The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-09-13
Wisconsin Correspondence.
IsEkDsBURG, WIS., Aug. 30, 1877.

KEkDsBURG, WIS, Aug. 30, 1877.
Ed. Press Although long time
silent, we still exc out An existence
amidst the perfume of hops. Crino-
line, jaunty hats, gay ribbons, merry
songs and repartee animate the hom. 8
OF the yeomanry of Sauk County at
present. Farmers having finished
cutting and securing their grain and
work of picking hops. The force in
each y ard is sixteen girlr, as picker
and two men, as pole pull rs. They
are generally ia merry Il crew as one
tinds any ywhere cOngregated for work
and fnn.
The weather has been dry. Corn
and potatoes will be light crops. Dali
rymen are complaining that grass is
drying up in their meadows and pas
lures. The yield of small grain Is the
best here for number of years, and
hops are better in quality aud gnan'ity
than last year, but prices are low and
times dull.
Some new BUSINESS blocks are going
up in Reedsburg to replace those de-
stroyed by fire last sprlng, but as far
as business indicates the actual cOndi-
ton Of the country, the town seems
10 have seven Sundays in each week
just now and wheat at " Olcents per
Of I sfo a
cents per pound. aud pork at cents,
will not liven up times q great deal.
Where are the better times promised?
Have they reached you YETI We do
not see any grounds ON which to predi-
cate a belief of better times during
the coming winter. AS the fall elec-
lions are beginning to a.itate the
minds OF some, would it not be good
time for men to ask themselves If
better condition of affairs, both public
q I'd private, cannot be secured by
short legal way, through the ballot
uox? AS there is an abatement in tho
value OF all farm and manufactured
G mmod =, 9 ice dictates an abatt.
iucnt on taxes.
Cremation has met with some favor
IA our county, as the ashes OF one OF
its defunct citizens were scraped to-
.sclher aud burned last week. A sim
yuIar death occurred here two weeks
ago. An old gentleman lost the pow
er of swallowing solid food aud could
only takc liquid nourishment for sew
eral months, aud finally becoming un-
able to swallow these, he literally
starved to death. A post mortem eA-
animation showed that cancer had
closed up the lower part Of the stom-
ach. When living in Champaign Co.,
Ohio, fifteen years ago neighbor died
much in the same way, but then there
was no examination made after death
as to the cause. -
An accident happened here two
weeks ago that may serve as lesson
to farmers in building hay racks. A
farmer in sliding off a load Of hay
struck upon a sharp stake in one cor
.ler of.the hay rack. The stake, foot
iong, entered the fundament and pass
..d up into his bowels. He hung i'm
paied in that terrible situation until
help arrived to lift him of. He died
IN great pain the following night.
Another event transpired here last
week that will show the folly OF hasty
action. A young man from Prairie
au Sac on his way through the County
in search of employment as farm la
borer, stopped in thicket BY the road
side to change his linen. A young
woman happening to be passing by
spied him, and ran screaming for
home. Her two brothers coming to
her rescue, met her, aud supposing
she had been insulted. started in pur-
suit and overlook the young man in
the road, and, without asking any
questions, they made an assault upon
aim, and after breaking his jaw-bone
with fence stake. they took him. be-
fore their sister, who acknowledged
that she never saw his face before and
that he had never spoken to her. The
poor fellow is laying in intense pain.
w. S. Y.