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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

ABSENT MINDEDNGss.-Robert Sim ;
son, the Scottish mathematician was
noted for his Observation-Disclosures.
He used to sit at his ope n window
on the ground floor, deep in geome-
try, and when accosted by beggar
would rouse himself, hear few words
of the story, make his donation, and
dive. Some wags one day stopped
mendicant on his way to the win
dow with, Nov do as we tell you
and you will get something from
that gentleman, and u shilling from
US beside. He will ask you who yon,
are and you will say Robert Simson.
son of John Simson, of Kirktonhill. .
The man did as he was told Simson
gave him coin and dropped off.
He soon reused himself and said,
Robert Simson | son of John Sim>
son, of Kirktonhill why that is
myself that man must be an impos-
teri 1"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
Estate of SymOns,

GTATE WISCONSIN, J In Probate Grant coun
- County of Grant. g ty Court.
In the matter of the Estate Of William symons deceased
On reading and filing the petition OF VIM ii. Symons
Of Patevlle, Grant county representing among other
things that William Symons late of Grant County m
the 18th day Of September A. D. 1866 at St. Paul MINI
died interstate leaving goods chattes and estate within
TINS state OF wisconsin, and that the said petitioner
son of said deceased and PRAYING that
OF sad estate be to Archibald w Bell of Plattevil,
granted
IL Is ordered that said pet lion be heard before thu
Judge Of this court, on Monday, the 9th day of April
ID. 1862 at one o'clock p. sat Lancaster in said
County.
ordered further, that notice thereof given 10 thu
heirs of said deceased aud 10 AN persons h
publishing copy of this order for three successive
weeks prior TO said day of hearing the Grant Count,
Herald weekly newspaper printed and published al
Lancaster in said County.
BY the Court, WM, McGoNIGAL.
49w5 County Judge.
Dated at Lancaster, the 5th day of March A. D. 1869
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

sG-A short time since, at a we'd
ding ia South Carolina, a young law
yer moved that one man in the com
pany should be selected as Presi>
dent that this President should
be duly sworn to keep entire-
~ secret all tie communication that
should be forwarded to him in his
official department that night that
each unmarried gentleman and lady
should write his or her name on a
piece of paper, and under it place the
name OF the person they wished to
marry, then hand it to the President
for inspection, and if any lady and
gentleman had reciprocally chosen
each other, the President was to in
form each of the result, and those
who had not been reciprocal in their
choice were to be kept entirely secret.
After the appointment of the Presi
dent, communications were accor-
dinghy handed up to the chair, and it
was found that twelve young ladies
and gentlemen had reciprocal choices,
and eleven Of the twelve matches
were solemnized.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
nea Miss Minnia Grew of FIetche,

ueA- Miss Minnie Grey, of Fletcher,
VT, placed her wallet. containing
thirty nine dollars, in a drawer, not
long since, as the safest place in
which to put it. Having occasion to
look to her treasure in a few days,
she discovered that the leather had
been cut and the money absti acted.
She mourned her loss for some days,
it being her entire savings the past
summer, when it was suggested that
possibly it might be found, or por-
ton of it, on the premises, as with
out doubt it was taken by some small
animal. Search was made in the up
per story of the dwelling, and be-
tween The timoers, near the roof, a
nest was foand containing the MISS
ing bills, with other rubbish, mutila-
ted inievery conceivable shape. This
nest was finally assorted, identified
and redeemed by the banks of issue
in different parts of the country,
without the loss of dollar, much TO
her qualification.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
Wild Goose Plum.

The St.Louis Journal Of agriculture
says: This plum is undoubtedly a
Seeding of the Chickasaw, but so
much superior to it in size, quality,
irmness, adaptability to shipping
long distances, and its immense pro-
ductiveness, as we'll as it's early bear
ing, rapid growth, and long duration,
as to fully entitle it TO u distinct APP
pellation. The fruit is quite large,
averaging from three to three and a
half inches in circumference. IL is
very solid aud firm, admits of rough
handling, bears marketing admirably,
and if gathered when almost green
will ripen nearly as well as if left on
the tree-thus enabling the grower to
send-it hundreds of miles for sale, and
when exhibited to have the satisfac-
ton of seeing it in perfect condition,
well matured, and almost as fresh as
when first plucked. The tree is as
hardy as the wild plum, and grows as
rapidly IS the common peach, and
attains as large a size, and is longer
lived. The trees are not so thoriry
or bushy as the common plum, but
grow more open, with longer limbs
like the peach. The growth is so
rapid as to often reach from six to
eight feet in one season, from the
bud or graft tits very readily prop
ogated from suckers by grating on
the peach or common plum, or by
budding 1t grows on the peach as
'st as the stock, and is then free from
p am suckers, 30 injurious to the tree
and annoying to the nurseryman. 1t
will grow free from suckers if plant
ed very deep, and it ia then less SUBJ
ject to the attacks of the borer. The
little Turk or curculio, the great en-
envy of all other plums, does not in
jure the fruit. 1t will not reproduce
itself from seed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

GERMAN HoTELs.-A correspond
ent Of the Chicago Evening Post
writing from Germany says:
These foreign feather bags that lie
on top of you are not like the illimi-
table bags of feathers that our grand
mothers made. These keep you
warm, they are porous, so that your
insensible perspiration is not caught
and held by them, they are lighter
upon you than anything else under
which you can sleep, and they are
everything you can think of that is
good, except that they have way
here Of making them shorter and
narrower than seems reasonable. so
that if you be an uneasy person, with
bad conscience and disposed to kick
about, you will be likely to have
them off in the night, and then pro-
coed to dream that you are in snow
bank.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
THE HERALD.
Grain Prospects in England.

The Mark Lane, England, Express,
OF February 10Th, says of the Corn
trade;
''The continued wet of the past
week has served to keep much land
under water, but where there is some
elevation end natural drainage it is
surprising to find the ground in com
paratively good working order
Much OF this is to be attributed to
the numerous assures made in the
soil during the drouth, and the con-
slant action of those subterranean
workers, the worms and their aux
iliarles. But the superficial damp
and warmth, coupled with the natur
al tendency of all seeds to germinate
In spring have made it next impossi.
BILE to send well, conditioned samples
to market. Hence heaviness has
been the order of the day and with
the Northern ports gradually open
ing In Europe, sort of paralysis has
come over the entire corn trade, more
depressing to the values of spring
Corn than Wheat, for the reason that
it has relatively been higher and
until March comes to our help with
the stirring breezes, we may remain
dull. All calculation have become
unsettled, from the unusual weather;
but it seems that some thirty years
since, at about this season, the tur-
nip>tops, had grown so rank that
they had to be mown. Astronomers
tell US there is remarkable gather
ing of spots in the sun, and that this
disturbance of our central luminary
is always connected with magnetic
variations, and possibly with electric
action. If so, we must take our fate
till Nature reverts to her primitive
simplicity, get through the phen-
omena as we'll as we can, and leave
the question, "What will the end
be p till we arrive at it. Hay was
to have been very dear, but the abun-
dance OF grass has kept down the
price, Potat oes were TO have rotted
off (and not much less to the eaters,
either); but the few bad left are lost
sight ofin the ineness and abundance
of turnips and greens, and the hard
winter so confidently predicted has
woke up the flies in our living~rooms.
But we may yet see turn as com :
plete ere the spring has ended, and
we think wheat has by far the best
chance. In France wheat has de-
clined 1(92s u quarter, while Belgi :
um has slightly given away, as well
as several places in Germany but at
Hambro' prices have been maintains
ed both of wheat and barley,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
Guardians sale--woodward.

- TATE OF WISCONSIN, s. In Probate Grant County
~ uIaht county, Court.
In the matter Of the Real Estate of Ralph Woodward
deceased
NOTICE Is hereby given that by virtue and in pursu-
ance of order of license made in said matter on t
twenty rst day of December, A D. 1885, by the Coun-
" Court OF said County, the undersigned Guardian OF
FRANCES ID. James aud Mary Kirkpatrick heirs at law
OF said deceased, will Wednesday the 31st day OF
MaIon u 1869, at one O'Clock in the afternoon Of
sao cay at the dwelling house the premises be
sold, late residence of Ralph Woodward deceased oer
or sale at public yendue the following described lands
to-wt; The undivided onesixth part of the following
ands southeast quarter of southeast quarter of Sec
twentyour 24) and northeast quarter Of Sec twenty
hve 25) and of south threefourths of south
west quarter OF southeast quarter of section twenty
Two t22 10 acres all in Town five (5) north of Range
one y west Also northeast quarter Of south east
quarter OF Sec eleven l), in Town four az north Of
range one y, west in Grant County, Wisconsin, sub
Ject to the dover interest Elizabeth Woodward
40w3 SAMUEL CLAYTON Gnardian
Dated at Lancaster, this 81 day OF March A. d 1869
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

GTArE OF WISCONSIN, :. In Probate Grant coun
~ drant County, ty Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Sarah c. lotion decd
On reading and filing the petition of H. H. Earl, Ad
mlnisrator of the estate of Sarah c. lotion deceased
representing among other ngs that he has fully ad
minlstered said estate, and praying that time anC
of his administration is ordered that said accsun
be examined by the Judge of this Court on Tuesda,
the 5oth day OF March, A. d. 1862 next ensuing at tn,
once IN in said county one O'Clock
IN the afternoon of said day. 90
Ana II ordered that notice thereof be given
70 al persons interested by publishing copy of this
puet lor three successive weeks prior TO said day
hearing, in the Grant County Herald a weekly news
paper printed and published Lancaster in said county
BY the Court WIN. MIcG0NIGAL.
40w3 Cornt- I'D
Dated at Lancaster, the sch day eff March A. D iSes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

CIGAR MAKING IN SAN FRANCISCO
There are at present one hundred
and seventy-eight different places
in San Francisco where cigars are
made, and about one thousand per-
sons are engaged in the business.
These establishments turned out so,
100000 cigars the past year. About
fifty factories are-exclusively con-
trolled by Americans, and about one
hundred are managed by Cinnamon.
The tobacco plantations in the south,
ern portion of the State promise
heavy and fine crops this year. An
editor says, in the course of q ride
of eight miles he passed several to>
bacco fields and tobacco houses,
looking so natural as to carry him
mentally "back to old Virginny."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENTAL naval
officer being at sea in dreadful storm
his wife, who was sitting in the cab
in Near him, and filled with alarm
for the safety of the vessel was so
surprised at his composure and SER
entity that she cried out
My dear, are you not afraid p
How is it possible that You can be
so calm in such dreadful Storm"
He rose from the chair dashed to
the deck, supporting himself by a
pillar of the bed place, drew his
sword, and pointing to the breast of
his wife, exclaimed, "Are you not
afraid of that sword?"
She instantly answered. "No."
"Why?" said the officer.
Because" rejoined the lady, II
know that it is in the hands of my,
husband, and be loves me to well to
hurt me-"
"Then," said he, remember,
know whom | believe, and that He
holds the winds in His fists, and the
waters in the hollow of His hands"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

aA- Five or six noted Chinese bure
glars recently arrived in San Fran>
cisco. They have been recognized
by their fellow>Chinamen, who-are
eager to have them arrested. They
use an an@sthetic which is said to be
muchmore powerful than chloroform
One instance of its use in San Fran
cisco has already occurred.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

BISMARCK JOKE Bismarck will
have his joke. Recently sharp at
tack was made on his policy by a
leading liberal in the Prussian chame
Der, VINO paid a high compliment 10
the progressive tendencies of the
Austrian government, which he COM
trasted with that of PRUSSIA. Bis
marck replied that Prussia, for half
a century, had all the constitutional
freedom Austria was now only be-
ginning to have. But he added
Liberal gov ernments are like la,
dies-the youngest get all the ad
miration " The house laughed,
and Bismarck carried his point.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
Gesal Motif
Guardian Sale-Kellv.

In Probate Grant County Court In the matter of the
reai estate OF William Kelly deceased,
Notice is hereby given that by virtue and in pursu
anee OF an order of license made in said matter on the
I'D day Of February, A D. 1862 by the county
Grant county the undersigned guardian of John b
nelly, Anna L. Kelly and William Kelly minoi
heirs of said deceased will On Tuesday the 23d day
March, 1862 at one o'clock in the afternoon of said
day at the dwelling house OF Michael McNamee in tn,
Town of Mount Hope ,ffer for sale at public yendu,
he following described real estate to-wit:
The northwest quarter of the northeast qrarter o
Section 70, in Town 6, north of Range west In tn,
County of Grant and State Of Wisconsin
The terms of sale will be made known at the timt
and place of sale. MICHAEL. McNAMEE
Dated at Lancaster this 23d day OF February 1863.
3Qw3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
cgAn American confidence M q

WAn American confidence man.
pretending to be the youngest SON of
Secretary Seward, has victimized
certain good people of the Austrian
capital to the tune of several thous-
and forms. The bogus Seward at
tempted to escape from Vienna the
moment his dupes got wind OF his
true character, but he was pursued,
and will be sent to Penitentiary.-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

sW Our army found the word "you
uns" and "we uns" all the way from
Pennsylvania to the Gulf. In Tens
nessee Yankee soldier asked an
ancient ladysif she had seen any Fed
erals in that neighborhood, Well
said the dame, "thar was some of
you uns over thar, Gross the road,
but some of we uns come long, and
them uns got cp and busted"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
n a I. |. S
Vegetable Sici|ian Hair Remover

Every year increases the pOpu-
IdritJ Of this U0IttdbJe Hair Prep
drdtiOn, aCltich is date to merit
atone. We can assure OAR old
patrons that it IS ke1Dt fully atp to
ats high standard, and to those
aChC hare 3seCer used it ace can
confidently sag, that it as the OnJu
reliable and perfected prep0rG-
ton to restore GRAY Or FADED
HAIR to its yOUtIijitI color. max
ing 1t soft, JHStPOt,s, and SiIken
the scalp. by ats use. becomes
sChite and clean; it 3'eMOCeS all
eruptiOns and ddndrstJf, and by
its tonic properties DreUents the
hair from failing Ostt, as 1T stins-
utdtes and n0urishes the hail.
glands. By its use tie hair gr0sUs
thicker and stronger. In badness
it restores the c0piIlary gIa7ads
to their normal CigOr, and 9UiU
create q neaC grO9Utb eaceDt IN
ectrenae old age. 1t is the most
economical HAIR DRESSING
eUer used, as it requires fescer
applications, and giUes the hair
that splendid glossy appearance
so much admired OU all. Il. Il.
Mass, Says, ''ffte constituents are
pure and C0rPfalfu selected fO7.
excellent qlf0ttfy, and 4 consider
1T the BEST PREPARATION for
Its intended purposes U'e pub
Esh a treatise on the hair, aOhich
sce send free Uy mail aGpOl5 0ppIi-
cation, tU!icH contains c0n,1,ieu-
ddtOry notices from cJergynsen,
PHYSICIANS, the press, and others.
We hare nlGfe the study of the
hair and ats diseases O. speciaIty
for gears, and knOtC that ace make
the most eUcctice preparation for
the restoration and TIE preserCa-
ton Of the hair, e.ct07tt. and so
acknowledged By the best Medi-
cal and Chemical Authority.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine
COOK, coEURN & CO.
Gen1 Agents for North Western States,
81 DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO ILL.
FOR SALE BY
w. B. BAXTER, Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
ssrMr. A r. Stewart after e -

sD- Mr.. A. L. Stewart, after first
proposing to assign bis private bust
ness in trust for charitable purposes,
has finally resigned the office of Sec,
rotary of the Treasury. 1t is an
ticipated that the President will to-
day nominate Governor Boutwell,, of
Massachusetts, to the Senate as Sec
rotary of the Treasury.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

na-A Cockney family were lately
gazing at shop window in Rock
ford, Ill. Little Giri-"Oh, mamma,
is that emp Mamma--"No, my
child, that is a howl" Father-"No,
my wife and daughter, that is neith-
err a'en or howl but il is a heaqle,
the hemblem of this blaraed country"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

Golden bracelets, anklets and
rings were recently found III the
stomach ola crocodile at Agra. The
animal evidently had an appetite for
Young Indian girls. =
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

u.s. The Keokuk (Iowa) Coustitu,
ton proposes Printers Mutual
Life Insurance Company-one dol
lar paid in by each printer of the
State to the widow of deceased
member of the craft.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

s9-About the last act of Mr.. John
son was to pardon the last Of the
assassins of Mr.. Lincoln who were
sent to the Dry Tortugas. One of
them, O'Laughlin, has died. And so
those men, from DR., Mudd down, are
all at large,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
asa A Gentleman was Gliding hi

se-A gentleman was Gliding bis
son for staying out late at night-or
rather till early morning-and said
"Why when | was of your age, my
father would not allow me to go out
of the house after dark u "Then
you had precious father, you had,"
sneered the young scapegrace.-
Whereupon the father very rashIy
vociferated, II had better one than
you, you young rascal !"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16
eA English and

s@- English and French journals
warmly eulogize Gen. Grants inau>
gural address, and agree that the
paragraph on his foreign policy in
dicates peace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

sgThe Columbus (Ohio) Journal
pointediy remarks that "every cord
of wood given TO the poor here will
be so much fuel saved from use in
the other world"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-16

GETTING RID OF BAD WIFE Will.
Transport, Pa, according to the BnI-
letin, can boast of first class matri>
monial excitement. A husband very
inquisitively opened a letter addess>
ed to bis wife, which Informed that
she was unexpectedly to him) ex>
pected.in Philadelphia He returned
the letter to the postoffice and await
ed events. A few days afterward
she raised the whercwith to make
splurge by forging her husbands
name to check for 5000 and drew
the money, bought trunk, packed
up her buds and Ieft-he, like true
philosopher, letting her go in search
OF that peace she is not likely to find
until she joins the Stygian throng.
CALIFoRNIA.-About a year ago a
farm of $50 acres was purchased in
PIumas county at cost of $1,000.
The crops raised in the past year
were 1000 cwts, of wheat. 1000 cwts.
of barley, 1000 sacks of potatoes.
40 cwts. of flax seed, and $500 worth
of mustard seed cleaned from the
wheat. The barley sold at 81 per
cwt. The entire products of the
farm sold for $500, or twice the
ost of the farm.--Department of Az
riculture.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-23
Tricks Of a Qsack IDocaer,

II is astonishing what number Of apparently
intelligent ard respectable people viii crowd the
rooms OF every quack doctor who hangs out his
single. We wish that this story Of the way
one the gentry performs his 'marvelous cures"
might serve as warning. II is tsld by the To-
iedo Commercial. "Our readers will doubtless
remember one Doctor N, who had rooms
where he performed some miraculous cures, and
who was daily visited by large numbers Of peo-
pie, the morning trains on all the roads coming
in crowded with inyalids Of every description
The ladiex who visited the doctor and shook
hands with him, will remember the electric
shock which they received on taking his hand in
theirs. Many thought this au evidence Of mirac.
ulous power. and his name and fame spread rap
idly over tho country, while the afflicted rushed
to him in the confident hope of speedy relief In
some Instances he gave temporary relief to his
patients, and occasionally a permanent cure was
the result of his manipulations In all cases the
doctor was certain To relieve his patients Of
good fec. unless they wonld certify they were
not worth stated amount We are informed
that he carried away over $4,000 a. the proceeds
Of his practice ia this city. We met friend of
this doctors few DAYS since, who informed us
Of the means used by the doctor for hambugging
the people. He stated that the docter placed
batteries on his back, sides and feet-six in mum.
ber--and kept his person charged with electricity
to its almost capacity. This he would impart to
his patients, they supposing it to be animal
magnetism, In rheumatic eomplaints and affect
ions of that description, the magnetic shock
would afford temporary relief, and thus leal
patient to attribute wonderful curative powers
10 the doctor, which enabled him to extend his
business and reap rich harvests from thorough.
ly gulled public
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-23

STRATEGY OF THE DEER.-The first object Of
an old hart when reused FROM his lair is to find a
substitute. For this purpose he beats the cover
until he has discovered stag younger and there
for heeter than himself to personate him in the
impending chase. On having found one. either
by stamp OF the foot or decisive application Of
his antlers. he rouses him from his bed, Of which
he takes possession lying down in it with his
nose to the ground. An old stag has been known
in the course OF single chase to turn three diff.
ferent deers out Of their lairs. The trick is well
known to spOrtsmen. aud is not therefore often
successful; for as soon as it is discovered. the
hounds are drawn off from the false pursuit aud
led back to the scent OF the original stag, who
was driven frem his hiding place and compelled
to run for his life
Another, and often . more successful mode Of
battling his enemies Is. for stag to take "soil.'
in other words, to sink himself in pool or river,
keeping his nostrils or but q small portion Of his
head above water. He 10 thus invisible n his
pursuers except to one Of the keenest eye, the
scent is now lost. aud he will remain concealed
in this way for hours until the danger has pass
I'd away.