Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-08
Especial Correspondence Of the HERALD
CASSVfLLE.
CnssYille by AIOonIight3-A "soizabie Housed
business Firms-NI Ansiactures-schOois
and Churches-Fise Farms-Fu-
ture Business Importance.

ton is parallel Will, the course Of the
river at this places The streets are
regularly laid out aud the houses
rather few, far apart aud chiefly
made Of wood.
In the day time, and viewed from
the deck of stoatnboat, the village
presents very few attractions to the
eye Of the Notwithstanding traveller ;
but by moonlight, .and seen from the
summit of q Lofty bluff, the place
assumes an air OF Sleasing loneliness,
and becomes, unlike Samuel Weller's
famous hat, "a very good 'un to look
at" particularlyis the gazer's mag
lnation has the power to body forth
the shapes of things that never had
existence. FroIl the rocky emincnce
to which we ressf, one can see the
rolling river, tha iowa hills, the red
and the blue lie.h..s on the painting
steamboats,, the ripple Of the moonlit
water along tie sandy shore, the
houses OF the village and the lamp.
rays that beam fftom the windows
can contemplate, chat "iabric huge, .
the Dcniston Hhase, Of which it may
be said in the words Of John Brow
dies apostrophc to Saint Paul's in
London, "Ecodt nc be a soizable one,
he be" and lock- with melancholy
visago upon tho well known picnic
grove where pleasure seekers from
Dubuquo and otHer places are wont to
so in summer when the sun is hot
and city life t,lre.
Tho early history Of CassvilIe is
full OF stirring i,terest, and an enter
tanning columrs or two might be
written upon it but at present we
shall not undertake the task, lest this
letter be made unfortunately long
and lesI some 'one knowing more
about it than Vo take occasion tc
doubt the truth Of our sletchy nara
tive
Among the names of the leading
business men ofsthe village are those
OF Reincke and 600, John Geiger, G
Pryor, and seHeral others, all o.
whom do considerable trading, keel
a full and choict assortment of dry
goods, grocerl..s, etc, and sustain
good business regulations abroad
AS merchants a a minor, though no
less prosperous. class, we may desig
nate John Kib!:r, Mrs. Schultz An
ton Weiss. deagr in stoves and gen
eral hardware; j. Bernhard, anC
julius Baumg&rtner, the merchan
tailor.
Stevens anCS Zimmerman run
steam saw mill and deal quite exten
sively in lumber Of every kind. They
sell nearly msIiUn Of feet annually
and have now on hand an immens,
stock Of dressed flooring, siding
shingles, pickles, doors, blinds anC
sash.
Scharfensteif, I. Beilharz, and Hen
~ Webster are tho wagon makers
and blacksmiR1s. The last nance
| manufactured gfows and other farm
ing Implements, and is also known
as builder of good bridges, having
already constructed upward Of TWEEN
ty-fve in tho, towns Of Lancaster
Ellenboro, Pl&teville and Beetown
W. Deidrich i: the cabinet maker
kleinpcll the harness maker; e
Engler and j. Bernhardt the shoe
makers. j. Burrows and Co. manu-
facture bricks Schmitz and Scherl
are the brew$rs. Joe Ortscheid il
the "city baker" makes good bread
cake, and-so-farth; sells candy ant
lollipnp, and keeps constantly OF
hand . good supply of that comfort
able, though auch-abused commodi
! t., known as gingerbread. The mex
time you takeyour girl to a Cassvill,
picnic, 20 To. Joe's, and q judiciou
investment d ten cents will supply
you with happiness enough for tina
day.
Mrs, Moore and sister have fin,
millinery ESTABLISHMENT, which ladie
IN want of tbs ''latest fall and winter
fashions" wiz do well to visit.
| Dir. Kraft ia the resident physician
and is reputee skilIful in his profes
sion. He is Z German, and can tall
with enthusiasm about the vine clat
hills Of Bad;n, on "thc wide an,
winding Rhihe.'
There are swo or three hotels il
Cassvillo. Is,macl keeps the bes
kind Of freshsoysters, and knows JUS
how 10 sorvcsa dish Of the slipper,
bivalves. lSbo Eagle House"
kept BY J. Wise, and the "Dauphin
will be undc1 the management Of Nh
Graybill, the village barber.
There is u Catholic Church, i
which the Rsv. Mr.. Albors oficiatcs
1t is made q brick, and is well al
tended by o large congregation Q
orderly wosshippors. About th
only sad lahk 10 the village is
Protestant church building. Their
is proachings 4owover, semi,occasion
ally, the meetings being held, lik
those Of the Good Tcmplars, in
basement room Of the "Denistor
House"
1t now relas,ins for us to speak O
| Wy *NNitN@NAFS eAhNA HuUSNdDblal sEDOO
house, fine and commodious add
ton to whicA has just been complet
ed. The building is made of brick
is two stori4,high above o well-light
ed basemenG land will accommodate
upward of faur hundred pupils.
Mr.. Jno. likens is the Principal
He is an excellent teacher, and labor:
earnestly in iiischargiDg his pedagog.
ic duties lss class in physical geog.
raphy have y clear understanding Of
the subject, sand those studying in
oompositionsare all perfectly aware
that nouns agnd verbs ought TO agree,
and know tse difference between q
comma and \ colon.
Mr.. S, Mlsflley has charge of the
intermediary department, and 1t is
but simple sustice to say that he ID
the right man in rhe right place
During the sime that he has been
engaged in sraining his pupils, he has
wrought treat deal of rood and