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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-30
VOLUME 4S.

'irand sweepstakes. best 3 in ; $500: lst 80 ID
1J Sd. H. 4th 30
In all the above races three of more horses are
to enter, two or more TO make the race. Entry
tee ten per cent. of the purse contcndcd for to ac
company the nomination in all cases Trotting to
be under the national rules to harness Time for
closing the entries TO be hereafter announced
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
In accordance with the requirements Of the
Board of Agriculture the following special premi-
ums are offered -
For the best nursery of Apple Trees put ont this
year. premiums to be awarded i'll the fall of 1879.
list premium. Sl1. ID s. 3d g.
10 the person who shall purchase and bring in
TO the limits OF the Society during the year 1876,
aid previous to September, the most thoroughbred
stock, including at least one bull So
For the best and fullest experiment i'll under
draining during the year previous to the Fair 8.
TO the Farmers Club within the limits of the
Society, which shall hold the most regular meet
lng5 and discussions during the season ending
April /. 1876 as shownb their records, Isl =, 2i3.
COMMITTEES Oh THE FAIR OF 1876
Grain Crops Elijah Morrill, Joseph Ellis, E. E.
Cunningham
Roots and Vegetables C. Townsend, J. X.
liurd, Joseph Jcwctt
frmt-F A. Foetl, Jason Hills john p Nichols
Dairy ANA Honey-D. haradeu, C. Baker Au-
guStls Morrill,,
Sheep, Swine and Fow-D. L. Toolhaker L.
Prescott. }. = Gilmore
Town Teams and Farm Stock--N inal Hills \.
Mudsgctt. Jonathan Suvery
oxen and Steers " alcs Miller. Thomas Storer.
Frank Prescott
Fat cattle-0 Ii. White. VIM. T. Mahoney,
Noodburn Carver.
Bulls, Cows and Hetcrs-1rsS,. Townsend. d.
\. W tdhn James Bickncl
HorocS except TrottuF and Dratt-Dana south
worth Nehemiah Ronlston L. +. Cunningham.
Draft IIorses-Dayd Lancaster, Elisha NJ. Car
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-30

An English woman, Il daring rider, who follows
the hounds closely and is also model wife and
mother announces that she will no more risk her
life by riding on side saddle and next year will
sit astride 1t is believed she will do it, although
the mere announcement makes much talk
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-30

Rev. John Matthews, head negro waiter at West
End Hotel at Long Branch, who led the religious
exercises there Sundays for the servants, and sew
era other walters, has been arrested for stealing
bed clothes, table linen and goods belonging to the
guests at the hotel. Most of the stolen property
recovered
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-30

Let a man have 4 dollar in his pocket
to 60 marketing and the first things he
buys are dimes worth of tine-cut tobac
60 and tive-cent cigar. Then he'll lay
in Il supply OF meat enough to last Il
boarding house week-and with the re-
manning fifteen cents Of his dollar he'll
hire boy to take the meat home. A
woman eNpends her money differently,
but hardly more iudiciously Twenty cents
of it goes for peck OF green apples, iit
teen cents for a cupof honey, twenty five
cents for Il new kind Of potato masher,
ten cents for mock oranges, fifteen cents
for soft-shelled almonds, fifteen cents for
soup bone, and her last dime for Il glass
of ce-crcam soda. st. Louis Journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-30

NIH ANNUAL EXHIBITION, sErT. 2irH. 2jrH. 26ru
AND 21TH 1871.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-30

'irand sweepstakes. best 3 in , 800; lst 80. ID
-, 3d, -. 4th. 30
III all the above races three OF more horses are
to enter two or more TO make the race. Entry
fee. ten per cent of the purse contcndcd for to ac
company the nomination in all eases. Trotting to
be under the national rules, to harness Time for
closing the entries TO be hereafter announced.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-30

The peculiarly of the fly is that he
always returns to the same spot; but
it is the characteristic of the mosquito
that he always returns to another spot.
Thus he differs from the leopard, which
does not change his spots. This is an
important fact in natural history
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-30
Agriculture in Maine.

D. l.. PITCHER, Prcst
EMERY BoAkDMAN. Sec'v.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
John Smith.
Laisura Hours.


Disguised the name may some
times be, but it is the eommonest
name throughout all European coun-
tries. 1t does sometimes affect a
spelling above the common, and
appears as Smyth, Smythe, or De
Smith. 1t also in England assumes
a Latin in disguised from ferrum) and
becomes Terrier and Ferrars, one of
the noble names of England, associ-
ated with tragedy not noble eth
or in its character or its conse-
quences. La Germany we have the
Schmidt; in Italy the Fabri, Fabri>
cia or Fabbrodi; in France the Le-
Febres or Lefeveres. Although
most of the European languages ad-
here more closely to old Northern
names, even in Latin we have vol
umes in our library by Johannes
Sminus. and we have seen in Italy
Giovanni SMITH. The Spaniard's
version of John Smith is Juan Smi-
thus; the Dutchmen adopt it as Hans
Schmidt; the French soften it into
Jouloff Smittowski. John Smith
goes into the trade with China, and
then he becomes Jahon Schlmmit.
Among the Icelanders he is Jaime
Smithson; among the Tuscaroras he
is Som Qtimitia; in Poland, Ivan
Schmittiavesh; among the Welsh we
are told they talk of Jihom Schmidt,
in Mexico he is written down as Jou'
til Smitri; among the classical ruins
of Greece he becomes Ion SinihtoD
in Turkey he is almost lost sight OF
as Yoe Sect.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
Both Moody ard Savage.

The peculiar characteristics of in
tolerance are very distinctly defined
when they are exhibited by so'called
alberal Christians" Mr.. Moody's
visit to Boston seemed to have the
same effect on this class of thinkers
that red cloth is said to produce on
the noble quadruped ofthe Spanish
arena. Mr.. Savage. a Unitarian,
published a book awhile since in
which he declared his tolerance for
the fetch of the barbarian, for the
illusions OF tic nIussulInans e"d fvs
the Juggernaught of India. Indeed,
he was willing to embrace even
Catholic servant girl who piously
prays with rosary in her hand. Such
a degree of federation was regarded
as the proper attitude OF man who
believes that once on time we were
all tadpoles and crooked in the same
pond. But now that Mr.. Moody has
come upon the stage, he (Mr Ssvage)
discovers that although he can toler-
ate anything and everything else he
cannot tolerate an old-fashioned
Christian. Liberty Of speech for
every one except the man who be-
lieves in the Bible is.his motto. lie
turns pale at sight of the crowds
that throng the tabernacle, and de-
clares that Moody's God is "a tyrant,
"a fool, and "a selfish monster. After
all, that kind of liberty means the
right to think just as l do, or as / tell
you to. There is no intolerance SO
bitter as the intolerance of a man
who makes tolerance a profession
NetC York Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
"Old 81" on Hayes Trip South
From the Atlantic Constitution.

From the Atlantic Constitution
Old ST came rambling in yesterday
and asked:
Does yer 'spose dar's any trufe IN
de port dat Hayes is comm down
Souf?'
Il don't know; l hope he is We re-
piled.
'Yas, of coarse, 'ies for kuriosity, yer
hopes dat?
No; / would really like to see him.
Sod /; but den | kin git long
without hit. Some time, eff he wants
ter come, Jess lief him slide on de fnst
trane. Bord'n at de hoetls is jess ez
chepe now ez it's gwine ter be dis
summer
well, his visit will be one of sig
nificance- see how we are getting
along, and l want him to come
Il on'estan's all dat, but de 'nigmy
is dis. What good am hit gwine to
do Hayes ter see how we'se gittin'
on?'
4 presume he'll be pleased to see us
doing WE'LL
yes, you'll resume dat, but de pint
wild him are-how is yer gwine ter
vote? Is yer gwine ter brace yer
back gins his policy an'he'p hold hit
up? OATS derpint.'
We'll, what do you think about it?'
sSho! don't / know desc white
foxes down hyar? Dey jess stan
round and look at him an boiler fer
de exycise OATS in it, 'kas dey's
moughty perllte to strangers, but
when hit comes ter talk nine 'mongst
ten'ilI say, sinister Hayes, / admires
yer pluck, but Use 'gainst yer in poly
tycks,' and OATS all. Dos de pris'ner
OATS turned outen jale by the sheriff,
when de sheriff can't hep, himself,
vote for de same man ter be sheriff
agin? No sab An, dat's whar
Hayes is gwine ter fool hisself bout
the Souf! Dey jess votes one way
an keeps on at hit-an' faint his way
'nudder 2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02

flung my bridal reign over the gate
post. Tom didn't even stop to hitch
but bounced the fence further off as
| slashed through the gate. Ioundsl
that william Tom, thought |. There
to defer my further progress, stood
in an attitude of bloody, growi-
ing menace, a most ferocious bull
dog. [ lunged forward, Indifferent
to his dogship. As | sped forward
he bounded after me. 1t was fifty
feet to the door. was ahead OF
Tom and just 'bit'in advance OF
bulldog. / felt the momentum of
Towser's fundamental attack, and
heard the garments part. My blood
was up, and the goal was at hand.
Another bound and the opening
door admitted me, and Tom was two
rods away. As | closed the door
bulldog struck it with thud. A
large share of my coat tail aud
portion of my pants as big as my
hat were doggie's trophies. But |
won my wager-and Tom bad fine
boy, and was happy
well Doc,' you're conquerer of
canines," l said as tho train pulled
into the Union Depot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
The Microscope.

There is hardly any scientific in
strument so simple, or which is so
vaotly Instructive and Amusing 40 tho
microscope. 1t shows us that insects
of various kinds can be seen in the
cavities of a grain of sand. Mould,
as we learn by its magnifying pow
ers, is a forest of beautiful trees, with
branches, leaves, flowers and fruits.
Butterflies are covered with feathers !;
hairs are hollow tubes. The surface
of our bodies is covered with scales
like those of fish. A single grain of
sand would cover q hundred of these
scales, yet scale covers hundred
of pores. Through these narrow
openings perspiration forces itself out
like water through sieve. All these
are simple scientific facts revealed by
the power of the microscope. Each
drop of stagnant water contains a
world of animated beings, swimming
with as much liberty as whales in the
sea. Each leaf has colony OF insects
grazing upon it, like oxen on mead
ow.
Aside from these merely scientific
uses it is valuable to the farmer be-
cause it shows him the fungoid
growth which causes his milk to sour;
the fungus which causes the dreaded
fire blight on his pear trees the
parasites which infest his stock, and
the many authorizations with which he
has to contend. Ia many of our
cheese and butter factories it has be-
come an important element in show
ing the patrons the causes of bad
product of butter or cheese, end by
convincing them of the great impor.
lance of little items which they had
entirely overlooked has improved
the production of their diaries, and
thus been of pecuniary benefit to them.
Every farmer should have his pocket
magnifying glass, which will enable
him to detect any adulteration OF
seeds of weeds in his grass seeds or
grain, and thus avoid the introduction
of noxious weeds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
Horse-Shoeing.

Every horsepower should pecome
in measure acquainted with the
peculiarities of his horses hoofs and
the special needs required in each
case. He should be competent to
make suggestions and judge of the
nature of the work done. A stumb-
ling horse may often be cured of the
habit by judicious shoeing, and one
half of the horses a little lame are
made so by the farrier. The weight
of the shoe is q matter of much inn
portance. A carriage horse for
light driving needs shoe of much
less weight than dray or omnibus
horse, and yet the same class OF
shoes is often applied to both. But
few have any adequate conception
of the amount of muscular force
expended by the horse in carrying
his shoes. A French investigator
estimates that Paris omnibus horse
in bis days work of four hours, and
with shoes weighing two pounds,
lifts weight on their account of 49,
200 pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
Gold from the Roof Of the Mint.

The Philadelphia Bulletin says
"The dust which has been allowed to
accumulate upon the roof of the Phil
adelphia mint during the past 20
years, was collected by order of Gov.
Pollock, for the purpose of ascertain
ing what proportion of mint IL con-
tanned. The roof is of asphalt, and,
as it softens, the dust sticks to it ten
aciously. Some amount of difficulty
was consequently experienced in re-
moving it, but finally a quantity
amounting to 1882 pounds in weight
was removed. This has been sub
mitted to the usual assaying process
and the result shows that AZ ounces
of standard gold and 963 ounces OF
standard silver--a total valuation OF
about $850-had been conveyed In
the upward flight Of the smoke ofthe
chimney to the place where it be-
came located for season. A similar
experiment was tried a quarter
of q centuary ago, and out OF $50
ounces of dust an ounce of gold was
extracted, which is now exhibited as
curiosity in the Office of the Assay.
or. The floors of the mint are swept
every week, and the accumulation
preserved, aud once year the wood
work of the refining room and the
gloves of the employees are burned
and the precious dust obtained from
them, while the residue is sold to
sweep smelters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
WHOLE NO. 1888.
A Sermon TO Girls on Cooking.

Good advice to girls and boys is
always abundant, and, we may add, a
cheap article in market, and perhaps
this is one reason why it is not more
frequently needed by those in need of
it. But here is another excellent
piece of advice to girls, given by a
correspondent of the S. S. Times.
Cooking classes have been popular
among fashionable young ladies of
late years. But there is no cooking
class which quite equals in opportuni-
ty for excellent Information that which
you may find at home. Presuming
that / am talking to girl who has
Just left school, advise you to make
use of your time in taking lessons
from your mother. There is an abso-
Lutte, splendid feeling of Independence
in knowing how to make perfectly
light, sweet, substantial bread. Then
try your hand at biscuit, mullins, corn
bread, toast, and all different forms
INTO which breadstuffs may be blend
ed. Toast seems simple thing
enough, but it does not deserve the
name. Cruel, necessity of the sick
room, is often hopeless mystery to
women who have the vaguest idea Of
how it is involved from the raw mate
rial. After you have mastered the
bread question, try meats and vegit-
ables. Any bright girl who can CON-
prehend an equation or formulate a
syllogism, can overcome the Difficult.
ties which beset her when learning to
cook. Lucent syrups, golden cake,
delicately Drowned bread, quivering
iellies, melting creams, and the whole
set of material things glorified, be-
cause made for loves sake and for
the good of ones loved ones, are fiji
expressions for any woman. The
charm of this accomplishment lies in
the fact that it imparts to its owner a
gratifying sense of power; it bestows
on her too, the power of blessing and
resting those she loves best. Wher-
ever the cook goes she takes her well
come along. One may tire of the
sweetest singing, of the loycliest poet
ry, of the finest painting, and of the
most witty conversation, but of good
cooking never.
Yet l would be sorry to have you
contented to be only cook, only a
domestic machine. That is not my
meaning or intention. Be artist, be
poet, inventor, and well-bred women;
be the most and best you can, and
add, as a matter of course, ability to
keep house we'll, and do all that good
housekeeping includes. = California
A1riclLtnriSt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
Whore he was Going.

Boggs lisa very social man, and he
likes to talk with any person he hap
pens to be travelling with. he made
a trip up the Little Miami Railroad
the other day, and found a seat along.
side of solemn-looking man who
kept his gaze out of the window.
Boggs tried to catch bis eye so as TO
open the conversation with him; but
he couldn't do it. Its hard to catch
mans eye travelling at the rate OF
thlrty-fve miles an hour. Boggs of
fered the man his paper to read /; but
he shook his head without looking
around. The conductor came along,
and Boggs thought surely he must
look around now but he didn't. A
man in front handed out two tickets,
and pointed silently to Bogg's COM
panion. Boggs began to grow un-
easy. 1t was the longest time he had
ever been in a strangers company
without finding out something about
him-where he was pointing for at
least. The brakeman came that way
with some water at length, and the
man turned around to get some.
Boggs Immediately awaited himself
of the opportunity TO say: G
"Going as far East as New York;"
"No," growled the man, as he re-
moved his tobacco preparatory TO
Boggs waited until the stranger
had quaffed a pretty liberal quaff,
when be remarked ao ae
"New York is pretty dull place
this time of year, anyhow. Mebbe
you're striking for Philadelphia to
see whether the old towns changed
any since the Exposition p
The surly man gave an impatient
shake of the head.
"P'r'aps Cleveland's your destna-
tion?" put in Boggs not at ell discon-
certed. *
mo |" the man growled.
"Can't be you're going this round.
about way to Chicago 2"
The stranger didn't deign reply
of any kind to this Then Boggs
raised up, twisted around little,
fronting the stranger and said :4as5srs
81 s'pose you've no objection to
telling where you are going p
ON It'll" cried the man, "I'm GO
ing up for seven years 70
Then the Deputy Sheriff in front
told Boggs that he'd rather not have
folks talking to his prisoner, and
Boggs hadn't anything further TO
saw g
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
Gambling In Grain.

Mr.. John Corbett of this place il
making himself quite notorious by
commencing suit against the we'll
known firm of Charles. Ray 81 Co..
of Milwaukee, to recover money adj
yanced to them last April, for"June
options" in wheat. Mr.. Corbet'
does not allege any unfairness in the
dealings of the firm, but bases bis
claim on the statue against gamb'
ling, the theory being that the mar.
gins are bets on the future price
Of wheat, and that the broker
is merely stakeholder. Messrs.
Ray 81 Co., are wealthy, and Mr.. G
Ray is president of the Board Of
Trade. The suit comes off in the
September term of the county court
of the Milwaukee county. The re.
suits of case will be looked fol-
with much interest.-Rtpon Free
Prose-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02
VOL. IS. NO. p
MISS MOONSHINE.

Miss Moonshne's years are twenty-five
Her ashen hairs austerley brsided.
Her ewes are large and Cambridge blue,
With hueless lashes scantfly shaded.
Her Inns are pink, her tints are frail,
Her nose is long and sentimental
She never laughs Her smile is pale,
Mysterious, nervous, rather dental.
Her waist is straight. her figure fat.
Her limbs are long and slight and stately;
She wouldn't for the world be fat.
She bears her hands and feet sedately.
Her gowns are narrow, limp and plain
They seldom please the brutal critic.
She wears little look Of pain;
In fact, she's quite PIE kaphaelitic.
She doesn't care for life in town;
She loves the sea, the brook that babbles,
The autumn goods, the windy down,
So in esth stics deep she dabbles.
The sunfower round her sprawls and stares
She CLEANS with quaint and curious ouches;
She sits in medieval chairs,
And dreams medieval couches.
The simpler moods of art and song
She values merely as historic;
Her schools the subtitle, splendid, strong
The Phallo- Neuro-AllegoIic.
The cult oft has lied her brains
With "Yea's" and "Lo's." and "Peradventures,
With ruined roses" "perfect pains"
shadows of sound" and "sharp indentures"
She raves of Leonard, and is keen
For Botticelhs budding glories
She synpathizes with Faustne.
She thinks she understands Dolores.
She knows Quorum and Pharamond,
Their peoples md their daffodiilies,
And with the Danozel is fond
OF shining forth in stars and lilies.
She plays because she likes to pose
Her virgin self as Saint Cecilia.
She longs to clothe in sounds the woes
OF Robert Browning and Pomphila.
AID while her Wagner's all divine,
Rossini's but thing of ballets.
And Essidoff and Rubenstein,
Are worth a wilderness Of Halles.
She firts with science just enough
To make her mildly athestic;
She deems the Bible splendid stuff
But something dull and euphuistic.
Shes all too prone to muse and sigh,
To wish the ways of time were straighter,
To weep that glad aud sad must die.
To quote the works of Walter Pater.
Her song of life's as high in key
As those of Astrafammante
Her aim is good she burns to be
The Beatrice Of latter Dante.
Perhaps the Fairy Prince may lay
Her talent out at better usance;
Meanwhile she fritters it away
MIA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02

MINNEAPOLIS handled 5,250,000
bushels of wheat the past year, but
sent abroad only $4,000 bushels of
the grain. The rest Of it came down
to the seacoast in the form of barrels
of -four, branded Gilt Edge, Sea
Foam, Red Letter, Old Glory, and
the other imaginative titles in which
the millers there take delight. and
Minneapolis was accordingly $4,000
900 the richer for having manufac>
tured her raw material, instead OF
exported it. direct.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02

LAWNS should not be cut lower
than half an inch from the ground,
or the lack of leaves FOR breathing
purposes will kill the roots and leave
the ground to be covered with chick
weed and veronica and other low
weeds that escape the mower. This
is the advantage of white clover, that
the leaves grow 80 near the ground.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02

HOPE writes the poetry of the boy
but memory that of the man. Man
looks forward with smiles, but back
wards with signs. Such is the wise
providence of God The cup OF life
Is sweetest at the brim--the flavor 10
impaired as we drink deeper, and the
drugs are made bitter that we may
not struggle when it be taken from
our lips.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02

A New York chemist says he
wants nothing more than three pals,
q barrel of cold water and twenty
cents worth of drugs to make six
gallons OF just such champagne as
fools pay dollar pint for.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02

SIN vain do they talk ofhappiness
who never subdued an impulse In
obedience to principle. He who
never sacrificed . present to a fu-
ture good, or personal to a gener.
al one, can speak of happiness only
as the blind do of colors."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02

To love all mankind, from the
greatest to the lowest, cheerful
state of being is required ; but IN
order to sac into mankind, into life,
still more into ourselves, suffering is
required. Richter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02

JToRsTdANN HOUSE, next door east fthe Phelps
| | House, and Opposite the Bank, Lancaster, Wis
consin The Horstman House is now ready to ac-
commodate the travelling public with Good and Com
Portable Rooms. The comfort and security OF the
guests will be the effort of the proprietor NY oar,
Ia connection with the hotel, will continue to be
stocked with the best of liquors and cigars fair
share Of patronage is solicited. Ample staOing ana
an attentive hostler in charge. HENRY 1oRsTMANN