Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-24
Communicated
Strange Anomaly-Darkaess in Grant
County "A Cryf for Help and Mission
aries

minute guns are fired from the i'll fat
Cd vessel to sound the alarm aud -
proclaim 70 all within is healBg tae
danger in which thl are placed
assve action is certain death
The energies of all on board are ex-
efted 10 avert the threatened DAGGER
and should there be an individual on
board who would retari or hinderin
the work, pity and shame might be
felt for him, bat the guns would NOS
cease to signal the alarm, or the crew
TO labor for the rescue of all.
Now, Mr.. Editor, we in this com.
munity, each and all of us, have, so to
speak, struck rock, have stranded
on barren shore-we are aground,
Hat. ias' and seemingly immovable
and although we have no minute
guns to fire the alarm, we use the
only seemlv weapon of defense at our
command, and one that we believe
may aid us, by advise and wise coun-
sci, to push off and once more have
our sails set and float harmoniously |
together.
In all sincerity of heart we utter
he Macedonian cry of "Come over
and hel p u.s." We are ia sad di. |
lemma, out Of which it seems impos-
slble to emerge we are in a condition |
of affairs that has already and must
continue to work untold injury to
each and all Of us, and if the result of
all this misery would only fall upon
hn nj z hc h.,1 IL
about this state of things, the loss
would not be Uery serious. But I'M
fortunately the innocent suffer equal.
ly with the guilty, and the guilty
seem to exult in applying to us that
whitening and exultant denunciation,
uttered in ancient times by that noble
Roman, and 10 more modern times
Numbered forth with such dramatic
OBJECT by one political opponent at
his adversary in joint discussion, II
ritt be thy eUU geuius, Brntus.'
This much by way Of prelude; now
for the tale will unfold"
By looking at the new map of
Grant County you will observe, stu
ated in the eastern part, the town
of Wingvillr, duly chroncled and
mapped out, and within that town
the village Of Montfort is duly dis
played this village with few adjoln.
ing farms constitute School Dlstrist
NOD. Said District contains about
SOC, 600 worth Of taxable property
90 says the assessors book. Ii also
contains about one hundred aud six
children over the age Of four years,
besides u goodly proportion OF those
under that age Now, Sir, right mere,
as Artemus Ward used SO ctfectuaIiy
70 say, is the place where the goke
comes IN. Tell 1t not IN Lancaster,
sound it not in Old Grant that : not
,0dhH this udtage or DtatDct Is there t.
oe toand q Sch0ot hoUss nat Wgu Il q, a.
70 Atake Il decent heanefy Jr :" ~ =
PrlSthg Turner.
,wo old shells mis- amos aaaI
houses, cola, ,caky ASA tetter4.
neither ot them absolute, Il o .sJ-
tect children from the iu-ltaeaev -
our WIscOaalft Mtatet- hH Gwen
poor a. tHeA are, We have G .nue.a
1
three months, and no m0lc5 80 start
one with. W. have about Sl0 % ii
the hands Ut the treasurer u bc aees
for Incidental expenses and 81. o 90
voted Tor teachers wages. We have
had TOUR school meetings, including
our annual, adjourned and special
have tried hard TO raise money by
tax to build new house suitable for
the absolute wants OF this communi-
ty, offered 10 raise money by loan
extending over period OF three
years, only asked for $500; voted
this down. Tried to vote a larger
fund for teachers wages and incident
al expenses; voted that down. And
now the result OF all this is, we have
no schools, and no prospect OF any.
These are the simple facts in the
case. | might, perhaps, with much
propriety, enlarge upon them, tell
you who our opposers are, that
among them are men of supposed in
tellIgence and ambitious aspirations,
young men without families, middle
aged men who ought to have families,
as well as old men who have large
families, men who are large tax pay
ers and others who pay but little and
others still who pay no taxes at all
from town officer TO government off
Ger !; from squire to landlord from
cultivator OF the vine that beareth
the hop, to raiser OF very peculiar
corn that groweth small, even eight
rowed from dispenser of pellets TO
breeder Of long cared quadrupeds
that opeueth their mouths and emit
sCrange and peculiar sounds; repre>
sentatives of those chimes recognized
by the rose, shamrock and thistle
all are men of protested learning and
skill yet still with all these adyan-
tsges they will stand up in our school
meetings, as they have ever done for
the past FIVE years and do all
they can against public schools. Why
do they thus To save the tax? SO
they say who pay any, and those who
pay little or no tax, who have chil~
dren that must be schooled, if school
ed at all, by and through this system
of public schools, and who vote with
the tax paying voter and thus give
them the majority, who knows why
they do thus? You tell, Mr.. Cover,
they cant hurt you, but IN a small
man and " am for peace" I'm afraid |
to tell, yet | think | know.
Just realize, if youcan, the coDdi-
ton Of community like this without T
a school over one hundred children
daily and hourly being educated ii
our streets. Como over On a Sabbath
day and witness for yourscI. the
results already attained, aud what il
viii ne if this con ,lnues, Heaven nnlt
knows; but one thing do know, hn
If we build and support no schools
we must populate our Estate PRISONS.
Culture hand
Rcattered yerlure O ert this land