Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-11-28
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 2s 1871


laying toundati MS for State to be
is admirable, is poetic, is 10 TIL al
immortal page IN the story OF Ameri
ca but when, instead of wrestling
from new lands something better
than the old can give, IL degeneratei
INTO mere weakaminded restiessnes.
K.ling the power Of growth, The
ideal of home the faculty Of r..
pose, it results in shat race .oi
perpetual emigrants who roam
AS dreary waits over the West, losing
possessions, love OF life, love or God,
slowly dragging from vally to valley
oil they fall ny The wayside happy il
some chance stranger performs for
them the last rites, soften less
fortunate, as blanched bones aud
autteTing rags upon 100 many hill
oides plalnly tell
Tue Newtys were of this dreary
brotherhood. La 1850 with small
family of that authentic strain OF
hlgh-bred swine for which PIKE coun-
y IS widely Known, as Mr.. Newly
ayers, they babe Missouri 4 d their
sung farm good by, and having pacKo
ed their household goods into wag-
on drawn by two spotted oxen, set
aHt with The baby Susan for Oregon.
where they came sitter a years jour
ney tired, and cursed with perma-
nent discomfort. There they had
taken up q rancho, quarter section
OF public domain, which at the end
OF Two years was improved TO the
extent of the "neatesl little worm
fence this side Of Pike" a barn, ana
Il sm0ke-hoUso. I'm another year, >
said my FREUD nd have dug for Il
douse, but we tuck ager and the sec
ond baby died." One day there
came mau who '.leL on that he
knowed" land inCalitornia much fair
or ana more worthy tiiiage than Ore
| gon 5 best, SO the poor NowLys har-
nessed np the wagon and turned
lheir backs upon home nearly
ready for comfortable life, and went
South with pigs aud plumber
! Through all the years this story had
repeated itself, new homes got 10 the
/ verge OF completion, more babies
born, more graves made, more pigs
which replenishgd as only the Pike
County variety NAV, ull it seemed
10 me the mere mul iplication Of
them must reach sufficient dead
weight 10 anchor the family but
his was dispelod when Newly re-
marked These yer hogs is awk-
ward about moving. and I've pretty
mnch made up my mind to put EN- all
into bacon this fall, and SCI. out and
start far Montana"
Poor fellow al Montana he will
probably fnd man from Texas,
who in half az hour will persuade
him that happiness lies there.
A. we walked hack 70 their cana.
and whoa Dam Newly hove in 4ignt,
nay friend vcntured TO Aay, Don
YOU mind the old woman aud her
coous. She's from Arkansas. She
used TO say no maa could have Susan
who couldn't show con skins enough
Of his wn killing To make bedquill,
hut she's over that mostly" Ia spite
Of this assurance my heart fell trihe
whom, the first moment Of our return,
she turned her husband and asked.
DO you mind what a dead-opon-an1-
shat on coOns our little johnny was
when be was ten years old?" | see
crelly wondered if the dead-open-and
shut had anything to do with his IN
timely demise at eleven, but kept
silence
Regarding her as sad product Of
the disease Of chronic emigration, her
hard thin nature,al angles and stings,
became to me one OF the most De.
pressing and pathetic spectacles, aud
the more when her fever and ague
boy, mass Of bilious lymph, came
and sat by er,looKing up with great
haggarl eyes as If pleading for some
thing, he Kuow not what, but which |
plainly saw only death could bestow
Noon brought the hour OF my De
pArture. Susan and her father talk
ed apart moment, then the old man
SAID the two would ride along with
me for few niles, as he had to 90
in that direction to look for new
| hOgsfeed
dispatched my two mon with the
pack horse, directing them To follow
the trail, theu sadjled my Kaweab
aud waited for the Newty's. The
old man saddled a shaggy little
mountain pony for bins Ii, aud for
Susan strapped sheep4Kin upon the
back OF young and riery mustang
colt
While they were getting ready. |
MADE my horse fast to a stake and
stepped over to bid good by to Mrs.
Newly. ] said to her ia tones Of de
ference, Il have come to bid you
good Dy, madam. and whom | get
back this way ] hope you will be
KIND enough 10 tell me one or two
really first rate coon stories. | am
quite ignorant of that animal, having
been raised in countries whore they
are extremely rare and l would like
TO Know more of what seems to be to
you creature of such interest The
wet. gray eyes relaxed, as ] fancied,
uifis OF their asperity ; faint KIN
die seom to light them for an Instant
as she asked. You re7er see eoOns
catch frogs in n spring ranch p
IN 5, madam" [ answered.
well. | wonder Well, take care
of yourself and when you come
back this way stop along with Us
aud veil XII . yeatlin', and In tell
| Won about coon that used to live
unier grauifather's barn" She acir
ualy # red me- her hand, which
grasped and shock in a friendly man
nor, chilled to the very bone with lt'
dampuess.
| Mr. Newly mounted, and asked
me # was ready. Susan stood hold
ing her prancing mustang To put
that girl on her horse after the or
binary plan would have required the
strength Of Samson. or the use OF 6
a