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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
Communicated.
Skating Festiy al.

The people of Lancaster, both
young and old, are taking great in
terest this winter in learning the art,
or rather accomplishment. of skating.
Nature not having furnished us with
any pond or river at "a convenient
distance on which to sport, we are
obliged to go by "horse power to
Grant River, three miles from town,
which makes one of the finest ''rinks''
in the west, and which is as free to
all as the air we breathe. On last
Wednesday, New Years day. the
people OF Lancaster turned out Eve
were going to say en- maSse, but we be-
lieve some of the older heads remain
ed alhome to "take care of the babies"
and cook supper for the hungry ska
tiers, and was conveyed on wheels
to tho river, with the intention of
spending the day on the ice. which
was in good condition. BY nine
O'Clock in the morning the smooth
service Of Grant presented an ami
mated spectacle. Old age and youth
were seen gliding up and down the
stream with almost lightning speed.
Here and there gallant youth might
be seen endeavoring to instruct some
timid miss how to skate with grace
and ease, in which she was told to
"strike out" "strike out, !" first ri ght,
then left, in attempting which, Ell
Their one or both invariably lost their
balance, and on the particular spot
where they fell might be seen two
indentations, which looked as if
somebody's head" had come in con>
tact with the ice, and one would
think the after must have got worst.
ed. The writer hereof is painfully
reminded by tender spot on the
Uranium, of trying to distance one of
the fair sex, who seemed to fly on
wings of air, and he also has an in
distinct recollection of "picking him.
self up" and declaring with great
vehemencc that he ''wasen't hurt at
ALL" when at the same time he
hadn't recovered sufficiently from the
shock to exactly satisfy himself as
to his whereabouts We are hap
Ply to add however, that no serious
accident happened to any of the large
number of both sexes that ventured
upon the ice, and all returned home
in the evening with light hearts and
empty stomache
T. III w.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
What Rich Man Thinks of Building
Good Public School Houses

County superintendent Purman
has just related another one of his
first rate stories, picked up in his
travels through the county, in this
case E. Bailey, OF Plattevillo, being
tho leading character; it illustra ties
his particular good scnse and shrewd-
u ess as a speculator, though but few
of his friends have suspect ed him of
possessing faculty so unusual
among the rich-expensive taxation
for school houses for the double pur~
pose of increasing the value of unsal>
able land property and of insuring
its marketableness.
The story runs thus Bailey was
the owner of certain tract of land
In some distant part, and had an
agent--like most of agents, truck
Ter to every supposed within of his
superior. Bailey had ordered sale of
his land at $500, but the agent re.
turned answer that the people were
about to erect school house, at
6 cost of eight hundred dollars, and
urged immediate sale at $500 other
wise the property would be ruined
by taxation. But Bailey wrote in
reply, saying that if the people are
to build such an expensive school
house near the land, just to raise the
price to $1,000. Post haste came a
reply from agent, saying the citizens
have met and reconsidered their
vote ordering $1,000 tax for
school house, and voted to build one
costing twelve hundred dollars
therefore, Mr.. B., sell at once, at any
price, or no man VIII buy under
such a load OF tax. Bailey again
wrote, this time as follows: Gust
raise her up to 81, 200," and in short
time the land was actually sold al
that figure to a man wishing TO set
tie near q school
Mr. Bailey, speaking of this affair
since, has said, that it was not that
he was anxious for the few hundred
dollars nor did he really expect sale
at the greatly increased price but
he wished to teach that agent and
| others this lesson, that school houses
and schools do not ruin the property
of district nor decrease the value
of land property; but, on the contra
ry, that taxation for schools is a
greater gain to property than the
| tax expense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
A Record Hardly Worth Remembering
Only Seventeen Years ago-Person-

Reader. we offer bit Of record
adapted for the New Year, being to
the old a reminder of past events, to
the young may be interesting as
news. II is slightly personal, being a
matter of local political history, in
which the writer hereof figured-not
as a hero, but as a passive actor, in
which the chapter of accidents bro't
him out ahead. You know that most
successes in life owe to accident more
than to head. Luck very we'll
then call it luck which drives rather
than heads some men upward to sue
cess. We do not speak of the lucky
success which gives riches, but only
ofthat which made the Herald sue
cess from nothing Wealth is sub
stance as foreign TO the writer hereof
as was Jonah to the whales stomach
excuse the awkward parallel.
In the year 1851, seventeen years
ago, the Grant County Herald fell to
our lot and " became its editor and
proprietor, by going into debt tor the
concern. The subscription patrons
then numbered 26l, but many of them
soon thereafter withdrew on account
of certain unpopular sentiments held
by the editor. In looking over we
find on our present list of subscribers
but about 40 of the original patrons.
Upon our assuming charge of the
Herald we enlarged it to 20 coll
umn paper and reduced the price to
$3.50, which changes made it slightly
popular among the people. We then
travelled afoot some months, visiting
all parts Of the county, calling on
persons to patronise the Herald. We
were generally welcomed and many
subscribed on trial, but we were
often coldIy received by men called
wise and good, on account of our re
ported anti slavery views. From
such feelings in the minds of so many
leading men, we expected trouble
We had the endorsement of no party
and of but few party leaders. But in
1853 the Herald had 900 subscribers,
which made it the public organ of all
parties, although there were two 9TH
err papers in the county, one whig,
the other democratic, and both pro.
slavery. The free soil>ized democrats
and wings constituting about a fourth
of each party in the county, but gem
orally poor and without much influ
ence, gave the Herald warm sup
port, though its columns exhibited a.
that time mid opposition to the
"sum Of wlilanies" which ruled the
country, and to speak and print
against which was called treason.
In 1854 the Herald had $50 patrons,
which fact greatly softened the pref
udicos of many at first disposed to be
fractions The great Kansas Doug
las schism occurred soon after, and
the Herald circulation shortly reach
ed 1000, since which time the increase
of circulation has about kept pace
with the increase of population.
The Republican party went into
formal operation in 1856, and absorb
ed the anti slavery members of both
the old parties, which event gave the
Herald a party for its support.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

eTThe New York Tobacco Board
OF Trade have earnestly called the
attention of the government to the
enormous tobacco frauds, showing
how they are committed, and supo
costing simple and efficient remedy
out thus far without any success.
1t is reported by the committee of
Ways and means Of the House that
the government is defrauded of more
money on the whiSkey tax alone
than the entire amount of receipts of
internal revenue from ali sources
They say there is due from the dis.
tillers 1905, 573, 400 OF which s28 900.
ooo have been paid, leaving a swim
Ole OF S271 573,400, or 81, 5I5, 1863
more than the entire receipts for the
year. How much tie tobacco swim.
Ole amounts to is not known. If
Congress is wise it will declare s.war
10 the knife against these scoundreIs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
Communicated.
Grand Public Installation of Odd Eel
lows.

On New Years eve the SinSinapa
Lodge, No. 16, |. 0. of 0. F., of Han
eel Green, were publicly installed !;
the splendor and magnificence of the
occasion as well as the good time
following it, deserve passing notice,
1t has been thought impossible to
have anything grand in such a small
village, but the turn out last night
from the country and surrounding
cities has knocked such theory a
kiting, 1s
The Grand Worthy Deputy of the
/. 0. Of 0. F., of this State accompa>
MED by some brothers from Platte.
vile, represented the Grand Lodge.
At 6 O. clock P. NJ. the lodge room
was crowded to excess by ladies and
gentlemen from all parts, who came
to 10 honor to the first public install
lation of Odd Fellows in our village
| for fourteen years.
After thanking the officers for the
kind services they performed i'll the
past term, and for the honorable man
ner in which they had discharged
their duties, the Deputy asked them
to vacate their chairs to their success
sors in Office, and then proceeded with
| the cerimonies, which were most
ably performed. The officers being
clothed in the most costly regalia, the
effect was most imposing. The OBJ
legations and charges were most
plainly and faithfully read = the
State Deputy urging on every in
stalled officer faithful discharge of
his duties according to the by>laws
and constitution. He then publicly
proclaimed that all power was be-
slowed on Sinsnawa Lodge officers
for the ensuing term and gave over
to our N. G brother Moon, the right
of his office.
At the close of the installation the
lodge and its invited guests, number
ing one hundred and ten, proceeded
to B. Cornelison's hotel, whore the
order of Odd Fellows had made prep
arations for supper, but our worthy
hotel keeper had far surpassed any
thing that was expected by the order
in shape Of preparations. The sup>
per was most splendidly gotten up;
every delicacy of the season was
provided-the tables were gaily dec>
GRATED, and the notices of the order
hung all around the room in fact
everything was done with an eye to
comfort and enjoyment, and from be-
ginning to end, everything went
lovely.
1t reflects great credit to our wills
lage to have such an ainiable hotel
keeper as he-always ready and will
ling at any sacrifice to make his
guests comfortable at 10 NJ.
At 10 p. NJ. dancing commenced
and continued several hours. Splen-
did music, singing and all that could
be provided to add to the pleas
IRE Of the evening was on the pro-
gramme. The bar was locked DUR
ing the evening, so that the Good
Templars should, on such an occasion,
have nothing to mar their happiness.
Credit is due the committee of ar
rangements for the way in which
they managed the whole affair.
Sinsinawa Lodge is in most heal-
thy and prosperous condition. the
past officers retiring in all honor from
their seats.
H.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

The party still presisting in calling
itselfdemocratic-though but recent
" a willing tool Of Southern seces-
sionists, is looking up a popular plat
form TO go before the people with
next November.
They have agreed that summary
disposal of the national debt by its
reputation in some sense is very
popular among the people-the fall
elections Of 1867 when that subject
was agitated showing the people are
dreadful anxious to pay no more tax
ss tor war debts.
Then, they go for free>trade, that
same old democratic dodge for catch
ing votes by holding to what never
was, never can be adopted.
Also, opposition to any and all
particular sorts of taxation, as no
tariff, no whisky tax, no tobacco tax
no revenue collectors, nothing that
shall cost anything 1t is meant to
oppose oil taxation and al debt pay.
ing.
So much for rallying the masses
for a secession party by appealing
TO mans seltishness.
Well, the passions of ignorant PEG
pie must also be quickened-s the
talk is of raising war cry against
the negro, and proclaiming this "a
schite mans government" and nothing
else or, as Petroleum Y. Nasty pro
poses-ask every voter if he is will,
ing to marry negro, and il he says
no, then chalk him down a democrat
If yes, then an abolitionist and
Linken hirelinq.
This plank would surely carry ev-
cry Southern rebel aud rotten cop
perhead, and perhaps most of the
very ignorant masses Of tho cities.
The two ideas Of regulating the
debt and with it the no taxation cry
and the abolition Of all human obi
cations toward the blacks of our
country and hardly another
plank will surely constitute the next
democratic platform.
Against the like the ropubr -ans
can hardly fail to pledge the vartv
for tho payments of it's national
bonds according to pledges made
during the war; and also to some
line of treatment of the four million
IT blacks that will be atleast human.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

LEGIsLATURE.-The Legislature
meets on Wednesday of this week, at
Madison.
The Constitutional amendment
paying members of Senate and AS,
senbly a salary instead of per diam,
will surely have the effect to shorten
meetings of legislatures, perhaps to
keep the usual time.
Since Congress has set the exam
pie of abolishing that useless
and sounding prefxture-"Honor-
able, we presume it will be no excuse
in writing to and addressing our
members of the legislature, to speak
and write only their christian and
sir names-as J. +. Dodge, Jimmy
Neavillo, Nat. W. Kendall, Mat. Bir>
chard, Hammer Robbins, Geo. G..
Hazleton, &c. We shall send each
the Herald without charge, during
the sesslon-but shall not write any
"H9nordble" prefxtur to their
names
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

AGRICULTURE IN ALABAMA.-At q
plantation sale in Alabama, recently,
only fifty cents was bid for cotton
gin in good order, i've cents each for
ploughs, and corresponding sums for
other agricultural implements. =
Mules and horses also brought very
low prices. The Mobile Times says
there is no doubt, from the general
expression, that experienced planters
have abandoned the idea of farming
on the old extensive skale as imprac
ticable, and the Offering Of many
large plantations for rent, in quaint
ties to suit men ofsmall means, seems
to confirm this view. 1t is generally
believed that free labor IS az cheap
as slave labor; the chile difference
being that the labor cannot now be
controlled and directed so as to meet
the real exigeucies Of the farming
season.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

Or INTEREST TO BoNIFAcEs-The
Supreme Court of California has de-
cded that hot ell Keepers are liable to
their patrons for clothing, ornaments
of the person, including reasonable
amount of jewelry and sufficient
money to pay the travelling and 9th,
er reasonable expenses of the guest,
and that beyond these things they
are not liable, unless they have vol>
unfairly and knowingly undertake en-
the care and custody of them That
is to say, if a boarder at a hotel or
lodger there has his clothing, jewell
ry and travelling funds stolen from
his room by night or by day, the
hotel is liable to him for all lost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

esA- DEMOCRATIC MIscEGENATIoN.-
Greeley, noticing the Copperhead
slang about the intermarriage of
Africans with persons of the white
European race, gives this hard hit:
Cali known that there are several
hundred mulattoes in this country;
and we presume no one has any seri>
Gus doubt that the fathers of at least
nine tonths of them are white Dem
ocrats. And we hold that those
Democrats, if they ,oW have yellow
children, might better than Others
wise treat the mothers respectively
as wives. after the laudable pattern
of that eminent Democrat, Vice Pres
ident Richard NJ Johnson. Every>
body knew what were the colors of
kiS wife and children, yet they don't
cost him the support ola single white
Democrat-New York and Connect
cut giving him their whole electoral
vote. Hence we conclude that the
Democratic aversion to color in we'd
lock is neither general nor sincere. :"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

who drink ? | am as fond of merri>
ment as you are. can enjoy "a good
time" as well MS you can. | do not
assume the province of debating to
you. have no doubt of your integ>
rity. | admire the pluck with which
you utter your unpopular sentiments.
You will not accuse me of imperti,
hence when | say | think your love
ofliberty has led you to make mis-
take in relation to the great reform
which the Good Tcmplars contem-
plate. | am truly your friend,
G. w. BUNGAY.
SrouGToS, Wisconsin jan Cd 1898
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

GRANT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL So,
cIETY'-The annual meeting of the
officers of the Grant County Agricul>
tural Society-for tho purpose Of re-
vising the rules, regulations, premium
list &C., fixing the time for holding
the next Fair, and attending to other
business OF the Society, will be held
at Lancaster Tuesday, January 18th
1868.
All persons who feel an interest in
the prosperity of the ociety, are in>
vited to be present, and make sugges-
tons relative to changes and improve.
ments, as they may think would tend
to promote the interests of the Socix
ETY.
rA.BuRR, Secretary
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
Every Man ought 40 Subscribe
for u Newspaper.

In this enlightened age of the worlds history we
need not urge tho necessity for every Subscribe
for newspaper. The of the coming year will be
Of unusual interest to every citEsn We approach
ing political campaign of great Importance. Every
les of the times and no way can this information be
obtained by being constant reader of first class
metropolitan newspaper
Such paper is the REPUBLICAN. IL will be found TO
be complete in every department, and Of a character
that will commend to the general popular interest
support As its name indicates is Radical the
IL Is the friend OF the whole Northwest and will
continue TO advocate its welfare and advancement
Persons interested in the formation of clubs will do
we'll to beStoW attention 10 folio
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
rerTha TerritorinL Enternrise( IA,

rgThe Territorial Enterprise Vir.
ginia City, Nevada, of December 9th
announces that the cars of the Pa
cific railroad have reached the east
side of the summit. The track has
been laid through the tunnel on the
summit, and the contractors say they
will close the gap { of seven miles }
between the summit and Coburn's in
two weeks if the weather holds good.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
Eay-The Austin (Texas) ReDub

sS"The Austin (Texas) Republt-
can, one of the best conducted Radi-
cal papers in the South, says: mo
Conservative can any longer hope to
defeat the convention in Texas
There is only q difference of 5000
in favor of the whites, so that 5000
whites, added to the colored voters,
will give us the majority. But we
have at least $4,000 white Republic
cans and the Conservatives cannot
poll over 35, 900 all told, leaving a
Republican majority of 10000
Verify, the congressional policy Of
reconstruction is a grand success"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

DRINKING WHILE EATING.-Nature
never designed any one to wash
down their food while eating. She
wisely placed salivary glands in vari-
Gus places in our mouths; they secrete
fluid for moistening (besides chem
ical action } of the food, alter proper
mastication, this gets The food in a
suitable condition for swallowing
Drinking every few minutes while
eating prevents the usual flow Of SAL
iva; besides, washes it down before it
can have any chemical action on GER
tain portions ofthc food. One of the
most pernicious habits to health is
drinking several tumbIers of cold wa
ter while eating; better drink warm
drink. The stomach will not digest
one particle of food when its temper
AZURE is below one hundred degree
Fahrenheit; neither will it digest one
atom OF solid food until all the fluid
is first absorbed. No healthy person
should drink more than a half pint
of some mild fluid while taking food,
and dyspepties should not drink a
drop while eating, or for three or
four hours afterwards.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

SECRETARY SEwARD.-The New
York 7ribune's Washington special
says: at comes out to>night from
Mr.. Stanton's friends directly that
the late Secretary, in explanation OF
his remaining in the Cabinet after
be had discovered that his continu-
ing there was against Johnson's wish,
says that he would long since have
resigned bis position as Secretary of
War, but for the fact that he had re-
ceived a letter signed by most of the
Senators and Representatives, Con-
gress, requesting him to remain in
the Cabinet, as they alleged for the
good OF the country and the preser,
walton Of the Republican party"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

5S-t II. LaGravc will give a
Thanksgiving Dinner and Ball, 10
Markleeville, next Thursday.
The above is cut from T. A. Spring
er's paper, the Ledger, published in
Jackson county, Cal. Clovis A. La
Grave, many years Of Casscills, in
this county, is often mentioned in
the business columns OF the Califor>
MIA papers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
n.a Anna Dickinson has been /

"a. Anna DlckinsOn has been Tee :
turing at la Crosse. The RepubH-
can is not complimentary. 1t says
people will go to hear her once to
learn what an untrammeled woman
will say. 1t thinks no one would
care to go second time, 1t says,
"the voice in which she carries on her
mOnotonous and bitter harrangue. is
that of coarse, grating and metallic
harshness~ which would forbid any
accompaniment, unless by High
lander's bag pipe" 1t concludes !:
"If she ever gets a husband, may
the Lord have mercy on his soul."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

Gov. Bullock, of Massachusetts,
sounds in his message the key note
of the policy which animates the
Republican party,in saying that those
lately in rebellion ought to be restor>
ed "to equality ofrights, as speedily
as is consistent with national safe>
ty." The restrictions on suffrage and
on office. holding, were not imposed
by Congress from motives ofrevenge,
but only as measures of national safe.
ty. Nobody will more cheerfully, or
more quickly, remove these disabili>
ties than Congress, when once the
argument for doing 80 becomes ap-
parent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
nA- Another grand Pacific railroad

na-Another grand Pacific railroad
excursion is on the tapis, for the ben
eft Of the Wall street bankers and
brokers principally. The guests will
be limited to ESQ, composed solely of
the "solid" men of the street. The
party will proceed the whole length
of the road.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
sm-Judge Edmonds. the dis

nA-J udge Edmonds, The dlstln-
guished spiritualist, delivered lee
ture recently in Boston, in which he
said there were seven million of spir
itualists in the United States, and
that spiritualism has spread more
rapidly in twenty years than Christi
anity did in the first three centuries
of it's existence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07

ns- Wade Hampton,o one Of the best
nghters on the Southern side in the
lale war, wants South Carolina ito
recognize the political rights of the
piacks, on precisely the same terms
a. is exercised by the white man,