Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-08-04
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Tafton and about there.


Mr.. CovER--For long period Of time,
this very interesting village has been baking
beneath a suns hine al'~ost tropical. The
genial showers of the past week have re-
cuperated our exhausted energies, and Taf-
ton is itself again, and like TIE cabbage in
its gardens, picks up its Withheld leaves, ex-
pands its heart, and glistens in the cluster
ing rain drops like bejeweled coronet
pardon the comparison, but your cores
pendent is desperately fond Of cabbage)
Yes, Sir! Plugtown, is all right, and Grant
County and the rest of the universe NAV
subside into a healthy security, aud 90
about their usual "chores' with perfect
confidence. Business is on tho increase
and about the mill and stores and the plow
factory of our increasing" friend James
TRAINER, hum of business like the buzz of
many swarms of bees, is heard continually.
And it is a matter much to .bs regretted,
that any business man should be compelled,
by cruel circumstances, to live outsids Of
this corporation, and try to do business
When Boscobel, with princey magnanimity,
gives us a county seat, we shall open our
arms to all the world; until that happy PEI
Rod, the great crowd must stand outside,
and like the Peri at the gate of Paradise
"longing view the joys they cannot share"
Yes, there's one chauce---a first rate water
power is offered gratis, to any one with
capital and skill to erect good woollen
factory, with carding machine, DC, and
carry on the business-Eastern capitalists
who may see this, had better use discretion
and write to any well known citizen here,
before sacrificing too much, in selling out
their present works, as Notwithstanding.
the liberal nature Of the offers water power
is scarce with us, and we don't think
more than one can be aecommod ated.--
One Of our laminaFias, our worthy County
Superintendent has been gyrating about the
county generally, to the great advantage
of bis health and the interests of education.
We are are not enthusiastic a5ou. NJ Par
sons we think there may be men Of dee.
learning, more facile elocution, aud steadier
politics, but as a teacher, he is unsurpassed.
His Academy has done more for teachers,
has been more thoroughly Normal school,
than any institution in southern Wisconsin.
In the science and theory Of teaching there
has been more instruction given at Tafton.
for the last four years than at any two i'm
stitutions, that have annually pocketed their
share Of The Normal fund.
This is not altogether to our advantage
for everything that has gone into the TAT
ton Collegiate Seminary for the last focr
years has come out teachers, and our SHRED
help" is deplosably lacking. Our Institute
opens in September when an addition of
one third will be made to our population
We are not building any four story brick
blocks, for the simple reason that we don't
want then; the ground plat Of tae village
being sufficient y extensive to accommodate
everybody OF terra trina which Is safer
and where there IS a tendency to initiation.
as decidedly subduing and restraining
influence Notwithstanding, many good
buildings, both for dwelling and business
purposes are IN progress Of erection. Our
enterprising friend pan Brown has orna-
mented the exterior OF his building, with
degree Of taste which is pardonablo in
single man, welded to large and profta-
| bic business, bat would be both extrayagant
and culpable in a nan with house TO adorn,
aud a wife to please The baptist meeting
house is still progressing, an dwill be CONF
pleted in time to entertain tie Association,
which assemblies here on the first Saturday
in September, continuing over Sunday and
will probably be the largest religious gath
ering that has been held in the county fol-
some years. Harvest has begun very gem
orally lit seems to be "nip and tuck" be-
tween the bugs and the harvesters, Tut
good Judges place the wheat at double wha.
il was last year. Oats rather light, corn
splendid where the frost has not ripened
it. Hay will be very scarce and high around
here. Politically we are quiet--we think
Parsons would do better for Superintendent
than for Congress, and you cant do better
for schools than to keep him just where be
is. TRUSTEES.
SMART BoY.-When Lieut. Gov. Patter
son was speaker of the Legislature Of ono
Of our States, some dozen boys pYeselted
themselves for the place OF meserger, as is
usual at the opening Of the Bcase. lie
enquifeu their udIucs5 dud lltO tHeii cOhul-
ton, in order that he might inake the prop
er seleetion, to small boy about len years
old. bright looking lad.
Well, sir" said he, ''what is your
name ~
John Hancock" sir" replied the boy.
What z said the Speaker, "you are not
the ore that signed the Declaration Of In
dependence. are you n
"No sir" replied the lad, stretching him
self TO bis utmost proportions, but would
If had been there.
You can be one Of The messengers,