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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
Light and Health .

The dark side Of street is far
more subject to disease than the light
side. Sir. James Wylie found three
times as many cases of disease on the
side of the barracks at st. Petersburg
as on the other side. Dupnytren is
said TO have wrought cure in the
crse of a lady ia a seemingly desper-
ate condition, by simply removing
her from her dark quarters to
brighter residence, and keeping her
as much as possible in the daylight.
There is no better testimony on any
such point than that of Miss Flor
ence Nightingale What she says of
the value of light to those who
are i'll indicates no less its neces.
sity for those who are we'll:
Second only to fresh air, however,
should be inclined to rank light in
Importance for the sick. Direct sun.
light, not daylight, is necessary for
speedy recovery y Instances
could be given almost endless, where
in darks wards with northern as
rect, even whenithoroughly warmed,
or in wards with borrowed light, even
when thoroughly ventilated the
sick could not by any means, be made
speedily to recover"
Very few persons seem to have
due sense of the luxury and the
benefit of apricdtioa, OF INNER
sion in the sunshine bath, which
every fair day will furnish gratuitons
" to all applicants. One ancient man
very poor, and very simple in most
matters, whose clay pipe | sometimes
replenisb for him, Is almost the only
person | happen to know who seems
really to enjoy the sunshine as much
as if he were vegetable. That these
humber creatures enjoy tiff they en-,
joy anything, we may guess by their
actions. The passion Of the saniow>
cr for =" her god is famous in song.
But there are examples Of still more
4 ardent devotion than hers. Mr. Jesse
tells how n potato, left in a dark cell
lar with on y one opening, sent It's
shoot twenty feet to get At the light
through that little crevice. After
this story, the eye" Of a potato
seems well deserved name for the
bud that can see crack SO far off
! The feathered bipeds value sunshine
more than any Of the unplumed ones
appear to. There is little streak oi
morning sun which in early spring
comes in between two buildings near
by me and travcrses the open space
beyond, rs the sun moves up The
heavens. The sensible barn yart
FOWLS Of the Infirmary hcncoops fol
low it as it slowly travels along, al
faithfully as if their brains We're fur
nished with heliostats.-Atlanticssdt-
ndndc for 1869
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
Plea for Early Rising.

Early rising has been often ex.oi-
led, and extolled in vain; for people
think that an hours additional sleep
is very comfortable, and can make
very little difference after all. But
an hour gained or wasted every day
makes a great difference in the
length Of our lives, which we may
see by a very simple calculation.
First, we will say that the aver
age of mankind spend sixteen hours
out of every twenty four awake and
employed, and eight in bed. Now
each year having 365 days, if dill
gen person abstracts from sleep one
hour daily, he lengthens his year 365
hours, or twenty three days OF six
teen hours each, the length Of ,ca~
King day. which is what We call a
day in these calculations.
We will take a period Of forty
years, and see how it may be de-
creased or added to by sloth or ener>
gy. A person sleeping eight hours
a day has his full average of 365
days in the year, and may therefore
be said to enjoy complete his forty
years Let him take nine hours
sleep, and his year has but 342 days,
50 that he lives only thirty seven
and half years with. ten hours il.
bed be has 3ls days, and bis life is
thirty-five years.
In like manner, if the sleep is linz
tied to seven hours, our year has 388
days, and instead Of forty, we live
forty-two and half years and if
six hours is our allowance OF slumber
we have All days in the year, and
live torty-tive years. By this we
see, that in forty years two hours
daily occasion either loss or a gain
of five years.
How much might be done in this
space What would we not give at
the close Of life for another lease of
five years And how bitter the re.
Election would be at such time, if
we reflected at all, that we have will
fully given up this portion of our ex-
istence merely that we might lie a
bed in the morning
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
How Small Expenditures Count.

Five cents each morning. A mere
trife. Thirty five cents per week.
Not much, yet it would buy coffee or
sugar for a whole family. $18,25
each year. And this amount invest
ed in u savings bank at the end of
each year, aud the interest thereon
at SIX per cent. computed annually,
would, in twenty years, amount to
more than 500. Enough to buy a
good farm in tho west.
Five cents before each breakfast,
and supper you'd. scarcely miss it,
yet It's fifteen cents u day sos ner
week. Enough to buy a vile or
daughter dress. S54,60 year.
Enough to buy a small library of
books. Invest this as before, and in
twenty years you would have over
50 900, Quite enough to buy good
house and lot, and furnish them well.
Ten cents each morning; hardly
worth q second thought; yet with it
you can buy paper of pins or spool
of thread. Seventy cents per week
'twould buy several yards Of muslin.
$50, so in one year With it you could
get suit of clothes. Deposit this
amount as before, and you wouit.
have s1,340 in twenty years quite
a snng little fortune.
Ten cents before each breakfast.
dinner, and supper-thirty cents
a day. 1t would buy a good book
for the children. 81 10 per week /;
enough to pay for years subscrip-
ton to q good newspaper. s109,20 |
per year With 1t you could buy a
good melodeon, on which your wife /
or daughter could produce sweet mu-
sic to pleasantly while the evenings I
away. And this amount invested as +
before, would, in forty years, pro- I
duce the desirable fortune of S12, 900 I
Boys, learn a lesson. If you would
be happy youth, lead sober life,
and be wealthy and influential man,
instead of squandering your extra
asanss, invest it in a library or a
savings barlliastM q So ..4a.,egr. .At,' /
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
The Trades of Animals.


The following observations, which
we copy verbatim from an " Old Curl
os.ty Shop" have reference to AMI
mails, and exhibit, at least, their APP
parent knowledge of the sciences
also their professions, occupations,
and enjoyments. Boes are geome-
tricians, their cells are so Constructs
ed as, with the least quantity of ma
teral, TO have the largest sized spa
ces and the least possible loss of in
terstice. So, also, is the ant>lion !;
his tunnel shaped trap is exactly cor
rect in its conformation, ~ if it had
been made by the most skiIlful ar
lists OF our species, with tho aid Of
the best instruments The mole is a
meteorological. The bird called The
nine>killer is an arithmetician /; So,
also,dis the crow, the wild turkey
and some other birds. The torpedo.
the ray, and the electric eel are eIec.
tricians. The nautilus is q naviga-
tor; he raises and lowers his sail
casts and weighs his anchor. and
performs other nautical evolutions.
Whole tribes of birds are musicians
The beaver is an architect. builder
and wood cutter; he cuts down
trees and erects houses and dams
The marmot is civil engineer
he not only builds houses. but con
structs aqueaucts and drains to keep
them dry. The white ants main
tain q regular army of soldiers
The East India ants are hori icultn-
its they make mushrooms upon
which to feed their young. Wasp,
are paper manufacturers. Cater
pillars are silk spinners. The bird
ptoceuS fecfOr is weaves a web t.
make his nest The primia is a tai
Tor; he sews the leaves together Il
make his nest The squirrel is fer
ryman with Il chip or piece OF ba
Tor a boat, and his tail for sail, b,
crosses stream. Dogs, wolves
jackals, and many others. are hunt,
ers The black bear and heron ar,
fishermen The ants are regular day
laborers The monkey is rope
dancer. The association Of beaver
presents Us with model Of repubi
canism. The bees live under mon
archy. The trdian antelopes furnish
an example OF patriarchal govern
ment. Elephants exhibit an arts
tociacy of elders. Wild horses ar
said to select their leader. Sheep
10 a wild state, are under the contro
of military chief ram Once
| WepE
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10

In Probate Iowa County Court In the matter of the
guardianship OF Mary d. Stanley Ellen Stanley and
William j. stanley heirs of Josiah STANLEY deceased
NoTIcE is hereby given that by virtue and in pursu-
ance of order OF license made in said matter by the
County Court OF said county the 18th day of October
A. ID. 1867, the un dersigned guardian OF raid yards
will on the 10th day OF November, A D. 1906 at one
O'Clock in the ate noon at the Cement School house
in the town of Eenboro, Grant county. Wis offer ol
sale at public Sendue, the following described lands sit
uate lying and being Grant County, State of
sin, and more particularly described follews
The southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and
the quarter of the southeast quarter OF Sec
ton No 3, Township No. A. Range No > vest also the
northwest quarter OF the northeast quarter of Section
No 10, Township No. 4, Range No 2, west
The terms OF sale will be made known upon the day
OF sale NELSON MEGA LISTER.
Dated October 23d 1865 2lw;Its*
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
Esfafe of Patch.

GRAM OF WISCONSIN g In probate-Grsut county
y County of Grant. court Oct. Term, 1868.
Present, Vim. McGongal, County Judge. In the mat.
ties of the estate Of Henry Patch, deceased.
On reading and hlng the petition OF Louisa Patch
and Reed Patch executors of the last will and testament
of Henry Patch, late of Grant county deceased repre-
sentng among other things that they have admins
tered the personal estate OF said deceased and eyng
that tine and place be fixed for the examining and
allowing their account OF their administration tf the
personal estate of e deceased and the amount
t. be paid by each of the several egtees of said de
ed for the pas ment of his debts and expenses of adnn
Istration.
1t is ordered, that sad application be heard before
the Judge of this court, at the Probate Office M
Lancaster, in said county, Monday the 23d day OF
November A. d. 1868, at o'clock in the afternoon OF
said day;
And it is further ordered that notice of said appcd
ton and hearing be given all persons int rested by
publication Of copy of this order for three successive
weeks, in each week in the Grant County Heratd
weesl newspaper printed at Lancaster in said coun
! ty, prior to said day of hearing.
WM. McGONIGAL, County Judge.
! Dated October ajth 1868 21w3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
On Tobacco.

AA&s@ - Az A&A - BStf H.
The tobacco question is one Of the
hardest TO deal with. When the Are
TIC voyager describes his little party
travelling oyer the. icebergs, and
pictures them as they rest at evening,
when their freezing days journey is
over, who can grpdge them the pc
OF tobacco. they take with such calm
enjoyment after their coffee? Who
would have robbed Napoleon of hls
snuff box at Waterloo? Who woald
deny the sailoro on his midnight watch,
or sentry on his round, the solace
which be finds IN his acrid nepenthe
Iheplain truth about tobacco IL, that
1t IS not a Strong poison enough to
produce any very palpable effects on
tho health when used in small guam
titles, by people of average constitu-
tons. Yet | remember seeing very
famous athlete decline cigar offered
him, on the ground that it would be
enough 10 unfit him for bis perform
anee which required perfectly steady
nerves and muscles. A danger to
which smokers are exposed is injury
to ths temper, through the increased
irritability which the practice is apt
To produce, and TO the will which is
hard tc suhjugate. This habit intro
duces into the conduct OF life one of
the most imperious forms OF self-in,
diligence known to human expert
encc. Our State prison convicts are
said to pine for. their Tobacco more
THAN any other luxury Of freedom -
The amount OF duty unperformed OF
postponed or sighted, 10 obedience
10 The craving for the narcotic slim
ulant, must form large item in the
list OF the many things left undone
that ought To have been done. Car
ry the use Of the strange herb little
lurtner and The partial palsy of th<
will cXtends.to other functions. Tht
sense of vision is one Of the first
points where the further encroach-
ment Of the drug shows Itself Mans
cases OF dmdur0SiS, or loss of poWel
IN the nerve OF the eye, are traced {
tho free use of tobgcc0. So ne bare
smokers are great workers, as we al
know, but few " 70 have watched th,
effects of nicotiZation on will ant
character would deny that it handi
caps man, and often pretty heavily
IN the race for distinction. 1t en-
courages revery,-the contemplated
of the possible, which is q charming
nut nnwholesome substitute for TIL
performance ofthe duty next at hand
If we divide our friends into the ]
thiuqs acre so and the as things are s
sections, the nicotizers will probabl,
be found most numerous among TIL
former. But t must be remembere'
that all habits Of this kind, like insan
ity, are more apt to fasten them
selves on natures originally delectiv
and i'll balanced, than on those il
which the poise of the faculties is wei
Z. adjusted, and The self-determinin.
power too vigorous to become enslav
ed. III one comes to the conelusio
that he will be better for leaving o.
the use Of tobacco, he must eXpectt
fluid that it costs him hard struggle
II is second weaving, almost as try
+ ing as The first, but few days pu
an eud to the confict.-Atldattc Al
man0c for 1869
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
Administrators sale

In Probate Grant County Court In the matter of the
estate Of Henry J. Schloesser deceased
Notice is hereby given that by yirture aud in pursu
apce OF an order ofiicense made in said matter the
10th day OF October, ls6S, by the County Court OF said
county the undersigned administrator Of the estate OF
said decd will on Saturday. he 2ist day OF November
1865 at O'Clock in the afternoon of said day at
'front.' Of the court house ia the village OF Lancaster in
said county offer for sale at public yondue the fellow
Wisconsin, TO wit;
Twelve and 43-leoths acres of land lying follows
Commencing at the center OF Section seven J in Town
four a. north Ot Range three (3 west running east
one thousand aud twenty-five links, thence south
twelve hundred and seventeen links, thence west
thousand and twenty-five links, thence thousand
and twenty-five finss to the place OF beginning. Also
twenty-iour and 81 lO0ths acres commencing AT the
center OF said Section seven % running south twelve
chains and seventeen Inks thence west twenty chain,
thence north twelve chains and seventeen Inks theme,
cas- twenty chains to the place of beginning.
Terms, cash at time Of SAFE
HERMAN j. SCHL0ESSER,
Iwl Administrator OF said estate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
TIiEIn4fERALD.
& q .fipaa as tiYowsrss Maxi1asLl

- s-a----TTf ~
n, l., Prepare j the ground in fall,
plant in SPRING 8 sai'.F
9aa2. GIVE the Vine plenty of manure,
ipld and well decomposed for fresh
manure excites growth, but it does
not matnre,ft.
g. LuXrriant growth does not al
ways ensure fruit.
4. Dig deep, but plant shallow.
5. Young vines produce beautiful
fruit, but old vines produce the rich
est.
q. Prune i'm autumn TO insure
growth, but IN the spring to promote
fruitfulness.
Z. Plant your vines before you put
Up trellises.
s. Vines, like soldiers, should have
good arms.
8. Prune spurs TO one we'll devel,
oped bud, for the nearer tho old wood
the higher favored the fruit.
10. Those who prune long must
soon climb.
II. Vine leaves love the sun, the
fruit the shade
II. Every leaf has a bud at lis
base, and either a bunch Of fruit OF
Il tendrii opposite TO it
ID. A tendril is an abortive fruit
0unch,--a bunch of fruit a produc
tive tendril.
IA. A bunch of grapes without a
healthy leaf opposite is like ship a.
sea without a rudder,-it can't come
to port.
10. Laterals are like politicians
if not checked they are the worst o
thieves
16. Good grapes are like gold-nt
one has enough.
II. The earliest grape will lleeI
the longest, for that which is fully
matured is easily preserved.
IS Grape eaters are long livers
10. lIybrids are not always higl
! bred
40 lie who buys the new and IN
tried varieties should remember tha
the sellers maxim is-Let the buye
look out for himself. = Rurdt Ameri
can,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10

CARBoNIC ACID oFTHE ATMOSPHERE
The atmosphere con- aims a sma Il
proportion of carbonic acid gas
This quantity is variable, differing
from three to nearly seven parts in
10000 Assuming, then, the mean
of these-namely, that there arc five
parts of that gas, in 10000 Of air, it
will be interesting to show the weight
Of it, and perhaps even more SO OF
that of the carbon contained therein,
thus so singnlarly distributed about
us. 1t is found that orc cubic yard
o. carbonic acid ,tas weighs B 10. OF.
s dr.. consequently, one cubic mile
weighs more than S,139,011 tuns;
since there are but 977 cubic miles
OF this gas in the whole atmosphere,
its total weight slightly exceeds Z,
454 295, 092 tuns. The quantity of
actual carbon is Of course less, be-
cause earbonic acid gas consists Of
carbon nearly III, aud oxygen 72a
in every 100 parts or in other
words, cubic yard of carbonic acid
gas contains by weight about AZ OF.
OF carbon and TO- 81 OF. of oxygen.
A cubic mile of it contains rather
more than 1898 292 tuns of this ele'
ment, The 977 cubic miles in our
atmosphere contain the supcndous
amount of 2,155, 1874, 277 tune. If it
were possible to render this carbon
available as u fuel using it at the
rate we use our coal los 600, 900 tuns
annually it would last for a period
of more than twenty years &C. IL.
PteSSe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10

STtTx OF WISCONSIN, 80 In Probate. Grant coun-
- County OF Grant. ty Court Nov, term, So.
In the matter ofthe Estate OF Henry Paet deceased
Present. VIM McGonigal. Judge
On this Sd day of November 1865 upon reading aud
filing the petition of Thomas Psile:t of Jamestown
Grant county, stating that Henry Pallet of the county
OF Grant and State OF Wisconsin, died interstate on or
about the 18th day of July, D. 1865 in St Louis in
the state OF Missouri leaving in said Grant coun-
" ana praying that laid petitioner be appointed Adj
ministratoT OF the estate OF said deceased
Therefore, II is ordered that said ar nicaton 10 heard
before the Judge of this Court at the Pr bate Office IN
tne village OF Lancaster in said county Tuesday the
24th day of November 1865 at / O'Clock in liz al
ternoon of said day.
And further ordered that notice o. said atplca
ton ana hearing be given to all persons Interested in
the SAID estate by pr b S h ng a copy of this
order Tor three ~ successive weeks once in each week
IN the Grant County Herald, weeslY newspaper print
ed at Lancaster in said county prior said day Of
hearing.
BY the Court, WIN. McGONIGAE
z-W5 County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
Household Recipes.

French Cream-2 teacnps OF sweet
cream, / pint Of new milk, l teacup
of white sugar, 2 drops of extract of
lemon, yelks of 8 eggs; beat the eggs
and sugar together, add the cream
and milk, and place on the fire and
stir constantly, till of the consistency
of cream,
Nice Sugar Cookies 2 cups of su~
gar, | cup of butter, l cup OF boiling
water; mold hard aud roll thin like
ginger snaps,
Spanish Buns-1 cup sweet milk,
half cup good yeast. 2 cups flour,
three eggs, table spoonful CHINA
mon, cup butter.
Cheap Sponge Cake-1 cup sugar,
cup sweet milk. l egg, 2! cups
flour, table spoonsful butter, half
teaspoonful salt, teaspoonfnI cream
of tartar, halt teaspoonfu soda
Feather Cake-3 cups -four 3 cups
sugar, half cup butter, same amount
of milk, 2 eggs, teaspoonful cream
of tartar, half teaspoonful soda.
Flavor with lemon.
Tip top Cake-3 cups -four, 2 cups
sugar, | cup sweet milk. 2 eggs, |
tablespoonful butter l teaspoonful
soda, l teaspoonful essence of almond
half teaspooful cream of tartar.
Apple Pudding. Pare aud stew
three pints of aprles mash them,
and add four eggs, q quarter OF
pound of butter, sugar and nutmeg,
lar grated Iemtoa-ev Bake itsgoa 9shprt
crNst,A 4 n Z d III. 2.s.l..n tssnnnk Il
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10

es- For sale 81 The ISR,Lp ofHee. Lallcast ter Wis
the ioIloyinS HAakss leh re via sand hy Isil tposA
80 naid i AZ the prices named per dozen:
ostEy Oh fexecutfcn, fSrts@ neutrality-suspicious. Is
ss,,msns Is; Savphin4, 10 4 Aftashpsat IL W@srsai
vrt.t,,.rt rs: AFFIDAVIT Tor Warrant OF Attachment
~ rtet,f for warrant l6s WErrsnt IS Affidavit
tor C;s-nashee summons. Ia; Garnsshee summons. ~
xadss4 8 Writ q Espe S /, 4S p eSets
20 Il yo,;ee 81 trial Is; ncad Tax Receipts is
r., On Ina transcript So Ex. on jus judgment 50 !;
warranty Deed 90; EXT Admir-. and ouSISiiHn Des %
on, Claim, Deed 80 Land Mortgage, 6a Chattei ort-
go "a. land Contract 30: MINING Lease, 40; Gene
sry Deed 20; Marriage Certificate 80
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10

SAW His NosE.-'. Well" said q
carpenter, .of all the saws | ever
saw, | never saw a saw saw as that
saw saws" He probably is cousin
to the man who knows his nose.
g He knows his nose | know he
knows his nose he said he knew lis
nose AID if he said knew be kne vi
bis nose. OF course he knows | K now
ha knows his nose. is1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10

BOY An exchange SAYS. The doctors
condemned hot soda biscuit from it's
unhealthiness, long ago Now the
microscopists and chemists have uni
ted in giving their testimony against
old stale, yeast bread. Such bread is
found to undergo spontaneous changes
that unfit it for an article Of TODD.
Careful experiments have shown that
twenty four hours after yeast bread is
baked, particularly rye bread, il is
liable 10 develope species ofpoison-
Gus fungus similar in its nature to the
poisonous mushrooms. The starchy
matter Of The bread is destroyed by
these fungi, being transformed into
water aud carbonic acid. while the
heterogeneous and fatty substances are
assimilated by the plants. Thes fun
gi exist long before they can b. dis
tinguished by the naked eye, and are
capable ot producing evil long before
the bread could he called moldy
One observer has reported the death
of three animals that have died from
eating moldy bread, or bread that
contains the mdc0r muced0, as this
fungus is called. Another makes
known the case Of poisoning two chill
dren, who have died from eating
yeast raised rye bread that contain
cd this cryptogamlan vegetation
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
ceraal Noiifes.
sheriff sale--She0m.

~ Grant county % county,Wis
James Hood plaintiff against L. W Sheen, defendant.
BY virtue of writ of execution issued out of the
above named court favor Of James Hood pl n, and
against W Sheen, deft, to mo directed and deliv-
cred and for want of goods and chattes Of the deen-
dant whereon 20 levy have by the direction OF the
plaintiffs attorneys levied upon all the right TUE and
interest which the said defendant had on the 18th day
September 1865 has since acquired in and TO the
following described real estate, to-wt
The half of south west quarter Of Section 70 and
the half of the northwest quarter Of Section 81
Town Range Of the fourth principal meridian.
all in Grant county, Wisconsin, which said real estate
will on the lst day OF December, 1868, at the hour I
10 O'Clock TIE forenoon of said day, offer for
and will sell the highest bidder for cash the
front door of the court houst in the yiase OF isncas
ter Grant county Wisconsin said sale will be made TO
satisfy said judgment, costs and costs accruing
JAMES z cox Sheriff.
Dated Sheriff Office. Lancaster. Wis., Oct. 10, 1868.
BUSHNELL CLARK, Prfs Aftys. 20w6