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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24
A Good Opening

For the right parties, sto buy Van Bnren
d Billings stock of General Merchandise at
Montfort, Grant Co., Wis. Good trade es-
tablished, and on completion of Z. g. T. " G.
RR. will make one Of the best business points
on the whole line.
CHARLES VINCENT, BRITISH HOLLOW, WIS :.
OAuctoneer and Collector. Business atteLded to
promptly 10 all parts of Grant County.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24
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TH Il MARKE Ts.
CHICAGO.
LANCASTER.

Chicago Get. p,
Wheat Sic. Cats i9lSc. Corn 3S5<o Rye $50.
Barley se MSS pors s. co. Beef csttio s. 000s6,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24

OUT OF 6,355 votes in Dubuque
county, Iowa, the Greenbackers had
90! gne 81 nl is3d }893o : 9ae
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24

A CORRESPONDENT in Iowa sends
us copy of a new kind of milk pro-
duced and obtainable 10 that State,
so cheap. 1t consists of a green
card bearing the following devices
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24

The cool weather is causing an
abatement OF the yellow fever in the
South.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24

The Democratic Chicago Times
canvasses the prospects in Massachu-
sets thus:
There is a general expectation that
the vote this year will be unusually
large probably well up toward that
Of the last presidential pear. Tn 1876.
Hayes received 10000 votes, and
Tilden $4,000. And this illustrates
the relative proportion of republicans
and democrats in the state. In other
words, of every FIVE voters three are
republicans and two democrats. 1t
is quite likely that 225, 900 will COM
prise
THE TOTAL VOTE
on the 9Th of November. Ifso MANY
are cast, about 135 900 of them will
be old republicans and 10000 demo-
cratic. The republican total probably
will lose about 5000, which will be
cast for Miner, the prohibitory candi-
date, and Of the 10000 democrats.
probably $4,000 will stick to the Fa-
HCuti Hdlt notntHdIlOuS, LII Butter
should carry all the rest, he would
therefore have 100000 Then, in order
to beat Talbot, he would have to ret
over $4,000 republican votes, which
would bring his total up to over
$4,000 and leave Talbot Just below
Mat. There is no ground to believe,
however, that over half the number OF
republicans necessary to elect Butler
will go against Talbot; 10000 GER
tainly seems to be liberal estimate
for this class. That would give But
Ter $4,000 votes and leave Talbot
10000, Abbott 10000. and Miner
5000, giving Talbot 10000 plurality
over Butler. Unless something en-
tirely new occurs to arrest the tide
which is now steadily telling against
Butler, his total vote will fall below
$4,000, and his minority grow in cor
responding proportions. That he can
be elected no unprejudiced observer
believes to-day. The interest of the
campaign now centres entirely upon
the size of his vote, and the conse.
quent extent of his defeat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24
A yexed aae..lon Answersd.

!" What Shall do to getrid of all this flesh ~
is aquestiou that has been asked again and
again of physician without receiving an in
teiligent reply. Several of our popular leetar.
ers and writer's have attempted to answer il
but the force of their dispositions can be
summed up in single sentence: Be content
you are not lean--starve yoursef,--a course
of treatment that viii never cure obesity "a
thousands who have tried it can ATTEST. Ph.r-
macentical science has given rational an.
swer TO this question in Allan's Anti Fat
which viii reduce the system from two TO five
pounds per week, IL il purely vegetable and
perfectly harmless Sold by druggists.
"WHAT we want demand the
tramps us work and pay /; You do the,
work and we take the pay"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24
REPUBLICAN, TICKET.

For MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY, I'd District,
IA, y. II. mills. -. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24

FOR MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY. ca Disteicf
JOHN BRINDLEY, Jr. 4.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24
A BARREL OF FLOUR.

THIS is a LEGAL-TENDEI
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
A Mnkman,s MathelnatI0s,

When Thomas drove up to the house
on Elizabeth street yesterday to deliver
the usual quart of mixture, the gentle
man of the house kindly inquired:
'gThomas, how many quarts of milk
you deliver%
"Ninety-one, sir"
"And how many COWS have your
iNine, sir"
The gentleman made some remarks
about the early spring, close of the east;
ern war and the state OF the Foads, and
then asked -
'6gay, Thomas, how much milk per day
do your COWS aYerage%
"Seven quarts, sir"
"Ad-um," said the gentleman, as he
moved off. Thomas looked after him,
scratched his head, and at once grew pale
as he pulled out short pencil and
began to figure on the wagon cover.
tNine COWS is nine, and set seven
ouarts down under the COWS and multi
Div. That's sixty-three quarts Of milk,
/ told him sold ninety-one quarts pei
day. sixtY:thFee fr9m HiHety-one leaves
tWenty=eight, and meme to carry. Now
where do get the rest of tile milk
I'll be hanged II haven't given myself
away to one of my best customers by
leaving q burned big cavity in these
figures to be filed with waterP
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
Words Of Wisdom.

Death and tomorrow are never here (;
they are either not come or gone.
Death comes to a good man to relieve
him; it comes to a bad one to relieve
society.
If woman is truly beautiful, let not
her beauty be made dina by the flash Of
diamonds.
He who despises praise will not be
likely to practice the virtues that would
entitle him 10 it.
Tranquil pleasures last the longest.
We are not fitted to bear long the bur.
den of great joys.
The wasp attacks the ripest fruit first
so will SANDER attempt TO wound the
most honest fame.
The face of truth is not the less fair for
all the counterfeit wizards that have
been put upoRher.
The misery of idleness is nearly as
manifest in high life as in rags and filth
of extreme poverty.
Aecustom yourself to some employ
ment for every hour you can prudently
snatch from business.
In the time that men waste in beWail-
ing the perverseness of their fortune,
they could gain competency.
He that thinks himself the happiest
man really is SO; but he that thinks him
self the wisest is generally the greatest
fool.
Sorrow comes soon enough without
dependency; it does man no good TO
carry around a lightning-rod to attract
trouble.
The violet grows low and covers itself
with its own tears, and of all flowers,
yields the sweetest fragrance. Such is
humility.
If you ask an obstinate man to incline
his ears to reason, he is very likely to in
cline them backwards, like horse bent
on mischief
Love cannot fully admit the feeling
that the beloved object may die; all pas
sions feel their object to be as eternal rs
themselves.
The great see the world at one end By
hattery, the little at the other end by
neglect; the meanness which both dis
cover is the same.
You may gain applause by one great,
wise, or fortunate action; to avoid GEN.
sure, you must pass a whole life without
saying one bad or foolish thing.
Whenever you find a great deal Of
gratitude in poor man, you may take
it for granted there would be as much
generosity if he were rich man.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
Japanese Breaches Of Promise,

After Japanese lover has proven.
false to his VOWS, the deserted maiden
rises about two o'clock In the morning,
and dons a white robe and high sandals
or clogs. Her Golf is a metal tripod, in
which are thrust three lighted candles;
around her neck she hangs mirror,
which falls upon her bosom; in her left
hand she carries q small straw figure
the effigy of her faithless lover-and in
her right hand she grasps hammer and
nail, with which she nails into one of
the sacred trees that suEToHnd the shrine.
Then she prays for the death of the
traitor, vowing that II her petition be
heard she will herself pull out the nails
which offend the god by woundlng the
mystic tree. Night after night she comes
TO the shrine, and each night she strikes
In two more nails, believing that every
nail Will shorten her lovers life, for the
god, to save his tree, will surely strike
him dead. y is q curious illustration of
th hold sqpgfsHttii99lPp yet has on the
japanese mind, 9'' ''''-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
Stanlnlering.

Advising about the treatment Of g
little girl who stammers, the New York
Tribune says:
J 'ch her to speak slowly, deliberate
ly and very distinctly, and take as little
notice as possible of her stammering.
We know little girl of nine years W. Q
has been so carefully trained to read
with distinctness and precision, that
though she stammers sometimes in con-
versation, she rarely hesitates in read
ing. This little girls father stammered
badly in his boyhood, but cured himself
by persistent evolutionary exercise, and
IN manhood was fluent public speaker,
with no trace of the infrmity. Habitu-
ally speaking from full lungs is said to
be Il permanent cure of stamnering in
grown people.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
Some Of PrentIce's SAVINGS,

A recent writer reproduces from the
Louisville Journal some of George D.
Prentice's Witticisms, which were not
dependent upon time and circumstances
as most of them naturally were, for theiI
point and force. Following are few of
them:
"To keep your friends treat them kind.
". to kill them. treat them often"
kHe who reels and staggers most in
the Journey of life takes the straightest
cut to the devil"
"Men should not think too much of
themselves, and yet a man should be
careful not to forget himself"
"a dinner to which a man is not in
vited generally sits hardest on his stom-
ach."
There are many men whose tongues
might govern multitudes if they could
govern their tOnges."
HThe doctors ought to escape calumny.
No man living has right to speak ill of
them"
''The working of corkserew is about
the only thing best achieved by indirec-
ton"
0The reduction of postal facilities has
gone too far. The mail passed through
town the other day in a couple of
stockings tied over the back of bull
dog"
"A few days ago the freedom of New
York city was presented to Mr.. Van Bu-
rem in gold snuff-box. There was
plenty of room in the box for all the
freedom that New York has enjoyed for
many years"
There are two periods when Congress
does no business. One is before the
holidays and the other after"
"Were it not ungenerous to remind q
man of his natural deformities, we should
inform the editor of the
AdUeuiser that he is natural fool"
"An opposition editor offers to bet his
ears on something to our discredit. He
shouldn't carry gambling to such ex'
treme lengths"
"If the editor of the-isn't rogue
he ought to bring libel suit against his
own face"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
Marriage,

The following is translation from a
German paper. The sentiment is good.
and we give it for the benefit of our
young English readers:
Marriages are usually contracted to
crafty one of three desires, viz: love,
fortune or position.
'The man who marries for love, takes
a wife; who marries fortune, takes a
mistress; who marries for position, takes
lady. He is loved by his wife; regard
ed by his mistress tolerated by his lady.
He has a wife for himself; mistress
for his household; lady for the world
and society.
"His wife will take care of his house
hold; his mistress of his house his
lady of his appearances. If he is sick
his wife will take care of him; his mis-
tress will visit him; his lady will en-
quire after his health. He takes week
with his wife; a ride with his mistress;
goes to party with his lady. His wife
will share his grief; his mistress his
money; his lady his debts. If he dies,
his wife will weep; his mistress lament; I;
and his lady wear mourning"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
DiOeenaS In Texas

Not long since party of visitors In
speeted the poorhouse. Among the in
mates was a venerable looking old man,
whose face indicated perfect happiness.
he seemed TO be perfectly contented.
SAID one of the visitors. %You seem to
be satisfied with your lot
Il an" " he replied. "I have a source
of consolation that is denied tn most
men," '
"Ah," said the visitor, "you look for
ward to a blissful future beyond the
grave"
"Yes," responded the old man, 'Sbut 7
also find much comfort in the proverb
that says one mans loss is another mans
gain. 1t makes me happy to think that
1 never lost enough to do the feller that
found it much good"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
SInranIH Manuscript.

have the misfortune to have man.
uscript before me at this moment, says
John Morley, in the Fortnielltly ReVieaO
thGsS would fill thirty of these pages, and
yet from beginning to end there is no
indication that it is not to be read in q
single breath. The paragraph ought to
be, and in all good writers it is, as real
and as sensible division as the sem
tenee. It is an organic member in prose
composition with a beginning, middle,
and an end, just as stanza is an organic
and definite member in the composition
ode. 'I fear my manuscript is rather
disoFderly," says another, "but / will
correct carefully in print" Just so. Be-
cause he is too Needless to do his work
fatigue and vexation on the editor whom
he expects to read his paper; second,
he inflicts considerable and quite need
less expense on the publisher; and
thirdly, he inficts great deal of tedious
and thankless LABOR on the printers,
who are for the mqst Ragt far more meri-
torious persons than hfth-rate authors,
It is true that Burke returned sueh dis
ordered proofs that the printer usually
found it the least troublesome to set the
whole afresh, and Miss Martineau tells a
story of Scotch compositor who fed
from Edinburgh to avoid great living
authors manuscript, and, to his horror,
was presently confronted with piece
Of copy which made him cry, lord
have merey9 Have you got that man to
print for w But most editors viii cheer
fully forgive SUCH tFapsgressionG to all
contributors who viii guarantee that
they will write as well as Burke and
Carlyle. Alas, 1t Is usually the case that
those who have least excuse are the
worst offenders. The slovenliest manu-
scripts come from persons to whom the
difference between an hour and q
minute is of the very smallest impor-
tance. This digestion is to be excused,
partly by the natural desire to say a
word against ones prosecutors, and
partly by hope that some persons of
sensitive conscience may be led to pom
der whether there may pot be, after all,
some moral obligations even towards
editors and printers,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
A Snnrrnw,s E,.lendshln.

This little story, which comes to us
from England, might put many a human
biped to blush: A gentleman residing
in Canterbury, being in the habit OF
feeding the sparrows which congregate
about his garden, noticed one of them
c ccrumbs az and S Mace ~ Sthem before another
of the number who gladly availed him
self Of the opportunity so kindly afford
ed him of enioying his meal in peace
end onietness. On watching closely for
tbe cause of this, he discovered that the
bird ON whom this attention was be-
slowed had only one leg, and was, there
fore under u great disadvantage in pro-
curing the means Of subsistence,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26

A STRANGE SCENE.-A well-dressed
man walked into one of the saloons the
other day leading a little boy by the
hand, and called for drink Of whiskey.
The little fellow burst into tears and
begged his father not to drink, and the
saloon keeper, to his credit be it said,
refused him, whereupon the man jumped
behind the bar and seized bottle of the
article in question. The bar-keeper
attempted to take the bottle from him,
and a 'seufie ensued, during which the
liquor was spilled, and the stranger
elected. A man of family who was pres
ent was so struck by the conduct Of the
boy, that he left the saloon and made an
oath that he would never drink another
drop. What a scene for an artists
pencil! A wonderful battle, in which
little boy oonquers the baF-keeper and
the man of family present, but cannot
prevail over his own beloved but besot-
ted fatherl
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
REV LII WIeeIN SAYS.

One OF the best remediessfor Catarrh, nay, the
best remedy We have found IN lifetime Of suffer.
ing. is SAEFORD'S RADICAL CURE. It % not
unpleasant to take through the nostris, and there
comes with each bottle ANAL glGsR tube for use
IN Inhalation. It clears the head and threat 30
thoroughly that, taken each morning on rising,
there are no unpleasant secretOns and no disagree
able hacking during the entire day, but an unpre-
Zach package contains DT SaniordS Improved
Inhaling Tube, with fall directions for use In Al
eases. Price, e1.00. For saleby ell Wholesale and
Retail Druggists aud Dealers throughou the nited
States and Canndas. WEEKS q POTTER, General
Agents and Wholesale Druggists. Boston, Nass.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
How to Secure Muscular Development.

The road is easy. He who wants but
little strength need do but little work,
but he who wants great strength must do
great work. If he has not perseverance
he will not get far. If he has, he can,
especially with an eager companion, in
an hours work a day aimed especially
at his weak spots, render himself thor
oughly well-built man in 1880. The
rules are as simple as those of any me-
chanic art. No expensive tools are re-
quired. The methods are portable, as a
man travelling, for instance, can work as
well in hotel room as at home, can find
a floor and a pair of chairs, and indoors
he scarcely needs more, while out of
doors there is always the road. Many
moderate efforts at plain and simple
work, instead of the often dangerous
and generally useless pranks of fancy
gymnastics, or the risk of OVERRIDING in
hard racing of any sort-these are all
that is required. But a few minutes
daily at any muscles is all one will want
or at first should take. But he must be
frank with himself, and resolutely attack
the weaker muscles, letting the OtherE
rest till they catch up.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26

A LONG TRANP.-Some time ago, says
the Hamilton Spectator, man and his
wife applied for lodging at the police
station. They gave their names as
Michael and Mary Cahil and they had
with them tiny little babe, blue-eyed
teotsey wootsey in mans shirt. Oahill
was little man, very polite to his wife,
q large red faced motheFly woman. As
they passed through the city on their
way out they put together what little
money they had and bought little baby
carriage for the child. Last night they
came back again as large as life and the
baby larger. They had tramped to
Barrie, by way of Toronto, and back,
wheeling the baby all the way. Mrs.
Cahill said that the ladies along the line
of march had been very kind to her
baby, and had presented it with many
pretty articles of dress. 1t wore nice
little cap, and looked rather nice in a
little cloak which some good woman
who pitied the little wanderer had given
to it. The child was born in a cell, and
has seldom passed more than one night
under the same roof since it was born.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26

Is THERE y CUREie'Do you ever have
the blues% asks a sufferer from that
malady, Gand is there cure for them p
Certainly, plenty of cures for them; just
as there are for chills and fever, but in
like manner they will not always work
We know enc man who walks off an
attack, another who rows it of, and
another who rides it off in the saddle.
These are all dyspepties. The same pre-
scriptions, aided perhaps by lemon juice
or diluted nitromuriatic acid, often prove
effective in the case of bilious folk.
When the cause is nervous exhaustion,
a good remedy is cessation of all work,
religious and secular, plenty of sleep,
and, if the constitution can bear it, cold
water bathing. Always an ounce of
prevention is worth pound of cure, for
it is not an easy task to fight off the
blues. Misfortune, sorrow, individual
temperament, and the accidents of wind
and weather, often combine to weigh
down the soul until, in extreme instances,
insanity may be the result. But there is
no rule by which to cure every one
each must find out what is most efectual
in his case, and persevere with it to the
end.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26

A green one, who had crossed tho
Atlantic, told a story of a storm, whe
the rain poured down in such torrents
that the ocean rose six inches, There's
no mistake,p said he 1besides, the cap
tain kept a mark on the side of the
vessel"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
HREATIY AEEInTEn.

KessTs. J. D. B0SsroFth Co., Dsnoers Gentlemen,
n Lake take Plea9gTe = EeeorrImse1ei9g n sAlNSEoRDs
afflicted with this disease. ] was greatly AFFLICTED
witt It for long time, and cured it with two bot.
was again taken with Catafrh quite severely, and
Immediately sent for another bottle, which liked
me all right giving me relief from the nTge dose.
am confident that this remedy VIII do all that is
claimed for it, and more too. Wishing you success
A.W. SMITH,
Denver, Oct l. 1875. OF Smith Don.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26

True modesty is flower whose
grateful odour endures for ages. False
modesty is a weed as poisonous as stra-
mOniun, and as deadly, in its ultimate
effects, as the prussic acid, distilled nom
the green and pretty leaves OF peach
trees,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
THE GENUIEE
DIR. G. McLANE'S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE countenance is pale and leaden-
i colored, with occasional flusheS, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is IL
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with gnawing sensation of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; heetng
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels II
regular, at times costiye; stools Shiny;
not unfrequently tinged with blood; /;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth temper variable, but gener-
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. c. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepara-
ton, not capable of doing the slightest
inJvyy to tie most tende, infant.
The genuine DR.. MCLANE's YER
MFUGE bears the signatures of c. Nc
LANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
14r-an0ar .O.-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
TRIED EVERYTHING.

HeSsrs. J. o. Boslc0rfh q Co., D1trsr, CoL. Gels
ls57lsn, Il have used SANFORD'S RADICAL
CURE FOR CATARIlH, and II has given perfecf
satisfaction. have tried almost every thing, Rnd
It is ths only thing that has given me relief.
therefore take pleasure In recommending its use
to all afflicted with Catarrh OF any kind, and o4eE
10,,., Very NXsry t5Sly' y W. 5 DECKER
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-26
SANFORD'S
RADICAL CURE
For CATARRH
INSTANTLY RELIEVES.
INSTANTLY RELIEVES.
; noO FEET ABOVE THE sFA,

The following testimonials are from MEssRs. J.
o. BOswoRIH & Co., Denver, Col, large and inhu.
ential druggists. They report unpreeedeatedly
large sales and universal satisfaction. No other
disease is 50 alarminRly prevalent In that region
They speak Of the following gentlemen Is among
their best citizenas