Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-10-13
VARIETIES.

Esy-The population OF Racine county i
21,324.
Ew Col Fremont's back taxes, this year
are $4,000
Why are good husbands dough
Women need them.
! EE Texas derives its name from an Tn
dian word signifying .'beautiful."
EE-No man can live piousIy or dic
lnghteously without wife.-Richter.
| GE-A Club Of French Wide-i wakes
500 strong, has been formed in New York
EE- Gov. Randall, Of this State, has ap
lpointments to speak in Indiana from Oct
Cd to Oct. 9Th, inclusive.
GE Peach trees will not winter-kill il
Ione-half the years growth be shortened in
September or October.
re- ISLANDERS issuing from red and beau
Itiful lips are ike foul spiders crawling from
the blushing heart Of 4 rose.
Three hundred Germans now be-
longing to the Republican club Of Peoria,
Illinois, voted for Buchanan in 1856.
Gg- Brigham Young's nursery { Just out
Of Salt Lake City, cost over $50, 900, and
contains millionr--trees.
STATE LANDs.-All State Lands on
which the interest and taxes have not been
paid will be sold the 9th day Of Novem-
Der.
Ess-A short time ago a man became SO
completely wrapped in thought" that he
was Labelled, and sent off on the "train Of
ideas.
GE- Miss Groesbeck, who danced with
Lord Renfrew at the Ball in Cincinnati.
wore no jewels whatever. Just to thing
of it!
EE-It is the opinion of the doctor that
the lawyer gets his living by plumber, while
the lawyer thinks the doctor gets his BY
'pillage,"
EHMr. Yancey never stood upon a plat
form that we could approve. We presume
he never viii till he is about to be hung
Louisville Journal.
R9-lise-preserying trunks have been in
vented. A raft got up by lashing them to-
gether, is said to be capable Of riding out
almost any storm.
DEATH OF Gov. WnLARD.-A private
despatch from ST. Paul, Mimi, says Gov.
Willard, of Indiana, died there on Oct 4, Of
EH-"Don't get above your business"
as the lady said e The shoemaker who was
measuring her ankle ia order to ascertain
the size of her foot.
R"Ia, ma, what are you beating John
ny 50 early for.'
cause | know he'll deserve it tonight,
and I've got to attend meeting then
BFTl give that fellow a piece Of my
mind said young lady.
Il wouldn't" replied her uncle; "yoa
hare none to spare"
RE- An exchange gives this peculiar and
ambiguous advice: "If you are in doubt
whether to kiss pretty girl, give her the
benefit Of the doubt and go in"
EET There is no greater obstacle in the
way Of success in life than trusting t. some
thing to turn up, instead Of going to work
and turning up something yourself.
SERVED HIM R1oHT.-Miss Elizabeth
Blair, Of Mansfield, Ohio, has made a gen
tleman of that place pay $4,000 for saying
she was no better than sic ought to be.
RgThe surplus wheat of Brown Co.
this year is estimated al $4,000 bushels
This is the first year that she has raised suf-
ficient FOR home consumption.
HARD.---A Boston paper says that a con-
sunptise man in Massachusetts recently
coughed up portion Of bis lungs, two in
ches in length, and Of considerable thick
ness.
RE- Garibaldi has decreed the adoption
of the decimal system for the coinage Of
Sicily. The new pieces bear the head Of
his Sandman Majesty, with the legend
"Victor Emanuel King Of Italy,
gE-A little boy seeing drunken man
PROSTATE before the door Of groggery
opened the door, and putting in his head,
sid tothe proprietor. "See here, SIT, your
sign mas fallen down"
GE-It is said that the ratio Of marriage
in any country depends upon the fruitful
ness Of the earth. A good crop Of corn,
wheat and tobacco. is always followed BY a
good crop Of weddings. The more bread,
the more babies. Thus Ceres is the fast
friend Of Hymen. Accordingly, look out
'.about these days. for plenty Of Marriages.