Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-19

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Governor Fairchild for o. S. Senator Oh,
pshaw. Give us rest on Fairchild. Grant
County has thirteen statesmen as well qualified
as lairehild for Senaier.--Thefes Rindlauh,
fol- instance Monroe Sentinel
We have the largest and best stock of
candies ever brought TO this city which M st
be disposed Of before January LIST.
G. D. UT & Co.
Miss Simmons of Hazel Green, who has
been visiting her sister Mrs. Samuel Lanyon,
of this city, returned home on Tuesday last
2eek.-Miaerai Pt. Democrat
= For the next 80 days groceries will be
sold lower than ever before by Geo. ID. UT
& Co.
The interesting history of the press on
which the Grant County HERALD was first pub
lished is as follows: in the spring of 1886
John Kelly purchased at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
brought TO Dubuque a Smith Press, with the
necessary type, and published newspaper
called the Dubuque Visitor. the first paper
printed at Dubuque. William Cary Jones
was foreman of the Office at a salary Of $3.50 a
year and boarding. Andrew Keesicker was
compositor. In 1912 this press and type were
taken to Lancaster, Wisconsin,, and on it was
printed the Grant County HERALD. Suisse
quently the same press was taken to St. Paul
Minnesota, and from it was issued the first pa
per printed in Minnesota territory, called the
St Paul Pioneer In 1853 the same press was
taken to Sioux Falls in Dakota territory,
wherein TO print the first newspaper publish
ed in that territory, called the Dakota Demo
crat In March, 1862, the Sioux Indians burn
ed the town of Sioux Falls and this pioneer of
American civilization persisted in the flames
The platen of the press was got out of the
ruins and is now the property of r. F. Petit
grew, of Sioux Falls
Mr. j. Warner Mills, by his spicy letter
in this paper, appears to think we intended
to sur him in a local notice some weeks ago.
Not at all (; we ony meant 10 compliment the
Milses in that they all were grinding at pub
lie grists. The Judge ran for the Assembly
here; his son George ran for District Attorney
in Crawford county his son J. Milton made
speeches all over this county and helped
elect the ticket, and his son J. Warner ran
for the Legislature in Colorado. Neither
have we classed the Greenbackers OF this coun
ty general as fools On the contrary we have
generally referred to them as among our best
men. Many of them left the Republican
party because they could not stand such men
as Reyes. They thought if the party was
under the control of such men it should only
lead TO corruption, and if the party in this
county or its candidates had been Identified,
beyond doubt, with the Reyes interest, every
man would have been beaten. Four out of
FIVE or nine of ten of those who voted in
Grant County against the Republican ticket
are no more "Greenback" than the Republican
candidates and the HERALD are
The pleasant parlors of Mr.. c. II. Baxter
we're thrown open to the public last Friday
evening, and large number of old and young
availed themselves of the opportunity of bav-
ing good time. The company was first en-
tertained by the pantonime Of "Auld Robin
Grey" the affecting Scotch ballad upon which
it is based being sung during the progress of
the performance by lady stationed behind
the scenes. Those who were moved to sad
ness by this piece had chance to recover
their spirits while witnessing the succeeding
pantomime of the "Babes in the Wood" which
is affecting or not according as you look at it.
Probably no acting is SO difficult as the panto
mimic, because it is acting, pure and simple,
without the assistance Of the words of the
play TO explain ard embelsb. Both OF these
pantomimes were represented in a manner
highly credtable to the performers We should
hastily prepared parta. with the back parlor
for stage, show what they can do in more
ambitious plays with more elaborate appoint
ments. 1t would be invidious to specify indi-
vidual merits where all did so well, but we can
not forbear mentioning the histrienic talent
displayed by Mr.. Davies in tie very diverse
parts of Robin Grey and the ,ruel uncle the
wel-smulated brutality of Fred Burr aud Fred
Meyer, who appeared as ruhians and Miss
Carrie BARRIERS singing with the superlative
style and clear enunciation which always
characterize her musical efforts. The stall.
wart robins hoped and ehirped in the most
approve manner, but we cannot give their
names as their personality was obseured by
their startling makeup. The scene from
Dickens, which was to have been the best
thing of the evening, was unfortunately omit
ted, owing to the illness of one of the cast,
but we are promised this on some future occa-
sion.