Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-05-08

Il is often said, and it may be truthful
Fly, that ''it is always darkest just before
day" II this proverb is applicable to f.
nancial darkness, we certainly may look
for pecuniary daylight at once for we
shall run but little hazard in pronouncinp
the past thirty days the darkest for those
who had money due them, ever known in
Milwaukee. But Notwithstanding the
proverb, we must confess that we see nc
considerable streaks of light in the near
future. We dislike to croak, but if we
look ahead at all ii is best to try and see
things as they are, and net through col
ored lens. But why is it so; why do we
get no relief; why has not six months been
sufficient to recuperate the energies of the
nations As a State, as q city, and as in
dividuals, people have been too extraya-
giant, have lived beyond their means, and
when the Great Crisis came on, it was
necessary for everybody to make out bal
ance sheet, and that sheet was against
nine-t enths Of the people. Sacrifices in
all shapes were demanded of those who
had anything to sacrifice, and the result is
that all have been at work to make up
for lost time and getting nothing for eur
rent expenses.
Men who twelve months ago paid bills
and notes on presentation, now scowl,
scold, procrastinate or entirely fail to meet
their obligations. This goes all through
The streets, all through the State and all
through the West. Like row of bricks,
one tumbles on an other until all are fiat.
One man fails to pay bill, and twenty
are cheated of their dues. AS people we
are too apt to count on clear sky, and
when the storm comes, are unprepared for
it, Our German population is partially
excepted, as rule they are provident.-
We suppose there have been less foreclo-
sures upon prof erty held byGermans than
any class Of people BY three to one. AS
a sign of the time, more notary protests
have been printed the past three months
than before for three years.
At Chicago we learn, huadreds upon
hundreds of laborers are idle for want of
work at four shillings a day. Stores are
for rent at every turn in the streets.
1t is said "when wheat rises, and when
France goes to war with England;" then
we shall have better times So "when
the sky falls we may catch larks." There
is a remedy for some Of the MANY fnan-
cial evils under which we now labor, and
it is 10 conte DOM an our notions. Re-
duce real estate, reduce rents, reduce the
expense of living, work hard and pay as
you 90. Managing thus we can in time
get back to the point from whence we fell
then will the hard times begin to let
up Mil. Wisconsin.
Rg- A good deal of soicitude was man
Tested in Northern Illinois to discover who
were the two men who voted for Fremont
in Johnson County Tin Egypt Of that
State, where the last Presidential vote
WAS officially Observation-Disclosures LIZA,
Fillmore "A, Fremont 2. Inquiry has
cleared up the mystery-the Fremontels,
very naturally, are both scAoolmasters-
VI. Spence, a Yankee, and J. Eisenhower,
IA German, who, having left Europe to find
Liberty, settled first in Slave State, found
the desire of his soul unattainable there,
and, having learned to loathe Slavery by
observing its practical operation, migrated
again to the nearest Free State. Of
course. he was for Fiemont-act.vely, ar
IDENTITY he couldn't be for any else but
lie was too new q conner to influence other
voters. He now reports that good many
more such as he have moved in or declared
for the Rights since 1856, beside the Dem
|ocrats, who are mainly Douglas men, and
so "shrieking for Freedom with the ener-
gy of young zeal and fresh lungs; SO Mr..
R. calculates, though Mr.. Spence has left
the County, that he will be a good way
from having to vote alone in 1860. This
seems a reasonable presumption.
New WAY TO SMOKE MEAT.-The first
thing necessary is to have a good tight
house in which to hang it.; then take it
out of the brine and hang it with the
shank down. After having given it suf-
ficient time to drain-say twenty -four
Ihours-build under it smoke, hickory
wood is the best-let it smoke about four
or five hours; then throw on the fire a
handful of sulpher; after that is burnt up,
throw ON more. A pound and half is
enough to smoke large house full of
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