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The union Democrat., 1870-05-28
Memcmadc Degsercl.

This most crude, sorrowful and metrics
ory was written under most peculiar an
azy state of mind. Twas composed at th
itching hour of night, "when grave yard
lwn and devils yomit forth their spawn.
be shorned moon' lay upon her back, an
ing low down in the heavens, and shed
lie and sickly light, which scarcely revea
the shadowy outlines of the billowy -shal
giant hills, that lay sleeping like hug
aves in misty photograph. Before retil
e we sat listening to the melancholy hot
an old love sick owl, who published b
norous sorrows from the top of an old dea
ee. As we thus sat, "our all" our do
ID cat, came and seated themselves by ou
de, and listened too, and as we reviewe
em in the pale starlight we were suddenl
ized with strong, and insane desire
'ggerelize the group, and the following line
e the crazy result:
THE PRAYER AND DEATH OF YE OLD MINER.
The night wind sighed
As its course it piled,
Through the rustling leaves
OF the dark old trees
And the night bird whooped,
As in fight he stopped
Over dark old glen.
Oneicn bright star
Shown from afar,
With shining face
Upon that lonely place.
Near a water fall,
In a cabin small;
A lone miner sat
With dog and cat ri
in reyerie.
At last he awoke
And thus he spoke;
Oh what a sad lot
We three have got;
Where our lives to spend
And our days to end.
am weary ct the strife
OF this grub hunting life;
Oh death what a release !.
Oh in grave what peace
He then with a sigh,
Looked up to the sky
And prayed to the all high
Who cast down an eye.
Lord! show thy power
Oh this very hour,
And rain a shower
OF both meat and flour;
Or send old death
To take my breath.
A fash then came,
AS lightning's flame.
And the wind did
And shake the door.
Why dost thou start,
Thou old brave hearth
Hast not before
Heard rafting door!
Oh God be praisedi
The latch was raised
And shape came in
Oh so wan and thin.
The miner down on knees
As Its form he sees
And his blood did freezes
With fear; almost,
As he eyed the ghost.
Not word it said
As cold hand it laid
Upon the old gray head
Who down fell dead.
The dog he howled.
The cat he growled:
And the miner lay cold
With his years all told.
The waterfall roar'd.
And tne owlet soar'd;
As far over head
Two specters fled.
The moon came up,
As round a cup;
And the star it paled
As the specter sailed
In the white moonlight
All through the night,
The poor dog did whine,
In the pale moon shine.
As the dawn did creep
Over the hills so steep;
The poor dog did weep
While the cat did sleep.
With heart full of woe,
In that cabin SO low;
He paced to and fro
For an hour or so.
Then sprang on the cat
If he had been a rat,
And laid him dead
At the miners head.
Then sadly eyeing him,
Howled his requiem;
And bowling died
By the dead cats side.
And the story is told,
OF the old miner bold;
Who fled from mserie
To deaths own countrie.
J.N
T.ktlnl1~ Mop 1Q-n
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28

ONE AND THE OruER. difference be-
tween ''country" and ''city" greenherr
is, that the one would like to know every
thing, and the other thinks be can tell him.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28

BARK AND BITE.-A Boston (Mass.) ex.
change at once reveals secret of the femin-
inc toilet and one of its possible horrors by
telling this story of fashionable young lady
of the sub-hub of Charlestown. Having suf
fered for some days with painful and mex
plicable Inflammation OF the neck, she called
in physician, who, to her unspeakable hor-
ror, assured her that she was troubled with
'borers." He did not mean the well-known
social af1iction of that name, but certain fero-
cious little Horticultural insects which in
habit what is called IIindoo bark, material
entering into the construction of the lady Is
vast chignon. Fearing that some of these
little wretches had also found harbor in his
patients natural locks, the doctor felt obliged
to order the close-cutting of the latter. and
consequently the lady Of Charlestown has
nothing left but to hide her diminished head.
Moral-Ye ladies. by the example. mark how
quickly Bite may follow Bark, and, Ger all
other things, beware a nipping and an eager
hair. Such hair were better left alone than
be up-raided as your own, and, spite discom-
fort and expense, bring on your heads the
consequence
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28

Nor ACQUAINTED WITH BANK TALK.-A
farmer wished to invest the accumulation of
his industry in the United States securities.
went to brokers' Office to obtain treasury
notes.-the clerk inquired ''What demo
mination will you have them in, sir ?" Hav-
ing never heard that word used excepting to
distinguish religious sects, the farmer, after
q little hesitation. replied: 'sWell, you may
give Lae part in the Old School Presby terian, to
please the old lady, but give me the heft on Il
in Free Will Baptists."
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28

The man who can make his own FIRE, black
bis own boots, carry his own wood. hoe his
own garden, pay his own debts. and lives
without wine and tobacco, need ask no favor
of him who rides in cocch and four.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28

A wag recently appended to the list of
market regulations of Cincinnati: "No
whistling near the sausage stalls.n
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28

THE HOUSE NATIONAL BANK BrLL.-A
Washington special states that the Banking
Committee voted down all amendments to the
new Bank Bill which is therefore to be re-
ported to the House in the shape providing
for the issue of S95 900, 900 of National cur
rency to the States having less than their pro-
portion, and for the redemption and cancella-
tion fS45, ,000 900 ofthe per cent. certificates,
and for the cancellation of S40,000,000 OF
legal-tenders. Additional currency will be
secured by the deposit Of A per cent. bonds.
exempt from taxation, and that when the
$50, ,000.00 ofnew issue had been taken up, all
the banks shall receive the same 4} per cent
bonds as security for their circulation. 1t
provides for free banking on gold basis,
and for the redistribution Of SOS, 600, 900 ma
tional bank notes, taking that amount for
States in excess and distributing it to States
being deficient. But this redistribution shall
not take place until the S95, 100000 provided
for shall have been issued. 1t reduces the
tax on circulation one helf on all banks that
secure all their circulation by new bonds.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28

A SHARP REToRr. Boy, You are not fsr
from fool" sWsll, we ain't more than
three feet apart, give in to that, was the
reply.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Meets first Monday of February, May, August and
November Supervisor lst District, Abner Reed; 70
Dstrict Edmond Parsons; Sd district, Willard Wheelock
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28
COUNTY OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
rrrrH JuplclAL plsralcr counr

FIy7H JUDICIAL DisraIcr CouRr
Meets first Monday in March, and July and the
third Monday In November.
sAML. A.. DooKER,.--- .-------.-.--.-.'uase'
COUNTY CouRr
Meets first Monday of January, May aud septempel :.
PROBATE CouRr
Meets the fourth Monday Of each month
G. III. RANDALL, ..'uose'
Court Commissioner J. ID. REoMosn
The union Democrat., 1870-05-28
county CouRr
PRoDArE Counr

Meets the fourth Monday of each month
c. H. RANDALL,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
Chinese Agricultural Hints.

l. Rules for gathering seed among
the standing grain Having selected
the choice and bright heads of grain,
pluck and suspend them in a dry
place until the next seeding time,
then shell and wash the seed put il
into hot water, when the heavy kerr
nels will sink and the light will rise
10 the surface, and may be skinned
Off and cast away.
2. In the twelfth month place the
seed in large earthern vessel, fill it
with pure water Of melted snow, and
cover the same with earth. When
the seed has sprouted, SOW broadcast
or in drills thus you will avoid the
breeding of worms.
3. 10 determine whether the
coming year will be good or bad,
take one measure Of seed in the be-
ginning of the winter season and
measure it carefully, then place it in
an earthern vessel and put it in q
dark place and leave it there for fifty
days; then measure it again. Ii
then it fills the measure fuller than
before, the season will be good il
less than before, the season will be
bad
4. Treatment Of new land.-First,
burn the grass, lin order to destroy
both the seeds and the roots of grass
aud weeds) plow, then sow to sesa-
mum Gan oily grain) for one year.
This is for the purpose Of destroying
more thoroughly the roots Of the
wild grasses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
Editors and Prayers.

This is what the Christian Union
says of editors and their influences
In public and social prayers there
are frequent petitions for blessing
upon the clergy, upon missionaries,
upon institutions of learning, upon
rulers, in behalf of every class Of
persons exercising q wide influence,
with one exception. We rarely hear
prayer offered for that class whose
thoughts reach a wider circle than do
the thoughts of any other-the edi-
tor. Many more persons read the
news papers than attend church the
students in our college and semina-
ries are more largely influenced,
though less directly, by public opin-
ion, than by the private opinions of
their professors their rulers are, to q
great extent. made or unmade by tho
power of the press; and yet how sell
dom are these facts recognized in
public devotion. If any man on earth
has need OF a conscience, it is the edi-
tor Of public journal; if any man
needs divine guidance it is be if any
human being oftener than another
is called upon to do justly and to
show mercy, it is the man who must
shift an overwhelming mass of ma
terials, "gather the good into vessels
and cast the bad away" If any
man in responsible position is more
strongly tempted to insincerity, pre-
JUDGE, and the thousand other ills
that finite minds are heir to. we
olould-uUG like 10 hear of him.
Pastors who are hard at work at
tempting to mould religious opinions
and conduct laymen who long for
the coming of the kingdom, do not
read your paper as if it were only q
luxury-it is q power. It's mighty
power, and the men who decide
what voice shall reach our ears, who
write editorials, who mould aud col
or the thousand items which enter
your household, either for good or
evil, need your prayers. 10 this age
the preacher can no more ignore the
editor than he can gesture without
hands. The work done in the pull
pit will be undone in a half hours
reading unless the same spirit guides
them both into all truth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
THE HERALD.
Aauantage. Of under. Draining.


The advantages of understanding
are epitomized as follows by the
Farmers Aagasine
l. 1t prevents drought.
2. 1t furnishes an increased sup
ply of atmospheric fertilizers.
3. 1t warns the lower portions
of the soil.
A. 1t hastens the decomposition
of roots and other organic matter.
5. taccelerates the disintegration
of the mineral matters of the soil.
6. 1t causes more even distribu-
ton Of nutritious matters among the
parts Of the soil trayersed by roots.
z. 1t improves the mechanical
texture of the soil.
8. 1t causes the poisonous excre~
mentions matter of plants to be
carried out Of reach Of their roots.
9. 1t prevents grasses from run
ming out.
10. 1t enables us to deepen the
surface soil, by removing excess of
water.
IL. IL renders soil earlier in the
spring.
~. 1t prevents the throwing out
OF the grain in winter.
10. II allows us to work sooner
alter rain.
IA. 1t keeps OF the effects OF cold
weather longer in the fall.
10. II prevents the formation OF
aeetic and other acids, which induce
the growth OF sorrel and similar
weeds.
l6. 1t hastens the decay OF vege-
table matter, and the finer comminu-
ton Of the earthly parts of the soil.
II. 1t prevents, in great meas
ure, the evaporation Of water, and
the consequent abstraction of heat
from the soil.
Is. 1t admits fresh quantities of
water from rains, &C., which are al
ways more or less imbued with the
tertilizing gases of the atmosphere
to be deposited among tho absorbent
parts of the soil, and given up to the
necessities OF the plants.
IS. 1t prevents the formation of
so hard crust on the surface of the
soil as is usual on heavy lands.
20. 1t prevents, in a great meas
ure, grass and winter grains from
being 1Cinter-killed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
Lata Hours.
Henry Ward Beccher preached

Henry Ward Beecher preached
recently on "Late Hours and the
Unfruitful works of Darkness"
III yon want TO mako tho ruin of
child sure, give him liberty after
dark. Yon cannot do anything near
er to insure his damnation than to
let him have liberty to go where he
will without restraint. After dark
he will be sure to get into commune
cation with people that will under
mine all his good qualities. do not
like to speak to parents about their
children. Their child cannot, will
not lie, when bis tongue is like bend
cd bow; he will not drink, when
there is not a saloon within mile of
his fathers house where he is not as
well known as one of its own decan-
tors he never does Ubiquitous things,
when he is rocking in filth. Nine
teen out OF every twenty allowed
perfect freedom at night will be
wounded by it. There is nothing
more important than for a child to
be at home at night, or, if he is
abroad, you should be with him. If
ne is TO see any sights or take any
pleasure, there is nothing that he
should see that you should not see
with him. it il not merely that the
child should be broken down, but
there are thoughts that never ought
to find passage into mans brain.
As an eel, if he wriggle across your
carpet, will leave his slime which no
brushing can over etface, so there are
thoughts that never can be got rid
of, once permitted to enter; and
there are individuals going round
with obscene books and pictures I'M
der the lappels of their coats that
will leave ideas in the mind of your
child that will never be effaced. They
will regret having heard it to the end
of their lives | do not believe in a
child's seeing life, as it is called, with
its damnable lust and wickedness, to
have all his imagination set fire with
the flames of hell. Nobody goes
through this fire but they are burned,
burned, burned and they can: get
rid of the scars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21

A STICKFUL OF FRENCH ROMANCE.
The other day, in Paris. lady re-
turned from promenade at dinner
time to her house. She went to the
kitchen to see if everything was all
right there, and as the inspection
there did not have the wished for res
ult, she sent Justine, her servant girl,
to buy some more provisions. Sud-
denly the door bell was rung, and
when the lady opened the door, u
man rushed in and menacingly bran
dished knife, uttering the words,
"your plate oryour life !" Perfectly
dumb-iounded, the frightened lady
pointed to large clothes-press stand
ing in the kitchen perhaps her in
tention was only to gain time for the
plate was not there at all. The rob-
her hastencd to the clothes-press and
opened it; but to his terror, and to
the great surprise of the lady, there
stepped from it a tall grenadier, who
disarmed the robbel and took him to
the station house; previously saying
to the lady, Excuse me, madame,
was waiting there for Justine"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21

How TO DRIVE A YOUNG HoRsE.-
We find the following floating, and
do not know its paternity, but it is
good advice: ain teaching young
horse how to drive well, do not bur
ry to see how fast he will trot. Keep
each pace clear and distinct from the
other that is, in walking make him
walk, and do not allow him to trot.
While trotting be equally careful
that he keeps steady at his pace, and
DO not allow him to slack into g
walk. The reins, while driving,
should be kept snug; and when push
ed to the top of his speed, keep him
we'll in hand, that he may learn to
bear we'll on the bit, so that when
going at high rate of speed he can
oe held at his pace but DO not allow
him to pull too hard, for it is not
only unpleasant, but it often makes
it difficult to manage him."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
rss-A Joliet woman has orio;,

saS-A Joliet woman has original
and pronounced views on female suff-
rage, which she expresses in this
way
81 just don't believe in these new
women notions. | have raised six
boys-four Of them vote now, and the
others will soon be old enough
Then l will have six votes. Now
these good-for-nothing women who
have fooled their time away, and new
er raised single boy, come around
and want every woman to vote for
herself. | don't believe in such non
sence. i have raised my six boys,
and | am going to have everyone OF
them vote for me. Those women
who so lecturing around, the country
instead of raising boys, have no bust
ness to vote any way"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
sa-It is stated that one good /

B@-It is stated that one good has
literally grown out of the rebellion.
The rebel line about Petersburg and
Richmond, for nearly fifty miles, is
now marked by continuous lines Of
peach trees, which the Johnnies plant
ed Internationally by eating the fruit
and throwing away the seed, while
on duty. The growth has changed
the looks Of the whole country. and
abundant crops have already been
yielded by these peach forests. THIS
Is the most striking mark of enterprise
the rebels have left to tell of the past.
Out Of evil cemeth good.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21

WHEN SHOULD Pics BE WEANED p
Eight weeks old is the best age.
Seven will do. They should become
accustomed to food such as is ordi-
narily givon to hogs before weaving,
and there will be no need of any loss
in growth by tho absence OF their
mothers milk. If they are at all
inclined to scour, one Of the best pre-
ventives is an occasional days feed
Of whole corn, or a few kernels with
their other food each day. They
should have all they will eat, and
even II the farmer is under the neces-
sity of buying corn to keep them
along till his own harvest is ready in
the fall, the growth will generally
pay at least fifty per cent. over and
above the expense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
Guardian SaIe-n.sdge.

- County of Grant court
In the matter of the real estate OF John Dodge do
ceased. ="
Notice Is hereby given that by virtne and IN nursu.
ance OF an order ofeense made in said matter on the
sixth (othl day OF June, A. ID. 1870 by the county
Court OF Grant county, Wisconsin, the undersi
guardian Of John, William, Franklin A and Eliza L.
Dodge minor children and heirs said deceased will on
Tuesday, the 2sth day Of june 1870 at one o'clock
in the afternoon Of said day, At the front door Of the
court house. in the village of Lancaster in sad com.
ty oneI for sale al public yendue the following de-
scrbed lands, to-wit The undivided .thir ds part
OF lots numbers nine (9 and ten (l0) in block four
az in the village Of Bloomington, in tho county OF
Grant and state Of Wisconsin.
Terms Of salo cash at time of sale.
CATHARINE Il. DODGE, Guardian of said minors.
Deted at Lancaster, this 9th day OF June, 1870.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
Sheriff Sale.-D'LaD et nj,

GTATE or Wisconsin, Circuit Court for tho county
- County Of Grant. OF Grant
Willard II. Hart, plaintiff, against Elijah Dian and
Amanda ]. ID Lap (his wfe), John q. Catlin an T.
oatlin (hs wife), defendants.
By virtue OF Judgment of foreclosure aud order of
sale, rendered and made at the March term 1870,
in the Circuit Court Of Grant county Wis., and by d.
rection of plaintiffs attorney, will the 10Th day
Of July, A. ID. 1870, In front Of l.. Woolley'a oil.
fee, in the village Of Boscobel, Grant county, Wis
consin offer for sale and will sell at public auction
at the hour Of o'clock in the afternoon of said ay
20 the highest bidder for cash. the following described
real estate. towit : The south half of lot ten QO)
and lot eleven t in block fortysx (46 in the viii
lage of Bosoobel. in Grant county, Wisconsin.
Said sale will be made 10 satisfy said judgment costs
aud accruing costs. w. ii. elise, Sheriff.
Il. j. WooLLEY, Plaintiff 5 Attorney.
Dated Sheriff s office, Lancaster, june Z, 20. 1--we
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21

seH.-A teacher in one of our Sab
bath schools, who had quite repu-
tation tor accommodating her lesson
TO the understanding OF children,
said to little bit of thing, one day,
with whom she had been laboring for
a long time. "Ifa naughty girl should
strike you, my dear, you would for
give her, wouldn't you !" "Yeth
marm-if | couldn't catch her," was
the reply--only to be matched by
the dying Highlander, who called
out to neighboring chief, whom he
had just become recnciled to, "But
mark ye, lairdee-mind now-if L
get abroad agen, all this goes for
naethin."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21

IA-There is q very common i'm
preston that fonce posts should be
set "top down." in order to have
them last we'll. Prof Daniels, of the
University of Wisconsin, says there
is no reason for this belief, and w.
IL. White writes to the Country GEN
Hemdn that % years ago he set a
fonce half the posts of which were
set in an inverted position, and he
has seen no distinguishable difference
in their lasting qualities, except that
those with most sap decayed most.
The posts were sawed from red
chestnut logs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
Estate of Osborn

CrAEEor wIscosslS, In Probate, Grant County
ID urhntConpty, Court.
In the matter OF the estate Of Tobias O. Osborn de
ceased.
On reading and hlng the petition OF Ovid Il PbeIps
administrator Of said estate, setting forth the
OF personal estate that has TO his hands and the
disposition thereof the unit Of debts outstanding
against said deceased and escript ion of ali the real
estate OF which said deceased died seized and the
diton and value OF the respective portions thereof
and praying that license be 10 him granted 10 sell
all OF the real estate OF said deceased or 40 mnch
thereof AZ will pay the bebs against said deceased
and the expenses OF administration aud il appear
ing, by said petition, that there IL not sufficient berson
al estate in the hands of said Administrator
to pay said debts, and that IL is necessary In
order to pay the same, to sell all of said estate
III s therefore ordered that all persons In
said estate appear before tho Judge Of this Court on
Monday, the 25th day of July, A. ID. 1870, at one
o'clock r. NJ, at the court house, In Lancaster in said
county then and there TO show cause OF any there be
why should not be granted TO said administrator
70 sell said real estate according TO the prayer OF
said petition.
And II IL further ordered that copy Of this order
shall be published for four successive weeks prior 70
said day OF hearing in the Grant Co. Herald weekly
newspaper printed and published at Lancaster In said
County and personally served all persons
IN said estate residing in said county, least four
teen days before said day of hearing.
by the Court, WM. McG0NIGAL, Co. Judge
Dated at Lancaster the 18th day Of june A. d. 1870
2W1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21

LICE ON CATTLE.-A correspondent
recommends, as preventive, salt
with little sulphur, and to rid the
cattle of them when troubled, anoth-
or correspondent gave the following
Take whale oil (such as we use to
burn in lamps), about one pint for a
tull-grown animal, part the hair, and
pour the oil along the back, from
head to tail, and the work is done.
The oil, in the course Of a few DAYS,
will pass all over the animals BODY.
and the lice will be no more" - E.c-
change.