Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-11-21
Grant County Board OF super
VEsGrs.

1 HIS COZ iJOldtlOD VI DCNiiH7 oc''iN VI N'N'
personal pronouns of the first person sihgn-
lar. met at Lancaster on the l0th inst, ana
adjourned on Wednesday the 18th, hold.
ing a session of eight days, besides run
ping till a late hour every night and not
remembering the Sabbath day to keep it
holy. Two or three refractory, spoutlng,
contentious fgoii>ts kept the Board in an
upioar from teginning 10 end confusing
some, vexipg others and damaging the
whole; Consequent several plumbers wee
made aud errors amounting to crimes
These cyclists had personal ends to ac-
complis!l, besides blasting themselves into
noioriety at $500 per day. Almost ey-
cry motion aud bill offered afforded them Il
cycle Of oraloyical sonorosity, an atom Of
meality-gencrally lost however in mag.
niloquent yerbosity. | is singular what
an effect d little power begcts in the ali
inentary stew-pan of some men! The
Board, however, got along very well, bet
ter than was anticipated. At first leaders
in everything, these ~colloquial scif-ax-grin-
ders were reduced to a minority of two,
then of only one, lastly Of a O! After
which business went On rapidly to the
close.
The business presented and disposed of
exceeded that Of any year heretofore.-
Such a flood Of claims for real or pretended
services, at fair o. foul rates of charges,
never came before a Grant County Board.
We here add in justice 10 the committee
on claims, better known to those who aim
to live ty gcugipg the County as the
grind|ng committee, ihat they ertormed
their duties iearlessly and without favor or
Prejudice 20 any the official, HIGH and low
Jared alike. This COMMITTEES is the
balance wheel and when it erfs. reason and
serse are untluoned Throughout. The
Chairman may keep order but he cauno'
orlaiu reason and justice when the com
mlttee cn Claims erFS.
Tax payers are already advised that the
County tax will be larger this year; THEN
knowledge that II new Jail has been cree
ted at a cost OF So, 500, and that the Board
of 1856 neglected to levy as much as they
appropriated by some $4,000, is sufficient
consequently, the tax this year will b.
some 6 or 1000 nor than last year; We
might also add, the past year has been ex-
traordinary prolific in criminal prosecution:
for which the County foots the bill.
We m this week publishing tht
proceedings of County Board, and shall
continue until pretty fully reported. W,
shall not print the Buncombe resolutions
and motions-offered and adopted t,
please the whims of small individuals. Al
we are not paid for publishing the pro
ceedir gs, nor have we ever asked for pay
though TIE amount oftime and trouble il
transeribing them from records is consider
able, we feel bound TO print only what til,
public is Interested in knowing.
"FIRsr Snow SroRM."-This standing
troplc for essay in thinner and winter
sunshine and shade. was beautifully Illus
tated 10y practical exhibition the earl,
pat OF tins week. The first SNOW storm
last winter occurred on the first of Decem
Der, and a terrible display it made; tn,
armament above took spaSins and for
whole day the earth shook as one witt
ague 10 say the winds blew would give
feeble, perhaps erroneous idea, for the,
reared and pitched, faved and dashed tn
earth; the closing scene resembled a dis
, play Of artillery for the space Of half a
hour, reminding Us of the opening of til
seals in Revelation; thauders followe,
"5"NAlhgs. peel after peel, snow, rain an,
haii magling all the while in alternate in
sialmen'sl The .6rst saow storm. Of 5,
Will never be forgotten by US and all 9th
ers.then in Western Wisconsin.
AARHerYrEs.-Miss RIcAARD request
US to notice that she will remain at i,
Beckerlth House IN Laneaster 4 few week
to practice her profession in the art Of {.
king A~mb4otype likenesses. Pictures y;
be set in Lockets, Pins. Bra elpts. Gases ,
Frames. Her work IS equal to the best i
have eesa.
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