Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-07-23

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DGED-July 4th, 1872, on board the bark Free I
donna in mld-ocean, JOSEPH CARMAN COVER, I
Of Lancaster, Wisconsin, aged % years ana
months.
Already most of our readers have
been informed of the death of theE
senior editor OF the Grant County
HERALD Ii does not become US to OBJ \
trude upon our readers our unspeak- /
able grief-the stricken hearts fsons
and daughters mourning the loss Of
their best earthly friend; of a mother
and wife bewaiing her irreparableE
bereavement-the SORROWS, thought
they can not be repressed, we would
hide as far as possible from public
Wow. But when death has put itsE
seal upon the volume of human life,
when nothing moro can be added /
nothing abatei, then we naturally re-
Prospect tho life, opinions, and con-
duet o. those who have gone before
us into the uaseen world.
Joseph G. Cover WAS born at
Smithvillc, Fayette county, Pa. Feb
1st, 1919.
From his childhood Mr.. Cover be-
camo attached to books, receiving
this inclination from his m other Who'll
was great reader. His father posi-
sessed tastes directly opposite, and
his son speaks Of him as an invete.
rate hunter and lover OF nature, often
visiting tue Alleghanies, living there
alone days ~ tina, feasting onl
gAmb AL what wild fruits these
molntaia' supplied. Tho subject of
this sketch had an only brother,
John, who was full of adventure, and
when California became part Of til G
United States, he rushed to that re.
gion with tho thousands that love of
gold or novelty drew to that favored
climA Unfortunately he went into
business at Panama, took tho Cnagres
fever and died thero in 1852 10 his
Both year.
The editor of this paper migrated
to Wisconsin and reached Grant
Countyin April, 1916. Hehad a good
common school and academic educa.|
ton, was a rapid thinker. and capa-
bic of reducing his thoughts to writ
ing with great faciity-with such
talent and with doep interest inI
the political issues OF the times,
pretty wide acquaintance with the
leading men, and an industrious read
or of their speeches, IL was veryI
natural for Mr.. Cover. then y young;
man, TO fnd his way Into a printing!
oficc, road the exchanges, aud writeI
occasional pieces for the press. III
was such tastes that finally deter
mined the course of his future life.
A youns man to become successful
must discover his adaptation. Wei
cannot make farmers, lawyers, doc
tors, merchants and editors to order
Failure or half success will balk al
young man till he finds the theatreI
Of activity for which nature intend
ed him. Mr.. Cover was not adapted'
to a trading mercantile life, aud al
generous nature could hardly exactI
the payment of debt, when thel
debtor complained of hard times. Al
feeble constitution untitled him for,
pursuits requiring great physical ext
ertion. His scholarship and tao
would have secured him an honorable
position as a teacher. He could notI
brook the confinement. In 1851 Mr.
&. purchased the HERALD office and
paper Of j. l.. Marsh Esq, and rs ed
itor of that paper found positionI
aud employment adapted to hs
tastes aud giving free scope TO his
mental activity. 1t would be no dis.
paragement TO other journals to af
firm that no paper in the WESTERN
part of the State has exerted a widerI
influence on public opinion than this
sheet so long, as MIR. Cover was it's
active editor. Uncover was men,
Der of the original Liberty Party, and
voted for James g. Birney in 1914
Both the political parties were aston
ished at the persistence, strength,
intellectual power and purpose of
this strange party that threatenedI
the extinction Of one or both theE
then existing organizations!
The Wing Party was disintegrated
after the defeat OF General Scott andE
the Republican party was organized
IN 1856 inhcriting the Zeal and pur>
poses Of the Liberty Party, but withs
larger national aims, nbracing AMI
enure programme of policy applica-I
Die TO all branches OF the govern
ment and all needed reforms. Thes
columns OF the Grant County HERALps
at that period showed abundant evil
denee of the industry, faithfulness
and zeal Of It's editor in the cause I'll