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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
Westward Ho.

There is scarcely hamlet in all
England which has not been invad-
ed by the emissaries of one of the
great steamship lines. Either in
the tavern, the reading room, or the
apothecary's shop. bold red-and-
black placard is displayed, bearing
the names of half a dozen vessels
and the dates of their sailings. Hon
est Giles, sitting of an evening in
his accustomed place by the fire.
side of tho village inn, has it con-
stantly before him, and makes it the
text of many long chats with his
neighbors about the wonderful land
in the west. 1t is loosely tackled to
the edge of a shelf, and rustles and
ripples in the breeze every time the
door is opened to admit new COM
err. The farrier's son ia in America,
and the glowing accounts he sends
to bis father of his new home are in
variably read aloud TO the assem-
bled company. The general opin-
ion of the villagers is favorable to
"the States" but the sexton--a bluff,
hectoring fellow with pronounced
views in favor of church and state
bears no love for this land of liberty,
and law. Sometimes queer para
graph appears in the newspaper re-
lating an instance of lynch-law in
Arkansas, or a party of politics in
Louisiana, and then the sexton cries
out against Americans as 8 boastful
and corrupt people. He succeeds in
turning tho current against them for
few days, but when next weeks
paper comes, Giles reads the eloquent
words of praise spoken by Mr..
Froude, Mr.. Forster, Professor Hux-
ley or Professor Tyndall, and is re,
established to the old faith.
Some Of the old villagers who for
merly sat around the fire and drows-
ed away all the evenings of the year
are settled in Australia, Canada or
the United States. Letters often
come to the village from them, with
small amounts of money or photo
graphs which represent the writers
as brighter-looking and in better
dress than they ever appeared at
home. The most encouraging ac-
counts Of all come from "the States"
and when honest Giles is sorely
pressed with difficulties, and Mrs.
Giles is fading for want of proper
nutriment, and her boys are rum
ming to waste, after long delibera>
tion and many regrets Giles resolves
to sell his little all and embark for
New York. When he announces his
resolution to his cronies at "The
Kings Arms," the hostelry is stirred
by ripple of excitement such as i.
seldom experiences, but as the even
ing advances Giles is left to himself,
and, contemplating the steamship
plaoard through the clouds of his
tobacco smoke, tho gaudy printing
reveals series of dissolving views
of happiness and prosperity await
ing him across the ses.-Frons 1.-THE
Immigrants Progress !" .Scribner TOR
September.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
WHOLE NO. 1894.


Ii you invest money in tools and
then leave them exposed to the wealth
err, it is the same as loaning money to
spendthrift without securlty-a
dead loss in both cases.
If you invest money in books and
never read them. it is the same as
putting your money into q bank and
never drawing either principle or IN
terest.
If you invest money in fine stock
and do not feed and protect them and
properly care for them, it is the same
as dressing your wife in silk to do
kitchen work.
If you invest your money in choice
| fruit trees and do not guard and im-
prove their value, it ia the same as
putting good hand into field with
poor tools to work with.
II you invest your money in good
farm, and do not cultivate it well, it is
the same as marrying a good wife and
SO abusing and enslaving her as to
crush her energies and break her
heart.
1t you invest your money in fine
house, and not cultivate your mind
and taste so as to adorn it with intel
ligence and refinement, it is as If you
were to wear broadelotE and a silk
| hat to mill.
If you invest your money in fine
clothes, and do not wear them with
dignity and ease, it is as if a plough.
man were to sit at a jewelers. table to
make and adjust hair.springs.
If you invest yoar money in strong
drink, it is the same as turning hungry
hogs in growing cornfeld-ruin will
follow in both cases.
If you invest your money in every
new wonder, which flaming circulars
proclaim, it is the same as buying
tickets at lottery office, where there
are ten blanks to one prize.
If you invest your money in the last
novel, it il the same as employing a
tailor's dandy to dig your potatoes
California Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
Why Some People are Poor.

Silver spoons arc used to scrapc
kettles.
Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are
left to stand opon and lose their
strength. Potatoes in the cellar grow
and the sprouts are not removed unit
the potatoes become worthless.
Brooms are never hung up and arc
soon spoiled.
Nice handled knives arc thrown
into hot water.
The flour is sitted in wastefu
manner and the bread pan is lett with
the dough sticking to it.
Clothes are left on the line to whip
to pieces in the wind.
Tubs and barrels are left in the sun
to dry and fall apart
Dried fruits are not taken care oil
in season and become wormy.
Rags, string and paper are thrown
into the fire.
Pork spoils for want of salt, and
beef because the brine wants scalding
Bits of meat, vegetable, bread and
cold buildings are thrown away, when
they might be warmed, steamed and
served as good as new.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

MANEERs.-Before you bow to q
lady in the street, permit her to de-
eide whether you may do so or not,
by at least look of recognition.
"Ezcuse my gloves" is unneces-
sary apology, for the gloves should
not be drawn to shake hands.
When your companion bows to a
lady, you should also. When a
gentlemen bows to a lady in your
company, bow to her in return.
A letter must be answered, unless
you wish TO intimate to the writer
that her or his object is beneath
your notice.
A smiling conntenance is pleasant,
but excess of laughter sbould be
avoided, especially when it is posi-.
bic for anyone to suppose himself
derided By it.
a visit must be returned in like
manner, even, though no intimacy
is intended.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
Poison.

The instant person is known to
have swallowed poison, by design or
accident, give water to drink, cold
or warm, as fast as possible, a gallon
or more at time, and as fast as vom-
tied drink more. Tepid water is
best, as it opens the pores of tia skin
and promotes vomiting, am thus
gives the speediest cure to the pois
onous article. If pains begin to be
felt in the bowels, it shows that part
at least of the poison has passed
downward then large and repeated
injections of tepid water should be
given, the object in both cases he.
ing to dilute the poison as quickly
and as largely as possible. Do not
wait for warm water-take that
which is nearest at hand, cold or
warm, for every second of time
saved is of immense importance-at
the same time send instantly for q
physician, as soon as he comes turn
the case into his hands, telling him
what you have done. This simple
fact cannot be too widely published !;
it is not meant to say that drinking
a gallon or two of simple water will
cure every case of poisoning, but it
will cure many, and benefit all by
its rapidly diuting quality. Halls
Journal Of Health.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

If nature will not give you her
keys tor asking, pound away at her
doors until by your own force you
break them down.
A country schoolmaster's descrip-
ton of money lender He serves
you in the present tense, he lends
you in the conditional mood, and
keeps you in the snbjunc.ive, and
ruins yon ia the future"
The perfect apple in October, like
perfect manhood at threescoro and
ten, has come to its fragrance and
brightness after many silent strife
through all the hours Of parchng
suns and chilling nights since the
blossom of its May.
$50 there's another rupture of
Mount Vociferous," SAID Mira Part
ington, as she put down the paper
and put up her specks ; "the paper
tells us about the burning lather
running down the mountain, but it
don't tell us how it got on fire."
DUTIES AND EVENTS. arc
ours events are Gods. This re-
moves an infinite burden from the
shoulders of the miserable, tempted,
dying creature. % this considera-
ton only can he securely lay down
his head and closo his eyes. = Cecil.
That charming little letter from
jenny Lind, stating that ga girl was
BORN to her on the 31st of March
last" which has been going the
rounds Of the press, was written
twenty years ago. Jenny Lind is
now So years old, and the letter was
rcpublished TO show how sho felt
over her first girl baby.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
Neuralgia and Rheumatism.

A very simple relief for neuralgia
is to boil small handful of lobelia in
a pint of water till the strength is
out of the herb, then strain it off and
add teaspoopfuI of fine salt. Wiring
cloths out of tho liquid as bot as
possible and spread over the part
affected. 1t acts like 8 charm.
Changing the cloths as soon as cold
till the pain is all gone; then cover
the place with soft, dry covering
till all perspiration is over, so as to
prevent taking cold. Rhematism
can often be relieved By application
to tho painful parts. of clothing wet
in a weak solution of sal-soda in
water If there is inflammation in
the joints, the cure is very quick
the wash needs to de lukewarm. -
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

UNITED STATES BONDED WARE
HoUsEs.-Nowhare in New York is
there more poetry lodged than in
these old warehouses. Their depths
are a perpetual neither world of
gloom, and the twilight reveals at
first only rows of Cyclopean pillars,
or huge piles suggesting the cata-
combs Of Egypt and their sarcophagi.
Cross the threshold and climb the
stalrways from one low rooted loft
to another and you wander among
foreign fields and breath the airs Of
every zone. Hero are tier upon tier
of hogsheAds of sugar, perspiring
molassos with the memory Of the
Cuban sun, and other hogsheads of
cid rum from Jamaica, beneath
which the ground is greodiiy drink
ing precious oozings. Rows of dusty
white barrels OF China clay stand
alongside rows of barrels of plumba-
go from Coylon, whose black dust
makes the floor all about as slippery
as glass. Quadrangular piles OF
hides from Calcutta, the cape of
Good Hope, and Buonos Ayres ; re-
DOUBTS of square, gunny-covered
boxes of lac gums from India, and
kaurl gum from Auckland huge
heaps of "alIspice" pepper from
Jamaica, and fiery bird-pepper and
cloves grown in Zanzibar, in which
the heat of those torrid latltudes
seem concentrated tall stacks of
bags hold the gummy clutch die of
the West Indies, and beside them
are palmleaf tied packages OF sticky
dates from Arabia, and of Turkish
prunes but you may wipe your
fingers on tho clean mating bags of
liDseed sent all the way from Bonn
bay for your convenience. 60 up
stairs now, and look at the bales and
casks stored to the roof-tree. Cocoa
nut oil enough from Cochin China
and the isle 'where every prospect
pteasos" to make soap fer genera
ton. In this corner are cords and
cords of ebony ia that corner other
cords of logwocd. One is brought
from Madagascar to make into
drumsticks, the Amazon to min
gle with our whiskey, or to be
ground up and re.exported to the
wine districts OF Spain and Franco.
Then the bales-yarn twisted from
the beard of cocoa.nuts ripened on
the Malabar coast; juto and jute
stubs from India Manila hemp from
the Philippines; rags from London;
cotton from all over the world.
Upo % warehouse floors is
write 3 story of our commerce.
They are denied by contact with
freight from all the continents. and
strewn with samples of the products
of every climate. Tea and coffee
d. cinnamon, fragrant oils and
cloves and allspice, mingle their pun
gent perfumes in the laden air and
indiga, ochre, oochineal, and the
swcepings of costly bales dye the
floors with queer cosmopolitan
mosaic of colors. As you step out
into tho broad sunshine, and the
heavy iron doors close behind you,
you feel as though you were just
landing after years of foreign travel,
and you bear about with you for
many hours the aroma of the tropics.
Earnest Ingersoll in Horper's Nag
dyine for September.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

"NATURE," says Thoreau, "has
taken more care than the fondest pa
trent for the education and refinement
of her children. Consider the silent
influence which flowers exert, no less
upon the bitches in the meadow than
the lady in the bower. When / walk
in the woods, | am reminded that a
wise purveyor has been there before
me my most delicate experience is
typified there. am struck with the
pleasing friendships and unanirities
of nature, as when the lichen on the
trees takes the form of their leaves.
In the most stupendous scenes you
will see delicate and fragile features,
as slight wreaths Of yapors, dew lines,
feathery sprays, which suggest high
refinement, noble blood and breed
ing, as it were. Bring spray from
the brook, and place it on your man
tie, and your household ornaments
will seem plebeian beside its nobler
fashion and bearing. 1t will wave su-
perior there, as if used to more re.
fined and polished circle. 1t has
salute and response 10 all your en-
thusiasm and heroism.n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
Home Mirth.

Don't be afraid OF little fun at
home, good people. Don't shut up
your house lest the sun should fade
your carpets and your hearts, lest a
hearty laugh should shake down
some of the musty old cobwebs there.
If you want to ruin your sons, let
them think that all mirth aud social
enjoyment must be left on the thresh-
old without, whom thoy come home
at night. When once a home is res
garded as only place TO eat, drink,
and sleep in the work is begun tibet
ends in gambliI g-houses and reckless
degradation. Young people must
have fun and relaxation somewhere;
if they do not find it at their own
hearth, stones, it will be sought at
other and perhaps less profitable
places. Therefore, let the fire burn
brightly at night, and make tho
homestead delightful with all those
little arts that parents SO perfectly
understand. Don't repress tho
huoyant spirits of your children.
Half an hour of merrime round
the lamp and freight of homo
blots out the reme;n brance of many
care and annoyance during the
day; and tho best safeguard they can
take with them into the world is the
unseen influence of bright little
domestic sanctum."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
LANCASTER. WISCONSIN THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1877.

some quality, mental or physical, up
on his daughters as well as upon his
sons; and will he not Undue them
with his spirit also {?
Can we wonder at the desire OF
American women to move onward
and upward, while men annihilate
time and space, and scale the skies
and startle the universe with their &C
tivity? "But," you cry, shocked and
alarmed, "shall we have no wives and
mothers, no housekeepers ?"
Surely we shall, my dear friends.
Open ali doors, remove all bars, take
off all gives. No act of man can de-
stroy the work of God, and woman
will always be woman and Gods last
best gift to the world, and following
out her own tastes, living her life ao-
cording to her inherent needs, will
make her more true to herself, and a
more noble and perfect helpmeet, a
more loving mother.
The she-eagle has pinions as strong
to soar to the sun as her mate. But
HOh VIC HCSCoblbicb vi uGI HdIulC tC-
quire her to stay in her eyrie, when
has she proved unfaithful to her trust:
Nature keeps all rowing propenslties
in allegiance; but clip her wings and
no chirping brood calls the father
bird to tlutter his JOY over the happy
nest. Gagged, she pines and dies.
Can the aspiring manhood of to-
day be chained as it was hundred
years ago? But man can not advance
alone. Woman will walk by his side.
and the nation can not afford to lose
all the latent power, because there
are homes to be made beautiful, hus-
bands to be met with smiles, children
to be washed and dressed, and beef
steaks to be broiled. Woman can
and will do all this and more.
No better wives, mothers or house
keepers can be found than some Of
our American women who have made
themselves honored and useful outside
their prescribed sphere. "Tools tc
the hands that can use them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

CONTACT WITH THE WoRLD.-It is
by coming in contact with people that
we improve; we must see life as it re-
ally is. We cannot concur in the
opinion that young children ought to
see only that which is pure and good.
They must meet the world as it is,
and meet it when young. They must
have the opportunity to compare.
Comparison is great power in the
formation of character. A young lady
that has seen nothing of real life, and
only knows what she has heard and
read, is greatly astonished when she
meets the distinguished men and
women of any country. They are
not equal to her standard. Young
people may be made better by con-
tact with that which is not so good.
Instead of falling themselves, they
should try to make the bad good. To
be thrown in early life among all class
es and conditions of people ought to
be esteemed an advantage rather than
misfortune. The people from whom
the most sensible, the tr1est and wis
est views of life, are found among
those who struggle for existence. No
one can truly understand life unless
they have suffered A truly wise
mother might justly be distressed if
her child never knew grief.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
Thoughts.

Fer the HERALD.
Alas for him whose hopes have passed
Unheeded by the churlish years
Across his closing days are cast
The shadows of thousand fears.
The spirit, once so firm and strong.
Bends shrinkingly to manler wills
As turns the stream with mournful song
To curyings of the seated hills.
And well for him who, through the smoke
OF battles in the war of life,
Can smile at each remembered stroke
That won the victor's wreath in strife.
On; hopeful soul Of sunny youth
Oh, bounding heart that longs to cope
With life's reverses Know this truth:
FACT SELDOM TREAD7 THE PATH OF HOPE.
Aug. 20, ~ PIcA.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

A FASHIONABLE, but ignorant lady
deslrous of purchasing watch, was
shown a very beautiful one, the shop
keeper remarking that it went thirty
six hours
What, in one day ?" she asked.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

Annual Advertisements payable quarterly. Same
reset quarterly without extra charge.
Advertisements set 20 double column 20 per cent
ex ira.
Businesscards, lines orless, SIS per annum. Each
en- ira line 81.
Estray notices, il animal be described 81 so for
1 weeks. Each additional animal described In same
notice 50cents.
Special notices, and business notioesin news type
10 cents per line first insertion cents per line each
subsequC tinsertion.
AdcdAce pay reqiredfor transient advertisements
Commissioners Notices. Attachment Notices and Is
tray Notices (of animals taken up).
All kinds of Job Printing promptly and neatly
executed. Terms Cash, on delivery of work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

TRUTh never need be in hurry.
but lie must keep all the time on the
jump; lazy lie soon tires itself ont.
and ends in confusion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
ESTABLISHED IN 1913
VOL. 35. NO. 26.
GROW NOT OLD"


Never, my heart, wilt thou grow old
Ny hair is white, my blood runs cold,
And one by one my powers depart,
And youth sits smiling in my heart.
Down hill the path Of age Oh no,
Up, up with patient steps go;
| watch the skies fast Frightening there
| breathe sweeter, purer air.
Beside my road small tasks spring up,
Though but to hand the cooling cup,
Speak the true word of hearty cheer,
Tell the lone soul that God is near.
Seat on, my heart, and grow not old
And when thy pulses all are told,
Let he, though working, loving still,
Kneel as | meet my Fathers WILL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

The St Paul Pioneer Press puts
down the surplus wheat crop Of Min
nesosa this year al "a 10000 bush>
els.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
Denial.

pR.E A. MAKER. sURGEO DENTIST, BLOOM
IL invton Wis. All work in the dental line done IN
the best manner and warranted. 33-55%
mr.. Il COOMEs, DENTIST. B0SOOBEL, WIS
IL ONCE over Sawyer FavOr's store. Can be found
during hoursfrom 9 A. NJ. till5 P. NJ. 3O-l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

THRoUGH woe we are taught to re-
fleet, and we gather the honey of
worldly wisdom not from flowers, but
from thorns,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

a FASHIONABLE medical Journal
says the summer style Of vaccination
is cardinal red, cat bias and goared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

JIORsTdANN HOUSE, next door east Ofthe Phelps
| House. and Opposite the Bank, Lancaster, Wis
consin The IIerstman 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. My bar,
in connection with the hotel, will continue TO be
stocked with the best Of liquors and cigars fair
share of patronage is solicited. Ample stabling and
an attentive hOstler in charge, HENRY HoRSTMANN
S4YSS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

T ANCAsTER HOUSE, Il, LIsHERN Ess ,PRoPRIE-
II tor Lancas.-r, Wis. Successor to j. Hyde. J
This House has been re-farnshed throughout. No
pains spared for the accommodation of guests Table
-, ttaoisnco 30-42
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
Hotels.

nHELPS HOUSE, IRA IL. BELLOWS, PROPHIE-
tor Lancaster, Wis Having furnished the new three
story brick hotel on the old hotel corner, am pre-
pared to accommodate guests reasonably. Rooms
we'll furnished and table well supplied. Ample sta-
bic accommodations. 51-5@
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

wi HYDE SON proprietors. The Mansion House is
being and refurnshed for the better conVe-
nience # the travelling public. 5@-4l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

TVBAFEMAN LICENSED AUcTIoNEER, 10.
W Gated at NorthADdover, Grant Co. Terms reas-
enable 50ml0%
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

BLOOMINGTON HOTEL, SIMON WoODHoUsEI
ID Proprietor Bloomington, Wis. Having rehtted
and built ample room for che accommodation OF
With we'll furnished rooms, good beds and we'll sup
oiled tables. Sample room. Attentive hostler; good
.tahiing 31-42
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
Masonic.

I ANCAsTER LODGE, No. 2o.F. A. M.,AEErs on
l. tie lstaud 81 SATURDAY. OF each month at y p.
T. +. BALDWIN. Sec. JOHN G. CLARK. Master.
January, 1871 S4ss
NRANT CHAPTER, REGULAR CoNvoCATIoNs
" 81 Grant Chapter, No. p, of R. A. NJ, Lancaster,
"a and 3th Tuesday of each month.
a. A. BARBER, Sec'y. I52ml0l g. s. BUpS, H.P.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

oRIMIER HOUSE, CORNER OF EIGHTH AND
IBluff streets, Dubuque, Iowa. BARNARD BROS;
Proprietors. SZ-Z%
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

nENNISoN HOUSE, W. W. FORBES. PRoPRIE
IL tor, CassvilIe Wis. The house has been lately
RENTED and refurnished throughout. and no pains
will be spared to accommodate guests Good stabiing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06

DEETUWN HOUSE, W. G. WILCOX, PR0PRIE
ID tor. Having purchased the hotel at Beetown, l
ana prepared to serve the public in proper manner
Good table and firstclass accommodations generally
Suitable stable attached ~5Z-45
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-06
L. o. o. r.

.asz REGULAR MEETINGS OF MIssIS-
-&Sr S1PPI Valley Lodge. Ne So, ]. o. 0. f.,
- are held at their Hall. in Lancaster,
inns every Wednesday, at 1870 P. N.