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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
Home Amuscments.


What the Republican needs at this
moment is more home training,
home amusements, home training
and culture and until faith
ers and mothers can be convinced OF
Inc necessity for these requisites,
ano urged into the adoption of them,
the carnival Of dissipation and crime
VIII not abate, the young will 90
astray as they are now doing. and
people will hold up their hands in
horror at The degcneracy Of the age.
The youth Of the United States 70
to perdition moro frequently from
neglect of home, than from any other
cause. The mechanic thinks be has
not time to look after the habits OF
his children. He feeds them, clothes
them, and sends them to schools, and
to the Sunday school. Perhaps he
occasionally drops q word of reproof
or advice, in which he is Joined by
his wife, and they call that home
training. Now what more does the
business man than the mechanic 2
Scarcely 50 much. Thore is differ
ence in the quality of the clothes, of
the food and the schooling; but ic
cannot be said that as o rule he de.
votes any more time or attention to
his children than the artisan. Ad-
hitting that the associations Of his
offspring have the benefits of refined
associations, do not daily occurrences
prove that moral delinquencies are
quite as frequent among the rich as
the poor?
But what should DO done? We
venture to assert that if half the pa
rents in the United States would give
their attention, for the next ten
years, to home amusements for the
children, amusements which should
involve healthful, rational enjoyment,
the coming generation would bo
stronger men and women than any
preceding generation. Parents dis
cuss politics and fashion, scandal and
crime, during their leisure moments
at home. while the children sit by,
longing for something to amuse them,
something to make time pass more
pleasantly and rapidly. The latter
are sent away to devise their own
sports, while fathers and mothers
devote themselves to social engage
ments orpersonal ease. After time
the boys find their amusements away
from home, perhaps in places of ques-
tlonable repute; and the girls sud
denly assume the airs of young ladies,
and devote themselves to late hours.
receptions, senseless small talk, and
to beaus noted more for their fasci-
mating manners than their good NOR
ais. So matters go on quietly, until
society is startled by the announce
ment OF unexpected crime or awful
disgrace. Such dramas are being
enacted every week of the year
Would not parents be repaid by de-
voting more time to the amusements
OF home and less to business and So
cial pleasure?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
say-The Irish Republic exposes

ta- The Irish Republic exposes it.
self to eternal smlthereens by using
the following language:
"The Pope gave his 'benediction'
TO insurgent Poland, and to-day that
country is lower than ever under the
heel of the Muscoyite. He sent his
blessings to Jefferson Davis, and the
Southern Confederacy is no more.
The sweetest prayers assaulted Heav-
en- for blessings on Macmillan, on
his departure for Mexico; be returned
to his paternal palace corpse. He
sent the blessed Christmas rose to
Isabella, and before another Christ
mas she was fugitive cursed by the
Spanish people. He excommunica-
ted Italy, aud she is free from the
Alps to the Adriatic. Let him ex-
communicate Ireland by bell, book
and candle light, for bis benedictions
bring naught but disaster, while his
anathemas as surely herald prosperi-
ty and success to their intended vic
Tins"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

PREFERRING SHAME.-A country
pastor gives these saddening and
suggestive facts:
do not think that The cause OF
morality is served by always repre-
senting fallen women as the victims
of betrayed affection. There are now
in this place four young girls who are
going to ruin simply because they
prefer ruin. They belong TO families
that are rather low, and they choose
to descend still lower instead of ris-
ing, which they might do. Very
likely they will appear some day in
a large city, and impose on a tract
visitor with the sentimental story of
fall from sweet purity after having
enjoyed church and Sunday school
privileges, while the simple fact is
that they love darkness rather than
light Low associations and wicked
hearts explain all, Still, Chris: died
for such and we must spare no pains
to save Them dVdace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

sarA New York correspondent
tells the following tough story cat
some of the balls which have been re
Gently given, special accommodations
were made for ladies accompanied
with babies. One large room was
changed into a nursery, and provided
with cradles and cribs, so as to look
more like founding hospital or the
infant department of an orphan asy-
lum than anything else. The other
night party of young men by some
means obtained admission to the ba-
by department Of the ball, and set
themselves to work at changing the
babies. No less than fifty infants,
between the ages of four months and
four years, were changed in as many
seconds, and the party made their
escape Just as the anxious mothers,
fresh from the triumphs of the Ger
man, were making their way to the
nursery to visit and refresh their
.tootsy- wootsies.' Such scene as
took place! The walls of the cheru-
bin rose above the swell of the or
chestra, but | am glad to be able to
add that the proper babies found
their proper mothers in good time"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

SECRET OF HEALTH.-First, keep
warm second, eat regularly and
slowly; third, maintain regular bod
lily habits; fourth, take early and very
light suppers; fifth, keep clean skin
sixth, get plenty Of sleep at night
seventh, keep cheerful and recpecta-
bic company eighth, keep out of
debt ninth, don't set your mind on
things you don't need ; tenth, mind
your own business eleventh, don't
set yourself up to be sharper of
any kind twelfth, subdue curiosity !;
thirteenth, avoid drugs last but not
for it. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
s<s When YOU see a vouno lady

s@- When you see young lady so
very delicate shat she can't make
Der bed, or put couple of plates on
the table, and yet trots all over town
daily with the speed of race horse
TO jumple nonsense with softpates,
and Shippers, and Jenkinses, and
Duzenberries, just chalk it, down that
she's piece of calico you can't in
vest single penny or pulsation in.
A girl who hasn't the muscle TO lift
three feathers and pillow case, but
can tire a locomotive and a whole
omnibus line out of breath, is an in
stitution that, like prussic acid and
old maids, is to be kept clear Of
Young men will please button up the
fact in their memory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

s@-A sergeant in France, few
years ago, used at midnight to leave
his quarters and dig up dead bodies
in Pere le Chaise, which he suisse
quently devoured. This unfortunate
man is now cured, and is but thirty
two years of age. He preserves Of
the episodes of his past life only 4
confused memory, like tho recoliec-
tons OF a painful dream. In oldon
times science feared to approach
these sufferers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
How can the Poor Attend Church.

A great many people stay away
from church because they cannot get
seats to suit them and are unwilling
to trench upon the good nature of
any portion of congregation. To
remedy this q writer In Beecher's
paper makes SEINE practical and per-
haps excellent suggestions-at least
they are worthy of serious consider
alton. lie recommends the churches,
according to q condensation of his
article in another paper, "to adopt
some Of tho worldly wisdom of the
theaters, in respect to the architec-
tural form Of their edifces and the
character o. their seats, and varia-
ton Of the exercises so as to avoid
the infexible, stereotyped and uni
form services. In respect to raising
an income from the audiences, he
says the theaters furnish different
kinds of seats, and expect men to pay
for what they get. 1t sells private
boxes for tho season or for the night,
or single sittings, or reserved seats,
and the price is adapted to the ac-
comodation. Most Of the churches
only adopt one plan-the renting of
private boxes for the season. He
recommends that tie system of sim
gle sitting be adopted also. The
holder feels 10 independent as if he
owned his seat by the year. Poor
men could have a choice of seats as
well as the rich, and thus would be
attracted to the service. The pres
ent methods must be abandoned
'unwise and unchristian,' or some
way must be found so adjusting it to
the wants Of oil classes that rich and
poor may hear the gospel ably
preached, with no sacrifice to their
feelings of independence"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

A LAY Preachers TESTIMONY
Wendell Philips, in his late Sunday
address, spoke as follows: as Chris
tianity an inspired faith or not p
Shakespeare and Plato tower above
the intellectual level of the times
But if that Jewish boy in that era of
the world, in Palestine, produced
Christianity, he towers so far above
Shakespeare and Plato that the diff
ference between them and their times
becomes an imperceptibIe wrinkle on
the face of the earth. The miracles
which Christ wrought are nothing to
the miracle he was. Until you show
me some loving heart that has felt
more profoundly, some strong brain
that even with the aid of bis example
has added something important to
religion must, if l use my common
sense, say, no man did all this.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

A-"If Sunday had not been OBJ
served as o day of rest during the
last centuries, l have not the small
est doubt that we should have been
at this moment q poorer and less
civilized people than we are. Me
couldy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

sarAt Elkhart, Ind, last week
Mrs. Mcguire, in drunken frenzy,
threw lighted kerosene lamp at her
husband. The lamp exploded, set
ting fire to the house and the hus-
bands clothing, The house and its
contents were destroyed, and Mag
uric burned to death. The woman
has not been arrested.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

n<a. There is no more fatal error
some one has well said-than that
which the man commits who thinks
tho constant use Of alcohol is not in
turing him because he never staggers
under il.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

neA- Milton, in his lecture on wo-
man, cities the answer OF famous
man in reply to the interrogations, -
What is lighter than a feather p
The air. WHAT is lighter than the
air A thought. What is lighter
than thought? A dream. What
is lighter than a dream? A woman.
What is lighter than o woman p
Nothing. And such, he said, was her
weight by the laws of this country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

nea- Where there is no Christian
Sabbath, there is no christian moral
ity, and without this free institutions
cannot long be sustained. Justice
Nc Lean,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

sg-"If the Worship of God be not
in the house, write, Lord, have mer-
cy upon US 7 upon the door, for there
is plague, a curse in it" says Phil
lip Henry. Religion will never
thrive in any community, or in any
Churc, in which family prayer is
neglected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

g Eight kinds of kisses are mon
toned in tho Scriptures. The kiss
ofSalutation, Valediction, Reconcilia-
ton, Subsection, Appreciation, Adora-
ton, Treachery and Affection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

EE Anna Dickinson says she is
not man hater, but she declines to
be regarded as a plaything that
smells sweet like a flower, or sounds
50 sweetly like flute"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

NOTARY PUBLIC. Claim Agent, and Agent for SOW
~ eral Of the beat Life and Fire Insurance COM
ganies ID the country Also licensed Auctionser. All
business entrusted 70 hin viii ho promptly attended
-1 81 Caaville, VIE. BxlT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

VI ~. HYDE. proprietor, Lancaster, Wis, c0rnor Of
Ns Main and Spring at5 Having bought the above
house and rehtted and relgrnshod IL, am prepared
To- ya svory attention % tho Of guests,
ana will provide good tabio md eileen beds. good
aos'lrr always Cu band. vyi20
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
PHELPs HOUSE.

Al b. PHELPS proprietor, Lancaster, Wis. Having
T.. furnished tho pew three story brick hotel ON
guests reasonably. Rooms wen furnished aud table
nalI rE.vded ALlnln a.ahLn a--ommadntiona. ngA5
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

A California paper says the Japa-
nese will twin universal respect by
a sort of heathonish habit they have
of minding their own business"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
pT,ATTEVTT,T,E HOTET,
CARRIER HOITsE

d. @. y. sTREETEn, corner OF Mineral and Second
ID streets, Platteville, Wis. Good stablng and at.
gntyo hoatlsr. Sample rooms attached. xSi3q
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

4 TT0RNEYs ana COUNCILLORS al Law, Mineral
"A Point Wis. Practice Ia the courts and attic nd 90
agencies and collections in all parts Of State Special
attention e. proceedings under the u s. Bankrupt Act
ONCE Ia LeHahams Block, opp. the p. o. xxI3l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
JESSE BROOK s.
ID. II. sNECLODE

COLLECTION and CONvEYANCIsG OFFICE,
~ Bloomington Wis, Abstracts furnished At same
Rates ~ the abstract Office. Titles Investigated 2l23
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
LANCAsTER HousE,

V CARRIER proprietor Boeoobel wis. Meals pro-
de3 before chr time and patrons assisted with
cssgaGo. Pro'optncss and no delays az tho Carrier
tierHe. 9fshlng attached
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

RLOOMINGT0N HnTRI..

by q. HYDE 4 SON, Lancaster, Wis Good stabling
- and No 0su--. Hors0s ard Carriages 70 lot az
very l9v rates. Kxl20
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
RARBER & CLEMFNTsON.

A TTORNEY AND COUNsELLOR At LAW and
n NOTARY PUBLIC, Patch Grove, Wis. All le
al business promptly attended to. Collections made
and loans NEGOTIATED. NXi3l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
Or. r. a. Clarke.

NIAE WO0DH0UsE, proprietor, (sEcessso. 70 Har
~ ger,l Bloomington, WIS. Rooms Va good order and
good steblinF attached. xKI30
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

S In Massachusetts it is propos-
ed to collect tax bills at the polls.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
BUSHNELL g. CLARK.

GEO, c. HAzELTON,
A TrORNEY and COUNSELOR at Law Boscobcl
~ Wis xx3l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

DIR. GEO. w. LEE, Jr.
physician and SURGEON Lancaster Wis Has
/ permanently located az Lancaster. Calls attended
o. At all hours ONCE nc his residence, the Con-
gregational Church. xxI4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

sH- Vermont presents promonitory
symptoms ofthe woman's rights few
er, by electing three female superin-
tendents of schools.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
W. nRAnLE4 cLARK

A TTOBNEY and COUNSELOR at Law, jamestown,
a Wis Will prosecute claims and make collec-
AlNV
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
Joseph MORRISON.

LICENSED AUCTION
FENNIMORE, WIS.
VIII attend and cry Sales in any part Of the county
Charges moderate. 40m3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

BELL * BEEBE,
A TTORNEYs ami COUNSEL ORs at Law, and gen.
n eral business agents, Platteville, Wis. xx46
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

s9-New York has sixteen saloons
to every church.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
WARpEN ANDERSON.

A TTORNEYs & cOUNsELLORs at Law, Gsn1 Col
"A leotIon and Land Agants. Lancaster. wis AIx.l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
DIR. G. -. FALLEY.

MUSICIAN AM SURGEON, Lancaster, Grant Co
via May DO found At his residence 10 south part
the village, near the Institute zxl22
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

w. p DEWEY
A TT0RNEY and COUNSELLOR at Law, Lancaster,
u wiz xx3l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29

physician and SURGEON, and Pension.eramning
l Surgeon, Lancaster, Wis 0Glce over Myers
store xxi
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
OFFICIAr. DIRECTORY.

game SS CART FIN,
A TToRNEYs aud coUNsELORs % Law Platte Plat,
N Vile, Wis
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-03-25
built in that year BY Joseph Barber. near

built in that year BY Joseph Barber, near
the Sulphur Spring.
The town was laid out in the spring of
1903, under an act of Feb. 9th, Of the
same year, organizing the counties of
Delaware, Knox and Licking, and fixing
the county seats. The fonnder and
original proprietor of Delaware was Col.
Moses Byxbe, Sr., a native of Lenox, in
the county of Berkshire, Mass.
He originally owned eight thousand
acres in Berkshire and Berlin townships,
and in company with Hon. Henry Bald
win, thirty thousand more in Delaware
township. Baldwin having faiIedin in his
Speculations Col. Byxbe became the sole
proprietor of these tracts. These were
United States military lands, and were
purchased on land warrants, from Rev
oludonary soldiers, by the proprietor in
his native town. He was a hotel-keep-
er. and these soldiers, while stopping at
his house, bartered their warrants for
board. Reported to have been in low
circumstances, Col. B. decided to locate
explore and settle his western posses
sions. Consequently he came with his
company to Berkshire, in the fall of
1904 naming the town in honor of his
native county, Stopping at Granville,
and, as a result of his pecuniary depres-
sion, showing his titles to government
lands, to his landlord, the honest Penn
sylYania Dutchman at once exclaimed,
Mine Cot, you are. a rich man, a say
ing which time fully verified He sold his
lands to settlers, on credit, at prices
ranging from two to ten dollars per
acre, never pressing his creditors, and
always acting as his own real estate
agent. of him shall write more fully
hereafter. c. MORTIMER JAMES.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-03-25
HOW A APROH1RITORY TARIFF Az
FGCTS SHIP BUILDING


At a recent meeting at Louisville Mr..
Lloyd said: Previous to the war we were
the second commercial power in the
world. We are now degraded to the
fourth position, and our degradation is
advancing with rapid strides. The great
reason of the disastrous effect is the ex-
cessive duties levied on ship timber, cop
per sheathing, cordage, sail cloths and
all materials which enter into the con-
sruction of the ships. These duties are
so high as to render it impossible for our
shipbuilders to compete with those Of
other nations.
a few years since, in crossing the East
river, the observer could count thirty
three large steamships in course of cree
ton in the harbor of New York. Last
fall but a single one was in course Of
construction, and this with the recent
construction of the Spanish gunboats,
comprises all the large ships which have
been built in that port in the last year.
In that city were eight large iron works
celebrated for the manufacture of large
steam engines, whose work has excited
the admiration of all lovers of machin-
cry. These establishments employed
nearly 4, 600 hands. OF these eight, two
only are in practical operation One is
leased as a car stable, another has
passed into bankruptcy, and the balance
are closed. This paralysis rose out OF the
decay in shipbuilding In 1864, we
counted in the harbor of Bath, Maine,
eight large ships in process of consuuc-
ton, varying IN size from i, 200 to I 600
tons. Not a single vessel has been
built at that port for years past. The
effect of the tariff upon this industry is
illustrated by an incident occurring in
New York last fall. A merchent meet
ing friend condemned as foolish and
suicidal the tariff on copper sheathing,
stating that he had owned a ship which
needed to be coPPered, but he should
not copper it in this country, because he
could get the whole work done in. Eng
land for less than the copper would cost
him in this country. Similar results are
visible in the manufactures Of leather
and wooden products. The makers of
these are remoYeing from Our side Of the
st. Lawrence and the lakes and erect
ing their works on the Canadian shore,
because of the greater cheaPness of ma
terial and freedom from the restraints of
our protective system. And yet this
system is said to protect American in
dustry. The industrial classes of this
country may undoubtedly say, From
such protection, good Lord deliver us. ."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-03-25

b Spaniards used to say of the late Mar
shall O'Donneu that he had always one
grand stroke of policy in reserve, if his
ministry should be endangeTed-faff
1i4Sf22sr koHks 7 Obb0StiO1i- the
Opposition all shot. Apparently the
Duke de Montpensier is inclined to try
this policy with regard to those who op-
pose his path to the Spanish throne (;
for he has Just killed his relative and
enemy, Prince Henry of Bourbon. The
Duke is the son of Louis Philippe ;
Prince Henry was brother Of Queen
Isabella's husband. During. the recent
crisis in Spain, Prince Henry frequently
denounced the Duke in letters and in
private conversation, accusing him Oi
hypocrisy, treachery, and falsehood and
the Duke at last sent him a challenge.
A duel was arranged within a few miles
Of Madrid last Saturday morning. The
principals fought with revOlvers, and the
affair seems to have been savage ailu
bloody enough to delight Kansas ooIlleL
ruf1ians rather than two princes OF oLl
cient and illustrious line. After sevst-'I sl.ll
shots had been exchanged, MontPenslSsI
sent n bullet through Prince HShIy ;
bead and the Prince fell dead. Henry
was a man of some ability and consider
able force of character. On the whole
we are inclined to think that the better
man Of the two has fallen. The deed
will not serve Montpensier's chances as
a Candidate for the crown of Spain; per-
haps it is not unlikely that it may eS-
tinguish them altOgether.-M y. AnTe-
PENDENT
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-03-25
SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME AT
= - -r KENIAs


Senator Mckinney from the joint Sc
Ieot committee appointed to visit the
eOhiO Soldiers Orphans Home at
Xenia, ect.,. reported, among other
things, the following fact
1. The property at the Home at
Xenia, consists Of 100 acres of good land,
within three fourths of mile of Xenia,
worth not less than $4,000. Upon this
farm have been erected three brick cot
tages, at a cost of $500. Materials
have been procured and the foundation
laid for a main building at a cost Of S.
900. On the ground are lumber and
other materials for large frame build
ing, designed to be used temporarily for
main building. and ultimately for a barn
and stable, costing with the work al
ready done thereon, S., 500. The person
al property belonging to the Home is
estimated atS4, 800. There are unpaid
subscriptions to the Home, said to be
good, amounting to $1,000.
2 The number Of soldiers and sailors
orphans in the State in a destitute con-
dition, the committee estimated at 200
or ], 500.
There are now in the Home II2 or
phans from two to twelve years Of age.
There are now pending one hundred
applications for admission to the Home.
The committee recommended the estab-
lishment Of a home by the State for such
orphan children.
The report was ordered to be printed