Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-03-26

fvish 10 In the state Nv Kennedy, Z
March 10, .s7i.
Eff Heavens most piercin iitenins
Good strike Joe B,gler and that jeerln
feend, Pollock, | shood THINK more Nv
the economy of nscher. For till these
demons is dead and berrled, we never
shell hev peace or quiet at the Corners
1t wus bitter day for me, and for al
nv as, when that wretched Pollock
come here from Illinoy, and struck
hands With Joe Bigler. Either NV EN-
is piEen-yeonited, striksnins is nothln
90 EN-
We held q meeting in Bascoms last
week Tuesday 70 decide upon some
measures to countersct the wimmln's
temperance movement, wich we are
momentarily expectIn will strike the
Corners and ravage us ez it hes the
towns and villages in Ohio aud lnJe
any. Basoom called the meetln, for
Bascon swsars he will defend his rites
ell the last
We he'd the grocery tollably full Nv
the mon of the Corners, when who
shood march in but Bigler and Pollock,
Who sot down on nail kegs es sollum
90 funeral.
Various ssjestions wuz made Is 20
Ihe best way Nv counteracsin the
movement, when Pollock rose and
askt the privilege Nv maxim remark,
wlch I, ca Chairman, consentid to.
81 sympathiEe heartily With 700, !"
sed Pollock, Sin thus standln up and
maxim b sd agin this fanattikle crOO-
SADIE, and weod seiest that 700 fite the
devil with fire. Ia Ohio the wimen
90 out agin the traffic in likker-let
eur wimen here in the Corners come
out and enter their protest agin eny
interference with the rites Nv their
husbands, fathers and brothers. Let
the wimen Nv the Corners protest agin
this fanaticism."
Joe Bigler riz, and / felt PRESENT.
ment that the devil he'd broken his
chain and WIZ amongst as.
4 don't often agree with Pollock, :
he remarked, ''but there is in this srjes
ton 80 much NV good sense that ]
beeve shell second him in it BY all
means let our wimmen enter their pro-
sc5L against tho wild oroosadn that
the world may know that Kentucky at
least stands by her landmarks Tn
wimmen Az Ohio howl that the traffi,'
il dem orali2in to society, and pertlke-
Iarly that it is a rooinin them. Now
ct the wimmen nv the Cross Roads
meet and hist in their testimony that
it is nothin nv the kind. And tina,
this protest may be made in doc form,
| seiest that the wimmen of 'onfedrlI
X Roads meet at the Church to MORE,
afternoon, p. m, and ,esoloot sgln
this thing Is it goP"
81, isY' at isp' "We will hey
EN- 10 it,! wuE shouted from all parts
Nv the room
Bsscom was deIited with the propo-
shen' He sed that so far ez his wiit
wuz concerned, she wood jine IN such
aprotest heartily.
at is all we'll enuR to say we will, "
sed Bigler, "but let as make shoor NV
hevin sm all out, that there may be NO
faleYoor. To make this success the
meetin must not only be enthusiastic,
b.: large. Pollock, take piece Nv
paper and pu: down the names uv
those whose husbands will pledge
sEeirselves to be present. Issaker
0avitt, will Mrs. Gavits be shoor to
Gomez"
Issaker blushsd, wich is to say his
nose turned bloc, es he snsered,
"Probably not. onless the weather
shood be warmer, for my woman hez
ne got no shoes"
"Mrs. Gsvitt can't come 20 protest
agin this croossde agin likker, cos she
amt got no Shoes" sung ont Pollock.
"But, Issaker, / bought fifty bushels
Nv corn uv 700 last fAll-why didn't
700 get Your wife shoes thenP"
81 he'd to pay 10 to Bsseom, on ac-
count" sed poor Issaker, blushing
still more.
"All right" sed Pollock, cav course
700 did. Go on Josef"
Squire Pennibacker, will your wif
be present to jine this anti-fansticism
movement"
"She'll oppose ii" sed the Squire.
''coz l do; bat doubt eff she kin
come out 20 bear her testimony agin
it. She amt got DO cloDe she'd like 10
be seen in"
"Mrs Pennibaeker amt got no cloxe,
and can't oome," sung out Pollock.
$50 on, josef"
"Deekin PoGrsm, yoor wife and
yoor dsw er Mirandy will be here,
certainly P''
faint shoor," said the Deekin, "u.
both Nv em-one nv EN- kin come, but
the other can t. Eff my wife wears
the dress, Mirsndy must stay and
r'ce uerSy, COZ they amt got but one
atw cen en-"
II hev put down one from Deekil
PJgrsm's, es them two wimen heV
only one dress atween EN-. Go on,
josef. We've got to git more than
these or the meetin will he failyoor
''Lem'l Pettus, will YOU see that
yoor wife will be present TO protest
agin-
"Stop!" l yelled, seein the drift ny
these wretches; this heZ gone fer
Easy, Parson, easy" sed BigIer.
1--WE must hev the wimmen ort The
wimmen nv Ohio pertests that likker
rooms em-our wimmen must bear
testimony that il don't | confess that
the proepeck isn't encurrigin. for W.
be Mt found suficIency Nv dresses,
and shoes, and SIGH, among our vim
men to enable EN- TO take part in 3
public demonstration, but ="
At this pint Bigler stopped, for Mrs.
Bssoom, G. WIS wife, opened the
door Nv her settin room which wuE
jlst one side ev the bar-room, and
looked in. It wus an unfortunit
movement ez ever wus in fact. n
soar,a a. H. H. Ill n