Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-03-05
LANCASTER WISCONSIN, THURSDAY MARCH s. 1874.

transportation by water wouli b
practically settled. | have cause
plans and specifications of the pro
posed Improvement to be made
which will be on exhibition at th
executive office This seems to b
the most feasible plan of settling th
vexed question of cheap transports
ton by water, and l hope you vii
give it your hearty support.
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION By WIND.
Having got the question of cheal
transportation by water, where th
hair is short, it only remains to ar
range for cheap transportation by
land, and a competing line by whict
to convey grain from west to cas-
without the odious railroads, anC
everything will be lovely, and raj!
road owners can pack their vaiise
and get through tickets for the near
est poor h0use. The recent discove
ry by balloonists Of an easterly air
current, seems to have played direct
ly into our hands in the solving o.
this great problem. 1t has been dis
covered that at a certain elevation
above the earth there is q permanent
current of air moving from west TO
east This current of air does not
freeze up in the winter and close nav.
igation, and neither does ii raise its
rates when navigation is closed, like
the railroad monopolists here below.
1t blows where it listeth, and luckily
blows in the very direction in which
the granger wants to send his wheat
and pork and green hides. The OOH
trolling interest in this sir-current is
luckily not owned in WaIl-street
congress cannot legislate it into the
hands OF any credit mobilier corpora
ton. 1t belongs to the people, ard
is about the only thing they have
left. Let us utilize this God send.
Let us seize this glorious element
and put it where it will do the mos!
good would here state that |
have been So bothered with Office
seekers that | have not had time to
figure exactly how this lEolian ele-
ment can be brought into subsection,
to move our crops, but am satisfied
that 10 your hands it will be nodded
into shape and be made TO do the
work. Having raised the wind, |
leave it with you to arrange it so
that it will settle the hash Of the
monster railroad monopolies that are
sapping our life-blood. and giving US
1000 mile tickets
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.
1tmay strike YOU as inconsistent for
your Executive to put the temperance
question so near recommendation
to transform the State Prison into a
brewery, but we must deal with exist
ing facts. You may labor under the
impression that your executive don't
know his regular biz, but he does.
The temperance question is perhaps
the most difficult question now before
the people, to handle with any degree
of success, as it is as liable to kill at
the breach as at the muzzle. It is like
the mule that would be kind and pa
ticnt for eleven years, just to get a
chance to kick the filing out of some
body's teeth. 1t is noticeable, how
ever, that those who have been on the
right side, have invariably been the
most successful. After mature delb-
Grafton | have decided to recommend
that you pass raw, making it q penal
offense, punishable with death or ban.
ishment to Chicago, for any man TO
manufacture or offer for sale, or sell, or
give away-though l am not SO posi-
tive about the giving away-of any
spurious, vinous. or malt liquor, wines,
cider, or Scotch whisky, TO any per-
son, male or female, under the age Of
six months, or over the age of ninety
five, This will look well on the face
of 1t, and will not materially interfere
with you and your executive. l. will
knock the spots off the Graham Law,
and simple Justice would demand that
the author Of it should be sent to Con
grcss. But, Of course, you how it is,
yourselves, You must do something
dreadful in this temperance business,
as the people are on the war path.
Look at the raid upon the liquor inter-
est in Ohio. See how women arc
marching around with bludgeons seek
ing whom they may devour. Pass
some law that is terrible, or in such a
moment as you think not, our streets
are liable to be red with human gore
or beer
AGRICULTURE.
The pursuit Of agriculture is the
noblest in the business, at the date of
the present writing, and at this par
ticular time there are more patriotic
citizens pursuing agriculture and agri-
culturists, than has been the case be-
fore since Cincnnatus left his thresh-
ing machine in the furrow. In fact
the tilers Of the soil have sWore of
husking their early harvest potatoes
on election days. would recommend
that you pass laws to protect farmers
in their rights. They toll early and
late, and what do they get for their re-
compense. / lave known farmer to
get up at three o'clock in the morning
to help up calf that had got cast in
in the barn, and the very first thing
that calf did was to kick the granger's
knee of joint, when there was q
hired man standing near that the calf
could have kicked. | say, and with.
out fear of contradiction, it is just such
unjust determinations by calves and
railroads that is running our agricultur,
al interests. This is not an isolated
case. The woods are full Of ;hem.
Why stand we here all the day idle,
and see the bones and sinew Of our
land kicked around by such soulless
corporations, as railroads and calves.
Let lis have their hides on the tan