Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-01

Letter from Mr.. 0opp.
nRoroN. COM. Sept. Is, 1867

GRoToN, CONN, Sept. Is, 1867.
GRANT Co. HERAhr.-W e Gin the
midst ofthe rainy season-such wet
summer never was known-the old.
est inhabitant talks about it as a par.
agon. Our years supply Of rain Las
almost been made up since May--the
storm gave II inches, (the usual
amount is less than an inch.) The
cattle on thousand hills rejoice, and
milk flows into the sounding pals
of the farmers. But as mosquitoes in
fest the grand old woods and tor
ment the worshippers in Gods first
temples. as dust bcclouds the travel
Ter over the luxuriant prairles, so this
has detraction, or rather two -
while the grass is growing bread IS
moulding in the house and potatoes
are rotting in the field. Corn is strug-
Cling and as yet stands neutral on
the great question it is alive how
ever, The farmers, prone to under
stand the goodness of the Creator be-
fore he has put the filed out ears in
their hands, talk darkey, pretending
w 10 buSy pfSSN
it's all for the BEST.
They rely on corn next to hay, and
as the former has been usually large,
they are greedy to have the lattcr AZ
good as usual, and then they will bo
so much richer Ali but advanta,
ges are about, equal; by as much as
the grass luxuriates in moisture, tho
Al
so it is with every thing. In the yea,
1864, when the farmers of Grant sui.
fered the chints bug and drouth they
did unusually we'll on corn and hogs
Last year when there was abundance
Of rain and no bugs hundreds of west
ern farmers suffered.
| have been interesting myself in
school matters, here, lately, and find
that in point of system Connecticut
is below Wisconsin. We have State
Superintendent ct salary of S., 600
and IS, 600 for travelling expenses but
no County Superintendcnts; in 9th,
en- words we have q Brigadier Gener-
al, but no Colonies, consequently not
as good discipline. | am believer
in the Wis. plan of County Snperin-
neutrality-suspicious. because Of the ct>
fcient manner in which Grant Coun-
ty has carried it out. and | suspect if
the discipline is maintained at its
present height we shall see surpris,
ing fruits in the course ola genera,
tion.
What If the North west should take
the lead of the East in science and
literature in fifty years, as it is now
doing in common schoolsl | am pre-
pared for it when | consider the ex>
cellent discipline in Grant Co. Wis,
andthe inattention to common schools
in New London Co. Conn. In Wis.
you have men Of eminent abilities
both at Madison and Lancaster pre-
siding over the State and County
Common School interests.
In politics Connecticut 10 consery--
ative-there is not much excitement
upon the subject Of politics either
way. In politics the best mon of
both parties are to be found near the
dividing line and that is the class who
govern political sentiment in Con-
necticut.
You may this evidence of weak
ness, want of decision, bread and
butterism, but | tell you it is due 10
climate. Our climate is milder. we
raise peaches, grapes, a greater vari-
ETY. Of the productions Of the soil, and
80 too entertain a greater variety of
sentiments and are not hardly gov,
erned by any. We always strike g
balance before we act. Beecher and
Greedy are both relished by Connect
lieut. people. Wendell Phillips sours
on their political stomachs. | think
the people generally prefer the
Psalms OF David to Jeremiah. Up
around Boston where they have bak-
ed beans one q weekly the way
plyihagoras the Grecian philosopher
did not permit his disciples to eat
beans; he said they engendered po-
htical wraugllng-- around Boston
where the northeast winds make
people cross it is not astonishing that
they have an appetite for sharper az
Ids than we do. | am not sure but
that the Connecticut position on ma
tional politics is the wisest. She is
jealous of State rights. She consid-
crs our system of government har-
mony between two indepedent lorc>
es, the State and national. The mass
OF the people are not much bound 10
any party. They would 90 Demo.
ocratic to day and Republican to-
morrow according as they might best
snbserve our nicely adjusted clock Of
government.
Don't turn up your nose at Cons
necticnt, you people of the broad prai-
ries, your methods Of agriculture
won't apply here, nor will your
boundless political plans; you use the
telescope, we use the microscope;
your ideas are single, ours are CONS
pick and each is best where it is.
Friend Herald, let me con ratulate
| you upon being one of the most re,
spectacle papers in your get up. You
have widehed and lcngthened-let
yonr light shine upon me, for you
are the most radical paper that brak es
through my conservative atmosphere
You and the Springfield, CMass.) Re
publican are my political educators,
and all my cccentricities shall be as
cribed to you two.
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