Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-08

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not only well memorized, but also
thoroughly understood. In point OF
order and general good behaviour
Mr.. Ms school is really excellent and
praiseworthy. Young as thew are.
the pupils all know their business
and everything is done with system
attic accuracy.
The teachers believe in training. a
vast deal more than in the old fash
ION OF examining, the minds of the
young; and the people of Cassville
may well feel proud of the attain
ments made by their children since
j. Likons and S. Mufiley began to
teach them. Let parents and all
others interested in matters edpea-
tional, visit the school often, and if
! they do not find it Unjust the condi-
ton we have described, why then
Wen never WELD reportorial pencil
again.
Miss Grattan teaches tho "prima-
ries," but as she has just begun her
la6ors, We can say nothing for or
against her system" and make no
predi ctions in regard to her failure
or her success.
Along the banks Of the river, Cass-
villo township is rather billy and
abandantly supplied with timber;
but in places the arabic land is ex-
cellent in quality, and good farms,
thrifty orchards, rOomy barns, and
fine houses are found in civilized and
encouraging numbers. Many of the
farmers raise sugar-cane by the acre,
and manufacture whole barrels of
sorghum treacle. This production,
one OF the delights OF mans earthly
existence, and a most meritorious lu-
bricator of buckwheat cakes, sells for
about eighty cents a gallon, at whole
sale, and is claimed to DO about as
profitable thing AS any other the
farmer can raise.
This year the pumpkin crop did
not "prove failure" To employ a
phrase Of supernatural originality /;
and in many u corn field we saw the
choice fruit lying in lavish and won
drous protusion. A great many far
mers feed their hogs on the luxury,
and hold that it is fattening as we'll
as digestble, particularly when well
cooked and mixed with barley OF
some other kind Of grain. Pumpkin
pie is good, too,-good enough foI
old Whittier to say that it is not tC
be sneered at &; and baked pumpkin
has been known to pass as q tolerablc
substitute for the squash, even with
those who wear purple and fine linen
and fare sumptuously every day.
Every other day the Lancaster
mail is fetched to CassvIlc from Bee.
town; and during the steamboat
season mail matter is also received
and sent by way of the river. A
halfdozen boats frequently land in
the course of twenty-four hours
they unload goods for the merchants
and the mechanics, and take on board
wood, grain, lead and other produce
Not unfrequently barges laden with
cord wood are taken to the Dubuque
market, and almost daily huge RATS
of lumber and of logs are foated by
to some Of the river towns below.
Present indications promise the
early extension to Cassville Of the
railway now terminating at Platte.
vile. A desideratum Of vast impor
lance, as it will make the town one
of the leading produce markets il
this part Of the State, and developc
to its fullest extent the agricultu.
raj resources Of southwestern Grant
County. When this consideration
most devoutly to be wished shall
have come to pass, the present village
Of Cassvile will soon grow into 9
fourishing city, the surrounding hill:
be made to blossom as the rose, and
the big hotel become the resort O
tourists from every land, the abode
of pilgrims from every cline.
Yours,