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Play With the Bahv

In one of Bret Harte's stories the
narrator rides to mining camp in
the California Sierras to visit a
friend, and, finding that he had gone
prospecting, ia at loss how to pass
away the hours. Some passing min
ers advise him to play with the ba>
by The particular baby in this
case happened to be a young bear,
which turns out to be as delightful
as all young things are. In the civ
iiization of our times the common
eat wants are something to beguiIe
the time of one set of men, or while
sway the cares of another set, from
cares of business or politics, or what
yer The ordinary work may be. To
ais amerous class, including both
10 carried and the bored, we would
esir to act the part of Bret Harte's
niino 9, and say,-Play with the ba.
by. Not the baby 10 arms, be it
veil understood /; his feats are dis
nctly monotonous to all but wom-
CD, sud to good many even of
lem. We mean the young animal
man when it has arrived at the age
which in its life matches the time
sThen the puppy gambols fcolishly,
IT the kitten plays with It's tail.
Who can tell how much we miss by
not knowing how to "play with the
Daby ?" We are always thinking
That children are noisy and rough,
that they make impertineIt remarks,
add leave doors open, or bang them.
Just so; but this is exactly why 80
much pleasure is TO be got out of
them if we try to rise to q compre-
hension Of their nature and feelings.
1t is not their fault if they are disa-
greeable to us, but our own fault,
end misfortune, too, if we are dull to
all the beauty and lovelness of their
charming tricks and follies. Some
unhappy beings never know real
childhood. They are mentally swad-
died from the first, SO that their
minds are incapable of single vigor~
Gus kick against conventionalities.
But children allowed to be natural
aud deAeIop as nature intended them
to do are perfectly charming, both
in mind and body, and quite as ft to
be teachers as learners. They are
flowers without decay, actors without
self.consciousness, human beings
without prejudices.
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A York State Farmer who Loves &c
From the Rochester Sunday Herald.


In Chill there is an elderly farmer
who is passionately fond of sport
especially fishing and hunting-a and
he has a son who is a chip OF the old
block in that as we'll as in other re-
spects.
One day last Summer the old gen.
tleman left home, but before going set
his boy at a job he was anxious to
have done. Returning sooner than
he was expected, he found that the
boy was missing.
"Where's TOMB" he growled, as he
entered the kitchen door.
"Gone fishing," said the girl.
"Fishing! the rascal I'll fish him
when | catch him"
And away the angry old fellow
went for the brook. Coming within
hailing distance of his hopeful SOD,
who was bending eagerly over the
stream, the father yelled:
"Tom! you scoundrel, Toni"
There was deprecating movement
of one hand on the part Of the boy,
who did not, however, turn his head.
Still more angry the avenging parent
came nearer and bawled out
"I'll learn you to stay at home and
work when"
Ssh! sh Ell! father" said young
Izaak Walton, "I've got a bite"
The old fellows passion perceptibly
cooled at chat announcement, and
lucky for the boy, the latter just Their
hauled up handsome perch. This
was too much for dad, who sprans
forward and helped UNLOCK the fish
and them
"Ton, have you got another hook2'
Victory perched on the boys fish
line.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-07
GE0l0GY0F THE LEAD REGION.
From ohamberlain's Geology Of wisconsin.

deology or Wisconsin.
Springs and Wells-The Lead re-
glon is one of the best watered tracts
OF country in the state. Springs are
very numerous, both about the sources
OF the steams and frequently in their
: banks. They are found in all the oe.
illogical formations, but with the
greatest frequency, and of the largest
size between the bottom of the Ga.
lena limestone and the top of the S.
Peters sandstone. Such SPRINGS arc
usually found flowing along the sur.
race OF some layer of clay, and fin ding
a vent IN the outcrop of an opening.
The clay Openings" most favorable
10 their formation are, the Clipper
ripe Clay opening" situated on the
toP, Of the Blue or Trenton limestone.
and separating it from the Galena
limestone; the "Glass Rock opening. .
separating the Blue and underlyinp
Bull limestone; and the "Lower Pine
Clay opening" situated in the lower
part OF the Buff limestone the latter
however, does not seem to be so per.
sistent bed as the other two. Springs
are by no means confined to these
three openings, but occur in many of
the beds of the Galena limestone. as
well as in the lower formations: usu.
ally. however. flowing over an imper-
vlous bed of clay, or some layer of
rock too compact to admit of the pas.
sage of water through it.
In this connection i. is desired to
call attention to the springs situated
about $50 feet below the summit of
the west blue Mound. They have
been attributed by many persons to
thermal, igneous, and other deep-seat-
ed agencies, and by some to hydro
static pressure. The following facts
are offered in regard to these springs:
~ they are found at intervals on all
SIDES OF the mound, at a uniform ele-
vatlon, either as springs or low wet
ground, and always on the surface of
stratum of clay impervious to water.
~ Ihey How most abundantly dur.
ing and after rainy seasons, and IN
summer are frequently nearly dry.
(S) They are surmounted By the can
OF the mound, which is almost solid
mass OF flint, and presents a surface
OF about 100 acres as q watershed.
The annual rainfall in the Lead region
Is about 30 inches, of which about
one'quarter is removed by evapora
ton and the requirements of vegeta-
ton, while the remainder finds its
way to the springs and streams. On
the one hundred acres lying above
the springs, there fall annually 1O.-
$4,000 c1bic feet of water, of which
three quarters, or S,l7s,5O0 cubic feet
pass out through these springs, which
seems amply sufficient to supply them.
(4)The temperature of the Blue Mound
springs is the same as that of all other
springs in the Lead region, which is
about the mean temperature of tho
earth through which they flow. Were
they thermal springs, or of igneous
origin, we should expect to find at
least some lingering traces of heat,
to show Us from whence they came.
In view of these facts, it seems more
logical to look for their origin in the
natural and selfevident causes pre-
sented, than to attribute them to more
complex conditions, imperfectly un-
derstood
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WHOLE NO. 1917.
Slaves of the Wheel-The Bondage Of
Women to Rfiiues and Tucks.

/ When more than a century apt
Elias Howe gave the sewing machin.
to the world, civilization hailed hin
as the benefactor of women. Hood
had just stirred the heart OF HUMANITY
with his wonderful "Song of the
Shirt" and the wrongs of the sewing.
woman were one of the social cues.
tons of the day. Men were ready to
iorswear linen and adopt paper col
lars and shirt bosoms, rather than to
wear out human creatures lives. -
And so great shout of thankfulness
went up over this iron seamstsess.
which had neither bone nor muscle !:
which could neither ache nor grow
weary--this benevolent genie which
Was to make sewing pastime and
stitching a play. Alas for shortsighted
humanity! Who could f..~s-~ = :
ton s6h6 at tbs p qsn a ana so1ns
of old? That its bands should be Of
iron, where the others had been but
green withes ? The burden is shifted
from shoulders to back-that is all
and legs grow stiff and numb in place
OF fingers. For this marvellous piece
OF mechanism, which does in an hour
more than skillful seamstress can ac
complish by hand in a day, has so
cheapened labor-so multiplied ruffles
and tucks-that the bondage of wo
men to the wheel is heavier than it
was to the needle alone. Years ago
our mothers and our grandmothers
wore garments simply made dresses
with single skirts and bodices plainly
trimmed; or when cunning fingers
wrought marvels of needlework, the
garments thus ornamented were worn
as long as they lasted-not cast aside
or ripped up and made over with
every season. Now yards upon yards
Of plaitings, shirrings, or ruffies trim
the plainest dresses, the mode of trim.
ming changing every few months, and
stamping the work on which 40 much
time has been spent as out of fashion.
Undertaking is mass of tucks, puffs
and rufiies, and the day has gone by
in which single hem or tiny scallop
was sufficient finish for an ordinary
garment. Many of US remember when
children's everyday frocks were guilt
less OF trimming; when ruffles and
tncks were kept for state occasions.
To-day every tiny garment calls for
rows upon rows of stitching, and de-
voted mothers sit for hours at the
sewing.machine that their darlings
may appear as we'll as the children
across the street where the family
keep seamstress.
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'gara Limestone. 2. Cincinnati Group.
girls down tbs we'll or tie them up
with cords, and generally make the
days and nights of Kerhonkson hid.
eous with their orgies. Some gen.
tlemen who had the curiosity to call
on these young ladies' were most out
rageously treated, whirled and bang
ed about the room, while the furni.
ture was wrecked and the place was
nolsier than Congress on a bill day.
One of the gentlemen got fearfully
black eye for his part of tho enter
tainment, and, like the world
renowned Billy Paterson, hasn't the
slightest idea who bit him; another
was nearly choked to death by q
dress skirt which waltzed out of q
closet and murderously wound itself
around his neck tighter than the
arms OF sweetheart. When these
thoughtless spirits began to strip off
the SHOES and stockings of the en-
chanted girls the gentlemen went
away, as any gentlemen should.
The mother, however, says it is not
unusual for these disgraceful spirits
to tear certain articles of clothing
from the young ladies and wind them
about their heads or arms or legs of
any who may be near.
What is TO be the end of such scan
dalous goings on it is not very easy
to see, but it will probably be just as
we'll for all respectable young men
to keep away from Kerhonkson so
long as the spirits continue to run
things as they do now. 1t wouldn't
be at all pleasant for gentleman to
call on a young lady whose stocking
might be torn off at any moment and
wound around his neck, while the
garter dangled ornamentally from
the end of his nose ; or to be deluged
with water while sitting with his
sweetheart in harmless enjoyment in
the parlor; to have a chair come
dancing through the closed door and
making hideous gyrations about the
room, as It about to kick him out (; or
a heavy table float up to the ceiling
and then come down and crush him
on the floor, and finally, as he is
hanging over the gate to kiss the
young woman good night, to see her
suddenly turn double somersault
and then stand on the front door
step upside down, while the silver
moon goes behind cloud, the spirits
laughing gleefuIIy, the gate dancing
hornpipe, as some invisible force
knocks him into the street. He
would probably be delighted to get
away with nothing more than black
eye and his pockets full of mysleri.
Gus ladies' wearing apparel without
i the faintest idea OF how they came
there. But these are some Of the
pleasant experiences one may en-
counter at Kerhonkson if be wants
to go there. Somehow or another,
however, when a cold-blooded re-
porter went there the spirits didn't
get the advantage of him as they
had of others, and he leerned-these
reporters are always finding out
something that's none of their bust.
ness-that the old woman of the
family had given Der husband poi
soned whiskey to drink, and that he
had died. and there hadn't been any.
thing like fair division of the prop
erty, which was quite enough to
bring On the spirits. Perhaps the
moral Of this is that you should
never poison your husband, and Their
lagain perhaps it is that you should
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-07

sence OF sulphuric acid, and its con
tanning bicarbonates, so the sam,
good and healing results may be ex
pected from your spring."
Prairie and Forest. The prairie are,
OF the Lead region is comparatiyel,
small, and seems to be chiefly a con
tinuation of the great prairies of Hi.
nois. The most extensive prairie il
mat found in the southern part OF
Grant and La Fayette counties, com.
Prising the townships Of jamestown,
Hazel Green, Benton, New Diggings,
Shullsburg, Seymour, Monticello and
Gratiot. From this there is branch
extending in northwestern direction
corresponding to the eastern subdi-
VISION OF the watershed previously ais
iuded to-, until it unites with the
main watershed !; here it branches to
the cast and west. The western ex-
tentlon forms prairie in the towns
OF Glen Haven, Patch Grove, Little
drant, and some parts of Fennimore
and Wingyille. The eastern prairie
follows the main divide already de-
scrlbed, the prairie being from six to
ten miles in width.
Between the east and west branches
OF the Pecatonica, there is a prairie.
including most of the towns Of Fay-
cite, Waldwick and Wiota. In Green
county the principal prairie is found
10 the towns of Monroe, Clarno. Syl-
vester and Washington.
This, in substance, is the prairie
land of the Lead region, although
there exist small isolated patches Of
timber, in the area already described.
as well as small prairies, or openings
in the remainder of the region, not IN
cluded in the prairie area. and which
Is mostly timbered land. The orioi.
nal area of prairie appears, from the
government surveys, to have been
somewhat greater. At the present
time, the original forests of large tim.
Der have been mostly cut down. ex-
cept about the Wisconsin river bluffs
such timber as is now found, being a
second growth, of black, white and
burr oaks, maple, hickory, poplar and
elm. the trees being of small size. sell
dom more than foot in diameter.
Mounds. The nearest approach to
mountains in the Lead region are the
Platte mounds in La Fayette county !
the Blue Mounds in Dane and Iowa
counties, and the Sinsinawa Mound in
Grant county. The former are three
in number, about a mile apart, the
middle one being very small in COM |
parison with the other two. The east
and west mounds are about the same
elevation, and are capped with a very
hard Niagara limestone to which thew
doubtless owe their preservation, in
the general denudation of the sur
aounding country. The ground slopes
away from them SO gently, and blends ,,
so gradually with the surrounding
high land, that is is impossible to de.
line exactly where the mound proper
begins.
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Trouble and twins never come

singly. o0'n'
Talents are better nurture,l in sol;
tude character is best formed in m,
stormy pillows of the World Goeths
wives. oe' Sescl
sene. "0 zero
Nothing but good life can ct men
for better one. =
Incidence is the rust of the mind
and the inlet Of every vice.
be always at leisure to do pood /.
never make business an excuse to de-
cline Offices of humanity.
Velvet wris.lcts with pendant ends
nnished with steel beads have been
revived. "
A colored preacher in Alabama pu,
ms loot on excessive bribery at cleo,
tons and crushed it. s.Dis tinc.n ha
says, sob getting 800 for vote il
all wrong; $40 is as much as it's
WORT" 10
The intellect of the truly wise man
IS like glass-it admits the light of
heaven and reflects it.
The inoapacity Of men TO under.
stand each other is one of the priuci.
pal causes of their ill.temper towards
each other.
The chief properties of wisdom
are u be mindful Of things past. care.
tai OF things present, and provident Of
things to come"
An able man shows his spirit by
gentle words and resolute actions he
Is nslhass bet % ii5iih IN amor.
rating bis afternoons, and wastes his
sterr oons in regretting his mornings.
Never spend your money before
you have it. This will save You from
many difficulties and some tempta.
tons.
Friendsgip is the medicine for all
misfortunes; but ingratitude dries mo
tie fountain of all goodness.
lfhy improper or lpjudicious feed
my at any period in the life of a COW
she was made to take on an excessive
amount of fat the cow would ever be
ter be prone to the secretion of fat. TO
the dotriment of milk.
Honor is but the reflection OF a
mans own action shining bright. in
the face of all about him. and from
thence rebounding upon himself
South.
Augustus, my love, what are you
thinking about so intently p WHY
Aurelia you know when We are mar
RED we shall be made one, and / was
trying to think ont which one of us
that one would be-
"We were shown a very beautifully
decorated piece of pottery Yesterday.
1t was deep red on the outside, and
the inside was decorated with two
quarts of beans and half a pound of
pork. The reader of this fine senti-
ment instinctively murmurs "Boston."
WAYNE county. N. Y, PRODUCES
about two-thrds of the peppermint
crop OF the country. Ii is grown on
black ash swamps, which have been
thoroughly underdrained, from roots
which are planted as hops are. When
cut, it is partially dried, and taken
to still, where the oil ia extracted.
The oil sells from 81. 90 to S. per
pound, and when it brings SO the
crop Is paying one. About 10000
pounds ore used annually in prepar-
ing medicines, manufacturing can
dies and making cordials.
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In such portions of the country as
are not literally supplied by nature
with springs, water is easily and
abundantly obtained by means of
wells. Their average depth is about
twenty five feet; this, however, de.
ponds chiefly on the locality in which
they are sunk, those on the ridges
and prairies being deeper than the
rest. Round wells, of four or five feet
diameter, are usually sunk for shallow
depths, sometimes being as deep as
sixty feet. Wells are sometimes OBJ.
tanned by drilling; such behring's be.
ing chiefly confined to the prairie, and
seldom exceeding sixty feet in depth.
They are then furnished with wind
mill pump, and supply an abundance
of clear water for stock and farm pur.
poses.
Nearly all the water in the Lead
region, whether in springs or wells,
holds in solution a small portion of
lime and magnesia, and still smaller
quantity of sodium, iron, alumni, and
silica. The presence of these salts
usually gives the water what is called
hard taste which is more noticeable
in the limestone than in the sandstone
springs, and not frequently induces
persons to believe them possessed Of
medical properties.
The following analysis, which is be-
lieved to be fair sample of the quail
ity of the water in the springs and
wells of the Lead region, is inserted
to show the small amoant of foreign
substances which they contain. The
well is situsted on the N. E. or. OF
Sec. 8, I. 2. r. 8, f., shor distance
northwest of the city of Broadhead,
on the farm of Mr.. Frederick Gomber
1t was sunk to depth of about thir
ty feet, of which the lower part (prob
ably about ten feet) was sunk in The
Lower Magnetism limestone, the res
being in the st. Peters sandstone.
The following analysis ofthe water
by DR.. Gustavus Bode, of Milwaukee
was furnished by Mr.. Gomber:
One gallon q. S. standard measur,
contains of solid salts, 1920 grain
consisting of:
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Dependency and Hope.

Never despond. Dependency is
the midnight through whose dark
ness the soul cannot grope its way,
and it consequently lies down in fret
full slumber. Hope is the sunshine
that warns lite into greater activity,
and beneath lts warming influence the
soul arouses itself to ite full capabili-
ties, and achieves the greatest possi-
bilities. Dependency is death-hope
is life. Dependency ia the tomb
with life behind-hope is the cradle
with life before.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-07

Dr.. Bode remarks Of this we'll as
follows: "The total amount of salts is
small n comparison with other waters.
The salts themselves are the same as
those in the Waukesha water, and in
the same combination. If the opera
ton of this water depends on the alb
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-07

SKETCH OF THE PLATTE MOUNDS. l. Nj
The Blue Mounds are two in mum.
Der; one being in Iowa county, and
the other in Dane. The top of the
west mound (Which is the higher of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-07

Capt. Kidd, who buried all his
money in the ground, may be consid-
cred the originator of post-hole saw
ings bank. Huntington Haiok-Eye.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-07

never believe what you hear about
spirits to whom you have never been
introduced.-PhTd Times.
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Read the $500 Life Scholar.
ship advertisement and call at
this office for certificate of
tuition.
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ATTORNEYS.

BARBER Il CLEMENTs0N, ATTORNEYS AND
ID CouHsell0rs at Law, Lancaster, Wis., Will practice
n all the courtsin Wisconsin.
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IIAzELToN PRovIs,
IL Attorneys and CounselOys
at Law. Practice in United States and all State
Courts. General collection and real estate agents.
Office on Wisconsin Avenue. Boscobel, Wis.
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ID II. PARSONS, INSURANCE AGENT,
IL LANCASTER WISCONSIN,
Represents $4,000 600 Cant

The Hartford, North American Phenix of Brook
Ign, Milwaukee Mechanics, and WATERFOWL of New
York--all safe and reliable companies. jan7ss
IOHN JONES, JR ,BRODTVILLE, GRANTCoUNTY
Wis., Notary Public and Convey ancer, Gt neralC Col
lection agent. Also special Treasury Agent fer
State Of Wisconsin, to whom Hawkers and Peddlers
should apply for State License. 33-l5y
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Agents.
lanes DAVIS. ALo0LLECTINGAG
u and oonveyancer, Patch Grove, Wis. Collection
promptly attended to. References given. 30-4
Jesse BROOKS, GENERAL COLLECTION AGENT
u aud convey ANGER, Bloomington, Wis. Titles inves
.gated and perfected Collections promptly attended
to- References gwen when desired.
I MCLAUGHLIN, LAW COLLECTION AND IN
81 scrance, Office opposite First National Bank,
Boscobel, Wis. will attend promptly to business
tru sted to his care 3l-46