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Tn trial of the atmospheric car
brake on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and St. Louis Railroad, on Saturday,
a train Of six passenger cars, run>
ming at q speed Of forty miles per
hour, was stopped in q distance OF
less than six hundred feet, and 10
sixteen seconds fr3m the time the
signal was given.
, 1869-12-18
nor.ruE--PAY UP.

ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE
"A undersigned for blacksmithing. team
ina. or otherwiss, ere requested to make
payment on Or before 0etober l, 1868, other
wise the accounts viii Be placed In The hand
of collector and costs added. :.
.TTE TTf- ~ p. N. LYNCH. u
WallA Walla, Sept. 8, 1859. SA-4W
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28
Affecting Incident.

The recent colliery explosion in
Saxony was accompanied by one of
the most terrible incidents ever re-
corded in connection with these fear
full calamities. The miners were not
all killed instantly, as was at first
supposed, some Of them being I'M
harmed by the explosion and dying
slowly from suffocation. Some of
these poor fellows occupied the last
moments Of their lives in writing
messages in their notebooks to their
wives and children, and these were
found when the bodies were discov-
cred. These men, in the very pres
ence of death, had thoughts for every
one but themselves. "Dear wife, !"
writes one of them, "take good care
of Mary in book in the bedroom
you will find thaler. Farewell,
dear mother and sisters, till we meet
again. p" One by the name OF Schmidt
had pinned a paper to the brest of his
blouse, on which he had written the
following words: "My dear rela-
ton, while seeing death before me
| remember you. Farewell till we
meet again in happiness" A niner
namedBahr wrote in his note book:
'"This is the last place where we have
taken refuge. | have given up all
hope, because the ventilation is de-
stroyed in three separate places
May God take myself and my rela~
tives and dear friends who must die
with me, as well as our families, UNI
der His protection" Another had
written: "Janetz has died. Reehter
has left his family to God. Farewell,
dear wife; farewell, dear children
may God keep you" Only one ut
tered a complaint, and it was not
violent one: Farewell dear wife
and children did not think it
would end so. Oberman." These
briet messages, written in the actual
presence of death, while yet the
writer's were in the possession of full
physical health are pathetic beyond
description.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28
Homes and Thrift What can be Done
in the West.

1t is inconceivable that with the
chances for homes and prosperity in
the west, so army young and middle
aged men, with and without families
should crowd into the cities to live a
life Of toll, to be no better off at the
end Of a protracted struggle. A few
hundred dollars will buy home in a
number Of the new States, whore the
prospect will improve constantly
A member Of a New York colony
writes back from Salt Greek, the sto-
ny Of what hundreds Of others have
done who have gone into the new
country. For the encouragement of
seekers after information, we quote
from his letter, as follows
"Let me say that any bona tide sec.
tier may secure forever 100 acres of
as fine land as can be found anywhere
for $14.50. | know that in New York
there are thousands who would avail
themselves Of this chance were they
made aware Of it, For S25 or $50 a
man can come out here, and any one
with a few hundred dollars or
enough to live upon until the
present crops come in, need never
want afterwards. A great many of
our sparty brought very little with
them, and yet are now doing we'll
We suffered a good deal at first be-
cause our leader, Walker, did not in
form US what we should require, nor
what we might expect on reaching
here, aud of course we had to pay
dearly for our experience. Howev-
er, we are all content.now, and would
not exchange our present comforta-
BILE circumstance for those we left
behind without.a very inviting bonus
in addition. Here we have the best
Of pasture land and water, plenty Of
timber, coal, stone and minerals, and
all the natural resources necessary
to complete farming work. Provis-
ions are plentiful. The crops are in
excellent condition. The wheat crop
just harvested cannot be surpassed.
1t has yielded thirty-fve or forty
bushels to the acre. The best fresh
butter can be bought for fifteen cents
pound, eggs for ten cents per dozen
and -four So per hundred pounds
Fresh meat, of course, can be bad
for the asking. Every man can sup.
ply himself with buffalo, elk, antelope
turkeys &c, with the expenditure Of
a little powder and shot, and when
he desires beef, pork or mutton, they
are at his command. The corn is
very fine here, and every thing be-
tokens full granaries for the ensuing
winter. Why poor workingmen,
who have a few hundred dollars
saved will remain in New York,
pinched by poverty and worried al
most to death by high ronts and tax
es, / cannot understand. We have
no such trouble on our minds out
here. l hope you will encourage all
who can, to migrate to this section.
They will never regret the change,
but will have abundant reason to
thank you for such advice and en-
couragemcnt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28
SEx s.--VOL. q, NO. II.
The Secondhand Man.
From the Cincinnati Times.


We hear of secondhand clothes,
second hand hats, secondhand fur
nlture, and various other second
| hand articles of one sort and another
Gncluding of course the second hand
to watch but how many second
hand men do we see They seem
to have come into the world in a
kind of secondhand way, and bring
considerable less than original cost
all their lives. Their ideas are all
secondhand, and if they make any
attempt at wit you can very easily
distinguish the original trademark,
Notwithstanding bungling attempts
to erase or conceal it--they got it
secondhand.
When they begin life they get
their education second out of
secondhand books. If they steal
apples they are secondhand apples
stolen from some other boy who
stole them from the original tree
They take a secondhand at cards
accept secondhand invitations to
parties appearing in secondhand
Clothes secondhand to some other
fellow for the same girl, play second
fiddle generally in all love affairs,
and finally marry secondhand
wife. The secondhand man never
starts a business of his own, he al
ways takes it second>handed. If a
man mas played business about
out, the secondhand man is gener>
ally ready to take it off his hands,
lie was never known to build him
house, he buys one secondhand and
furnishes it with secondhand furni~
ture and secondhand pictures. He
rides to church in a second hand
carriage, sits in pew be has rented
secondhand, and listens to second
hand sermon, like as not. All through
life he thinks second handed, talks
second>handed, acts second-handed,
and when he dies of some second
hand disease he is conveyed to the
grave in secondhand hearse, and
buried in secondhand coffin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28
Sleeping in Bran.

According to the London Lancet,
a plan has been generally adopted in
France of placing babies in BRAN
An ordinary cradle is filled with
common bran, q hair pillow is put in
and then the braa is moved aside
with the hands, until a hollow is
formed the size of the child's body,
The infant Invested of everything
below the waist, and having little
bodice or cape above that, is then
placed in the bran, exactly as may
be seen at the seaside at the present
time, where children play at burying
one another in the sand. A light
coverlet or Counterpart is finally
placed above all, and the baby is in
bed for the night. The two great
advantages connected with bran are
said to be its particular cleanliness,
and the very pleasant and equable
temperature which it maintains about
the child's body. There seems to be
no good reason, says an English pa
per, why the privilege of sleeping
in bran, if it possesses these advan-
tages, should be confined to the small
and noisier portion of humanity
Bran might be used instead of bed
ding in casual wards, night refugees,
common lodging-heuses, and indeed
would be far preferable to the dirty,
uncomfortable beds to be found in
full perfection at seaside lodgings
Perhaps the day is not far distant
when the sojsurner at the seaside
will take with his carpet bag, fold
ing box and bag of bran, and bid
defiance to dirt, feas and infection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28
Butler, Byron and Stowe.

General B. f. Buffers review OF
the Byron story is very curious
document. The General has discov-
cred no new testimony. A sharp
advocate, however, can often do more
by cross-examination than by pre-.
1ucing witnesses Of his own, and Gen.
outler having placed Mrs. Stowe. up.
on the stand, subjects her to such
merclless overhauling that we almost
fancy ourselves, as we read il. listep.
ing to a trial in the Massachusetts
courts. If the verdict of puhlic
opinion were given with reference to
the strict rules of legal evidence, we
do not suppose Mrs. Stoves extra.
ordinary narrative would have the
ghost of chance of acceptance for
whatever may be the truth of the
matter, our welI-meaning and lie
Judging country woman stands con<
victed of most feminine propensity
coward inaccuracy in details. 1t is
not to be supposed for q moment,
However, that she has made the
charges which forms the basis of her
article in the Atlantic without some
sort of proof to back it, and the pub
TIC mind will Dot be entirely put at
rest until it appears what proof is
General Batter indeed, contends that
40 proof can possibly be given that
would stand in court of Justice. or
hat ought to weigh with our minds;
put before we either accept or deny
his position, it will do no harm to
lear what the lady has to say for
lerself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28
Minute Workmanship.

The World Of Wonders gives the
following account of remarkable
specimens of minute workmanship.
In the twentieth year of Queen
Elizabeth, blacksmith, named Mark
Sacliot, made lock, consisting of
eleven pieces of iron, steel and brass,
all of which, together with key to
it, weighed hut one grain of gold
He also made a chain Of gold, con,
sisting of forty-three links, and,
having fastened this to the before
mentioned lock and key, he put the
chain about the neck of flea, which
drew them all with ease. All these,
together, lock and key, chain and
flea, weighed only one grain and a
half. Oswaldus Norhingerus, who
was more famous even than Sacliot
for his minute contrivanses, is said
to have made sixteen hundred dishes
of turned ivory, all perfect and COM
plete N every part, yet SO small, thin
and slender, that all OF them were
included at once in cup turned out
of a pepper-oorn of the common size.
Johannes Shad Of Mitalbrach carried
this wonderful work with him to
Rome and showed it to Pope Paul
v, who saw and counted them all
by the help of spectacles. They
were so little as to be almost invisi~
BILE to the eye, Johannes Ferrius. q
Jesuit, had in his possession cannons
of wood, in their carriages, wheels,
and all other military furniture, ali
of which were also contained in a
pepper-corn of the ordinary size
An artist named Claudius Gallus
made for Hippolitus d'Est, Cardinal
OF Ferrara, representation of sundry
birds sitting on the tops of trees,
which by hydraulic art and secret
conveyance OF water through the
trunk and branches of the trees,
were made to sing and clap their
wings but at the sudden appearance
af an owl out of brush OF the same
artifce, they Immediately became
mute and silent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28

and lnexperionce are shown by any
attempt 1T seeming wise in tho use
OF foreign and strange words in bust.
ness conversation, and it is even con-
sidered vulgar to use an obscure
word when q very common one
would answer at all. Formerly only
educated professional men used tho
plainest words for expressing ideas,
but now the business men have :ol-
lowed and adopted the habit-per-
haps aiming to initiate educated PEG
pie though these times tho college
is about as we'll represented in busi~
ness quarters, in the trades and IL
practical life as in the law offices and
other professional places.
could also mention other busi-
ness reforms with favor-one es-
pecially: From motives Of interest
and respect for any branch of trade
a man is concerned in, habit OF
trutbtulness and exactness OF infor-
matlon-any one falling in these par,
ticulars to be discouraged, broken
down and rooted out. BY which /
mean, that business men support
sort of combination, in which those
who are manly, honorable in deal
ing, of true integrity, &c, shall be
protected and held up-whilst those
the reverse shall DO put down
There is therefore the regular trade
and the irregular, the all wool and
the shoddy, the pure and the count.
erteit. And it is well understood il
the country dealer patronizos any of
these uniformed or bogus wholesale
dealers, he shall have no credit
among the regulars. But, on the
contrary, if the country dealer pat,
ronizes the regular and honorable
business houses he may have all the
favors which an honorable man may
claim. And the same practice runs
through all departments, from tho
manufacturer to the wholesaler ard
retailer. And, it is claimed, this
practice, now adopted in I'll the cit,
les, is retaining trade from its pre-
vlous decentralization. The greatest
efforts are also being made to gent
ly lead and drive the country village
merchants into tho samo trade prac-
tlce, and thus insure national business,
honor, regularity, and responsibility
not only in the mercantile classos
but among mechanics, farmers aud
the people. The idea started some
years ago in Now York among parri-
otic merchants who saw that the
whole country must pass to speedy
ruin unless the manufacturing and
commercial pursuits were at oncore.
claimed, the bogus trade and pruc
tice put down, and the people kept
in honest life. j. G. CovER.
I,..t.n A,.....-t D. 1snn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28
The Waist of the Period.

The London Lancet says: "Our
old friend, tight-lacing, has again
made his appearance. Beaten back
for time, probably more by fash
ion than the spread of knowledge, he
has been killed, but has only rscoiIed
apparently for better spring, for
his victims are as numerous and pitt
liable as ever. The folly is one
which was formerly to be found
mainly il the drawing.room, but now
it also fills our streets. Itiis lament
able to observe at every turn a wo-
man, young or old, who moves for
ward in a STOPPING position, unable
even to hold herself upright in con-
sequence of the constraint upon the
muscles of the back. If the evils of
tight,lacing were confined to the
distorted appearance which it never
fails to produce, we might regret in
deed to see the female form divine so
defaced, but it would scarcely be in
our province to comment upon il.
But, as medical practitioners, we see
its effects every day in the train of
nervous and dyspeptic symptoms by
which it is constantly indicated, and
In the still more grave and internal
mischief of permanent character
which is often caused by it. Until
some little physiological knowledge
Is made part Of female education,
and is considered al accomplish
ment, we suppose it is Of little use to
protest against the cruel injury to
health which women thus infiict ups
on themselves. The matter is one
that is worse than crime-it is folly
for beauty is destroyed by the pro-
cess which is intended to increase
it,"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28
To Young Men.

1t is easier to be a good business
man than poor one. Half the en-
ergy displayed in keeping ahead that
is required to catch up when behind
will save credit, give moro time to
business, and add to the profit and
reputation Of your work. Honor
your engagement. If you promise
to meet man, or certain thing, at
certain moment, be ready at the
appointed time. If you 60 out on
business, attend promptly to the
matter on hand, and then as prompts
ly go about your own business. Do
not stop to tell stories in business
hours.
If you have place of business, be
found there when wanted. No man
can get rich by sitting around stores
and saloons. Never 'fool" on bust
ness matters. If you have to labor
for a living, remember that one hour
in the morning is better than two at
night. If you employ others be on
hand to see that they attend to their
duties, and to direct with regularity,
promptness and liberality. Do not
meddle with any business you know
nothing of. Never buy a thing SIM
ply because the man that sells it
will take it out in trade. Trade is
money. Time is money. A good
business habit and reputation is al
ways money. Make your place of
business pleasant and attractive
then stay there to wait on custom
ers.
Never use quick words, or allow
yourself to make hasty or ungentle-
manly remarks to those in your em~
ploy, for to do SO lessons their re.
spect for you and your influence
over them. Help yourself, and oth>
ers will help you. Be faithful over
the interest confded to your keep
ing, and all in good time your re>
sponsibilities viii be increased. Do
not be in too great haste to get rich.
Do no build until you have arranged
and laid good foundation. Do not
as you hope to work for success
spend time.in idleness. If your time
is your own, business will suffer if
you do. Fit is given to another for
pay it belongs to him, and you have
no more right to steal it than to
steal money. Be obliging. Strive
to avoid harsh words and PERSONAL
ties. Do not kick every stone in the
path more miles can be made day
by going steadily on than by stops
ping to kick. Pay as you go. A
man Of honor respects bis word as
he does his bond. Ask, but never
beg. Help others, when you can,
but never give when you cannot af-
| ford to, simply because it is fashion,
able. Learn to say no. No neces-
sity of swapping it out dog-fashion,
but say it firmly and respectfully
Have but few confdants, and the
fewer the better. Use your own
brains rather than those of others
Learn to think and act for yourself
Be vigilant. Keep ahead, rather
than behind the time. Young men
cut this out; and if there is folly
in the argument, let US know.-Er'
change.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28
President Lincoln's Theology
From the New York Mail,

from the New lork Mail,
"Was President Lincoln q Roman
Catholic r is question yet discussed
in the religious journals. The story.
upon which the discussion is based,
is thatBishopLoievre, late Of Detroit,
'heard the confession of Mr.. Lincoln
in July, 1865"
Mr. Lincolns religious belief can
best be judged by his acts. For
years before he was President he
owned o pew ia the Springfield GID
Presbyterian Church. His family
were constant in attendance at that
Church. Mr., Lincoln seldom went,
prefering his closet and library at
home. Upon assuming the functions
OF President, at Washington Mr.
Lincoln engaged a pew in the Rev
DR.. Gurley's Presbyterian Church,
which was occupied almost every
Sunday by the Presidents family
Mr. Lincoln went with them whom
ever he attended church anywhere,
which averaged about half Of the
time during his four years residence
in Washington. The Rev. Dr.. Cur
ley had charge Of the funeral ser>
vices of Mr.. Lincoln. The assertion
is made by journalist who resided
in Washington during the whole
time when Mr.. Lincoln was there.
that he never once attended the Re-
man Catholic Church while he was
President. During the last two
years Of his life it was observed that
he seemed naturally to have a re-,
ligious turn Of mind especially after
the issuing Of his Emancipation Pro
clamation. His exquisitely beautiful
dedicatory address at the inaugura.
ton OF the Gettysburg Cemetery.
displays strong religious feeling =
Ali the evidences Of his matured life
exhibit convincing signs of a con6~
dent belief in the doctrines pro-
mulgated at the church where, dur>
ing the last six months of his life. he
was constant attendant.
While it would not reflect to the
discredit Of Mr.. Lincoln's great
character had he been a Roman
Catholic, it is nevertheless quito as
we'll that the facts of history should
be stated against the trumped-
story, said to have been related bv a
dying man, who, when in the full
enjoyment of health and reason,
nevor deemed it worth relating.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-28

"A young man sent some money
to New York firm to get some
thing good "for those contem plating
matrimony." He received several
bottles OF soothing syrup.
1t is estimated that the cotton
crop of Arkansas for 1869 will net
300, 600 bales, worth $30,00O,OOO.
"A calcuation has been made by
a late accurate philologist, that there
are 1000 words in common use in
England which do not appear in any
dictionary of the language.
A great fire is raging in the
Dismal Swamp, in Virginia. MANY
miles of fences and cordwood have
been destroyed, and numerous wild
animals have been driven out into
the open country.
1T is probable that Prince Ar.
thur, Queen Victoria's third son.
over whom our Canadian neighbors.
are making such an ado, will visit
the United States next winter.
Over million pounds ofsalmon
have been canned, and two thous.
and barrels have also been put up
on the Willamette River, Oregon.
1t is proposed that the United
States Government should erect q
monument to the memory of Geners
al Rawlins, as an Expression OF graft
tude for his public services.
$50, 900 of the money robbed
from Wells, Fargo d Cos Express
in Utah, short time since, has been
recovered.
The New Orleans Picayune be.
lieves that the cotton crop would
reach 100000 bales, but that there
are not enough laborers to secure
it.
"A piece eff pure amber was 70.
Gently found on one of the barren
knolls near the Bijou Basin, Colora-
do.
Seven grounds of divorce are al
lowed in China, the fourth of which
| is talkativeness in the woman.