Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-11
youm even bid defiance to consequence. and


you'll even bid defiance to consequences and
-plugi It. It's ripe and you think it tastes
good. You take il. for better or for worse,
and the chances are, not outstanding ali yeur
precautions. that you have been e.erlas,ingly
sucked in, 6ambooxled, fooled II isn't half
ripe, Or ia dead ripe, it isn't bit sweet and
its-weil its mighty rough on = fellow. you
know"
said, il does seem sort o. rough when il
pans out thai way I; but. have poor innocent
melons no rights which we great, greedy men
ought not 20 respects Isn't nearly every
thing in the world, greater things even than
wives or watermelons. to a large extent an
affair of chances Go to. with your moralir.
ing and give me slice OF that melon"
The melon was ripe and good and we de-
vourec il lesurely, watching the shadows Of
the corn shocks frightening toward the east
and wondering what luck we'd have the next
time.
Burton has new postmaster in the person
of Mr.. Geo. S. johnson who succeeded Mr..
Yager some time last March, receiving his
appointment before the latter had sent in his
resignation or even thought Of doing such a
thing. Though johnson, Of Jacksonville, is
postmaster de jurs. Reiisteck, of Burton, is
postmaster de faeto that is, at the Departs
ment the former is known as the responsible
official, while the latter does the work of the
Office, receiving, opening, distributing and
making up the mail Geo. 8. pays not the
slightes. attention to the Office and careers
ahead as though the great honor had never
been thrust upon him at all. He will not
even make out or sign the quarterly reports,
and as these are considerably behind il will
not be surprising if the Office is discontinued
one of these fine autumn days. For truth,
things post-officially are considerably mixed
here, but who is really TO blame for it all is
one Of those things which few uninitiate d fol-
lowers can fathom or find out.
II may be asked why Mr.. johnson doesn't
take the Office to his house and run il there
to suit himself as well as the people whom
the Office is intended to benefit Because
| ~ Johnsonville isn't Burton, and (2) there
are drawbacks against moving postofiice
way out into the wilderness mile or more
from the plated and recorded town after
which it is named, and (3), the people of the
community are twenty-five to one in favor
of keeping the postoffice where it is to-da,
aud where it has been ever since Mr.. Barber
then in Congress, had the Office established
and named and Mr.. John wager appointed
postmaster.
A Congressman seeking reelection woult
better have car load of millstones hanged
about his neck than to have an assortment o
complicated postoffice cases like this one t
burden him withal
Ny "'cross country correspondence will b,
resumed next week ana will lightly toucl
upon everything Of interest between .hi
point and Hazel Green, Ella British, Potosi
Dickeyville, jamestown, Fairplay, Sinsinaws
Mound, and Lightcap's Mill Cornelison, who
runs steam thresher somewhere in that fail
southern country, will be interviewed, and tbs
HERALD readers will doubtless find out which
is the cheaper and better motive power fol
threshing machines--horsefesh or steam well
tanned and "broke TO harness."
Till then, if you are the housewife, act on
the hint of some old Bible epicure, and pre-.
serve few more jars Of " the kindly fruits
of the earth, that in due time You may enjoy
them" Gus.