Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-04-26
THE IL Err Al d.
TOWN AND COUNTY /.

Last week Nathan, Schrener Co. ship
ped ! 300 dozen Of eggs.
Oswald & ShuttIew3rth, of Fennimore,
ship 600 dozen of eggs per week.
Papers in reference TO the Blakes Prairie
Congregational church viii be found on first
page.
The Mississippi is high II gets high on
nothing but water. Haggerty gets high on
ciier-Govier says.
The Old Settlers Of Lafayette County hold
their next annual meeting on the first We'd
nesday in June.
a private letter from Mr.. James Red path
shows hm to be greatly opposed to the Presi~
dents Southern policy but gives him credit
for sincerity and honesty.
Jack Leach, who was tried at Richland
Center for the murder of John Robbins at
Dodgegille, was found guilty Of manslaughter
in the fourth degree.
There Is Mt piettier carpet in the coun'
try than that which covers the courthouse
yard. though there are some very pretty ones
at Burr's.
Progress is making on the Chicago and
T,mah railroad Judge Williams has had his
men surveying from Wauzeka to Fennimore
and he says he IS determined to put the road
through N very short time.
Gen. Calls has new dog. There is not a
hair on its back and it is the color Of an old
boot The legend Of its coming is that a
piece ofBologna sausage was inadvertently left
on tie sill Of a blue-gIass window and in five
minutes ont jumped the dog.
Rev. A G. Barry, Of Racine, viii deliver
lecture at the Congregational church this,
Thursday evening, at 7S0 O'Clock 2. NJ, on
the occasion Of the 58th anniversary Of Odd
fellowship in America The lecture will be
free to an Ladies especially invited.
What funny names they have out at Nus
coda out Of small lat we select these
Pfeisterer, Komrs, Kuchera, Lesovsky, Huep,
pelcr, Doubrasa, Morawitz If they are rais~
ing i company over there for the Muscoyite
war they won't need any other arms,
The officers OF the Green County Agricul-
taral Society have concluded to hold their
Annual Fair the FIRST week in September, to
ct in ahead of the State Fair Of Wisconsin,
which is to be held at Janesvile, ard the Hi
nois Fair, which is TO be held at Freeport the
two following weeks.
State Superintendent Soaring has our
thanks for copy Of his Annual Report. 1t is
large volume and shows that he devotes deal
OF energy TO his Office. From the Report we
learn that at the last school census there we're
ID the State 474 ,sll children between and
90 years Of age, 2s2, 1856 Of whom attended
school The amount expended for schools
was 81, 789,655
Farmers who have laid down the shovel
and desire Il village residence for rent or the
education Of their children can find no better
place than Lancaster. 1t is also place to be
desired by harassed, overworked or wealthy
CITY people who want rural retirement. There
are no houses to be had just now but the
world Is large around Lancaster und real es>
tate IS cheap We have pretty town and
good society.
Prof Ezra s. Carr was once a Professor
in Wisconsin, University. Two weeks ago his son,
jack Carr committed suicide in Sacramento
by shooting himself A week before, another
son while intoxicated was run over by train
Of ears and killed. Prof. Carr has doubtless
learned now something he did not know in
good time for himself, about the training chill
dren should have His maxim was, Don't
curb let their talents develop freely.
Last Tuesday evening at the regular meet,
ing Of Lancaster Lodge. No. 90, l. 0. G. T., Of
6cers for the ensuing term we're elected as fol-
lows: w O. r., Miss Emma Sprague; W. v
T., Miss Emma Shrader; ?. w c., G. \. Hol
ford: w. R. S, J. Whittier Williams; ". f.
s, Geo. Fritz; W T., Miss Mollie Reynolds;
w. c., Rev. G. w Cummings; W. NJ, Peter
Stoifel w. /. G., Miss Lottie Bellows; W. 0.
e.. Miss Netue Calls.
Harry Nathan playing with powder
the other dav lie made little heap Of it,
lit match sat on his launches az far away as
no could reach 9th his back towards the
powder and his face looking as far as possible
i'll the other direction Guess he looked around
. see Why the thing didn't go off, for his face
is mass Of blisters and his eyebrows are
bald-headed He has learned a lesson many
other boys want to know.
y. II. Virgin warns the farmers not 70
SOW hax>seed with wheat lie says his Tex
pcrienee is that wheat sowed with fax-seed
will not make good -four, a. linseed oil makes
very poor bread" Mr. Virgin has been an
extensive manufacturer OF flour and ought t.
know. Bat We say to farmers sow whea
enough for yourselves aud little TO spare
a1yhaw, even if you should have to shoe tbs
bugs of. Does not experiment with one.
third wheat and two-thirds oats on the same
ground prove successful
We are obliged to decline the pub
lieation Of Mrs Newcomb's poem, although
Ne ;ast week promised to give it place. Il
her letter enclosing il last week, by the re-
mark that she had mot though Of its goini
beyond the Lodge room and had not
,me to copy the manuscript" We were led tc
understand that we md the only copy Their,
was OF It, and We pat i. of to this week sole
that We Gtght nave umc 70 care iuiiY proc
and get il in good shape. As however it ha.
appeared IN Chicago printed publications AM
yaiies from the Ms sent Us, in thirty or fort,
instances, We don't wish to circulate poem
having 20 many differences vet claiming to b
the same One of these differences, to which
Mrs. Neweomb has invited our attention b
letter, is this The poem resds--
IN their hearts tho feuds Of ages,
T heir hereditary hatred.
rheir ancestral thirst for engeances-
The Chicago patent fellows, who themselse
huager and thirst great deal, made the Ia:
inc read
eTheir arms that thirst for vengeance.
We anl also that they have made Mrs g. "a
that the rightfal sovereigns Of the Indian
were reduced to slavery, while what she say