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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24

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A No. 1 farm of 800 acres--half thereof in
fence-l20 acres under the plow, with good
buildings, etc.-convenlent to railroad - at
cheap figures.
400 acres in Beetown unimproved; 296
acres in Beetown unimproved, at cheap figures.
A farm of 800 acres, q miles from Lancaster,
with buildings, good prairie land at $40 per
acre long time given.
l-3 acre of ground beautifully situated in
the village of Lancaster with good house, barn
and cistern at $500.
lots with house and cistern in good
repair at $3.50.
For further particulars apply to
JOSEPH BOOK,
42tf Abstract Office, Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24

b8-Some twenty Of our exchanges
are treating their readers to o story
!itled Viola-"written expressly for
this paper
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
Large Farm For Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale his farm Of 900 acres
situa led In the town Of Cassyile the Mccartney
School House; four ffths Of which is first quality
prairie land all well fenced and improved thereon
dWengs-2 story brick and frame-large frame barn,
granaries, plenty of water furnished by windmill
pump | will sell the farm and 30 acres Of good tim
Der for s33 per- The lands may be divided uto
FARMS and will sell in parts Call at the premises
r. A. KILB0URN
Cassve, January 10th, 1870, S5mlstf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
Local Matters:

eR-Smeltzer's Grove posto-ftice
has been changed to Georgetown.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
VILLAGE PROPERTY
For SALE,

The undersigned offers for sale his home in the village
of Cassyille consisting Of three good lots with
Portable dwelling good well, cistern the premises
about 65 bearing fruit trees and large number
of currant bushes and towering shrubs also stables
for ~ head of horses cattle. Terms, CASH. part
in cash and part in young stock.
Also for sale 40 lots with good dwelling on EACH
The above is a rare chance for persons DESTROYS Of
sending their children to good school, Cassville
supports as good district school for 10 months in
year any place in the county None of the prop
erty is Il of a mile from She school House.
Apply to JOHN H. SNECLoDE.
Cassylle, July IS, 1868. S-tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
DIED;

In Beetown, May 18th, 1870, Byron of Rittner
and Mary Stevens, aged ii years, months and days
Byron died in the triumphs Of the Christians faith
aud gave good evidence that loss is his gain.
In Glen Haven, May eth. 1870, Dortha Kuenster,
aged 80 years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24

NOTICE TO SUPERVISORS.
If Hezekiah Young, vagrant applies for aid Won
Will please refuse him assistance The Supervisors of
the town of Harrison sent said Young the Pauper
House once, and have repeatedly offered TO maintain
him there but they do not propose to run after him
or pay for his keeping after this notice
A. V. KNAPP,
Chm Supervisors Of the town of Harrison.
Harrison, May 4 1870. 4gw3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
Six Thousand Acres OF Land for Sale

The following real estate is offered for sale
800 acres unimProved in Beetown,
$500 Z" . g Muscoda, Waters
town, Blue River, Hickory Grove, Marion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24

pESS d. IL. b u ID ID is
SPECIAL AGENT Tor the improved
Bat Combined Reaper and Mower,
New Yorker. and in fact can sell yon
almost any kind you may wish. AZ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
For SALE.

rv,.ntv a,res Of land within the corporation OF
ranraster thereon is new house 2@xIo II with
three living rooms and three bed roms, with good
ea1tsr nj WOOD he'd a good large cistern and we'll
near tbe door both supplied with pumps; new stables
corn crib and horse barn all built last summer.
4s~tf WIN. ALCoRN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24

So Foe J.ne nuuicr Of DemareS'S
Monthly Magazine is as fresh and
beautiful a. . boquet OF newly pluck
cd June roses The profuse display
Of artistic engravings, elegant sum-
mer fashions, and other entertaining
features, is perfectly bewildering-
We do not wonder that the ladies are
so partial to DemoreSts Monthly, and
cali il a model magazine. Demorest
promises extraordinary inducements
in the way Of premiums, among
which is Grover & Baker Sewing
Machine for only twenty subscribers.
Address "Demorest's Monthly" s3s
Broadway, n. \.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24

LUMBER Low Az MILLvILLE.-J.
Crrager's lumber mills at Millville
have been turning out vast amount
of lumber this Spring, and which is
now ready for delivery at the follow
ing low rates wide boards and
flooring frst clear, S25 per NJ sec-
ai oaer. so, third clear s20
emitting aua a,oe ST. Terms
strictly cash. Nr Creaglr will de.
.r umter So lancaster, Blooming
r Patch Grove al reasonable
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
HORSE AND COLT STRAYED.

strayed from the subscribers residing in the village
Of Bloomington, Wis, about the Goth of April 1870
one coored horse years old, light name and
tall scar on front OF left hind leg also year old
bay colt in forehead small white strip on nose
one hind foot white. LUKE HtDLEY
May g. 1870. 4swlttf LEVI BROWN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
NOTICE TO FARMERS !

The water having subsidized the farmers Of Grant
and adjoining counties are hereby notified that the
undersigned have resumed business paying the
HIG HEST MARE EFT PRICE
for all grain delivered az their warehouse In Potos
Potosi, May 9. 4gw3t FLANAGAN BROS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24


Excess in 1870 435 3 gs5 %
10 confusion LET II be kept in mind that the Madison
Mutual was got and has been not TO make money
for its officers directors but saUe money TO its
members, which 1t has done TO the amount of ONE
MILLION OF DOLLARS at moderate calculation that it
has no right aud occasion make excessive accu
mutations beyond an adequate pas losses aud
expenses, and save its members from the vexatlop Of
assessments, that its assets, aside from premium
notes, would enable IT to close its doors toda paw all
Ills losses and expenses till the expiration of its policies
and have handsome surplus remaining, and that an
assessment upon its premium notes. which would make
It's rates only equal to its competitors would bring into
It's treasury two hundred and ninety-t thousand
eight hundred ana sixty six dollars
ASH ave intended this mainl, defensive I will
say nothing OF the gentlemen who have thrown this
beouf paper before the public backed in ca SEES
by their own untruthful assertions. Ii further expo
shall be provoked, the battle may be pushed TO
their gates, and they may not find themselves inyuner
able.
d. WORTHINGTON,
Secretary Madison Mutual Insurance Company
April, 1870. 49w3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
Sla.sa8.on
Excess inls09


To their dsparag ing statements of the falling OF in
the number OF policies issued in 1863 compared with
lsos, have only TO that where prudence suggests
retrenchment, ii may be wise TO obey her dictates aud
that the number which issued last year has given
them more uneasntss than ourselves.
They speak Of the sl,l7l ,464 SO 10 premium notes
and ask whether these notes will be called upou 10
come 10 the rescue We shall see The losses of onr
company paid ia 1869 SSS27 81 but of this sum
s95oOl was paid upon los of 1868 occurring too
ate 10 be adjusted that year, leaving SIS &c., 3 paid
IN 1865 upon the losses Of that year. The amount Of
tisk during that year would average something over
600 O0O By this ratio the excess of risks assumed
over those retired in 1862 would requirr insurance
fund OF $99I5OS which deducted from the net gam of
SIS O33 ~ leaves balance in favor Of the company OF
s3,O5s7l,
As another make.weight these men assume that a.
1862 was wet season. the losses may be expected to
be greater another year In this they are no nearer
right than in other dshunest ignorant aitempts 10
bring our business u The standard other cumpaus
lnsuring against the. Effects OF lightning a wet and
stormy season brings often losses than a dry
Our losses last gear BY HgAHIng aeers no less
than hundred and toeHty four fths of which THESE
assaants would nave Tepudated under their policies
A idenee Of the effect upon ar business Of ms
sueakng publ cation, submit the figures of tho 6rst
quarter OF 1859 and 1870 observ ng that the omi no
Under the Rule" libel has been circulated and lis maj
son terInented all within the quarter Just past:
ls70-Polieiea issued drst quarter, 2,474
Cash premiums. s3l an 5o
lS69-POeies issued first quarter 2.U39
Cash premiums, 2746t o.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
Ms.sr. c. II. McoonmeE 4 Bro:

3IV"'IE' U II EINNVHslItA /" bhV't
DEAR SIRs You can send on the
contract as you say, and 1 will see
you and talk matters over generally,
soon. Truly yours,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24

4lta' 40Vy &oJ,J5U.46
But if exclude the premium notes which these
dnsnciefs aft ect 10 regard null, the account would
stand thus
Receipts OF 1862 excluding premium notes $I4l 90
Receipts ofls6s, excluding premium notes I273O5, 90
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24
Beautiful Allegory.

Once on a time a little leaf was
heard to sigh and cry, as leaves of
| ten do when a gentle wind is about
And t4e twig said:
What is the matter, little leaf ?"
"The wind" said the leaf, ''iust
told me that one day it would pull
me of, and throw me down to the
ground to die"
The twig told it to the branch on
which it grew, and the branch told
it to the tree. And when the tree
heard it, it rustled all over, and
sent word back to the leaf:
"Do not be afraid, hold on tight
ly, and you shall not go till you
want to. And SO the leaf stopped
signing, and went on rustling and
singing. And SO it grew all sum
mer long till October. And when
the bright days of Autumn came,
the little Leaf saw all the leaves
around becoming very beautiful
Some were yellow and some were
scarlet, and some were striped with
both colors. Then it asked the
tree what it meant. And the tree
said:
"All these leaves are getting
ready to fly away and they have
put on these beautiful colors be-
cause of joy"
Then the little leaf began to want
to 60, and grew very beautiful in
of it, and when it sawthat
the branches of the tree had no col
OF in them, and so the leaf said:
"0h branch, why are you lead
colored and we golden ?"
"We must keep on our work
said the tree for our life
is not done yet, but your clothes
are for holiday, because your task
IS over.
just then a little puff of wind
came, and the leaf let go without
of it, and the wind took
t up and turned it over and over,
and then whirled it like a spark Of
Gre in the air, and let it fall gently
down under the edge of the fence
among hundreds of other leaves,
and it fell into n dream and never
walked up to tell what it dreamed
lbout.-TH Fl. W. Beecher, in Nor
wood.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24
It Costs More than Bread

A few days ago a policeman re.
marked: There are three glasses
of liquor drank in this city for each
loaf of bread that is eaten"
Suppose this true; then for each
loaf of bread, at ten cents, there is
paid for drink thirty cents; ortAree
times as much for liquor as for
| bread,
It is estimated that four barrels
Of flour will supply a family Of five
persons with bread for a year A
barrel of -four will make 264 pounds
Of bread, and the four barrels will
give 1,056 pounds. At six cents
per pound, this is SIS 84 for each
barrel of flour, or 1858 SO for the
four barrels. If this estimate is
too low, take five barrels of flour
for each family of five persons, and
the value oftbread, at six cents a
pound, is $97 20 for the year. The
$4,000 families of five persons
each, constituting the population of
the city, consume at this rate bread
to the value Of $l4,4l4,400 q year.
There are in this city now at
least four thousand places where
Intoxicating liquors are sold. The
number in New York and Brook
lyn in April, 1866, was 9,270. H
these receive on an average $50 a.
day each, that is $43,S00,000 al
year, or at S15 a day each, it is
S2l, 100000 year 1t is true,
some Of the drinking houses are
mere "holes in the WALL" but 9th
ers are palaces. Some of them
take in only few dollars a day.
while large numbers of others take
in hundreds Of dollars. But it is
not at the drinking houses, at pub
lie bars, where all Intoxicating liq-I
uors are consumed. Ateating hous-.
es, at clubs and at hotels, are eX-
pended large sums Tor wines and
strong spirits. Thus the use of
strong drink counts up very fast,
as against bread. - Evening Post.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24

"See! / believe the boots are NOV
ing. "Oh goodness mep'
And as she screamed, Jones an
Green simultaneously made a rusl
for the door. Jones stumbled owe
a wash.stand and went headlonl
to the foot of the stairs, wash -stant
and all, And Lydia, by clinging Il
the skirts Of Mr.. Green's coat, KEEP
him from following his rival,
"What in the deuce is to pay
here p asked Jack Berry, appear
ing on the scene in his shirt ans
trewsers, and his curly, light hail
standing out all over his head, like
the briStIes on a lamp chimney
brush. 4
Lydia points to the boots.
"Den't touch him, whined Green
"He may have pistol or some.
thing about him and hurt some.
body"
"You chicken-livered whelpp
cried Berry, you're afraid to see
what's behind the boots are ye2-
Wall, I'll show you"
b. And Berry seized the frightful OBJ
jects and gave pull so strong that
lde went over backwards on the
floor, with a boot in either hand.
~ srhpitery" he cried, II never saw
any boots come off so easy as that
ere" Let's see the feet" And
diving under the bed he lifted the
ceunterpane and displayed-noth-
ing,';:.>
j. "But,yhere is the owner of the
boots y cried he scratching a
bruise on his nose and looking in
fnitely puzzled.
"Here y said Pa White, appear
ing at the door. I'm the owner,
and here I've been hearing this
drafted noise for the last ten min
utes, and thinking there was a fire
over the corner. Bntnot a sign of
my boots could | find. Who put
'em there Lyddy ?"
But Lydia was bathing Berry's|
nose. Green and Jones had sense
enough to see that they were del
trOp, ...A# .r
And they took their departure.
without any very elaborate fare
wells. o.a.
"By jinks,' says Green to Jones,
on their way home, "Tve got an
idea; it's my opinion that jade of al
girl put them boots there herself,
on purpose to try us"
"Of course she did," said Jones,
"wemen are as deceitful as
the devil"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24

honest labor, honest labor Will b
despised; and when bounties in
t stead Of infamy and penalty are Sc
on crime, the vilest haunts Of gam
blers and desperadoes will nam,
our legislators and appoint GU
Judges.
How far we are from this statt
Of things, every intelligent observ
er must Judge for himself, Chris
tianity has powcful influences at its
command, but it is unjust to ex,
pect it with oars to retard the pro.
gress to ruin Of the ship Of State,
when this is Aoated on by the pow
erful currents Of legislative abuse.
We need an awakened public con-
science We need q bold ex-
posure of the shameless iniquity Of
political partisans aud the rings"
that distribute patronage and die
tate legislation. There is danger
lest, if legal restraints prove vain,
the crisis may come when popular
indignation will break over all or,
ganized barriers, and carry desola-
ton along its track, involving pre-
cious interests in the common
fate.
The charges of public dishonesty
or political corruption have become
so common, that The eliminated
parties are sheltered to some ex-
tent by their very number. The
| individual offender is lost in the
crowd. The echo of accusation is
| drowned in the voice Of some new
accuser. Public patience is wearied
out by the steady persistence Of
evil doers. But somewhere a check
must come, and it is for all good
men to unite in applying it Let
there be no longer any such thing
as impunity for crime, whether that
crime is committed in high places
or low. Let US have a public JUS
tice conformed to the Christian
standard. If there is a radical de
feet in our method Of judicial Sc
lection, let it be remedied. If it
has come to this, that rogues by
management contriye to elect those
that will befriend them from the
bench, let us see if some way can
not be devised for placing men in
that responsible position, who shall
be known as fearing God and hating
covetousness. Surely the time has
come when it becomes us to see to
it that what Christianity builds up
slowly, with toilsome effort, shall
not be torn down wholesale by SO
cial disorder, assured Of impunity
by Judicial orpolitieal connivance.
Unmasked as it should he, iniqui-
ty becomes powerlcss. No mar,
with the eye Of the world
upon him, is disposed to compro-
mise all he holds dear, by defend
ing, or apologizing for, what he
knows to be infamous. Let the
eye of the community he directed
to those to whose charge its most /.
precious interests are entrusted
Let each one be made to feel that
he will be held TO account, and |
that if it be necessary, there are
those who stand ready to unite in a
of ihiquity that will
drive it back for shelter to its ma
tive darkness. And while we re-
lax no effort in those spheres
where Christianity is now most eff
fectvely laboring, let us carry its
influence abroad, and make the
power Of a Christianized public sen
-iment effectively felt in spheres
where it seems now to be almost
utterly ignored.-LN New York OBJ
server.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24
A Little OF Everything.

JEFF Davis is writing his Presi
t dency,
Prince Arthur has returned t.
Montreal,
John Allen, the wickedes
man." is worth $4,000.
The new Warren County InGrm-
ary, at Lebanon, Ohio, cost SOL,
SIG.
- One third Of the 100000 in
habitants Of Cincinnati are Ger
mans.
- Villages have been burnt and
lives lost by volcanic eruption in
Java.
JEFF. Davis and Braxton Bragg
have gone into the insurance bust
ness together.
Cen Magruder has formed a
partnership with q commission
merchant in New Orleans.
DR.. William Prescott, Of Con
cord, New Hampshire, has Wash.
ington's wedding dress sword.
A woman Suffrage bill has pass
ed the Utah House of Representa-
tivcs.
Jenny Lind's daughter has a
beautiful voice, which she is edu-
eating with a view to her profes-
sional appearance.
Brigham Young is building a
cannon loundry and powder mill
for the protection Of his family.
An Indiana paper says it has a
letter addressed to "Simple john"
the owner will please call for.
California pays her State Legis-
lators ten dollars per day; Rhode
Island one dollar per day.
One hundred and ninety-twe per
sons were killed in the streets of
London last year by horses or We,
hicles.
Secretary Cox has decided that
where an invalid pensioner dies
without fling a claim for arrears,
the right thereto dies with him.
The receipts of Internal Revenue
from all sources, for the year end
ing December, 1869, aggregate
S157, 1913, 900.
A Mormon Elder at Salt Lake
City has buried one hundred and
forty-eight children
A Baltimore tailor worked all
day to get a fellow S suit done, but
he failed, and the fellow had him
fined for working on Sunday.
A German in Trenton, n. j.,
celebrated Christmas by drinking
six gallons of beer during the day, |
and dying during the evening.
No farmer can plough a field by |
it over in his own mind.
The flag for the National Capital,
at San Francisco, en-
tirely of California silk, has been
completed, and will soon be for
warded to Washington.
A church society in Grundy Co.,
Iowa, raises the minister's salary
by holding meetings and charging
twenty-five cents to kiss the girls.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24

JOHN WESLEY AND HIS WIFE. -
Mr. George Dawson in a late lee
ture on the great founder of Meth
odism, gives the following details !:
When Wesley settled he said. at
would be more useful to marry -
There is nothing like giving that
sort of pretty facing to your wish
es. | have known a friend, when
he was going to move from little
living to large one, say that it
was because he was going to ga
larger sphere of usefulness" A
certain witty man used to say that
wherever a clergyman went from a
little living to large one, he did
so because he had got call, but
that he would want a "good loud
hollow to take him from a large to
little living" Wesley married a
widow, who, through her jealousy,
led him a life of wretchedness and
misery. At last his spirit was up,
and he wrote her: "Know me and
know yourself. Suspect me no
more; provoke me no more; do
not any longer contend for mas
terry, for power, money, or praise;
be content to be a private insignif-
icant person known and loved by
God and me-" 1t was not likely
that a woman would be pleased at
being recommended to be an insig- !
nifcant person. After twenty years
of disquietude, she one day left
him. He bore it philosophically. |
He went even beyond it--he took
his diary, and but the most pithy |
entry into it I ever met with in a
diary: Non cam reljqaj; non
demiei, non revaca6o, which may !.
be translated thus: ~ did not
leave her; l did not send her away; |
I shan't send for her back" And |
so ended the marriage life Of John
Wesley.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24

= The entire alphabet IS found
in these four lines. They form s
pleasant stanza for child to learn
God gives the grazing OK his meat,
he quickly hears the sleeps low cry
But man, who tastes his finest wheat,
Should joy to lift his praises high.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24

= "Did the defendant knocl
down the plaintiff with malice pre-
tense ?"
"No, sir-he knocked him dowr
with a fiat iron"
"YOu misunderstood me, friend
/ want to know whether he attack
ed him with evil intent"
ooh, no, sir-it was outside O
the tent"
"No, no, / wish you to tell mt
whether the attack was at all a pre-.
concerted affair ?"
"No, sir--it was not q free con,
cert affair; it was a circus"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24
l. O. g. T.

Ray of Hope Temple No. 222, meets ey
erv Monday evening at their Hall in Ely's
block. VI. .. T., John B. Schum;
W. v. T., Miss Nee. Howe; r.
W. G. T, j. B. Priddy; F. s., D. Elliott;
W. T., F. @. Hamilton; R. s.. Mrs Mag
Gle Ustick; W. M, Mrs. P W WIlleCtj
". /. G., Mrs. 7. D, McElwain; W. o. o.
James Gould.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24

Temple Ledge, No. 927, meets at Wash'
ington every Tuesday evening, at their
hall on Court street. O. Parvin, NJ u
Geo. P. Barnes, v. G.; M. Blanchard H.
Sal. @. Karney, P. S.; @, L. Getz' Treas
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-24

A Western girl likes to make
bread, because it cleans her hands
so beautifully.
Nasty tells of "burglar whose
BURGLARY was complicated with
shooting the individual whose
house was burglared."
What the old mountaineer says
of the grizzly: "It is a fine thing
to hunt the grizzly; but when he
gets to hunting you, it's different p"