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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03
An Analogous Case-Congress and
the President

A citizen of Connecticut in pay
ment Of debt, rendered to citizen
of New York $1,000 10 greenbacks
which have been redeemed at the u.
S. Treasury end again paid out since
the frat of January last. The citi-
zen of New York has refsued 10 ac-
cept them on the ground that the
government has no right to issue le-
gal tender notes in times of peace;
that these notes having been once
redeemed their Reissue is equivalent
to the issue of new legal tender notes
and that their character as legal ten
der has therefore ceased. The case
lie TO be brought before the United
States courts and the decision of the
Supreme Court obtained upon the
question 10 controversy.
It would now be in keeping with
the attitude they have assumed to-
wards another coordinate and inde-
pendent department Of the govern
ment, for the Democratic majority
in Congress which ia composed
largely of soft money men to hold
a caucus and decide that thcy will
make no further appropriations for
judges salaries unless the court rem
ders judgement in conformity
with the views Of the soft
money party. Under the coustitu.
ton the executive is q CO ordinate
and independent department equally
with congress and the judiciary.
Congress has therefore, just as clear
right to attempt to compel the
judges to render decisions in accord
ance with it's own notions, regard
less Of their own views of law, by
Withholding supplies, IS it has to
briug that kind of pressure to bear
on the president. If by such means
they may compel a president to ap-
prove law which in his Judgment
is unwisd and mischievous they
may in the same manner degrade
the Supreme Court into q mere tool
for registering the decisions Of a
party caucus.-Mil,oaukee Wiscon-
Sin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

THE DEAD SHIP OF HARPS
WELL.

BY JOHN WHITTIER
What fecks the outer gray beyond
The sundown's golden trail?
The white fash of sea-bird's wing,
Or CLEAN of slanting sail I?
Let young eye watch from Neck and Point,
And sea-woin elders pray
The ghost of what was once a ship
Is sailing up the bay
From gray sea>fog, from icy drift,
From peril and from pain.
The hone-bosnd fisher greets thy lights,
o hnndred-harbored Maine!
But many a keel shall seward turn,
And many a sail outstand,
When, tall ard white the Dead Ship looms
Against the dusk of land.
She rounds the headlands' bristling pines,
She threads the isle-se. bay
No spur of breeze can speed her on,
Nor ebb of tide delay.
| Old men still walk the Isle of Orr
Who tell Ler date and name,
Old shipwrights sit in Freeport yards
| Who hewed her oaken frame
What weary doom of baffled quest.
Thou sad sea-ghost is thine?
What makes thee in the haunts of home
A wonder and sign?
No foot is on thy silent deck,
Upon the helm no hand
No ripple hath the soundless wind
That smites thee from the land
For never comes the ship to port,
Howe'er the breeze may be;
just when she nears the waiting shore
She drifts again to sea.
No tack Of sail, nor turn Of helm,
Nor sheer of yeering side.
Stern,fore she drives to sea and right
Against the wind and tide.
In vain DER Harpswell Neck the star
Of evening guides her in;
In vain for her the lamps are lit
Within thy tower, Seguin
In vain the harbor- boats shall hail,
In vain the pilot call;
No hand shall reef her spectral sail,
Or let her anchor fall
Shake, brown old wives, with dreary Joy,
Your gray-head hints of i'll
And, over sick-beds whispering low:
Your prophecies fulfill.
Some home amid yon birchen trees
Shall drape its doors with woe;
And slowly where the Dead Ship sails,
The burial boat shall row.
From Wolf Neck and from Flying Point,
FROM island and from main,
From sheltered cove and tided creek,
Shall glide the funeral train.
The dead boat will be the bearers four,
The mourners at her stern
And one shall 60 the silent way
Who shall no more return.
And men shall sigh and women weep,
Whose dear ones pale and pine,
And sadly DER the sunset seas
Await the ghostly sign.
They know not that its sails are filled
BY PHYS tender BREATH
Nor see the Angel at the helm
Who steers the Ship OF Death
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03
THURSDAY. APRIL 8, 1879.
She Sewed on His Buttons.

Old hummer is tight-fisted. Sew
eral days ago be said to his wife
maria | want you to look over that
broadcloth vest of mine, and put
new buttons on it, cause Pm going
to card party Tonight
"But, Ely" answered Mrs. B., 81
haven't any buttons to match that
vest; and"
"Thunderln broke in Blrmmer.
"the idea of woman keeping house
as long as you have and pretending
to be out of buttons. By Georgel
b'lieve you'll ask me for money to
buy 'em with next"
That evening Blummer hurried
through with his supper and began
nrraving himself for the card party.
Presently he chilled for his broaicloth
vest, and Mrs. b. with marvellous
promptitnde handed il to him. He
took it, hastily unfolded 1T, and then
ns his eye took in his complete ap-
pearahce he stood as one transfixed.
1t was a six button vest and there
were six buttons on it, and the dazed
optic Of hummer observed that the
first or top one was a tiny pearl
shirt button and the next WIS a
brass army overcoat button with U.
S cleaning upon 1t. and that mum.
Der three was an oxydizsd silver af-
fair, and that number four was q
horn-buttoG, evidently from the back
of one of the Puritan fathers coats,
and then came o suspender button,
and thoD, as the dazzled eyes reachr
ed the bottom button-a poker chip
(found in Blummer's pocket With
two holes pudched through the
gave snort that made the chande-
lier jingle. There is, after all, fine
sense of humor 10 Blummer and he
laughed till he cried. Add there
won't be any button money grudged
in that household hereafter. Troy
Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03
Sagacity OF Animals Overrated

y
Gentleman's Magazine, to shake the
public faith in the value of the obser.
vations Of the lower creation. We
know by experience that our barn.
door fowls will with infinite compos.
ure retire to rest at ten o'clock in the
morning in the case of an eclipse, yet
that knowledge does not prevent the
public from assuming the possession
by birds of mysterious sources of in.
formation on the subject Of weather
which are sealed to us. Dogs are sup.
posed to have some intuition which
warns them of approaching death,
and many heart has been tortured
by accepting as forewarning of dis.
solution dogs complaint, against
the moon for unreasonable brightness.
The fact is that animals in general are
far less wise than we think, even in
matters that come directly under their
ken. Observations of phenomena on
the part of man who, by noticing
the influence of changing condition
upon various objects. animate and in>
animate, becomes weatherwise, are
far more trustworthy than that kind
of feeling, which, like pain in an old
wound, warns birds or animals of the
approach of wet. Although curious
it is, indeed, to see how far animals
are from possessing the kind of knowl-
edge we are the most ready to assign
them. that Of things they may eat with
impunity. Quite recently Lord Love-
lace underwent serious loss in con-
sequence of herd of cows eating
some ewe-clippinRs indlscreetly placed
within their reach. Cattle continually
mistake the kind of food that will suit
them, especially when they are strange
to the district in which it grows. At.
ter time they will find its noxiouz
qualities, and are, it appears, able to
transmit the knowledge to their de.
scendants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

WRIGHT, the demagogue congress
msn from Pennsylvania, has gone
back to the Democrats, after having
got ont of the Greenbackers all they
had to give, that is their votes for
himself for speaker. He went into
the Democratic caucus on Thursday
evening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03
JENKINS is very hard To sui

JENKINS is very hard to suit 10 the
matter OF restaurants. The other
day, after be had finished his dinner
at one he had never been 10 before,
he sent for the proprietor. "Ah, sir
will Jou permit me to embrace you,
and take a heartfelt farewell 2"
"Why so, my dear sir p "Why so
you miserable old hash chopper do
you dare ask me why /? Because you
will never see me again; that's why"
And so saying, he embraced tho
restaurant man and walked away
with great dignity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03
The only way the truth 70 garble,
To shoot the rumors a. they fy,
Is to let this Neph, and Marble
Go upon the stand and
TO upon the stand and

"Lie" would make an excellent
rhyme, but that is not pretty word.
If we could only bring in something
about information casually reaching
us as of past event, or about nsu-
fruct now, our verses would be per-
fectly rounded of. But never mind.
Let them go down to posterity an I'M.
finished work. l-Boston Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

A john Bull, conversing with
Canadian Indian. asked him il he
knew that the sun never sets on the
Queens Dominions. "No," said the
Indian. "Do you know the reason
why?" asked John? "Because
Heaven is afraid to trust an English.
man in the dark" was the savage's
reply.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

"WHAT are you after, my dear?"
said grandmother to little boy,
who was siding along a room, and
casting furtive Chances at a gentle
man who was paying visit. II am
trying to steal papa's hat out of the
room without letting the gentleman
see the wants him to think he's
out -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

THERE is breed of cats 10 Hol.
land having exceptionally fine fur,
which tradition asserts is due to an
exclusive fish diet. Their fur is sold
in London as gennet, although real
gennet from Africa is rarely on the
market.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

THERE has been a remarkable case
of constancy in England. A man who
escaped from bis wife thirty-fve years
ago has just returned and offered to
"kiss and make up" A few days
prior to the offer the wife had Inherit
ed q large estate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

MIsTaEss-"Come, Bridget, how
much longer are you going to be fill !.
ing the pepper box?" Bridget
"Shure, ma'am, and it's meself can't
say how long it'll be takin' me to ge.
ali this stuffin the thing through the
holes in the top"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

TEXAS has 200 convicts Of whom
some 500 are kept in prison and the
rest are hired out to work on railroads
and farms. One, undergoing q life
sentence is hired by his wife and lives
comfortably at home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

Mrs. PARTlsGToS, speaking of the
rapid manner in which bloody Deeds
were perpetrated said that it only re-
quired two seconds to fight duel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

. The experiment has been tried of
ten enough to prove that a button.
hook is not night-key.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03

We may joke when we please if we
are always careful to please when we
joke.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03
Advertising Rates.

AnauA I.dvertfseme nit payable quarterly 'o"'
rese- fsarterly withou tie 1T charge. .ant
Adv srtisements settodoupieooiu"
extra. ...u..nnrm Zach
Estravaotices nina ID escribed
4 weekf. Each ID ditionali NINA laescriDeuih sahe
Snec,aI1otices neutrality-suspicious. newstype
N 20, ,sneTiine rst aserttOn; 5eentsperlineeach
SUI ,d,aes ov reaire for transient Advertisements
IA nissioners 'Notices, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT s-
tr.v Notices o. animals takenup):
ntad Terms Cash ondelivery Of work
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03
OPTICAL DIRECTORY.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Agents.

AECHhss
rEssE BROOKS, g GENERAL COLLECTION AGENT
j aud convey ANGER, Bloomington, Wis Titles inves,
tigatod and perfected Collections promptiysttehoeo
co. References given when desired
T MCLAUGHLIN, LAW COLLECTION AND IN
j srrance efhce opposite Pirst National BANK
BosoobeI, Wis Will attend promptly to businessen-
truated to his SA-4o
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03
Hotels.

CENTRAL WORCESTERSHIRE. The under
" signed having thoroughly overhauled and re-
furnished the Central Hotel at Cassvie is prepared
TO accommodate the travelling public and solicits hi
share Of the patronage. Good stabling, and com
mensurate 10 the times.
d, The Landlord speaks both the American and
German language. HARMON GREYBILL,
Ddted Nov. 70 1873 36-9Tm6 Proprietor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-03
n H,PARs0Ns, INSURANCE AGENT,
L LANCASTER, WISCONSIN.
Represents 100000 Capital.

ToaN JONES, PATCH GROVE, GRANT COUNTY
j wis, Notary Public and Oonveyancer, GtneralCo-
state Of Wisconsin, to whom Hawkers and Peddlers
shoultapply for State License S5-ioiy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-28
TARDsHIps OF SOUTHERN WRITERS.

To the EdftOr or The Tribune.
SIR The article entitled Southern Writers"
copied from The Atlanta Constitution In last sundays
TRIBUNE is so Just In It's OF facts and It's in
fereuces in the MAN, that Southern writer. cannot
orbear TO applaud honesty and courage Of the ed
itor who ventures thus freely 10 utter wholesome
truth 10 his countrymen and women. But with his de-
ductons one serious faul: may be found He almost
arms that IchabOd IS written Genius IN the south
because the literature found southern papers and
riodicals is the merest wadde AMI trash Extensively
sectional Why is II so
Because the editors Southern papers refuse 20 toler
ATE the smallest particle Of liberalism either in articles
or books Of fiction. A poem, sketch, article or
story offered for publication ut the South must be sec
tonal II IL IL allowed place their columns. IL Is
next 10 impossible for the wedgc-point OF Ma
tonal idea to be entered Sir. Hayne Is right ;
any author OF talent IS right 10 a" fold bis
tent ike the Arab. and silently steal away" rom land
where every man or woman whose brain is broad
enough whose heart is pig enough 10 hold the heroic
image OF the Union. here;c and an ou'cast from
the temple political faith IN the south Not that these
outcas children love her less tenderywouli serve her
ess deyOfediy-or mourn less grievOusy In her grief
b b.eauso Ike the ancient city of Zion she execraies
every voice in her midst that does not echo the
fanAricism that Is carrying her 20 her doom;
VINO are answerabie for this the editors OF the
south Through the press only can the southern
massts learn the truth WHICH their Infatuated political
leaders are too blind 10 see OF too to utter In
s,ead NJ ihis thew prescribe the matter and the
manner Of Whatever - written iof their journals aud
IN one "a moi willing 70 lie down upon this PrOcrustean
bed and be Topped stretched hs requires his
talent suppressed aud he mus wander forth 10 seek
his among the people he has been called upon to
denounce Eternal honor To these nOspa patrons
literature and art who ready IL relieve one OF the
oroscrhe as their own loyal sons and daughters pro-
yaed always they wear the wedding garment" That
say when they write something worthy or pub
ication no matter the complexion OF their poll
ties Let our editors simulate their wisdom and they
will not have TO lament the drser'on OF such men as
We've iork Dee "a, 1870.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-28
NETTING OF CUB1Ys IN AER-YORK.

meeting OF the Cubans resident in New-lork
who are interested in the uprising in Cuba was held
last evening at Clarendon Hail. in Thirteenth
A. General CaYtO Garcia Giguez. presided
Among those present General c. Roloif Lean
dro Rodriguez, Manuel Beraza and Jaan Arnao. of
the Revolutionary Committee, and Colonel Pho
Rosaao. san Salvador Cisneros, who was President
81 the Republic for about a year during the last
Cuban revolution. and Juan b. Luna, Editor of La
I,5eos.dencia There was a large number of negroes
in lie audience. formerly residents OF Cuba, who
,,,nifesfrd great interest in the proceedings
General Garcia made brief address IN which he
onn.sjed 10 those present To give him all the as
sistonce they could IN carrying ont his plans. HIS
oddress and those that followed were loudly ap-
planded. -,... ,,.so ~, oro. 90 .ho
enaakers 10 raise a fund. $500 or more was sub
srrihed on the spot, ana committee was appointed
10 increase the sum by calling on the CuDans who
live here i'm the city. AresOution was adopted APP
nrovinr of the course of those already N the neld
and exDressi M belief that the treason committed
in ISIS would not be repeated ltalso declared that
the obiect of the meeting WAS 10 show adherence 10
Tho c.n.e of the independence OF Cuba, ana that
those present recognized II as their duty to sustain
,i,e nsv revolutionary movement and 10 place IN
General Garcia's hands all the necessary means OF
going TO Cuba and carrying out MS pihhs'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-28
INCREASE or DIVORCE CASES.

To the EdtfOF or rae IFtOuHc.
SIR: Divorces have become SO common in
the United States that every thinking person must
gard the subject with surprise and fear Two three
generations ago the discussion OF divorce not
tolerated respectable people. and divorced per
aons were received with great dsirusi and their com
pionship avoided. Indeed such public opinion tat
both parties TO a suit regarded with suspicion and
IA some what outside OF the pale or decent living.
In this age when every passion IL allowed free vent
and sercontrol Il almost unknown marriages are con-
tiou on the most frivolous pretexts W. hear mere
how, and girls speaking divorces though they
a suriec. for iun and merrimeut aud II hga;iy re-
carded In speech how much more in Thought and act:
The law regard. marriage civil ract, much. per-
haps ItdOes other business reatons nnt Rot the
Church, witch says, Those whom God has joined to-
,etDer let not man put asundcr" II matllm0nv
yarded as a sacrament in the true Catholic meaning.
and persons instructed 10 examine themselves be-
lore entering the holy estate we might have wer mar
riages hut less Improbable ones ana hglef degree OF
earthly happiness. -
II would seem a. II parents biinGy and cupabY
remiss I'm not teaching their children seicontrol Ana
herein lies the trouble. Parents wholly absorbed
with the ponpa aud yanitlcS OF tEs world That they
have no time Whatever direct the mental, moral and
religious training OF their Offspring. These little
ample OF rude. Ignorant and super siOus servants az
an age too. when their minds most receptive ana
silly mOu Children mus taught are nos likely TO
bc lowered with the highest virtues. The close tcla-
lions of marriage become IN after life 'rksome 10 hem
They ehac and fret under the Restraints and rcspous
blites and under the least ptovOcatoL seek 10 throw
fhem of by the OF laws only too accommodating
Jersey CITY. y. j. Dee "a, 1873. J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-28

infantry against cavalry. iD'anfry against ar
Iliery. and cavalry arninst infantry. cavalry and
artillery respectively. In fc attack OF infantry upon
infantry. many things 10 be noted I'm connection
with the complications that arise. Differ noes
in position must be- taken into consideration II any ac
VANTAGE Is glven side the other; whether the
troops frcsh satigued rcDulsed defeated, or
victorious whether side OF both are protected Oy
any KIND OF hrdrs fences roads or houses the
method of and whether any surprises are made
by either of the opposing forces.
All OF he different conditions and results o cavalry and
artillery attacks aud defences provided for, and
take place the proceeds as In reg
ular warfare tie dice beng used only 20 determine the
There rules relating 10 TIE at
tack and defence of viggrs The destruction OF nidres
barrcades etc, the taking and transfer OF prisoners
aud the various circumstances attending attacks made
under Of darkness.
The proceeds from hour TO hour and from day 10
day until the engagement campaign. as the case
NAV be- Is naturally brought 70 close ana one side or
the other declared tie winner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-28
A SUBSTITUTE FOR A CAUCUS.

To he EdttOr or The Trtoane
SIR: We are too much represented. Many
OF our political Ills come Of deegang to Others powers
that with our modern facilities could we'll attend to
ourselves Suppose that Sheriff ID to be nominated
Instead OF starting oil the dirty wheels OF the old
cus machino the County Committee ask through tue
papers, their party constituents. 10 individually indi-
cate forward IN writing their choice OF candidates
for the oqce specified Make the call on the fourth
Tuesday preceding election Publish the result Of the
ballot and repeat the ballotng each succeeding Tues
day n 4 nomination IL not declared II no can
d,date has majority 81 tue votes 50 cast. then yet a
plurality decide II. Rzidly exclude every voter whose
name does rot appear upon the posI OF bis election
district fur ths last State election, In tbh way ve