Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-05-19
VOL. XI, NO. As.
Varieties.

10 carbon.
The Chinese picture Of ambition is "a
mandarin trying to catch a comet by putting
salt on its tail"
The latest style-A Paris letter write.
says ladies' dresses are worn ..short at both
ends"
Why i Roger A. Pryor like a great
national curiosity!
Ans.-Because he is mammoth cave.
The largest circulation Of any bank ia
the United States is that of the Citizens
Bank, New Orleans, viz: $5,535,ooo.
The deepest artesian well in the United
States is the one at Columbus, Ohio.
which is 2,s4o feet in depth-more than
half mile.
It has been supposed from a careful
counting Of a portion Of the rings and from
comparison with other trees, that the large
tree, Of which portion was brought to
Philadelphia from California, was about
ll,s0o years old.
Milburne, in his Thirty years ofpreach-
ing life" says: 81 confess to a greatful love
Of log cabins, aud am much inclined TO be-
lieve that their humble roofs have sheltered
la greater amount Of health content, happi-
ness and virtue, than the lest style Of do
lmestic architecture"
The Charleston Convention is a body
which has not met to perform a comedy
Washington Constitution
1t is more like some star actors, who, on
benefit nights "appear in tvo parts. "
LOUISVILLE Journal
Alta concert given at the Palace Of the
Tuilelies, Alboni was Obliged to fan her
self with twisted programme, being warm,
and having nothing better at hand. This
the Emperor perceived, and, with gal
lantry refreshingiy cool, took from the
Princess Clotilde her fan and presented it
ito the prima donna.
An officer ofthe United States Army,
who h Travelled, his expresses his opinion
Of Arizona: eve have just Travelled over
Che much talked-of Territory Of Arizona
lSuch another God-forsaken, untimbered,
unwatered and unfinished country, never
before fell under my vision, and my optics
have run over a good deal Of what is called
bad country
4 Andrew Marshall, ex-Chief Engineer Of
the Eastern District Free Department,
Brooklin, has in his possession a very curl
Gus nest of petrifed eggs, which has lately
been presented to min, and (which came
from South America. The nest contains
twelve eggs, about the size Of hens eggs,
and all. as we have said, are petriied, and
make together gi6h thenest, solid mass
Of stone.
Some people, not many, are wondering
what makes the Charleston Convention
such a contemplate failure. We guess If
these few people will just think what party
the Charleston Convention represents their
wonder will cease. A boy was asked one
day what made him 50 dirty, and his re-
lply was, "They tell me | am made Of dust,
land J s'pose as just eorkiag our -
4 IlOHtSttttt UONiftUt.
The ingenuity Of Partisan cabinet makers
has found a use for common saw dust.
(which raises the value Of that commodity
far above the worth Of solid timber. by
Va new process, combining the hydraulic press
with intense heat, the wooden particles arc
Imade to form themselves into a solid mass,
Icapable Of being nodded into any shape,
and presenting brilliant surface, with q
durability and beauty Of appearance not to
be found in ebony, rosewood or mahog-
any.
Lady Clara Vane, says one Of our tor
eign exchanges, has begun suit against
the Prince of Wales for seduction under
1.-THE promise Of mlu1iage, The Prince IS
coming to Ameica 10 avoid the penalties
of his conduct. u this the result Of The
painful pious rearing ofthe young Pfince;
or have the reins been held SO tightly that,
when once loosened, he has gone too freely
Into dissipation A seducer Of winen 1T
nineteen Is an accomplishment not Unworthy
Of Young America.
What a stuped thing is.a wild turkey l
A man in Huntingdon (Pa.) catches them
BY means of trap or pen made Of sap
Ilings, laid openly one above the other, until
some feet IN hight, and the whole covered
Ebv similar open work, to admit Of plenty
Of light. The pen is thea raised /, about
the hight Of a turkeys back. Nov by
means ofcorn scattered from different direct
ions leading into the trap, the turkeys are
DATED into ii, and enter while feeding, wish
Their heads down. Becoming dissatisfied
81 alarmed, hey raise their heads above
itIs level Of the openugs for entrance, and
endeayor to escape through the spaces be-
tween the sapIings or other malesiAl Of
which the pen is composed, and not ag.In
lowering them to this level are thus entrap-
ped.
WHY Is it that tie rainbow and the
clouds come overus With a beauty that Is
not Of earth and then pass away and leave
Eus to muse on their faded loYeliness -
Why is 1t that the stars which hold
their nightly festivals around tbs midnight
IItllang arc placed above theTemh Of our
limited faculties, forever Inocking US with
n II y, n, - 10 fe'..t ~ Ard WHY Is