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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
The Vulgsrity of Costly Dinners and
Expensive Parties-Good Taste and
Intelligence.


1t is noticeable in all parts of the
country, in the west as we'll as in
eastern parts, at home in Lancaster
as well as about the leading centers,
that the women are exhibiting much
disordercd taste by providing costly
and and snowy private entertain-
ments to which company is invited
1t is said that for years the better
classes, who study good taste along
with style, especially the more in,
telligent families, have been provid-
ing plainly furnished tables for pri-
vate company, aud always avoiding
both fatty and snowy pastries and
! meats.
The writer of a book of travels
who was lately guest very often in
| the intellectual families in Europe,
Geo. S. billiard, the American His
torian, gives the following account
of the table furnishings met In his
travels
i" scorn to vindicate my Yam,
kee birth by calculating pleasures in
dollars and cents, or rather how lit
tie supper costs in the higher and
intellectual circles of Europe.
| The parties are always inexpen.
ave, yet tasteful and abundant The
women seem to make appetite sub
ordinate TO intellect, or put the pleas
ures of the stomach below those Of
the head, according to the Creators
design.
| A party which / attended as &
guest, and which is described as /
model, there was no ling to tempt
an epicure to attend the supper, ye
much to attract any intelligent per
son. O, when shall America learl
that luxurie> and costly entertain
ments are not only opposed to th'
true ends of society, but are vulga
, in their spirit Many study to pan
, der to an already disordered appe
, tite, but such persons are neve
known to provide feast for the in.
tellect. Indeed. the more costly th
, party fare, the emptier the heads o
, a family or when the head i
J empty the stomach is sure to deman,
. excessive fare till the animal be-
comes sheer gastropod, withou
. soul or brains but plenty of belly
It is Cicero who adduces an argu
ment in favor of the higher intellec
f tual character OF the Romans q
, compared with the Greeks, from
, the tact that the Latin word, coaUiv
ium, means living together Will
the corresponding Greek work, sym
postum, meaus a drinking together
, Human society, in a pure state
drinks or feasts together"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
Effects Of the Imagination.

The effects of The Imagination were
we'll illustrated in the ease Of young
Stevens, who endeavored commit
suicide in the Park some days since.
Having discharged the pistol at his
breast, he Eel, backward, aud was
apparently in dying condition
When, however, be had aseertained
that the ball, instead OF piercing his
vitals, had glanced off and lodged in
the feshy part of his body near the
shoulder, he qdickly revived, sprang
up, walked off, and being furnished
with funds, took the first train for
his home in Bridgeport, Conn. A
demned TO death for desertion. The
day of execution arrived. The pla-
toon of soldiers took their places to
fire, and the condemned was blind
folded and placed in front of them
AS the order was about being Civ,
en-, reprieve arrived The General
commanding, however, thought he
would infiict scare upon the deser-
ter, and accordingly ordered the men
to fire over the reprieved mans head
The poor fellow dropped instantly,
and when they proceeded TO pick
him up they found be was dead,
though untouched by single bail
| knew Of man who, "a few years
ago, dreamed that he would die up.
on certain day. As the time drew
near his belief in the dream grew
stronger and stronger. His physi,
clan and friends sought in vain 10
dispel the Authorization, and, sure
enough, when the day arrived he did
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
Excitement and Short Life.

The following, by an unknown
ton:
The deadliest foe 10 a mans longe,
witty is an unnatural and unTeasona-
bic excitement Every man is BORN
with certain stock of vitality,
which can be increased, but which
may be husbanded or expended rap
idly, as he deems best. Within GER
tain limits he has his choice, Ito live
fast or slow, TO live abstemiously or
intensely, To draw his little amount
Of life over a large space, or con-
dense it into 8 narrow one but when
his stock is exhausted he has no
more He who lives abstemio Isly,
who avoids all stimulants, takes light
exercise, never overtasks himself, in
dulges no aXhausting passions, feeds
his mind and heart on no exciting
material, has no facilitating pleas
ures, lets rothing ruffie his temper,
keeps his accounts with God and
man duly squared up, us sure, bar
ring accidents, to spin out his life to
the longest limit which it is possible
to attain while he who lives inten-
sely, who feeds on high seasoned
God, whether material or mental,
fatigues his body or brain by hard
labor, exposes himself to inflamma-
tory disease, seeks continued excite
ment, gives loose reign to his pas,
sion, frets at every trouble, and en-
Joys little repose, is burning the can
die at both ends, and is sure to shor-
tel his days
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
The New State Of Superior.

The movement for o new State To
be formed of parts of Michigan and
Wisconsin, is gaining strength rapid
ly in the territory proposed to con-
prise the same. The Marquette
Journal says:
The proposed State would extend
from the Sault ST. Marie on the
east, taking the whole south shore of
Lake Superior as its northern bound
airy; embracing the nine counties OF
the Upper Peninsula of this State,
and the upper tier ofcounties in Wis
consin. The area of the State would
be about $4,000 square miles, and the
population would range from rs 900
To 100000. With a liberal legisa>
ton, one calculated to foster our in
terests, with the moneys raised by
our taxes to be expended among US,
and the many new and varied inns
provements continually going on, the
State of Superior would readily take
rank among it's sister States as one
of the brightest stars in the constel>
lation and the untold wealth of its
mines, its lumber, and its fisheries
would be more thoroughly developed
and brought to the markets Of the
great West.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

GRowING.--The Lafayette Co,
Union promises enlargement and
dress i'll new type. 1t is to be an
eight column paper. The editor, J.
f. Duncan, an original radical, at
last sees his way clear for popular
support. Mr.. D, W. Kyle, of that
county, many years the able clerk OF
the circuit court, and managing
champion OF slavery democracy, was
not candidate for reelection. -
From his eyes have fallen thick scales,
yet poor black men still appear to
him as somehow or other inferior on
account of color. In 3 few years
Kyle will swear that "a nigger's just
as good as any ether nan If he behaves
as iceH The lesson of Belshazzar
bears repeating from Byron's He
brew melodies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

WISCONSIN STATE JoURNAL.-The
State journal is the ablest and most
useful state and city paper published
in Wisconsin, because it aims to ed
ucate the people upon all manner Of
business. 1t is the State Paper, by
which we mean the organ OF the law
making and law administering au~
thorties of the state. The acts of
the legislature and orders ofthe state
officers appear in the State Journal
And it is also the best general news
and family newspaper in the state,
except of course the Herald.
Orders of the Journal may be di
rected to Atwood & Rublee, Madi-
son, Wis. Terms $500 for single
copies or 10 copies for $500, and
with such q club three dollars worth
Of good reading books. The Tri>
Weekly State Journal ought TO be
taken during the meeting OF the leg,
isiatQrs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

4 on The Helena (sioutana) Herald Dec. III
private letter from Mcclellan
uuie q gives Us information of the
narrow escape of Mr.. John Murphy
iro'n mountain lion, On the even.
ing o. the 9th inst, Mr.. NJ, return
ing 10 MS cabin down the gulcl, dis.
covered IN the pathway, short dis
lance in advance of him. a mountain
lion, leisurely walking in the same
direction as himself Mr.. Murphev.
as soon Us be made out the beast.
stopped short in mis- tracks, not lit
tie tr ghtened at meeting, unarmed
as "a was. with SO formidable a foe
as hon. The monarch of the
mountains. at ,he same moiAont.
stopped also, and turning around. OK.
hibited in the moonlight his full pro-
portions. 4 short distance off in the
gulch stood an empty cabin, toward
which our friend suddenly turned, in
a precipitate retreat, closely follow,
ed by the monster. which threatened
momentarily to spring upon and tear
him peacemeal. He Just reached the
cabin in time to close the door, when
the lion bounded with the force of a
battering-ram and the boom of q
miners blast against it--a power
which proved nearly sufficient to tear
the door from its hinges. The beast
repeated his blows 10 effect an en>
trance, but Mr. Murphy took cour>
age, valiantly braced his back against
the entrance gate, and a late hour
the animal, discouraged at the pros
pect of reaching his victim, made off.
That night the deserted cabin was
occupied by sleepless man, who,
bracing his back against the door,
kept anxious watch until day break,
when he ventured forth and safely
reached his home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
New Advancement.

Under the new arrangement, as already an
nounced, the senior editor of the HERALD is TO
have no interest in the Office business from and
after the first of January, 1869. An early set
Element and payment of old accounts must
therefore be expected. For near eighteen
years the HERALD Office has done a liberal
credit business, and now a final squaring of
accounts is fairly in order. Mr.. Nye is to
travel and collect these old arrears, with in
structions TO be courteous and to return our
wsrmest thanks to all patrons-frOm the least
to the greatest. A desire ofrelief from burth-
ensome old debts, and of freedom from Office
business cares has led to the new arrangement
Henceforth we remain only the chief editor OF
the HERALD, having no interest in the Office
income or business except as lessor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

KiLBoURN CITY DAM.-The z. S.
Supreme court has finally SUSTAIN
ed the Kilbourn Dam Company.
allowing them to dam and so alb
stract tho Wisconsin river as to pre-
vent RATS Of logs and lumber floating
down. Tho courts generally sup>
port the great monopolies-generally
take sides against the masses. 1t
would not be so were the masses rep.
resentlng labor as we'll organized as
the monopolists who represent wealth
The legislature thould next try on
the expediency of charteripg a canal
for floating the RATS on the other side
of Jordan.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

SHARP TRANSACTION IN HORSE
TRADE.-Qu:te recently a business
man who could talk horse very
learnedly, and who thought he was
pretty we'll informed on the subject
of horsefesh, swapped small white
for fine creamcolored horse, by pay
ing such "boot" as he thought gave
him "a real bargain" Shortly after
ward he net man with a beautiful,
glossy, coal black horse, who was
willing to swap for the cream, for an
amount of boot named. Our bust
ness man accepted the offer readily,
paid the required boot, and took
possession of the glossy coal>black.
Very soon, however, the coal>black
began to grow rusty, and in spite Of
great care in the way of currying
and washing, the rusty tint increased
in rustiness, when, upon "a making ga
scientific examination, the glossy
coal-black was found to have been
simply another manifestion ofprogress
the country is making in the fine art
of hair dyeing, and especially horse
hair dyeing. Our business mans
new coal-black horse turned out to
be his original white one, which he
had snapped for the cream color.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
s~The Russian Military EstaI

81 The Russian Military Estab-
lishment is divided into two classes,
the active army, which takes the
field in case of war abb DAD, and the
interior force, the duty of which con-
sists in training conscripts at home.
The number of the former is fixed at
778,000 infantry, 1000 cavalry, H.
900 artillary, and 200 engineers
altogether 923, 900 men. In time OF
peace this cffec i've falls to SIS, 000.--
The army for service at home
amounts on peace footing to 272.-
900 soldiers during war to 800, 900.
Besides these regular forces, the eff
fective Of irregular Cossack troops
during period of hostilitles is esti-
mated to amount to $4,000 men,
Deducting suitable proportion Of
the latter for service in the interior,
the effective Of the active army in
time of war is placed at 1000, 600 sol
diers. Reducing this effective by
200, 000regular troops which garrison
the Caucasus, Siberia, and Tnrkes-
tan. the Moscow Gazette asserts that
Russie can oppose to Western Eur
ope nearly 100000 men,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

s&rThe most hopeful sign in Ar
&ansss is that the people there are
making the discovery that Ku Illus
outragoa keep away Northern capital.
II tho day has indeed dawnod when
Southerners comprehend that good
order is essential to the supply oi
capital for the improvement of their
country, then may we hopefully
count that the regeneration of the
South cannot long be DELAYED.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
ssa The jacksonville FLA In

sA- The Jacksonville fla Uniou
thus speaks of Senator Sprague'> re-
cent purchase of the Dungerness es-
tate, on Cumberland Island, Florida ::
The estate comprises 5000 acres +;
the mansion will be fixed up for a
winter residence, and the land res
served for gardens, parks, drives and
hunting grounds. Senator Sprague
has also purchased on the same
island a fine. plantation of 5000 acres,
which will be devoted 10 the cultiva-
ton of ramie, an article now in great
demand both in Europe and in this
country. We understand that the
above lands are of good quality,
with valuable growth of live-oak.
The price paid is $40 an acre.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

PERsoNAL.-C6lyin NJ. Brooks, 8
member of the Dakota Legislature
from Nerr illion county, Dakota, mas
orr thanks for Territorial papers of a
lste date. Mr.. Brooks formerly res
sided ST Piattevilie and was mem
Der Of the seventh Wisconsin, Iron
Brigade" The Dakota State capito!
ia ST YanktOu.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
There is Corn in Egypt

The Coles County Agricultural So
ciety offered premium of Sal, for The
best ten acres of corn, S25 for the best
five acres. and $40 for the best one
acre. The society, in awarding the
premiums, having given statement
OF the names and their methods of
cultivation, of the successful compete
tors, which will be interesting to our
farmer patrons generally That
county is DESTROYS of successful RI
val:
Il. r. Connolly entered ten acres
old ground, prairie soil, for twelve
years in meadow, plowed errly in
April seven inches deep, narrowed
well before planting, planted in May
81 by 81 feet each way, covering with
hoes. Powed FIVE times with ''prai
RE cultivator," or double shovel pillow,
hoed twice and thinned to three stalks
in hill. Yield 1868 bushels to the
acre, awarded the $50 premium has
also one acre in the lot which had 118
bushels, but was not competing in
that class.
S Dorman entered ten five and one
acres prairie-loam, barley stubble,
ploughed IL inches deep, using three
horses. Narrowed we'll before plan
ting, planted 23x3l feet with planter
Cultivated with Stafford s cultivator
three times and shovel plow once.
Yield, 1861 bushels to the acre
Awarded the $25 premium for best
FIVE acres. By some oversight the
amount on one acre was not returned
but was represented as being extra
Mr.. Dorman kept an account Of the
expense of raising this corn, anC
counting $40 for rent of ground, ht
has net profit of 5000, counting the
corn at 30 cents only.
j. ID. Parkeson entered 10 acres
praiaie soil, second crop plowed 8 tt
6 inches deep, planted in drills in 81
feet rows and cultivated well. Yield
i05 bushels nearly to the acre. On,
acre bad I18l bushels, but was no
competing for that class. This gentle
man is living on rented land, ant
giving one third rent, but still has af
ter paying rent, more corn to the acr'
than many of our farmers on thei
own land, proving the Importance o
good farming instead Of trusting Il
luck.
E. P. Connolly entered ten, five an,
one acre, timber soil, 40 years in cul
tivation, in corn last year Plowe'
in April inches, and before plantin,
6 inches. Planted in drills, 81 feet
First plowed with double shovel, thei
narrowed, then plowec with doub!
shovel and hoed. Flowed twice at
terward with single>shovel. Yield
974 bushels to the acre, and one acr
117l bushels. Awarded the premi
um for one acre
. Geo. Oliver raised 81! bushels t
the acre on FIVE acres of river bot
tom ground, we'll cultivated. None Q
the other gentlemen who entere'
gave statement of their cultivation
while several of them raised yer,
large crop almost up to these report
ed.
All of the corn was the large vel
low, and all sound. Measured b,
gauging. allowing 1883 inches to tn
bushel.
These statements go far to prov
the importance of better cultivation
Of our grounds. We have as good sol
as is in the State but if we expec
to raise corn, we must pillow deey am
cultivate well, not planting an
trusting to the soil and Providenc
for q CROP.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

DIVISION OF TRNNEssEE.-A Nash>
willie dispatch to Governor BTownlow
has come out squarely in favor of the
separation Of East Tennessee from
Tennessee proper, and it now seems
probable that there will be little op-
position in any quarter until that
part OF the State becomes a separate
Commonwealth
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
Where Costume Comes From.

The imperfect adaptation by wo-
men Of the means Of dress to its true
ends is a noverfailing subject OF com.
plant and ridicule against us by the
other sex but it is not surprising
that the fashions are SO often gro,
tesque, exaggerated, convenient, and
even physically and morally ipjur-
ious, when it is known who sets
them. MOI the ladies of the French
Court, not even the "guecns of the
demi-m0nde" that the newspapers so
love to talk about, design the things
that destroy our peace; but French
and Germen men, in the employ of
tho manufacturers, and for their bcn-
eft make water color drawings of
every novelty and extravaganza that
comes into their heads, and send
them, with the new stuffs and trim
mings, that another set of men have
invented, TO the Partisan modiStes,
who. in injunction with their rich
patronesses, the court ladies and
courtesans, contrive TO modify them
into something wearabIe, but still.
absurd enough, as a suffering sex can
testify. Toilets at once healthful,
suitable, and beautiful for women Of
every age, of every grade Of means
and position, and Oh every occasion,
will never be attempted nor so much
as dreamed of until cultivated ladies,
uniting that special talent for dress
which IS one Of the most belied and
abused OF the feminine sttributea to
an accurate knowledge Of the struct-
ure and requirements Of the feminine
physique, a fine perception of the
ideal possibilities of all its types, and
a historical and artistic mastery of
all the resources for it's adornment.
siall make the attiring Of their fell
iow-n omen their special vocation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05
s.sy-Mr Jefferson Davis being sti

ssy- Mr. Jefferson Davis being still
held to bail for his appearance to am
swer o charge Of crime for which the
President, who promised to make
treason odions and hang traitors, has
proclaimed free pardon. bis counsel
propose to seek bis release by writ
of Habeas Corpns. Strangely enough,
the fierce party Of two years ago
that thought it honorable in a great
nation to keep him perpetual prise
ner without show of trial, now makes
no sign of dissent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

eA-The New York EUeninq Post
says the late Mrs. Dickens was
highly educated and accomplished
woman. She was of blameless life,
and lady in manners and converse
ton. Her husband, Augustus Dick.
ems, was drunken and worthless
creature, who made his wife's life
miserable, kept her in poverty and
left her to want. Mrs. Dickens was
the daughter of wealthy merchant
in London, who cast her off because
she made a runaway match with q
worthless brother of Charles Dickens.
Those who knew both these persons
in Chicago have no doubt she was
the superior of her husband in sdu-
cation, refinement and virtue.
Lead is found in Marion, Sewer,
Randolph, Polk, Montgomery, Pike
and Hot Springs Counties. and in all
the various spurs ofthe Azark Noun
tains. From Sewer County large
quantities were mined for the Con-
federacy during the war. In lead
alone, without doubt, Arkansas has
a world OF wealth.
"A congregation OF two hundred
met in Chicago lately to hear o ser
mon in Gaelic. The psalms were
sung in Gaelic, being lined out for
want of books. Pubic worship is
conducted in that city in Hebrew,
French. German, Swedish, Norwegi,
an, Bohemian, English, and Latin.
EgT The London poor are wrangl-
ing over the donations eff Mr.. Pea
body. They think the money should
be doled out to them as aims, and
not be expended in erecting healthful
lodgings that are rented to them at
nominal rate used only in repairing
the premises.
p9- When the announcement of the
result of the Presidential election was
made in Egypt, it was in this wise
"Gen. Grant has been named Presi.
dent, to wit: Head of the Sheiks.-
And Alcafoks has been named second
President"
nM- Theodore Tilton's idea of the
millennium is the time when every
woman will have q wedding ring on
her finger and ballot in her hand,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

MORE ERIE CONNECTIONS short
time ago, the Erie purchased the
Atlantic and Great Western, and now
that corporation has perpetusliy lcas-
ed the Chicago, Columbus and Indi.
ana Central Railroad, which gives it
control Of us miles of additional
road. A third rail will be laid from
Urbana, Ohio, which will make a
broad guage route from Boston and
New York to indianapolis and Chic>
ago, under the management Of one
organization.