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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
VOLUME Ill.
BY WILL NJ. CARLETON.

BY WILL NJ CARLETON.
Deacon Hodge must walk Tonight;
He has no time to wait or daily;
He is expected early and bright,
By the widow across the valley.
Old enough, say people, is he,
Long ago to have left such folly;
But as wise Il sage is she,
And as maiden bright and jolly;
Gay and beaming, good and kind,
Laden with forty winters only.
She is light to his gloomy mind,
Making his downward steps less lonely.
Each in the same opinions clad,
Each the same good future seeing,
They in the main have seldom had
Even the sport of disagreeing.
But as the Deacon wends his way,
Under the sky's fast dark ming azure,
He is pondering of the day
When he incurred her first displCasure.
Talking concerning life and death,
And the importance of conversion,
She was telling of her great faith
In the ordinance of immersion.
And, as men in an evil hour
OFT will do, he feebly doubted
But her argumeDtative power
Soon behed him completely routed.
Till he asserted, if folks desire.
such baptism, they might receive 1t;
But for it's ever being required,
He wasn't fool enough to believe it.
Then the widow had brided and said,
Till he had known such saving leaven,
She wouldn't take il upon her head
To marry the best man out OF heaven.
80 the Deacon, as he walks on,
Grieves that such ideas have got her;
For he has, in the long years gone,
Kept his head above the water,
And he feels that the rich reward
Of this widow and her caressing,
For sacrifice to the Lord,
Hardly would merit heavenly blessing.
But, most stubborn of all, his will
Mems most Troublesome attendant
Bids him cling to his old creed still,
Lest the widow get the ascendant.
he sums his conclusion of it,
After the whole affair rehearsng:
Widow or not, I'll ne'er submit
To her doctrines nor her imnersng.'
Now from bridge, where laziy flows
Water full six feet below him,
Gone is plank, and down he goes,
And for moment the waves DER flow him.
But 10 the widow upon the shore,
Reaches good stout stick unto him
And he, in minutes time or more.
Lands, with the cold chills creeping through hin
Quick she led his unto her house,
Dried him by every good cXcrtOn,
And then remarked to him, sly mouse,
That he was convert TO immersion.
Vain his objections--van each doubt;
Nainly he argued, mixed and changed it;
No odds how it came about,
She insisted. the Lord arranged it.
And full many marital draught,
Bitter and sweet, the Deacon drank mp,
Ere he discovered that, creature of craft,
She was the one who pulled the plank up.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
Don't Spoil Il SneeZe.

The Springfield Mass RcpudTcoa
says: " One may be pardonel for sneez-
ing under any circumstances, in view
of the experience of woman from
this city in Westtield, recently. Being
in company, and attempting to sup
press sneeze, she felt Il queer sensa-
ton in the left side of her face, which
soon began swelling and drawing out
of shape. A physician was called, but
by the time he arrived her mouth and
the left side of her face had become
drawn up, disfigrlring her so that her
most intimate friends could scarcely
recognize her features, while she found
physicians say it is kind of paralysis,
caused by the great effort she made IN
suppressing the sneezc, and give but
faint hopes that her features will ever
resume their natural appearance. She
is now in this city seeking medical
advice.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

BlrTERs.-Take boneset, wild cherry
bark and poplar bark make an infu-
sion by adding quart of warm water ;
let it cool an drink when thirsty. Tins
is certain cure for fever and agne. |
received it frem an Indian, and found 1t
to be the master of ague. e. IN
Country Genleman.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
Brain Weight of Different Races.

An eminent German professor once
| assumed that, as Il certain size and mass
of brain is essential for the exercise of
the mental faculties, therefore all the
human race must be furnished with an
equal amount of brains This truly
Teutonic theory has since, however,
been c!lcctually dlssipated. An elabo-
rate paper was read not very long ago
before the Royal Society of England, i'll
which the existing evidence rs to the
weight of brain among different nations
was analyzed. The average brain weight
for the English is stated to be AZ. 80
ounces ; for the French, A. So ; for the
Germans, AZ. SO but there are discrcp-
ancies in the results of different OBJ
servers, some giving n greater average
than this to the Germans. The Italians,
Lapps, Swedes, Frisans, aud Dutch
come into the category with the En-
glish. Among the Asiatic races, the
Nedahs of Ceylon and the Hindoos give
II mean of over A. IL ounces. The
skulls of Mussulmans afford a slightly
increased average of brain weight over
those of the Hindoos. Two skulls of
male khonds-one of the unquestioncd
aboriginal races of India-show brain
weight of only 37.S7 ounces. The gen
eral average OF the Asiatic table shows
diminution of more than two ounces
when compared with Europeans. The
general mean of African races is less
than that of European races, although
there are great differences ; the Catlre
rising high, and the Bushman sinking
low in the scale. The average Of the
whole of the aboriginal American races
reaches A. 73 ounces, which is 2.11
ounces less than that of the European
races. The Australian races show
brain weight one-ninth less than
that of the general average of Euro
peans. The Malays and others OF the
Oceanic races, who migrated boldly, for
commercial purposes, over the North
and Sonth Pacific Ocean, and occupy
the islands, show a tolerably high aver
age of brain weight and, on arriving at
this section, we return in some measure
to the large braign weight Of Euro
peans.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

The patentee of the punch now used
by the passenger railroad companies
makes over $50, 900 per annum ; he re-
ceives royalty of twenty cents day
for each punch in use.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
iiuIlGl'.

TuE best substitute for coal-Warm
weather.
A LEGA1-rENpER lawyer minding
his baby.
A BOARDING cstabl;shment-A carpen-
teer's shop.
A GOOD suggestion is like II crying
baby at conccrt-it should be carried
out.
The last color an artist should use to
complete lis picture is ''dlu,' of
couIse.
A LApy's foot has been likcned to II
locomotive merely because it moves III
advance Of a tram.
Boz, how is your sweetheart getting
along" "pretty well; she says | need
not call any more"
A PROSPEROUS merchant has for u
motto, "Early to ted and early to rise;
never get tight, and advertise.
81 NEVER get trusted for a hat, said
spendthrift, "hccause | should then
feel as though | were in debt over head
and ears"
TIE Boston Post says: "Thc de-
cline in the whaling business is thought
to be owing to the abolition Of corporal
punishment in the schools"
JupaE-" Have you anything to offer
to the court before sentence is passed
upon You q Prisoner" No, Judge,
had ten dollars, but my lawyers took
that
"Sln, | will make you feel the ar
rows.of my resentment. ''Ah, miss,
why should | fear your arrows when you
never had beau" She quiyered with
rage.
AN Irishman engaged in fighting y
duel insisted, as he was nearsj sighted,
that he should stand six feet nearer to
his antagonist than his antagonist did
to him.
The following is an Indictment
against strong drink:
Piupc maker, vSagc boatcr,
Health corrurtvr, idlcr's mate,
Mischief breeder, vice promoter,
Credit spoiIer, devils bait,
Ahns-housr builder, pGEper maker,
Trust hetrayer, sorroW's source,
Pocket pmptier, sabbath breNler
Conscience stitor, quits resource
DRIED ArrIE pIEs.
oathe abhor! detest! desp;sc!
Ahominate dried applc pies
/ like good bread, like good meat,
Or anything that is tit to eat
But Of all he grub beneath the skies,
The poorest is dried apple pies.
Give nc a too;Eac!c, eyes.
In preference to such kind OF pies.
The farmer takes his guariest fruit
lis woIlay, bitter, and hard to boot;
They leave the hEll to make us cough,
Aud don't fake half the peenGs off.
Then on Il tsrty cord they're strung,
And from some chaInber-winttow hung;
Until they're ready to }c made III pies.
Tread on my corlls, or tell me lies,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

When I came to, found myself in a
well-remembcred room. Bessie, my
Bessie now, hung tendcrly over me,
waiting for the light of recognition to
appear in my fevered eye.
All was soon told. The boiler must
have burst the very instant [ struck.
Hardness was killed 10y flying piece
of machinery the would-be murderer
had exchanged places with his victim,
for l, strange as it may seem, was dug
out of the ruins alive, and got off with
only broken arm. God forgive him.
Bessie insists that il it hadn't been
for the accident, L should never have
"spoken out" So, after all, it was a
blessing in disguise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31

SUNDAY School CoNCERT.-The
concert at the Methodist church on
Sunday evening last, was u decided
success. The church was crowded
to its utmost capacity, and the in
terest of the whole audience was
fully evinced by the most perfect
order maintained and by the closest
attention throughout the evening.
TIE selections from scripture for
recitation were aptly chosen, and
were admirably recited by the schol-
ars, and the interlades of music were
strikingly pertinent and finely exc
outed. All were we'll arranged and
were excellent, and it might seem
invidious as well as difficult to speci-
fly any particular portion OF the per-
formance The superintendent or
manager must have diligently work
ed to have carried out the programme
and exhibited much taste in its
arrau cement. Altogether the enter.
tsinment was one which can scarcely
be excelled, although we sincerely
hope it may be often initiated. Such
exhibitions are not only sources of
| amusement but of Instruction, and
| NAV exert influence for good unon
hearers as we'll as speakers which
Will be as lasting as lite.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31

BEGIN ANEW. Now is the time to
turn over the new leaf you have
promised yourself to do, probably
for months or years. To be happy
one must be honest. sober and vir-
tuous. Many people destroy their
character by INDUCING first. in small
vices and gradually growing them
larger. Take for instance the man
who debases himself with strong
drink his habit was not formed in
a week, month or year. There is
but one course for man TO pursue
when be finds his bad habits getting
control, aud that is to quit them
give them up, In regard 10 these
things man must obey the scrip
tlre injunction, ''cease to do evil
and learn to do we'll" The vice OF
intemperance is the hardest to get
rid Of. No man who was a confirm
| ed drunkard ever reformed from
other motives than his self-respect,
and when he does make an effort In
that direction to be successful he
must not touch, taste or handle any
intoxicating beverage. Some men
can and do drink liquor in modera-
tiop with such the habit may not
be pernicious except as an example
! TO others.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31
A CITIZEN OF HARRISON.

PRoF. PICKARD ON SATURDAY Eve
NING.-Prof Pickard's Readings this
week, Saturday evening, at the New
Congregational Church. Don't for
get to attend this appropriate closing
entertainment for the holidays. A
rich Programme from Mark Twain,
and other selections from our best
poets and prose writers will be given.
Prof. Pickard's we'll known humor,
taste, and ability as an elocutionist,
guarantee first class entertainment.
The Lancaster String Band under
the lead of Prof. 10 Barnett will
furnish music for the occasion. This
change in the evening of Prof
Pickard's entertainment here, is made
necessary by his engagement at
Platteville for two evenings, Jan. 4th
and 9Th. Admittance 25 cents,-no
reserved seats. Tickets for sale at
the Post Office, W. B. Baxter's and
the Bookstore.
By order of the Lancaster Library
Lecture Committee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31
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A Call for Help.

A meeting of the citizens of the
town of Bloomington was held in
Browns Hall December 18th, in re.
Spouse to an appeal for aid from suf-
fering families in the grasshopper
regions of Western Kansas. The
undersigned were appointed COM
mittee to receive and forward con-
tributions in money and provisions,
also articles of clothing for women
and children. A little from eaon
person of our more favored locality
will keep the wolf from the doors OF
that starving people. Any contri'
buttons will be thankfully received
and promptly forwarded.
JAS. L. WOODRUFF,
DAVID BALLANTINE,
d. F, Brown.
Committee.
Bloomington, Dec %, 1874
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31
PIatteyilIe.

Monday evening, st. John the
Evangelist, the F. & A. M. held an
installation in their rooms and after
wards went to the Gates House to
partake Of a collation. prepared by
the worthy landlord. The toasts were
responded to by Prof. McGregor, w.
NJ, Rev. G. H. Garfield, and
Jacob Block, G. d. Streeter and
others. 1t went off pleasantly. There
were present at the tables, and also at
the installation services, many Of the
ladies of the first families in Platte
vile, and all present went home pleas
ed with the entertainment.
Christmas Eve Trinity Episcopal
church held their Sunday School Fes-
tival, at the home of Mrs. E. Gratiot.
A grand supper was prepared by the
ladies of the church and the children
enjoyed it very much. Near one
hundred children and teachers were
present. On Christmas day their
church, beautifully draped with ever
greens, was opened. and services,
with communion, were held. A large
congregation was present. In the
evening of this day the Methodist
church held their S. School Festival,
and it was crowded. A nice time
they had. The Christian church, also,
held theirs and that was we'll attended,
and all enioved themselves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31
Sneak Thieves.

Mr.. EDITOR: matters that con
cera the public safety should be made
known, therefore | wish to announce
to the people OF Harrison owning corn,
oats, &c, that there are certain per-
sons residing in said town who do not
raise enough grain to supply their
needs and are in the habit of visiting
neighboring cribs and granaries in the
dark of the moon. A certain widow
lady, having two sons residing with
her, has frequently found her grain
disappearing more rapidly than home
consumption seemed to warrant; and
one morning lately, by the aid of
light srow that had fallen the evening
previous, one of the sons, missing
corn, and seeing tracks to and from
the same, followed them to their
source and found the tracks ended
where they commenced, making a di.
rect line to and from the corn without
any apparent side attraction. These
foragers carry weapons about their
persons, even in daylight, when pass
ing from one house to another. though
the people in the vicinity are all peace
able and keep their dogs under con-
troll. wish, through your columns,
to warn these marauders that it is not
safe for them to continue their depre.
dations if they value their liberty.
A CITIZEN OLE HARRISON.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31

Business in the city during the
holidays was unusually good, the mer.
chants and eonfsctioners being kept
busy night and day.
Prof. Barnett has gone to Lancas-
ter 10 visit ont tIe holidays, He can
DO as large an amount of visiting as
any one in the county, for his size.
-Messrs. Hamilton s. Cole have
one of the best appointed store rooms
in the county. When the heating APP
paratus is put in it will be one of the
1lost comfortable. Mr.. McSpaden
has given the city beautiful addition
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31

THE WINTER. Says the Dubuque
Times, Scribe Harris, one of Du-
buque's Oldest settlers, stated that
the present winter, thus far had
been an exact counterpart of the
winter of 1928; and Mr.. II. thinks,
if indications are worth anything,
that we will have another such a
winter as that, which was the mild
est ever known in this section.
Boats came up the river as far as
Galena every month of the year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31
Charity.
.po, the Door always We have with you

| For the poor always ye nave Nttu you
EDITOR HERALD - The Master
while en- earth, was no stranger &c
the poor, He went in and out among
them, shared with them the scant
comforts of their homes, and always
left q blessing, compared with which
earths choicest tullness, was but as q
crust to the starving. To all His
followers He has left the heritage oil
the poor, and to each one is appor-
toned degree of responsibility in
lighting up if possible their darkened
pathway. In our daily walks we
meet them; they knock at our doors;
they are with US everywhere and
always, and if the Lord of the world
could stoop to pity such, shall we
turn indifferently away from these
wants and woes of suffering human
ity /? All ye who dwell in your ceiled
houses, think of the abodes of the
poor; ye who are clothed in silk
aud purple, of the tattered and torn,
exposed to the pitiless blasts of wins
ter, of the hungry Oliver Twists
whose wan features bespeak their
misery, but whose faces would beam
with gratitude, at even the crumbs
that fall from your table, and the
few "kind words that never die"-
of the sick and afflicted poor to
whom life has long been burden,
who claim your kindly sympathies
in their sorrow even to the hour of
sweet discharge-of the aged and in
firm who would fain lean upon a
stronger arm, as they with faltering
steps tread the thorny road. And
those who dwell in humber homes,
but who gather around bright fire.
sides, and laugh as the storm sweeps
by; have they no warm garment for
the shivering, no food for the hun
cry, no sticks from the mountainous
wood-piles. On, how true it is, .
heart that is willing Will soon find a
way. And the poorest one yet, IN
the hum blest abode, may help poor
brother sep on the road. This
track of poverty that sin has made
through our beautiful world is every
where seen, no land so broad or fes.
tive but this trail of the serpent is
over it ALL" We commiserate the
needy who have failed to provide for
a Northwestern winter, especially is
the desLltution entitled to our res
gard, that comes of long continued
misfortune, sickness, or inability to
grapple with lifes work. Let US re-
member the poor. BLESSED is he
that considereth the poor; the Lord
will deliver him Ia time of trouble.
CHARITY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31

MORsE-Died in Little Grant. November 20, 1874,
after lingering Illness borne with Christian forth
tude and resignation, Mrs. SOPHIE P. B. MORSE,
wife Of A. E. Morse, and daughter of N. and
Mary Bracket, of Little Grant, aged % years and
9 months.
Amiable in disposition and winning in man
ners, she was beloved not only by those near
est and dearest to her, but by large circle of
relatives and friends, and her death will bring
sadness to many hearts. She was a worthy
member Of the Primitive Methodist church, a
faithful follower of Christ, and died in the full
triumphs of faith, and we feel assured that she
has entered into that rest prepared for the
people of God. "Right blessed are the dead
who die in the Lord, from henceforth, yea,
saith the spirit, that they may rest from their
labor and their works do follow them" A
little boy Of some five summers is left to mourn
this early loss Of a loving mother, "but God
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb" And
did not Christ say of the little ones: "Their
angels do always behold the face OF my Father
who is in heayen." May we not infer from
this that the dear ones we so loved who have
gone before still have oognizance OF those they
left below?
Who knows that hut the guiding star
Which here TO US given,
Now far removed still sheds its light
To lead US up to Heaven
Who knows what angel mothers
Before Fathers throne,
Unseen, unheard still hover round
The dear ones left alone. Con-.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31
ns>The new white postal card If

@The new white postal card is
said to be an improvement over the
yellow spongy card. We suggest
another Improvement - something
like the English postal oard-wlth a
paper flap which can be turned down
and pasted. With this addition the
postal card would be pretty near per-
lection in it's kind. Bat we don't
expect Postmaster-General Jewell
will act upon our advice for a year
ct least,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31
w We notice bv the G -ant coun

wWe notice by the Grant county
papers that Sam. Cole has been sued
by girl, down at B0scobel, for
breach of promise and $4,000. Sam
is young and inexperienced, SO he
very foolishly run off and employed
lawyer to fight such nonsense; if
be had asked US about What he ought
to do we should have told him to
just let that girl ga ahead and collect
the $40, 600, then turn around and
marry her and go to keeping house
in good style. Why wouldn't that
make it all harmonious. portage
Re0iSfPr.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-31

to its buildings and deserves great
credit for the same.
1t is currently reported on the
street that there is nothing in the Cole.
Abbott breach Of promise suit; that
papers have not been served OIL Samuel
and that there is not much prospect of
anything being done in regard to the
| affair.
The turn out from this city to the
grand opening of the Muscoda hotel
on Christmas was not as great as had
been anticipated, only about sixteen
couple having availed themselves of
the promised good cheer of Landlord
Smalley. However, those in attend
ance pronounce the affair one of the
best ever gotten up in this part of the
county.
The church people enjoyed hap
Ply time Christmas Eve at the M. h.
church, whose eight good sized trees
were we'll filled with presents for both
great and small Mr.. Gibbon repre-.
sented Santa Claus, and right well did
he fill the bill. The numerous presents
were distributed without confusion,
and were received with thankfulness
by those whom the time-honored Saint
had remembered. At the Lutheran
church was also beautiful tree we'll
loaded with presents, both ornamental
and useful, and the way the little ones
enjoyed themselves was sufficient re
Enumeration to the older ones for the
time, expense and trouble they had
devoted in arranging the tree. In
various parts of the city the Germans
had trees located at private houses,
and all were well supplied. AS a
whole, Christmas Eve in Boscobel
was never so generally observed, and
from the many new articles of jewelry,
etc, displayed the next morning, sew
eral souls IN the city were made glad
by the advent of Santa.
There has been another rocking.
chair accident in this city, which re-
suited fortunate for the principal &C
tor, as no bones were broken, An ex-
Alderman, of kind, peaceable and ex-
emplary habits, has been in the habit
Of lying abed and letting his spouse
build the morning fire. One morning
recently he thought it best to surprise
his wife, and got up in the night to
light the fire for her; but on his journey
from the bed room to the stove he
struck his foot against the sharp point
of rocker that was aimed at him and
away he went. Nearly six feet of hu.
mainly lay piled up on the dining
room floor, and several yards of
bleached muslin was dancing in the
air. Do you ask, did he swear? Not
at all, but the loud talk INDUCED in by |
that ex-Alderman woke up the neigh
bors for a whole block roundabout, the |
roosters crowed, dogs barked, and
the horses and cattle called for their
feed, as they supposed 4th of July
had come, or another Fair was to
commence. The fire was not lighted
and the hero of the hour returned to
his bed, wondering what rocking
chairs were made for any how, "dem