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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

MENTAL APPREHENSION brain
is an organized medium through
which the mind receives and imparts
knowledge, and is the organ of
thought and feeling. The particular
function OF the brain is to generate
thought and as thought is the natu>
raj food of the mind, it follows that
according to the adequacy or made
quacy of this ETHEREAL nutriment furn.
ished the mind for its nourishment,
will be its vigor and growth. Thus
we can readily understand how an
inferior mind can grasp the thoughts
of the giant intellect. The thought
once elaborated and presented to the
inferior mind through the medium of
tho perceptive organism, is exactly
the same as if it had been the product
of its own brain, and is readily taken
up and devoured,by that mind. Thus
men with largaorgans of perception,
but deficient reflection, readily be-
come good scholars. They get their
ideas by perception alone: they do
not reason them out, and they never
originate anything new, but always
follow in the beaten path.-Phreno-
Ioqicdl Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
ma Extracts from unpublishe

seA- Extracts from unpublished
memoirs Of Talleyrand, written up
ward OF thirty years ago, have APP
peared in the European papers
They include remarkable passage
on the policy of European Powers
toward the United States Europe"
says Talleyrand, "shouid never give
America pretext for complaint or
retaliation. The United States are
daily growing stronger, Z
and the time will come when, being
brought nearer to Europe by newly
discovered means of communication,
they will desire to take an active
part in our affairs. No oppor-
tunity should be given by Europe for
such an Intervention. The moment
America places her foot on European
ground peace and security will be
banished from it for long time"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

sM- Rev. J. G. Lovejoy has been
removed from the Custom House, and
his place has been given to Charles
L. Mitchell, q member of the Massa
chusetts bath regiment, who lost a leg
IN the service of his country, and was
one of the first two colored men ever
elected 10 the Legislature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

SOLDIERS GRAvEs.-Gen. John A.
Logan, COMMANDMENTS Chief of the
grand army of the Republic, has is
sued an order, directing the observ-
ance Of May Both by suitable solem-
mites, in commemoration OF the deeds
of the departed soldiers of, the Union
army. In 1868, the graves of the
soldiers were decorated with flowers,
but no form Of ceremony for univer
sal observance has been prescribed
this year, As May Both falls on Sun
day, either that day or Saturday, the
10Th, may be observed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

DAMAsCUs.-The early history of
Damascus is shrouded in the hoary
mist of antiquity. Leave the mats
tiers written of it in the eleven chap
tiers of the Old Testament out, and
no recorded event has occurred in the
whole, but Damascus was in exist
ence to receive it. Go back as far as
you will into the vague past, there
was always q Damascus. In the
writings of every country, for more
than four thousand years, it's name
has been mentioned and its praises
sung To Damascus, years are only
moments; decades only fitting tribes
of time. She measured time not by
days and months and years, but by
the empires she had seen rise and
prosper and crumble to rum. She is
type of immortality. She saw the
foundation of Baalbec and Thebes
and Ephesus she saw them grow inI
to mighty cities and amaze the world
with their grandure, and she has
lived to see them deserted, and given
up to the owls and bats. She saw
the Israelitish Empire exalted, aud
she saw it annihilated. She saw
Greece rise and flourish for two
thousand years, and die. In her old
age she saw Rome built she saw it
overshadow the world with its pow,
err; she saw it perish. The few hum
dreds Of years of Genoese and Veni-
tian might and splendor were, to
grave old Damascus only a scintilla-
ton hardly worth remembering
Damascus has seen all that has oc-
cured on earth, and still lives. She
has looked upon the dry bones of a
thousand empires, and she will live
! to see the tomb of thousand more
before she dies. Though another
claims the name, old Damascus is by
right the Eternal City.
HOUSE PLANTS SEcRET.-A
lady who lives in the country recent
| ly showed US box of flowers which
she had brought to friend in the
city, the products of the plants II
her own dining-room windows
These were geraniums. roses, hya'
cinths, crocuses, fine variegateC
leaves of the beautiful Mrs. Pollock
geranium, Gala, and other things
all as beautiful as if they came iron
the florists. There are few privat'
greenhouses that could afford bette,
cutting than this lady's window gar
den. The secret of her success i
this She lives in an old>fashionet
house, built before entries or hall
were invented the room is heate'
| by an open Fireplace as long as tn
weather will allow Q stove bein!
put in only when the cold weathe
requires it, and no gas is burned
Gas and furnace are very great con
veniences, yet we doubt not tina
this lady's success in Horticulture com
pensates for their absence. Ever,
time the door is opened the air OF tn
room is more or less changed, ard th
plants are under the very best cir
cumstances that they can be IN
dwelling>house. Let those who con
: plain of ill-luck with house-plant
} make note Of this and initiate th
; the conditions as much as possible
american Agriculiurtst.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
aea- Forty mines in the White Pin,

sA~ Forty mines in the White Pine
(Nevada) district, are named after
General Grant, and p nearly equal
number bear Sheridan's name in diff
ferent forms. Morning Stars, Eve
ming Stars, North Stars, and all sorts
of fanciful appellations abound, ana
in all over three thousand claims
have been recorded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

1t is to be decided in a Cin>
cinnati Court whether the owner of a
mad dog is responsible for the dam
age done by the rapid animal. Mrs.
Creedon, whose husband recently
died of hydrophobia, has commenced
suit against the owner of the dog
laying damages at $4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

Mr. A. T. Stewards property on
Boardway alone. is worth about five
millions. Mr.. w. B. Astors real es-
tate on Broadway is worth about
three millions The Lorillard estate
has eight millions invested in thai
thnrnnnhfare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

ssTThe Journal Of Chemistry states
that fish may be kept alive for ten
days or more without water, by fills
ing their mouths with crumbs of
bread saturated with brandy and
pouring little brandy into their
stomachs, after which, in this torpid
state, they may be packed in straw.
They become alive in a few hours,
when again placed in fresh water.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

ENThe Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Company propose TO build
a tunnel under the west end of Bal
timore, SO as to facilitate the passage
through that city. The tunnel will
cost about million of dollars, and it
is expected that it will be done by
the middle Of next January. 1t will
pass under the gas and water pipes,
SO as not to interfere with them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

am- The way to cure balky horse
is to take him from the carriage
and whirl him rapidly round Till be
is giddy. 1t requires two men to
accomplish this-one at the horses
tail. Don't let him step out Hold
him to the smallest possible CIRCLE
One dose will often cure him, and
and two doses are final with the
worst horse that ever refused to stir.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

The Adventists have fixed upon
the 10th of July next as the day for
the final winding up of all things ter
restial. They are very kind to allow
earth's inhabitants the privilege of
enjoying another "Fourth," and suf-
fcient time between the National
holiday and the closing up, to enable
everybody to make preparations for
the event.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

wThe manager of the Depart
ment of Foreign Affairs at Constan-
tinople is a Catholic priest, Father
Benevent, an Italian, who writes
nearly all the foreign dispatches Of
the Turkish Government. He pos
sesses a wonderful familiarity
with the leading statesmen, tho
sovereigns and the political affairs of
the various countries of Europe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

A petition is in circulation, and
receiving numerous signatures in
Boston, requesting the President to
appoint Frederick Douglass to the
Brazilian mission.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

s@-It is not what people eat, but
what they digest, that makes them
strong. 1t is not what they gam,
but what they save, that makes tnem
rich. 1t is not what they read, put
what they remember that makes
them learned. 1t is not what they
profess but what they practice, that
makes them righteous.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

aA-Two thousand men, with FIVE
hundred teams, are grading the Des
Moines Valley railroad, between Des
Moines and Boone county. The road
will be completed to its crossing with
the Northwestern by the fourth of
July, and to Fort Dodge by the time
winter sets in.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

Senator Sprague is said to own
all of Rhode Island excepting The
Providence Journal, and Senator An
thonv owns that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

In Vienna last year seventy-one
Roman Catholics were admitted to
the Lutheran churches, while but
eleven Lutherans turned Roman
Catholics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

Look TO YOUR FURs.-Furs will
soon be laid aside for some eight
months, and it is all important that
until that time they should be secur-
ed against moths-their mortal ene-
my. Furs are costly, and beautiful
as well as useful, but nothing looks
worse than shabby furs, made so
from the destructive inroads Of the
moth. The worst thing to be done
with furS Is to shut them out of sight
from the air and forget them. The
next worse thing is to put them
away damp. Should they become
damp by exposure 10 the rain they
should be placed no nearer to the
tira than where they vii. dry slowly.
When the season 10 their use is over
they should not oe shut mp in sight
chest, box or drawer, for more than
a few days or week without being
taken out and we'll shaken. Putting
them in drawer that il frequently
opened is recommended, in order
that they may be frequently seen,
and thus be reminded of the necessi
ty OF attending to them. 10 pre-
serve furs perfectly, and without the
least fear of moths, frequent airing,
shaking, and general cleanliness, to-
gether with good supply Of cam
phor, is the grand specific.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
J. II. sNECLoDR,

NOTA r. PUBLIC.
IS IN make out Deeds Mort cages aud others paper
conAeyancing lands. bounty claims, back pay end pen
sious applied tor under L :. Laws.
203i UA3sVlLLE, WIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

BARBERRY SEBD.-I gathered seed
in this town late last March, rubbed
and mashed the berries, then washed
off the pulp and skins, mixed the
seed with fine sand and put out to
freeze, and sowed them in Spring
same as onions. | succeeded in rais>
ing a fine lot of them and am fully
persuaded the barberry is the shrub
for live fence or hedge in all our
great North~west. The freezing of
seeds will be accomplished much
easier late in the season if put out in
the shade of the house or other build-
ings.-A. A. H, Medford, MINI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

CANADIAN EMIGRATION TO THE
UNITED orATEs. There is a whole>
sale emigration going on from Cana
da to the United States A private
letter from New Brunswick says !:
Twenty-Five families from my neigh
borhood will leave this spring for the
United States, and each family will
take with them from $500 to $1,400
in gold. AS many more would leav g
If they could sell their farms and pro-
cure money to carry them away"
The Halifax On. S. Chronicle says i:
every vessel leaving for the United
States is filed with young men, the
very life blood of the country, who
are devoting their lives and their la
Dor to build up the great republic"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

The Sprague imbroglio has been
settled. 1t was very small tempest
in q very small teapot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

Coal IN THE WEsT.-Dr Hoyden,
United States geologist for Nebraska,
Colorado and Wyoming, says that
Wyoming coalbeds are not less than
five thousand square miles in exten t,
east of the mountains, north of the
Arkansas and south of Lodge Pole
creek. He thinks they extend north
to the Arctic ocean. Beds are found
on boulder, near Cheyenne and Lara>
mic, from five to thirteen feet in
thickness. We learn from the
Omaha Herald this coal is being used
on the Pacific railroad that it ignites
freely, burns clearly and emits no gas
nor disagreeabIe odor and that it
makes bright, hot and lasting fire
DR.. Hayden says that it is as neat as
anthracite, leaves no stain on the
fingers, produces no offensive gas or
odor, leaves very little ash on clink-
err, and produces no more erasive
effects on stoves, CRATES or boilers
than dry wood.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
WARDEN ANDERSON.

ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
All claims placed in his hands for collection will be
promptly attended to-
l9-4otf JAMESTOWN, WIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

Gg-According to scientific re-
search, the moon beats the earth IN
one thing size of her mountains.
A German astronomer, Maedler, has
measured more than thousand OF
them, twenty-five of which he finds
higher than Mont Blanc. The high
est mountain in the moon is 24,994
high-within 1926 feet of the loftiest
peak on the earth. Yet the moon is
only forty-ninth the size Of the earth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
CARRIER HOUSE,

HoscobeI, Wis,
T. CARRIER, Proprietor.
Meals provided before Car time and Patrons assisted
with baggage Premptness and deaysat the Carrier
House Stabling attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
HOTELS.

Phelps House.
f.. b. PHELPS, PROPRIETOR
LANCASTER, WIS.
Having furnished tho brick hotel building
the old hotel corner, am prepared to accommodate
guests reasonable terms Rooms we'll furnished and
table we'll provided Ample stable accommodations
2O-45tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
,sa.At the late anniversary exer,

ssA.At the late anniversary exer>
cises of the Dunkard church in this
city the administration of the sacra-
ment was followed by their peculiar
ceremony of feet>washing. The men
took seats at the right of the altar
and the women at the left. Two
foot~buckets Of water, two aprons
and two towels were brought in, and
the communicates of both sexes barred
their feet,-a lady washing and wi.
ping those of the women, and u gray
haired brother those of the men.
The person receiving the ablution
was kissed in orthodox style-the
duty devolving on one of the same
sex-and saluted with "God bless
your During the ceremony of
and kissing, lively hymns
were sung by the participants.-Chl-
cdQ0 AdUdnce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
c w. 10 Ely,

rJO ~ etX PUB &c.
tony .ys Ger and collecting Agent will attend to all
bushes, ia this line that ay hs entrusted 10 him
2t-tm6 TLSNTu0RE CENTER, WIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

rsa-It seems that the Ecumenieal
Council which was advertised to
take place at Rome, stands in dan,
ger of indefinite postponement 1t
will be remembered that two cardinal
points were to be debated and defn>
ed at the session of the Council, viz,
the personal infallibility of the Pope,
and the condemnation of political
liberalism. The elaboration of these
propositions was entrusted TO "cOn-
gregation" OF divInes who were i'm
structed to report fully and. if possi-
BILE. unanimously on the matter. But
they fell out previously. From this
first rift a vast gulf sprung to divide
the contestants widely apart.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
NOTARlES PUBLIC.
w. B. CLARK,

sax - = ny PU BIG
Deeds and other land conce yahces drawn and
know -dgrd Prompt sttcntion given 10 the prepare
ION Mortgage. Bonds. lauu all legal instruments
sa-..ti PATCH GROVE. MS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

sG. Many of the most prominent
children are sacrificed to desire to
bring them forward in advance OF
other children, and this desire is
stimulated by natural Instincts
Every living creature rejoices in the
use Of the faculties which God has
given it, "as strong man to run
race" The boy whose muscles are
we'll developed will never keep still,
but is ready for anything, good or
bad, in which he can stir himself
To such one study is punishment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

The number of persons who died
from drunkenness in Russia, last year
was 2,748-seven day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
j. ALLEN BARBER
s. MERRICK,

ATTORNEY g. COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Notary Public and Surveyor.
VIII give particular attention TO bounty and pension
aims, and TO making collections of all kinds.
20-31tf FAIRPLAY, WIS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

g@-There has been loud cry from
the South that the negro would not
work but, of late, that cry has been
much fainter, and now an Alabama
paper says:
ave no longer hear complaints
about INSTRUMENTATION not working,
etc. Planters have found out, to
their complete joy and satisfaction,
that their help, a0hen paid promptly,
do as much work, and in as good
manner, as in ante bellum times"
This discovery might have been
made, with very little trouble,
long time ago; but better late than
never.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

s@-A correspondent at Constan-
tinople writes: "The Turkish Ans
bassador in Washington having writ
ten TO his Government that the laws
Of the Koran are in force in WASH
ington, and that the members of. the
American Congress are in the habit
of keeping several wives, the Sultan
mas addressed letter to President
Grant to sec whether he could not
send some ulemas and sheiks to that
city in order to convert the politi-
clans to the religion of Mohammed
and to establish a second Empire of
Turkey in the United States"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04

A STRoNG-MINDED WOMAN on BA-
BIEs.-A majority of babies, says Mrs.
Swisshelm, are to their mothers what
a doll is to little girl-something to
dress, means of displaying odds and
ends of finery, and exhibiting ones
taste. If infants were treated on the
principle that good farmer treats a
lamb, goslings, chickens, pigs, &c,
viz: well fed and kept warm, they
would live and grow, just as well
cared for goslings live and grow, and
we never knew one to die. Dutch
babies wear caps, and how could any
lady of taste have Dor baby look like
Dutch baby? just SO ; and Dutch
babies generally live, laugh and grow
fat, for they are "smothered in fan
mel" and feathers, and are kept all in
sweat Dutch mothers do not keep
their babies for model artist exhibi-
tions. They cover them up, keep
them warm and quiet, and raise a
wonderful number of sturdy boys
and girls. We treated our baby on
the Dutch plan and never lost a
nights sleep with her
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-04
Commerce Of Italy Reviving.

Report says that the France Min
lister of Italy will have a pleasant
tale to tell in the financial statement
which he will have to make in a day
or two. The connections incident
to the Inauguration Of the grist tax
have subsidized, and the returns from
it cannot as yet be considerable, the
ultimate success of the new impost
is assured. 1t is believed, moreover,
that Italy will shortly return to a
specie currency, and that q financial
arrangement has been as good as
concluded with first class European
bankers on the security of the eccle.
siastical lands, now the property of
the State, for effecting that object
An international commission will
meet at Florence TO examine the
means for establishing a direct SER
vice between Ostend and Brindisa,
aud the great tunnel under Mount
Gents is being pierced at such rate
as to warrant the belief that the bor-
ing will be completed in the course
of the year after next. If by that
time Brindisi be the port as it should
be, Italy will soon command the
traffic Of the East.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-05-26

LEAVING CuURcH.-A Kentucky
preacher who was annoyed by the
habit of people leaving church before
the conslusion OF the service, deter
mined to break the practice of. So
one day he was "drawing his bow at a
v'nturc," when a nice young man
started out. But A., without low
ering his voice. cried out
"a word with you, young man /;
you shall not interrupt the congrcga.
ton by going out in time of service. Z"
But pausing moment, he said: "Now
remember, | took man to task over
at Shawnee Run for going out, and,
brethren and sisters, what do you
think he turned out to boz What
they call lunaiie. SO 20 on, young
man may be you are one of them
sort"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-05-26

A Boy RELATES HOW THE RED FIrLp
WAS WoS.--I'll tell you how il was.
You see, Bill and me went down to
the wharf to fish and / felt in my
pocket and found my knife and IL was
gone, and said, "Bil, you stole my
knife" and he said | was another /;
and said 20 there yourself and he
said it was no such thing; and | said
he was liar, and | could whip him If
was bigger'n him; and he said he'd
rock me to sleep, mother; and / said
he was q bigger one aud he said
never had the measels; and said for
him TO fork over that knife or I'd fix
him for a tombstone on Laurel Hill !;
and he said my grandmother was no
gentleman; and | said he darsen't
take it up; but he did, you bet; then
L got up again and said he was too
much afraid to do it again, and he tried
to, but he didn't; and l grabbed him
and threw him down on the top of me
like several bricks and / tell you il
beat all-and so did he; and nv little
dog got behind Bill and bit him and
Bill kicked ut the dog and the dog ran.
and ran after the dog TO fetch him
back, and didn't catch bin until | rot
clear home and I'll whip him more
yet. Is my eye very blacky
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-05-26


A BEAUTIFUL ALLEooRY.-Mr.C Crit
tcnden was engaged in defending a
man who had been indicted for cap
ital offence. He closed bis remarks
oy tho following beautiful allcgory:
When God, IN his eternal mercy,
conceived the thought of mans crea-
ton, He called to him the three min.
listers waiting constantly upon the
thrcne-Justice, Truth, and Mercy
and thus addressed them:
"Shal We make man p Then said
Justice, 40 God, make him not for
he will trample upon Thy ysanctuaries."
But Mercy, dropping down upon her
knees, and looking up through her
tears, exclaimed, 40 God, make him
/ will watch over him with all my care
through all the dark paths.' Then
God made man, and said to him, 30
man, thou art the child of Mercy
go deal with thy brothers. - Clayton
Herald.