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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Another Case of Trance.

The Madison Journal, comneniing
on the case Of Nina Rausch, says
This is remarkable one, but not
altogether unprecedented. We have
heard of other cases of a similar ma
ture. Mrs. Page, wife of one Of the
editors of this paper, when ia girl Of
eight years Of age, living in Utica,
New York, had similar experience,
the details Of which may DO of inter-
est in this connection. She was out
in the country in Augusta, visiting,
and os er-exerting herself at play, and
perspiration being too suddenly
checked, she was taken sick. A
country doctor being consulted, sent
strong dose of calomel and jalap
which caused violent purging, redu>
cling her to a state of great exhaus-
ton and Inconsistencies, daring
which she was carried home, and, at
ter several days illness of typhoid
fever, to all appearance died. The
physicians pronounced he dead, her
measure was taken for cffion, Grape
was put on the door, and prepare
tons made to lay her out. Her pa
rents, however, thought they detect
ed faint signs of life, and applying
mirror to her mouth found slight
moisture thereon, and concluded to
postpone the funeral In this state
she remained for twenty~one days,
showing no outward sign Of life. re-
garded by many as dead, visited by
many physicians who regarded the
case as very curious one, aud TAX
iug no nourishment during that
time. Her parents were almost
ready to despair Of her ever return
ing to life and consciousness, though
the fact that in the heat of summer
her flesh remained unchanged was
evidence that the vita! spark still
fingered. At last, as desperate re-
sort, powerful dose Of sugar Of lead
was administered, which had the ef,
feet of restoring her To consciousness
though terribly weak, having no rec
objection Of any thing that transpired
during her trance, having forgotten
nearly everything that she knew be-
fore she fell into a cataleptic state
and having again to learn what a
child Of that age usually knows as
if again a babe.
1t was Of course many years before
| she recov cred from the effects Of the
poison taken into her system at the
beginning Of her sickness, and as the
active agent in restoring her to ac-
| tive life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Does it Hurt Bugs to Stick Pins in
Them?


Tue A,oerican F,ltonoloQtst.
speaking of sticking pins through
living insects and the inhumanitv Of
it, makes the following statement.
which is as the saying is, '.strange If
true" but in fact is, perhaps, more
strange than true. 1t says
SIN reality, however, it is the con
inement, and not the wound made
by the pin, that the insect objects to.
You may take any nigbt-fying moth
and silly transfix it with pin to the
object on which ii is sitting in the
day time. 1t will neither fiutter nor
struggle. Now watch it as evening
approaches. 1t begins to struggle
most violently, and most persons
would believe it to be in extreme
agony. The truth of the matter.
however, is that it wants to be fiy-
ing abroad, and is futtering TO get
free from the pin. If it is the pin
that is hurting it, why did it not
tlutter by daylight when the pin was
first stuck into its body ? The Brit
ish entomologist, Stephens, tells q
story of a dragon fly that he once
caught, which, upon this directing
its tail to its mouth by way of ex>
pertinent, actually bit off and eat
four joints Gifts abdomen, and then,
having accidentally escaped from
him, flew away as briskly as ever.
This may be true enough as fact,
but low did Mr.. Stephens know
wi agony the tail, if not the head,
OF ne dragon-fy suffered? Per-
haps, however, the pleasure that the
head experienced in eating the tail
just balanced the pain that the tail
felt in being eaten, which is fully in
accordance with Mr. Babbage's the
Dry of the "divine average ofpleas
ure and pain in the universe which
he so ably held in the "Bridgewater
Treatises. The pain that the chick.
en- feels in having its neck twisted
IS not so great as the pleasure that a
man has in eating the chicken and
thereby the moral government of
the universe is justified, and nature
feels encouraged to go to work again
with renewed confidence that she is
| not misunderstood"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
An Extinct Family

1t is curious fact that there are
no known descendants of Christie
pher Columbus left on earth. He
had two sons, one Of whom, Don
Diego, rose to distinction as an admi.
raj, and the other, Fernando. as a
scholar. Fernando was great tray.
eler. He not only thrice visited
America, but subsequently trayersed
the whole of Europe, aud almost ev>
cry accessible portion of Asia and
Africa. He appears to have been a
profound scholar ard a thoroughly
good man. In his will he stipulated
that his library, containing 20 900
volumes. which he gave to the Cath>
edral Of Seville, should be free to the
people, anditis SO to this day. From
books in this collection. the late
Washington Irving obtained a con-
siderable portion of the inform alton
on viii n his Life Columbus" was
founded. The following quaint cpl
taph, almost obliterated by time, app
pears upon the tablet which marks
the site of his tomb: "What doth it
profit to have sprinkled the whole
world with my sweat to have
three times crossed to the New World
discovered by my father to have en-
bellished the shores of tranquil Quad
alquiver and preferred my simple
tastes rather than riches, or that |
have assembled round thee the divin
tiles from the source of the Castalia
and offer to thee the riches gathered
by Ptolemy, if passing in silence over
this stone thou shouldst fail to adj
dress single salutation to my faith.
er's memory, or to myself slight
remembrance"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Estate of PeckElam.

- IsrE or WIsoossIS, In Probate Grant County
- County ofGrant. ~ court.
Ia the matter Of the estate Of Solomon Psckha decd
On reading and fling the petition Of Hamilton Peek
nam OF Grant county representing other things
thai solomon Pee1ham late Of Grant county on the I2ih
day Of October a. y. lsn5 at Ncksburg Mssissipld.
died intestate leaving goods chattels and with
Ia this State aud county and that the said potoner
u eldest son Of said deceased, aud praying that admin
stfation Of said estate be to him granted 1t ordered
hat sald petition be heard before the Judge Of this
Court, on Monday, the first day Of March A b 1867.
~ one o'clock T. H. ct the Probate Office said county
Ordered further that notice thereof be given 10 tie
heiF Of said deceased and e. all persons by
pucilshing COPY OF this order for three suceessse
weeks prior 70 said day of hearing III e Grant Comfy
Herald weekly newspaper printed and published 81
Lancaster ~ said County. By the Court
hN. McG0NIGAL, County Judge
Dated az Lancaster, tle lst day Of Feb 1860 ,5f3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Fight with a Wild Man

Gallipolis, Ohio, is excited over a
wild man, who is reported to haunt
the woods near that city. He goes
naked, is covered with hair, is gigan-
tic in hight, and "his eyes start from
their sockets" A carriage, contain
ing man and his daughter, was at
tackled by him few days ago. He
is said to have bounded at the father,
catching him in grip like that of a
VIE, and hurting him to the earth,
falling on him and endeavoring to
bite and scratch him like wilo ami
NAL The struggle was fearfully long
rolling and wallowing in the deep
mud. half suffocated sometime be-
meath his adversary, whose burning
and maniac eyes gared into his own
with murderous and savage intensity.
Just as he was about to become ex~
hausted from eXertions, the daugh~
ter, taking courage at the imminent
danger of her parent, snatched ur q
rock, and hurting it at the head of her
fathers would>be murderer, was for
tunate enough TO put an end to the
struggle by striking him somewhere
about the ear. The creature was
not stunned, but feeling unequal to
further exertion, slowly got up and
retired into a neighboring copse that
skirted the road.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Great Engineering Projects

The London Athen9une says:
"For some time past we have been
beset by complaints that civil engi-
neers could find nothing to DO; that
the profession in England was over
stocked; and had fallen to very low
ebb 1t is hard to reconcile these
complaints with the fact that in In
dia there is at present an almost un>
limited demand for civil engineers;
that there is as much work and as
much money as could possibly be
desired; but that the men who can
execute the one and pocket the olh-
err are not to be had. The work is
of a kind that any competent man
should be proud to undertake.
namely irrigation We mentioned
some time since that Cononel Strach
ely had returned to India to superin>
tend the irrigation works which, at
last, the government had decided to
undertake, and that his estimate for
the scheme was twenty-nine millions
sterling. A beginning has actually
been made in different places, but
the great want is civil engineers who
can plan and dig canals, build dams,
tanks and reservoirs, construct en-
bankments, and improve river chan
nels
Here is field for enterprise. 1t
almost takes ones breath away to
read the detaiis-such is the magni-
tude OF the project, In Central In
dia, there are nearly 124,000,000
acres to be irrigated, in Hindostan
100000 acres still crave water; in
the Mizsore district the old native
structures are being disintered with
view TO their restoration TO use;
the flood canals in Sanda are to be
converted into perennial streams
tank to cost 500 600 is among the
works now going on in the Deecan;
two canals leading TO Calcutta are TO
be made--One from coal mines of
Raneegunge, the other from the Cans
ges at Raimahal; another, from the
Jumna, near Delhi, will water the
Muttra and Agra districts and the
Sutlej canal, first projected in 1861,
is now to be put in hand. In Bur-
nah embankments are to Re made,
and an engineering officer has been
sent to see what can be done with
the Iarwadi. Everywhere indeed,
the tertilizing and refreshing element
is to be made to flow, and there is
work enough for thousands of men
for more than lifetime. A few
more generations, and India will
cease to be desolated by famine"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Eating Economically.

What kind of food has the most
nourshment and costs the least? is
a question of great practical impor-
lance. The following tables may be
studied with considerable interest by
every family. They will show the
mode of preparation, the amount of
nntriment, and the time required for
the digestion of the most common
articles of food placed upon our ta-
bles. A dollars worth OF meat, at
twenty five cents q pound, goes as
far as fifty cents worth of butter,
half a dollar pound Three pounds
OF flour, at eight cents pound, is
said to contain as much nutriment as
nine pounds Of roast beef, which at
twenty five cents, is 1925 that is,
twenty five cents worth of flour goes
as far as nine times that much roast
beef as weighed at the butchers stall.
A pint of white beans, weighing one
pound, and costing seven cents, con-
talns as much nutriment as three
pounds and half of roast beef, cost
ing eighty~seven and a half CENTS
OF all the articles that can be eaten,
the cheapest are bread, butter, mo-
lasses, beans and rice. A pound Of
corn meal (lndian) goes as far as a
pound Of -four, so that, fine family
-four at sixteen dollars a barrel, in
New York City in July 1864, and
corn meal at five cents pound, the
latter is just one half less expensive.
If corn and wheat were ground, and
the whole product, bran and all were
made into bread, fifteen per cent.
would be saved, with much greater
healuhfulness. These are standard
| tables
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Amount Of Time Of
Nutriment Digestion.
Need of Rest.

A writer in Lippincotfs Magazine
says; Head-workers need more rest
than handworkers. The old saw
precisely inverted the proprietors of
the case, so far as it involved them,
declaring that "seven hours sufficed
the student, eight the laboring man,
and nine the fool" Three hours of
brain work destroy as before observ>
ed, more nervous tissue, and cause a
greatersubtraction of the phosphates
from tho system, than an ordinary
days work at mere mechanical la
Dor, the proportion in grains (of
weights) being of 86:77. Above
everything else, BRAIN workers need
sleep, early sleep and late sleep, and
enough in the middle to feel s:real
stupid" at the end of it.
Stupidity is precisely the condition
into which this class Of toilers should
manage and devise and strive to get
themselves for time, longer or shor>
ter, each twenty-four hours-noth-
ing rests the brain, the whole work
ing system, like it. Narcotic stupi-
dity, the product Of ale, tobacco, or
wine, is not the thing referred to
though in emergencies this may per
haps be had recourse to as medi-
cine-but the quiet, reposeful read :
justment of the nervous conditions
and the rechargng with vital force
the nervous batteries. the contracts
not yet closed, the galvanic currents
therefore not yet set in motion, but
only filling up the system with a
blind, diffused feeling of healthy sen
sations and reserved efficiency.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
sheriff sale--GuIiiford etaI.

- TATE OF WISCONSIN, - Circuit Court in and for
- Grant County. Grant Co, Wisconsin
THOMAS Morse, admir- Of Daniel Morse deceased ,,s
John Guiiford, Mary GuHiford his wife. Levi ems
ford ank Silas Walker N"'ii
by virtue OF judgment of foreclosure and order Of
sale, rendered and made in the above entitled acton
dated 1T September, A. D. 1865 and by direction If
piMntln attorney. viii offer for sale and viii salI
az puolc Yendue 10 the highest bidder for AZ The
'front.' door Of the Court House in the village 81 Ian
caster N!s on the 10th day Of March, ls6a ~ 10 o.
eock ~ the forenoon Of said day the following de-
Inc southeast quarter of the southeast Quarter Of
sscuoh thirty-our t3i the south half Of northeast
auu southeast quarter Of northwest quar- ter and the
northwest quarter of southeast quarter and north
east OF southwest quarter OF section twenty seven Pr
IA Town seven, range three west of the fourth
lelpal hcfldlan, IN Grant county. Wisconsin Said
str S0 49,, % SAFE w. ii. elise Sheriff.
n ALLEN BARBDs- plaintiffs attorney 34-wb
Dated Sheriff Office, Lancaster Wis Ian oath 1850
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
SEtnaua0ns-%mith.

esTAIE o. WISCONSIN,, Circuit Court in aud Gor
- County Of Grant. : Grant County, Wis
IL vacation after September General Term. 1865.
James Hopkins plaintiff, against Eugene b Smith deft
nc Note Of Wisconsin b The d.feadant here named;
You are hereby summoned and required TO answer
me complaint IN this action, which fled in the
once OF the clerk Of the Circuit Court Tor Grant
county aforesaid on the 18th day Of January A, D..
loo ana 70 serve cops OF your answer to the said
lage OF talrpiay. Wisconsin within twenty days after
the service hereof exclusive the day Of such service;
ana II you fail TO answer the complaint aforesaid
within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff in this action
viii apply TO the Court for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
Witness the Honorable Joseph T Mills Judge Of the
circuit Court for Grant County aforesaid at ii court
mouse IN Lancaster, this l4th day OF January 1859
Q MERRIcK, Attest: D. SCHREINER
Attorney Tor Fl L. Clerk of Circuit Court
55wo Grant County, Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

Poisonous HAIR DYEs.-There is q
class of hair dyes of an objectiona~
BILE character, which is being exten>
sively used in all parts of the coun,
try. The dye is prepared from
acetate of lead, lac sulphur, rose wa
ter and glycerine. The lead salt con-
stitutes the Objectionable feature of
the compound and several cases of
lead poisoning have been reported
from its employment A serious ease
has recently come to our knowledge,
in which lady has become perfectly
Frustrated from its effects. All the
violent and distressing symptoms of
lead poisoning are apparent and
which are directly traceable to the
use of this dye. There are thirty or
more different makers of the article
throughout the country, and as many
different names given it, 1t may be
known by the heavy sediment which
is usually present in the bottles and
which requires to be shaken up with
the liquid portion before using. A
large number of people are so ex
tremely sensitive to the action Of
lead upon the system that they suffer
whenever it is brought in contact
with the person.-Journal of Cemis-
trU
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
= ~ - W.T.
y Good Wife.

In the eighty-fourth year OF his
age, DR.. Chaplin wrote of his wife -
my domestic enjoyments have been
perhaps as near perfection as the hu>
man condition permits. She's made
my home to me the pleasantest place
on earth. And now that she is gone,
my worldly loss is perfect" How
many poor fellows would be saved
from suicide, the penitentiary and the
gallows every year had they been
blessed with such a wife. "She made
my home to me the pleasantest place
on earth" What q grand tribute to
that woman's love, and piety, and
common sense Rather different
was the testimony Of an old man, a
few years ago, just before he was
hung in the Toombs yard, in New
York II didn't mean to kill my
wife, but she was very aggravating
women" Let each wife inquire,
"W hat am |
Tie above is excellent. We en-
dorse every word. ! true wife, pure,
patient, trusting, able to weep or
smile, as the occasion may require
tears or JOY, is indeed an angel. And
we are sure that the light Of many q
home has been put out forever by q
wife whose brow was covered ever
with darkness, and whose lips We're
blistered ever with tart words and
wapish spitefulness.
But then let us look on the other
side. A little counsel to men is not
out OF place. Tue woman has long
enough been made the pack mule
Let husbands inquire, too, "What am
II" 1t is no wonder that some WON
en- are sharp and querulous. How
many husbands are coarse and bru>
fish and see nothing in wife but a
slave to wash linen, mend shirts and
subserve the ends Of carnal appetite.
No wonder that a woman of senti-
ment and beautiful texture should re
volt from contact with such brute.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
sheriff saIe--shefsieEa.

=, fATE OF WISCONSIN Circuit Court Of Grant Co.
~ Vrant county. Wisconsin.
Samuel Merrick IS. James Sheffield
BY virtue Of writ Of execution issued out Of the
above named court. IL favor Samuel Merrick III ain
in, and against James sheffield defendant to me ii-
rected and delivered au1 want Of sufficient goods
Snd chatels OF the said defe ldant wherein t. levy
have 10y direction Of plaintiff attorney levied upon an
the right title and interest which the said defendant
had on the "a day OF 02ober, A 1868 or has since
to-wlt O'
The southwest quarter Of the southeast quarter.
less one-ha acre, in section twentynine (291 town
Two w range two t3 west Of the fourth principal me
rldlan, IN Grant county, Wisconsin. Which said real
estate viii Gu the 10th day Of March A. D 1859 IN
~ clock IN the forenoon of said day offer for sale
ana viii sell to the highest bidder for cash al The front
Goer q the Court House, in the village Of Lancaster
vttht county wisconsin. Said sale viii viii be made
70 satisfy SAID Judgment, costs and costs accruine
W. III. elise Sheriff
Dated sheriff Office, Lancaster, Wis, Jan 20, 1869.
J. ALLEN BARBER, r'aintifi Atty. 34w6
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Estate of EAfes.

In the matter Of the estate of senah Kes deceased
On reading and filing the petition Of Daniel Kies of
1Ia1t county representing, amoLg other things that
Asensh Kies, late of Grant county on the 18th av Of
November A. D. 1867, at Grant county died intestate
leaving goods chattes and estate within this State Of
Wisconsin, and that the said petitioner son of said
deceased and praying that administration of said estate
De TO A. X Bushnell of Lancaster granted.
Therefore, it Is ordered that said apl,t,o be heard
before the Judge of this Court the Probate office in
the village OF Lancaster in said county on Monday the
eth day of February, 1862 at l O'Clock in the af
ternoon Of said day.
Andt is further ordered that police thereof be Civ
en- TO the heirs OF said deceased aud all persons in
terested by publishing copy OF this order for three
successive weeks prtor TO said day Of hearing in the
Grant County HIRALp, weekly newspaper printed in
Lancaster in said county.
SONS BY the Court NAI MrGONTGAT
bateo Jan %, soy. County Judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
SummoHs--.Viisey etai.

CtFATE or WISCONSIN Circuit court in and for
- County Of Grant Grant county Wis.
Foreclosure Of Mortgage.
Josiah Wiley, Plaintiff rs A E wilsey whose christian
except the initials thereof here given is ut-
known to plaintiff, Nathan c. SHELTON and Scion NJ
Goodall, defendants.
The State Of Wisconsin to TIE Defendants here named
You are hereby sunAoned and required to answer
the complaint in this acton copy Of which is filed
in the Office Of the Clerk Of said Court and serve
copy Of your to said complaint the subscri
bers at their office in the village Lancaster Grant
Co, Wisconsin, within twenty days after the service
hereof exclusive ofhe day Of such service and If you
fail TO answer said complaint within the time aforesaid
the Plaintiff in this action will apply 10 the Court for
the relief demanded in the said complaint.
BUHNELL 4 CLARK PITS AtFys q
Residence Lancaster, Wis.
Dated February ID. 1859 85w6
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
sheriff SaIe--SellOn.
= "a ar OF Wisconsin, 50 Circuit Court Of Grant
- "Tah' county. county,Wis

~ iAsE OF WISCONSIN, tss Circuit Court Of Grnf
~ "raha county. county, vs.
Thomas Hood plaintiff T. ". sehon, d, adant.
BY virtue Of writ Of execution issued out OF the
above named court, in favor of Thomas Hood plaintiff
ana against L. " eehon defendant to me directed
ana delivered and for want of sufficient goods and
chattels OF tie defendant whereon levy and by yir
tue Of attachment thereof heretofore made in said
action l have by the direction of the plain-
TN = attorneys levied upon all the right title and
interest which the said defendant had the 18th day
OF April, D. 1865 or has since acquired ia and to the
following described real estate to-wit:
The west half Of south quartz Of Section 5 and
the west half Of the northwest quarter Of Section 80
Town Range west Of the fourth principal meridian
all IN Grant county, Wisconsin; which said real estate
VIII on the 18th day Of ebruary 1909 at the hour OF
~ O'Clock IN tie forenoon of said day offer for sale
ana VIII sell 10 the highest biddf for cash. at the
iropt door of the court house thu village of Lancas
ter Grant county. Wisconsin Said saew.ll be made to
sat fy said judgment costs and costs accruing
". 1T. elise Sheriff.
Dated sheriff Office, Lancaster, Wis Jas II, 1869
BUSHNELL CLARK. PITTS Att'ys. 32w6