Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-19
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10 keep the Pigs from getting in
And roofing up the Ground.

awoNo WIS morning and were rejoic-
ed to lind that the Almighty had sent
us what he intended to be a great
blessing, in the shape of heavy
rain, without which all vegetation
would have soon persisted but by
the stupidity and ignorance of man,
what was intended for blessing has
been turned into curse. But, says
one, how could man have prevented
the flood ? answer:
To keep the pigs from getting in
ANA roofing mp the ground,
he has built all his fences across the
water courses nearly tight, the con-
sequence is, that every.fence is a dam
and has its pond, and when one
gives way all below must 90. and
then immense damage will be done.
But | may be asked why they build
their fences so when they know the
danger. All the reason that thew
give is contained in the two lines at
the head of this, "To keep the pigs
&C." which two lines are thought by
some to contain poetry, but whether
they do or not, it is certain that the
inhabitants Of Grant county pay
more "To keep the pigs, &C., than
they do in taxes, and the only rea-
son | ever heard given for turning
hogs in the street is that it would be
hard for the poor man, who had only
cow and a pig, to be deprived eff
of the privilege of pasture in the
highway. But better, ten times
better, would it be for the farmers to
board him and his pig at the FIT.
Nicholas, and cloths his wife in silk
and scarlet, than to any longer sub
nit to he imposed upon in this way.
II costs Too much and benefits no
one besides, there arc thousands 0 f
acres in Grant county unimproved,
on which the owners pay heavy
taxes, while they are practically de-
MED the privilege of using it, unless
| they make a fence
To keep the pigs from getting in
And roofing mp the ground.
Now, | would inquire. is there
any Justice, or even common sense in
this? can't see it.
| Some of our geographers have di-
vided the nations Of the earth into
savage, halfcivilized, civilized and
enlightened, and have put ours down
as enlightened but | think halfciv-
ilized is as high as any nation can be
honestly graded that permits hogs
to run in the highways, and gives
the owner of land no protection, but
leaves him and the hog to fight it
out as best they can, provided, dL,CdgS,
that the hog be not injured in the
fight. But | have hopes that this
state OF things will be remedied.
Ohio and Iowa have seen the evil of
it and abolished it. AS long as it
exists, when the Almighty sends "a
a heavy and much needed rain it will
of course be turned into a curse, by
the building of close fences across all
ravines and water courses,
To keep the pigs from getting in
/ And roofing up the ground.
But how can this evil be abated ?
[ answer: let the leading men in our
agricultural societies, all of whom
are enlightened men, inaugurate the
movement at the fairs in the fall, and
call upon tho multitude to sign Pc
tition to the Legislature for common
sense law on the subject, and the
thing will be in a fair way of being
accomplished. LUTHER BRowN.
Patch Grove, Ju ly To- 1870.
EGYPT AND TURKEY.-It is stated,
not as a report or a probable thing,
but as an accomplished fact, that
J Russia has taken up the cudgels in
behalf of Egyptian independence, in
the conflict which is now imminent
between the Sultan and the Khidive.
) How this is to be made effective so
: as not to stir up general war and
/ array France and England in oppos-
: ition, is not clear. If the Car is to
, attack the Turkish territory in the
east and the Danube as of yore, in or
, der to weaken the Sultan's assault on
} Egypt. the old combinations will be
J resurrected and we shall have the
Crimean conflict over again. We
: rather think, however, that the ma.
{ ture of this alliance will be modified
s when the whole text is made known
) n@. "The Grand Lodge of the
s Knights of st. Crispin," at Boston.
J on Thursday, protested against the
5 new attempt to degrade labor, by
: the introduction of servile laborers
from Asia, and they say they will
r try by all lawful means to resist it,
: but welcome to their ranks all, with
/. out distiction of color. who desire to