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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

How TO SILENCE A FooL--A Galway
gentleman once enteree into a coffee house
in London and called for tea. Ills hrogne
attracted the attention of a scented civil
an in the opposite box. who. RELYING upot
his superior accent. resolqed to have a Jest
AZ the expense Of the stranger. The civil
ian called for tea too: the lrishtnan eailet
for mullins, so did the civilian: toast, milk
sugar, &c. were severallv called for b. thu
ilrishman. and as severaliy alied Tor BY
The fop, who eniovea in his corner The sup
posed embarrassment fo9wtIieh he was sub
.jecling the Galway gentleman AZ iasi
with tie greatest con,po ure, AMI II POSI-
lie, with 4 great hrogne. tEFs l%ri-l.n1an Dc
sired The waiter TO .'hfing up pi-tols %
The testers echo was suddenly q
fenced, and he quickly made his exit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

James Garnie, one of the proprietors Of
tbs Dubuque an d nleith ferry, was ruu
over a'rl severely injured Yesterday morn
ing by a Locomotive. He had just left
the Argyle House, and hearing he Elk
pes tram eomming, had his attention di-
rected that way, while the Locomotive
baeked down upon him from The Depot.
knocSing hun down between the rail. and
used ever him, the blow breaking hi
arn, diSioioting his shoulder, AMI iniur.
ing him internally. He is consiaeret
dangerous, though hopes are entertained
his reeoyery.-iGaleua Courier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
sIn 1870. Wj.eon-ln exhibited a

Eg In 1910, Wisconsin, exhibited a.
population OF 1895, while Iowa had at
he same time 43.ll2-nearly one-ti,irf
the most; hut in 1850, wllle Iowa had
increased TO l92.2l4, Wisconsin bal fiScn
10 800, 209-ibas exlllating over on third
more thon Iowa. In 1853, Vic pasia nal
552, 100, while Iowa in 1856 hal $685.
ia. AT this time, Iowa may be suppos.
ed to have 60o,0O0, while Wlsconsinj ia II
NJ from her almost doubled vote since
1855, has not less than 90000o-fally
one third ahead Of her fair and growing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

EeYPr AHEAD.-At the late Illinois
stat. fair held at Peoria, the P,oi,cts "i
Union, th. banner county of Fgepi, "aS-
foiishe.i tile natives" Hump WAS exhi',
ised IA feet high; Chinese sugar cane Is
feet high, planted in Jine and fully ripe
cprn 10 feet high, with the highest ear
IL feet high; % ears weighing 81
bounds. A hu-hel of corn in The GA
weighs 10 pounds, AMI eontsinS ffon 80
% 100 ears. This gives some idea of th'
SIC Of the monsters pulled from a forty a
cre iell.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
D.rtY PoToIs MAIL SusPEsDED.-N

DaILY PoToIs Mail SUsPEsDED.-We
regret Nj. Ennar found it Improbable 10
cont nue. the Daily Mail AMI Passenger
Ex,res- to Potoei. Wis. He has there
fore suspended it for the present. A
,rl.weekly Will run regularly between TIL
Two places as heretofore, leaving DunleilI
MONDAYS, Wednesdays and Fridays and
arriving cr alternate days--DunleithAdv
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
rLord Oyerstone. a Distinguish

rel Lord Overstone, a distinguished
English fnaneier and legislator. graphical
Ilv describes the mutations OF traie. he
state business, he saws. s.revolves apparent
~ in an established cycles. First we mud
liz in a state quiescence-nest improve
ment-gro~mg co.ti itnce-lHnsperty-
axeitement- over trading consuision-
dung a
Iin quiescence.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

Ono ELEcTIoN.-At the recent elec.
ION, the Buchanan and Fillmore men va.
together IN a large portion of lheSta e
Tue Democrats hoped thus tn defea1
PoV. Chase. At the Presidential election
Pc vote cast for Buchanan and Fillmore
fxeeeied that for Fremont by ll,6o8.-
nder these circumstances, the re- election
4 Gov. Chase, even by a few hundreds,
fF'il be a great triumph to the Republican
f~&rty.-fWisoonsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

A CHAPTER FOR FARMERs.-What
would You think of q farmer who had rails
ed a thousand bushels Of wheat, and who
should sell it to a thousand different per-
SONS scattered all over the State, and agree
to wait a year for his pay from each OF
them, and if one half of them did not pay
at the end of the year, he should give
Them another bushel of wheat, and agree
to wait another year for his pay, and thus
go or year after year? 1t costs the editor
Iof a weekly paper as much to supply a
Thousand subscribers with il for one year.
as il costs a farmer to raise a thousand
fbusllels of wheat. The farmer sells his
i'll bulk, and either takes the cash o,
~ note, Just rs good as cash. for it upon de-
livery. The e siior cannot sell bis thons-
ana papers in bulk. They are sold 10 .
I'tlonsan.i different persons. living 10 differ
ant own i'll the county. and dift REM
I~c0unties in the State, and he depend.
wholly upon The honesty aud responsibility
of the subscriber. 1t vii! not pay hun e
90 around the county or State to collect
his dues. 1t would cost more than the
collections would come to. They should
be promptly forwarded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

To understand the philosophy of this
peenomena, essential To the very existence
If plants and animals, afpw facts derived
from observation and "a long train of exper-
uments must be Remembered. Were the
atmosphere every where, ut all times, at a
infforni we should never have
.as.l fasl or. enstY. The water absorbed
~ il IN evaporation from the sea and the
.arth's surface would descent in an i'm
perceptible vapor, or cease to he absoibe'
lv the air, when it was once fully sa'nrat
ed. The absorbing power of the atnos
phere, and consequently its capab ility
to retain humidity, is proportionahly
greater in warm than in cold air. The al,
near the surface Of the earth is warme,
than it is in the region of the clouds. Tn"
higher we ascend from the earth,the cold
er we find the. atmosphere. Hence the
perpetual snow on Very high mounfainS,i III
he hottest climates. No when from
.ontin lie! evaporation the air is hig /,
saturated with vapor, though 1t be riSi
|oie,it It's Temperature is suddenly ced
by cold currents descending from ai,ove o
l-hing from a higher toa lower latitude,
its capacity t. retain moisture is diminish
Il. clouds are formed an the result is
ain. Air condences as it coolS AMI. lik,
. spong, filled with water and compressed,
,eurs out the water which It's diminished
.~apacitv cannot hold. How singular yet
now simple is such an arrangement tol
Watering the earth.-S Scientific Ameri-
AN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

ILLINOIS BANgs.-Hon. ii. :. Henry,
Bank Commissioner of this State, writes
the Chicago Journal II statement of the
condition of the Illinois Banks. lie says:
..The Illinois Banks have issued and
have outstanding circulation Of about i've
millions and a half dollars; to secure that
c REGULATION the, have deposited with The
Auditor Of the State, four million nine
hundred thousand of six per cent Of Miss
oari bonds. and two millions an 4 half %
81 interest paving bonds Of other States
The law also makes the Stockholders lm'ii-
eiduaily liaile to the AMOUNT Of their
,tocks. Besides that they nave the notes
and securities FIR CURRENCY lna red out
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
tayp,sIf ,.f Oliver -. Ssans0ye,
or vuScOda, Grant Count. wis.
WHO was aboard of the AfE
Central America.

~ "A
of wuscoda, Grant Count. wis.
who yyas aboard of the Afl
Il F..ted Central America.
The storm commenced shortly sfte
having Havana, on Tuesday, and contin
ue.i with great violence, aud Increase
apiil Friday. On Friday afternoon WEI,
He'd up TO bail. vessel continued 10 shi
Fatev. all went / o work With bIck-t<. bar
rls. etc, during all Frpia: right, AMI 5a
Il lay.
8 On Ssturiav. abont 2 o'clock, bark Mi-
be hove in sight; ali the ladies' ani csn'si-
were put on her, aboai six o'cinek III
De evening, anl The engineer left wl'l
hem In lam hing the u ats two IF III
were -io,". aut III. other thrf- wer
Hp,t:h-.i siti 9" women al chiilieh
u. ing q %, ~, :Illr t,-ftr >ulS-t. In
ia vie i,llx utaris It nie of. All =,
III I -. 10. ,tfs reached iI-r II uer.m
sd N. ~ he eaI1 mast <. i,An H.
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eohfASed each olher. Al iifst we "e''
I'll IN a mass together, appearing at a
slsnce like a crowd OF cattle swimming
oaf Soon t e waves SepeFa'9' u.s. anu a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
TIE LARGEST GIAxrIx THE Won


THE LARGEST GIANrIN THE WORLD
4 few fac's are given in regard 10 the
weigh; and dimensions of Miles Daraen.
wha he'd in Tennessee. and was said to Ee
he Ia gpst msu in the world. He was
twice married. His cllihIr N are yer,
large, but probably none Of them Will eyer
he more than half the weight Of theirflth
or. He wa quite active and likely, aud
lahored until about four years sgo. when he
became so f1eshv that he WAS compelled. ID
stay at home, or he hauled about in d two
horse wagon. In 1889 he made a con-
tract to furnish him with a suit of clothes
for fifty dollars; the cloth was to cost five
lollars. Upon measurement it took twelve
wards of clnth-so the tailor lost ten dol
lars and the making. The tailor states
hat three men. each weighing over zoe
pounds, put the Goa on, butloned it around
them, and walked across the square al
lexington. In 1850 ii took thirteen ana
half yar,ls OF flax elntll. a ward Vile,
10 make him a coat. 1t took Is yards q
cambria for a shroul; pa yards of black
velvet TO cover the sides aud lids of hi
coffin; lbs feet of plank to make his cot.
in. His coffin was S feet long. across the
breast 80 inches across the head IS inches
across the foot Ia inches: its depth 30
inches. He weighed in 1854, 81 pounds
Ills hight was seven feet six inches. Hi,
wight when he died, Is nearly as can be
aScertaiued, was a fraction oye 1000
pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

FAsHroxABLG WoMES the bio
graplies Of our great aud good men and
wolnen-not one OF them lad a fashiona-
hle mother. They nearly all sprung from
plan, strong minded women, who hal a.
bout as lltlle to do vita the fashions as
Aitn tie changing clouds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
SIGNIFIcAST.-The Boston Pilot coun-

NluSif tue DoNtou iHOt touii-
ellis all Catholics L vote for Gardner, be
cause, il says, we cannot keep down the
conviction that be is not sincere. w
know the man pretty well, and we fee
that he possesses TOO much intelligence ID
be affected 10y any apprehen~ions of dan
ger to the Republic fiom immigrants OF
Catholics ithont criticising the tx
traordinary recommendation to ga fora
man because he is mot sincere this posi-
Ition Of the Paot in advising Catholics To
- for a regular Know Nothing candidate
will he understood as an admission on It's
part tlatihere is no vitality whatever left
in Know Nothlngism aud that it will he no
longer an object Of dispute or dread
Free Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

waging d successful ~lat.ie mon p'incil l.
fill their sheets witll ISLANDERS npon his rer
~onal charak ter. His viniieatiot was
.ple;e. Bat his enemies are active. AN
the same n~nserupulous men will douhtles
batch a new brood of lies by the time tha'
the refnta'inn Of these m cts the people
We doubt not the result; and we have on
lv to to his accusers. as he SAYS, that hs
,lefes their ~malignity; let them do thei
ii Milwaukee Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

TThere are no bank pil IN Eng
land below So (G5) Ia Fra nee, me
hundred francs is the lowest sum FIR which
bills are issued.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

TOhio is the greatest WOOL growing
State in the Union. Six millions Of dol
lars' worth has been raised there this
Year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

NTha Republicans Of Cra&ford and
Bad AK Counties, have nominated VIM.
c. McMichaeI, OF the latter county az 3
candidate for the Assembly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

IMPORTANT If TRUE-Tle New York
Tribune Of Saturday, in its Commercial
column, SAYS:
Zone of the most practical ways to
make exchange on the East has been a
,lop,ed By Mes~is. Geo. Smith d. Co, OF
Chicago, who have male an arrangement
10 purchase and ship 100000 bushels OF
wheat to New York. They furnish all the
funds for the purchase without aid from
this end, and ship the wheat to Mr. Dean
Riclunolnl, Of Buffalo. who engages TO pay
the freight AMI charges there. line wheat
is TO be sold upon arrival here Tor export,
and will form a basis for about a million
and a quarter of Eastern Exchange for the
use Of chicago merchants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
Sorghum, or Chinese sugar Caae.

Mr.. Augustus Tyler,of Hazel Green,has
invented q cheap and novel machine for
ex~perinentally extracting the juice from
the Sorghum, 1t consists of two upright
crushing rollers of small size, attached to
and moved by a ommon boring machine.
One man can turn 1t with ease, crushing
the stalks AS fast as a boy can feed, stalk
by stalk, aud with another TO receive
them as they are crushed, m,kes easy and
las work OF it. Mr.. Tyler ha. raised a.
bout one eighth OF an acre OF the Sorghum
this year AS An experiment, from which he
expects 10 get a half barrel Or more, Of
Alup. We tested some, the first made on
trial, and found it of a decidedly pleasant
iavor, not unlike maple sugar, OF q dark
amber solor, similar to Stewards No. 2
sugar House Syrup. and ofeqnal saeclla'
rine consistency. Mr.. Tyler is conilent
that it will succeed in this latitude, and
eventually take its placs a. 4 staple
product Of the country Galena Cou.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

neVALuATIoN OF WIscoNsIN.-The Stat
Board of Equslizers have published thei.
valuation Of all the real and personal prop
-rty in Wiseon,in. ana from the report, w
obtain the following interesting figures
The whole property of The State is equal
iAed at 9l5o,o0O,00o which we may sa,
is quite a change IN its favor during the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

rr A new style OF rotation of GRIPS.
!. pursued BY solne farmers, is one yesr
nothing, and she nsxs resS weeds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

.DraueuE.-lhe census Of Dubuque just
COMPLETED shows that tie population OF
hat eitv i I5.957-hping an increase OF
3723 since September 1856.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

Gg John c.. Fremont refused a public
racension rendered him at San Francisco.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

rThe jury in the Rock Island Bridge
eas.-for some time past on trial IN Chica-
so--has been discharged, being unable TO
la1ree.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24

Two Brothers, Smith, proprietors of a
splendid peach orchard Sacramento, Cali
%fornia, have realized between $60,0o0 and
ss0.oUo this year from the sale of peach
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
gy Henry Ward Beccher's recent IS,

Sc Henry Ward Beccher's recent Ser.
mon on the Times" which has created
such a sensation ii the Eastern Cities, is
a mob G composition, ettich ~ eoald
Igladly transfer entirr % oar columns SER
II not for It's great length.
The following vigorous expressions con-
tain the gern$of a whole volume, aud
will bear the closest scrutiny, and the
most thoughtful study. Especially do
they apply TO our own State, and the do
ings of four public men.
Public in Inference 10 immoralities in
common, AS Ill other thingS,will be ayeng-
ed as II il were Anticipation. Tile bits
which uicked Haen 1raW aydiast tie Pub.
iic Treasury to pay for Meir crimes and
~oices, are u{D1ys end3rsei by The virtuous
men Of tie coaa4aun5ty;; and an the end,
TIE sober ARRAYS Pig for tie lnten'Perate;
The pure pay TIE expenses ofMe dsbaHcb.
ed, the honest nan pays for the knaoeS
debts; tie gorkiny aud }raJal man pay,
for the incident and xpendhrJf;; and IL
such times as these, it is seen that tht
hea Hong and swinlling spectators run
the Commercial world into deSperat
straits, and then tho criminals step asil',
and the sound men take the the burden
and carry it. Ia prosperous times meH
attend to tier % business, and w5U not
be tronJled Nth pubbc interests. This q
a seffshnesx uhtch tod wW aeper forget
Ia their hour of distress they lind OUT thai
Indifference to public morais is itseJ q
crime. and that Providence, in due season
paaiskes honest and good men tor TIE ms
conduct q. wscked men, sohich they couie
haze preUeated but did not.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
Wssas has President Buchanan
ssssme for the south!

n qsestion is triampiantlv answer
ed by Hon. A. II. Stephens Of Georgia
in a late e~lecrioneering discussion. as fol-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
How Rain is Formed.

Madison journal.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-31

devotion 70 the bes. interests Of our country. we
are Republicans, "and nOtsns e!ae'" and 90 dot
intend 70 be until TIE great contest DOW soas % N
this country for and asauss Freedom 'e'''ed' A'd
settled Oh tie right side. We have orr eyes open
IN the battles now going on in Oregon hans''
Sebr,sis-yer. even in Minnesota, where the Pro-
Slavery party have adopted preliminary measures
to defeat the friends OF Freedom. We na'o
ALWAYS stood BY the Enlargement policy and are
stp 4. friends. We want strong State ticket,
made nm of the best and soundest Republicans I'D
the State without regard to former antecedents'
oply az that question may add strength I" me
xbole ticket OF course, We should DC opPoied W
auy "persmbula;ipg" gentlemen, whoever 'hey
might be, in attempting 20 oresta healthlni puoh'
opinion Let the delegates come together uu'i an
ueled and free from dictaton from any quarter. d"
form ticket which vii c"m'Aln1 INC supP,tt' .ad
sire, OH of the whole Republican party, and u IN all
tie dead Rabbits Of the State may com ,ne and
ccalesce as they please--they will come .us Of the
battle in November about US they did . year ago
| in the minority BY tens of thousands.
| We have watched the Police Contest in your city
with the greatest interest dee with you at the
prospect before you of De fail triumph of law and
| order, and begin to feel il will be safe for us
| "r,Irals'' to travel your streets after dusk It's
been great battle against the concentration Of VII.
ains from the four quarters Of the globe, headed by
their natural chief, and We cannot but congratulate
| the Commissioners upon their fsrbearance and good
management during the whole contest. We regret
| the ole error-tbe resignation Of Mr.. Draper-but
hope that false step viii be surrounded, aud order
once m,re reign in our great metropolis The
stories of The HeraH and Joarnat of Commerce that
the Republicans buve lost any strength in the coun-
fry On account of your troubles s mere moonshine.
All parties have seen the necessity of Metropolitan
| Police law, and have not changed their views after
| .eeipg the resistance to it's enforcement by Mayor
Wood and his Dead Rabbit" lrieods. We are
now mole convinced than ever Of its absolute ne
| cessiiy.
The weather is Gne-crops capital, saving corn,
and prospects for lower prices for the million good.
Salt, our great staple, sells at "wer figure this
year-Sl % per barrel, coarse and fine. Inst year,
finc 81 40, and coarse, 81 so BURKE.