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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
4 (,.Stiaue from Putnam.
Now youv cum wen

putnam's Magazine is as plain.-speaknS
on the right SIDE ofthe great Slavery ques-
ton, as Harper's Magazine is careful to
touch the subject gently, with sufficient
leaning southwards to catch if possible the
breath of patronage from beyond Mason's
Il Dixon's line. Putnam has had occasion
to review a recent work by Bishop Hop
kins of VT, in which he makes an extraor-
binary defence of Slavery, and here is what
the Magazine says of the book:
The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins
has written some four or five hundred pages,
to show that the citizens should obey the
law; but omits to state what his pastoral
ady;c3 would have been to mothers wath
babes uader taco gears Of age, IN The latter
days of the law -giver Herod OF Judea.-
He also does not find room in his prollx DIS
QUESTION upon the duties Of the american
Citizen. which is the title of his book, to
inform his pupil what he is to do when the
law Of the land contravenes with the plain
Iswa of God. For it is evident that, If a
law is to BE obeyed, because 1t Is law a
regulation to lie, or to steal, or to deliver
MP the fugitive, SO it be legally enacted
has the same authority rs one to eoiiec'
saves But if the discretion OF The citizen
or his conscience are ever to interfere, OF,
in other words, if there be the indl'i'aa,
and collective right of rebellion, It would
be only complaisant in bishop, VINO writes
!. hoot in which he finds room to discuss
the propriety and morality OF dancing 70
indicate when that right may be asserted
The single point of interest in the amer amer :,
can Citizen is the elaborate reltera'ion OF !,
The seriputural argument for slavery, winch
is easily enough refuted by the younge'
classes of Sunday school girls, and whion
falls 1t this day, and in this country, when
peculiar edihcation from the lips of a higi'
dignitarv in the church of Him who salu,
"Do unto others as ye would they should
9 dount5 you." Bishop Hopkins anticipates
q . millennium s'when the whole world shall
behold the happy fruits of slavery in the
regeneration of Africa, from her long bond
Il age Of barbarism and idolatry." If II
We're not so tragical this would be too iu
dlerous. Let this gentleman consider one
question: even if You knew that some Of
the Africans, who should survive the hor-
fors OF the slave ship, and the long, dread
iul compulsory labor in swamps and fields,
The gradual imbruting of human beings
treated as cattle, with every natural right
and affection outraged-even if you knew
some could survive it all, and attain kind
q fond and ignorant feeling that you
would call Christianity, do you, as man,
not as bishop, believe for one. moment,
mat the trader, Who paid money for a sin
gie one Of those victims, was doing any,
4 sning but an accused actl Do you think
mat any honest Christian man supposes fol
asohtary instant, that trader to be better
IMAM derii-and servant of God only as
e. CRIMINALS are! OF course God will
..'ng good out Of it, God brings good
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
Suffertngs frcnk Starvation III
MICHIGAN.

i The correspondent of the Detroit Ad
yertiser, writing from Lansing, furnishes
! few facts, in relation to the restitution j
THAT vicinity.
i Governor Bingham, at the request G
some citizens, yesterday announced that
meeting of the people Of Lansing woul'
be held in the Capitol, to advise about ia
king measures. to rel ieve the terrible DIES
titution which prevails in Gratiot county
Accordingly in the evening meeting wa
held, at which the. Governor presided. HI
called upon Mr.. Mahon, a clergyman, wh'
had been in or near the Southern part o
Gratiot County, to relate what be knew
Of the condition Of the people. Mr.. Mahor
Informed the meeting that where he had
been the impression was general that there
was great famine prevailing, to such an
extent that the people and cattle were re-
duced 50 low that they had not strength to
come out of the woods to tell Of their con-
dition.
Mr.. Mills, ruling elder, had heenli out
there, when he stated that be was obliged
to leave, from the fact that where he stop
ped his hosts had not food to set before
him, but only boiled or stewed pumpkins
and maple molasses, with little or no bread
Some, idea could be,formed Of the, state OF
The poorest, this was what prevailed d
nong those who were considered we'll off
1t was known that sorie had died. Du-
ring the past summer, great many good
and enterprising citizens have crowded IN
to Gratiot County, to take advantage OF
the graduation act. Many of them took
all their me ans and invested it in the land,
and in the cultivation Of their first crop
The drouth and fires of last fall, ruined
their crops, particularly their corn and hay
and these swept off not only their own
means of support but also that OF their cat
lie. Both are now perishing.
Such a calamity should not be permit
ted to prevail in Michigan, hence it was
deemed proper at the meeting to take the
the most active and energetic measures
to send relief speedily to the sufferers
Bat Lansing cannot act alone in this mat
ter. Although the meeting at the Capt.
toll was not large one, it was resolved
that fifty barrels Of flour be immediately
purchased, and the order was given te Mr..
Walter Chester to have it forwarded to
St. Johns, so that it could be sent cut i'm
mediately to Gratiot. The citizens pre-
sent subscribed 1901, and efficient commit
tees were appointed to solicit sub
scriptions, and to correspond and operate
with other places.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
POETRY.

For true poetry says the Buffalo Gem
] asrcial,we have rare-relisi,, and venture
lie assertion that he who hangs the sspoit'
whose ineditations we here transfer to oul
columns for fool will throw away hi:
hemp. For fidelity Of description, sly hu
NOR and attic wit, we have seldom seer
more of them condemned into. 80 tame a
subject. TO appreciate it thoroughly, one
requires TO have been in an Illinois stock
field at the close Of a hard winter, like the
last one. and the painting would be to the
life. Who the author is we know not or
wheather the verses be originalin the Prai-
RE Farmer-from which we take them
but they are capital:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
asy A bow got his grandfaLher's gu

asa boy got his grandfaIheF's gun
and loaded it, but was afraid to fire; he,
however liked. the fun Of loading, and SO
put in another charge, bun still was afraid
to fire., He kept on charging without fir
ing until he got. six charges in the old
piece: His old grandmother, learning his
temerity smartly reproved him, grasping
the old continental, discharged it. The
result was tremendous, throwing the old
lady on her back She promptly strug-
pIed to regain her feet, but the boy cried
out, clay still, granny--there is five more
charges to go off yet!'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
egIt is said that many fish have xii

ggIt is said that many fish have XII
ed lately in the Sciota river near Chilli
Gothic, Ohio, by the wbiskey distillerles-
This did not formerly occur, and there Is
nothing in the grain that should prove ia
tai to the fish It is no doubt the effect
of strychnine, recently introduced INTO the
manufacture. whiskey. By the use o. :
certain quantity of this poison mixed WITH
tobacco Juice, every bushel of grain IS made
to produce five gallons of whiskey' While
with an honest distillation the product Is
one half that amount. The slop from this
filthy compound is found 10 be fatal to the
distilIery hogs; and chemist,who careful
ly analyzed the whiskey, found that {. bar
rel of it contained enough strychnne to
kill thirty men. So notorious and aiamlng
had this use of deadly poison become
that the Ohio legislature had just passed
law making it a State prison offence &c
use stryehpine in the manufacture OF WINS
kew. Is Il surprising that so many OF op1
free drinkers swell up and rot in very
short time II Hawkeye and Telegraph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13

POPULATION OF ST. LOUISA census OF
ST. Louis was taken last summer, and re
norted to be l25,2ol. Another one has
Inst been completed, and the. number j.
found 70 be l2s,276, being an increase q
or,lv .o75 iunsbitauts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13

RATHER ExcrED.-An excited gentle
man once announced to the Connecticut
Legislature a steamboat explosion In the
following manner: i. s.,-,s ~. g,.,.
"sister Meaker and ledgers Of the mem.
bislature, the Elliter ellsworth has billed
her buster" :. g...s.a,...,
The above reminds us Of the boy, in hot
haste, who wished to. tell his father of the
ravages the pigs had made in the Corn
field among the. pumpkins, DC. u
20, daddy, daddyA--I. saw q hull lot Of
corn ii pigfeld. The dog sent me in to
the pigs to drive the field out, and, every
pumpkin took up pig and run through
the devil as though the fence was arter
him p
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13

DoyeLAs AT HOME The Chicago Irl-
bune thus announces the return OF the Ill
inois SENATOR:
s.Judge Douglas, the great doughface
and slavery extensionist, arrived N this e.
tv on Saturday. Considerable alarm was
manifested by his immediate friends lest
he should become impregnated with the
clouds of free soil which filled the atmos-
nhere. as to cause him to abandon his pre-
Sent policy Of making slave States out o.
the free Territories Of the West. AT dusk
i was reported that be had escaped a.,
danger from this conspiracy OF free VINO
and free-soil to transform him INTO q pc
lever in the truth enunciated by lnoma'
Jefferson in the first lines Of our declara
,;on of indnnendenco." "a q.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
A Node to Spring.
nv ENp1GNINT FARMER.


Well spring youv come at last, hev yon
The poit says youv been a sitin in Oc
Winters Lap
Now Amt you ashamed of yourself?
sEose the old feIlers been bussin you
! should think he had from your breth
A bein so cold but that's the way then
Old fellers hav dom.
Well as ] was sayin, :og
Youv cum al last with your "bamy ~
Breth'' bowin from the Northwest
Wesconstant or Nswbraskys spose.
Crate countries for BAN reckon!
Now youv cum wen
Eyerybodi's feed, an Corn and things,
nev ali bin fed eoui Now look at
Our Kriters will We see our katel.
On The lift, havin 10 BE studied by
Thur tales, when zen they gifts up mornings!
Look at OH, hoss'ss watts all rejuced
To skeletons weepin over troft:
4 hull tr0f1 fun of l1obsl
A hull troft full of bitter rekelekshuns
Lux at them shepe lien in
The fens korners waItin for gras
Yes an thew been a waitin sum ov
Them for week! An eff they wasn't
puld they'd bin Hshakin ther lox
Atyou and said you dun it (That thur
Is FUN Ham ct one of Shakspurs palsy
fn3tber poit says--"Gra diffurd malls
o stomak ake'--so these shepe will
Never open thur eye unto grss agin--No
Nor unto fodur!
f7og lax at than hogs, AS has bin
4 follerin them Kattel wat hev bin
Stuff on ha Sc EN- will we crepin
Round is eff they wer fetched with korns,
Look a thur eres will ye--bigger than
Emmy Cabbitch lefe
See the shotes
Alenin onter the fence to sque'e!
LUX at them nifty eres ''hangin pendint''
0oto SIGH. little hogs Sc hundred
Cud shotes raiacaa down TO a even
Korn basket tul !
Yes that thurs ov your doin you
Tardid, loiterin spring ?--t hangia bak
As youv bin dom!
But now yonv cum !
We fee your cqeerin Prezens wen we
eli round onter the south side Nv the barn
I'VE hear the hens kak,in when they'y
aid a Gig We Sc the horsredish
4 startin up along side the garden
Fens! The wimmin is lookln into-
The I'd tepot arter garden seeds
AL these things make me think youv cnm'
Ell so be II riled Ye, spring
a shown up NV yer short cummins;
Jest set il down to havin potts tisens,
(Tho haint taken one out yet 'low 10.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13


HOME ON THE FARn.-The farm pre-
serves the family in It's integrity. The
home has in that charming word, and that
still more charming thing, the fireside-
around which parents and chil'irel gather,
and where the bright and cheerful blaze
upon the hearth is bat true type of the
flame Of love that glows in every heart
The parents have been drawn together, not
BIZ the sordid motives of wealth, or By Che
ambitious desire of social display, but for
the personal qualities seen in each other.
The glory of that iireside to the husband is
that the wife is there, and to the wife thai
be is there. Here they gather at morn
mo, and at evening, and at noon. Their
board is almost always surrounded by the
same circle. Here they spend the long
winter evenings together, enllvened by the
school books Of children, the newspapers
and journals, and works Of history and sci.
cnce. A constant homogeneous intlaeHce
goes forth from this circle to the young
hearts that are Wondering there. Paren-
al vigilance guards the young against
wicked companions. 1.-THE religious inhu-
oucas arc r;g ht in that home, they will all :!
grow up to be good citizens, to be the pll-
lars of society, wherever their lot may be
east. The sons follow the business OF then
fathers as soon as their labors are available.
They are with him in the field, and by the
way, and at home. They form industrl-
Gus habits, and are prepared for the respon-
sibilities of life.-[Am. Journal of Educa-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13

FRu1r PRospEoT.--We are gratified to
learn. saws the Cincinnati Gazette, the pros
poets for good fruit crop are still quite
favorable. About one-half the peach buds
are sound, and the trees viii YIELD fan
crop. uroyided disasters do not occur at q
batter neriod. Pears are also safe. Apples
are uniniured. Early. cherries are damag
ed. but others are not seriously affected
Cranes are in fair condition, and promise
fair average yield. South of this latl
tude the prospects are less favorable bu'
we are not correctly advised as to the ex'
tent of the damage caused by the recent
severe frost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13

NEW PAssEsaER DEPor.-The Illinois
Central Railroad company will, during the
present week, let the contract for their new
Passenger Depot. The building viii be a
very fine one, and we are informed will be
completed IS speedily as possible. lGale-
ma Advertiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
say- 4 man has declined being candl

.nE- 4 man has declined being a candl
date for Office in one Of the new States, be-
cause he is not legal citizen-has never
paid. a tax or any other debt-owns nc
property read or wrlte-ls biine
has but one leg-has lost four fingers
from one hand--has ten children, ant
can't leave home for fear they will abus'
their mother. He can step down.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13

WHAT A Poor MANS WIFE Ouetsr re
BE.-TEe majority OF young vonen,' in
deed, enter the married state wholly unfit
to discharge the important and responsible
functions Of their new office. The conse-
ugence is that we find them at open wal
with their husbands before they have been
married month. The art of "makine
home happy" is not understood by them
Exceptions, of course, there are; but the
majority lack clearly aid tidy habits
habits Of order, and habits of punctuality
When children cluster about them, their
work is most difficult; but large number
lose their influence over their husbands be-
fore the difficulty is increased by these ma
ternal troubles. 1t is mere thoughtless-
ness. They are out gossiping and idling
when they ought to be prepared for their
husbands return from his work. The man
comes home from the field or the factory to
find an untidy room, and no symptoms of
preparation for the evening meal. His
wife has made no attempt to smarter her
self; and his first growl of disappointment,
in all probability, is responded to by a
a sulky face and sharp tongue. 1t may al
most be laid down as rule, that the man
returns home, after his days work, more
or less in an i'll humor. He is tired, hun,
gry, and thirsty, and has, perhaps, had to
endure some hard rubs in the course of his
days labor. He has been rebuked end
threatened with dismissal, justly or unjust
lily, by his task master; or he has quarrel
ed with his ,cciirads, or he has had bad
weather to encounter, be has broken or
damaged mis- tools, and been altogether un-
successful in bis work. He goes home out
of hulno- viii the world, but still hoping
to find comfort and consolation where he
has a right to, look. for it. He is disap--
pointed, and he is.at no pains to conceal
his Disappointment The wife excuses
herself and fesents his. .querucusness. =
There is an end to the happy, quiet even
ing lie. had promised himself. Andif he
does no. .betake himself to the pot house,
he sulks in. the chimney corner, over an un-
sociable pipe, and wonders he was such a
+ fool as tc marry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
rEI the talents of ridicule were

NEIf the talents OF rldicule were en-
ployed to laugh men out Of vice and folly
# might be of some use to the world; but
instead Of this, we find that it is generally
made use Of to laugh men out of virtue and
good sense, by attacking everything that
IS solemn and serious, decent ard praise
worthy, in human life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
From the COuTlUf
prairie du CHEN Local News.

Col. III. L. DousMAN, has commenced
his mammoth block on the corner OF Main
and Bluff streets. A large number OF men
are employed in excavating for the super
structure; and the stone cutters are brisk
ly engaged in getting out ornate cornce'
frieze caps and stills for Me structure, from
the beautiful gray stone quarry of Messrs'
Mcdonald. It is to be 100 feet on each
street, and four stories high. 1t will be the
empire block of the city. NM
New PApER.--A Republican paper is
about to be started at this place by Mr.
VIM. Hill. We are slightly acquainted
with Mr.. Hill, and cordially welcome him.
knowing he will. furnish good paper
wherein tie interest. of Prairie du Chen
will form prominent trait.
Also ANOTHER PApER.-Is abodt to be
started SO that the Prairie and Printers
will soon be well represented.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13

An IMPORTANT MEReAErILE DECISION.
4 decision was rendered by A. w. Brad
ford, Surrogate for New York City, ON the
27th ult., wherein it is affirmed that
..deceased Partners debts must be paid ou'
Of his estate, before the debts Of join i
Partnership" The learned Surrogate
brings to bis support innumerable authorl'
ties besides much sound logic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE IN New
YoRK--The New York Tribune says:

YoRK--The New York Tribune says:
aThe City Of New York is state ofan-
archy. aud in danger at any moment OF
confiagration and rapine. Not only the
Police act, but all laws and ordinances are
set at defiance, and nothing stands between
tba honest man and the knife of the as
sassin--between his warehouse and the
torch Of the incendiary--but the vague
impression that the first avert act OF unu.
snail magnitude would be the signal for
Vigilance Committee to purge the Me
,,anolis. from the City Hall to Harlem
River, according to the bloody and mercl
less code re,eltly executed IN San Francis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
AnIp1sn Enuo.-An imaginative Irish.

AN IRISH ECHO.-AH IIIIdgg II1atI'c n 'DH
man gave Inference to his lamentation:
81 returned to the halls of my fathers by
n;obt and found them in ruins! l cried
aloud. .sMy fathers, where are they !" And
echo responded: lis that you Patrick
Mccarthy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
ministerial Associations. .

| The Ministerial Association Of Platte
willie District M. E. Church will hold it
next session in the NJ. E. Church, Haze
Green, on the 7th and 9th of July, 1857
and inasmuch as it will be the last session
previous to the Annual Conference, a gen
eral attendance is desired:
PR0GR ANNE.
81 SERMONS.
Tuesday, July I, 2 P. NJ. A. H. Walter
q 81 Z" w. NJ Osborne
Wednesday, 2 {" G. Cook
I 9. J. Lawson
ESSAYS. ...
Temptations to Locate, e. G. Jones; Diff.
erent Degrees of Glory in Heaven. JAS.
Lawson; Conviction, J. Sims; Christian
Perfection, G. Cook; Unanimity among
Christians, E. Tasker; Ministerial Associ-
ations. r. Delap; Atonement, A. Nc
Wright; Habits as Influencing Morals, "A
H. Walters; Temptation, E. Buck; The
Pulpit and Politics. W. NJ. Orborne; Fall
ing from GRACE, J. Murrish; Pewed Church
es, w. Summersides; Divinity of Christ,
I. To:,er; Good works, D. Timby; Origin
of Evil, J.. j. Bayse; Call of the Ministry.
S. Slater; Personality Of the Holy Ghost,
T. Taylor: Resurrection of the Brute Gre
alton, L. L. Dewitt; Utility of Glass Meet
ings, A. Ray.
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION.
Resolved, That Biblical Institutions tend
to the promotion of the cause of God.
Afirmat;ve-J. Lawson, E. tasker, j..
Murrish.
Negatipe-E. G. Jones, A. Fl. Walters,
w. M. Osborne.
All the Local Preachers and Exhorters
are invited to be present, and present an
Essay on any subject they please.
JAS. LAWSON. Sec'y.
Plnttayilla June 1887
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
BY COVER & GOLDSMITH.
Would that reflection

out of every thing. Would that reflection
reconcile Bishop Hopkins to having his
house burnt down, and all that was dearest
Ito him in it2 There was one who said, sit
must needs be that offences come; but
woe be to him by whom the Offence com-
eth" With the usual inconsequence of
the South side Of the slavery discussion,
after having made slavery the instrument
of the Christian regeneration of Africa,
the bishop undertakes to show the inexpe-
diency of slavery. But let the bishop
take comfort. If the Lord has made sla-
very right, He will also, in view of its hold
upon this country, make it expedient.-
And if it be the Outstanding process for
Africa, v hat right has Bishop Hopkins or
any other pious man, TO resist the due OPP
GRAFTON of that process. Excepting the
portion Of the volume We have indicated !,
which attracts attention solely by its sub
jet, and not at all by the ability with
which it is treated, the .4g >csTan Citizen
is like series of a eess.sssTy clergymans
weekly lectures. We do not advise any
American WHO wishes to improve himself as
a man, Christian, or a patriot, to leave
his South, Tillotson, Hooker, Herbert, or
jeremy Taylor, and take to Hopkins.
THE Arctic FIRMAMENT.-The intense
beauty Of the Arctic armament can hard
ly be imagined. Itlooked close above our
heads, with its stars magnfied in glory,
and the very planets twinkling SO much as
to battle the observation of the astrono-
nler: Il have trodtlen the deck when the
life of earth aeenis suspended, Its move
ments, its eoloring, its colnpanships; and
AS loked on the radient hemisphere cir
cling above me, as if rendering worship to
The Unseen Centre of Light. l have ejac-
ulated in humility of spirit, "Lord, What is
man thot thou art mindful of him g And
then l, have thought of the kindly world
we had left, with its revolving sunlight and
shadow, and the other stars that gladden.
it in their changes, and the hearts that
warmed to Us there, till lost myself in
memories of those who are not, and they
bore Inc back to the stars again. DR..
Kane.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
Porkers Away! sausages Ava,in1

The following strike at Oh;o's great sta
pie, we find in the Boston Post. It is al
fatal stab at the Porkers and runs rich as
gravy. Read it:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13

Youv cum a; last with your "baIny =
Breth'' BLOWN from the Northwest
Wesconstant or Nswbrasky, spose.
Crate countries for BAN reckon!