Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-30

Prof. CLARK, Of Bloomington, was
here on Sunday. He talked politics,
OF course. Everybody does. Some
good things were said. ] give few,
from memory:
What the Greenback party needs,
first of all, is fresh issue of voters
Two years ago they had 29,40l
votes in Ohio, this year the enormous
sum total of the g. b poll is 1929.
What falling off is there, my
countrymen. Two years ago the
Greenback vote in this State was
2e,2l6.
Who wants 10 bet that they will
not have fifth OF the above figure
this year?
In Ohio the Greenback party was
ground down fine between the upper
and neither milstones of Republican.
ism and Democracy.
In Wisconsin the same thing will
take place next Tuesday.
/ asked Prof. Clark what he tho't
of the Repl blican Legislative candi-
dates of Grant county, taken in a
lump.
A significant shrug of the gentle
mans shapely, intellectual shoulder.
Only that aud nothing more.
But that was enough, heaven
knows
| write this at the desk in the ho-
tel office. There ls a great crowd in
the room. They are taking The
subject is Grant and his literary
qualifications The majority seem
to bold to the belief that u. S. G.
isn't much when 1t comes to writing
and speaking. One of the Grant
worshipers il losing his angelic tenn.
per, and t. liz one of the soothing null
titude to beat one of the Silent mans
oratorical or literary efforts, if he can
All, hs Says the scoffer, "After |
have been President eight years,
have been around the globe, and"
here Grants champion gets red in the
face, bolts out of the room and goes
down street to lock up his store.
But the din goes on, and if my CORE
spondence is trifie more incompre-
hensble than usual, you will know
how TO account for it.
How many of the HERALD readers
know anything about the postal car
service, and can tell how mail matter
is handled in transit on the trains?
don't know very much about it my.
self, but | have an invitation, as HEa
AID correspondent, to ride to St.
Paul and back, one OF these days, in
Col. Mckinney's car, who is one ofthe
route agents between this point and
that. The subject will make a two
or three column solid BREWER letter,
and will come handy as filling after
the literature OF politics ia no longer
in demand. Col. Mckinney is man
OF about my inches, and has the name
of being as noble Roman withal as
these modern times afford. We
agree on everything save politics and
religion, he being an Ingersoll man,
whereas it is well known, | believe,
that | am follower Of the meek and
lowly Nazarene.
That energetic human locomotive,
broad gauge pattern, p. Flynn, Esq,
of the narrow gauge, was in town
last Sunday. He said that Wing
vile extension will be constructed at
once, and that the cars will run to
Montfort before the winter is fairly
upon US. What and where would
that narrow gauge be without Flynn
In a few weeks Major Viele, and a
number of the good Prairie people,
your correspondent among them,
will go to Lancaster, arriving there
Saturday and tarrying there until
Monday. See that the hotels lay IN
great store of provender, and tina,
there is no lack OF the brewage that
cheers the German but inebriates
the native nine times in ten.
The subject Of suicide being up.
peImost IN the minds of many Of
your readers now, permit me to
quote something good from the seth
chapter OF Charles Rea-ie's remarka
BILE story entitled, white Lies
There is an old French proverb, and wise
one. IL means you can make sure of nothing
but this, that matters will not turn as you
feel sure they will and for This reason you
who are thinking OF suicide because trade is
declining, speculation failing. bankruptcy i'm.
pending, or your life going to be blighted for.
+ aun Tod Los. .l1,.tf !.
you are English, American, French or Ger.
man, listen to man who knows what j:
what, and don't do it. Why not i? because
none of these no. rors will affect YOU as you
are prophesying they will, the Joys we expect
are not 80 bright, nor the troubles so dark az
we fancy they will be. Bankruptcy coming
is one thing; come is quite another and nc
heart or life can be really blighted after &c
years of age. The love-sick girls that are
picked ont of the canal alive, marry another
man, have eight brats, and sereech with
laughter when they think Of sweetheart
probably bloekhead No. /, for whom they
were fools enough to wet themselves This
happens invariably. The loYe.sick girls tina,
are picked out of the canal dead have fled
from short.liyed memory 20 eternal misery,
from guilt time ncTer failed 10 cure Ia
anguish incurahle.
You all know what Shakespeare
says about suicide, so need not
weary by quoting. Against self.
slaughter there is prohibition so al.
vine that cravens my week hand
go that the Almighty had not fixed
his canon 'gainst self-murder." and
all that stale sort of thing.
OF course Carlyle has his say
abont suicide. For example : "With-
out faith, worldlings puke up their
sick existence by suicide, in the
midst of luxuries" "From suicide
certain after shine (NachSchein) OF
Christianity withheld me; perhaps
also a certain Incidence of character
tor was not that a remedy I had at
any time within reach 2"
No sir, or madam, even though
you have an early wound in your
faithful heart that you will carry to a
late grave, do not | implore you,
"puke mp your sick existence by sui,
cide.", Twill "muss up" things so,
and hardly make anybody feel bad
Take Resde's advice, and don't do il.
Business is beginning to boom
here, and trade is good at all the
stores The farmers are coming in
with produce of all kinds, and the
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