Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-03-12
Corn spondence of the HERALD,
Letter From Monroe.

EDITOR HERALD 1t has not been
my prlvIlegs 70 communicate with
my Grant County friends through
the medium of your paper for quite
number Of weeks, for the simple
reason that | have been unremitting.
ly engaged about my Fathers bu.-
ines" AT the opening of the new
year we began series of special
serv cos with q view TO harmOnizifg
discordant elements, add. by the as
sisting grace Of God, TO swell tho
ranks Of practical working Christians
IN the village of Monroe and | am
happy to say that the results Of our
protracted effort have far exceeded
M most sanguine expectations.
Our congrs. atoms became so large
that We Were obliged to vaeate the
old church aEd move into our new
and elegant edifice temporarily fittt d
up for public worship, wh,rs we now
continue To worship, and still we are
cramped for room. During all the
two months of incessant religious
service, there was not single dsor-
derry manifestation the whole con-
gregation being permeated with a
profound religious conviction, mani.
testing itself in breathless silence and
intense interest. The effort has been
the longest and most successful of nv
ministerial life, having preached six
| " consecutive sermons, and receiv-
ed into the church seventy~tive mem
bers, many of them heads OF families.
and a very fine class of people in
| deed.
Monroe has been singulariy unfor-
tunate this winter in the destruction
Of property by fire. Almost every
week for the last two or three months
we have been aroused from our SUM
bers by the alarm OF fro. Several
private dwellings have been consum-
ed, and the largest tavern stand in
the place, owned by Robert Aliens.
worth while several other fires were
discovered and extinguished before
getting under much Roadway !;
whether they were all accidental or
not admits OF some conjecture.
The chief topic of interest among
the people of this vicinity for the
past few weeks, has been the pros-
pective temperance law, which all
true friends of humanity 80 much
desire. Is it noG rather singular that
our mutual friend DR.. Cory should
occupy so prominent position on
the bill, when, according To Mr.. War
ner, be was SO terribly disSipdted pre-
vious TO the electiOs, not only drink
ing himself, but footing all tue whis-
ky bulls 10 the Assembly district -.
Why did not the d gentleman Inform
the Assembly OF The Doctors previ~
Gus lntemperance so they might have
acted more advisedly IN selecting
the members of the committee. 10
this connection | wish TO say that
the DE-. was here a few weeks ago,
and perhaps it may be u pleasure TO
the patriarch" 10 know that he was
quite sober. Shame on the man who
will wantoniy represent oneof the
most Incorporating temperance
men OF the lana as patron of the
dram shop, in order TO raigo q preiu-
dice against him. The election is
past, il is true, but such unprincipled
trickery should uot go unreproved
No wonder that legislatures become
corrupt, for few goat men are willing
to endure the scandal and abuse that
is sure TO be hurled at them tho mo.
ment that they appear upon the pub
lie stage. Let US have an eternal
truce To all such canDibalism.
The circuit court opens here to-
day, and several important cases are
TO DO tried, two of which are for
manslaughter. The lawyers of Mon.
roe are clever, good-natured and in.
telligent group of men, and some OF
them are SAID to be good speakers
but OF this | cannot write, no; having
heard any of them speak yet.
| The HERALD comes to hand regu-
larly every week, and is the most
welcome sheet that comes 10 my Ia
Bile, and receives the honor of being
always opened first, and the local
columns, editorials, marriages and
deaths read without ceremony. | do
not know how | could get along
| without it.
L trust that | shall be able to write
more frequently hereafter than
have since my sojourn in Monroe.
TO my personal friends wish 10
say that l am we'll and prospecting
fine y temporarily and spiritually.