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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
Save The Boys.

| They are in all our streets, and are
always the same in general charac-
teristics. They are more accessible
than most of us suppose. But to
reach them effectually takes time,
patience, and genuine good-natured
resolution. Half trying is of no use
Every success will cost half its labor
TO get at the boy-a quarter more to
prove your honesty aud remove
prcjudice-Lhen you have time left
tor instruction and counsel.
The truest philanthropists are often
your earnest boy-hunters. Such men
and women are frequently the most
efficient Christians. They go out
literally into the highways and he'd
ges and compel them to come into
the gospel feast. Their power of
compulsion lies in gentle and wise
words, which spring right out of ten.
der, earnest, and bold Christian
hearts. If there is a sign of the
coming of Christ upon earth, it it
certainly seen in the mission schools,
and ragged schools, and reform
schools of our day, and by no means
least, is the noble system of public
schools which exalt our cities and
towns. But more is needed. A boy
wants q friend. A boy wants respect,
esteem, love. He has strong, gener-
Gus, restless impulses. He is rea ch-
ing out after sympathy in his own
aspirations. Yes, aspirations. Every
living boy is ambitious. He pants
for distinction. He is dead if his
ambition has been crowded out. Such
a boy is victim either to some in
famous appetite, or to wasting OPP
preston from task-master.
Now meet this noble desire with
it's appropriate aliment. AS Abbot
so appositely tells us 1oad him"
Let him prove his mettIe and his
endurance. Let him feel that he is
not forgotten, that his onward, up
ward struggles are observed, admired,
and commended Add counsels Of
guidance, words of encouragement
Feel the value of the prize, a good
citizen, and humble Christian, per.
haps future governor, president, or
general.
1t is sad truth that numbers of
the sons Of intelligent parents often
of the highly educated and honored,
live in merited obscurity. Too many
such are dwarfed by their hot-house
training. Others never prize privi-
leges which come SO cheaply to them
Yet others seem to feel it enough to
be called by their fathers name, as
if that was both position and influence
enough. But sad though it is, it is
true that our future depends upon
rescued boys" in a gIeat degree.
Who of as is enrolled and equipped,
and at work here?-Recorder
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
Singular Theory.

The intellectual superiority of
hunchbacks has been attributed to
their physical condition and it is
generally believed that with them
the circulation of the blood in the
brain is more rapid than in we'll con
formed subjects, and this increased
action is supposed to contribute ma.
terially to the vivacity OF the mag
ination, and the quickness Of appre-
hension. Another circumstance is
said to increase their mental powers,
and that is their confluence, consid-
cred both by the ancients and the
moderns as q source of intellectual
energies. Minerva and the MUSES.
were virgins and in this and other
fabulous traditions we find the an
clients illustrating in their mythology
ical allegories many physical facts
and observations. Bacon has made
the same remark, and Newton and
many other great men considered the
passion of love beneath the dignity of
science. Confluence and abstinence
were deemed by Horace as indispens-
able privations in the cultivation Of
genius. In the deformed both are,
to certain degree, natural, or, at
least, cannot be lost sight of without
endangering life. The digestive pow
ers Of the deformed are generally
weak and this debility has ever been
looked upon as a concomitant of SUI
perior intellects.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
LANCASTER WISCONSIN, TUESDAY. MARCH %. 1871
Prof. Huxley's Plan of Education.


| conceive the proper course to be
somewhat as follows To begin With
let every child be instructed in those
general views of the phenomenon OF
nature for which we have no exact
English name. The nearest approx.
imation to name for what / mean,
which we possess, is physical
geography" The Germans have a
better Erdkunde (earth knowledge,
or geology" in its genealogical
sense), that is to say, a general
knowledge of the earth, and what is
on it, in it and about it. If any one
who has had experience of the ways
of young children will call to mind
their questions, he will find that, so
far as they can be put into the cat
egory, they come under the head Of
Erdkunde. The child asks: What
is the moon, and why does it sinner
What is this water, and where does
it run? What is the wind What
makes the waves in the sea ? Where
does this animal live and what is
the use of this plant? And if not
snubbed and stunted by being told
not to ask foolish questions, there is
no limit to the intellectual craving OF
a young child, nor any bounds to
the slow but solid accretion of
knowledge and development of the
thinking quality in this way. To all
such questions, answers which are
necessarily incomplete, but true as
far as they go, may be given by any
teacher whose ideas represent real
knowledge, aud not mere book-learn-
ing and a panoramic view OF
nature, accompanied by q strong in
fusion of the scientific habit of
mind, may thus be placed within
reach OF every child of nine or ten.
After this preliminary opening of
the eyes to the great spectacle of the
daily progress of nature, as the reas-
oning faculties of the child grow,
and he becomes familiar with the
use of the tools of knowledge-read-
ing, writing, and elementary arith-
metics-he should pass on to what
is in the more strict sense physical
science. Now there are two kinds
of physical science: the one regards
form, and the relation of forms TO
one another; the other deals with
causes and effects. In many of
what we term our sciences, those two
kinds are mixed up together; but
systematic botany is pure example
of the former kind, and physics Of
the latter kind of science. Every
educational advantage which train
ing in physical science can give is
obtainable from proper study of
these two and l should be conten-
ted for the present if they, added to
our Er3kunde, furnished the whole
of the scientific curriculum of
schools.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
Origin of Longfellow's Evangeline.

Hawthorne dined one day with
Longfellow, and brought with him a
friend from Salem After dinner the
friend said /: 81 have been trying to
persuade Hawthorne to write story
based upon legend of Acadie, and
still current there the legend of a
girl. who, in the dispersion of the
Acadians, was separated from her
lover, and passed her life in waiting
and seeking for him, and only found
him dying in hospital when both
were old" Longfellow wondered
that this legend did not strike the
fancy Of Hawthorne, and said to him !:
"If you have really made up your
mind not to use it for story, will
you give it to me for poem I" To
this Hawthorne assented, and more
over promised not to treat the sub
ject in prose till Longfellow had seen
what he could do with it 10 verse.
And so we have "EVangeline" in
beautiful hexameters-a poem that
will hold its place in literature while
true affection lasts. Hawthorne re-
ioiced in this great success of Long
fellow, and loved to count up the
editions. both foreign and American,
of this now world-renowned poem.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
Record Of the Republican Party.

The first of the resolutions adopted
by the Republican state convention
recently held in Rhode Island is the
briefest and best history Of the Re-
publican party that has hitherto been
written. IL is worthy of a place in
the memory of every Republican in
the land. Here it is:
RESOLVED, That we gladly renew orr allie
glance to the principles aud policy Of the Re-
publican party, and we challenge the history
Of political organizations 10 parallel the record
OF its ten years of national rule.
a gigantic rebe lion has been suppressed
Armies OF a million raised and dsbanded
-Four million of slaves set free;
Labor made free and honorable
Free homesteads offered TO all settlers
The Pacific Railroad built;
Universal liberty and equal civil and poti-
cal rights for the first time secured by consii-
tutonal amendment;
The states that broke their connection re-
const ucted and restored
Taxation frequently reduced. the last reduc-
ton being eighty millions year;
Tue national debt greatly reduced, two hun
bred millions Of the reduction taking place
under the present administration;
The national credit raised at home and
abroad
The price of gold brought steadily down
ward
The revenue vigilantly collected and hon
estly disbursed
The perfect citizenship of all adopted citi-
Gems for the first time protected by setting the
doctrine Of expatriation;
The Monroe doctrine vindicated in the case
OF the French invasion of Mexico;
Peace maintained and the national character
kept in the highest respect throughout the
world.
We know no way Of Judging the future but
by the past. The Republican party has new
er made pledge to liberty and union which
il has not redeemed. From beginning to end
il has met the desperate opposition of the
Democratic party.
Who shall say that party wit h
sach a glorious record has no longer
a reason for existing? The grand
things it has already done constitute
the surest guaranty of it's good be-
havior in the future. 1t would be
the height of folly and madness for
the people to dismiss such party
from the control of public affairs, and
trust the party that for more than
ten years has done nothing but OPP
pose all the best measures proposed
and carried out by the Republicans.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
SEXES SdR Vol. %, NO. j.
ENOCH ARDEN.
Condensed for Family Use.

COndenSed IOr fanlly use.
Philip Rsy and Epoch Arden
Both were 'spoous" on Annie Lee:
Phil did not fulfill her notions.
She preferred 10 mate with 4.
Him she welded, and she bore him
Pretty little children three;
But becoming short Of rhino,
Enoc went away 10 sea.
Leaving Mrs Arden owner
Ola well-stocked village shop,
Selling butter, soap and treacle,
Beeswax, whip-cord, lollipop.
Ten long years she waited for him.
But he neither came nor wrote,
Wherefore she concluded Enoch
Could no longer be afioat,
So whom Philip came to ask her
If she would be Mrs. Ray,
She, believing she was widow'd,
Could not say her snitor 'nay.'
Aud a second time was married,
Gave up selling bread and cheese,
And in due time Philip nursed a
Little Ray upon his knees.
But alas the long lost Enooh
Turn'd mp unexpectedly,
And was vastly Disconnected
BY this act of Bigamy
Yet rejecting on the subject,
Tie determined to atone
For his heightened absence from her,
By just leaving well alone.
Taking 10 his bed he dwindled
Down 20 something like a shade,
Settled with his good landlady,
Next the debt Of Nature paid.
Then, when both the Rays discovered
How poor Enoch's life had ended,
They came out in handsome style. and
Gave his corpse a fun'ral splendid.
This IL all know about It;
Hits not sufficient write,
BY next mail, 20 Alfred Tenny
Son, Z. l., the Isle Of Wight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
Women as Attorneys in Iowa.

The following is the law of lows,
passed at the last session, striking
the words "white male" out of the
statute relating TO the admission OF
attorneys, and inserting the word
cor She" so as to provide for the
admission of women to the bar:
"An act to amend Section 2,7o0, of Chapter
ia, Of the revision of 1860.
"SEcrloN l. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Iowa, That Section
2,7OO, of Chapter ia, of the revision of 1860,
be, and the same is hereby, amended, by strik-
ing out the words swhite male from the first
line of said section, and by inserting in third
line Of SAID section, after the word 'he,' the
words 'or she'
"Approved March s, 1870"
Iowa is the first State that has, by
express statute, provided far the ad
mission of women TO the bar. Which
State will be the next?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
Gleanings from our Exchanges.


Black silk dresses with white
overskirts are worn at small parties.
1t is said that the famous Pan.
theon at Rome is about to become
Protestant church.
West Point cadets receive $500
year and one ration day.
The Chinese in Oregon have in.
stituted the order of Odd Fellows.
1t is estimated that on an aver
age, one railroad train per minute
leaves London during the year.
--"Hannah" is the title of Miss
Muloch's next novel. Its serial pub
LEGATION has just begun.
An emigration society is being
formed in st. Louis TO induce Alsa.
tians to come to this country.
"A Havana paper says that the
rebellion in Cuba has destroyed s, 2O0,-
100000 worth OF property.
"A large number of the inhabit-
ants of Alsaoe propose ENGRAVING to
this country.
We learn from the Northeastern
Adoaace that there are three Good
Templar Lodges in the Sandwich
Islands.
-Eighty-six different missionary
societies are sustained by Protestant
ism, supporting four thousand mis-
sonaries, at an annual outlay of
IS 900, 900
-"Make me Jacket out of PAS
Old Coat is said TO be the latest song,
TO take the place of the one about
being put TO bed.
There are now about two hun
dred and fifty Postmistresses in the
country, and the number steadily
Increases.
"A farmer in Lancaster County,
Pa, last season, raised IL 1898 pounds
of tobacco from six acres of land, his
crop bringing him 50, 900 so.
"A New York Judge has decided
that an agreement made on Sunday
is not void if no act is to be perform
ed on that day.
Tho London Athendlum aunoun-
oes that Mr.. Seward is "devoting his
leisure from politics to the prepar-
alton of "A History of the Obliga-
tions Of the World to America. :"
1t is an interesting and some
what remarkable fact that there are
in India 1900 Government schools
and colleges, in which English and
modern sciences arc taught.
Mr. James Grant, the late editor
of the London Morning Advertiser,
is preparing q work on 1.-THE News
paper Press Its Origin, Progress,
and Present State"
A proposition to do away with
the present steamboat system Of the
Mississippi, designs the substitution
of powerful tugs for steamboats,, the
passenger boats being towed there
by.
--Galesburg farmer, whose pew
rent was raised to twenty-five dollars,
exclaimed "Great Caesar, here's
nice state of affairs-the Gospel is
going up and pork going down.
What's to become of US. ?"
The bellows in blacksmith
shop at Fulton, N. Y, became filled
with gas from the forge, and sudden
ly exploded, with such violence as to
throw piece of iron, weighing
twenty-five pounds through the roof,
There are published in the United
States about one hundred papers and
magazines devoted to Agriculture,
Horticulture, and the various subdi>
visions of these all important profess
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
ssy-M. Marcy a French savan. ba

sI-M NJ. Marcy, a French savan, has
proved that fy's wing moves at
the rate of $50 strokes second the
hornets, 240 the bees, 140; the
wasps, 10 strokes. He also has
discovered that the curve, described
in each movement of the wing, re-
sembles the figure g. Some have
claimed the number of 600 vibrations
per second Of the fly. OF the hum
produced by bees, doubt has been OK.
pressed if it were caused by the
wings, or some special organ. Bat
if the movement caused in the fight
of flock Of small birds be noticed, it
will DO readily understood that the
rapid movement of the wings OF bees
will sufficiently account for the hum.
One hundred years ago Linn@us
described 6, 900 plants. The number
now described is 120, 900. Decandole
snnnoses the number known and I'M
known to be 400, 700 to a half a mil
lion in all-in other words, three.
fourths are yet unknown.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

s~- Four members of family
named Benier, residing at Koshkon-
ong, Wis, recently died under cir
circumstances which aroused suspi-
cions that their death was the result
of unnatural causes. DIR. Allen of
Milton, who attended the family,
sent the stomach of one of the vic
Tins to Chicago chemist for analy-
sis. The chemist claims to have dis
covered in it quantity ofverdigris
The family had been in the habit OF
cooking backwheat cakes on the
bottom of an old copper boiler, and
the doctor thinks that in this way
a sufficient quantity of poison was
introduced into the stomach to pro-
duce death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

s@-W hen | hear man singing in
the midst ofhis work, | always think
better of his religion. If a Chris
tian whistles good deal, l like him
better for it. If your walk and con-
versation is godly. and you add to
that the fux of joy, that JOY is bles-
sed to your fellow-men more than
almost any other thing that you can
do. 1t makes religion sweet to their
sight, and attractive to them.-
There is nothing that mon want so
much as something to deliver them
from tho drudgery Of care some
thing to take away the sting Of their
sorrow something to make this sad
world brighter to them something
that shall compensate for the sense Of
emptiness and vanity which increas-
es as they grow older. And he that
loves God, and is not ashamed OF
his Savior, and is full Of hope and
joy wherever he goes, is preaching
gospel that is good news to men,
II. w. Beecher.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

Nozzle Prosecuted BY PRovI-
DENcE.-A Memphis dispatch OF the
9th says: For some months past
Hon. E M. Yorger has been ailiDg
with an illness which to-day caused
his death. A short time ago such
favorable SYMPTOMS presented them
selves that hopes were entertained
for his ultimate recovery, bat with
in day or two it became evident
that he could not hold ont much
longer, though the end was not
thought so near. Yesterday, at an
early hour he began to sink rapidly,
and in the afternoon breathed his
last. Mr.. Yerger was well known,
and became notorious by the killing
of Col. Crane, for which he was und-
er indictment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

ra- The bill introduced in Cong
TO prevent the indiscriminate and un-
limited killing of buffalo on the pub.
lie lands, is based upon the fact that
in passing over the Kansas Pacific
Railway" last winter, The train was
showed in, and for ten days the only
food of about one hundred passengers
was buffalo meat, and had not this
been at hand, they must all have died.
1t is in view Of the probable recur-
renee of such circumstances that the
above bill was suggested, and will be
supported.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
ss. Smokers will be gratifed at an

n@-Smokers viii be gratlhed at an
account of curious surgical case
referred to by Prot. lie Grons
Clark, 10 his lecture before the Roy
al College of Surgeons of England.
he says that the non-union ola frac-
tnred leg was traced to the patients
being deprived of his usual allow
anee of tobacco, which was forbid
den by the rules of the hospital
where be was being treated. As
soon. however, as the smoking was
permitted, the bones began to join
and the man got well.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

H@- Wit and War are not general
~ near relations, yet France, which
has certain humor in the midst of
battle, must admit that the German
Emperor has never seemed SO horri-
bic a joke as when he presented his
Bill Of one thousand million Of dol
lars-nearly one half the present ma
tional debt of the United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
sm-A down-easter advertises for

nm-A dow n-eaSter adVertises ioI
wife in the following manner: amy
gal what's got COW, a good feather
bed with comfortable fyens, i've
hundred dollars in the pewter, one
that's had the measels, and under
stands tendin' children, can find
customer for life by writing small
billy dux, addressed to o a., and
stickin' it in O crack of Uncle Eben-
ezer's barn, back side, jinin' hog PEN"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

~ J. HYDE, proprietor, Lancaster, Wis corner Of
". Main and Sprlng SITS. Having bought the above
house and rehtt3d and refurnished it, am prepared
70 give every attention tho accommodation Of guests
aud will provide good table and clean beds good
h0stler always on hand 2l-3O
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
pITNLPs HOUSE.

II u PHELPS, proprietor, Lancaster, Wis Having
II. furnished the three story brick hotel on the
old hotel corner prepared to accommodate guests
reasonably. Rooms we'll furnished and table we'll
provided Ample stable accommodations. 20-45
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

N A GATES, proprietor Platteyille. Wis This
~. new hotel is situated on LIST or Oak St, doors
south Of Main. IL Is newly furnished and htted in
hFst class style. Good Sample Room and Stabng at
tached. Five minutes walk from the depot $3.50
per day. 22-23
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
PLATTEVILLE HOTEL,
LANCASTER HOUSE,

DYG D. STREETER, corner Of Mineral and Second
ID streets, Platteve, Wis Good stabliHg and at
tentive hostlers. Sample rooms attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
cARRIER HOUSE,

m CARRIER, proprietor, Boscobel. Wis. Meals pro-
Il. vded before car time and patrons insisted with
baggage. Promptuess, and no delays at the Carrier
Rouse. Stabng attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

DIR Dumont G. Dake says farm
ers should eat but very little meat
during the Spring months.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

DENTAL r5rS sp iSs,s s' 1SS @ay Ss
ira NV advice and services that contne my dental
i.bors 10 my Office In Boscobe R6-AnriFIciAL TEETH
inserted on any base desired Teeth hlled with GOLD
on ANALGAM aud warranted DURABLE. BY keeping post
OF In tho Dental Art we'll prepared 10 take diff
Acult cases. Office over Ruka BROTHERS hardware
.tore 22-lT On. H. CO0MW .
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
DIR. G. =. GALLEY.

physician and SURGEON Lancaster, Grant Co.
/ Wis. May be found At mis- residence 200 yards
west Of Jones Drng Store. 22-3O
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
y. n. sNECEoDB,

NOTARY PUBLIC, Claim Agent, and Agent for sew
~ eral Of the best idfe and Fire Insurance Com
panes ina the country Also Licensed Auctioneer. All
business entrusted 70 him will be promptly attended
90, al Cassyille Wis. N-E
IL KINDS OF LEGAL BLANKS for aale at the
Il HgRAtD ohico.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
BLOOMINGTON HOTEL.
BLAKELEx HOUSE

CINE W0oDHOUsE, proprietor. tsuccessor to IIar
> gor) Bloomington, Wis. Rooms in good order, and
good stabling attached. 1890
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

BLAK ELEX HOUSE
N w. BLAKELY proprietor Darlington Wis. This
~. house has been recently enlarged and refnrLished
throughout and is not exceed by any in the western
part OF tho state. COED billiard hall and livery sta
bic attached. 2235
HOTEL CARDS, DINNER TICKETS, etc, printed
III In good style At the HERALD office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
4 w aMI1rr AZ ID
DR.. a. "A. BARBER.

u w EIH ! - N' d
physician AND eUEGEON. Office at resid, nce 2
doors west Of Arcade Hotel, Georgetown, Grant
county Wis. 22.36
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

physician and SURGEON, Lancaster Wisconsin
| Onlce over Nathan a Wolstenholme's store. 2l-43
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28
IlIlOOINs.

r, ENERAT. COLLECTING AGENT aud CONVEY
" ANGER Bloomington, Wis. Titles Investigated a nd
perfected. Collection promptly attended to. Refer
ences sivcn when desired 2l-3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-28

physician and SURGEON and Pension Examining
L Surgeon Lancaster, Wis. Onoe over Meyers
store. ZO-2l