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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-02

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Mrs. HENRY KIMBALL.


Claremont, August |, 1871.
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relief until commenced the use OF DR.. a. j.
Flagg's Medicated Inhaling Balm. The first
time used it ] experienced great relief, and
after inhaing it few times / was entirely
cured. GEO. II. ABBOTT, Jk.
70 Green st. Boston, Mass.
Dec. 5, 1870.
DIR. A. j. Flagg,-Dear Sir: Your mhaling
Balm has woi kcd wonders with my bronchial
| am nearly wcll-my cough much
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rattle in my breathing apparatus entirely gone.
Yours faithfully, RUSS b. WALKER.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-02

Thanksgiving in New Hampshire
Thursday, Nov 3Oth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-02

STATE OF VERMONT, ! Alta Probate
HARTFORD DIsTRICr SIS. 5Court held ut
Woodstock, within and for said Di.trict, on
the tenth day Of October A. ID. 1871.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-02
FOR SALE.
'HNIIE Property OF the late

STEPHEN RAYMOND,
of South Pomrrct, consisting Of the HOME
FARM, Il very desirable piece ofpropcrty of
About 1870 Acres,
Two and Il half miles from Woodstock Green,
pleasantly situatcdon good road, trilc over
half mile from the "Old Hutchinson Farm"
Said Farm has 80 acres suitably divided for
Moving, Tillage and Postuagc for Sheep or
Dairy. About 40 Acres Of Timber Land the
best lot for Sugar-orchard and Timber in this
section OF Wmdor Co., estimated to cut
1900 Cords OF Hard Wood,
besides u large amount Of Ash, Bass, Butter
nut and lIcmIocl Lumber.
TIHO GOOD ORCHARDS
for Fruit. \ comfortable House, . Barns,
Carrngc-lIOu,c, and Ont Buildings TO cores
pond. An extra
W Prir3cge near the Housc,
. good locality for custom.
Also,a los Of land lying west u few rods from
thc Home Farm, formerly owned by Colonel
Dana, it consists Of
TW ENTY-SEV ZEN ACRES
of very nice Land, suitable for Mo%"g and
TillNgc; sufficiently wHtcrcd for II Pasture.
For Information enquire on the Premises
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
LONDON. Ian. 90.


The bombardment Of Paris was ex-
ceedingly severe on Monday. An
immense quantity Of shells and COM
bustibles, capable ofdoing much dam
age, were thrown into the city. Ger
man batteries were very silent dur.
ing greater part Of the day, as also
were the French forts, whose dofen-
sive powers had probably been weak
ened by the tremendous German
cannonade Of the previous day.
Voa Moitke, IN replying to a pro-
test recently made by Trochu, on
behalf Of the French Government,
against bombardment beng common
ced wi bout the usual notice, stated
that the damage which bad been done
10 schools and hospitals was acciden-
tai, and partly attributable to fog
which prevailed at the time When
the German batteries were nearer
and artilerists lad the advantage of
clear and uninterrupted range, they
could exercise more prudence in TAX
ing their aim.
Advises from Versailles state that
during recent sOrties from Paris the
officers of French troops were in
many instances heard entreating
their soldiers, for Gods sake, 10 adj
vance and face the enemy, but in
vain. A general lack of courage
seemed to possess the French ranks
i'm almost all recent sOrties. They
would advance to within hundred
yards OF the German batteries, but
their courage would not enable them
to face the fierce musketry fire with
which they were met, and they were
compelled to retreat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

FAILURES IN 1870-A statement in
regard to he failures, in 1870, favor
able to the general prosperity of the
country during the last year, as com
pared with the two preceding years,
has been published They are said
to number but one thousand five
hundred. with loss of $50, 10000
while 1869 had two thousand eight
hundred, involving SIS, 600 900 loss,
and 1868 bad two thousand six hun
drcd, costing $500 600. An ex-
change remarks that the last few
weeks have seen more disasters than
this statement would indicate, but a
good part of them can be credited to
the annual settlement, at the years
end, and are not enough, probably,
to greatly change the statement
which may be taken as substantial
evidence that business generally is
getting down to a solid basis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
A Happy Politician.

If there is happy man in Wash
ington, that man is Schuyler Colfax
Politics are getting rather grim and
rancorous. Many of the Republican
leaders go about with brows knitted
and teeth firmly SET. There is per-
plexity in the air and mems hearts.
Old party companions are saying
hard words of each other. Then,
again, there are some VINO have q
tired, worn look, SIS if.tha affairs OF
State were TO them whAs the Biblical
grasshopper is to the man of many
years. Now, by what exploit of
seIf-discipline is it, or by what felicity
of temperament, that Mr.. Colfax
seems as jolly, as light-hearted, and
as fresh in face, as boy just let out
of school? He is a Thoroughbred
politician and in these troubles he
boldly takes sides. He is devoted
Republican and from the storm that
is impending, he cannot help infer
ring trouble to the party. Moreover,
though his official position is common
~ epokcn vi an sOmeWndG more Orna-
mental than laborious, he is in reality
a very laborous officer. In spite OF
all, however, he keeps as jovial and
as young as ever. Life uses him
kindly. And he uses life kindly. He
is that rarest of politicians--a salts
fed one. He sticks to it that no pos
sbe inducement shall keep him from
retirement at the end of his Vice
Presidency. And then, he says, he
means TO swing up his hat, and be
jollier and more contented then ever.
Letter to Brooklyn Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

CoNGREssIoNAL.-The following is
the conclusion Of the Senate proceed
ings of Friday, of which the tele-
graph brought no report:
The special committee on southern
outrages was named, consisting Of
Senators Scott. Wilson. Rice, Chand-
Ter, and Bayard. The Sutro Tunnel
bill, which provides for paying over
to the Sutro Tunnel Company the
proceeds OF moneys received by the
United States from the sales of min
eral lands, $4,000 to be paid upon
the completion of every 500 feet, and
the tunnel to be completed within
ten years was taken up, discussed,
and laid aside. The bill to refund
States the interest and discount on
money borrowed to equip, pay, sup
ply and transport troops for the SER
vice Of the United States in the re-
cent war was debated during the re-
mainder OF the session. After an ex-
ecutive session, adjourned until Mon
day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

WoMAN's RIGHTs.-At the Female
Suffrage Convention at Washingto n
on Friday, Mrs. NJ E. Post, Of Che
yenne, recited the proceedings of the
societies in Wyoming Territory
She said she had voted and had been
voted for has lately been to the
polls with men, and has found them
very much more polite and quiet
than formerly has been to all
kinds Of political meetings has elect
tioneered, and does not feel that
she was unsexed. She stated that
she had husband, and that he is a
Democrat. She is a Republican.
[ Applause]. Yet, strange as it may
seem, there is no difference as far as
family harmony and peace is con-
cerned. They have not been separ-
ated. [Applause].
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

KING WILLIAM PROCLAIMED EN-
PERoR On the 10Th, exactly 179
years after the coronation of the first
King of PRUSSIA, King William was
proclaimed Emperor of Germany in
the Hall Of Mirrors, at the palace at
Versailles. The ceremony was at
tended by the different German
Princes at present in the city. Dur
ing the reading of the proclamation,
King William was seated under a
canopy composed Of the standards of
the army now before Paris. Berlin
was covered with flags and steamers,
and illuminated at night, in honor of
the event.
The President of the Upper House
of tho Prussian Diet sent a telegraph
ic dispatch to Versailles, congradu-
lating King William on assuming
the imperial crown. The Emperor
Immediately, by telegraph, returned
thanks, and predicted a glorious tu-
ture for Germany. The Lower
House adopted congratulatory ad-
dress to the Emperor, the Polish
members only dissenting,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
asa. Will the Legislature take any

BaYWill the Legislature take any
steps toward making good servica-
Bile dog law? Hardly a farmer
comes into the city without bringing
with him the details of some general
slaughter Of valuable sheep by dogs.
OF course every owner of dog be-
keves his will not, and does not
worry sheep. 1t is natural that he
should. Nevertheless, the fact is ap-
parent that somebody's dogs do. No
one pretends but that it is an out
rage on the wool grower, yet the
moment any protective legislation
is attempted on the subject, it seems
as though the proprietor Of every
dog in the State felt that he had
been insulted.-Fond du Lac COM
monUealth
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
fRT.Tha davioe hu W

s@-The device by which the coun-
terfeit money swindlers of New York
obtain the names of persons selected
for victims, is ingenious. They buy
of dealers in patent medicines and OBJ
scene books the names of their GUS
toners, at the rate of So thousand,
and send to these persons Autograph
ed circulars proposing to sell counter
felt money, the packages to be.sent by
express c. o. d. The "queer" swind-
lers reason shrewdly that the people
who have faith in patent medicines
are fools enough TO swallow the bait,
while readers of obscene books are
corrupt enough to utter counterfeit
money ifthey can get it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE GRAND JU-
RY SYsTEM.-A carefully prepared
bill was introduced in the Assembly,
on the 10th, inst. by Judge Orion, de-
signed to provide substitute for
the Grand Jury. 1t is mainly a copy
of the Michigan law upon that sub
ject, and provides that all crimes
shall be presented for trial by infor-
nation, instead indictment, drawn
by the District Attorney, and that he
shall draw no information, except in
cases which have been examined,
first by Justices of the Peace, and,
in any cases where he refusesto
draw an information on the case pre-
sented by Justice, he shall report
the case TO Circuit Judge
with the evidence; and it further
providestor an arraignment before a
County Judge for the defendant to
plead, so that, if he pleads guilty, he
may be sentenced Immediately, and
not be compelled TO lie in Jail, until
the session of the Circuit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

FUNERAL OF JUDGE PAINE-Mad-
ison, January 1.-THE funeral core
monies Of Hon. Byron Paine, not
withstanding the severe cold weather,
were attended by an immense con-
course Of people. About forty per-
sonal friends were present from Mil
waukee. The services were conduc
ted by Rev. Chas. Ii. Richards, as
sisted at the close by Rev. Delos
Lovo, and were in every way i'm
pressive. Judge Paine was buried
in the Forest Hill Cemetery. AL
the state officials, nearly the entire
Legislature, the faculty and students
Of the State University, and all locaI
societies were represented.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
Financial Result of Republican Rule.

The indianapolis Journal, in speak
ing of the financial condition of the
States of Illinois and Indiana, re-
marks that "the administration of
the State affairs of Illinois, under ten
years of Republican rule has produc-
ed the usual satisfactory results.
The State debt has been reduced TO
4.800,937, and there is in the Treas
ury S3,082, 104 for the discharge of
outstanding obligations, leaving less
than two millions Of dollars to be
provided for. This is we'll for our
sister prairie State, but the RepubG-
cans Of Indiana have done better.
Our foreign debt is paid, so far as it
has been presented for payment, and
there is enough money in the Treas
ury to pay all our creditors"
In years past, when these two no.
BILE States were under Democratic
control, they were both on the very
verge of bankruptcy aud reputation,
and yet members Of that party are
constantly harping on the financial
Encouragement of the Republican
party, and charging it with extrava-
gance and corruption.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
Wheat n 1871.

According to all rules which have
nitherto been found to govern the
price OF farm crops, we should ex-
pect wheat next year TO be one of
Inc most profitable things to grow.
we have this year heavy odds 10
contend against, namely: the i'm
mence amount held over bv snecnla-
tors last year, and the heavy eron of
Ihis season. 1t always results in
such cases, when spectators lose
they are not so much inclined to car,
ry heavy, large lots again at once -
1t is left for newer hands at the bust
ness. who seldom amount to much
in this way. The quantity being
sold is very large, and notwithstand-
ing the large amount on hand at the
close Of last harvest, the stock will
be pretty we'll worked off by the
next one. As to the quantity sent
to England alone, recent English
paper says "The imports of wheat
INTO the United Kingdom from the
United States have attained heavy
total this year, having amounted TO
September 80 to 9,475,497 cwt., as
compared with 7,938,818 cwt. in the
corresponding period Of 1869, and
AHA ,2O3 cwt. in the corresponding
period of 1868. La the whole of
1868 the imports Of wheat from the
United States amounted to $685.
l49 cwt. in the whole of 1867, 4, 1S3-
013 cwt.; in the whole of 1865, to
| III ,618 cwt. f; in the whole Of 1864
to 895, 0l5 cwt. ; and in the whole
Of 1868. to 8704, 401 cwt. The i'm
ports of 1870 will thus be larger
than in any year since 1862" To
this exhibit 80 favorable TO our fu-
ture prospects must be added the in
disposition of many people not to
try again crop which has brought
them but low prices. There are
many even-the majority indeed =
who are easily frightened. They
withdraw from the field at the first
sign of illluck, leaving the strong and
fearless to win the race.
At recent agricultural meeting
in the West, Commissioner Capron
advised Western farmers not to
grow so much wheat as they had
been doing. But in view of the ideas
we have suggested, 1T is not at all
likely they will, and those who dc
will reap the beneft.-Forney'
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
Estate of ParSOns.

CTATE OF " IsooNsiN, IN Probate, drant Coulaty
- County Of Grant. court
In the matter Of the estate of Betsey Parsons decd
On reading and filing the petition of Giles A. Barber
of Lancaster, Wis, representing among other thing,
that Betsey Parsons, late of Grant county on tho
81 day Of January, A. d. 1871, at Lancaster. died
intestae, leaving goods chatels aud estate within
this state aud Co.. that the said petitioner is brother in
law OF said deceased and praying that
of said estate be TO him granted.
II Is ordered that said petition be heard before the
Judge OF this Court, on Tuesday the 14th day Of
January, A ID. 1871 at O'Clock p NJ at Lancaster in
said county
Ordered further that notice thereof be- given to the
heirs OF said deceased and all persons ntsrested by
publishing copy Of this order for three successive
weeks prior to said day of hearing in the Grant Coun-
ty Herald, weekly newspaper printed and published
ut Lancaster, in said county
BY the Court, WIN. McG0NIGAL, Co. Judge.
Dated Lancaster, Janusry 20, 1871. s4w5
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

THE LATE JOHN CovoDE-Hon.
John Covode, whose sudden death at
Harrisburg, Pa, has been announced,
was first elected to Congress, a Re-
publican, in 1854, and continued to
hold a seat in the House until 1868.
He was again elected in 1866 and re-
elected in 1868, gaining in the last
instance by an appeal to the House
itself He was not o candidate in the
last election, and would have retired
from Congress at the end of this
term. Mr.. Covode obtained great
notoriety in his earlier Congressional
career as an investigator of Kansas
iniquities and the frauds in Buchan-
ans administration Again, in the lat
two years of the war, he held conf
dental relation under the War Depart
ment as an Investigator Of cotton
and other frauds in the military way.
He was a native Of Westmoreland
county, Penn, and had nearly enter
ed his 64th year when stricken down
by apoplexy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

SAN DOMINGO COMMISSIONERS
Washington, Jan. 16.-Hon b. f.
Wade, of Ohio; Andrew d. White OF
New York, and DR.. S. g. Howe. of
Observation-Disclosures San Domingo
Comissioners-accompanied by the
representatives, Of the several leading
newspapers, and several papers in
the country, left Washington lest
night for New York. The frigate
Tennessee is expected to sail with
the expedition tomorrow evening"
The fortunate selections which the
President has made for Commission
ers seem to have pat an end to the
discussion of the subject which has
prevailed here since the meeting of
Congress, and the representatives of
all parties seem willing to be guided
largely in their future action by the
report which the Commission shall
make.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

CHAsE's OpINIoN.-Judge CHASE
says he expects to resume his duties
before the end of the present term.
He further says:
For months / have taken no in
terest in politics. | think General
Grants San Domingo policy does
not warrant Mr.. Summers opposi-
ton. If the people or San Domingo
desire TO come into the Union, we
can do no better than to crafty
their wish by annexing them to the
United States. | think great advan-
tages would accrue to this country
from the possession of an island in
the West Indies"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812.-
Vice President Cofax laid before the
U. S. Senate on Friday last the unan-
imous resolutions of the Indiana Leg
islature in favor of the House bill
granting pensions to surviving SOL
diers Of the war Of 1912. 1t is
thought the House bill will pass the
Senate and become law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
ssgs- Rev w Il. Gage. d. d.. Pastor

Sas- Rev. w. L. Gage, d. d., Pastor
of the Pearl st. Church, Hartford,
Conn, says DR.. March's idea in
"Our Father'sH louise" is as beautiful
ly carried out as it is novel. Never,
perhaps has so fascinating q treatise
on natural theology been written:
never one so profound and extensive.
And over his discussion of profound
theological themes be has thrown o
robe so spiritual, poetical and beauti-
full that the most prosaic soul cannot
fail to be charmed and the least reli
gious to be edited. See advertisement
in another column.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

commodious vehicle at the expense
of the county, and ride thro' each
town in Nabob style to ascertain the
relative value of each mans farm
This trip would have occupied about
3 months and cost the county at
least $1,000 This would have been
as GLORIOUS swindle" as paying me
75:cts day for copying field notes.
Clifton, Wis, Jan. 10, ief1' JOSEPH ALLEN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24

s@- Temporary insanity, as a de-
fence in murder trials, is falling into
disfavor even among New York
juries. In the case of Sullivan, late.
ly tried, eleven doctors took the
stand and swore that he was insane.
A professional phrenologest also tes-
tilted that the accused was of an ex-
ceedingly low order of intelligence
half brute, in fact; but the jury did
not consider his brutal propensities
a justification for murder, and be is
under sentence Of death. The hope
of immunity through the ingenuity
of lawyers, and the ever ready plea
OF insanity has probably encouraged
many of these semi-brutes in the in
diligence of their murderous in
stincts. La the general interest of
humanity, it is time that the found
ton Of such hopes should be swept
away. The jury's verdict and the
judges sentence, in the case above
mentioned, are healthiul sy mp oms OF
better and safer public opinion than
which, for few years past, has
sanctioned so many outrages upon
sommon sense in the shape of YER
diets of insanity Winona Repubh-
can.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
Gumrnnns-Pfnrfner.

SrArE or Wisconsin, :, Circuit Court OF Grant
- Grant County. County, Wisconsin.
Sarah Jane Pfortner, plaintiff rs. Charles Pfortner
plaintiff.
The State of Wisconsin TO the Defendant here named
You hereby summoned and required TO answer
the complaint inthis action which has been filed In the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at Lancaster
in said county and to copy of your answer TO
said complaint the subscribers their Office in the
village Of Lancaster aforesaid within twenty days after
the service hereof exclusive of the day of such
vice and If you fail to answer the said complaint
within the time.aforesad, the plaintiff in this action
will apply to the for the relief demanded in tho
complaint. BUSHNELL & CLARK,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, Lancaster, Wis.
Dated January Is, 1871 3iw7