Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-11-05

the ually papoFS says. III tho iioe "
passengers by Henry Chauncey,
which left this port yesterday, the
11th, are passengers not only for
Aspinwall, Panama and San Francis
co. but for New Zealand, Australia,
Yok ahoma and Shanghai Persons
take tickets now in New York direct
for the remotest parts Of the earth
for the antipodes and tho turthest
islands of the sea--by American
steamers and under the American
flag.
sg~A gricuturai societies are said
to be fast going to decay III Maine
| Horse trots have destroyed all inter-
est in genuine agricultural exhibitions
If farmer or an artisan exhibits
valuable Improvement for the benefit
of farmers, the society will award
him diploma, or perhaps silver
medal fla horse jockey brings a
horse on the ground OF 2:40 pace, he
will get premium Of five hundred
to one thousand dollars, aud no
questions asked. What is true in
Maine is just as true in our Western
States.
EFThe revenues derived by the
late King Of Hanover, from his estates
in England, amounting to the enor-
nous sum of 100000 a year, arc
to be transferred to the King OF
Prussia, since the treaty of liza, con.
Guided on the accession of the Elector
of Hanover to the throne of England,
stipulates that this revenue shall
hereafter belong to him who shall
wear the crown of Hanover.
nea-Tho velvet moss will grow up.
on the sterile rock-the mistletoe
flourish on the witLered branch-the
ivy cling to the Wondering ruin
| the pine and cedar remain fresh and
fadeless amid the mutations of the
dying year-and, God be praised
something green, something beauti-
full to see. and grateful To the soul,
while in the cold hours of fate, still
twlnes its tendrils round the crumb>
ling alters and broken arches of thu
desolate temples of the human heart.
HUMAN BRorHERHooD.-The race of
mankind would perish did they cease
TO aid each other From the time
the mother binds the childs head,
till the moment that some kind assist
ant wipes the death damp from the
brows of the dying, we cannot exist
without mutual help. All, therefore,
that need aid, have q right TO ask it
of their fellow -mortals no one who
holds the power of granting can re
fuse it without guilt.
A Coon RuLE.-In the omnibuses
of Paris. rule is posted forbidding
any person to enter whose dress or
appearance is offensive, and also for.
bidding any baskets or packages to
be taken in whose size or odor shall
be disagreeable to the passengers.
| The number of persons admitted is
restricted to the number ofseats, and,
when the omnibus is full, notice to
that effect is required to be exposed.
aA-T The egotism OF Andrew John
son is infinite In his recent pro-
clamation of National Thanksgiv-
ing he recommends that ''the 26th
ebay of November next be set apart
Gas day of National Thanksgiving
"and praise to the Almighty Ruler of
"Nations, with whom are dominion
"and fear, and who makes peace in
"his high places, resting and retaining
'Jrom secular labor on that day" This
surpasses any of his previous efforts.
ses- A despatch to the London
Times says that few days ago some
thing like an attempt was medtated
against the lite of the Pope. A man
was arrested under the coionade OF
ST. Peter at the moment that the
Pope was about to go out for drive.
He had q pistol concealed under his
clothes, but what his inten tons were
is not as yet precisely known.
\ ps- A ship canal through the
Florida Peninsula is advocated by
the Southern newspapers. Such 6
canal would be less than one hundred
miles long, and would shorten the
voyage from New Orleans to New
York several days, and be the means
of avoiding the dangers of the Florida
coast.
sGs-The election of Gov. Brown
low to the United States Senate for
six years from the 4th of
of March, 1868, in the place ofJudge
Patterson, does not necessarily cause
vacancy in the Gubernatorial office.
Gov, Brownlow will continue To fill
| the Executive chair until the CONS
mencement of the term for which he
has been elected Senator.
sG- The French aristocracy are re-
viving hunting. 1t is becoming
more and more fashionable to keep
hounds for hunting parties to which
ladies are invited. In the days of
the elder Bourbons. France was dot.
ted all over with hunting retreats.
Nearly every Republican pa
per in Maryland has followed the ex-
ample Of the Baltimore american in
placing Grants name at the head of
its columns as the next Republican
candidate for the Presidency.
EEIt is reported that negotiations
are pending between the Pennsylva-
MIA Central and Camden and Amboy
Railroads for consolidation. That
would be pretty much the same as
consolidating" the states of Penn
sylvania and new Jersey.
EF"For some time past" we are
told, the press of Madrid have been
publishing articles against bull fight
ing. Verify affairs in Spain appear
to be approaching most extraordi.
mary pass. Attack bull>ighting
na- 1t is said that George w Childs.
proprietor of the Philadelphia Led
ger, has .offered James Gordon Ben
nett 81, $50, 900 for the Herald. Benz