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MY DEAR HU: @ s19ihs' 20
AS you desired, I have had further
conversationc-wit our old friend the
philosopher and etymologist, and have
learned many things that were new to
me about our good old English language,
or rather languages, for he says we have
taoo in reality, the one we speak, and the
one thai we read. Our spoken Language
is easy, any German OF Frenchman can
learn TO speak it in a few months, but
seldom does either Of them coming to
this country after he is thirty years old,
ever undertake the perplexing task of
learning to read it or mastering its bar
barous photography. He says ali that is
wanting is to conform our written Ian
guage to the basis of our spoken lam
guage; then to speak 1t would be to read
at and spell at at the same time. That in
in writing it, we would only be putting
on paper the sounds we utter in speak
ing and this is reading and spelling made
easy as mcture intended, and, said he,
" as we shall one day have it, for why
should wenot follow the order of nature.in
learning to read. Speech is but the utter
ance Of sounds, and writing should be
only daguerreotyplng speech upon paper
nature should not be baked in her efforts,
and it is only because she has been thai
our printed page presents such fright
full abortions displeasing to the eye, and
still more to our common sense" DR.
Franklin, one of the most philosophical
as we'll as practical men of the last centu
ry, said sooner or later our written Ian.
guage must be reformed.' "EtynoIo
ges says he are at present very uncer
tain, but such as they are the old books
would still preserve them and etymolo
gists will find them. Besides our best
etymologists contend that the sounds Of
words are a better index to their origin
than their present spelling, and frequently
words Theoretically spelled come nearer
to the appearances OF the original; father
u is nearer father1i5o, positio nearer the
French positt, and stupendus, tremendu,
are their true latin forms.
But why spend further time on an OBJ
| lection which only concerns few anti
} quarians, when the millions interested
are on the other side of the equation who
will never know or care about the oripir
Iof words Must we always spell such
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special Notices.
Are you going East?"

.s--z- ~ &% - ALI kR
9 Well, neighbor Il, are you going
East this season." @m
I" Don't thiuk shall; that trip last year
rather used me up rs @v. .. e
''You didn't &C. by the Broad guage Erie
Railway, then, did youi?''g va lss4 s1-sA
f'No, SIR if / had. I'd have been happ
man to day"
why, bow's that ~ a. H x F
wen, inithe first place, if Lhad gone by
tht Erie should have reached New York in
season to meet an important engagement
as 1t was, went by another line, was several
hoars late, and lost thousands Of dollarsgby
it.' @EFA
= You recollect my ADVICE before you start
ed, don't y0u?" T
f'Ycs; and [ wish had followed it. WHY
am told that the Erie cars are foot wider
than those ain ordinary use, and that man
can live in them both day and night iust as
comfort ably as he can at the Sherman or the
Gait House.''
Yes, and just as good and regular meals
at the Company's hotels along thelinesp
'That's an item for always get hungry in
travelling. But where do you connect with
these Erie coaches 2. 4 might take a notion to
run on East before long, for they ,ay it is
alone worth the price Of a ticket to see the
Drawing Room Cars
6 They run four Daily Express Trains,
starting from Cincinnati, from Cleveland,
from Dunklrk, from Butfa o and from Roch-
ester, and running through to New York with
out change. You can tike the Broad Guage
cars ct ",her of these points, and in either
case wa have e view OF such scenery as you
never saw before inyour life, unlees you've
been to Switzer.and''
s." No, l Eever have. but I'm going to New
York by the Erie Railway the first week car
spare, and shall take my whole family along,
Where do you buy the tickets?"
Oh, anywhere !! All the principal ticket
agents throughout the West and South have
all he can do to supply the demand."
= Does he Well, III hurry over to the de-
pot, 1 reckoc, and invest right away Good
day, Sir" e.
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ROLL OF HONOR.


The following is continued list of pu-
pills perfect in department and neither
absent nor tardy during the second month
of the winter term: %
No. 2, Brighton !; Sarah A Murray,
teacher: E A Farley, E, Farley, j 0
Biehn' r ] Stanley Attendance so per
cent. SES
No 8, Randall !; A j Sax, teacher: su-
sic Reynolds. Attendance rs per ct.
No 5, Paris J; G r Jordan, teacher:
Carrie Biehn. Attendance 90 per Ct
No. 10, ParisI; Emma R Briggs. teach
er; Flora Gulik, Lizzie Gray. Ella Thay-
er, Marvin Tymeson.r John Gray At
tendance 9211a per ct.a @
No.2, Brighton; Ellen Hillyer, teacher:
Frank Hartnell, Frances Hartnell. At
tendance 80 per ct.
No. 6, Salem; L A Pease, teacher
Harvey Bailey, Walter Vanduzer, Katie
Brown, Hattie Brown, Eugene Helms.
Attendance 81 4 per ct.
No. 4, Salem; Rhoda Wagner, teach
er: Anna Vogelsburg, Thomas Vogels-
burg Josie Van VIE, W Van Vie, Fred
Scheming, Lizzie Scheming, Rosa Pease,
Bridget Gallagher, Mary Gallagher, Edna
Clark, Eva Pease, Electa Hillyer, Arson
Pease, Horace Pease, Charles Pease, AL
bert Van VIE, Orrin Wicks, Amos Gala
CHER. Attendance 50 per ct.
No. 7, Salem frankie c. Gile, teacher
Sarah Patrick, Alice Patrick, Cornelius
0'Neil. Attendance so per Ct
No. l. Bristol; Rose "A Ryan, teacher
Mary Kingman, Flora Kingman, Libbie
Mead, Ida Mead, Emma Curtiss, Alice
Ourtiss. Attendance 80 per ct.
No. IS, Bristol; Chas Butric, teacher
Abby Dewey, Emmett Wilson, Frank
James Hadican. Attendance 70 per Ct
No. /, Paris Maggie Craney, teacher
Alfred Williams, Frank Williams, Willie
Williams. Attendance SO per ct.
No. 8, Brighton Martin Smith, teach
er: Annie Dixon, Mary j McMastpr
Barbara McMaster, Martha Emmett, Mar
Tia Leach, Lott L Leach, Benjamin En-
mett. Attendance 81 per ct.
4tb month.
No. 2, P Prairie; Cephas Leach, teach
er: Maggie Reynolds, Charlotte Rey
nolds, Martha Kingman, Lyman Carpen
Ter, George White, Alvin Carpenter
Frank Sampson, Edwin Carpenter, Free
Carpenter, Herbert White. Attendant
"a per cent.
HOSEA BARNS,
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KEEosHA Co. TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS.
There will be netting OF The reach
ers of the w. d.. at Pikevtlle church
Bristol, Friday evening, Feb. 10 Pro
gramme: Roll call, responses by.
sentiments school reports; class exor-
else by pupils from No IS, Bristol, c..
Butrick, teacher; essay, Miss Fannie
Bishop; Defamation from No. IS; Glass
exercise by pupils from No 6, Salem, L.
A. Pease, teacher essay by Miss NJ e
Owen; Declamati on from No. 8, Salem :;
discussion Of the 4ues ton, Resozoed-- That
corporal punishment ought to be abol
ished in our schools Affirmative. P
Briggs, L A Pease, S NJ Hart, A j Sax,
Sup't. Barns Negative-C Butric, Dr.
Salisbury, j Fl Colt, NJ E. Dodge, w E
McVicar
Acordial invitation is extended to the
public Exercise, viii commence at 7
O'clock ed j. p. BRIGGs; -
Y.2P. W.D.
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CARD.

a clergyman, while residing in South America
as missionary, discovered safe and simnIe
rem edy Tor the Cure OF Nervous Weakness. Early
Decay, Diseases OF the Urinary ard Seminal Or.
gahs, ana the whole train OF disorders brought on
oy oanefuiand vicious habits. Great numbers
nave 0een cured by this noble remedy. Prompted
Dy de-lre : benefit the afflicted and unfortunate
senH me recipe Tor preparing and using his
medicine, in sealed envelope, to any one who
DeedE1t, Free of charge address JOSEPH II. IN
MANN, station ID, Bible House New York City
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We have received cr5ticisiag letter
from some unknown person in Pleasant
Prairie, to which we viii give due at
tentlon if our correspondent will furnish
us with his or her name. gHl7a T5la
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DELIcATE FEMALES WHO HAVE NO APPETITE, ar
languid, always suffering, devoid Of energy an s
never feeling well viii ind HE Tnyigoratort to give
tone and vigorto the whole System strengthen tn
appetite pnr .ythe blood, beauty the complexion,
ana make them strong and healthy.
INVIGoRAToR renovates the liver and stomach
removing Dyspepsia and kindred diseaees Dye
peptics will find the Inyigorator to impart vigor
TO their digestive organs. cause their food to be
reIished, the stomach to promptly digest the
blood to be purified, and their health to return.
For sick headache, use Dr. stafford's Stomach
and Liver Invgorator with the Blood and Liver
Pills.
For ULCERS OR OLD SORES Wash them clean
with lukewaIm water and CASTLE soap pour into
the wound and battle the surrounding parts well
with the Arnica OIL ointment twice day
Mr. o. Fl. Williams, of Dixon, Illinois, writes
h We used DR., St4ford's Stomach and Liver In.
v19orator with his Blood and Liver Pills for sew
eral years. | had the Liver complaint. and was
attended by a skillful physician, but grew worse
owe my recovery to the Inyigorator and the
biooo ana LlVerPll @M 6m12
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-02

Co. T. A. WESTERN yaDIvIsIoN.-A
meeting of the Association was held at
Bassett's Station, Friday evening, Jan. 81.
The attendance was not so large as
could be wished, owing to oyster Slippers.
&c. in the vicinity.
Pupils from Miss L. H. Patterson's
school favored the association with a
song at the commencement Of the session.
Responses from teachers though few were
good. Nearly all The teachers present
made reports of their schools, j. p.
Briggs, Of No. s, Salem, leading IN per
ct. of attepdance. -n .aoEa
Mis- Patterson, of No 2, ) Randall, con
ducted. q very interesting class exercise.
the members of the class being pupils
from her school This was followed by
a Northumberland another song from the
same school
Thessubject for discussion was q Resolo.
ed-that too much attention is given to
the study of mathematics in our schools"
Mr.. Briggs and Mr.. Butric supported
tile resolution, and Mr., Dodge, Mr..
Smithetb and Mr. Barns were opposed.
Decided by the house in favor Of the
negativrs'& -.
The discussion was followed by recess,
after which Miss Patterson furnished a
class exercise in reading Miss Nolan,
ofNo. 2, Randall, then favored the audi
ence with recitation in which the su-
periority of living English over dead
Latin was illustrated. sta 81
After some questions relative to educa-
tional matters were answered by Sup't.
Barns, the association adjourned to meet
at Plkeyille church, Bristol, Feb. / 0. .la
M. B. Dodge,
aa6i 1as bees saia" 7a s. Sec. w. d.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-07


ENLARGED.-The Grant County
Witness appears enlarged to a sc
column paper, and is otherwise i'm
proved in appearance. Platteville
has enjoyed a local paper almost con-
tlnually since l845, and, with one ex-
ception, Mr. Rindlaub has kept at the
managing and editorial helm longer
than any of his predecessors.
The "Independent american" was
established at Plattevile in January,
1915, by j. l.. Marsh (now editor of
the Sheboygan Herald. He contin.
ued the paper until May, 1849, when
W. b. Bevans became the owner and
publisher. Under the latter's man
agement the american was printed
until January, 1850, when it suspend
ed. In September of that year Mr..
Marsh again started the american
and continued its editor until Octo-
Der, 1854. The paper was at this
time pun chased by Page & Chatter
ton (the former now one Of the edit
ors Of the State JOurnaD. Mr.. Page
took sole charge in January, 1856,
and published an excellent paper I'M
Til its suspension again in August,
1857. Platteville was then without
a paper for couple Of years when in
July, 1859, the Grant County Wit
ness was established by Israel Sander
son. He was succeeded by Shaw &
Bockius in May, 1862, who published
it until January, 1864 f. S. Haugh-
awout then took charge until April
following when George X. Shaw be-
came again the editorial head. MP.
Rindlaub, the present editor, became
the owner and publisher in February,
1867.
Until Mr.. Rindlaub took the con-
troll of the Witness the publication
Of q paper at Plattoville was most of
the time rather an uphill business.
But careful management and strict
attention to local interests has made
the Witness in its present hands
paying institution. 1t appears now
with patent foreign printed outside.
but we think the editor will at no
distant day abandon that form Of
publication and give us the home
made goods. We are glad to see
the enlargement which was needed
to meet the demands of large and
increasing advertising patronage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-07

died here, and lies moldering in our
graveyard. A plain fence surrounds
the spot, and q tree or so casts its
shadow on the grass-grown mound
The record of the mans hard-work.
ing life is his only mausoleum and
that, to quote from his own poem on
the "Graves of the Patriots" is -
monument more lasting than the
fanes reared to the kings and demi-
gods of old" No marble magnifcence
has yet been raised over the quiet
spot that hides his crum bling skele-
ton, and no nauseous epitaph has We.
been invented for the special account
mediation of one who really stands
in need of no such sickly sentimen.
tally. 1t was wise poet who ask
ed, "Can Honor's voice provoke the
silentidust, or flattery soothe the dull
cold ear of Death ?' And it is al
equally wise world that will let q
man, when ''life's fitful fever" is over
rest undisturbed in his hard earned
and evor-duriDg glory. To quote
again from the poets own works
"TTis is no vulgar sepulchre-grecn sodr
Are AL his mopum' MT and Yet ii tells
nohler history than pillar,d piles
Or the eternal pyramids"
We speak not to disprove wha'
Brutus spake, but here we are tC
speak what we do know.
Yours, OK THE TRAMP.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-07

Upon the basis OF each decenniu
and State census the legislature has
the important duty of dividing the
State into Senatorial and Assembly
Districts. The population of the
State, according the late census. /,
1855, 500, and allowing for 33 Sena-
torial and 100 Assembly Districts, AZ
heretofore, population of about 81
600 is required for Senator and 10 5
555 for an Assemblyman.
Some of the southern counties OF
the State will lose representation T.
give other counties which have in
creased more largely 10 population
their proper repr ssentation, and
among themGrant county. The coun-
ty will retain her Senator but must
lose an Assemblyman. The popula-
ton of Grant county is 37,975. SO
that we will overrun on the number
required for Senator nearly 5000.
This ogerplus added to the total
population will allow four Assembly
men, and some over, but, however,
not enough to claim an additions al
representative.
A division of the county into four
Assembly Districts will be made
The political and general business
interests of localities should be con-
suited in making the apportionment.
and each districts SO arranged that all
of its towns lie closely contiguous.
With these views in mind we present
the following schedule for considera-
ton and adoption, believing that such
an arrangement of the Assembly Dis
tricts will be satisfactory 10 the peo-
pie generally:
FIRST ID Strict-Laucaster, Liberty.
Clifton, Lima EIlenboro and Potosi
-populhtlOn, ZIl.
Second District = Platteville, Smell
ser, Hazel Green, jamestown. Paris.
and Hrrrison population, 10 2O4.
Third DiStrict--Fennimoro, Bosco-
bel, Mount Hope, Woodman, Wing
vile, Muscoda, Waterstown, Blue
River, Hickory Grove and Marion
population 1925
Fourth Distrtc = Bloomington, G len
Haven, Patch Grove, Cassgiile. Bee
town, Waterloo, Little Grant, VIVA
lnsing and neutrality-suspicious., g..
975.
In this connection we publish a
small map of the county showing the
boundary and census of towns, from
which Assembly Districts can be
traced.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-07
Eastern K ,lr0ads.

A certain Rufus Hatch has COM
meneed, in the New York Tribune.
series of articles designed to expose
some degree the enormous profits
made by certain railroad managers
The first road he has taken hold of
= the New York Central, and be
management of Mr. Vanderbilt. By
The figures shown, it seems that by
the simple process of watering" the
stock, that is by issuing stock divi-
lends, Mr.. Vanderbilt has raised the
aggregate value Of the Hudson River
and New York Central Railroads
rom Al millions up to 80 millions,
-hus compelling the people who are
obliged to employ the roads in their
traffic, to pay income on 80 millions,
instead upon II millions the original
capital that built the roads This
enormous income, it will DC seen.
comes out of the people, and espec.
ally ont OF the producer. Ever,
bushel of wheat, aud barrel of -four
and all other produce, is taken t
pay this outrageous income. La fact
this system of legalized robbery j,
ully as astrocious in it's conscquen
css as that of the "robber barons o
The Rhine" in the middle ages.
A bushel OF wheat that ought tC
be conveyed to New York from
Michigan for ten cents, and then pay
u reasonable profit on the actua
capital invested, now has TO pa,
twenty five cents, and the extra fit
teen is used TO pay the dividends or
this paper stock, not cent of which
was ever paid in to build or improve
the road, or TO facilitate the transi
of freight throughout its length =
Mr.. Hatch shows that the length o
the two roads from New York t.
Buffalo is 442 miles, and the water
ed stock alone is equal to S119, IA;
per mile, or more than the aetua
outlay to build. Yet on this tn,
people of the country are called up
on to pay an income of four million
per year over and above the actua
cost of transportation. In fact
these roads are turned into a system
of machinery by which the people
and especially the workman, the la
borer and the farmer, are taxet
without their consent so that th
railroad barons may wiring enormou
incomes out of their earnings. w
see no remedy for this except b,
making the railroads the property c
the people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-07
Wolves and Wild Cats.

The Senate has devoted much time
this winter discussing the wolf ques-
ton. 1t was stated in open debate
that the state had spent $4,000 in
paying bounty money the past year,
and SO the Senate voted to wipe out
the whole bounty law. Tho ques-
ton was then transferred to The As
sembly when an order was sent down
requesting the Secretary of State to
report at once the amount of bounty
money paid and particulars. The
report was sent up this morning,
showing 81, 220 as the sum total paid
out up to the 31st of January for the
current year for about 1000 scalps.
1t appears from the report that
only the following nine counties in
the state have achieved much sue
cess in wolf and wild cat raising: