Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-07-10
A ModalLetter.

The writer OF the following letter,
formerly the popular Principal of
Lancaster Institute, destroys of see-
ing the country and people 9s they
are Of the great railway thorough
fares, has undertaken the remarkable
feat of travelling through on foot or
on horseback, anyway but on tho
cars. He left these parts, early in
June we believe, expecting to arrive
ct the home of his youth and ances-
tors some time in July. His getter is
a model for its plainness of style, be-
In9 a simple narrative ofsmall things,
but OF just such as We most delight
TO know about. None bpt a
thoroughly educated scholar can
write so plainly OF plain things, using
qhnly the words in commonest use.-
FredeFikea Bremen possesses the SANG
sample %narratiye style. Her travels
through Switzerland and Italy, along
the by ways and through the noun
tains, her stopping places with the
kind but u%ncqltured people, are
among the finest variations ever read
and not even excelled by Herodotus'
ancient voyages by land and sea
from Macedonia to Gaul. Bayard
Taylor is also famed for writing in a
plain narrative style. We shall be
glad p receive and PRINT many let
ters from Mr.. Corp.
GlIboa, n. Y, June both. 1866.
MR. COVER:
| am now on horse back
making my way to Conn. Am l6
miles west Of Catskill hope to be
there 10y Saturday night ahd spend
thc Sabbath. The country here is
mountainous, the soil gravelIy, the
fences made Of fiat stones, chief oc.
cupation OF the farmers, butter max
ing.
Since Monday noon I have been
travelling thro' butter making conn-
try plenty Of COWS are to be seen
pasturing on the slopes the patches
OF corn and potatoes arc from one to
two acres. | have no doubt seen
more grain at one look on Blake's
prairie than in four days here lour-
neying on horseback. But OF COWS.
perhaps, have see more in q few
hours here than in ono week on the
prairie. People here are old fashioned
and slow most of them have to take
the stage before they can get to the
ears.
They have various c%ontrivances for
doing the ~churning sometimes you
see a calf tied by the head and vain
ly cndeavoring to climb up an i%nciin-
ed wheel; in one place where stopt
they preferred a dog yesterday noon
A stopt with Q man whomakcs Il sheep
do the treading and yesterday after
noon as WAS coming thro' the pref
ty village Of Stamford | saw astick
playing up and down near the side
Of a red housc-rcd is 4 very common
color herc-and OH going near found
a little brook turned out of its course
to pour over a water wheel which
was geared to a chnrn. Peoplein the
hills are inventive. One of the most
pleasing sights to the traveller here
Is the watering tough. Clear cold
water gnshcs out of the hills and the
humane people convey it through
pipes down the hillsiles to d conven-
lent place in the road, and fixing a
long dug trough halfin the ,ield and
half in the road, they allow the water
to run in forthe Convenience ofthem-
selves and their neighbors, and so
fulfill the second great commandment,
should like to have Judge Mills
travel here q couple of days in this
soft water region. | think | could
convince him in favor of soft water
better than when we argued the case
in Bushnell's office. 1t would be
evidence enough to see my horse
drink-she drinks, then lifts her head,
then drinks again, repeating the op.
Grafton with as much gusto as an old
topper" does in his rotations.
keep a memorandum book with
me and preserve whatever nay he
of interest to recall of the Journey.
| tho't of writing you weekly let
tiers, but the labor of travelling all
day las made il impracticable, and so
have gathered MY material, and
laid it by to be used when there is a
demand for it. :
Ifyou wish you can havoit foryour
paper by DROPPING me a line at Gro
ton, Connecticut.
To day school clQses--neXt week is
the fourth. regret that | cannQt be
in Lancaster among her good people
to sDend these anniversaries.
Wishing health ana prosperity TO
yourself and the great school over
which you preside, | remain,
Your Ob't. servant,
IoBS !. Corr.