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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
Another Roland fer Oliver.

Iowa, Dec. is, 1878.
EDITOR HERALD:-We note in you.
excellent paper Of week before last
ISSUE Kansas letter, written by d.
Oliver, and beg leave to write fesr
remarks npon it. And first Mr.. Oil.
yer says he left Grant County 10
Wisconsin and travelled through
Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri in "a
days and finally got to his own home
in Ellis county, Kansas. and is SUR
prised to find the hills and rough
country through which he passed 10
all these States, and the "poor PEG.
pie that live in them"
Why Mr.. Oliver must certainly
have taken a circu;tous route in or
der TO get sight Of the beautiful
little hills that are here and there
found ia these States. We in our
rambles have seen all these States,
and most of the States and terrific
riss of the United States, and we Get
down Iowa as one of the best for
farming purposes in the Union, and
perhaps in the world. Its lands are
all taken up aud are high in price.
Tue farmers are all rich or getting
rich. Our people are all civilized
and religious; our churches and
school houses both in number and
quality will compare with those of
any State in the west or South we
have DO "scaIswass" They have
all gone west. Those hills and rough
lands referred to by Mr.. Oliver 10
Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties
in Wisconsin, are rich in mineral and
the plains that lie between are rich
aud fertile and the climate exceed
ingly healthy. We lived there 20
years and would as soon live there
as any where. There is where MIR.
Oliver made the money with which
he mcs dered round the little bills
in Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri, and
to buy the land and break $50 acres,
which breaking itself cost him a.
least $500, and the aeed TO SOW IL
5000 more, and be may get his seed
off of it again or he may get 5000
bushels Of wheat off of it-doubtful
Within the last Is years, Kansas
has had 4 years of famine; two by
heat and drou,h, and two by locust.
Each of those years its people were
gratuitousiy supplied with bread and
seed by the neighboring Siates--the
billy Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and
others. A famine hiss never been
known in Wisconsin or Iowa. Kan
sas has its hills too. and sluggish
streams of water, from which un-
wholesome niasmss arise and i'm
pregnate the sir with unhealthy eff
fuvia, and the ngue and fever is
common in most parts of tho State,
and the people who go there all die
except the "scalawags." Iowa has
its railroads and the great river,
Mississippi; SO has Wisconsin. and
no famine, locnsts or pestilence. Try
it again, Mr.. Oliver. Iowa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
lancaster, January, 1879
.ected weekly nv Nathan 2chreinar a a..
Something for the New Year.

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
Letter From Iowa.

Mr.. EDITOR As l have net writ
ten for long tine l will try to tell
you something about times and
crops in south western Iowa. Tho
bulk of the corn is gathered. Corn
was a splendid crop this season--it
got ripe early and the people COM
meneed husking very early. The
fall has been very dry SO that people
could not fall plow, otherwise we
could not have had nicer fall in
which to get tho fall work done.
Cattle and hogs and all kinds of
grain are low and but little prospect
Of being any better at present. Some
think that times will be better when
the silver once acts scattered thro'
the country. Hogs are dying very
badly in some places with the chol
era. The man that | worked for has
lost fifty or sixty head of hogs, but
those that are living appear better
since tho cold weather commenced
Last Sunday il showed little oil
day, also last Friday it showed hard
oil Jay, ahu u showing a little 10. DAY,
the 18th, / saw Mr.. John Norton
in Shomey las geek his family are
we'll. He has large farm in Atchi-
son County, No., and the Richmond
boys are livirg on hie place. They
are also from Grant County. Mr..
Emerson Richmond moved ont here
this fall. There are a good many
Wisconsin men scattered through
this section. Oar postmaster, Mr..
West, is Wisconsin man, from
Milwaukee, also be station and ex.
press agent is from that state-used
to be at Wauzeka. in Crawford Co.
| will close this short and poorly
written letter.
Yorrs Respectfully,
GEORGE w. LINTON.
Shenandoah, Page Co.. Iowa Dec. is. 1878
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02

made exposure of only few Of the
transactions in which Mr.. Keyes has
been engaged. We entered upon the
duty with great reluctance, not that
we cared anything about him. Our
party has had him for its captain
The reflection is not pleasant TO
thought a1d less pleasant to relate
But Mr. Keyes's whole political Ca
reer is Of this same kind. Go back ii
you wish to his handling of the public
property at Madison, or follow him
through his expenditures OF money az
Republican chairman, it 10 q scandal
path from beginning to end. Place
him where it will pay his party enc
mics to expose him and his tracks
will be uncovered. The heart we
have IN the Republican party, to say
nothing Of the honor Of the State.
leads us to plead with the people not
to force the exposure but give us .
Fairchild, give us Rublee, give us a
Sawyer, give US Cole, give US any
Of the thousand men Of Wisconsin. d
Thousand times more capable and in
hnitely more deserving than Post.
master Keyes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
Uranire,

This is the most recently discovered and
perhaps the most remarkable of all the coal
tar or aniline group of coloring substances now
so extensively used for the adornment of the
finest fabrics. Uranine is said by chemists to
the most highly fiuorescent body known to
science. Its coloring power is astonishing; a
single grain will irnpart a marked color to
nearly five hundred gallons of water.
A most interesting experiment which any
body may try, consists in sprinkling few
atsms of Uranine upon the surface of water in
lass or tumbler. Each atom senct down
through the water what appears to be a bright
green rootlet; and the tumbler soon looks as If
it were crowded full of beautiful plants. The
rootlets now begin to enlarge, spread and com
pine until we have mass of soft, green-col-
ored liquid. Viewed by transmitted light the
color tc bright golden or amber hue; while a
combination Of green and gold will be realized
according to the position in which the glass is
held. For day or evening experiment nothing
can be prettier than these trials of uranine.
which are especially entertaining for the
young folks. We are indebted for samples of
the color to the editors of the Scientific Amer
lean. who are sending ont specimens free of
charge 10 all their readers The subscription
to their paper is IS 90 for a year, or 81 90
half year; and better investment for the
money could hardly be named
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02

IT is rough work that polishes.
Look at the pebbles on the shore |!
Far inland where some arm of the
sea thrusts itself deep in the bosom
OF the land, and lies girdled by the
mountains, sheltered from storms
the pebbles on the beach are rough,
not beautiful. It is where long
white lines of breakers roar. and
the rafting single is rolled along
tho strand that it's pebbles are
round and polished As 10 nature,
as in art. so in grace. The more the
diamond IL cut, the moro itsparkles !;
and 10 what seems hard dealing,
there Ged has 20 end in view but to
perfect His people.-Dr. Guthrie.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02

the people to the importance OF the
situation, and that they "oblige their
representatives not to foist this i'm
position upon them.n And for the
first time perhaps in his life sthe
Bess' is scared. On Tuesday las,
be sent to as one of the leading al
torreys of the city Of Madison--an
cfhce-hoider of course. The business
Of that attorney was to tell ns that
we were "puslishing certain libellous
articles against Mr.. Keyes;" that to
Offset these charges Mr.. Reyes had
obtained certificates of character
from that fragrant Democratic ex-
Congressman, G. W. Cate; from Hon.
J Mckinney, former q. 8. Attor-
ney who handled some of the whis
key "maurauders," and from the
distinguished Judge Dixsn, and he
wanted Us to publish those certifi-
oates We read them and said, Yos
glad to publish them. Indeed they
are but hooks on which aaxt week
We can hang sundry Keyes garments
and give them an airing Sorry SIR
Keyes did not send his agent q day
sooner 80 that the public could have
the benefit OF theae certificates this
week. Bat at present We can only
say that we arc gratifed with this
tangible evidence of the trathfulness
of Keyes's pet Bunker's picture Of
tho Keyes method of manufacturing
pnblic opinion, of the way he 'srush
es things," elsewhere referred to
He is calling ia his friends from ali
parts of the State and he ia sending
Madison men out. In Bunker's lau>
guage, He ia "setting to work the
most prominent and influential msu
of Madison to hunt up other infiuen
tial men snugly and in
squads" This costs money. Jndg
ing by the stories as 20 why many
business men in Madison. want Reyes
In position with increased salary
We wonder whore he gets the money
Is there dear Conk CIR some such
man at his elbow?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02

Why don't we say something on
the Speakersbip ?-is question nc
cssionally presented. 1t is a quest IN
OF some Importance but is so far over
Swallowed by the Senatorship that we
take but little interest in it. We
would be pleased indeed to see Hon.
VIM. E. Carter chosen Speaker. His
past honorable services and his abil-
ity render him worthy candidate for
the position. He would honor the
position, we think, more than it would
honor him. He would be as great .
man and as conspicuously before the
people on the floor as in the chair.
The other man prominently spoken of
for the place is Hon. d. M. Kelley, of
Green Bay. We do not favor him
and, were it not that our opposition
would be construed to be in the inter-
est of Mr. Carter, we would show him
active hostility. In our last election
canvass heavy document fred
through every Republican organ in
this District at Mr. King was his
record iavoring the Calkins and Mar
tin steals. Now, how does it look for
Republicans to put forward the cham
pion of one of these steals and an
advocate of the other as their presid-
ing officer of the Assembly ? This is
Mr.. Kelley's unfortunate relation and
we cannot consistently favor his pro
motion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
Maritime Notes Intended for last
Week.
Cassyille. Deosn,bar % 1877.

Cassviiie, December ~, 1878.
FRIEND PoLLocK On Sunday
morning the 22d ne found the Mis-
sissippi bridged opposite town, and
this morning teams are crossing and
our prophets have come to grief.
they who pretended to have positive
Information from the weather bu-
reau to the effect that we should have
no ice.
Mr.. Harry Hall, from the state of
Michigan, is lecturing TO full houses
here every svening. on temperance,
aud IN faet gets coed many "con>
vicss to sign n pledge, mostly,
however, ladies Reform in that
line is needed as much here as any
where, and if the male portion of
those who sign Re pledge will stick
1t will be blessing. But, alas |
fear that the conversion in most ca
ses will prove rather as did the con-
version of Moses --, Charles -.
and others who used 10 IN the early
'5O's every w,nsas be converted, and
"get religion ~ hey termed ii, but
shortly after tbs revival meetings
were entirely eat Of tho supply.
This is probably. .hough, chargeaole
to their too p-ofuss and extravagant
use of the suppl, obtained.
BUSINESS
is dali, no hogs ming in since the
ferry stopped RI ming Bat for that
evil we have in our Mississippi
bridge remedy The main trade
10 in wood. vev necessary article
for every body ja4t now. The big
pile, however. = put up by the
brewery, which, ~ he way. is now
10 full blast. and Mr.. Bech,Ier, the
foreman, saJs hr soakes regulor ar
ticle of Bavaria. beer of barley and
hors. Mr.. F. Bechtler is Bavarian,
the country fam as for furnishing
the best beer IN the werld, for all
German beerds' kers sing,
Baierisch muSs sem
and Wilhelm sess he ia the best
demmolt sole brawe in the u. S.
We shall wstc!s events when the
tirst suit comes ont. for Wilhelm
has promised al the boys a good
time the Ist wees in January.
Say, you Landsman, Merry
Christmas s.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
Dairy Notes.

The following interesting points are
cleaned from papers read at meet.
ing of the National Butter, Cheese
aud Egg Association, held in Chicago
last Spring.
l. The developments of dairying
in Elgin and Iowa, and in the North
west generally, seem to be following
q natural and probably an inevitable
law: first, wheat; second, milk and
its manufactured products batter
and cheese; aud third, corn, hay, cat
tie and hogs-the LIST requiring the
least phosphoric acid. the second
more, and the first most of all.
q The gradual diminuticn of
phosphoric acid produced by wheat
cropping not only lessons the yield of
grain, but reduces its quality at the
same time and, in the case OF milk
products, butter and cheese lose in
quality in proportion to the length OF
time which the natural and introduced
herbages are pastured down Thus
the butter and cheese, the products of
the old dairy farms of New York, are
not as good as those of Elgin, and the
Elgin products do not take rank with
those of the new dairy districts of
Iowa, with the understanding, of
course, that the same skill, under the
same circumstances, is employed in
the manufacture of each and all.
5. That scourge of the dairy labor
ton, does not appear until after the
soil has been exhausted of consider
able portion of its phosphoric acid,
and becomes fatal and epidemic just
in proportion as the pastures have
been Impoverished by a system of
husbandry which takes verything of
and returns nothing. or in returning
something returns not that OF the
right kind. Abortion being simply
ARRESTED development" and due to
the mistake of requiring the three i'm
portant functions of the nutrition OF
the fGtus, the maintenance OF the in
dividual and the enforced secretion OF
milk, to be performed on rations OF
TODD apparently not insufficient in
quantity but wholly insufficient in
quality and kind.
4. The practice of coloring winter
butter has become almost universal
too much color being used and SO
much az to make it less difficult for
makers and dealers in oleomargarine
to crowd their goods on the market
without suspicion of their real char.
acter.
8. In this manufacture of butter
the custom has become general after
churning to wash the butter with cold
brine of greater or less strength, and
not only to wash it once but twice il
the first washing does not remove ev
cry trace of btterinilk. Cold water
be it of the purest, and ice in the bar.
gain is not now used for butter wash.
ing-brine having been found far
preferable, and for what reason no.
body seemed able or willing to ex.
plain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02

BORROWING Hoas-It is reported
at Patch Grove, that Mr. Lewis, mas
ter of Grange in Grant county,
represents to the farmer that rebate
from the r. r. Co. of SIS when he
ships 80 or 40 car loads of stock, and
by promising his brother Changers
the benefit of this ssdiscourt" he in
duces them to loan him their hogs to
ship on his own account. This may
be SO ; and if it is true, it only shows
that the "Granger" is big monopo-
list and can naturally affiliate with
other monopolies.-Prairie du Chen
Courier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02

WE are often asked how the Grant
County members Of the Legislature
will vote on Senator. 1t was under.
stood that at first Reyes claimed tnat
three of them would vote for him. Al.
forwards he claimed two of them.
Finally like the boys story that there
were "95 cats at or barn" which
dwindled down to "grandpap's old cat
and aunt Susan's kitten anyhow" il /.
now said that he claims Mr.. Carter
anyhow. THIS being the situation we
will not answer for the other TREE,
but we have Mr.. Carriers own words:
81 am independent and uncommit'ed,
absolutely so, on the Senatorsh.p )"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
Sabbath Dissertation.

Mr.. EDITOR - iasing been ST.
lent spectator listener of what
has been going ~ all around us for
months past. and neither seeing or
hearing ono wa9d upon any other
subject except temperance and Rail
road, l have been wondering to my
self, why it is lbst | do not hear
either from the .,aipit or the press
one word about the desecraton of
the LORDS dav which is going on
in our midst S@s1a,h after Sabbath,
and that too, in what they call CIV
ilized and Chri ian nation, one of
the lights of the world. Can it be
possible that | an living in land
which cares less for the commands
of the true aud living God than the
poor and blind haalhen do for their
idols? Can it bs true that men
have forgotten that God says,
"Rem ember thou the Sabbath day
and keep 1t holy" think it is high
time that Gods servants ought to
"hft up their voices like trumpet
and try and stem the food allude
to ell Chris tiana / am we'll enough
aware that Intem perance is a great
and crying sin. and that there is
none more anxious to see it swept
from the land than your humb bic
servant, but when / hear Gods re.
deemed people hsrping go much up.
on one string it puts me in mind of
man who is trying to stop the leak
in dam while he has forgotten to
shut down the flood gates. Ever
since this railroad commenced from
Woodman to Lancaster, men have
been employed on it week
aftcr week aud Sabbath after
Sabbath; even the poor dumb brutes
get no rest, on the l. rd's day. Even
men of whom We would expect bet
ter things run TO and fro to see their
fellow man work on that blessed
day on which the .'Son Of God rose
from the dead" was told the 9th.
er day that thev were anxious to
get into Lancaster because they
were behind time hence they had to
work on the Sabbath to mako it up.
/ don't think they will be behind
time when they are summoned to
the bar of God.
Yours respectfully,
A PROTESTANT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
Keyes ana Joyce.

Reyes claims that be was one of
tie first to call atteution to tho
whiskey frauds and for the purpose
OF reformation wanted Burpee re-
moved and Conklin appointed. There
is remarkable similarity or colpci-
dence between the evidence of his
anxiety on this subject and that I f
the notorious John A. Joyce. Keyes'
pretended letter to the rev enue
Commissioners had these words
Sin behalf of common justice and defraud-
ed revenue, appeal to you to case the in
slant removal of A. E. Burpec, believing as
do. that no reform in these respects can be
truly inaugurated until this is DONE"
Barpee was accordingly removed
and Keyes's "dear Conk." was APP
pointed. keyes's complaint against
Burpee was made soon after Burpee
lodged information with the reve-
nue. department against Rindskop'.
Burpee appears to have been Wig.
liant officer, while "dear Couk'' st
once became the chief OF the official
conspirators. Similarly in Missouri
q revenue agent was appointed. The
noted Joyce was the Reyes of the
ring. He was watching the "defraud-
ed revenue" He wanted reform,
Therefore he appealed to Babcock
thus:
Poor Ford is dead Mcdonald is with his
body. Let TIC President act cautiously in his
suceessorstip.
aud again: $3.50
"The bondsmen prefer the man tkey have
recommended. Let the President do
for the best, depending upon Mcdonald and
myself etc.
aud later,
1--WE have official information that the ens-
my weakens. Push things."
Thugs were "pushed" in Missouri
and at the final pushing Joyce ar d
Mcdonald were sent to the poniten.
tia:y. Reyes was not u revenue Of
ficer and there was no chance there
fore to try him, bat goodly num-
Der OF his friends his "brigade"-
received similar treatment when
things were pushed" in Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
State of Wisconsin.
Grant Comfy.
Town of Patch Grove

Frederick Madison being first duly sworn
and on oath says, that Cd or aboat the 18th of
July 1878, | bought tub of butter from
James Donnelly of Patch Grove, Grant County,
Wisconsin. l shipped same to Chicago when
received my returns from the consignee. Hs
stated that the tub of butter was damaged !;
the lid was off the same and was full Of dust,
and from inquiries made with the railroad COM
pany found that the fault was with them that
through their neglect the lid got off same in
transit, and that no blame was attributed to
any one else but themselves for the butter
getting damaged, and in consequence refunded
the sender the freight upon same. And fur>
ther will state that never told Mrs Casey or
any one else that the butter was mixed with
clay or dirt when / bought same from Mr..
Donnelly The butter was good and free from
adulteration.
| bought butter at different times from Mr..
Donnelly prior and subsequently to the date
mentioned and the butter sold for a. high
price as any other that shipped.
F. MADISON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th
day of December, 1873. JOHN JONES.
Notary Public, Grant Co., Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02


WE wish TO say 10 or friends hat
1t is our deep down Republicanism
makes us 80 strongly oppose Mr..
Keyes's election to the u. S. Senate
Our State may be able to stand il;
we do not think our party can. 1t
it could we might have let the ma.
ter "bIow over" 1t 10 not personal
enmity to Mr.. Reyes causes coy
part of our opposition. We ne7er
asked favor of him; never heard
of his having said or done the least
act that could cause personal oppo-
sition. We oppose him because we
believe him in no respect q cansble
or fit man for the place and 10.
cause we think we plainly sea il his
election disaster to the Republio..n
Marty Of WiacOnain