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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
socialistic Doctrines in England.

The Courier Diplomatjque publish
ed in Paris, contains letter from a
London correspondent, which gives
an awful picture of the danger threat
ening from the spread of socialistic
doctrines. The writer says: "The
whole of this vast empire is permeat-
ed by secret societies. The Interna.
tional here holds its meetings almost
publicly. 1t is said that the greater
number of the dispossessed princes of
India, good number of officers be-
longing to the army and navy, as
well as members Of Parliament and
Ministers, are affiliated to it. The
Government is aware of the internal
plan by which, at given moment,
the public buildings of London are
to be exposed to the fate which be-
fell so many in Paris. Boats are al-
ready waiting on the Thames to re.
ceive the treasures of the Bank of
England-an easy prey, say the con
spirators-as soon as the main artery
of the Strand shall have been burned.
and the public buildings-the bar
racks especially-shall have been
blown up, as was three years ago the
Clarkenwell Prison. Careless by ma
ture, and too much engaged with
business to think of the morrow,
spoiled by long established liberty
and fabulous prosperity, having for
many generations forgotten the
scourge OF war, foreign or civil, we
allow ourselves to drift on without
taking heed of the signs of the times"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
Mr.. Greeley Explains.

Horace Geeley in a recent number
OF the Tribune says he committed
the stupendous folly Of permitting
himself TO entertain dreams Of the
Presidency. He says that within six
or eight months he has received
thirty or forty letters mainly from
private persons proposing that he be
candidate for the next President
LIS answers, so far rs he has found
time TO answer at all, were in a spirit
OF The only letter be remembers hav.
ing seen in print, to William Lari.
mer, Of Leavenworth, Kansas, of the
4th OF May last, viz that he is not
ar aspirant for any Office, but would
not decline any duty political friends
would de7olve upon him. Mr.. Gree
10y says IL is certain no will never
make himself candidate for Presis
dent II seems quite improbable that
others viii ever make him such, but
those who have suggested, or may
hereafter suggest, him as candidate
have exactly the same rights as so
many other citizens, neither less nor
more. If they be poor and humble
there is 80 much the less reason for
bowling them down or insisting that
the next President is already selected
and all discussion on the subject fore
closed Eve spectfully protest
against the acrimony, malevolence,
aud proscriptive venom manifested
by certain journals which have been
set on to clear the field of all in
truders. If tho majority have already
decided the Presidential question,
there can be neither harm or danger
IA allowing the minority to indicate
their dissent. Let the semblance. at
least, Of freedom Of choice be main
tanned, and not drown all diversity in
the boarse clamor that 40 difference
exists. IL is now generally conceded
that our next President must be q
Republican. Ia tho party there are
many better soldiers, though none
older, than he who pleads that fair
consideration be accorded to the
merits and services of all our able
and patriotic statesmen, and that the
office. holders stand back, while the
taxpayers are allowed to come for
ward to indicate their preferences,
and traternally compare notes as TO
their choice for President in 1872.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
A Forthcoming History of the Sun.
foreground Railroad
Colonel Forney writes /:

Colonel Forney writes:
Slavery and the mysterious inner
life has never yet been described
When it is, reality will surpass fiction.
Uncle Tom. Cabin will be rebuilt
and newly garnitured. A book de.
failing the operations of the under
ground railroad is soon to be publish
ed 10 Philadelphia, by VIM Still. Esq,
an intelligent colored gentleman,
which, composed entirely of facts,
will supply material for indefinite
dramas and romances. 1t will dis
close record of unparalleled cour-
age and suffering for the right. The
narrative of Professor John NJ. Lang
ston, of Howard University, at Wash
ington, famous as orator and scholar;
his birth as o slave, the education of
himself and brother by his white
father his return, after many years,
to his native town 10 Virginia, as the
champion of his race and of their
newly acquired freedom the thrill
ing story of Frederick Douglas, told
by himself; the eventful career of
stephen Smith, the rich colored man
OF Phila., who voted for Jackson
in 1892, was afterwards DISTINGUISHED
by the insertion of the word white"
in the constitution of Pennsylvania
in 1888, and again voted under the
immortal act of emancipation the
experiences of Ebeneezer D BAssett.
our present minister at Heyti; the
struggle for self improvement of Ocr
tavius V. Cato, aud the tragedy of
his assassination; the early efforts of
John Brown, long before he was
known to the world as the willing
martyr of mis- ideas the sketch of the
inner life of William j. Wilson, Vice
President of the Freedmen's Savings
Institution at Washington, including
bis story of the industry, patience,
and economy of his race the long
conflict with slavery of Senator
Revels, of Mississippi F.; the stormy life
OF Lieutenant Governor Dunn. Of
Louisiana, and last, not least, the
memoir of Robert Purvis, the accom-
plished gentleman and scholar, resid-
ing at Byberry, IN PhiIadelp hia-a
memoir of which, written by himself,
would surpass in the intensity of its
interest many of the famous autobio-
graphies of the day these, and their
companion pictures, might be called
the genuine Romance of Reality
The time is coming when they can
be published without fear and with
out prejudice"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
Worcester's English Dictionary

Worcester's Dictionary of the
English Language" published by
Brewer & Tileston, Boston, is a mag
niticent quarto volume of 1854 pag>
es. TIE first appearance of this
work, ten years ago, was an era in
English photography.
1t was the first English dictionary
which had any claim TO be regarded
as presentation of our entire moth
er tongue, as it exists in the speech
and literature of this century, as a
fact, and apart from all theories and
devices for improving it. In this
point of view it was welcomed heart
lily by scholars, and through their in
fiuence rapidly gained favor among
the people, so that it became almost
at once the generally acknowledged
standard of correctness, both in writ
ing and speaking, both for the form
and tor the meaning of the words
1t has now been long enough in use
by thousands of critical minds 70
have been tested thoroughly st every
point; and it is saying far less than
might be sustained TO say that it has
fully maintained its prcseminence.-
This work is consulted, in nineteen
cases out OF twenty, to determine.
either the meaning, the spelling, or
the pronunciation of words.
Ia the first of these uses, definition.
DR.. Worcester's dictionary is found
TO furnish a good and accurate mean
ing OF almost every good English
word in the language.
La spelling and pronunciation this
book stands alone. There is nothing
with which 1t can fairly be compared,
Tor there is no other known In this
country approaching it in compre-
hensiveness, which has any claim to
authority in these respects. A die
tionary Of any living language ought
rather TO represent what it is, than
what it tends to become ought to
De conservative power 10 it, rather
than radical one. 1t is the business
OF the faithful photographer to record
facts, and if be mixes up his own the,
cries with his report, he diminishes
It's value and destroys its authority.
DIR. Worcester's aim has been TO pre-
sent the form of words, both as writ.
ten aud as spoken, according to the
preponderance of usage among the
best writers and speakers; and where
that usage is divided, to say so with.
out attempting to turn the scale
This work he has done incomparably
better than any one else before him
or since and until that distant day
when some able scholar with still
longer life and still greater industry,
If these be possible, or at least with
more numerous and efficient assist
ants, shall have devoted incredible
labor to the production Of more
complete one, his dictionary is likely
to remain in substance the standard
Of the English Language.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
A Certain Cure for Small Pox.

A lady in Clarkville, Tenn, writing
to the editor Of a Pittsburgh paper
says: 81 saw in late paper that
the small pox was raging to an alarm
ing extent in and around your city
For the suffering humanity. [ send
you recipe. 1t is as uni..Iling as
fate and conquers in every instance.
1t will also cure the scarlet fever.
The ingredients are as follows:
Sulphate of zinc, l grain.
Fox glove (digitalis) Il grain.
Mix with two tablespoonfuls OF
water.
When thoroughly mixed, add four
ounces OF water.
Take teaspoonful every hour
The disease will disappear in twelve
hours.
For children smaller doses.
'lf you value advice and expert
enee, use this for that terrible dis
ease. You need not mention my
name, but | give it to you that you
may know who sends you this rec.
ipe."
The above recipe may prove OF
value at some future time, and we
would advise our readers to clip and
preserve it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
sh SHE VOL. %, NO. 30.
Grazing in Wisconsin.

According to the Animal Report
for 1870 there are $780, 500 head OF
live stock in the State of Wisconsin,
valued at $40 80. 1872. 10 1850 the
total value of live stock in the same
State was 81 897, 1886. The increase
We see has been somewhat wonder
fnl in the space of twenty years. In
1870 the horses numbered $50 019
head, while sheep ran up to 1909
282, and horned cattle of all ages to
692, 293 head, The rearing of do
nestic animals in Wisconsin, il is
claimed by the Report. is one of the
most profitable as well as one Of the
most agreeable departments Of hus-
bandry. The State it. is further
claimed, has an important advantage
over many other States in the almost
entire immunity from destructive
diseases. We read: "Our farmers
have been almost total strangers as
well TO the pleuro pneumonia and
football Of New England, the muir
rain Of the Middle States, the cholera
OF the States of Illinois and Iowa,
aud the infections of the Southwest.
This important fact cannot be acct
dental, but is evidently due TO tho
exceptional healthfuluess of the Wis
consin climate, and TO the freedom
OF our hJcks and herds from those
exposures to which those Of other
States are liable" With such an adj
vantage it isnot surprising that there
should he q growing appreciation of
stock raising among the farmers of
Wisconsin, The better qualities of
blood seem to be in demand, and
horses have been much improved in
value by the importation of thors
oughbred and other stations Of APP
proved form and pedigree. The
mich cows number 308, 377. and
much attention is given to the dairy
1t is stated that the farmers within
the range of cheese factories are so
anxious 20 turn their milk into mon.
ey that they are in the habit of kills
ing off their calves at 81 day old, or
at the latest as early as their hides
will be salsble. This is a bad prac.
tice, diminishing as it docs the sup.
ply of cattle for the butcher, and
thus raising the price Of meat in the
local market. 1t aiso explains why
horned cattle have not increased so
rapidly in Wisconsin as in some 9TH
er States. In 1870 the products of
Wisconsin daries were 22.473 036
pounds of butter, and l,552708 lbs.
of cheese. Thus far, the farmers of
the State have not shown that inter-
est they should have done in increas-
ing the milk-producing qualities of
their cows by multiplication of bet
ter breeds, or at least o wider dis
semination of improved blood, The
State is comparatively young, how
ever, and We may look for progress
in this direction before long. The
sheep interest is large one, and the
breeders have been at no little ex-
pense in procuring the fine WOO
bearing animals. In the higher
branch of sheep husbandry, Wscon-
sin claims TO be able to compete
with the world The showing of the
grazing interests Of the State in the
annual report is on the whole. most
gratifying -THrf, Field and Farm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26

sSS- The death Of Oscar J. Dunn, the
Lieutenant Governor Of Louisiana.
epitomizes the history Of an epoch.
Dunn was slave, born in slavery !;
at an early age he ran away from his
master, and the advertisement for his
capture and restoration was made
public for the second time q few
weeks ago. His education, which was
general and scholarly, was attained
at odd intervals between labor and
sleep. Political preferment sought
him, not he it; and New Orleans
suspended business to follow respect
fully to the grave the remains of @
man whose living body she would
have dashed at q whippingpost fifteen
years ago. The world is changed
Post
The following is the ertisement
referred to. 1t appeared in the New
Orleans Picdyune, in 1871:
GIVE DOLLARS REWARD. Run away from
the subscriber, on the 22d of November last,
the negro boy Gear Dunn, an apprentice to
the pasterug trade. He is of grille color,
between 20 and 81 years of age, about five
feet 10 or II inches high. All persons are
cautioned not to harbor said boy under pen
atty Of the law.
Wilson & Patterson, corner St. John and
Common streets"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
Farm Labor.

A question OF very great impor-
lance is that of farm labor. Joseph
Harris, inthe American AgricalturiSt,
discusses one phase of 1T as follows:
We must make up our minds 10
pay men as much for working on the
farm as they can earn in other pur-
suits. If they can get $l.15 per day
the year round in factory or on a
railroad, we must furnish a similar
compensation in one form or other
on the farm. ii we only want men
for six or eight months, and that dur
ing the busiest season, we must be
prepared to pay higher wages than
those who give constant employ
ment.
We shall never have labor until we
make it worth a good mans while to
stay with US year after year. Aud
we can do a great deal TO induce such
men to settle in the country by build
ing and renting small houses, or by
selling an acre or two of land TO some
steady married man who wants to
ONu VI nfc C0us uOlE
many such men who would rather
work on :. farm than at any other
employment, who are absolutely com.
PEELED TO leave the country and 90 in
to the cities and villages because
they cannot get house to live in.
And, as a result, we frequently have
70 pay men from 20 to 30 per cent.
more per day than they get in the
immediate neighborhood of city.
Farmers have this matter entirely
in their own hands. They must
either build houses, or sell land to
those wishing TO build. Ev cry good,
honest, industrious married man who
settles in the country increases the
value OF farm property. The greater
the population, il of the right kind,
the greater the value of land. We
cannot too often remember that it is
labor and not land that produces
wealth. 1t is a loss to the communi-
ty to have a man lie idle all winter
And in this country there is certainly
no lack Of emplt yment for any who
will work at reasonable wages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
The Tobacco Cron of 1871

J. s. Cans & Sons, of New York
estimate that 100, 900 cases Of seed to-
bacco were grown in this year. This,
they state is nearly a third more
than the usual crop. They estimate
that Connecticut and Massachuss -
raised 40 900 cases; New York 90
600, Ohio 10000 Pennsylvania 80, 900,
Wisconsin $4,000, Illinois 5000.
The crop generally is said to be
good. The New England Homestead
says the quality Of the Massachusetts,
and Connecticut crop was never bet
ter. The Wisconsin crop is general
~ reported good.
The question Of prices is yet unset
tied. The crop is large, and the ex-
port demand is small, but on the
other hand it is admitted that the
stock of good old leaf tobacco is small
Holders are generally confident of
fair prices.- Western Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
The Ny. Tribune on Darwinism.

We have from England an awful
example of the demoralizing iuflu-
ence of Mr. Darwin's monkey theory
upon susceptible and sensitive
mind. A young man the other day
drowned himself in the River Eden,
at Carlisle Before the suicide took
the fatal jump, he handed to an old
man packet to be delivered to the
chief constable. Ia this was a last
letter, saying that. as Mr.. Darwin
had proved men TO be decended from
monkeys, the writer did not wish TO
live any longer. We suppose that
this sensitive youth might have rec
onciled himself TO continued exis-
tence if he had only been told that
his great-great-grsndfather had only
been hung for horse-stealing but
to be convinced that the ancestors
whom he had always held in pious
reverence were merely monkeys, or
chimpanZees, or balloons, or gorillas.
was more than a naughty Briton
could endure. The fact goes against
the truth of Darwinism, for one
with the blood of an int elligent mon.
key in his veins would not have act
ed so foolishly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
NJ Mayor Madill trna [

DSr Mayor Medill, true to the fire.
proof platform on which be is elect
ed, strongly urges that the city lin
its be made be fire limits, and that
the outside walls Of every structure
hereafter put up anywhere in the
city should be Of non-combustible
material. The reasons for this fire.
limit reform are so cogent that the
common council can hardly fail to
pass an ordinance carrying it out.
To this must be added a more ample
and reliable water supply. The re-
duction ia the cost of insurance alone
would soon repay the extra expense
of nonscombustible buildings. in one
case, and OF ample reservoirs and ar
tesian wells on the other.-C Chicago
Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26

18th res yer nice roast chick
n" cried an aged colored man, las the
cars stopped at Virginia railroad
station. Here's yer roast chick'n n
tsters, all nice and hot" holding his
plate aloft and walking the platform.
Where did you get that chicken,
uncle ?" asked q passenger. Uncle
looks at the intruder sharply, and
then turns away, crying, Here's ger
NICE hot chickn, gentrm'n, all nice and
hot. " Where did you get that chick
eu ?" repeats the inquisitive passen-
ger. "Look yerl" says uncle,
speaking privately, as you from de
Norf2" "Yes." as you friend of
cuIlud man ?" 81 hope am" "Deu
don't you nebber ask me whar | got
da' cbick'n. HERE'S YER NICE ROAST
cHIcK'E, ALL HOT !"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26

sar The College of Cardinals at
Rome is in bad way. Three of its
members have had strokes Of apo
plexy, another has the govt, four are
10 their dotage, or too much enfeebled
for work while Cardinal Milesi, the
youngest member, is dying, at fifty
five years, of consumption. In all,
twelve Cardinals are past their use-
fulness, and there are twenty-four
vacant hats besides, leaving only
thirty-tour persons for active labor.
The Pope is said not to be sorry at
this condition of affairs. and it will
enable the Jesuits more certainly TO
elect their candidate, Cardinal Ca
patti, IS his successor. The Pontiffis
himself in his eightieth, or according
to some authorities, in his eighty-
second year, and is still quite healthy
for a man of his age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
One Of the Ablest Men in the Senate


>
The question whether Senator
Howe Of Wisconsin shall be re-elect-
ed or not TO a senatorial seat which
he has filed with signal integrity,
ability, and honor, ought to depend
only on his Willingness TO serve.-
His fitness for the post, and his sucr
cess IA discharging it's functions,
have been admired by his political
friends and acknowledged by his po..
litical foes. His constituents cannot
make better choice than to choose
the same man over again. Senator
Howe is one Of the ablesL men in the
Senate. His views Of public policy
sometime differ so much from our
own as to take away from us all
temptations to compliment him
through mere personal friondIlness
or partisan sympathy. We speak
his praise and hope for his re-elec>
ton. because Of the Inherent excel
lence Of the man and the undisputed
fitness Of the senator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
IANCASTFR HOUSE,.

I LIsHERNEss tsuccessor 70 G. j. HYDE, pro-
L.. pretor, Lancaster Wis. This house has been
fUfulshed throughout No pains spared for the ac-
mataiatlon Of guests Table well provided Stabing
attacked ana attentive hOstlers. 1872
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
sc a letter to tie St. Iouis Der

sA-A letter to tie ST. Louis Dem
ocrdt, from Knob Knoster, mentions
q singular physical phenomenon oc>
curing. 1t says continual rain has
descended for two weeks from q
cloudless sky, and confined to o space
of only twenty feet in diameter. The
phenomenon has been observed by
many persons, aud the writer asks
for scientific explanation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26

eA-A New Orleans lady was reads
ing 10 her servants an account Of the
Chicago fire. The fact of the burn
ing of the Emancipation proclamation
arrested the attention of an old col.
ored woman, a slave all her life, who
viewed the proclamation much as the
Israeltes did the ark OF the covenant.
What dat" she said, burned up p
Yes, burned up"
"Den what gwine to come of US p
Maybe you'll all be slaves as be-
fore"
Den I'm gwine to die right now"
49, The Apaches of Southern New
Mexico are treacherous and hostile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26

sA-Among the United States Sem
ators, eleven have been Governors Of
States. Nine were born ia New
York. New England, having twelve
members, has nineteen sons in the
Senate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26

NOTARY PUBLIC. Claim gent aud Agent for sew.
~ ,0d Of the bost Late and Fire Insurance Com.
Iau sa in the country. Also Licensed Auctoneer. An
t4sass entrusted 20 him will Dc promptly attended
f. 40 Cassgilia, Wis. Oily
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26

II PHELPS, proprietor, Lancaster, Wis Having
/ furnished the new three story brick hotel the
r tlc1rner am prepared 70 accommodate guests
ei.0uabiy. Rooms Well furnished and table well
.1yl tel. AIGpia stable accommodations. 22-30
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
CARRIER HOUSE,
PIIELPs HOUsE.

N CARRIER, proprietor Boacobel, Wis. Meals pro-
| stlfd before time and patrons assisted with
.l. 8sr Pr1mpuness, aud no Delays at tho Carrier
U#.a stabiiug attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26

KEY CITY HOUSE,

D. elise. proprietor Dunleith, H.. near Steam.
~ boat Landing and Passenger Depot General
Slice for PHttesille Lancaster and points East.
e.aUiiuE .u connection with the hotol.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-26
ILliAM HuMrHRKY w.B. ctAgy
HUMPHREY & CLARK,

BAN IL T. KS,
BLOOMINGV0N. WISCONSIN
DUY AND SELL GOLD AND GOVERNMENT
- Bonds and ksstern Exchange. Prompt atten.
ton given 60 collections az All points and the nay.
mlat % taxes. Deposits received aud loans negota-
God. Advances made upon approved securities. In
ttrest allowed on special deposits at best current
atcH 2245tf