Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-09-21

The past week 10 New Eng
iand ana all along the sea board has
been one O excitement. Every body
has been speculating-not in n. Y.
Central, nor Chicago Il North West
ern; rot IN government bonds, as
Secretary Boutwell, IS q ing; not Ia
coal-whieh is high enough now and
tho probability is it VIA be higher !.
nor IN peat as sub lsute for coal !;
not in coal oil-that played out four
years ago, aud played out whole
shoals of the eageg money getters
who arc sure to come to poverty.
Everybody has been specul&ting on
the Harvard and Oxford boat race.
As d specimen of the fever will
take myself, for my case il thor
ough illustration of the fever. Like
every other newspaper reader, |
caught sight during tho spring and
sammer months 81 q correspondence
bctwocn Harvard and Oxford boat
mon arranging a race, but | gave it
10 m0ro thought than / would q
eatarfh doctors advertisements 1t
seemed TO me to be an affair which
could interest only the students OF
the two Universities. | was Ia Bos-
ton attondiug.lhe Peace jubilee at the
time tba Harvard crew set sail for
Europe. have "a recollection Of the
transient impression II made upon
my mind-tool8h undertaking.
they u get baat-Fcfing crack
English crew on their own course,
win q co&sW air-glyon up every
tbin1-of course they'll get bands
somey beat. / hal II a3e up my
mind 10 take 40 interest il he affair.
Bu what a change-Ive been think
ina 81 there have been iii high
state OF fever iot the last three
weeks. | goJ il that the race was
to DC the 23d OF August and was IN
qoifiug of everybody twho beat r
and got such answers as, 'Oh, the
race aiut to be till the 25th." On
the 10Th / was around again TOR
news, "wbo beat?' "Why, my dear
sin, you are mistaken, the race amt
TO be until Friday tie 2Sth," so /
settled down again till Saturday,
when ! ) minutes past 3--just when
Jhey were making the start in Eng
| land the news came, Oxford has
beat four lengths" Ever since then
| have been reading. | have read
our county daily, | have read my
weekly, | have read the n. \ Herald,
| have read the n Y. Sun, | have
read, 10 cap the climax, this very
morning, an editorial IN the n. Y
Tribune discussing the H.rvard and
Oxford race, long side Of the Cuban
Question ana Greeley's Political
Economy, Extracts from Editorials
Of London papers on Harvards and
Oxfords, Atlantic kilograms, Dick
ems speech at the London Rowing
Clubs dinner to the Harvards anC
OXtords- everything that discussed
or smelt oil Harvard and OxforC
boat race | have deyoured with !
smack OF the lips and relish. 81
has every body else, from the mer
who 20 fishing for a living to the
Preside and Cabinet. Ii is wei
for you that you are not on tn
ocean to DO distracted by beat races
W. all admit thai the race was very
Iair ana that our American boy
were handsomely done by in Oh
England. There is nothing TO cola
plain Of And it is generally agreet
that 1rc ought to bear the defeat al.
we could with honor be defeattd
but for the English it would have Il
most been disgraceful. We don't
strike our colors yet, nor win WI
until they have beaten us on on
course, in our fashion.
One thing this race between the
1 C0liegiapa mas donc-it has stirred
np the feeling Of kindred between
Old England and Young America
Tho kindly expressions oi she Eng,
lish press and people toward our boys
has Gat.arcd Americas marernaI
/ pride The admiration and interest
/ which Old England ha felt and
/ shown it, the dno youths ol IN Amor
lOt%A Co1iS19 t9 y A4isttCl !loI ulCu
we give England credit.
The Alabama claims are forgotten
/ the grUdges we owe are lost sight Of
/ yes, slowed away. And w are a.
proud Of claiming relationship to {
country thot oan produce the Oziord
tour as they are Of us for the speci-
mon which we have sent over there
to enter the Olympic genes against
great odds. This little affair be-
tween the two first Universities OF
either country may grow into a mu-
tual intercourse which shall call
forth kindlier expressions and more
charitable feelings than have been
INDUCED in the past nine years,
''Let Us have peace" Alan.
Septtmber Sd, 1863
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