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The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10
cRRfsr1As.

The drifts are sleeping on the hin,
The winds are hushcd, The land IA siiIl,
THIS fro-,y Christmas night;
while bsct scrcs the deepening snow
Of centuries, revivine slow.
The winged soul tshe. fight.
Thew wss night, long, long ago,
when sentinels ras--d IN and fro,
Before the gates Of Rome,
when sase- sav With wondering eye
A star light sil the Orient shy,
And hnev the Christ had come.
No echo reached the imperial hall,
Borne from that low Judcsn stall,
westward srrc- the 80;
No vision msrrrd the C~,ar's rest
OF him vho slept on Mary's breast,
A mightier prince than he.
But White wings shimmerins soitIy through
The Syrian midnisbts Deepest blue,
Prccisimed Emssnuers birth;
And Chsldee shepherds caught the strains
That throbted along the eternal plains
Fesce and good will 10 earthr'
q vanished years, your shsdow sleep.
On ruined tower. and molderins heaps,
And over all the Ivy erceps,
Exuitant In decay;
Men live their little livce--snd die
The Cwsar's tomb. forgotten lie.
But One still lives and reigns en- high,
Our Lord the Christ to-day.
No orient sssr, M Pinicus vhite,
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10
TIL, STATE.


One firm oe p.,;. po,,,.on o.,,,,
has. during IN. last bon isv. .h;n,.L
,hir,v ,bou.and Quad. of ,,,lav =.
New Yo,t and Ro.,on Man. ,hous.nJ
Mound. more ara IN he .hinnsd ,o ,hs
zane points during the season
Mrs Alfred Emer,on of Roclx u;u
Station Edmon.op county Who v.. ,,h-
lee, to ~. vas recently se;zed with one
while near the fire. and falling into n
was an terribly burned ss IN die two dsvs
afterward. alter .uf,er;nv the creates,
agony. Onlv a short time befo,e a A.
.e;zed be, and sbo d,o,nod n ,;,,Ie cb;ld
from no, arms .he wa. nu,.;nr and
IL falling into the Are was burncd N
death.
The F,antfort y,owo. .av. that xounu
Wallace Franklin -on of Jobn FranLIin
of soutb Frankfort bouvbt an old .,mv
GUN at the arsenal and taxing !, o,t ~,
the blua overlost;ng Henderson, wharf
lust below the arsenal concluded to trv
IL. to see whether IL vould burnt n can.
not dreaminy-be attrms-tb.t n wa,
loaded. Holding IL with the muzzle
down. M he Thought toward the ground
he pulled the trigger. when. To hi. aston
ishment. IL went of. and the ball. which
must bave been in the yuu for ten oy
twelve wears. took effect over n hundred
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

In connection with the export move
ment, following closely the sending out
of American cotton fabrics 10 England,
the most interesting feature Of late has
been an important shipment Of American
ribbons 10 England.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10
rnE LITTLE $50

II was Christmas Eve, and little JACK
sat by the cottage fire, with his head on
his mothers lap, for his father had been
lost at sea since the last year came in,
and he remembered how happy they had
been only one year ago that night, all
three seated about the same bright hearth.
They were very poor, though his mother
had managed to keep the fire bright, and
to feed and clothe herself and little boy
quite comfortably thus far, but 1t was
by dint Of hard labor. She bent over
her sewing from early morning until
late at night, very thankful TO the kind
people In the parish who furnished her
with work to do. But n, looked weary
and pale, and Jack loneed TO be man
that he might earn money to take care
of them both, and never let her work
any more.
1t was a bitter cold night; the frost
50 thickly curtained the cottage window
that the stars could not peep in, and the
wind whistled around the house and
shook the lattice, trying 70 get in.
Jack" said his mother, smoothing
his curls, Eve have still mnch to be
thankful for; ! wish every little boy in
the world was as warm as my little boy
is tonight"
"ies," answered little Jack "and IT
there are any poor little girls or boys
without any home, l wish they would
come here tonight and I'd give them
my supper and my bed to sleep in, too"
And A. hc sat watching the bright
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

CANCELLATION forold maids-"M Misfor-
tune, never come sinuly."
r. laid there are more lies told in
N. .en,encc at am Glad to sec you,"
,hsn in anv other six words in the Eng
I;.h ,anouace
IT is said that the human body con-
tains over two pounds Of lime. This
makes it easy for a Congressional COM
mittee to whitewash government OIL
cial.
IT'S well to feel yourself posss-'sd
And talent, too, esms veil in play;
But tact Is batter '''n'
Shco.. noble aims, and never swerve-
Aud srasp your hosor. tight,
And % rhs. you ye" naa u% .a'', Tue iron r',,n, S''
.,...,- .a..-,;..d ., . of IN.
Iondon n.ner. that for five shilliugr he
-,o,,,a .,nd IN .uv eddre~u n handsome
package containing oa'o "u'"'o"
Each package turned out to be paper
vi pms
= II
o"' oo.' .-s ;.,l..
nay on ono s'ueo '"o ','o'
on the other, how can the Jackass get O
,bo hav w;tbout oettiug wet2 +" give
= xuu 80, :.@wh., Tho
IL up. "eh' 'h"''
other jackass did"
aNrrpAra,. IA the charming name
n .ha,m;no Girl in Wales. Her mo-
tber found it on a medicine bottle and
was captiyated with its sweetness. So
.ome Young man is doomed TO suffer
neurslg;a Of the heart.
.a..,
nIs'hp He WY w ...h,.a -;,h .
horda Of clert. bauI;py poods around on
,he;r counter. Tim, damaging said goods,
vear;ng ont the flooring. and causing
mrch other useless and unnecessary ex-
n.nse
,,,.
And Of hi. hear, thou caust not soe;
What looks to thy dim eye a .'an'
A scar, broaeh, from some vslI-ioash, ae'd'
Where 'hos "ou'a'' ~ A'n' '''' ''''@
Tn. look, the air that fret, thy sigh,
May be token, that below
ins w,.s SOU, .ams mas I,"su ,",srnsp Ssry | i,s "
wnose glance would .eorch thy smiling grace
And cas-, thee 'hadderins ON ny lace ~.
."
"Now, Willie, do have little couf,
age. When have powder 10 take l
don't like it any more than you 90, ou'
! make up my mind that l will ake H.
and do" sand when ! have . powder
TO take" replied Willie, II make UP
my mind that l won't take ~ anu !
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

The total value Of silk manufactures
landed at New York, in November, was
t965, $50, and since the first Of July,
tl0,s4o, ,4s9, against tl ,076, ,i70, and &c.
is4. 1853 ior the corresponding dates last
year. since July I, 4,099 bales have
been received, an increase Of 25 per cent
over the same months in 1874.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10
On. ALEXANDER ECKER publishes a

DR. ALEXANDER ECKER publishes 4
few very interesting remarks "On a
Fluctuating Character in the Human
Hand" This character is the compare
tive lengths of the index and ring
fingers. The index may be either QD
shorter than the ring finger, (2) of equal
length, or (3) longer than the ring finger.
The last mentioned proportion appears
to be the proper one, and the sign of in
tellectual superiority.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

A sAcRANEsro lady who sports an
artificial tooth left il ON the table OF the
restaurant where she had taken break
fast the other morning. and on returning
for il about an hour afterward found II
attached as charm TO the fob-chain OF
the waiter.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

RULES FOR DAILY LFE.-Do not OK.
press your opinion too freely and de-
cidedly when it differs from those around
you, merely for the saying what 81
think" when no good will be done.
Try To give up your will and way 10
others in tIides as well as in more i'm
portsnt matters, except were principle is
involved.
DO not complain Of little discomforts,
but bear them cheerfully.
Try TO avoid making disagreeable re-
marks of any description, and make NO
unpleasant comparisons.
DO not indulge the idea that in diff
ferent position from the one in which
God has placed you, you would lead a
better or happier life.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

A NEW bone Of contention-An Ohio
man wants divorce because his wife ran
into room full Of company with tur.
key bone in her mouth.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

THE French Government is alout i'm
itating our own In detailing man-of
war A. free training-school for the mer-
camille navy. A schooner carrying
twenty-four guns has been selected, and
will be anchored in the Seine, either be-
fore the Louvre or the Palace Of Industry
Immediate admission will be granted TO
q ror orphan child chosen from each
reimbursement Of Paris.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

QUoriSo the report that Paul Morphy,
the chess player, had become insane,
the New Orleans RPsbiioan @ys: Mr..
Morphy can be seen on our streets any
day, having given up chess playing for
the practice Of the Law. He was never
In better health, physically and men.
tally, than now, and the above news is
calculated 70 surprise him and his friends.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

THE Australian .ststistician, Brachelli,
reckons the total production Of minerals
Of all the countries Of Europe for 1874 to
have been as follows: Platinum, l,025
kilogs.; gold, G. 900 kilogs; silver, 3oo,-
900 kilogs; pig iron, 10000, 600 cwt. !;
copper, 6O0.o cwt.; lead, 100000
cwt.; zinc, 2.7o0,0O0 to 5000, 900 cwt. I;
coal, 1876, ,0oo, 900 cwt.; salt, $4,000, 900
To l,0oO, ,0OO, 900 cwt.; manganese, / ,6l9,-
900 cwt. antimony, 500 cwt.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

AN English painter has invented
new solvent for paint. 1t is said that the
solution is simply applied to the paint
with brush, aud is then left for short
time, after which the paint may be
scraped up With facility. The number
Of coats Of the solution depends upon the
number Of costs Of paint; four, which
may be applied within aquarter Of an
hour or 80 Of each other, will probably
be sufficient in the most hardened case.
The solution, which it is alleged causes
no injury whatever to the hands or to
the brushes, is inexpensive, and pro-
duces no smell.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

THE government Of Great Britain has
concluded treaty with the Khedive of
Egypt, who, by iirman of the Sultan in
1878, was granted the right Of treating
independently with foreign states, by
which the former has purchased the
latter's stock in the Suez Canal company
for 100000. The Khediye's holding
which is thus sold consists Of III, 900 out
Of the 400, 900 shares into which the
capital Of the company was divided.
The amount is not sufficiently large to
give England control of that enterprise,
but gives her an important share in its
ownership. The purchase was made for
political reasons; therefore the impor-
tance Of the step is hardly to be over
rated. For considerable time II cannot
be pecuinarly pro6t unless England
also redeems the nineteen years coupons
which the Khedive heretofore sold, as,
according 10 an old arrangement with
the canal company, the Khediye's shares
received no dividend for thirteen years.
But telegram from Cairo states that
Egypt has agreed 10 pay Great Britain
s per cent on the amount Of the purchase
money for nineteen years.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

EUROPEAN writers are much mixed in
their comments upon the colossal statue
of Liberty for New York harbor, pro
posed by certain enthusiastic Frenchmen.
A Paris dispatch to the London Times,
describing the recent banquet where the
project was ventilated, says Of the site of
the statue, that IL Is "on the frontier Of
the New and Old Worlds, confronting
the three great cities Of New York,
Brooklyn and New jersey" and NJ.
Laboulaye, in speaking on the same topic,
says: "we wish to erect a statue, the
most colossal ever raised, which will rise
above the Immense plain which covers
New York, with itsmillion Of inhabitants,
Brooklyn, which has 4O0, 200, and Jersey,
which reckons as many"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-10

TnE young man in the beautiful fable
of La Fontaine ridiculed the man OF four
score for planting an avenue Of little
trees, because he could not hope to live
long enough TO see them as high as his
head. "well," said he, "and what Of
that9 Iftheir shade afford me no pleas
ure ii may afford pleasure 10 my chill
dren, and even to you; and therefore the
planting of them gives me pleasure"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02
FREE HIGH SCHOOL.

At the Annual District School meeting, hello
in the village of Lancaster, on the 18th day
July, 1875, for the purpose of considering and
determining the question of organizing School
District No. 3, comprising the village OF Lam
caster, in the town of Lancaster, into a
Free High School District, and establishing a
Free High School therein under the provision
of Chapter 1923 General Laws of Wisconsin,
1875, the proposition was carried in occord-
ance with said law.
The organization being perfected, the High
School Board hereby announce that the
Free High School of District No 8, Town
of Lancaster, will open on the LIST day of
September, 1875, and continue until the close
OF the graded schools.
Principal--Mr. JOHN BRINDLEY, Phi. B.
Assistant JULIET d. MEYER, Phi. B.
Teacher of German Mr.. JUG. MICHAELIS
The Course of Instruction during the four
years includes the following studies;
Arithmetic, Higher Arithmetic, Elenen-
tary and Higher Algebra, Plain and Solid
Geometry.
English Grammar, including Sentential
Analysis, Rhetoric, Descriptive aud Physical
Geography.
Physiology, Natural Philosophy, History
of the United States and of England, Science
Of Government.
Botany, Book keeping.
Latin, German.
Exercises in Spelling, Reading and Compo-
sition throughout The course.
The Standard of Admission to said Free
High School will be
Reading through the Fourth Independent
Reader, Spelling through Sanders Speller,
Writing fair lnGihio hand, thrnStie,
through Rays Third Practical Arithmetic;
Geography, through Monteith's Geography;
History, through Anderson's History of the
United States; English Grammar, through
Haryey's Grammar.
Non-residents will be admitted to the full
course in any of the departments at the fol-
lowing rates:
First Primary, % cents per week
Second Primary, % cents per week
Intermediate, 30 cents per week
Grammar, 80 cents per week
High School, 40 cents per week
D. H. BUDD,
RICHARD MEYER,
JOHN SCHRElNER,
Cobo .rb
School Board of District No. 8, Town Of
Lancaster.
Lancaster, Wis, August IS, 1875. 23w3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02
BroWnloW on the Drones

Senator Brownlow is talking very
bluntly, as is his manner, to the idle
young Tennesseans. In recent issue
of his paper, the Knoxville Chronicle,
be says: eff our vast army of worth
less, lazy idlers were put to some
useful work the difference in our
products would be so great that we
would soon cease to croak over our
State debt, but would go to work like
men and pay 1t. We would hear the
last about hard times. We would
have money abundant to meet all our
wants, and would become an entirely
different people: We could increase
the facilities of our common school
system, giving each child Ia the State
q good English education. Few peo-
pie, we fear, fully appreciate what a
curse to our State the drones are.
There are thousands of young men
in Tennessee who loiter away their
time on street corners. in bar-rooms,
and IN places of public resort, who
ought to be producing not only
enough to support themselves, but
who ought to be accommodating sur
Plus every year Ar, They .u eye aFjFht
every town and city in the State.
They are what we might term re-
spectacle Migrants. They live, after
fashion, on the good names of their
ancestors, and subsist by contracting
debts they never mean to pay. They
will hang around the court house a
week in order to get on the jury one
day. They will talk politics q whole
decade to get miserable little office
that an enterprlsing young man
would scorn to fill. They manage
to get appointed sometimes to trusts
where they have the handling Of sums
eff money which they fail to account
for. They go on from laziness to
dissipation, and from dissipation to
dishonesty, and probably land in the
penitentiary. We have said time
and time again that ldleness is the
curse of our Southern country, and
it will continue to be so until these
drones in society to which we have
alluded. are either driven to work or
out OF the country"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02

fervently hoped I should not be dis

fervently hoped I should not be dis
appointed.
l went to the bank and drew out
$4,000 in bills. That night my mis-
cradle hut was set on fre--or-a-
caught fire. | always think my can
die did it. But the old shell burned
down and room was made for bet
ter building. | came out with wrong
trunk and the other trunk was burned
up. But the money wasn't in it. No,
no, / had that safely stuffed into my
bosom and deep pockets, and all but
toned up; and the next day | carried
it all back to the bank, and had it put
with few thousand more which had
not been disturbed. And so my ex-
pertinent commenced; aud / found the
full sunshine at last. Aye, Walter, /
had found you the noble, true man /
had prayed for. You took me into
your house and loved me when you
thought me penniless, and you took
my child TO your bosom for just what
God had made her. And now, my
boy, I've been doing bit of work in
the dark. I've paid Mr.. Osgood
100000 in cash for his share in the
business, and it is all yours. And let
me tell you one thing more, my boy,
if your partners can raise 100000
more to invest, tell 'em you can put in
R25, 900 more at twelve hours notice.
Tell 'em my boy! Tell 'em old Noah
amt quite ashore yet. Tell 'em he has
found heart-a heart, my boy!
Come here, Agnes-come here, Wal
ter. God bless you both-bless you
as you have blessed nae!
Nobody pretended that they had
notes in the eye now, for the weeping
was too palpable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02

The PRAYER GAUGE.-The Tyn>
dali prayer gauge has been tested on
a small scale in Washington, to the
satisfaction of many good people.
Mrs. Francis Lamb, wife of pic
ture. frame manufacturer, has been
ill fourteen years, and for ten years
bed-ridden. Physicians were baf-
fled, and admitted that they could
prescribe nothing that would benefit
her.
Being of devout frame of mind,
she sent request to the members OF
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton asking that they would make
her condition the special object OF
their prayers. The request was
granted and the prayers made. A
few days after Mrs. Lamb was in
spired with confidence in her ability
to walk, arose from her bed, and, in
her stocking feet, actually walked
across the room.
Mrs. Lamb sincerely believes her
sudden and miraculous improvement
to be the result of the prayers OF the
Young Mems Christian Association.
She believes that it will not be many
days ere she has become sound and
healthy. At present she expert
ences some trouble in walking, her
feet being very tender from want OF
exercise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02
HOTELS.


ID EETOWN HOUSE. w. G.. WILCOX, PROPRiE-
ID tor Having Purchased the hotel at Beetown,
Good table and first class accommodations generally
Snitabie s,shia attached 1928
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02

rn-A brute who owns the name
of Thomas Shott of New York, in q
fit of passion, threw his wife out of a
three>story window, but her life was
saved by an intervening awning
When the brute was arraigned to
answer to the charges against him,
his wife refused to testify against
him. but said she had fallen out OF
the window while temporarily insane.
The testimony of third party, how
ever, sufficed to send him TO States
Prison for ten years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02

~ / am proud to say that whlle the
Republican party may hare erred, 1t has
not proceed false to any great principle,
nor cowardIy in the presence Of any
great question. It's aims are noble and
patriotic, and it does not seek a contln-
uance in po,oer By panderingto Utce and
prejudice, but refers to its past record
of great actions in behalf Of the Union,
of liberty, education, equality and the
material gro,oth and improvement OF
the nation, as an earnest Of aohat 1t
seeks to dccompl sh in the future
Senator Morton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02

@ Queen Victoria is past fifty-slx,
and for her years she is still a young
looking woman. Her eldest grand
child the son of the Crown Prince
of Germany, is now sixteen and
it is quite possible, considering the
age at which Royal Princes are MARI
ried, that she may be q great grand
mother before she is sixty.
~ Prohibition leagues are multi
plying in Maine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02

TAMEsA. DAVIS, GENERALCOLLECTING AG ENT
y aud Conyeyancer, Patch Grove Wis Collection
promptly attended TO. References given. 30 a.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Bnsilless DircftorD.
AGENTS.

4 BsTRACT OFFICE FOR GRANT COUNTY. JOS
Il sph Book, Lancaster. ONCE over the Bank. 3O-l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02
BANKS.


EIRsT MATT ONAL BANK OF BOSCOBEL, GRANT
L Co. Wis. A. Meyer, Cashier. b. NJ. Coates Pres.
DirectOrs-B. NJ. Coates J. III. Sares, Edward Meyer,
Geo. +. tlildebrand, Joseph Walker Transact a Gen
eral banking Business; buy and sell Government Sc
curities, Gold, Silver, Bullion, &C. Draws direct
all the principal cities Of Germany, England. Ireland
Scotland Scandinavia France, Italy, the Orient and
Australia Special attention given to the collection
Of monies and legaeies in foTeigncOuntries Passen
ger Tickets for lnman and Guyon Lines. 3l-I2
n go W. RYLAND, BANKER. LANCASTER, WIS.
u Deposits received Foreign and domestic exchange
gold and United States bonds bought and sold.
Loans negotiated and collections atte nded to. 81 Is
HUMPHREY 4 CLARKE, BANKERS. BLOOMING.
Il ton, Wis. Buy aud sell Gold and Government
Bonds and Eastern Exchange. Prompt attention Civ
to collections at all points, and the payment of
taxes. Deposits received AID loans negotiated. Adj
vances made upon approved securities. Interest al
flowed special deposits At best current rates. 3042
HODGES & CO, BANKERS AND DEALERS
1 in Exchange and Government Securities, Platte
willie Wis. Particular attention given to Collections
and proceeds promptly RENTED on day OF payment
Refer To Henry Clews Co. N Y. L. EdgertOn, N. "
Second National Bank Chicago, National Bank Of
GalenR. 3U-4z
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-02
DENTAL.

nRFE COOMEs, DENTIST. BOSCOBEL, WIS =
IL once Sawyer Favors store. Can be found
during hours from A. NJ till P. NJ 3O-l