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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-15
NOTICE
A First-Class Teacher Wanted.

School District No. One, If Bloomington. Wis. having
Just completed their large and commodious two-story
stone school house, Row prepared 20 engage first
class teacher for the upper department. TO whom
liberal salary will be paid. None but mali teachers
and those we'll qualified need apply.
GEORGE II. CHAMBERS,
District Clerk,
BlOOming ton, Wis, October Is. 1870. 20w4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-15
SheriG's Sale-WilIiams.

GTATE or WISCONSIN, - Circuit Court Of Grant
y County OF Grant. County, Wisconsin
Benjamin + Felt, plaintiff, u.s. Edward Williams, de.
PENDANT.
BY virtue Of writ Of execution issued ont Of the
Circuit court Of Grant county Wis., in favor Of BENT
min +. Felt pin, and against Edward Williams deft 10
directed aud delivered and for want Of suicieAt
goods and chattes OF the said defendant wherein to levy
Thave by direction Of plaintiff attorney levied upon all
the right title and interest which the said defendant
bad on the 10Th day Of August, 1870 has since
quired in and to the following described real estate,
to-wit East half Of southeast quarter o. section
twenty-nine (29), township number a., north Of
range number one - west Of the fourth principal
meridian Also the south half Of southwest quarter
Of north east quarter Of section twenty nine (29)
ship number one %, north Of range mum Der ~
west Of the fourth principal merdiana Of the above
described lands situated lying and being ia the ooun
" Of Grant and State of Wisconsin Which sald real
will the Dist day Of December 1870, az ~
O'Clock ia the forenoon Of said Jay, offer or sse Az
will sell at public yendue 20 the highest bidder lof
cash, at the front door Of the court ho9se' ~ 'e
lage Of Lancaster, Grant county, WIS;
Said sale will be made % satisfy C0sts
I'D cosfs ~ ale WM II elise, sheriff,
@ Grant county, Wis.
No., 4 r, r,rpxrsoy pin = atty 23w6
Datad sberin's office Lancaster, Nov, :, 1870.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-15

STATE " Wisconsin, DASE COUNTY.

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COUNTY
gdecrbei landsa gte
the Capitol Madison
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been o offered
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-15

GTRAK COLT.-Taken up by the subscriber on
- lands owned by him in the town of bloomington,
Wis, on the let day of November, 1870, one dark
brown colt supposed TO be years old past, pos
sibly but two past, black and tail. with white
spot in her forehead and little white right hind
foot Said colt broke into the enclosure of the sub
serber sometime in the fore part of May last and has
been in ever since The owner is requested 10 Prove
property, pay charges and take her away.
JOHN W. BRACKETT.
Bloomington, November 9TH, 1870 23w4
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10000 BOYS & GIRLS

WANTED. one in every neighhorhood TO act as agent
0r our Bright Nae. Jnrcnib Books, Pictures and other
7ous' and useful Griclss. Good pay in cash. and per
maneut employment for leisure hours.
JOHN Il. ALDEN 4 co.
22W2 Chicago iii
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FOR SALE.
will sell my house and 3 lots in the village Of
Lancaster house story with good rooms good eel
lar and cstern some choice bearing fruit on
premises including apples pums cherries and grapes
Lancaster, June 6, 1870 ltf SWEENEY
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-15
LANDS FOR SALE
IN PARCELS.
DWELLING AND LOTS

The Lands Of Joseph Horner-about 600 acres are
for sale; Apply to J. Allen Barber, his Attorney Ian
caster, Wis. sotf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-15

STRAY C0LT.-Taken up by the undersigned on
- lands owned by him in Sec. 3, Town I. Range l. in
the town of Blue River. about the Oct 18th 70,
one black mare COLT year old past, with no natural
artificial marks The owner is requested TO prove
property, pay charges and take said stray away.
r. o. address, Muscoda Grant Co Wis
WENZEL NYKT0RA.
Blue River, Nov. Sth, 1870. 2Iw4s
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HORSE SHOEINC !!

x ELIAS HUDSMITH and JAKE
>~zsssgzgSz5 H0UGH making Horse Shooting a
Szs3kfs special branch this Fall and Winter
sSzasEsE1EssSt the BEST SIT0ERS. who know how to
III the shoe the foot and not the foot to the shoe
nice finish durable and TOE CALK equal 10 any ever
used, steel and iron combined which will admit of
hardening 20 suit any wish Come one, come all, and
don't forget the "rcady FOR that is what makes men
work cheerlully ID. II. BCDD.
October TO- 1870. left
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LIARE COLT sTRAYEn.-Sn

ARE COLT STRAHED.-Strayed from the
vi subscriber residing in Cassville, on or about
Juno LIST, 1870, one year old brown colt 1t;
in forehead had rope halter and rope girth
when she left; large year old colt. A liberal
ward will be given for information tina will lead TO
the recovery Of said mare. C. MEIER.
Cassyille, August 10th, 1870 lift
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12

rs expressed to the same gentleman, i,
worthy of the genius of Billings: 81 have
come to the conclusion, Mr. B., that man is
wonderful toad! Sometimes | think he is
woodchuck, and digs hole to keep out of
sight, until he gets a fair chance at the cloy-
er; now he looks to me like weasel that
can creep into small place to catch n rat
sometimes he is as cunning as fox, then as
stupid as a jackass, and pretty generally do
not know what the devil to make of him"
Here he appeared before the world as an
author and published 'The Pickle for the
hnoWlng Ones which contained descrip-
uons OF the improvements about his premises
and matters personal to himself, occupying IL
goodly sized pamphlet, but without a pune
tuation mark from the first page to the last
In later edition he gives the following di-
rection to the printer: "Fonder mister print
the Moving ones complane OF my book the
fust edition had no stops put A Nuff here
and they may pepper and salt it as they
plese.'' Then followed a page of stops.
quotation marks etc, for the use of the read
er.
AT the close of the Revolutionary War,
with the growing energy Of the land, there
were the rarest facilities for making money.
OF which it would seem he was capable OF
taking advantage. He was engaged extern
sively in trade with all parts Of the world.
and IN all his ventures was successful. And
IN this connection are given those tales OF
what is regarded as luck, but which Dexter
himself clains, in his quaint and bungling
way, as foresight. A captain of one Of his
vessels wanted some ''stay stuff" which DeX-
ter construed to mean whalebone. He pur-
chased all there was in the Market caused Il
corner" and made u strike. The purchase
of warming pans for the West Indies result
ed in the employment of the lids for strainers
the pans for ladies' and large sum was
made. There are other things named that
were equally Wild but the one thing that
gives character to his shrewdness was his in
vestment in the Newburyport bridge. the con
struction of which he favored and in which
he largely invested This stock yielded a
grand return. the shares in which formed
principal feature in the bequests made in his
will. He left two thousand dollars to be put
at interest for the benefit of the poor not in
the workhouse; and also gave the town of
Maiden three hundred dollars for bell, and
the sum of two thousand dollars the interest
of which for hundred years was to be de
voted to the support of the gospel
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12

FARM NOTES.

l. Pastures can lie greatly benefited by sowing
"a bouc-dust.
o. johnson estimates that two hundred pounds
If honc-dust spread on one acre, will last sixteen
lars.
J. Night soil is Il powerful fertilizer. II should
hp mixed with at least tcnfod of it, bulk of leaf
mould, peat, OF loan.
t. 4 mich COW is said to require three per cent
ut her weight of hay per day.
D. \ sheep full grown, requires three and one
halt per cent. of live weight.
Is. An OK requires two per cent. if he does moi
work, and two and one half if he does.
g Eight hundred bushels of ruta hagas, or six
hundred bushels of carrots are an average crop Der
acre.
s. Carrots produce the richest milk, sugar beets
next, potatoes next and turnips last as to quality
hut first in quantity.
9. Carrots are equn TO English hay, pound for
pound, feed.
so. rnrnipS As one, 10 one and one half
A. Beets pound for pound.
H. Palsnips equal 10 best OF hay, equal weight.
lj All animals and vegetable lna,rcr is compos-
ed of cells.
A. Salt (chlolidc of sodium is Il valuable fcrti-
hzer when applied At the rate of about eight bushels
1o The acre.
II. TO reduce bones to ashes, put them in a
Light plank box, mix with ashes and keep moist and
cool. II takes from three to six months TO reduce
Them TO fneness.
Ii. sulphur is preventative Of vermin on stock,
Given in provender, and applied to the outside
H. Trees planted upon the WESTERN nothem.
and easean sides of fields, protect the crops attract
the moisture, invite insect destroying BIRDS pre-
vent snow from being blown away, break cold and
destructive winds, render the fields more produc-
tive, shelter fogs.
Il. Evergreens make the bests heltcr, planted in
two rows, thus 4 -
10. Trees do best transpanted in autumn
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12
VOLUME 40.
The GARDEN.

This important appendage to every household,
and necessary one to every farm should be attend
ed to early i'll the season; it should be thoroughly
puverzed by being spaded or plowed several
times. Fine barn-yard manure, plentifuly incor-
poraed and thoroughly mixed with the soil as soon
as in suitable condition, should be planted using
compost of hen manure, plaster, ashes, and salt,
in the proportion of equal parts of the three first
named ingredients, to one eighth part of salt, this
may he applied in the drill, with the soil mixed
with it before the seeds dropped. Hen manure and
ashes alone when applied, should be mixed only
us fast used, as the potash frees the ammonia of
the manure plaster fixes it, Where salt cannot be
readily obtained, it may be omitted with less de-
triment than either OF the other three. Gardeners
will find this cheap and valuable fertilizer, equal
10 guano, or other concentrated manures, while
nearly all the ingredients can be produced on the
premises DO not neglect the garden.
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12
Farm, Garden and Household,
For the Journal.
HOW SHALL WE FARM p?

TME GRASS CEor. This is the corner stone Of
lle Agriculture Of this country, and not only of
Dh~ country alone, but of the civilized world. This
.0utancous natural product. furnished abundant
Y ,ycry where, in its many varieties, speaks OF
sind and bcnclcicnt Providence. All soils will
produce heritage of some kind; certain kinds are
ttural to each variety OF soil. The wants of agri-
culture have selected some OF the many kinds
M-n9 more suited to tho general needs, and more
sily cultivated also giving the largest returns i'll
quality and quantity, Herds grass Glover, Red
rop Foul meadow, Orchards grass, and other
,reties predominating. The value of the hay
.ops and pasturage of this State exceeds the value
ii al its other agricultural productions. Accord
ug to returns made 10 the Department of Agricul
uIr. the total value of The hay crop for 1868 was
oIlows-ifay i'll ion, ,22S 900. Value per ton
i2, Total value; Sl4, $1,000. Add TO this one
.aC as value of the pasturage, and we have
2,Wf 600 dollars, as the sum total of the forage
rop OF Maine. The value of the Wheat, Dat. Rye.
Ruckwheat Barley and Potato crop is given at
lf93,31o dollars. Add TO this one-fourh as value
o the straw and fodder, and we have the sum
lol Of their value At l2llH, 200 dollars. Excess i'll
'elne Of HAY crop other principal crops united
VS7S,300 dollars Allowing these Statments to he
.prrecl, we have large balance in favor Of The
Hay interest in this State.
Maine is set down a grazing State her
Innate, natural roniiguration of surface, diversity
M >ojls. al point TO The leading pursuit that should
IaJlc all others bc pursuod-Stock raising. our
0nlrls though long and cold are generally healthy
ttur summers are warm and salnbrous. All kinds
u stock thrive well, when properly kept and Tend
.. Many of our hills afford the richest and best
a Sheep paSturagc. In no State is the quality of
feool and mutton superior 10 ours. with the same
Ir.cd, and attendance our horses ar Word-re-
vued, and they need but passing notice here
Nur cattle compare well with those OF other see
uun~ Lumber is plenty. shelter and fencing can
,c procured with far less expense haN n most of
thc more favored lines: and labor is not. dear
AS in many other States. The tending Of tiocks and
herds j., a pleasing nnd heathlui employment.
Name to be peculiarly adopted to this branch
If Agricultural industry.
Vet there are many things vet needed to make
lh9 stock growers paradise. Many pastures
need ren0yating and renewing. Very many fields
aerd Il higher state Of cultivation. These needed
nanacs and Improvements will naturally come
iuout with the increasing interest in cattle hs-
nntry.
Leaving this part OF the subject. let us turn our
ltenion to some OF the more prominent grasses.
tIolEE. This leading and indSpenS nSahc part OF
our forage crop is composed of the following elc-
urnts according 10 Prot. Morton:
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12
FENCES.

A. carly "a, will be suitable on account Of SNOW,
frost. or other impeachment, these should he attend
"a to. II is poor economy 10 have poor fences.
Where material is scarce only those fences abSo-
nltrly nee, sSary should be built, and these built
we'll Cattle are often induced to be breachy, and
luruly by turning them into pastures moi suitably
fenced Many a valuable animal has been spoiled
y this neglect. Road fences are perfect nuisances
rNcept where pastures border on roads. We have
4 law TO prohibit cattle from running at large, and
ll be enforced instead of building expensive fences
ip protect ourselves aS has heretofore been done.
Road fences cause the roads to be filled by drittec
now and it costs the State annually. several hun
,lred thousand dollars to break roads, when if moi
fenced they would not he blochadcd. Farmers
should endeayor TO build portion Of their fence
IN a durable and permanent manncr each wear. o
he best of materials.
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12
ONE HALF GUILTY,

fellow named Donks was lately tried Al
Yuba, Cal, for entering a miners tent and
stealing bag of gold dust valued at SSi. The
testimony showed that he had once been en-
ployed there and knew exactly where the
oWnel kept his dust; that on the night speci-
tied he cut slit in the tent, reached in, took
the bag and then ran off. Jim Butler, the
principal witness, testified that he saw the hole
cut, saw the man reach in and heard him
runaway.
II rushed after him at once" he continued;
'but when | cotched him didn't find Bills
bag; but it was found afterwards where he
had throwed it,"
"How far did he get when he took the
dust9" inquired the counsel.
We'll, he was stoopin' over, half WAY in
should say replied the witness.
May it please your honor" interposed the
counsel, 1.-THE indictment isn't sustained, and
| shall demand an acquittal on direction Of
the court. The prisoner is on trial for enter
ing dwelling in the night time with intent
to steal. The testimony is clear that he made
an opening through which he protruded HIM
self half way, and stretching out his arms.
committed the theft. But the Indictment
charges that he actually entered the tent or
dwelling? Now, your honor, can a man en-
ter a house when only one half of his body
is in, and the other half out ?"
81 shall leave the whole matter to the jury
They must Judge of the law and the facts as
proved" replied the Judge.
The jury brought in a verdict of Guilty
as to one half of the body. and not guilty rs
to the other half.'
The judge sentenced the guilty part to two
years Imprisonment, leaving it to the prison
er's option to have the innocent halt cut of
or take it along with him.
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12

How IT Is DONE. The happy Chinese
principle of compromise with that large class
which is apt to be oblvious of the Sth clause
of the Mosaic bylaws was first made fashion
able among Anglo-Saxons. by Wall street.
When Jerome was robbed of his bonds, he
offered to share with the appropriations, and
no questions asked, if the deficit should b,.
properly made up. Bank directors learned
their lessons in this school of the brokers.
There is an amusing story of this description
afloat. X, the cashier of q certain bank, had
appropriated" hundred thousand dollars.
and lost it in speculation. The dav for the
examination of the books was at hand In
great fear X, called in his lawyer, and asked
advice. IL have reputation to sustain
My wife, children, the church, it would be-
a horrible scandal. What can be done ."
"You can't raise the money!"
mo"
"Well, thereris an easy way out OF it,
"Eh I" gasps cashier
"Why, you should simply absorb TWO
hundred thousand more, aud the day before
the scrutiny. call together the directors and
make frank confession
X grew interested, asked more questions,
and then decided to follow up the suggr~
ton.
When the outraged officers met, \ wa,
overwhelmed WitH ItlOEIlucitlOn. lie was Il
defaulter for $500, 600. 1t had all gone in
that internal Harlem. He was exceedingly
sorry. ''Of course, gentlemen, there is the
law You can expose me. Gou can throw
me into Sing-Sing, shock the community.
and hurt the banks credit. II ought to be-
done. have not twenty dollars. But then
my friends areexceedngly concerned. They
agree--if you will keep the whole affair si
lent, give me letter regretting that am
compelled from my health to resign. and
duly testfying to my integrty-to privately
collect one third OF the amount and place it
to your credit. You can figure to yourself
the pain such u proposition causes me. But
then there is the family and the bank"
The directors reflected for thirty-slx hours
Then they called \ in, and asked if the
money was certain to be paid over He re-
ferred them to ''friend.' All was satisfac-
torily arranged.
The bank got its one hundred thousand.
the cashier retired ON hundred thousand.
and the letter of regret and admiration re-
mains in the family archives as evidence OF
the incorruptibility of its worthy bnt invalid
member.
Among brokers this exquisite anecdote has
a certain lack of freshness. II is what the
street has been doing for years. Half the
time, indeed, the cashier is not even suspend
ed. provided he guarantees that the defcien
cy shall be made good. [''Men and Mysteries
of Wall Street"
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12

Schooner William T. Emerson, Dorr, of
and for Orland, Me-, from New London, put
into this port on Sunday, having been run
down on the previous night about eighteen
miles N. N. f. from Cape Cod, by an unknown
barque, which struck her on the quarter,
knocking off the stern and otherwise badly
damaging the vessel. The mate, Mr. Peleg
Patten, was knocked overheard and drowned.
He belonged in Orand, where he leaves a
widow and one child. Capt. Dorr states
that the barquc showed no lights, refused to
give her name, and passed on without stop
ping to render them any assistance, although
requested to do so. Had the schooner been
deeply loaded she would have soon sunk, as
she she was cut down nearly to the waters edge.
barque is deserving of the severest condem-
nation, and we hope the name of his vessel
will yet be ascertained and the matter fully
investigated Gloucester Advertiser
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12
BELFAST, MAINE THURSDAY, MAY 12 1870
THE ROLL CALL.

They carried him gently to the rear,
The bravest of the brave;
"Mortally wounded" the surgeon said,
Nothing his life can save"
Darkness had shrouded the field in gloom,
Where many loved one slept, 2
And fearful comrades, bending low
Der manly forms, had wept.
Suddenly up from the couch where he lay,
At midnight calm and clear,
The voice of the wounded boy was heard
To answer loudly 'sHere."
''What can do?" the surgeon said,
And quickly rushed to his side,
"Nothing, Doctor, they were calling the roll
In heaven, and replied"
He turned his head, his eve grew dim.
Not sigh, nor stihed groan,
But when the surgeon whispered again.
His spirit had sweetly flown.
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE. Near the Cottage
street Station of the Old Colony Railroad in
Dorchester there is a boggy piece of land.
When the road was improved at this point,
about three years ago the bog was filled up
about fifteen feet nearly to q level with the
rails. The weight of the earth there depos-
ted has since caused eruptions OF the surface
about forty feet from the track, but the larg-
est eruptions took place on Wednesday morn
ing last. The event was attended with a
loud sucking noise, which was heard some
distance. Mr.. Snell's house, which is near
by, suffered considerably, the cellar totally
disappearing from view, and leaving the
house buried in the mud about one foot.
Another singular feature, as we are informed
is the appearance above ground of number
of stumps of large trees which look like ebo-
ny. The earth which was cast up looked like
lampblack. Boston Herald.
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12

THIRTY MINUTES OLD. A few weeks ago.
a babe was left at the New York Founding
Hospital by man, that at the farthest, could
not have been thirty minutes old 1t was
merely rolled in a piece of cotton rag, when
taken from the basket-the gentleman had
the grace to ring the bell-it was thought to
be dead, but restoratives were quickly APP
piled, which produced feeble respiration
for moment, and while the faint animation
fingered it was baptized, and in the hurry
and lack of better, named John Smith.
The Christian rite was hardly over when the
quivering eyelids above the eyes that had
never opened were still, and the little spirit
tluttered up to the glory of God; the mighty
mystery of birth, life, and death solved in Il
single hour.
The Republican journal., 1870-05-12

A paragraph is going the rounds about u girl in
Chester, VT, dying from tight lacing. An editor
commenting on the fact says: - These corscts
should be done away with, and if the girls can't
live without being squeezed, we suppose men can
he found who would sacrifice themselves. AS old as
we are, would rather devote three hours aday as
brevet cors {, than these girls dying off in that
manner Office hours almost any time