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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-13
THE HERALD.
FARM TOPICS.
Absorbent Power of Soils.

We hear more or less nowadays
Of the absorbing power of the SOIL"
this referring to that popularity by
which the various soluble substances
particularly, however, inorganic, and
among them series of plant butri-
ents are so held that their solution,
filtered through the earth, energies
much poorer 10 these substances, in
consequence Of this filtration, than
when entering. A proof Of this
property ia the soil is shown by a
simple experiment, which consists in
filing bottle (having small hole
at the bottom) with fine river sand,
or dug and sifted garden earth, IT.
now, dung-water, quite offensive in
smell, be poured into this gradually,
until the whole mass is saturated
with the liquid, this, on emerging
from the lower opening, will appear
colorless and odoFless, the peculiari-
ties of the water being entirely
changed. 1t is certain that this
property, possessed by soils, Of at
tracing soluble substances from their
solutions, has very important in
huence upon the practice Of agriculo
ture, although much remains to be
done in order 20 utilize it. This
much is certain, that the finer con-
stituents of the soil, especially the
clay and humus, possess the property
partly by capillary attraction and
partly by chemical transmission and
exchange, Of attracting definite
quantities of soluble plant-nutrients,
especially ammonia, potash, phosphor-
c acid, and sulphuric acid, and other
salts, and from dilute watery solu-
tions to make them so much less SOL
uble that they can only be extracted
again, very slowly, by the long-con-
tinued action Of water. 1t is 10 this
that we owe the fact that the sub
stances most important for the nu-
triton Of plants are not continually
removed from the soil by the rain,
and shat putrescent or offensive liq-
uids undergo publication by stri6-
ing through the earth that with in
sufficient manuring, clay soils lose
their fertility more slowly than sandy
soils, &c.
Tho absorbing power Of the soil
appears TO be ia direct proportion to
It's adhesiveness and as sandy soils
possess this popularity il less de-
gree the manures applied TO them
pass of more readily, to the injury of
vegetation This fact has been acted
upon for long time, since it is the
practice TO apply slight but oft>re-
peated manuring TO sandy soils,
while with tho heavier soils the re-
verse may DO the case.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-13
SuinTnOns-MOss.

GTATE OF WISCONSIN,, ! circuit Court in and for
> Grant County, Grant County--In yaca
tion after sept. term, 1877
Action for Divorce.
John Moss, Plaintiff, Catherine Moss, defendant
The STATE Of Wisconsin to the Defendant here NAMED
You are hereby summoned and required to answer
the complaint in this action, which was filed in
the Office OF the Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
Grant Coanty. Wis, the ID day Of January
4. d. 1872 and to copy of your answer to
said complaint the subscriber, at his Office in the
village of Boaeobel, Wis. within twenty days after
the service hereof exclusive of the day OF such
vice and il you fail to answer the said complaint
within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in this action
will apply 10 the court for the relief demanded in the
said complaint. BEN sHEARER,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Boscobel, Wis
Dated Boseobel Wis. Dec % 1871. 3iw6
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Esfate Of Taft.

GTArE OF WISCONSIN, 4. In Probate, Grant County
- Grant County. Court
in the matter OF the estatt Of Deos W. Taft deceased
On reading filing the petition of Mary Taft, ad-
mibisatrix OF said estate setting forth the amount
personal estate that has 20 her hands, and tn
disposition thereof; the amount OF debts outstanding
against said deceased. aud description of all the real
estate of which said deceased died seized and the
diton and value of the respective portions thereof
and praying that license be to her granted to sell all of
the real estate Of said deceased for the payment Of his
debts and the expenses OF adminislI alton, and 1t
appearing. by said petition, that there is not
sufficient personal estate in the hands OF the said
Mary TAFT administrators II said estate 60 pay said
debts, aud that il is Necessary in order 70 pay the
same 10 sell all of said real estate;
II Therefore ordered that all ersons interested in
said estate appear before the Judge OF this court
"Wednesday the 2sth dag of February, A. ID. 1872, at
one O'Clock, 4. NJ at the court house IL Lancaster,
ia said county, then and there tn show il any
there be- why license should not be granted to taid
sdmnistrsIgx TO sell said real estate according to
the prayer of said petition.
And IL i further ordered. that copy of this order
shall be published for four successive weeks prior
said day Of hearing in the Grant County Herald, a
weekly newspaper published at Lancaster, in said
county and personally served all persons interest
ed IA sai estate, residing in said county, at least
fourteen days before said day Of hearing.
BY the Court. WV. McGONlGAL
County Judge
Dated Lancaster, January IS, 1872. 33w4
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Application for Order TO Vacate AIIey.

Take notice that Geo. W. Parker. John Beam aud
c. p Hackney, proprietars and part Of Block
twenty four ~ in Parkers Addition TO said village
Of Boscobel, Grant cosnty, Wisconsin, according ts
the recorded pat Of said village by their attorney
George 9. laze.ton. will Apply to the said Circuit
Court at the next general term thereof be held at
the court house in Lancast-r, the LIST Monday 10
March, 1872. at IL o'clock noon, Of that day, as
soon thereafter counsel be heard, for order
decree vacating the alley running north and south
through said Block and terminating on the north at
Pearl street and the south at Dwight street. Ms
shown upon the said Parkers Addition the village
OF Boscobel upon the recorded lat thereof in the OF
nee OF the Register of Deeds Of said Grant county
GEO. G. HAZELTON,
Attorney for said village Proprietors
Dated November %, 1871. 27w6s94w3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-13

- TATE or WISCONSIN, - Circuit Court in and for
- County of Grant. . Grant County.
Judgment of Foreclosure aud Sale.
Elisabeth c. Borah, plaintiff, Va. Cyrus Ransom and
William P. Dewey, defendants.
BY virtue Of Judgment of foreclosure and order
OF sale made and rendered the above entitled action
on the 2Sth day OF September, 1874, directing that
sale be made OF the lands and premises therein men
TONED, and described as follows. 10 witt Lot num-
her three 81, 50 block number 10, in the town Of
woodman aud according 10 the recorded plat of said
town, in the county of Grant Wisconsin; l will on
ths thirteenth day OF February, 1872, at O'Clock
in the afternoon the front door Of The court house in
the village of Lancaster, in Graut county, Wisconsin
sell said described lands and premises 10 the highest
bid Ter for cash to satisfy said jud gmen interest there
on aud coats Of sale. WILLIAM Il. SL0AT,
Sheriff Grant county, Wis.
BARBER CLEMEgTsoN pl'ns' Atty 3lw6
Dated Sheriff 8 Office Lancaster. Wis. Dec y. 1871
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-13
SnmInlnS-Ileian.

~ TArE OF WISCONSIN Circuit Court in aud for
- County of Grant. Grant County, Wis.
To march Term, 1872 Summons for Relief
Complaint not served Action for Divorce.
Elizabeth A. Deap, plaintiff, against Ensch George
Delap, defendant
The STATE Of Wisconsin 10 the defendant here named
You are hereby summoned and requ red to answer the
complaint in this action which is filed in the Office OF
the Clerk OF said Circuit Court at the court house 10
Lancaster is. and 60 copy Of your nswer to
said complaint on the subscriber, at his Office
in the village Of Lancaster Grant county, Wscon
sin, within twenty days after the service hero
Of exclusive Of the day such service and you fail
to answer the said within the time aforesaid
the plaintiff in this acios will apply 10 the Court for
the relief demanded in the complaint.
W. p. DEWEY, Pins Atty,
Lancaster Wis.
January 10Th, 1872 35w4
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STArS OF wIscoSsIN,) Circuit Court in and for
~ Grant county. Sss Grant County.
Summons for Relief To March Term. 1872.
Ann Park, plaintif, versus Robert A. Park defend
ant
The State If Wisconsin to TIE defendant here named
You hereby summoned aud required to answer
the complaint in this action, copy Of which is filed in
the Office of the Clerk of the said Circuit Court in the
village Of Lancaster Grant county. Wis, and to
copy OF your TO said complaint the subscri
Der at his Office in the village OF Bloomington, Grant Co.
Wis., within 20 days after the service hereof exclusive
OF the day of such servce and il you fail to answer
the said complaint within the time aforesaid, the
Plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief de-
manded in the com plaint. w Il. CLARK,
Plaintiff : Attorney, Bloomington. wis.
Dated December 2Sth, 1871. 33w6
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

- tate Of Wisconsin, .. Ia 1ustsce's coart.
- County Of GRANT. Town Of Muscoda.
To PETER KORNELE:
You are hereby notified that warrant Of attach
ment has been issued against yon and your property
attached 20 satisfy the demauG Of John ?. Kraus,
amounting 20 twenty-seven dollars 81 90. -
NV, unless you shRll sppear befsre A. r.
~ Ter, Justice Of the Peace in and for
ssid county at his ONCE in said town. on the SO day OF
feoraary. A ID. ls12. at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon
erty sod to pay the debt
JOHN P. KRAUS, Plaintiff.
huscooa, WIS., January l8th. 1874 39wsA
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Commissioners, NOlice-uatk,ns,

We, the subscribers, having been appointed by the
Hon, the County Court Tor the county Of Grant Wis
commissioners to receive, examine aud ADJUST all
claims and demands OF all persons against the estate
Of Horace Watkins deceased, late of Bosoobel
in said county, aud also all claims aud demands
exhibited In Offset thereto, and six o. months IRON
the 9Th day Of January. 1872, being allowed by said
court for that purpose do. therefore, hereby give
notice that vii attend TO the business of said
appointment at the Office of J. wooley. in lIosco
bel the 18th day February and 5th day Of July,
1872, from nine O'Clock, A. until oclc~k P. ". Of
each Of said days WI. W FIELD,
T.. j. W00LLEY,
y. McSPADES,
Commissioners.
Dated Boscobe, January 10th. 1872. 3sw4
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Attachment

GyTATE OF WISCONSIN, ]
- Grant County In justices Court,
Town of wyalusing. !
TO William AGtmson
You are hereby notified that warrant Of attach.
ment hss bees ss sed against you ans your property
attached to satisfy the demand Of Peter ShrAke
amounting seventy dollars aud % cents. Now un-
less You shall appear before p c. Palmer Justice
Of the Peace in aud for said county his Office in said
town, the 10th day Of February AID 1872 st O'Clock
in the afternoon, Judgment will be rendered against
Jou and your property sold TO pay the debt.
Dafed.tbis 18th day OF January. A. d 1872.
silva pETER SHRAKE pfsfDtiH
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-13
NOT ENORMOUSLY LARGE.

The age of trees which must h ave
grown in the rich vegetable beds of
Morges, after mold bad been slowly
formed from the Debris of the pebble
beds of the glacial period, indicates
g vast lapse Of time. Professor Forel
enters at great length into certai n
results at VIII ich be arrived after
sounding the BhoDe at various levels,
and precisely estimating the arr cunts
Of mud which the river annually
Transports He considers that q
space OF 100000 years is necessary
in order to fill the lake of Geneva,
and that IN time the lake will be
entirely filed mp. His conclusions.
in fact, are that the space of time
which separates the archaeological
ages of the reindeer and OF the red
deer(paIeolithic and neolthic epoohs)
is considerable, and ought to be
counted by thousands Of years it is
not Infinitely great. and ought no..
to be counted by millions Of years. -
Pal Nal Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-13

cEThe sugar crop Of Louisiana is
nearly out. IL is thought $40 600 10
10000 hogsheads will be the yield.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-13

viii sell at sight in almost any family Combines an
entirely nsw and elegant Photograph Album with
eomplste Eapils History Sid b. subscription ex.
esusivey Four different styles aud prices but can
not be described In advertisement Send for circu-
lars. Address, 4. hANNIF0RD Co, Publishers,
as W. Madison street, Chicago, Ill lava
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-23
A FRONTIER HORROR.

y few years ago a man was living
with his young wife in Mankato, Min
neSOta. He was intelligent and success
full in business, until the passion for
drink enslaved him, and his business
and reputation were both wrecked by
its satanic influence. He was forced to
seek a new home for his little family,
and his wife, bred to luxury, accom-
panied him to the frontier in the hope
shat the removal from temptation would
free him from the grip of the habit
which cursed him. Here they lived for
several years, his abstinence from drink
being broken only by an infrequent and
occasional debauch when he visited
some of the nearest towns. Early in
December he told his wife that business
compelled him to 90 to -, and that he
would be absent several days. She,
about to be confined, with several help
less children and scanty supply of
wood, fearing that the insatiate clamOr
of appetite was the motive which drew
him away, entreated him to stay, but in
vain. He left. Soon after, one of those
severe storms of December-doubly
severe on the unsheltered prairie-came
on. Before its close she was entirely
destitute of wood, and the terrible alter
native was presented to her of passively
freezing to death with her little ones, or
seeking assistance from the nearest
neighbOr, three miles distant. She
cOurageOusly chose the latter, and leav-
ing her three shivering little ones with
nothing but mothers yeaTning love
and prayerful blessing, she started out
to seek relief. The next day she was
found half buried in the snow, dead, a
newborn infant at her side. The three
children were found dead in the house.
This, while the once fond husband and
protecting father was away revelling in
| the delirium or doing in the stupor OF
drink No words can add to the horror
of this tale, but beside the unspeakable
agony of that dying wife and mother,
how trivial our common losses, griefs
and sorrows seem.-L0 Crosse, WIS.
Republican, January 9Th.
Yet there are women-wives-w
are so selfish and unfeeling that, because
they have fond and sober husband.
themselves, decline to seize the ballot
and, joining their less fortunate sisters
and with the good and true portion o.
men who would gladly assist them, vote
out of existence those terrible rum hole:
where so many husbands, fathers
brothers and sons are ruined, dragging
with them into misery, destitutiOn anC
death so many suffering wives, mothers
sisters and daughters of our land. GoC
will smite their guilty consciences il
the great day of His reckoning when h
shall ask them, "Where are the sick, the
destitute and in prison that you minis
tered unto on earth ?" made so by thii
soul and life destroying traffic in strong
drink, permitted-because women viii
not vote against licensing the pesti
Ience. Better that community shoul'
support the rum-seller in house of cor
rection than that he should further pl.
his trade of destruction and death.
Mrs. NJ. L. l.
SALEM, Oregon.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-23

Dickens David COpperfield), considers
her model wife and deplores the de-
parture of such from society. Well, we
must acknowledge that they are most
exquisite toys, while youth and beauty
last, for the amusement of men when
weary of business occupations, and the
society of his peers. But alas there is
nothing so fair but that i'm time it must
fade, and what can be more disgusting
to person Of natural refinement or cul-
tivation than matron of sixty imitat-
ing, by artificial means, the beauty and
address of youth, of which Mrs. Skew
ton affords a fair example, and as the
Miss DOras can have no claims to beauty
Of mind, they must of necessity become
objects of ridicule in old age.
We would sympathize with our dear
brothers in their prospective bereave-
ment, did We not have the assurance
that more noble type of womanhood
will arise to comfort him, whose attrac-
tions will not diminish with years, but
when the hand of Time shall have writ
ten wisdom upon her brow and placed
the silver crown upon her head, they
would blush to point the finger of ridi-
cule at the "Old Woman" for such is
the epithet universally applied to those
of the wiser sex who have, through ig-
norance or lack of forethought, commit
ted a blunder. Though we should be-
lieve woman guilty of all the ridiculous
acts and sayings which men attribute
to her, we very much fear that man is
not far behind her in the same, if the
truth were known.
Doubtless that class of illustrious
'Forefathers" enjoyed the same con-
sciOusness of superiority to the women
Of their time when
ITO mill each went forth, with his corn on his
nag,
And a STONE in one end to balance the bag,'
Surely none of Mrs. Partington's say
ings ever equaled this one act in ludi-
crousness. No doubt some good old
lady, well skilled in the economy oi
household labor, was the first one tC
suggest, in due Difference, of course, while
she magnanimously suppressed her risi
bility, the propriety of making divis
ion of the corn, for which humane ac
we fear she failed to receive credit.
SALEM, Feb. Is, 1872.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-23
CORRESPONDENCE.

This department of the NEW NORTH
WEST is TO be a general vehicle for ex-
change of ideas concerning any and all
matters that may be legitimately dis
cussed in our columns. Finding practi-
cally impossible to answer each cores
pOndent by private letter, We adopt this
mode of communication to save our
friends the disappointment that would
otherwise accrue from our inability to an
swer their queries. We cordially invite
everybody that has question to ask, a
suggestion to make, or a scolding to give
to contribute to the Correspondents
Column.
Constance" Salem: Your excellent
article is accepted. 1t is published in
this issue. As to the ''non de plume"
we think the lady who used it had no
intention of stealing it. We are certain
it was used without the knowledge that
any one else was writing under it. Care
will be taken to prevent a like recur-
renee.
NJ. {. T., Springfield: Sorry you have
not got all the numbers of the New
NORTHWEST. Should they not come to
hand please inform US, and we will for
ward them to you. Did not notice the
article you speak of. Would reproduce
it with pleasure if we had it. Women
do intend to vote lat least they will go
to the polls and offer their yotes) at the
election this year. Should our votes be
refused recourse will be had to the law.
This is the action many women in the
East are taking. Got the letter you
speak of.
Mrs. Me-, Oregon City: Your article
will appear next week.
"a correspondent" prescribes coal oil
as an effective remedy for chilblains.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-23

TUNNELING UNDER THE SEA.-A
scheme has been proposed for uniting
ireland and Scotland, so as to do away
with the necessity of making a sea pas
sage altogether. The entrance to the
railway tunnel by which it is to be ac-
complished, on the Irish side, is to be
from a point about midway between
Cushendeen and Cushendall, on the
coast of Antrim, and on the Scotch side
at GlenstrOne, from whence it would
run through the head of the Null of Can
tyre. The total length of the tunnel
under water would be fourteen miles
three furlOngs, and it is said that the
ground through which it would have to
be made is exactly suited for tunneling
operations, and the sandstone for lin
ing it can be had in any quantity on
the Irish side. 1t is proposed to con-
struct the tunnel for a single line only,
the extreme depth being twenty-One
feet and the clear width at the level of
the rails fifteen feet. 1t is proposed,
however, to lay down three lines of
rails, to accommodate wide and narrow
gauge carriages. The proposed gradient
at the entrance of the tunnel on the
Irish side would be one i'm sixty for
about five miles; it would then fall to
one in eighty-twO for about half that
anu ~ OliG III 80 lOE ABOUT I'VE
miles in the center of the tunnel under
the water, rising from that to one in 273.
then to one in ll3, then to one 20 for
about the same distance as on the Irish
side, which continues to the entrance of
the tunnel on the Scotch side. The es-
timated time that would be occupied in
completing the tunnel is, allowing for
all contingencies, under six years, and
the cost under four and a quarter mill
lions. To pay a dividend of five per
cent, the weekly earnings must be e42
per mile, and an estimate is appended
to show that the gross earnings would
be largely in excess of this amount, and
that the mineral resources of the land
in the immediate vicinity of the Irish
end of the tunnel would be Immediately
developed. Nobody will be disposed 70
deny that a railway communication be-
tween the two countries would be a very
desirable thing if it could be accom-
plished.- -Cdssolps Magazine.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-23
lOriginal.
Epifaph ON an Old Smoker.

They have a sensation in the shape Of a aspir-
it poet" at Salem. Hear him:
Here lies body that lately died,
Withered and wrinkled, old and dried.
The Scriptures say call flesh is grass"
But only a weed was this old ass.
Poorly he lived, by sucking chalk,
TIL he died like an old tobacco stalk
When we opened his head 20 hnd his soul.
There was only smoke and a mere-sham bowl.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-23

The prospects Of medical education for
women are Frightening. The medical
faculty of Moscow, Russia, it is stated,
have not only decided that the privilege
of acquiring a thorough medical knowl-
edge would be of utility to women, but
have "resolved to admit them to the ed
ucational courses and lectures of the
University, and to the privilege Of fol-
lowing all thel elabors of the Medieo CHR
urgical Academy