Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-21
lHERALD Correspondence
FROM THE SHORE.
Weather and rce-Temperance and Polite.

DEAR HERALD We have Just had
the coolest day of the winter. Sun
day morning the thermometer stood
g below zeso. Water pals and tea
kettles were frozen over, eggs were
cracked in the cupboards. flowers
were killed on the flower stands. and
water pitchers in the ladies' chambers
snapped, but many sleepers were too
comfortable in bed to heed the ad-
monition and next morning there
was q demand at the crockery store
for new pitchers Monday morning
the thermometer stood about 80 be-
low zero. The river is frozen Over
to within three miles of its mouth
and the tide rises and falls against
the icy rocks 1t is q good time to
harvest ice, aud those who have
ponds and ice houses are busy. lee
has become necessity in the East
now Every butchers stall and fish
market must have it, and nearly every
family in the towns finds it necessary
to purchase five or six pounds day
to cool their water and keep their veg
etables and fruits. The latter part
of last season ice sold for $4,000 tor,
but in ordinary seasons it only sells
for $3.50 ton, and at that rate the
ice dealers make a good salary on
their expenditures. Right in our vi
entity there are three large houses
with an aggregate capacity of I6 900
tons, besides anumb Der of small houses
for private individuals The larger
part of this ice is consumed by the
fishing smacks that go up to Georges
banks for halibut. Formerly they
took their fish to market awe. in
wells made in the vessel TO which
the sea water had access but they
couldn't carry 50 many as they now
do by splitting and packing in ice
No matter what the tish are they are
taken to marke now ID ice.
Next to the subject Of ice, which is
a cold water subject, stands that Of
Temperance. There is some talk OF
getting up State Temperance tick
ct this year. Neither party has any
temperance principle. The liquor
interests toadied to by both. In our
Congressional District (the 3D. there
IS division among the republicans
on the Representative. Something
such division IS you had last Fall
in your District, out Of which j. A
len Barber came with flying colors.
There is one quondam schoolmaster
that | know OF who rejoiced at Mr..
BARRIERS promotion, for he remem-
bers him as a friend in deed and not
in word only. This schoomaster
would very checrtully toss up his hat
on the occasion of Mr. Barber's pro-
motion to thu U. S. Senate.
| was saying there is division in
our District. Mr.. Starkweather, the
present incumbent, will probably
be renominated, but Windham coun-
ty will protest against it, as she has
not had a representative now for
eight years, and claims her turn
again. New London and Windham
counties compose the District. The
State will probably go republican
this Spring, unless a Temperance
party starts in, and then the result
will be doubtful. The State ticket
for the republicans is the same as
last year, Marshal Jewel for Cover
nor and the democratic is the same
James E. English for Governor
Both good enough and both standing
near the line that divides the parties
English is a progressive democrat
and Jewel is conservative republi.
can, and Connecticut would be Just
as well off if she forgot the election
this Spring.
1t has commenced to rain and oul
snow and ice are leaving us. Six
hundred people were out on the hills
the other night coasting, but the
sport is over and we may not hav,
it again for 10 years. My love to th,
Herald readers. Yours Truly,
Groton, Conn, Feb. 5, 1870. ALLAN