Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-01-28


EIe-T-Ese Sights--A-r rI val OF Cree
ley WHO he Is and EEs7vv- Elss L.s3olzs
Frfdag Is last week va went over to
.Flairie 5E Chien ID hear IGcrsee G-seley
.aad see weirss iss 5en lie lafer sap
posed % Us ksas. Ike ErHaer an irrsPres
.sible reality. T-eaks 10 II. Paas-H 81
Prairie dt Chen FOR a free tTes an5
sleigh ride sEsroagh from Laucasi ~ = hap
py tiue Sig We have u bis sala ths 5ay
long. TT le i good taIssFs Lag bsea to
Europe ana he wosII over and knoas hos
10 ens4raasp one lJY naFrssiag what lie has
seen. Wa stopped as Knss's Hotel, II
hid, tbe Pt0aixs and soon renewed Ola ac-
aqusirsaaea % every hand. TIE vcathef
was fair amp mill, tie STOW me- s5spass AMI
what We Term tnsd- inter thsf ag.psar
HeI near bg. Il ~ thgngls The Missas
5ippi ice uopIl aeon pe tender lerIsspa
Ibrsgk II pieces and flsat axay, aud is Ike
fail 10 brblse ibe atises4iPp: again before
a sosEer winter
We vaSSed and rode roaDd Prairie da
CHEZ most of Saturday, seeing rsuch on
every side 10 resnisd an of what was tbcrs
ERE tie iron .idrse cams s.one 10 opea his
great battle Of desiiny and conquer and
exile the ancient lords 10 The manner born
There sfaads the shackIed. blescbed old
skeleton If 4 once line uanzi9r, erected BY
.ZAcn TAfaaR whils Giafef 10 eontmand Of
.lhe Il. S Troops in the Northwest eoun-
.lry and there too tie old barracks and
hospital herein Sciiier men and horses
.dwels lsarnionio1sly, while Indians foaEsed
securely; there JET staads The flag staff
that bore tas stars and stripes, AMI The
post where0n was fxed the iaFgeG fsF morn
ing exercises with pistol and riie-tbere
also .hs grave yard for sffaeers. separated
from he buss! ground ifclosarss ssr conf
mon ssIsiiers-- there tbs remains 81 nany
ancient lhlrgs d ~ ID rti0ss All the prey Of
FandaIIa AZ Indicated by the tattered son-
dition Of b=iIdilgs, Tie shingles aa9 doors
and floors Of which. AZ Icing sou away
for fuel. 4 ahsfe 70 say to ssve from vi
0leucc these pabEis workss Has even
patriotism fell from Prasie Ga Chen along
With tie Iudiansi
We called On tao editors Of course, MER-
.RnL Of the Courier aBi GRzzs or The
Leader, read over tiseEr Iateas news, ascsr-
fained that GFeeIey was on bis way and
soald BE there, tlsat Tbs ice Boat aaa cx-
pe@ied 10 arrive apd make her FIRST trial
from Prairie ID Chen TO 81 Parl core
lime ID Nay or june. Then called Oh I
z. r. GGsTfL, the Iaaa wbo i j. said has
bell a. important Office fog dozsa 81
twenty years, yst ns9er took 3 csBt but
sllat belonged u lin; called o. Bui'i
Adams, Brossoa, savags, LsClerc and
many more, gos mqru wrh them and
promised 10 call sgai0--aftsr 20.
As the chief II editors uas sboat vi
e1bi6it LIS osa uliits coas at Prarss tIal
cheia We hoped fox, expected . share Of.
ths donors ST. %. after Greedy arrived,
rot solitary honor for Us; Merrill was
not to Be seem Green faded a3ay, add
Cover was covered UP among he smallest
tbings-Iike Lillippts, pe made LADDERS
20 climb up unlike them We couId III
climb. GulIiTsr was a giaat, 10 was Hor-I
ace, but our ladders srere too short --corn-
mon editors we're no Where.
About 4 O'Clock. Saturday ?. M, dele
nations arsived from Taft0D. Patch Grove.
MiIlegEe, lancaster W yaIIsiug I'VE think
100 from Grant; also, from villages Of
Iowa within foEty AID from Crawford
county, all to bear the man Of back bone
Who wears white coat, and who is IN
!dertood to work he lever that moves
more machinery Than aag livsag man on
earth. Al O'Clock arrived tbs cars with
Greeley aboard, and ID . few minutes the
covered carriage appeared At Hahs's Hotel
with the elephant. a large ero@d look
ing curious stood Fouad;; the inePressible
man rose slowly from bis seat, and moved
awkwardly cut,drOpping papers, and disar.
ranging hat and spectaclss;; The re-adjast-
ing produced more aEkward movements,
when horse laugh broke from the mouths
Of most Of the crowd, which was a reliei
all round as yell As a kind Of elective in
PRODUCTION between elephant and people.
Greeley joining In the laugh, sort Of mu-
tual acquaintance spfang up and hurried
shaking Of hands, with and without the
form Of introduction.
Greeley Is q perfect specimen Of health;
Of nlildIing height and medium corpuIcu-
cy. Els head IS bald, with a chin cur,ais.