Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-09

caster . Lively Town-Moving . Railway
Terminus-Sfatchcs Not Made Aloft Sale
ofthe Mondeli Property-A Word to Demo-
crats-A Lady for Ofice-'Rah for Tilden,
this Time-wauerson Again-Much Ado
About . MISUNDERSTANDING . Might Of Il,
etc., etc.
Special HERALD ,rrespondence
PRAIRIE DU CHEM, Wis, Monday,
Oct. 6.-The beginning, says Car
lyle, remains always the mos, nota.
Bile moment. True enough. All day
long have l been thinking about
this letter and asking myself over
and over how to begin it. True,
there are sew eral things 1 intend
writing about before get to the
end, but which of them to take first
| couldn't tell TO save me before
coming to my room less than quar-.
ter of an hour ago. Even then |
hardly knew how to begin. The
German student lamp was lighted,
coat, vest, shoes, etc. were removed,
Git is very warm this evening", my
writing tackle was placed ia order,
books of reference were piled within
easy reach, newspapers scattered
over the bed and over the floor af.
ter which, everything being in read
mess, l sat down, sharpened my
pencil, ran my fingers through my
hair and-got dead stuck even be-
fore | had the date line fairly on
paper. While sitting thus aground,
the stirring strains of violin, with
piano accompaniment, came floating
out of the Mondell parlor. "Now l
have it" l said, .cribbling away at
o 2:133 gait | will begin by telling
yUu uoUut thai nIueiU. IL Is very
fine indeed, and is produced by Mr..
Joe Nathan, of your city, and one
of the many musically accomplished
girls of Prairie du CHEN Now it is
a spirited waltz, and if l had time
I'd take several twists around the
room, or down the hall and back
again, so full am l of physical and
other foolishness at this supreme
moment. GO, l can waltz, don't you
forget it,
And now, having got my letter
fairly started. and having devoted
an intolerable deal of space to the
Introductory paragraph, l will try
to get in the rest of m work az
quickly and as briefly as possible
Joe Nathan is here TO stay a week
or two. Rheumatism's what all:
him, and Turkish baths are taking
it out of him fast enough. He likes
this town, but thinks Lancaster 9
long way ahead of it, when you
come to business. Of course. Civ
en-, country like that which sur
rounds and is tributary to Lancas
ter, and there is no trouble at al
about having SO live town." Take
that rich tract of farming land com
posing the heart of Grant county
and compare it with the bald-head
ed bluffs and long. barren ridges
comprising the territory which sup
plies or makes the business of Prai.
RE du CHEN. Why, it will hardly
do to mention the two localities to.
gether the same year. let alone put.
ting them side by side for purposes
of contrast in one and the same sen
tence. However, as intimated las
week, this town is happy and cor
tented. and not at all anxious of The
growth and prosperity of neighbor
ing villages.
1t is an open secret in railway
and business circles here that within
year or two the nj. d st. p. folk,
will move the end of the Division
from this city TO Calmar,- Iowa
What then Nothilg- nothing
worth mentioning, only that q fen
ct TIE fifty 9E SIXTY ha.es IS SggRSta sui ii
shop and their owners go elsew her,
to make a living. The bushes,
proper of the city will not be affected
in the least by the contemplated re
moval. Everything will 90 on jus
the same az now. The flow of thu
artesian well will not cease for al
instant; and years hence, when The
wayfaring men who are here to.da,
return again to the fountain of health
and source of long life, they can say
with one of the "sweet singers" o
Germany:
WOhl rauscht der Brunnen noch vie saust
Der Mond steht ueber dem Bogen,
and, if so be that the girl they re-
specially left behind them went ou
and married some other galoot in the
meantime, they can add the follow
ing melancholy conclusion:
Ach waer' ich armer Zeitungsmann
Nicht mach New Ulm gezogen
Now / will quote another stanzs
from the same ballad, and | want to
ask any of the young people of this
town if they don't know how it is
themselves to a considerable extent
Wir trafen uns am Brunnen oft,
Sic trug den Krug so zierlch;
Ich kuesste sic beim Mondenlcht,
Doch NIGHT mehr ais gebuerlich.
Mr.. Horace Beach, than whom nc
better authority can be found in the
valley, says that's exactly what's the
matter emit dem Brunnen." More
matches have been made in the park,
says he, than were ever heard or
thought of in heaven. Jesse, squire.
Often and often have / seen a "thino
in the sweet insanity of sixteen or
seventeen" coming out of that park
on the arm of her fellah, her face
flushed into beauty by love and hope,
as Charles Reade might say, and
well, she'd captured him, captured
him alive, and why shouldn't she be
happy about it ? The time is not dis.
tant when Prairie du Chen will rank
with Saratoga, Long Branch, and
Narragansett Pier as a place for
match. making mammas to work off
their manageable daughters.
/ Probably before this impression of
The HERALD meets the eager eyes of
its many thousand readers, Mr.. I. II.
Bellows, late of the Phelps House, at
Lancaster, will be the proud owner
of the Mondell House in this city. He
and Mr.. VanVelzer have about come
to terms, and the transfer of the prop
erty is TO be made this week. The
house is good one, large, well.ar.
ranged and supplied with every mod.
ern convenience. There is a good