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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
A Talk With Mr.. Stevens.

A correspondent of the New York
tribune, who had talk with the late
hon. Thaddeus Stevens short time
before his death. gives the following
as portion of his conversation
The greatest qualification OF ny
lite resulted from ability to give my
mother u farm of two hundred and
fifty acres, and dairy of fourteen
cows, and an occasional bright gold
piece, wbish she loved to deposit in
the contribution box of the Baptist
church which she attended. Nv
mother was very extraordinary wo>
man, and | have met very few won.
en- like her. Ny father was not a
well-to- do man, aud the support and
education of the family depended on
my mother. She worked night and
day to educate me. | was feeble and
lame in my youth, and as could not
work on the farm she concluded to
give me an education. | tried to re-
pay her atterward, but the debt of .
| child TO his mother You know. is one
OF the debts we can never repay
Poor woman, the very thing | did to
crafty her most hastcnod her death.
She was very proud Of her dairy. and
fond OF her cows, and one night going
out to look after them she tell and
injured herself so that she died soon
after" | had heard the fact men
toned that Mr.. Stevens had on one
occasion given 500, 900 to the poor
Of Lancaster county. 1T isnot true,
he said. II have never been able to
do any such thing. ] have been a
failure in every thing. have failed
three times financially. The first
was through going bail and security
and it broke up a fine practice |
bad in Adams county. The second
was through the carelessncss Of a
partner in some iron mill. Notes
were presented to mo for payment
which | had never executed or known
OF. | went to my partner and asked
how it was. He explained that he
had been losing money tor some time
but as he had induced me to embark
in the enterprise he had not the cour,
age to tell me Of the losses, and had
signed the firm name to notes with
out consulting me. Well | said
whats to be done?' He began tc
make piteous mouth, but | cut him
short. i don't come to upbraid you,
| said, Il come TO get at the facts. =
| looked over the books and saw W,
were deeply involved. Then | sale
to him, you take the works and pay
all claims, release me entirely III,
declined, and | at once said, 'tlen
will, and it was thus the iron work,
near Chambersburg came into my
possession. The third time | failed
was when the rebels burned thes,
works. My friends in Lancaster ant
elsewhere raised about 100000
which they rendered me, but | de-
cllned it, and it went to the poor fund
but | did not give it. | managed Il
get through my trouble and and have
never taken advantage of u bankrup
law vet "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
Grants Generalship.

The New York World devotes a
column and half leader to ssGrant's
GeneraIship.' Itmakes an elaborate
attempt to torture facts into the
maintenance of this position:
"After Lee evacuated, in conse-
quence of Sherman's approach, the
task of capturing his flying, starving
army was SO easy that any General
in the army could have accomplished
it. That was no great feat; and
apart from that there was nothing IN
Grants long campaign against Rich
mond to glory in /"
To offset this lame and impotent
conclusion we have the Worlds own
testimony. given before Grant had
any political associations and after
taking time foi the first flush of vic
tory to fade away into cool, deliber-
ats judgement:
General Grants last brilliant cam
paign sets the final seal upon his rep
utation. 1t stamps him as the sa>
perior of his able antagonist as we'll
as of all the commanders who have
served with or under him in the
great campaigns of the last year. 1t
is not necessary to sacrifice any part
of their well-earned reputation to his
Sherman and Sheridan deserve all
that has ever been said in their praise,
but there has never been time
since Grant was made Lieutenant
General, when anybody but Sher>
man, on our side, could have been
ciassed with him. Since Sherman's
bold march through Georgia, and his
capture of Savannah and Charleston,
there have been many who, in their
strong admiration for his achiev.
ments, inclined to rank him as the
greater General of the two. That
Judgment, we take it, is now rever +.
sed by the court of final appeal F; not
by dwarfng the reputation Of Sher-
man, which suffers no just abatement,
but by the expansion into grahdcr
proportions of that of Grant"
OF Grant, personally, tho same ar
ticle said
General Grants history should
teach US do discriminate better than
we Americans are apt to do between
glitter and solid worth. Our prom
eness to run after demagogues and
spouters may find q wholesome corr
receive in the study of such char
acter as his. The qualities by which
great things are accomplished are
here seen to have no necessary con-
nection with snowy and superficial
accomplishments When the mass of
men look upon such character, they
may learn truer respect for them>
selves and each other they are taught
by it that high qualities and great
abilities are consistent with tho sim
plicity of taste, contempt for parade,
and plainness Of manners, with which
direct and earnest men have strong
natural sympathy. Ulysses Grant,
the tanner; Ulysses Grant, The un.
successful applicant for the post of
City Surveyor Of St. Louis Ulysses
Grant, the driver into that city of
bis two-horse team with Il load OF
wood to sell, had within him every
manly quality which will cause the
name of Lieutenant General Grant to
live forever in history. His career is
lesson to practical democracy; 1t IS a
quiet satire on the dandyiSn, the puppy
ism and the shaltos0 affection Of our
fashionable erquisites, as ,ceN as upon
The swagger Of our plarslbte, gll6>tong-
ned demagogues."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

A SLY CHlNAMA.-Mrs. Stanton
writes to the ReUoiution that at Au-
burn she was introduced at Mr. Sew
ards house, to the Chinese Embassy,
of one ofwh hose members, Chih Teiin,
or Chih Tagen, she expresses high
opinion. ave were particularly at
tracted," she writes, "to Chin Tejin,
who seems to be a thoughtful. liberal,
common-sense man. He is short
thick set, with q high, we'll shaped
forehead, and large eyes, and q very
intelligent, expressive face"
We are able to say that Mr.. Chin
Tejin is not only this, but something
more-an accomplished diplomat
for when Mrs. Stanton asked him,
plump, what he thought Of The
American women seeing ADLER that
the men," and he added that this
was his "real opinion" Surely no
well disposed person can doubt that
Chih Tejin is a Liberal, thoughtful,
common.sense man"-and an adroit
fa,terer to boot
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

EvAPoRArIoN-The Mediterranean
Sea, says the Scientific Tract, econ
tains 1920 square miles, from
which there is daily evaporated s.,
280,O00,000 tons of water. IF this
is true, and this water-thus daily
evaporated-were put up in casks
and loaded into wagons, ton to each
wagon, and each wagon were to oc-
cupy two rods of road. the line would
be more than 1900 times as long as
the circumference of the earth or
about 1873 times the whole distance
from US to the moon Or if loaded
into merchant vessels, carrying 200
tons, and vessels length required five
rods space, it would load 26,400,000
vessels, and the line would reach 412,.
222 miles; or about II times round
the globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

4 CONSEQUENCE OF DEMOCRATIC
Successful is the opinion Of the
leading banking houses in Hamburg,
Berlin, and Frankfort, that if the sue
cess of the Democratic party at the
October elections in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, should become
probable, no less than one hundred
and fifty million dollars worth of
twenties would be sent to New York,
and fall of at least ten per cent. in
the value Of American securities in
Europe take place. hitherto Euro
pean fnancfers have deemed the sue
cess Of the Democratic candidates ut
terly impossible,and consequently no
serious decline in American securi-
ties has occurred.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

ssg- The Ohio Democracy have de-
termined to show their undated at,
tachment TO 1.-The lost cause" aud so
have nominated Va!landigham, one
of the meanest rebels W neither in the
North or South, for Congress. Evi-
dence has recently come to light
showing that When Vallandighan ran
the blockade and escaped to Canada
during the war he was accompanied
by a number of rebel officers, and
with them was charged by jeff. Dav-
is Government with the execution OF
a plan devised at Richmond for ex-
citing the riot in New York city in
the summer Of 1868 This riot, ii
was intended, should occur stimuli
taneously with Lees inva ion of the
North, but it came too late 10 be as
efficient as the rebels hoped. Vail
landigham is the mutual friend OF
IIoratio Seymour and Jefferson Da-
Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
Communicated
Did You Hit NE (?


Mr.. CovER My friend "Home
Industry" entirely Inexperienced
my article, else he would not regard
me as "a nsed ap man" | did not
write in the interest OF Chicago archl-
tects, nor am | persuaded that there
are 'snonc TO be found in Grant oun>
ty. or even in The State. / wrote
simply to urge the necessity Ola plan
drawn by some good, practical and
responsible architect, aud instanced
Randall of Chicago, beiieveing him
then as now the best in the North
West. | presume Home Industry"
so regards Mr.. Randall for, il | do
not mistake BIN, he is an intelligent
mechanic, and would accordingly e..
terrain an intelligent opinion in this
matter.
For years | have been greatly in
terested in School architecture, and
have accordingly congersed with the
leading educational men, as we'll as
intelligent mechanics on tae subject,
and find everyw here .he opinion pres
walls that Rapdal's designs are unri-
vailed. But this is nothing | am
urging simply Well digested plan,
no matter who draws it. Ii there is
man in Grant County, or even in
Lancaster, who can do it, then en-
ploy him pay him well, and bold
him responsible for his work. am
glad to have provoked Home Indus
try" to reply He is thinking. That
is what | want that the citizens OF
Dist. No. 3, Lancaster should do,
think. Too little thinking has been
done hitherto. Home Industry
need not go outside Of Lancaster, to
Platteville and Potosi, 10 find exam
plies Of the folly Of building without
plan. Sacred 10 the memory o
the Tax payers may serve for years
| to come as an illustration OF this fol-
ly. The ruins OF that building arr
sacred to the memory OF the idiot, O.
idiots who projected it, In it was ;
cellar divided off into compartment
called primary r0omS-God save th'
mark In these in the years to com
would have been cooped-up the litti
ones Of our district and here woul'
have been planted in them the seed
of death whcn would have brough
them prematurely TO the grave
There was blessing IN disguise il
the fall OF that house. The "blael
hole" o:Calcutta was 3 terrible affair
but in that the English put only
strong soldiers, whereas, we wer
going to put our little, tender four
year olds in orr black holes OF Ian
caster Let rs not mourn for 'Sa
cred 10 the memory &c" but rejoic
the rather. We have lost our SIS,
600, but our children are saved
am glad "Homo Industry is arouse
| here is my hand, sir, | am glad 20
think. Let us MtaL--let the peopj
| think Let US have "a spasm {
sense -
Lancaster, Aug. slst, 1868. OLD FoGY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
MADISON. Wis, August %.


A rich old Norwegian, named Mel
son Smithbach, who lives ia the town
Of Christiana, in the eastern part of
this county, was last night robbed of
thlrty~four hundred aud fifty dollars
uy two unknown men. The stran-
gers stopped at his house in the early
part of the evening, and asked for
something to eat, which was furnish.
ed them, when they '. ent on their
way. In the middle Of the night
Smi bach was awakened by the same
men. and his money or life demand
ed. On telling them he bad no mon.
ey, one Of them struck him severe
blow on the head with a bludgeon.
and the other fired pistol at him,
the ball taking effect in his wrist. =
He then Informed them of the where.
abouts of his money, which they took
and decamped The money was in
compound interest notes, two thous-
and and fifty dollars, in greenbacks,
one thousand two bundled in gold,
two hundred. No trace of the rob-
bers had yet been found.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
County Mass Convention-The Resolu-
lions and Delegates.

The mass County Convention,
which assembled at Lancaster on
Wednesday last, for the purpose of
electing two delegates TO represent
the County at large in the Boscobel
Cong. Convention, was well attended;
the real issue was, "iShdT Gen. Cobb
be nominated FORE election 10 Congress, 4"
which was decided in his favor by q
three-fourths majority. The pro-
ceedings are fully published in the
Herald. There was just enough
acidity in the Convention to make it
sparkle the work was done up
quickly, not lasting above half al
hour. Several long speeches were
cut off by unanimous adoption OF a
rule limiting speakers to ten minutes.
Nobody wanted to hear long winded
speeches by the political managers
from Lancaster, Boscobel and Prairie
du Chen. The Convention of five
hundred chief citizens Of the county
came up for just two objects-the
Endorsement of Gen. Cobb for re.
election, and the election OF two del>
egates to support him at the Bosco-
bel Convention. Col. j. G. Clark
and Jeff. Coates were elected dele>
gates.
A great majority were unwilling
to exchange the General for any new
man on account of that little.mistake
If indeed he made any mistake at
all. The expression was that any
man who had once refused to set any
price upon himself, and had never
made but one bIunder, would do to
trust anywhere over any new mar.
The minority of the Convention
had perhaps no particular man in
view, nor any particular object
They worked intently for delega
tons pledged TO oppose Cobb, but
since the Convention they manfully
and TO a man promise him their sup
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

VINO DID IT ?-The Polk County
Press administers to the Milkauk ee
Ne,os the following gentle reminder
The Milwaukee Democratic Ne,CS
tries to mako great ado because our
Republican legislature passed an act
making it difficult to sue county.
The NetoS calls it Republican repudi.
alton. That bill, dear Neaos, was
drawn by Moses NJ. Strong, and per-
sistently urged upon the Judiciary
Committees Of both houses by him.
Moses is now your Democratic cam
dldate for Presidential Elector in the
Third Congressional District of this
State
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

DEMOCRATIC RULE.-Somebody mas
been comparing tbswexpenses and
taxes of democrat and republican
counties, and find that in almost
every case the expenses and taxes
are just twice as heavy in democrat
counties as in republican. Lafayette
county for instance, just half the size
of Grant 10 population and wealth,
raises $4,000 by tax, for county sup
port. which is more than twice the
per cent. tax levy of Grant county.
The past year Lafayette has not
made any improvements. The sum
Is but the ordinary amouut-only
that democratic government is al
way dearer than republican by half
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
70 BE SOLD AT AUCTION,

ON PIE NJ BIER 10Th, 1865.
The above farm comprises 100 under fence and
in good and regular cultivation and % acres of timber
land Said farm has ON il good frame dwelling house,
gronary wagon she'd col ncrib etc. and eycrllent
new barn 20 by 81 feet good living runs thro'
the farm and there is excellently cemenied eistern
near the dwelling house capacity, 400 barrels Coed
orchard Of 400 bea ing apple trees The stock hersse
cows shcep and hogs farming implements and house.
hold furniture will be sol OF the same time.
Said farm is owned aud upisd by hir. Morther
Uolionback and is situated abOat > miles from Pair
play west, and miles from Dunlei:h
Terms of will be announced by the auotloneer on
the ground on day of sale. l3.w3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

EEThe tunneling of the Alps
goes on slowly but regularly s 384
metres have been tunneled and 3, 835
remain to be finished. The work ac,
complished last year was 1851 met
res, and about the same will be made
in 1868. 1t is estimated that about
two and a half years will be required
to finish the Tunnel. From May / to
June l, 81 metres were drilled from
the Swiss side, and CT metres from
tho Italian side.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
Personal-Waldo Brown-Order Re-
stored.

Waldo Brown, Of the Prairie du
Chen Union, honored our town and
the county OF which he was so long
a citizen, with visit on tue occasion
of our County Convention. He APP
peared favorably impressed with the
changes along the route, and was
glad to see SO many friends.
Waldo was engaged to come over
and make a speech for some purpose,
but appeared little angry upon find
ing himself enlisted on the wrong
side and in not the best company
The ten minute Limitation spoiled
from three to five of the ablest
speeches ever prepared for an au di-
ence. Waldo had doubtless been en-
couraged TO believe that some glori-
GUS enterprise
Hangs upon this slender thread
the strength Of which entirely de
ponds upon Cobb's defeat. But he is
not alone, for great many others
may no longer trust to the unmean,
ing and irredeemable pledges of q
brace Of politicians. Gen. Cobb has
not promised a favor to any one
wen warrant Better tie to honest
men, Waldo. Glad to meet you, and
trust we shall differ nevermore. The
Union is no longer in the market.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

At last the insanity and suicide
or Hora,io Seymour's father has been
confessed by the World. The rumor
was at first Indignantly denied by
that sheet and similar publications
but it has been compelled to back
down and own up. The Hartford
Post came out with q threat 10 give
circumstantial proof Of it, when the
World, in its issue of the 22d maxi IS
this admission: "Governor Sey mour's
father committed suicide in state
OF temporary mental alteration. -
This is as near the truth as we could
expect that paper to come in mat
ter of this kind Ordinarily, the pub,
lie has no right to pry into family
secrets but when a man comes be-
fore the people and soicits their sut-
frage, especially for the Chief Magis
tracy of The Republic, whatever bears
in any way upon his fitness for the
position ought to be made known.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
The Better-Half Of a CT eat Man.

To promote her husbands inter>
ests, Mrs. Benjamin Franklin atten-
ded shop, where she bought rags,
sewed pamphlets, folded newspapers,
and sold the few articles in which he
dealt, such as ink, papers, lamp black,
blanks, and other stationary. At the
same time she was an excellent
house keeper, and besides being econ
omica herself, taught her somewhat
careless, disorderly husband to be
economical also. Some times Frank
lin was clothed from head TO foot in
garments which his wife had both
woven and made, and for long time
she had performed all the work of
the house without the assistance ola
servant. Nevertheless, she knew
how 10 be liberal at proper times.
Frankh4 tells US that for some years
after marriage, his breakfast was
bread and milk, which they ate out
of a two-penny earthern vessel, with
a pewter spoon; but one morning, on
going down to breakfast, he found
upon the table a beautiful china
bowl, from which his bread and milk
was steaming, with a silver spoon by
its side, which had cost sum in our
currency equal to SO. When he ex-
pressed his astonishmcnt at this un-
wonted splendor Mrs Franklin only
remarked that she thought her hus-
band deserved silver spoon as much
as any of his neighbors. Franklin
prospcred in his business until he be
came the most famous editor and
printer in America, which gave him
the pleasure ofrelicving his wife from
the cares of business, and enabling
him to provide for her q spacious
and well furnished abode. She a.
dorned high station as well as she
had borne Lowry one, and presided
at her husband's liberal table as grace.
fully as when be ate his breakfast of
bread and milk from a two-penny
bowl Patron.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

s9-How can the proposed electric
telegraph from Canton TO Shanghai
be made to pay as between the Chs
nese? 1t seems to be impossible to
transmit messages in their laugu ages
by signs. Only thiak OF Chinese
operator being obliged to remember
$4,000 signs, for Chinese is sign
language Imagine 800 signs for
the variation of sound and meaning
upon the word that stands for ele-
plant
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
cEThe ex-rebel General Lon,

EF The eX-rebel General Long
street, who since the war, unlike
other rebel Generals and politicians,
has counseled the people of the South
10 accept the situation" abide by
the decisions Of the war, and do all
they can to secure an enduring peace
to the nation, declares that the cleo
ton Of Seymour and Blair would
"open all the old issues" and "make
trouble in the South" and avows
that the best interests of the Repub-
lie demand the election of Grant and
C0lfax.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received 10y the undersigned
until Saturday, September 18th, at O'Clock p NJ FOX
erecting, enclosing and flooring a Church at Hurri.
cane Corners contractors TO furnish all materials.
Plans and specifications may be the Post Of.
flee at Hurricane Grove. The committee the
right to reject bids HENRY s. KEENE,
A. C.. KILBY,
JEFFREY KEE,
Building Com.
IIurricans Grove August % 1905 l3-fd
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

asa- The New York Tribune, motto
ing the first issue remarks it might
prove u democratic success in New
York city, were it not for the follow.
ing:
1.-THE only difficulty with Mr.. Pome
roy's enterprise is, that about nine
tenths Of the democratic party cannot
read. Ho il, therefore, very much in
the position of Goldsmith, who went
to Holland to teach English, and up
on arriving there found be could not
talk Dutch"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
STRAY COLT.

Taken up by the subscriber, lands occupied by
him. in Sec, &C, in the village of BeetoYn on toe 10th
day Of August, 1858, e yearliug mare colt
with white spot in her forehead the left hind foot
VIII to and white stripe across the right hind foot
Is requested to prove property pay charqes and take
said stray. 4. d. MCDONALD
BertoRn. August rs, 1865. laws
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01

BoLTING.-The democrats in Ohio,
who during the war, stood by the
Union and Constitution, are boiling
the Copperhead or secesh candidates.
OF course they are. But in Wiscon-
sin there is not above one in ten of
that party friend to the union the
main body would vote for jeff Davis
as willingly as for Seymour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-01
MEETING OF SUPERVISORS
or the TOWN OF LANCASTER.

To al ,chom It mag concern:
The undersigned vi be present vt the Shoot House
in District No Town ofLancaser the goth day OF
August A D. 1865, at two o'clock Z. NJ f said day e.
decide upo the application Of said School District No
Town of Lancaster, Grant County Wisconsin, f1r the
location and estab ishment of School Hou4e site for
said District, upon the SW corner of the NV Il OF
of S w u of Section No %, Town North of Range
three 90 West, in said Town of Lancaster
Given under our hands this 10TH day of Jry. A. D. Gs
W P. DEWEY
LEWIS HOLLOWAY,
6ss5 ;. WELLS.
Superyf Jrs of the Town of Lancaster.
60 The above meeting il hereby postponed until
FRIDAY SEPT. 4tl, at the same hour and place.
w. Z. DEWEY,
LEWIS HOLLOWAY,
s. WELLS,
Supervisors II the town Of Lancaster.
Lancaster, August 10Th, 1868 l3-w1