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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-10

Tine subscriber offers Tor s&ls 10acfes Of prairie and
70 theree under cultivation, with 90 tinlber
aid joining tut near by, an "a so per The
property Is located in the northwest part the OF
Llacastur: water Che iaud, school house near by
ami goodloaeis, fourteen miles Wooana, hve from
Lancaster.
Aso l34 acres CT prairie land, 20 thereof improved
hefeMitA - acres 81 young timber close by, AL IL 81
per acre Running water. This property aGloins The
above iot.
These lauas are ngst quality. have also a0 acres Of
timber lands winch asi seal IN lots So per acre:
located ia tae same ne hbeg0ga. Enquire 81 Cover
af tbs ller&d office, or aaFsss me at Lancaster.
EDM ARD uALEERTY
IlncAater. MareA al.h. ~ 4s-tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-10

DG,EnrEHs. Pursuant to order OF.
the Legislature, the secretary OF
State, gen. Alien. has published II
book Of over 200 closely printed
pages of names Of persons who de-
serted during the war The list
contains over ton Thousand names.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-10

It8 acres If which under ence and most Of il in "a
tIvAtien, te balance good Timber.
The Improvements consist 81 a large Frame ssaS.
Hease Win seven Feolns, good cellar and els lii
tern holding 100 barrels ana plenty 81 stock wa s;A
ter near good 0rana4 Corn Crib and Stables there
is also on tAa place, ORCHARD Of - trees over
lu9 OF which were cut ten years ago id hsd loo
bushels d apples last year. also plenty small frsGf
suella Tame and I'D Fuais, CuTIlts Co. saberres
Siberian 1rabss Srape vines, aud everything anake
family eou1i9ft2bie. The asoYe Lllln viii be sold +
bargain, Poor nealth Is the of nay selling For
prize and particulars inquire Il the subscI ler On the
premises.
SEYMOUR rAgNpp
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-10
FOR SALE.
EARM FOB SALE.


The subscriber oilers for sale his farm situated ave
mlias from oseohe on she road leading from Boscobe
IL Mineral Point
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-10
For Sale

Two hunGeel acres Of well improved Farm bands Cor
safe. vth tarse two story house. orchard, out tuil-
iRs 49, Terms pIt cash, halal. time 10 suit par
tte. B0UGbAS OLIVER.
Sorth Aad9yer toFs1etly oliver &ilis, june p 51
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-10
IMPROVED LANDS For SALE.

Boscobel, Dune II, lsoe.-l-tf. =
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-10

4 ceoice Lotof Clothing may b. ioQaJ at q
sce5 f yicesat 3gns
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-30
OBJ fretman.
MONTPELIER, VI:
WE'D DNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1867
Orange County Fair.
BRADFORD. Oct. Il.

BRADFORD, Oct. l3 1867
The Orange County Fair held at this pl ac,
last week was very successful one. leavino
IL large oyerplus of funds after paving all ex-
pense>. The show of stock was very fine
especially horses. which was said to be bet
ter than at the State fair The good order
maintained throughout was remarked bv
manv- as no police were on the ground, no
drunkenness and no arrests for disorderlv
conduct. The people of Bradford can we'll
congratulate themselves on the results Of the
temperance movement which was made last
spring.
Probably there Is not another as good Il
iilcc fora fair in the State as here. being
only one-fourth of mile from the depot
and within the village district A natura
rise of ground ON the east side affords sitting
or standing room for from 5000 to 5000 peo-
pie free OF charge At the top of this eleva-
tion Is level plain for stock pens. floral
hall. refreshment tents, side-shows. etc.
Nearly every one who has seen the ground
i'r the first time has remarked. 1t seems as
though It was made for fairs It is to be
hopei that the managers of the State fair
VIII give us call before locating eIsewhe
for the next year
The farmers club meetings on two eve
nings Of the fair were well attended, and it
is t. be hoped that farmers in the different
towns in our State Will form clubs the next
winter, and discuss the more important ques-
lian~ in which all are interested. as such
discussions cannot fail 10 be beneficial to all
u'ncernc1. j. X. DAVIS
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-30

Governor, in compliance with recommeIi.
dations of Boards of Survey. There il
still a large portion of the stores, included
in the i,rorts and recommendations Of the
Boards unsold. Large quantities Of SINH
lar stores have been constantly offered for
sale in the markets; at very low prices,
from the extensive Government sales.
have deemed it for the interest ofthe State,
to sell only when prices realized are
equivalent to the value of the articles dis
posed of.
One 12-pounder broze gun, in the pos
session of the Mayor of Burlington one
6-pounder brass gun at Newport; one at
Castletor in the possession Of the select
men; and two at the Norwich University
are included in the list of stores not issued,
AS they are temporarily loned by order
of the Commander-in-C Chief
Most of the ordnace, ordnance stores
and camp equipage reported as being
in arsenal is serviceable, much of it being
new
p. p. PIrKIN, Quar-. Gen.
The schedules appended show that the
cash from sales of blankets, and military
property during the year, was $2,670,32.
The list of property lost or destroyed by
the militia. as reported, contains but a
single musket and equipments, with II
forage caps, 3 infantry coats, $40 musket
cartridges, and a few small articles such as
spare cones, tompions, &c.,-certainly
much smaller list than we expected to see
The State have on hand, twelve light 12
FOUNDER brass Napoleon guns and 1900
tifled muskets.
The expenses Of the Quartermaster
Generals department for the year ending
August 3lst, 1867, including s1,06S for
-ents of companies armories, and s94s
for cost of constructing a fire proof vault
m the State House, amounted to s4,554,
TO-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-30

pages. He mentions the removal of tn
important files and records of the Office int
the new fire-proof vault provided durin,
the year past in the State House at Mont
pelier, where with the additional precau
tions against injury from dampness soon t,
be provided IT is to be believed that the-
will be as secure as human tower cal
make them
An additional portion of the accounts O
selectmen, for services in enlisting recruit
for the nine months Brigade, has been al
lowed and paid by the War Department
and the amount, 81 ,426 Il, distributed te
the selectnen entitled to it
I The number of soldiers unaccotir:ted fo1
on the books of the office, which at the
last report was 10, has been reduced to 81
and it is hoped will be still further re-
duced, i'll the future.
A good deal of work has been done in
the office in the examination of files and
answering questions in reference to back
pay, bounties, pensions, town credits, &C.
This labor has involved the reading and
answering of over fifteen hundred letters
during the wear.
The most important part of the report,
Is that relating to the organized Militia,
which is as follows:
ORGANIZED MILITIA
There Is but little interest manifested in
the organized Militia of the State. and the
present system. so far as it was expected
to secure compliance with that provision
of the Constitution, that - the inhabitants
of this State shall be trained and armed
for Its defence is so nearly imperative
as to be regarded as u failure. The par
tlal returns received at this office show that
the June " drill and parade" now provid-
ed for by law. was only observed by
fractional part Of the minimum number
which constitutes the organized Militia,
and even the Pay-Rolls give but feeble
evidence of organic vitality. The COM
officers Of eighteen companies
have thus far failed to make any returns,
and the aggregate, reported for duty,
amounted to only a trife over 4, 900 men
1t will be conceded that this is not the
Militia contemplated by the Constitution
TO take the place of standing armies, and
could not be relied upon as an efficient force
in case of insurrection or invasion.
If the present limited amount of duty
only is to be required of the organized
Militia, would respectfully recommend /
that annual regimental drills and parades /.
De substituted in place of the one now re-
luired in June, by companies only This
would tend TO commendable rivalry among
he different companies, and be conducive
o much better discipline and greater efici-
eney, without materially increasing the ex-
pense of the State
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-30
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For one square Of IL lines less Of Nonparei typs
insertion, Sl-00 for each subsequent eTtion p
cents. Unless The number OF nssgsieas marked
the advertisement IL will bs continued TIL ordered
Liberal iopnf made to merchants and others advertise
ing by ths year.
Prpbeis and Cc1nu,iss,sner'z Nosicss, $500 each.
For notices Of Lbsratons Esfrays the Formation and
Dissolution Of Copartnenbipe &C., so eafh for three
insertions, r. sent By mail tke money must accompany
the letter. = II fiatAF
Notices IN columRs 10 per sa>h iDss,
ton, but no charge made of less than 50 cents.
Notices OF Desfhs and Marriages inserted gratis, bat
extended Obituary Notices Poetry will be charged
the rate of five per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-30

One of the popes died of an emotion OF
the ludicrous On seeing his pet monkey
robed in ponti6cals- and occupying the
chair of state.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-30

The report of the Adjutant General has
shrunk to peace dimensions. Gen. Wells
gives rs thin pamphlet of twenty-seven
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15
Type Setting in Georgia.

The sons and daughters Of the
So4th, formerly in atfiuent circum-
stances have bad an excellent OPP
portunity OF knowing what a Poor
White " is they may rest assured
that into precisely the same squalid
and bastial condition Of the Poor
White they viii sink, if through
pride or constitutional Incidence, or
from any other reason, they now
fold their hands and content them-
selves with signing for the social
status which they have occupied in
the past. The press all over the
country makes the pleasing an
nouncement that many young wo-
men Of Georgia, members Of families
formerly opulent, but now through
the fatal influences Of Secession, pau
perized, are engaged in setting type
in the printing offices Of the State
Type setting is an extremely respec>
table avOcation when the " copy" is
respectable and the proofs turn
out tolerably clean. The maidens
and matrons of Georgia formerly
in afiuent circumstances might
have done worse. Instead of spend
ING their time in idle amusements
and fashionable follies they devote
it to profitable, wholesome and intel
lectual labor instead at reading
crocus-coyered romances and silly
stories they are laying the founda
ton of a practical education. In
stead of submitting themselves with
the stolidity Of despair to their fate
these pattern women of the South,
by their labor are raising themselves
above the level Of the arstocratc
world-their former homes. Exalt-
ed to labor To sleep is pleasant ; to
eat is agreeable to array tastefully
is amusement but that sleep which
has been earned, food which has been
honestly won, graments which repre-
sent intelligent eXertion, are the best,
the most palatable, the most honored.
These Georgia girls are ministering
angels " in more senses than one, for
they Will be setting not only type,
but also q laudable example to their
fathers, brothers and lovers, who
will, we trust, be too proudly cbival~
rous to live upon the scanty wages Of
the fair compositors. There is Moth
ing now tor the white men Of the
South to do but to 90 to work. We
wish the Georgia women all possible
success, not only in their own imme~
diate enterprise, but in proving to
their friends and relatives in panta-
looms the necessity and the beauty Of
labor,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15
The Milwaukee Railroad.

A paper in Grant County Wis
publishes the following relative to
the extension Of the railroad from
Monroe to Dubuque
We very much fear DUBUQUE has
put off too long a due encourage
ment of this work. The Southern
Wisconsin road proprietors, chiefly
the stockholders Of the Milwaukee &
Prairie du Chen road, grew tired of
leaving the terminus Of their road at
Monroe and have concluded to wheel
into line across lots, and thereby
make their road of better service.
For good ten years Dubuque has
been waited on, and we fear the day
OF her grace has ended.
Dubuque is offered another
chance for rival road-the OSHKOSH
and Mississippi. Will this also be
sighted 2"
This may be the opinion of the
Grant County paper across the river,
but it is evidently not the opinion of
the managers Of the Milwaukee and
Prairie du Chen Railroad, nor Of the
business men Of Milwaukee. Dubu-
bue will be, as it should be, the west
ern terminus of the road, and it is Of
the hlgest Importance to Grant Co.
that it should be so. Grant County
IS quite as much interested in the
completion Of the road to this point
as $ Dubuque itself, and there GER.
talnly can be no reason why it should
prefer the routh through 10 Daviess
county to one through it's own. As
to road to Oshkosh, it is a vision
airy scheme it is important to a
railroad thatit have a good terminus,
and Oshkosh, for this proposed road,
would be about like Warren as the
western terminus Of the southern
branch road.-DubuQue Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15
House Building.

AT late meeting Of the New York
Farmers Club, Mr.. Scion Robinson,
of the Tribune, is reported to have
made the following remarks:
lie stated that he now dwells in a
house built on the balloon style OF
frames, the largest stick of upright
tim Der in the building being only two
by four inchessquare. He had adopt
ed the practice now in vogue in many
other localities of "bacz lathing and
plastering," which is not only most
effectual way of rendering a house
warm in winter and coolin hot wealth
er, but the back lathing renders the
house much sitter than all the braces
that could be put into the frame
The back lathing is done by mailing
strips of boards on the sides of the
studs, saving lath in short pieces,
just long enough to extend from one
stud to another, and mailing them to
the strips that are fastened to the
studs. A heavy coat of mortar is
then laid on the lath, as any wall is
plastered. Clay will serve u good
purpose for the back plastering. At
ter the mortar has become hard, the
inside ofthe studs is lathed and plas~
tered. By this means there will be
two air chambers instead of only one
between the outside siding and the
papered or whitewashed wall on the
inside OF the building.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15

THE FATAL SEvEN.-Under this
head, the Pittsburg Commercial not.
ices the curious ending with the fig
uro seuen has mark ed the beginning
of financial crash or depression.
Thus, with 1897 came the crash that
wiped out the Continental currency
In 1907 our troubles with France and
expected war with England confused
the business Of the country. In
1917 8 tremendous financial convul-
sion occurred, the legacy of the war
Of 1S12-14. In 1927 the infiotion
was less severe, but ten years later,
in 1897, the whole banking system
and business Of the country went
down, to be Frustrated to greater
or less extent for tn ensuing five
years. In 1877 there were no par
ticular hard times on this side Of the
Atlantic, but on the other side,
the English railroad specula
tons produced great evils, and
gaunt famine stalked over Ire
land and other portions Of Europe. -
In 1857 infiamcd and over trading
with us, ended in serious commercial
losses. To-day begins another de
cade shall the singular continuity
remain unbroken ?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15

PROFITS OF BEEs-A corrrcspon~
dent ut St. Charles, Kane county, ill.,
writes the american Bee gazette that
"lrom one stock Of bees he has three
hundred pounds Of honey in boxes
and frames, worth 500" and adds
that if buckwheat yields well, the
surplus honey will bring $lOQ, with
out counting those new swarms
made from the stock. TIE secret or
success was, empty comb was provi-
ded for Italian bees, which had good
management and Il good season" S.
w. h., in the Rurai Neto VORTEX, has
also had good luck with his bees.
He sends the following: Last
spring | had seven sWarms of bees
that, with the exception of two OF
three, were decidedly light and small,
aud had little hope Of deriving any
profit from them this year. But the
result has exceeded my expectations
have now sixteen large and strong
swarms, and have taken from the
hives cue hundred and fifty pounds
Of white clover, and fifty pounds 81
buekwheat honey and all have a
good supply left for winter. | use
n modification Of the Longstroth
hive The account of profits minds
thus Nine new swarms at $500,
$1,000 $50 pounds white clover hon
ey at Doe, $500; 30 pounds buck
wheat honey at 25e, $3.50. Total,
3l02 ad-which amount is about 800
per cent on the origual capital, or
nearly $1,000 per swarm"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15

GREAT Results FROM LITTLE In
cIDENTs.-A single vote sent Oliver
Cromwell to the long Parliament.
King Charles | to the scattold, and
revolutionized Great Britain.
Four votes in the city OF New
York made Thomas Jefferson Presi
dent Of the United States.
One vote in Congress annexed Tex
o, to the Union, made war with Mex
leo, and gave US California.
BY the disobedicnce Of Q lad, in
1909, a garden gate in Rhode Island
was left open, q pig got in and de-
stroycd Il few plants, q quarrel be-
tween The owners Of the pig and the
garden grow out Of it, which spread
among their friends, defeated the
Federal candidate for the Legisla
ture, and gave the state a Democrat
ic Senator, by whose vote the wal
of 1912 with Great Britain was de-
clarcd.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15
Keeping Apples over Winter.

AT the last New York State Fair.
Delos Randall, had on exhibition
russell apples grown year ago. The
Utica Herald says these apples were
plump, fresh and of good flavor, quite
as good as the same kind Of apples are
ordinarily on the approach OF Spring.
We inquired as TO the mannerof keep
ing, and were informed that the ap-
pies were put up in refuse boxes OBJ
tanned at the groceries, and in the
following manner:
A layer ofdry saw dust was sprinkl-
cd in the bottom of the box, and then
Vlayer Of apples placed on it so that
they did not touch each other Up
on these was placed layer of saw
dust, and so on until the box was fiji
cd. The boxes, after being packed in
this way, were placed on the wall in
the cellar, up from the ground, where
they kept perfectly, retaining their
freshness and flavor until brought
out and exhibited at the fair. He
says that he has kept apples in this
way some months later than the time
named.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15
The Origin Of Friction Matches.

in 1892, a man by the name of Phil
lips, living in Oakland, Manchester,
Conn, invented and patented a
match that would ignite by friction.
lie made them upon small scale, as
his means were limited put them in
tin boxes of one hundred each, and
sold them to the inhabitants about,
carrying them in q pocket handkcr~
chief Many persons still recolect
the fear and CONSERVATION in the
minds Of the people at that time,
lest their houses and barns would be
burned'by the hand Of the incendiary,
and many thought that he should be
restrained from scattering his fire
brands in the community. Phillips
afterwards removed to Springfield,
Mass, where he formed c0-partner-
ship with a man by the name OF Cha
pin, under the title of "Chapin a.
Phillips, when they largely ncreas-
ed the production of matches. The
first matches were made and dipped
singly by the hand afterwards Phil
lips invented the card matches.
Such, in brief, is the early history Of
this little article that is now copsid-
cred an indispensable luxury. There
must be many persons now living in
Hartford who will rccollect the red
wagon, painted in large letters upon
the side, Friction Matches, as it
passed through the streets, drawn
by one horse
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15

ssa. The Crosby Art Union drawing
is to take place on the 2lst inst, at
Chicago, and Will be an event Of in
terest to the large number holding
tickets. The Chicago Times has the
following relative to the matter
"Neyer was an Opera House fill
cd as the Crosby Opera House will
be on the DIST OF January, and nev-
or before was an audience so intent
al wrapt as will be that dense and
eager mass which will back the beau.
tiful auditorium to its very dome
" Ample precautions are taking to
guard against over-crowding, and
the iudicions management which has
always characterized the house will
insure convenient accommodation to
all whom it can properly contain.
The entire balcony is reserved for la
dies, for whose comfort careful pro-
vision will be made
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15

PAYING THE NATIONAL DEBT.-The
London Spectator, in abiding to the
prospect OF our paying our national
debt ere long, remarks
alt will be the greatest deed Dem~
ocracy has ever done, the one which
will come most clearly home to the
property holders, and most rapidly
dlssipate the idea that Democracy is
distinguished by San ignorant impa-
thence of taxation" or by an indispo-
ton to pay up honorable claims. No
despotism will be able to show such
IA financial account, no constitutional
monarchy better one, and success
full finance tells heavily with cultiva-
ted mankind. The tide of immigra-
ton will set in with double rapidly,
and the last remaining deterrent to
British North America will have been
removed. Meanwhile, whether the
dream is fulfilled or not, America, so
long as she raises this surplus, pos
sesses q force of which it is difficult
TO estimate the extent, can, for ex-
ample, spend without loan as much
as the whole outlay of Great Britain
upon her army and navy, can waste
every year ~ithout increasing her
taxes as much as the loan with which
Napoleon paid fer his Italian cam
paign.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15
HE- Chief Justice Dixon and AS

Eg Chief Justice Dixon and As
sociate Justice Downer, it is said,
will resign at an early day their
seats on the Wisconsin Supreme
Bench for indigency Of salary, Meth
er being rich enough to venture the
step into old age which both are ia
king, in which venerable state their
present salary insures degree of
poverty as certain and extreme as if
they were Methodist or Baptist Cler-
gymen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-15
ssg- Barnum once took on a fit OF

seq Barnum once took on a fit Of
economy, and in order to cut down
expenses withdrew or shortened
some Of his advertisements. The
consequence an immediate decline in
business. Changing his tactics, and
renewing his advertisements, his
receipts swolled as rapidly as they
had before declined which taught
him that however dull the times, it
was false economy to dispense with
Printers ink and he determined he
would never again make SO stubid a
biunder in the way of retrenchment.
We trust the experience Of Barnum
will not be lost upon our business
men. Advertising is a subject upon
which the great Snowman is eminen-
tly qualified to give an opinion.