loan her
security for $4,000, and the farmers
would take as much stock payable in the
usual way, as all the rest. 100000
would be enough to build the Road aud
forever make Plattevlle the richest nu-
lcleus in the State west of Madison; with
lout the investment and without any Rail
road, Plattevile must give up the race and
resort to shaving in order to support that
pride and dignity of character nodestly
claimed BY her and generously respected by
all.
The MASTER EVIL.-An eloquent VIII
ter for the Independent american over the
initials -. b." who evidently breathes q
higher standard Of morals than the climate
! of Wisconsin warrants or our social institll-
tions tolerate, comes down in jealous tones
tempered with supcrfnc spasms upon
"Night Sleigh Riding" He seems 10 re-
gard the night as sacred only to repose,
and says Sleigh Riding is crime, Mas
ter Egi2, than which there is not greater
! in the country, if on earth. He would toll
crate the lesser evils Of slavery and intern
perance, but declares that .'he who wrongs
himself of such Fepose, and wearies horses,
wearies girls" dc, is robber! He is the
first instance of man, not to say girl or
horse ever known to be weary of gentle
Night Sleigh Riding. He reminds us Of
the man of old who strained at gnat
i(eate) and swallowed camel, (saw
mill)
The WtscoNsIN ALMANAC AND ANU
Al REGISTER. We are indebted to the
publishers, Messrs. Rufus King d Co., for
a copy ofthis valuable work for 1857. It
contains over one hundred pages of matter,
comprising a large amount of important
statistical infornation,r rendering it extreme
ly useful for reference. Every man in the
State should have a copy.
Els An address to the Stockholders of
the M. & NJ. Railroad Company appears
lin our paper this week, which We hope ali
persons interested will read.
Eg-The Advertisement of the Saturday
Evening, Philadelphia Post, appears in
L. II. 4