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" ' -
Made Of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits
and Rcfrsc Liquors c0ctcrcd. fplcod and sweet
tncd 10 please tic taste, called" Tonics Appets.
ers,r Dcg;orrs,T le., thtt lead the tpplcr en- to
drunkenness sad rrs, bu. q true Medicine, made
frcm the Native Roots and Herbs of California, free
from all Alcoholic s;insHla lants. They are tho
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER aud A LIFE
GIVING PRINCIPLE perfect Eenovator sad
Inyigora;or of tie sysitn carrying on an poisonous
matter and restoring tie liood 10 healthy condition
No person Can t-.c these rlitc.s Iooogliag 10 drcc-
ton and remain long unwell
S1C0 wlibe rivcn foren inrurnhie case provided
the bones are net destroyed BY mineral poison or
other nears, G-d TIA N.t- cr@Es wasted beyond tie
point Of repair.
For iuhamn;ntcry and Chronic Ehcunn-
tlsm aud Cont, Eysrcpsia, or Indrcrtiou,
Bilious, Remiitcst aud Intermittent Fcvcrs
Diseases CT the Bloed, Liver, Kiencys, n nd
Bladdcr. tacso Bittcrs lave been most tucccts-
fui. such Bisccscs rre oaufod BY viiiRtcd
blood. which Is generally produced BY deranEe ment
oftho Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head
ache fain In The ahouders Coughs, Tghtress Of the
Chest, Dxzlnc1s, Sour Eruciatlons Of the Stomach
Dad taste IA uis Eou;h, Bilious Attacks, raip.tation
81 the Heart Inflammation OF the Lungs. Pain in the
regions 81 the Kidneys and hundred other painful
symptoms, sro Tie 1Gtprnrsof Dyspepsia.
They inyisOrGtc Tic Stomach and stimulate the tor
pidlver and bowels, which render them Of funeQuallcd
oniesey n cleansing the blood Of ell impurities and
inpsrtiaJ new lie and vlgor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES. Eruptions, letter, Salt
rheum, nloichss, fpots. Pnpies ruftules Doss Car.
bunolos, insW Worms, soaid.Iiead,c Gore Eyes Eryslp
elias, Itch, four, Iiscooratons of the skin Humors
and Diseases the iiln. Of whatever name OF nature
arc literally dug - and carried out Of tho system IN
short time ty the OF these Dttcrs One bot,ie In
such cases will convince the most acredulous their
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10
EsinIe of GnlisIlnII.

GTATE OF Wisconsin IN Probate, Grant CoEAty
- County Of Grant. 9 court.
In the matter Of the estate of Christian GottshaiL
deceased
II appearing to the satisfaction Of this c8urt by the
petition OF ) Allen Barber. 81 Lancaster Grant Co
Wis.,. administrator OF the said estate that there i not
am personal property in the hands the said Allen
Barber 70 pay the debts outstanding against the said
deceased aud the EXPENSES Of administrations aud Il
Is necessary 10 sell al Of the real OF said decd
Tor tue payment OF such debts 10 is therefore order
ed that all persons interested in said real estate an
pear before the Undersigned. judge OF the County
Court for sad county, at his Office in the court house
IN the village OF Lancaster in said c0uuty on the 9TH
day OF FEBRUARY 1871 at one o'clock IN the afternoon
TO show cause, II any they have, why license should
not be granted to the said j. Allen Barber mortage
sell or lease, so much Of the real the said
deceased as may DO necessary TO pay such debts.
And II is further ordered, that copy Of the above
order be published in the Grant County Herald
weekly newspaper printed said County for at least
four successive weeks and served all p,rsons inter
ssted IN the ounty OF Grant, at least fourteen DAYS
previous TO the dey OF hearing the said application.
By the Court, WM. MCGUNIGAL, Co. Judge
Dated Dec n 1870. 30w4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10

EeA.The N. Y. Tribune talks Of the
poril5 of moderate drinking in this
way
A man drinks moderately but
steadily all his life, with no apparent
harm to himself; but his daughters
become nervous wrecks, his sons ep-
ileptios, libortines, or incurable
drunkards, the hereditary tendency
to crime having its pathology and
UNMARRIED laws precisely as scrofula,
consumption, or any other purely
physical disease. These are stale
truths with medical men but the
majority Of parents, even those Of
average intelligence and culture, are
apparently either ignorant or wick
eddy regardless of them. When our
people arc brought to remove GIN
shops and gin.selers for the same roa-
sons that they would stagnant ponds
and uncleanod sewers, there will
be chance Of Kidding our jails and
almhouses Of half their tenants. We
have urged this point until il has
grown hackneyei and tedious but
how can we be silent so long as q
fresh murder or suicide every day
exemplifies the CHASTITY peril and its
cause.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10
Sheli's Sale-WiJiamS.

ST1TE or WISCONSIN, ss Circuit Court of Grant
- NOuh'y OF 0fans County, Wisconsin.
benjamin. +. Felt, plaintiff ps. Edward Williams. de-
fendant ' W.
Ey virtue OF a writ OF execution issued ont Of the
circuit court of Grant county Wis., in favor of Rent
min T. Felt H. and against Edward Williams deft 10
me directed and delivered and for want of sufficient
goods ana ehates OF the said defendant wherein 10
nave oy direction plaintiff attorney levied upon ali
the right title and interest which the said defendant
mad on the 10Th day OF August 1870 or has since ac
CURED IN ana to the following described real estate
to'wit West half Of southeast quarter of section
twenty'nine co. township number one IL north Of
range number one ~, west OF the fourth principal
meridian Also the south half Of south west quarter
OF north quarter Of section twenty nine 2g town
snip number one (l), north of ranN number one ~
west Of the fourth principal meridanal OF the above
described lands situated lying and being in the coun-
" OF Grant and State Of Wisconsin Which said real
estate VIII on the 10th day Of January 1871 at 10
CLOCK IN the forenoon Of said day, offer for sale and
VIII sell at public yendue TO the highest bidder fer
cash. at the front door OF the court house IN the vii
lage of Lancaster, Grant county Wis,
SAID sale viii be made TO satisfy said Judgment costa
anu costs oil sale NM. ii elise, Sheriff.
NJ Grant county, Wis.
BARBER CLENENTsoN, pin s atty. 26w6
Dated Sheriff Office, Lancaster. Nov. IS, 1870
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10

sS~H How seldom do we see q man
with his mind full OF subject, sit
quietly down and "think it out" In
recent sermon in Cincinnati. while
speaking Of the press, the minister
said: at does the practical think
ing for large portion of our people.
They are TOO busy or too INDECENT TO
DO il for themselves, SO they ret a
man TO sit up nights, state the facts,
draw the conclusions and advocate a
theory for them, do the whole up in
a convenient package and slip il I'M
der the front door. In half an hour,
while they sip their coffee, they have
not only learned exactly what IA
going on in the world, but exactly
how they ought to think and how
they ought TO feel about the mixed
up business in this great, rushire,
world of ours" Ii is TO be feared
that this evil is growing rapidly on
the public mind. Young men are too
easily satisfied with the appearance
Of things, and rarely place a heavy
tax on their reasoning powers before
arrlvingiat conclusions. Something
should be done to stop this tide Of
shallow thinking which is gradually
ovorspreading the shores Of our ma
tional existence Portland Trans
cript
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10

asa.An attempt is to be made to
manufacture silks in New York or
its vicinity on scale never yet at
tempted. The war has paralyzed
the silk business in France, aud ev en-
were there to be a declaration of
peace tomorrow, nothing would be
done there for some time. A French
firm which has an agency here pro-
poses to bring some of its workmen
to New York and start q factory,
where it will turn out goods equal to
those which il imports. The cocoons
and the eggs will be brought from
Japan, and experiments will be made
Immediately TO see il the worms can
be fed on the alianthus trees. A
movement will be made in Congress
for higher duty on imported silks,
so as to protect the manufacture OF
silk in America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10

- TATE oF Wisconsin, Z In Probate, Grant Count,
- Grant County, Court

- TATE OF WISCONSIN,, } In Probate, Grant County
~ Grant County, 5 Court.
In the matter Of the estate of Roin Smith, deceased
On reading filing the petition OF Leander c. Rogers
administrator OF said estate setting forth the amount
OF personal estate that has his hands and the
disposition thereof; the amount debts outstanding
against said deceased aud description of all the real
estate OF which said deceased died seized and the con
duon ana value OF the respective portions thereof
and traying that license be him granted 10 sell the
whole OF the real said deceased Tor the paw
ment OF his debts and the expenses OF Administrations
and i appearing by said petition that there is not
sucient personal estate in the hands of the said adj
mnstrator to pay the said Debts and that It Is ne
eessary IA order TO pay the same sell the whole oil
said real estate;
It is Therefore ordered that all Persons interested Ia
said estate appear before tho Judge OF this Jur at
the Probate Office in Lancaster ia said county, Non
day. the 9TH day OF February, 1871 at o-c o'clock
IN the afternoon of said day, 10 show cause if any
there be, why license should not be granted to said
administrator TO sell said real according to the
prayer of said petitioner
And il further ordered that copy of this order
shall be published for four successive weeks prior 10
said day OF hearing, in the Grant County Herald
weekly newspaper published at Lancaster, il said
county ana personally served all persons interest
ed ia sal estate, residing in said county, least
fourteen days before said day OF hearing
BY the Court WIN. MCGONIGAL.
County Judge.
Dated Lancaster December 20, 1870 3Ow4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10

New USE FOR BALLooNs.-Mr. Fer.
guson, OF Front street, goes home
drunk for the fortieth time, and his
wife holds up her hands with vexa-
ton aud indignation.
Don SAFER word, Liza (hic)-
don SAFER word I'm goin' to buy
a balloon (hic), bloom"
-" hat on earth are You going to
buy balloon for, Mr.. Ferguson ?"
I'll tell you (hic), Lisa. Y'see
they've gossomany (hic), got s'manv
rum shops long Montgomery street.
Teller can't get home without Get.
tin drunk. l can get way with bal
loon (hic), You know. You can
come to the store an blow it M, an
(hic)-an' then you won't have 70
blow me up"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10

E23-A correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl Commercial has been interview
ing Andrew Johnson. lie found the
ex-President warming his shins in a
country store, whore his son and
sOn-in-law, bare-armed, were weigh
ing out butter and counting eggs
Johnson expresses no affection for
his successor; and thinks his .Iast
message, the weakest document
ever under the necessity of being
called State paper" and calls Gen
cral Grants fame "the accident of an
accident" In answer to query,
Johnson said: Before | would 90
into Grants Cabinet, either in 1872
or any other time, | would get me
situation rs an assistant hog-driver,
or as an old man in the country used
to say, | would tic rope around my
neck, and then around a tree, and
walk Off" Which is perhaps the
best thing A. j. could do. Speaking
Of weak state papers, has Andrew
managed to cipher out how much the
government lost by selling its bonds
three or four hundred per cent. below
par ?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10

seS- There is nothing that clings so
pertinaciously to an individual as
habits acquired in early youth. Tie
boy who lounges away his evenings
on the corner, in the lager beer sa-
looms, or in idle or Improbable con-
versation, is laying up for himself a
score of misery which will plague
him for the rest of his life, and the
youth who at eighteen makes the
humiliating confession that he is al
ready so completely the slave Of to-
bacco or ardent spirits that he can
not give them up, is to be regarded
with pity. Good habits acquired in.
early life are just as lasting as bad
ones. The young man who spends
his evenings at home in pleasant and
profitable study, or in the company
Of those from whose associations he
will learn only that which is good
and ennObling, must have deprav-
ed heart and taste if he does not be-
come good and useful man. Such
thoughts as these should DO ponder
ed well by the young men of the
present generation, so many ofwhom
are wasting precious moments and
hours in more then profitless pur-
suits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10
THE HERALD.
Our Public Lands.

In two respects the United States
differ from all other nations, are SUI
perior to most other nations, and
both these are mainly due the large
quantity of our public lands. One of
these differences is the extent of our
common-school system, not more in
the present than in the rich promise
Of the future and if this nation shall
ever acquire q culture distinctively
American, it will spring from the
noble and generous use Of our wild
lands as support ofcommon schools.
In the first ordinance for ascertain
ing the mode of disposing of lands
in the Western territory" Congress
enacted that LotNo 16 Of every town
ship should be reserved for the main
tenance Of public schools within said
township. As there arc thirty-six
lots Of six hundred and forty acres
each in every township, one-thirty-
sixth part Of all our lands was thus
consecrated to the cause of educa-
ton. But, as if this were not enough,
o subsequent act gave Lot No. 36
also for school purposes so that now
in every township that shall ever be
Incorporated in our boundless West,
twelve hundred and eighty acres, or
eight farms Of average size Of 100
acres each, the whole of the minimum
value Of sixteen hundred dollars, or
Whereabouts, are reserved for educa-
tional purposes. Hon. Joseph S.
Wilson, of Washington, who is the
highest authority in the United
States on all questions relating 10
public lands and their uses, estimates
that to-day there are ten million per.
sons in this country who might re.
ceive instructions in these public
schools. And to educate this gener.
alton and their children, and their
childrens children to all future ages,
one-eighteenth part of the land in the
great Wcst-over eight hundred mil
lion acres-is pledged. Seventy-eght
million acres have already been dc.
voted TO this purpose, besides six OF
seven millions for agricultural col.
legos and other institutions Of learn
ing. 1t is impossible to say how much
of our national education is now due
how much Of our future education
and culture will hereafter be due-to
the principle embodied in these two
acts. If this republic proves to be
an everything power among the ma
tons Of the earth, IL will mainly be
due 10 tho education communicated
in these public schools.
There is another aspect in which
our public lands cause US to differ
from all other nations every man,
the poorest, the most ignorant, may
have farm Of one hundred and six.
ty acres by agreeing to reside on il
for five years. The place Of his birth
is no opposing element to his right
TO own a farm-his manhood entities
him to his homestead. The Chinese,
the Esqulmaux, the Irishmau, and
the Sandwich Islander alike, may
each possess his farm if he will but
become an American citizen. Prus-
STA may equal us in education, Eng
land and Germany may surpass us in
the intellectual culture Of the higher
classes France has more scientific
men but in the number of happy
families, where the home ia owned by
those who occupy it, the United
States has the pre-eminence over ev-
cry nation in the world ". Il.
Hooper, ii Harper's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10
Sheriff SaIe-Stark.

- TATE OF WISCONSIN, Circuit for Grant County
- County of Grant, rs Wisconsin,
j. Nj. Gcant Frank Grant partners in trade under
the name Oh NJ Grant a Son, plaintiffs rs ind
son AK, defendant.
BY virtue ola writ Of execution issued out of the
Circuit Court OF Grant Co, Wis, in favor of the above
named plaintiffs and against the above named defend
ant to me directed and delivered aud for want OF suf
Gent goods and chates OF the said defendant Wherein
TO levy have, by direction ofplns atty levied upon
all the right title and interest which the said defend
ant had on the 10th day OF December 1870 or has since
acquired in and 70 the following described real estate
70 wit south east quarter of north quarter and
northwest quarter Of south east quarter in section
WE'VE Nl-l town Tour az, north OF range five, t5),
west, in urant county. Wisconsin. whfc h All
real estate will on the 10th day Of February 1871
al the hour Of ~ o'clock A. NJ of said day. at the front
door OF the court house. in the village Of Lancaster
Grant county, Wisconsin, offer for sale and will sell AZ
pubhc Nendne to the highest bidder for cash 10 sat
tsiy the amount Of said execu ton and all costa
WILLIAM III. elise Sheriff
BARnER CLEMENTsoE, pins atty
80 1870. 99.se
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10
Attractions of the Prairies,

Here is what Mr.. II. Thielston. q
prominent agriculturalist, saws about
Nebraska:
The eastern half of Nebraska State
l consider as good for farming as
iowa, except that it is rather more
remote. Beginning at Omaha and
gong west, the good lands continue
ior about $50 miles. Then they
grow perceptibly poorer and more
sandy till we pass the mouth of the
North Platte. From there to the
summit above Cheyenne is a belt of
about 300 miles that is adapted to
grazing, as it is overgrown with the
nutritious bunch-grass, but except
when the watersoof the Platte and
its tributaries can be drawn off, or
lifted by pumps and poured over the
surface, l do not regard the region
as I'll for farms. But where irrigation
may be cheap and general, the soil re-
spends generously, and the climate
is wonderfully clear and balmy. In
Eastern Nebraska poor settler can
make his beginning in this way He
enters or buys his land and builds his
cabin. If his means are small, he
can hire his prairie broken for So per
acre. There are those who 90 round
from farm to farm with stout OK
teams and break brairie by the Job.
Then he gets his seed in and waits
till harvest, having several months
for making his home more comfort
APPLE, or going out to work. After
harvest he has money to make pay
ment on land, or buy lumber With,
and his prosperity has begun. The
lands on the Platte in Eastern Ne
braska are far cheaper, and equal in
value to those of Eastern Iowa. To
show how thrifty men calculate,
will speak Of "a neighbor in Iowa. He
is drover and stock farmer in easy
circumstances. His daughter re-
Gently married a young man Of in
dustrious habits: "Do you know"
said he, what | am going to do 10
give those young people a start |
will get them GAO acres, and 20 over
to Illinois and buy 100 COWS. He
will fence off corn field and grass
lot. In summer his cows and calves
will range on the prairies in fall he
will get them into the feed lot, make
rude shelters for them with straw,
ane give them hay and corn. In
three years he can sell 80 fat cattle
for $50 head, and so on every year.
He will keep hogs in the same yard
with the cattle, and all the corn that
the bullock do not digest the swine
will eat with ayidity, and thus fat
ten"
With regard to manures, | am sor-
ry to say@that prairie farmers, as
rule, are wholly Indifferent. | have
known corn planted in a field sue
cesslully for twenty years without o
shovel ofdung or any fertilizer being
returned. When failing crops force
the farmer to tardy justice, and he
begins to return a little to a soil from
which be has taken so much, it is
like restoring the strength of nan
wasted by disease He buys a pad
lock for his stable door after the
horse has been stolen. | wish to
impress on the minds Of prairie
farmers the wisdom of treating the
soil as we'll as they treat horse,
and feed to keep the surface in heart,
not wait till starvation has set in
before just return is made. The
shame Of the Western farmers is
their abuse Of the strongest and best
soil with which an industrious ma
ton was ever blest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

GtTATE OF WISCONSIN,, Circuit Court Of Grant Co
- Grant County. RS Wis in vacation after
September term, 1870
Charles Porter plaintiff as. Melissa H. Porter. dc
feudaut.
ne STATE Of Wisconsin, 70 the DEFENDANTS ADORE named
You are hereby summoned and required to Answer
the complaint in this action, a copy OF which
will be flied ia the Office Of the Clerk Of Cirruit
Of Grant County, w isconsi n and to serve
copy OF your answer 10 said complaint on the sub
scriber at his Office in the village Boscobe Grant Co
Wis., within 70 days after the service hereof exclusive
OF the day OF such service; aud If you fail to answer
the said complaint within the time aforesaid, the
Plaintiff in this action will apply 70 the court for the
relief demaded in thu complaint.
BENN. sIiEARER, pin ATTY, Boscobel, Wis
Dated BOscObel November 18th, 1870. 3Iw6
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10
COmmissioner Notice.

CTArE or WISCONSIN,, GO In Probate Grant County
- Grant County. Court
In the matter Of the estate Of Delcs " Taft deceas
To all ,ohom u may concern:
NoTIcE is hereby given that we, the undersigned,
we're on the 18th dai Of Nov d. 1870 appointed
and by the Judge of said receive
examine and adjust all claim and demands all persons
against the said deceased that six months from and
after said day, have been allowed and limited for
creditors 20 present their aims TO for examination
and allowance and that will on 9th day of Jan.
1871, and on 25th day of May 1871, nine O'Clock
A. NJ. of said days, at the dwelling house of Mary
Taft. in the village of Fennimore " IS. attend to the
discharge Of our duties commissioners
G. W. L0NEY,
J.. G. ROGERS, ; Commissioners.
3Ow4 c, d. NOBLE,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-10

STATE OF WISCONSIN,, s. In Probate, Grant County
~ Grant County, court.
In the matter Of the estate Of William o. Ross decd
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:-NoTicE Is
hereby given that the subscribers on the 3rd
day OF December, 1870 appointed and commissioned by
the Judge Of said court, commissioned to receive ex
amine aud adjust claims and demands Of all persons
against said deceased that six (6) months from and
after said day have been allowed aud limited for cred.
tors 10 present their claims to us for examination and
allowance, aud that will Monday, the 10th day
Of January 1871, and on Tuesday the st day of June
ISL at o'clock A. NJ. OF said dsysat the Office of the
Clerk OF the Crsut Court Of said county in the village
Of Lancaster, Wis attend 20 the discharge or u-
tics as commissioners aforesaid
A. p. THOMPSON
p II. PARSONS
DAVID SCuREINER
Dated Dec 3 10 2Sw4 Commissioner