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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04
c@.a,,,,1x R. publican Cow ension.

COUNT Republican Convention will he held at Ian
cater On Wednesday the 9Th day Of October rex,
- non Tor the purpose OF selecting Candidates Tor Inc
ersTal County 0ices lie supported by the people OF
Grant Court at the November Election.
% Te,,trsi Committee hereby suggest TO the Repub-
ce ,tors of the Towns 20 sstenbe in mass at their
nsuaI 1,laceE OF holding
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04

@ The conditions our extensive South
ern disunion League have leaked out, the
editor of the Richmond South, member,
having betrayed the Party.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04

HEx-Governor Metcalf died at Glare.
mont, N. H., on Thursday morning, of E.
rysipelss.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04
SP &c la l. NOTICES

Post cfiee aoytrs at the Lancaster n
The Fest oalce win be kept open from 70 u a.,
forenoon and to O'clock afternoon,
GEe. H. COZ. ,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04

A NICE JoKE.-A newly arrived John
Chinaman, in Shasta. California, says An
exchange, purchased some ice recently,
AMI finding i. very wet, laid it ont to dry
in The sun. On going to look for it again,
he found that it had disappeared, and
forthwith accused he whole Chinese neigh
Lorhood of larceny. A general riot WAS
the consequence. This is abou as good as IN
anecdo,c We heard of the other day about
lady Of the Irish persuasion. Biddy had
Just arrived aud obtained place to do
general housework, soon after which she
innocently inquired of her mistress how
the ice was to he dressed and whether 1t
Was to be cooked FIR dinner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04
Teachers Column.
i. III. MILLER, Of Hazel Green, Editor.
state Teachers Association Amendments to the
School Law.


The sixth Annual meeting of the Wis
T... bat., A..ac;s,i,n MAS held
- NJ
al To'ags Clly CONNIE nei1S ="
/ Aug. 81, 1858. From report OF me
proceedings given in the Journal Of Educa-
E.lon, the meeting appears to have been
well attended and the proceedings very
interesting. Below we give the report OF
l.ha Comn;,tae on .Reyision of the School
tr RI. IL, 90 fsr as ue have been
""s ~ ~
"oie 10 e&@'"'"s ~ '''eo'" o' ~fp0
islon. We commend II TO Inc cafe'o' peru
sal of Nil:
=, ~ u. Chm,
1'ep''' "P'" '"e 1's'0
LdW:.
This discussion was one Of The most in-
i,ara.,;oo If The session. The following
..h en.nv ,,, ~
az 'he i'o'A'f - wy : ~
lded ana adopted.
I. ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL.
lst THAT our school law should De
so amended rs 10 allow 'h' ocnoo, Doaro
to prohibit the attendance OF eniiareh less
than SIX years OF age, "hsh 10 'neir oPih-
ion ire interests OF the schoo' ana OF Inc
pupils affected may oe promoted 'here
10y.
II. PLAN OF GENERAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
School Districts.
-. The comnon SCHOOL di.tr;c, shall
,an,;n a. b.,a,ofo,a md cons,it... The
smallest division for s,hool purpo.es
81 The sevaral districts belonoipg 70
any ore township village or city. snail 10.
49,, co..,,,r,a .;nc,o ,,;.,r;c, - hs
e.Ilal ,ba Lillian D;.,,;st
Al TIE ,,.ta sb.Il he d;v;,lea n. far
;. n,.c,;c.hlel into districts contain;ny
~ ,.a hundred schoisr. zach Ia ha cal.
lad Tho sun.r;ntsnd.nt District
| ~, TIT III 10 .a.ra.a .. j..
-, e.. III ,>,,.,,o.es oonn.o,od
~. .lf 49, 1901 49, ;.,, p IS ad,oa,;an
= 49, '''' s'
H. OFFICERS ASo SCHOOL BOARDS
lst. The election of each primary DIS
sfict 3ssnail eiec. an"sa'iy' AZ TIC usu"'
'''ae, On. o',''''' ~ 70 ..'''u N"
-; as 49,. - III, 49, d;.t.;o, .h.I
! - -, !.
I"eAn,Ae =, e''1onss .,o" :ns" ""AJ -. :.
'es'oo"'' "nu ''o' I"I ~ 'i.1.,
oeefe'a'!' VINO snal' W =. e1:c9''D 500
inspector i,' l,'' P'ol'e' ''a''' ~ ~. "''
"s"','1e'' '""'' o''''' ''"'' ''''
oos'u' 81,
:. o. ne inspectors =. Wv 500, 49,"
1's,f'c's o' e"cn "'P.''n'snooaI ''''.s''
sna'' o1ga''1e oy e'.o'e'e ''",i 'ns a',; ''u
'er ires'de"' anu ''o.'' ,'no f"o''I ~
i~'se s,ec'e."'y nAo 'nA', , w ~ :" :ys.''
.o"a'f ,,'Pe',".'" 81" 60 - -
,zeo sna'' constitute 'ne oo'"'J aDo"'o u
Education
syn. nc sese'aI county n'Per'','e"'
asn.s 81 shs o.a'e shsa assemble ana l. or
go 60 S =. .o,,noo' pnan;,ss"n
:, ~ ~ ,,,,aa H. So 49, IS 49,
"u"' 1c''', 49,, :, 'A - - ,0e., ~ 49,
1.oh' o' "'',e ~ 'lis r'"e'pH' u 'rn .so''l,a'
',cnJo'' "'n' 3"a"o.''o =. w : NV 7'''''
| "''"'t NC q -:V''so ''''0'''
~ SPECIAL DUTIES OF OFFICERS
1st. The director shall, with few neces.
sary exceptions, perform the same duties
as heretofore.
I'd. The Unicn District Board shall de-
,ermine the nua1ber Of primary districts
within its proper districts, the number and
grade of schools,snd the number and atruc.
tu'e OF school houses; shall also determine
the text books to be used, the amount f
teachers wages, and shall present through
their Secretary, to the town board OF sup
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04

WILD PLuMs.- The wild plum makes
excellent Jelly >call them few moments
in weak saleratus water to remove the bit
terness from the skins, pour that of and
add pure water, boil till very tender then
strain. add an equal part of sugar and boil
gently for abou. fifteen minutes. A good
deal Of the pulp OF the plam ia left which if
pressed through colander and adding
half its quantity Of sugar makes s good
marmalade; boil gently and stir Till done.
The wild plum makes excellent pickles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04

HAIR Plasserers' Hair Tor sale By
land 4 Co.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04

r,1 meetings. 9. an aturGay, IL I'd dsy Of October
o'clock in Re stsrnoon, Tor the purpose OF eeeng
Deleeates to said County Conv.nton
~ "a bereIy apportion the Delegates TO said Con-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04
Doinps at Casaville.

A short thine since, at Cassyille, Wis,
the wood boat Rough and Resdy, Capt.
.Iohu Brockart. WAS found scuttIed aud
sunk ia the deep waters of the Mississippi.
rhe owner had offended some other wood
dealers b, selling some wood low, with
The intent Of getting money with which
10 pay his defts, aud his boat was sunk
in revenge. The ci;izens Of Cassville
took The matter in hand, f6fined = Vigi.
Ienee Commilte, sent off the scoandrcls,
aised the boat, and set the poor man n
float in his business again Gaiena Adv
REVISED STATUTES. a Hartford cor
respondent of The Chicago Journal, under
date of Aug. 10, has the following with re-
gard to printing and furnishing tho Stat
ules of this Statei
The Revised Statutes of Wisconsin are
being printed here at the extensive print
ing house of Case, Lockwood d Go. |
hare been shown some Of the advance
sheets, from the appearance Of which |
should Judge the work will be remarks-
bly, we'll executed, and cannot but give
perfect satisfaction to the State and ali
concerned Mr.. WIN. B. Keen, the enter
prising publisher Of our city, has the con-
tract with the State Of Wisconsin for pub
fishing these statutes. 1t will make
book of from twelve to thirteen hundred
pages. His contract requires that he
sba.l deliver the books at Madison in four
months from the date of the contract =
ahou, one month Of which has elapsed -
The book is now about half printed. In
about two months more, it is expected that
the whole edition of ten thousand, will be
completed and delivered at Madison, the
seat of government of Wisconsin,.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04
I. ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL.

lst. sThat our school law should be
80 amended AS to allow the School Board
to prohibit the attendance of children less
than six years of age, when in their opin-
lon tie interests of the school and of the
pupils affected may be promoted there
by"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-08
Wit and HumOf.

ALL THE SAME.-"You are very hand
some," said a gentleman to a lady. aAh"
said the lady, $50 you would say if you did
not think So" Sand so you would think
answered he "though l should not say so"
VERY PoL1rE.-A very gentlenlanly
individual, who had been deprived of a very
valuable umbrella, posted up the following
notice:
'Who was the gentleman who exchang-
ed umbrellas with me the other day, and
forgot to leave his 2"
A minister who had received number
of calls, and could hardly decide which was
the best asked the advice of his faithful old
African servant; who replied: :-"Massa,
90 where de most debbil."
A father was questioning his children,
one Sunday evening, on the portion of q
sacred writ in Genesis descriptive of the
construction of the ark. aHow was light
admitted into the ark; glass was then un-
knownp queried papa at one of the misses.
"Oh! Noah just lighted the gas" a
A sexton, who had taken part ut q
marriage, was one of the witnesses, on q
trial in regard to its validity. "Welr
said the counsel, thought your duty WIS
to bury people, not to marry them. "Cer-
tainly," said the sexton, "but we must first
have population before we can bury them
THE WONDERS OF NAruRE.-"what do
you think of that?" said an enthusiastic
tourist TO pumpkin, who was looking at
Niagara for the first time in his life.
SWELL" there's good deal O. water, but
1 know man in our. neighborhood that's
got calf with five legs"
Evidently he thought niagara no great
shakes.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-08
From the Chicago Journal.
Home-Made Chips.
By B. F. TAYLOR.


"That something after DEATH" long be.
fore Shakspeafe's time, puzzled the will"
and to it may be attributed much Of the
absurdity that charaeterizes the believers
in the latter revelations. It is sort of in.
nocent caves dropping, that trying to get
near the mysterious vail that hangs sus-
pended in the fingers of God, between this
world and another, and striving to fill athe
fearful hollow" of their listening ears
were we malicious, we should say heads-
with the voices they overhear in the relmn
of spirits. They seem to fancy that ike
the veil of the Temple, this curtain too is
rent, but we greatly fear they are deceiving
or deceived-that the same spirit which
caused the milk-maid to cross the Gipsey's
palm with silver, or people to consult the
Madames with unpronounceable names, as
sumed for the occasion, as to the great and
little "to bc's" of their mortal life, is infu-
encing the older and the graver to summon
up spirits from the vasty deep, and subject
them to the pains and penalties of Yankee
catechism. We imagine that it is prompt
ed by an unworthy desire to read what is
not written-to play Paul Pry on scale
too solemn to be ludicrous, with the unborn
mysteries Of tomorrow-that the wisdom
is folly, the doctrine dangerous, the knoWL
edge proftless.
And yet, when we seas we have seen
"a stricken one, mother without child
who would fain know the fate of Mary or
Willie, who went out like star in the morn
ing, we cannot find it in our heart to dis
pei the delusion, when, smiling through
her tears, shs fancies she receives mes
sage from the little prattler alofi-s mes
sage full of love to mother, and full of 8
child's sweet gossip about the angels and
the harps, the gardens, and the amaranths
of that "unseen and silent shore" 'Tis
an idea that in our ignorance and weak
ness, we would all have true, that some
times, when we will, on Saturday, night
or bright Sabbath morning, We can send
a wish and a thought after those, "who in
their youthful beauty died"-that the
doves can dring the leaves of the Olive
across the dark waters to the windows of
the soul-that gentle eyes, although We
see them not, are looking down upon q
sleeper to guide, and bless.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-08
After reading The Letters The chairman

After reading the letters the Chairman
will call on distinguished Ex-Governor
for speech, which will occupy two hours,
fifteen minutes and twenty seconds by the
Second Church Clock. This will be fol-
lowed by ''confrmed official" singing the
"Nicar of Bray" Groans from disap-
pointed office seekers to accompany the
following Chorus
"And this is law, I will maintain
Until my dying day, sir,
That whatsoever king shall reign,
I'll be the Vicar of Bray, sir"
Considerable ground and lofty tumbling
will be gone through, and the entire COM
pany will then sing in chorus
"We're all fishing, fsh-fsh-fshing
We're all fishing, fishing for place.
Resolutions endorsing Buchanan, Cal
houn Napoleon III and the Devil, will
then be unanimously adopted, and each
member of the meeting will hurry off to
write letter to the President, claiming
the entire credit of the affair to himself and
asking fat Office in recompense; Jeems
at Washington, meanwhile placing his
thumb to his nose and extending his fore
fingers Westward with a significant shake.
-Clevsland Herald, March 25.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-08
The Yankee Pedlar: /:

The importance Of importing your OWE
stock, if you are going into the wool bust,
ness, is very emphatically enforced in the
following capital story, that comes to us
from very agreeable correspondent:
"Some years ago was travelling on the
Eastern shore of Maryland, and stopped
for the night at the house of gentleman
by the name of Jones. He was not at
home, but his wife received me very po-
lietly, though 1 was in the capacity
of travelling merchant, a peripate-
Tie vender of notions, vulgarly called aped-
lar. She made few purchases of articles
useful in the family, and might have bought
more had not Mr.. Jones returned unexpect-
edly and at once commenced abusing me
most roundly, and said he~didn't want any
pedlars about his house. 1 gave him back
the change in his own coin till he cooled
down, when / asked him what made him
mad at all gentlemen in my line of busi-
nessp He told me:
"a few months ago Yankee pedlar was
about here selling his tin-ware, and taking
pay in anything the coutd get. My neigh
bor farmer, Mr.. Brown, had very trouble
some ram; one time he jumped the fence
and got into the wheat, and another day
into the corn, and was always where he had
no business to be. One day, just as the
farmer had got him out and tied him up,
this pedlar came along and wanted to sell
his tin-ware.
"Mr. Brown said he would sell him the
old ram and take his pay in tin. The ped
lar took him up, offering him two dollars
worth of his truck for the ugly old sheep,
the pedlar hoisted the ram, with legs tied
into his confounded old cart, and drove
right along here to my house, and had the
impudence, yes, the scoundrel had Ito
tell me the ram had BEEN imported from
England by order of one of the rich farmers,
Jeffers, down the country, and he had
agreed to take it to him; it had cost 5000
on landing, and he was to have $3.50 for
it when he delivered it to Mr.. Jeffers, but
he was so tired of having the plaguey thing
in his wagon that he would take 500 for
il the first chance he could get. l was
quite anxious to improve my stock, and
thought this so fine an opportunity to buy
an imported full-blood, as the rascal war
ranled it to be, that / paid the fellow 800 /;
and he cut the strings and let the ram run.
Sure enough, he did run, full split, right
over the fence, and l after him, and my
niggers coming on. In fifteen minutes my
ram, niggers, and fetched up in Browns
yard, when | found that had been sold as
well as that raseally old sheep. Before 1
got back the pedlar had sold sold ten dol
lars worth of wooden nutmegs and nom
sense TO my wife, and had gone off to parts
unknown. He never came this way again;
and if you are one of that sort you had bet
ter put up your traps and be moving"
"Finally prevailed on him to let me
stop till morning and to accept few Yam
kee notions without fee or reward. But
be will never forget that 800 and his
neighbor's RAM"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-08
From the Home Journal
BIRD SONG.

BIT W. L. SHOEMAKER.
There is little bird that sings
"Sweet heart."
know not what his name may be;
only know bis notes please me,
As loud he sings-and thus sings he
"Sweetheart!'
I've heard him sing on soft spring days
"Sweetheartr'
And when the sky was dark above,
And wintry winds had stripped the glove,
He still poured forth those words of love-
Sweetheart
And, like that bird, my heart, too. sings
Sweetheart"
When Heaven is dark, or bright and blue.
When trees are bare, or leaves are new,
It thus sings on-and sings of YOU
sweetheart"
What need of other words than these
"Sweetheartr'
If ] should sing whole year long,
Ny love world not be shown more strong
Than by this short and simple song
.SWeethearti"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-08
Confession of Lamb. the Wife
Murderer.

We have published the account of the
arrest of a Hotel keeper named Lamb, at
Mendoza, ILL.,, for the murder of his wife, at
St. Louis, last fall. Lamb, after his arri-
val at st. Louis, made confession, which
we find in the St. Louis Republican. The
confession was made in the presence of Mr..
Stafford, the father of the murdered woman,
and number of officers. Lambs state
ment runs thus:
"He said be took his wife from the As
tor House, and put her in yawl boat,
for which he paid 81, telling his victim he
was going to small town down the river.
Himself and two others were in the boat
with her. The names he did not know
He took her down within half mile Of
the island, (he did not say what one) and
there held her head under water until she
strangled. He then tied a rope around
her neck, attached stone to it and sunk
her. The rope was about half the size of q
common bed cord.
Mr.. Stafford asked Lamb how he felt
when his wife was drowning. He said he
felt rs though be ought to have gone down
with her. He was asked what motive be
had for the perpetration of the deed, if Sa>
rah (his wife) had not always treated him
properly and well? He replied that she
had never done him wrong, and did not de-
serve her fate, but that he was influenced
by other parties, the names of whom he
could not or would not give. He drown
ed her, he says, on the 18th of December
last. After her body had sunk, be, with
two other men went ashore and sent the
yawl adrift. To question how his wife
was dressed, he answered, in the dress she
was making at the time he went for her at
her fathers house.
A correspondent of the Chicago Press
writes from Mendoza that Lamb, before be
was taken from that place by the st. Louis
officers, made disposition Of his property,
and appeared to give up hopes Of his
escape from conviction. He Joined the
Baptist Church short time since, and af-
ter his arrest be was much engaged in read
ing his Bible, and he prayed three times
each day.
The st. Louis Democrat says that fur
ther proof Of the crime will be needed since
insane men-and sane men for certain pur-
poses-have been known to declare them
selves murderers when in fact not so. The
Coroner, on going down the river, learns
that about the time the crime was commit
ted, skiff was seen with three men in it,
who afterwards got out and sent it adrift.
1t was picked up, and is now in possession
persons known to the Coroner.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-08
Miseellang.
A Peep into n Living Mans
stomach.


The case of Alexis St. Martain Is one
with which the public, and those who have
given particular attention to the subject Of
physiology in connection with medical sci
enee, are alredy somewhat fomiliar. 1t is
indeed most extraordinary one known to
the annals of surgery. St. Martain is a
Canadian of French descent. In the year
1925, when be was eighteen years old,
and when employed in the service of the
American Fur Company, in Canada. he
was accidentally wounded by the discharge
of mlsket loaded with duck, as he calls
it, but which we must infer, have been
about the size of buck shot. He informed
us that he did not feel or know that he
had been hit, but moment afterwards he
felt cold chill, as if pail of cold water
had been dashed over him. The charge
entering laterally from behind, passed quite
through his body, tearing off the mueles,
carrying away half of the sixth rib, lacerat-
ing the left lobe of the lungs as well as the
diaphragm, perforating the stomach and
exposing to view the percardium, or cov-
ering Of the heart! A potion of the lungs,
as large as a turkeys egg, lacelated and
burnt, and Just below this a portion of the
stomach, protruded from the wound, the
food at the same time passing from the orr
flee thus made in the stomach. This orr
flee has never healed, and through it the
process of digestion can plainly be seen in
the stomach. DR.. Beaumont the surgeon
who attended him, published some years
ago, q volume made up from facts connect
ed with this case. and entitled "Dr. Beau
monfs Physiology and Experiments.'-
This work embraced the observations and
experiments of st. Martin, and may be
said TO be the foundation of nearly all the
positive knowledge now possessed on the
subject of digestion. In this book DR.. B.
gives the particulars of the treatment in
TINS case. and singular recovery of the pa
tent. Curious and happily enough, by
the adhesion Of the sided of the protruded
tails and the edge of the external wound
. free exit was afforded to the contents of
that organ, aud effusion into the abdominal
cavity was thus prevented and the mans
life saved.
Probably not one man in million, II
wounded in similar manner, would re.
cover at all, while the chances against jus,
such direction and result Of another acei
dental or even an Intentional shot woult
be so enormous as to defy computation ant
almost surpass belief The case Of St
Martain. is the first, the last, and the only
one Of the kind the world will ever see
and the opportunities which it affords fol
the acquisition Of positive knowledge con
cerning the human stomach and digestive
functions are of corresponding interest and
value. Think Of the idea of actually wit.
messing the process of digestion and the
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-08

SNUFF-DIPPING AMONG THO WOMEN CF
THE SoUTH-A correspondent of the Pc
tersburg (Va.) Express says:
There are, perhaps, in our State, one
hundred and twenty-five thousand women,
leaving out of the account those who have
not cut their teeth, and those who have
lost them from age. OF this number,
eighty per cent, may be set down as snuff
dippers. Every five of these will use a
two ounce paper of snuff per day-that is,
to the hundred thousand dippers, two thou
sand five hundred pounds day, amounting
in one year to the enormous quantity OF
nine hundred and twelve thousand pounds.
In this number of snuffdippers are inclu-
ded all ages, colors, and conditions.
This practice is generally prevalent
among the poor whites, and is akin to the
practice of clay or dirt eating, which only
they, savages and politicians, are known
to indulge in. 1t is prevalent in the pine
districts of North Carolina, and in many
portions of South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Florida and eastern Sennessee. 1t
may be thus described:
A female snuf-d;pper takes short stick
and wetting it, dips it into her srutf-box,
and then rubs the gathered dust all about
her mouth, into the interstices of her teeth
&C., where she allows it to remain until its
strength has been fully absorbed. Others
hold the stick thus loaded with snuff in
the cheek la quid of tobacco, and suck it
with decided relish while engaged in
their ordinary vocations, while Others sim
ply ell the mouth with the snuff, and thus
initiate to all intents and purposes the
chewing propenstties of the men. In the
absence Of snuff, tobacco in the plug or
leaf is invariably restorted to as a subtitute.
Oriental betel-chewing, and the Japan
ese fashion of blacking the teeth of mar
ried ladies, are the height of elegance COM
pared to snuff dipping. The habits leads
to speedy decay of teeth, and to nervous
disorders of every kind. Those wLo in
dulge in it, become hags in appearance at
very early age.-M YPoss.