Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-03-05

when one Is young, and has not ar
rived at the age of indiscret ion, or il
may be everlastingly too late, and
my advice would be to expose your
children to its ravages at the earliest
period consistent after cutting teeth
Our educational institutions. through.
out the state are doing all that is
possible to make great men and wo-
men, and if the supply of timber
holds ont, the time is not far distant
when the supply of D. Websters and
Susan Anthonys will be at leasteq ual
to the demand A question of vital
importance 10 the future of our
| o.. acationai interest, IL that of the
] ptoper punishment of scholars.
am glad to know, however, that in
ventors are at work with brain and
mechanical ingenuity TO perfect ma
chinery for chastising scholars, which
il successful, will be IS valuable to
the cOuntrp as that Of the magnetic
telegraph by Columbus, Or tho dis
ooyery Of America by Henry Ward
Boecher. There is one OF these ma
chimes in the building and will be ex-
hbited TO those interested in educa-
ton, at trfiing admittance For more
particulars see small bills | might
60 more at length into the discussion
of this valuable improvement in ed
ucational facilities, but m0desty, and
| fear of nepotism. prevents.
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.
On the 18th of April, 1876, there
will be a Hppodromein Philadelphia,
in commemorati0n of the circum-
stance that about that period num-
Der of grangers erected q declaration
Of independence. The thing is TO be
a kind OF national circus, and all of
you must 20 and take your dinners
ard stay six months. If you have
pot any arts and manufactures, or
products Of the soil and mine, it will
be well enough to put them in your
pockets and take them along, as
they will be handy to pawn if you
get broke A shanty will be built to
accommodate the country people, and
special trains will be run at reduced
fare. 70 say nothing of patriotism,
it will be money in any mans pock-
ct to 90 there at the expense OF the
state. Foreign nations have been
invited to contribute to the success
of the exposition by sending pre-
dncts Of their mines and soil, and
many Of them have responded nobly.
Even Milwaukee has promised to fur
nish a working model of celebrated
process Of irrigation, realty packed
10 quarter kegs, aud Chippewa Fails
AZ cent on manuscript copy OF the
ordinance Of 1897, which provides
that navigabIe waters shall remain
forever tree, unless they dry up and
blow away. 1t is my pleasure to
correct an ir preston th:t prevails
that no one will be entitled to par
ticipate in the exposition unless he IS
. hundred years old. The exposition
is almost sure to prove q success, as
the general government has the mat
ter in charge, which is a sufficient
guarantee that it will be honestly
conducted When this great and
good government goes into the show
business, it is no side show, you may
depend
FREE PASSES
| beg to direct your attention to q
series Of diabolical outrages that
have for years been perpetrated up
on unsuspecting and innocent state
officers and Legislators, and men in
private life by those gigantic and
uncomfortable monsters, the rail
roads. / am informed that for years
it has been the custom Of these cor
porations TO thrust upon poor, un-
protected members Of the Legislature,
free passes upon their roads, by
which they were compelled to travel
without paying fare. IL does not
seem that q strong corporation,
though souless, could thus trlfe
with the finer feelings Of men, but
conscious of their strength, they
have continued to do it, until no man
il safe, and the life Of legislator has
well nigh become q burden | am
tol that in many instances, whore
members have refused to accept
passes, the minions Of these railroad i,
monopoies have seized the unfortu-
nate victim, and bound him hand
and foot, and while in this helpless
condition, thrust passes into his
pockets, and ordered their conductors
to shoot the poor member if he did
not show his pass on the car, instead
Of Offering money. / ask you IN ali
candor. If such outrages should DO
permitted in q free country, over
which waves the stars and stripes.
A thousand times-"No." Better
that every railroad should be des
troyed, than that the law-making
power of the land should be subjected
TO such indignity. You should pass
law making it rerti0rarj or auSgeS
ptelt, or, some such Latin thing, for
q railroad monopoly to act IN that
way Still, do not recommend
harsh measures. The railroads are
entitled to some privileges, and if
they MUST give passes, you might
allow them to give passes to editors,
but take firm stand and save white
people from such outrages, BY such
legislation as will obviatc the diff
Guilty. the sessions Of the legislature
can be shortened a. least six months.
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION BY WATER.
While upon the subject Of internal
improvements, let me casually in
vite your attention to plan that !
have had under consideration for
many years, for the Improvement of
the navigation OF the Fox river, be
tween the cities of Portage and Osh-
kosh. As / understand it, the river
is now practically impossible for
larger craft than bull-heads that draw