Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-16

| famous as q swimmer, and tho same
Frenchman bantered me to swim.
Large bets were made as to which
could swim the faster and better over
an arm of the Mississippi, but when
| was ready for the race the con-
founded Frenchman insisted that |
was the highest aud should carry
something on my back to make me
as heavy as he was. This was really
a concession on his part that | was
the best SKINNER. | was declared
the victor, and | really think | was
more successful than if | had beaten
all the Frenehmen there in swim
ming match.
But | discovered after while that
this Northw est-this portion of Wis
consin-was habitable. Nothing was
grown then but squaw coma small
variety that had but eight rows to
the ear, and as think of it, | never
yet have found an ear of corn with
odd number of rows on it, The farm
ers tried all kinds of corn, but it
didn't do well, and they concluded
that the reason was that it had not
been acclimated. But finally the
largo ears were produced, and fair
err and better country than this por-
ton of Wisconsin is hardly to be
| found The next time the Motho-
dist church in Platteville gets up a
partyto 90 down to Galsna on the
narrow gauge, and have a picnic
FOREGROUND trip $1-I advise those
of you who can, to go, and you will
pass through one of the most glori-
GUS countries ever spread beneath
the skies. | know that the man who
takes this trip will not orly enjoy
himself but subserve the cause Of the
Church.
There are many people who are
going to Californiu. Mr.. Chas. c.
Drake, a brolhe..in law, went there,
and ho writes mo that that is the
| place TO live or die. But nature has
so divided everything, so mixed her
evil with Der good, that when you
go to California, though you may
find a good many advantages, you
will find as many drawbacks as you
meet with IN this part Of Wisconsin
This gives my history when ! vas
young and unsophisticatod, but dc
not think | will continue it any fur
Their because l have got to be law
yer and politician, and full Of sophis
try, which has rather worn upon my
conscience, and that part of my his
tory is not yet written.
Hon. Hamnor Robbins spoke as
follows:
LADIES AND G EETLEMEN:-M mind
does not run back to ear y dates al
all but it locks ahead. | can go back
to the time when there was no road
from ElenooIo here; when the trav.
ollsr was guided by marked trees
whon the first meeting house was
bullt, and in which Ira Brunsor
preached the first sermon in the fal
Of 1887 We supposed that Gram
county vas made for temporary pur
poses. We had no idea that that i
wouli ever contain forty Thousand
inhabitants with tho prospect of {
constant increase. Grant county has
increased some 100 while other
counties around Us have decreased
Lafayette has decreased 500. | lOoh
ahead to the time when Grant coun
~ will be great and prosperon:
count -almost q State in itself
Look at its room-5O miles north
and south, and 30 miles cast and
west. What is our county not ca,
pable of accom- Iishing? | indorsc
what Judge NH said in reference to
a railroad, and think we shoali pas:
a resolution favoring the building O.
a railroad before the next meeting
OF Old Settlers. know that tWelv {
months is q short time TO build it in,
but / know ii can be done. Got the
railroad to Lancaster some way
Il you can't 20 to Plattoville, 20 tC
P0tosi or Boscobel, or some other
point. There are good mary peo-
pie here to-day but there would have
been q much larger attendance if we
had had a railroad | predict that
within ten years from to-day thi.
county VII be divided if you do not
get railroad through some part 81
IT, Bat if you can't get q rai!road
yourself, don't try it. liz the light
Of past events we know not what il
II store for Grant county but it is
our duty to take hold and advance
its interests to the best Of our
ability. 1t is no reason that because
the former generation did not pro
vide for us we should not provide fl
tho coming generation.
On motion q com mi'tee consisting OIL
NJ assrs. Nils, Kenne and Druen were
appointed TO nominate officers foi
tho ensuing year; They made The
following nominations, which were
accepted:
President-J H. Rountree
Wee Presidents-Alex. Ramsey, F. H
Bonham,
Secretary and Treasurer-Wm. MEG onigal
Corresponding Secretary-.Ias. A. Jones.
Executive Committee-Leonard Coats, Johr
b. Calls, Thos Laird, VIM. Humphrey. Mrs
j b. Calls, Mrs. J. g. Clark, MIS- VIM
McGonigal, Mrs Geo. UT, Mrs elise, Mrs
John Cover, Mrs. T. A Burr, Mrs. Geo
Walker.
After considerable discussion il
was agreed to have the next meet
ing at Lancaster at a time to be SCI
by the Executive Committee.