Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-08-22
The Last Gun EiTed.S

nleasant affairsoccured IN %tlits vllilaSe
mopth orftwo since which has oeeasloned
the publication Of three long articles IN the
Heragd-the first from q man who cyl
leu,ly thought himself niisused. while
stopping an hour in the place. Ihe sec
ond from the man whom he accused O
misusinc him, explaining the affair and
giving it a somewhat different2appearance; j
the first Of the writer's is, | understand,
minister Of the gospel; but when he was
characterizing the people Of Patch roye
as ssyile" and speaking of the mob .1 AZ
came from the saloon o. dogery, y =
evident that there was one text that was
not upon his mind, vig Thou Shalt not
bear false acataess. sn The next writer's at
SO a minister Of tbs, gospel and one whom
/ have heard well spoken Of, but ne must s.
have forgotten when penning bis article
that sHe that passeth by and neddletfi'
with contention that bslopgeth not TO
him is like one that taketh a deg by the
| ears" 'Leave Of contention bef9fe q g
Nodded aoas;tbs is no doubt wise com
man1 but inasmuch as these persona
,negleeted to do that, the next best IS, Il
Z s,,nnose to do it. now.s Let me- illustrate
this by, a story which will explainimyaideal
more fully. A man whom we will ncais
Iouathan----- had the misfortune to
loose his wife, and otslong after he came
came to the eoncusien5that he would have
another, wife if he couHl find an .aunnarr-
ed. woman within days ride who would
have him;so he saddled his horse and
started -enquiring of all he met fofthe arr
article he was in pursuit Of; as good luck
would have it he was soon directed to the
house of Polly ---------. She recievedf him
favorably but was somewhat shocked by
bis Sudden proposal of marriage; and like
IA prudent woman as q she was, requested
one week to make inquiries concerning his
characterize request so reasonable was
readily granted, and they parted for one
week, when Polly was 10 let him know.
She put by her $. inning and started for a
weeks tramp in and around every place
tina. Jonathan had ever lived in, taking
testimony concerning his character; the
good she heard Of him she took no account
Of, but noted down everything which she
thought prejndicial TO his character,and as
she was frequehtly among his enemies, at
the end Of the week she bad a FORMIDABLE;
list Of Jonathau's deliuquencies. Jona,;
than appeared at the appointed time to
learn his fate. Polly told him Truly that
she had spent the week in maklng INCUR
,res concerning his character, and that she
had heard much that sounded bad, u uery.
bad, and she was proceeding to read the
list of his delinqueneies, when Johna-
than suddenly interrupted her as follows:
''Ands have been around the past week
making inquiries about; your character.
and have heard much that sounds bad, j
cerg bad, of your character, and, now
madam If you plsase we will put what
you have heard and what L have heard
together and say NO more sbonto it. This
announcement gave Polly a shock, forniti
had never occurred TO her that Jonathan
would make any inquiries about 3lierschar-g
acter, and Ikea wise woman she accepted
,Jonathan's proposal, and they areis for
ought i Lllo,xsAtill -li,i.s' 'su'asounue.i y
their children and grandchildren WHO
| have, arisen to call them lessed. Now Let
US suppose thai each hadskept his soro her
Hist of the others faults and every time he
neglected to provide evenawood, gor per.
nit, The flour barrel to become empty; or
She had accidentally trod upon his, corns,
their respective lists of each others faults
real OF imaginary, had been and CONS
mented upon until one or the aotllsr chad
tired out; the best can suppose in
such aoacasee is that Polly would have
drowned herself and Jonathan would have
killed himself by drinking whlskey made
ofarsenlcan sstrychnine. would say
then toali who feel agrieved by the trans3
action alluded to in the beginning Of this
article-go initiate the conduct of Jona-
than and Polly If they had published
the ISLANDERS gon each others characters
which they Lad collected from week to week
in the papers, we Ahould long since had two
more political parties, a Jonathan party,
andla Polly party, and this might cause
ia splitainsthe Democratic party, and that
might be the means of letting Kansas
come iii asa Free State ; and that dissolve
/ the Union; and the dissolution Of the I'm
ion might lll3esate the slaves; ana when
liberated they would refuse to work for
their old oppressors without pay, and as
many of them would be nnable to pay
and not knowing how to work themselves,
they would no doubt starve to death !i!'ea
So we see mighty consequences some
times hang on apparently small causes.--
Should this little story be instrumental in
influencing those who fancied themselves
agrieved BY the transaction alluded to in.
the beginning of this, to initiate the con-
duct of 10 nathan and Polly, it will have
its desired effect LUTHER BRowN..sso7
Patch Grove, Aug H. ~ Risaa efAss
lHaef gs8gei From the St. Louis Democrat
ssesog as from Kansas. sss 4
We have dates from Kansas up to Tues.
day morning. The deputy marshalaof
Douglas County, was on hisiway to "A Law
rcnca with 1n,yar]s IF f;ftx, xx,s MS, l.