Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-08-15
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We take the following extracts from !
travelling correspondents letter of th'
Monroe Sentinel:
Platteville, Wis.,, July "a, 1851.
FRIEND TENNEY.-I improve briet
moment to send you some dottings by The
way.
The South Western part of the State is
really improving fast, notwithstanding the
quiet way in which it is done. Two years
ago passed over much of the counties Of
La Fayette, Iowa, and Grant, and where,
at that time, interminable prairie met the
eve in all its native solitude and grandeur,
now extended fields of wheat, oats, barley
and corn are waving in the breeze. The
grass crop was never better-extended
fields of clover, herds grass, and red top
are everywhere seen.
The Academy at this place is flourish
ing as usual under the lead of that excel
lent teacher, Pickard, and at Hazel Green
they have eighty students in their Semina-
ry and a first class Union School House
cannot help noticing that the Academy
at this place and the Seminary at Hazel
Green are conducted on the civilized plan
tor the education of both sexas. When
will the University at Madison, be opened
to the other half CT the brains with which
the human or inhuman, race is favored
We shall see.
| met at Hazel Green, an old gentleman,
David Stiles, who voted for Geo. Washing
ton in 1898, WHISTLES is in his eighty
eigth year, and enjoys excellent health and
would net be taken for over sixty-fye-is
very active--is staunch Republican,
voted for Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and
Jackson; and, of course, cannot NOW,
give his suffrage for Bondage that is the
curse of TWO races. q
A Bed of excellent potter's clay has
been opened at Belmont, which the potter
told me was equal, for fine stoneware, TO
any known. X 4 X
jamestown has a quiet existence in one
of tile pleasantest places in the prairie
country. A place fer that quiet repose
which rural life affords in one of the sweet
est of wales.
The Catholic grounds at Sinsinawa are
very attractive; but believe that the pat
ronage of the institution there does not IN
crease very rapidly. From these grounds
which lie scyera, hundred feet above the
valley at the south and west, is one of
those views which arrest the attention and
fill the mind with mingled emotion of
admiration and repose. A thousand re
Elections hover around one-the power
and the tenacity of the Jesuits-the in
domitable endurance of its priests-the
root of their power planted deep in the
superstition of q twilight understanding
through which God is seen in terror and
and awe-but nothing Of Love-the trust
Of fear and a sombre faith founled in an
immaculate" folly. 4 Il : : =
Mascoda is place of considerable BUSH
ness in lumber and wheat, and is situated
in the midst of sand plain between the
river and railroad Here they raise the
finest quality of sweet potatoes, and other
garden vegetables. One of the citizens
told me that he had raised a sgood quality
Of these fine vegetable as was evel growr
anywhere. The crop Of this season look;
very promising.
About ten miles north of Lancaster the
sand rock which underlies the Upper Mag
nesian lime store, crops gout. Then yol
descend to the Lower Magnetism lime stone
which shows itself in all the bluffs of the
Wisconsin. o
called on several pleasant friends, an(
took an excellent tea with the family o
Mr.. James Moore, who has lived in Grant
County for more than twenty years. =
Badger.