Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-17
For the Harala.
Notes by the vvays.de.

IeHldlESQ lndl i tMOu9ib Dl returning "
Prescott through Grant County to see my
aged mother, that had not seen her since
the summer OF 1856. He remarked
quickly, Ego sight along, ! don't wish TO
see you again until you have callel Upon
her OF course after that | fixed up and
put out on the next train. Starting onthe
4.o'clocz train Sunday morning | was soon
descend NO the beautiful and picturesque
valley oi the Wisconsin, dotted with farms
and villages, at every one Of which villages
the glorious ensign Of our country, the
symbol Of freedom and equality, foae,
'gaily in the morning breeze, and were
kissed and blushed with heavenly light
in the first rays IF the morning sun.
Leaving the aforesaid train at Boscobel,
the outlet Of northern Grant County, AM
procuring horse with a buggy attaches,
to the re5u, somewhat on jeff d yis' plan
iof government. IN the rsar and upon the
shoulders Of the poor "niggel with only
tie Remarkable difference lilsa there is 10
white blood IN our property and it is not
brother OF sister to our own children !!
Passing over al undulatiag prairie with
numerous fields, cottages and barns, show
ing concIasively that was travelling in a
country where industry Is considered hon
3orabie, and ideness, the l'ide Of Niger
dom, is looked upon as tL associate 81
vice, ignorance and barba 'en. PASSED.
through the village of Lane ster At 2 ( ~.
oil was quiet and orderly no groups Of
half clad "niegers" stood at the corners;
no drunken, infuriatel gentlemen" we're
cursing the administration as black repub-
]iean or the people OF the free States a
, mud-sills and abolition greasy horles; M
vigilance committee seized me and inquired
where was from, where | was going and
what my business was. Allthose marks OF
chiyalry and hospitality were wanting.
AT p. NJ. came to the " Corners" but
ah how changed, Here stood the "old
school hotss," the first institution Of the
kind | ever entered in pursuit OF what Sol
omon prayed for-where my first lessons
were taken in the rudiments Of a common
education; but not a yestge OF the old loo
house was there-gone, all gone. The
two old oaks that stood like seLtnes to
the north on the opposite side Of the road
hive been feIled and removed, only a por-
ton of the stumps being left to mark the
spot where the boys and girls spoued III
the shade "just twenty years ago." And
even the house Of my benefactor, Mr..
MARROW, where / boarded, WORKING morn
ing and evening to pay for it, even that
house, sacred in my memory, has fallen ana
is fast going to decay. He, l am toll,
sleeps near the golden shores Of the Pa
cific; his wife sleeps under the green on
yonder hill, and the greater number Of her
children have followed her. Thus pass
away old friends and the dear things Of
our youth. Everything looked old
What have ! outgrown the friends and
Sacred Objects OF nay childhood, or have
they passed onward to that superior con
dition" and left me to toll on here until my
country shall have passed glorousy
through this struggle with traitorous muir
derers who are seeking to burn her very
temples of liberty, and in the place Of the
e'goddess bright, august, serene" put a
"nigger slave" with bale Of cotton, la
beled Kim, upon his shoulders? Oh! htw
lonely and sad it is? | weep. | buried
on and at P. NJ. embraced my mothe.
Oh! sacred name Of mother, sha bears and
dndergoes more care and priyation for her
children than any other being; and too Of
ten the aged and decrepid mother is coldly
treated, neglected and even viewed as a
burden. Suffice it to say my mother,
brothers and sisters are all well; the old
place has changed, and what has not
changed since 1856. The family first set
lied here in 1886; quarter Of a century
has since elapsed. On Monday | called
upon the inimitabe j. G. Cover Of the
Grant County Herald, an old soldier III
the cause of truth, freedom and justice.
He stood up maniully and fought for l;b-
erty and against the demon curse OF sla-
very when it was very unpopular for any
one to say aught against the peculiar, sin-
loving system. But thank God, he is now
AppIauaed for his bravery md is justly RI
garded rs the captain of the hosts o.
freedom in old Grant if not in tbs entire
southwest part Of the State. May he live
to see this contest ended triumphantly in
favor of our free government and the total
sttfNtlti0b ~ N4tifNtA 0lt'lfA tttG bN'Nttttf
Of North America, and to see the advocate
of slavery looked upon and regarded WIKI
seventy and seven times the oblaquy ar!
contempt BY every American citizen than
was ever mstsi out to an aboltionist by
tho ranlSest southern gentleman ia what
Yill then have been coatondom. Go on
Brother Cover IN thy good work; God
will bless you, and goolly angels will hover
around aud protect you. May your
shadow never grow less.
Yours, P. v. WISE.
Grant County, june Is.
REMARKs.-On behalf Of our friend
WISE, We offer an apology for bis ultra
isms; up to a late date he was demo-
5rat Of the strietest sect; but on going
down to Dirie Land to spend the winter,
lM Memphis we belieye) be saw 50 many
horsibla things. saw more than all realized
that he had ever heard charged ~ ultra