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The New York herald., 1871-05-19
Williamsburg sabbath Schaols-Ten Thou
sand ChiIsiren in Line.

The children connected with the sunday schools
OF the various evangelical churches OF Williams.
burg celebrated their anniversary yesterday by
para,ilng the principal streets. The large army or
little ones. In their gala-dav attire, with banners
nowcrs and Scriptural notices constituted a pa
witnessed II.
The various schools were formed INTO fourteen d.
visions, with marshal over each division and IL
grand marshal u. NJ. CoppernoD over ai, with
Watson Sanford and A. A. Doughty for aids. Dur
Ing The parade the streets we're crowded with per-
sons, who frequently gave vent to their pleasurabe
emotions by cheering OH the little CHRISTIAN soldiers.
For The first time In the history OF Williamsburg
the UntverSalSt Society were awarded a position In
line, and the intellectual young ones did no dis
credit whatever TO their orthodox payma,es.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
A New Version of an Old Story.

| commenced being good at a
very early age, and built myself up
on the best models. | was yet an
infant when read the affecting story
of hacking down the cherry tree by
George Washington, and his manly
statement to his father that he could
not tell lie. / read the story, and
it filled me with desire to surpass
him. was not going to let any
such boy as George Washington, il
he did afterwards get to be Presi-
dent, excel me in moralities. Imme-
diately seized an ak, and cut down
the most valuable cherry tree that
my father had, and more, | dug up
the roots and burned the branches,
so that by no means the variety
could be produced, and | went skat-
ing on Sunday night so that | might
confess the two faults, and be wept
over and forgiven on account of my
extreme truthfulness. The expert
ments were, regret to say, partial
failures. | was very much like
Washington, but the trouble was my
father did not resemble George Wash
ington's father, which was essential
to the success CT my scheme. "Did
you cut down the cherry tree p ask
ed he. Gather, l cannot tell lie.
| did it with my little hatchet," |
answered, striking the proper atti.
tude for the old gentleman to shed
tears over me. But he didn't shed.
He remarked that he had rather /
had told thousand lies than to have
cut down that particular tree, and
he whipped me till | was in state
of exasperated rawness. My skating
idea was no less a failure; broke
through the ice that Sunday night
and was pulled out with difficulty by
boat hook. As | lay sick for a
month with fever | didn't have o
chance to get off the Washington re.
mark.-Mdrk TlUdin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
Short Temperance Sermons.

"Every moderate drnker could
abandon the Intoxicating cup if he
would every inebriate would if be
could."-John B. Cough
"In the Intoxicating cup, discon-
tent seeks for comfort; cowardice for
courage bashfulness for confidence
sadness for joy and they all find
ruin.
ooh, that men should put an enc
my in their mouths, to steal away
their brains, that we should with JOY,
pleasure and applause, transform our
selves to beasts. Shakespeare.
"Those men who destroy q health
full constitution of body by intemper-
ance, and an irregular life, do as man.
ifestly kill themselves, as those who
hang, or poison or drown themselves.
-Shei t0ck.
81 challenge any man who under
stands the nature of ardent spirits,
and yet for the sake of gain contin-
ues TO be in the traffic, to show that
he is not involved in guilt of murder"
DR.. Lyman Beecher.
81 am deeply convinced that the
evils Contemporaries can never cease,
till the virtuous in society shall unite
in pronouncing the man who attempts
to accumulate wealth by dealing out
poison and death to his neighbor, as
infamous. John Pierp0nt
"Some Of the domestic evils of
drunkenness are houses without win
dows, gardens without fences, fields
without tillage; barns without roofs,
children without clothing, principles,
morals or manners. Franklin.
"Who has a stupid intellect, a bro
ken memory, and blasted wit, and
which is worse than all, blind and
benighted conscience, but the intern
perate So impossible is it to turn
sot, without making himself block
head too. DR.. South
at is not the drunken husband,
father son or brother, that feel all the
keen torments ola drunkards home.
No it is the wife, the mother, the
sister and daughter. The intemper-
ate man drinks the cup, but the
dregs at the bottom are left for the
women. Req. Hosea Bdllou.
"Truly, there is no enemy more
dangerous than drunkenness, and no
slavery more terrible than that Of the
drunkard. At one time he encoun-
ters man under the form of custom,
habit, friendship; at another under
the deceitful garb of pleasure But
when it has once completely fastened
on its victim, to what pitable state
of moral degradation is he reduced
He will readily barter his own liberty
his honor, his character, and the very
existence of his family-for what z
For mere brute qualification for
senseless, stupid indulgence. Dan
| lei KimbdU
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
Give to the Lord.

The Bible not only counsels gen.
erous giving, but systematic giving
In his first epistle to the Corinthians,
Paul makes this recommendation I:
"Upon the first day of the week let
every one of you lay by him in store
as God hath prospered him." This
money thus saved out of the weeks
income was to be put into Christ's
treasury. Now there are three vital
principles involved in this method.
The first principle is giving By plan,
and not at random. On each Sab
bath the store was to be laid aside
for Christian charity. There was
also to be a regularity in the amount
of the gifts. Instead of trusting to
the caprices of the moment, there
was to be fixed a rule by which to
guage the donation. That rule was
"AS God has prOSpered him." The
gift was to be in due proportion to
income. The widows two mites
weighed as heavy in the scales of
charity as the golden shekels of the
millionaire.
This method of giving by daily or
weekly appropriations develops also
the pOtoer Of the Titles. Great aggre-
gates are made up by accumulations
of pennies and of dimes. This is the
way that Romanism builds her state
ly cathedrals. This is the way by
which Methodism raised eight mil
lions of dollars during their "centen-
airy year"
Years ago | knew of poor me-
chanic who gave twenty-five gold
dollars annually to Christian enter
prises, though his wages were but a
dollar and half day and his house
hold large He put aside fUe cents a
day for the Lord, instead of wasting
it on beer and tobacco. His wife,
earned two dollars week, and laid
by ten cents. The children occa-
sionally picked up few pennies by
running on errands, etc; and they
too, were glad to drop their mites
into the box. So they accumulated
a half a dollar per week, aud became,
spiritually, one of the richest families
in the village.
Now, why cannot every Christian
who reads this brief article ego and
do likewise ?" We ask another ques-
ton: Has any follower of Christ
the moral right to accumulate and in
vest great l0edlW ? Are not success
full earners bound to be generous and
systematic distributors 2-ReU. Z. l..
Cutler, in Independent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
The Bible as a Law Book.

The Illinoise supreme court once
decided a case by the final authority
of the Mosaic law. 1t was a suit
brought by man to recover DANA
ges of another for injuries caused the
plaintiff by the defendants COW
hooking him. The judge who deliv-
cred the opinion of the court, after
stating the fscts. said: "And appel
liant failing to restrain his animal,
after knowing her propensity to
hook persons, is liable for the injur-
les that may result to persons by her
running at large. "But if the OK
were want to push with his horns in
time past, and it hath been testified
to his owner and be hath not kept
him in, but he killed a man or wo-
man, the OK shall be stoned and bis
owner shall be stoned and his own.
or shall be put to death" When il
was thus commanded by the Great
Jehovah, when he made his law
known in the midst Of thunders and
lightnings, and the deep cloud that
enveloped Sinai, attesting his visible
presence, we have no right to disre.
gard,the principle of divine justice
thus announced. The principle con
tanned in this revelation, applies
with full force to a case only result
ing in injury, and unquestionable re
quires that it shall be compensated
by payment of damages by the own
er of the animal to the person injur
cd
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
The French Throne.

During the last eighty years the
French have displayed a remarkable
aptitude in catching their rulers and
governments
1889. May 4.-The States General, whichhad
been in allegiance one hundred and sew
enty-iye years, was summoned TO meet
at Versailles.
1892. August 10.--Louis XVI. deposed, and
the Republic established. September 2 |.
The National Convention assemblies.
1893. January 2l.-Louis XVI. guillotined.
1895. October 26.-The National Convention
is dissolved, and the Directory estab-
lIshed.
1899. November lO.-The Directory is sup
pressed, and Consulate established. De-
cember l3.-Napoleon Bonaparte APP
pointed First Consul.
1902. May 4.-Napoleon Bonaparte elected
First Consul for ten years, and ON Aug
ust he is elected for life.
1904. May. lS.-Napoeon elected Emperor
of France.
1914. April ll.-Napoleon |. abdicates. May
3.-Louis XVIII. enters Paris.
1915; March Napoleon /. escapes from
Elba, and the Empire is re-established
for one hundred days. June 22-He
abdicates in favor of his son, Napoleon
III. July 8.-Louis XVIII. returns to
Paris.
1880. July 26.--Revolution commences in
Paris. Augusta. X. abdicates.
August 9.-Louis Philippe ascends the
throne.
lS4s. February 23.-Rovolution commences
in Paris. 24.--The King abdicates. 25.
The Republic is proclaimed. Decem-
Der l0.-Louis Napoleon is elected
President of the Republic.
1852. December q Napoleon elected En-
peror of the French.
1870. September 1.-THE Emperor is taken
prisoner by the Germans at Sedan, and
sent to Germany. September 4.--Napo-
leon III. deposed, and the Republic pro-
claimed.
1871. February Ism. Theirs elected Presi-
dent of the French Republic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

RAJ How truly Gail Hamilton hits
the nail on the head in the following
paragraph. Considering that Gail is
an unmarried lady, she has somehow
learned the men well enough to an
alyze their character quite correctly;
"The men who do great deeds, the
men who give impulse to the world,
the men who influence affairs, who
achieve results, who are magnetic
among men, are Inwardly alive
Men who give and take the hardest
blows, who are strongest in the
rough-and-tumble, who accomplish
the most practical ends, are as deli
cate within as the petals of the rose
Their tenderness is safely sheltered,
but it throbs with immortal life
Their youth dies out of them their
romance never cleaves off them-it
is themselves. 1t gathers strength
from their good, it resists and over
powers their bad. 1t transforms life,
it annihilates age, it defies death"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

sa-The usages of polite society in
Minnesota are thus described by q
paper of that State Duluth intro
duced sheet and pillow-case parties
last week at the residence of George
G. Stone. The uniform for ladies
consisted of pair of white stockings
drawn over their shoes, night-gown
over their dresses, a white sheet
thrown over their shoulders shawl
fashion, white gloves on their hands,
q white handkerchief tied toothache
fashion around their heads, a pink
cambria mask over the face, and o
pillowcase tied over their heads, in
the same manner in which house
wives tie handkerchief over their
top-pieces while sweeping q dusty
room. The costume Of the gentle
men was similar to the above, with
the exception of white shirts instead
of night-gowns, and the addition in
some instances, of pantalets drawn
over their pantaloons."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

On FIREA HUNDRED YEARs.-One
of the most curious phenomena in
connection with coal mining says
the London Ne,0S, is exhibited at the
Bank Colliery, near Rotterdam, the
property of Earl Fitzwilliam. This
pit caught fire one handred years
ago, and all the efforts Of the work
men at the time, and subsequently
have been quite Intellectual to ex-
tinguish it. A short time ago it
was ascertained that the flames
were approaching the bottom OF
the shaft, and it was then resolved
if possible, to stay their progress, so
that they mightnote extend to the 9th
err parts of the workings. At length
the Superintendent of the collieries,
Mr.. Il. Cooper, conceived the idea OF
building wall TO shut in the fire,
and in order to ascertain the best
site for this wall, several of the off,
GERS crept on their hands and knees,
through the dense, sitting smoke, as
far as possible in the workings
Their efforts were successful, and q
wall is now completed nearly one
thousand yards in length, and vary.
ing from nine inches to five feet in
thickness. At distances varying
from thirty to fifty yards meta
pipes have been inserted in this wall
which are securely plugged at the
end, so that at any time by removing
the plugs, the state of the air on the
side of the fire and even the position
of the fire itself, can be ascertained
So intense is the heat arising from
this fire, that people possessing gar
dens above the coIliery declare thai
the growth of plants is materially
effected, and that they are enabled
to obtain two and three crops every
year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
SERIES SHR Vol. Is, NO. 50.
THE MINERS LAMENT.


High on the rough and dismal crag,
Where Kean might spout "Ay, there's the rub
Where oft, no doubt, some midnight nag
Had danced a jig with Beolzebub,
There stood beneath the pale moonlight
miner grim, with yisage long,
Who yexed the drowsy ear Of night
With dreadful rhyme aud dismal song
He sang: 81 have no harp or luse
To sound the stern decree Of fate;
once possessed twoholed flute,
But that / sold to raise a stake.
Then wake thy strains, my wild tin.pan,
Alright the crickets from their lairs,
Make wood and mountain ring again,
And terrify the grizzly bears.
MY heart is On a distant shore,
Ny gentle love Is far away,
She dreams not that my clothes are tore
And all besmeared with dirty cay;
She little knows how much Of late,
Amid these dark ana dismal scenes
I've struggled with an adverse fate,
And lived, ala me On pork and beans.
"oh that bean would never grow,
To fng its shadow DER my heart;
My tears of grief are hard to flow,
But food like this must mako them start
The good old times have passed away.
And all things now are strange and new,
All save my shirt and trowsers gray,
Three stockings and one COW hide shoel
ooh, give me back the days Of yore,
And all those bright though fading scenes
Connected with that happy shore
Where turkeys grow, and clans and green's
Those days that sank long weeks ago
Deepin the solemn grave Of time,
And left no trace that man may know,
Save trousers all patched up behind
And boots all worn and shirts all torn,
Or botched with most outrageous stitches
o, give mo back those days of yore,
And take these weather-beaten breschesr'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

DEEP SEA SoUNDINGs.-The deep
est sea soundings ever made was in
the northern extremity of the Bay
of Bisoay last year. The depth was
two thousand four hundred and thirty
five fathoms-nearly three miles. Sc
practiced was the hand of the officer
who made the sounding, that the
shock of the arrest of the weight al
the bottom was distinctly heard by
him. The sinkers on the apparatus
used weighed three hundred weight
and the time occupied by the decent
was thirty-fve minutes and thirty
five seconds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

COMPUTING INTEREsT.-We give a
new rule for computing Interest, and
it is so simple that every banker,
broker, merchant or clerk, should
post it up for reference. There is
no such thing as a fraction in it,
there is scarcely any liability to error
or mistake By no other arithmeti-
cal process can the desired informa-
tion be obtained by so few figures
Six per oent.-Multiply any given
number of dollars by the number OF
days of interest desired, and divide
by sixty, the result is the true inter
est on such sum for such number OF
days at six per cent.
Eight per cent.-Multiply any CIV
en- number of dollars by the number
OF days upon which it is desired to
ascertain the interest, and divide by
forty-fve, and the result will be the
interest of such for the time required
at eight per cent.
Ten per eent.-Multiply the same
as above and divide by thirty-six
and the result will show the rate OF
interest at ten per cent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

pA-John W. Forney, in his can
ecdotes of Public Men," illustrates
the president business sagacity of
Stephen A. Douglas by bit of per-
sonal experience. In 1853, Mr..
Douglas, pointing to the map, said
to Mr.. Forney, GLOW would you
like to buy share in Superior City,
at Fon du Lac, the head of Lake
SUPERIOR" Mr.. Forney replied that
he had no money, but Mr.. Douglas
was so much in earnest and so sure
of the profits of the investment that
Mr.. Forney was induced to borrow
$4,000 and buy share in the pros
pective city. He divided this share
with q friend, at Mr.. Douglas re-
quest. "After cutting my half share
into five parts" says Mr.. Forney,
81 sold and gave three-ffths to 9th
err friends, and, with my two-ffths,
bought the Waverley House, in
Washington. The proceeds Of my
moiety of the share of Superior City
realized s21, 900. For that | was in-
debted to Stephen A. Douglas-God
bless him |"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
seA A short time since man az

sA-A short time since a man APP
peared at the Boston City Hall, re-
questing an interview with the Chief
of Police" "What can | do for you 2"
inquired the official. care you the
chiefp' eyes" "Can | speak to
you privately ?" "Yes-speak out"
9.WiIS no one hear us ?" mo" "Are
you sure2" ayes" "Well, then,
listen. AS l was crossing the COM
mon last night about IL o'clock, /
saw a woman approach the pond
with a baby in her arms, looking
carefully around all the while to SEQ
if she was followed, and then, when
right at the edge, stopped and"
"Threw the child into the frog pondl"
exclaimed the appalled, officer, his
face white with horror, mo" replied
his visitor-'sWas it's face /"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

nH-J. Smith Jones thinks the most
effectual way to demoralize an enemy
is to court and marry his sweetheart,
then die and leave her a widow, that
she may marry him and make him
listen for the rest of his life to rem.
iniscences of "the deceased"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

49, A Dakota paper says there is
French girl of great beauty, living
about thirty miles up the Sioux River
from that place, who possesses re-
markable agility, being able to put
her hand on the back of horse and
Jump over him without touching a
hair. She is famous for riding wild
colts bareback, and was never thrown.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

sA- Ben. Hill is endeavoring to
prove to the Georgians that he never
had faint of Republicanism. He
don't believe in the Shakspearean
advice to assume a virtue, if you
have it not"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

sgA young lady at indianapolis
was endevoring to impress upon the
minds of her Sunday School scholars,
the sin and terrible punishment OF
Nebuchadnezzar, and when she said
that for seven years he ate grass
like a COW, she was astonished by a
little girl who asked, "Did he give
miIkp"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
PHELPS HOUSE.

IL Is PHELPS, proprietor, Lancaster, Wis Having
furnished the three story brick hotel on the
old hotel corner prepared 30 accommodate guests
reasonably. Rooms well furnished and table well
provided. Ample stable accommodations 20-45
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
ta-A Quaker lately popped th

torA Quaker lately popped the
question to fair Quakeress as fol-
lows: "Hum-Yea and verify Pen
elope, the spirit urgeth and moveth
me wonderfully to beseech thee to
cleave onto me, flesh of my flesh and
bone of my bone," "Hum-truly,
Obadiah, thou hast wisely said /; in
asmuch as it is written that it is not
good for man to be alone, 10 ! | will
soiour with thee"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
rgCredit Miss Kate Stanton with

rgCredit Miss Kate Stanton with
this: John Stuart Mill, Harriet
Martineau, Jacob Bright, and other
English statesmen assert that women
understand political economy better
than men, because they have been
drilled in outstanding small resour-
ces. Some are obliged to husband
very small resources, in the shape OF
the men they have to take care of. y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

s6s- There are 1,0l7 American
claims against Mexico now before the
American and Mexican Commission
in Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
CARES IOUsE.

n A GATES, proprietor, Platteyille, Wis. This
~. new hoto IS situated on lst or Oak St., doors
south Of Main IL is newly furnished and fitted up in
hut class style. Good Sample Room and Stabling at
thchcd. Five minutes walk from the depot. $3.50
Inr day. 22-&3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

~ J. HYDE proprietor, Lancaster, Wis corner of
". Main aud Spring sts. Having bought the above
house and reittsd aud rcturnished IL, am prepared
ca give every attention 90 the accommodation Of guests
and viii provided good table and clean beds. good
hosuer always on hand 2l-30
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

s9r A court at Akron, Ohio, has
given Mrs. Mary Pomeroy 5000
award against grog-shop keeper,
who has sold her husband liquor for
the last ten years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
CARRIER HOUSE,

IN CARRIER proprietor Boscobo Wis Meals pro
vided before ear time, and patrons assisted with
baggage. Promptness and no delays at the Carrier
House Stabling attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

EA one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollar house is projected in
Peoria, Iii.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
PLATrEVILLE HOTEL.
IAN1lASTER HnIISE.

DY ID. sTREETER corner Of Mineral aud Second
ID streets, Platteyille Wis. Good stabng and a.
teutive hostlors. sample rooms attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

re- Brigham Young is called the
wickedest man in Utah.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

DENTAL TG iho.s s' SS6 @ay la.
sire nay Ahvican services, that ] cOnhne my dental
lnbors 60 my office IN Boscobel BS-ARTIFIcIAL TEETH
Inserted on any base desired Teeth filled with GOLD
or ANAlGAM aud warranted DURABLE. By keeping post
cd la the Dental Art, am we'll prepared 10 take diff
hcult cases. Office over Ruka Brothers hardware
store. 22-l7 DR.. +. C0OMEs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
DIR. G. F.. FALLEY.

physician and SURGEON. Lancaster, Grant Co
1 Wis. May be found at his residence 200 yards
west OF Jones Drng Store. 22-3O
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28

physician and SURGEON and Pension Examining
/ Surgeon, Lancaster, Wis. Office over Meyers
store. 20-2l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
BLOOMINGTON HOTEL,,


CINE WOODHOUSE proprietor. (successor to uar.
y gerJ Bloomington, Wis. Rooms 10 good order, aud
good stahlug attached, 22-3O
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
DIR. p. A. CLARKE

~ We SNhGE Wt ~
physician AND SURGEON. Boscobel, Grant count,
/ Wisconsin. Office 40 his residence. 22-30