Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-11

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drab"-his idea, as remarked at the begin.
ming, Of what consti tutes Stree" >thinking He
NAV even write mean "free" thoughts about
you and have them printed in his organ, the
Truth Seeker, paper which, in the opinion
Of our good father Nathan oil Lancaster, is
without rival under the blue canopy of hea-
ven. Wherefore, ii you happen to know that
your "free"- thinking foemau lives in q glass
house Tor it may be cow>shed) Of the nasti-
est, dirtiest description, the old Adam will
assert itself in you, and crash will 60 huge
personal boulder through the rotten roof OF
the miserable structure Floods Of daylight.
will pour in, and 10 all ye truth seekers
come here and behold spectacle Psh an
ounce Of cive., good Dr. Baxter, to sweeten
my Imagination.
Such, in brief, is the situation OF affairs in
relation to the free thinking fracas which has
for some time pas. disturbed the usual sum-
mer serenity brooding dove.love among the
fair, green hills of Waterloo.
What the citizens of this place want now.
aud will insist upon when the next Congress
sional canvass comes around. Is an appropri.
alton OF ten or fifteen thousand dollars for
the Improvement OF Grant river from some
where in the neighborhood Of Specht's Ferry
to the nw4 Of section %, town of Waterloo
distance, making allowance for bends and
curves, Ct ten or twelve miles. This length
the river can be made nsyigsble for hatboats
Of fair dimensions, and for steamers as large
or larger than the Emma The Job can be
done, but how to do it is something I am not
prepared to tell you. am told that two or
three "locks' at certain intervals whers they
will do the NEST god, would be the thing
Probably. The fall is only some six inches to
the mile, and there is only one seriou. 'rif.
fc" along the whole distance indicated This
is at the point where the river makes its
great western bend and almost touches the
west line Of section &c, mile due north of
this village.
If the appropriation is voted land our Con-
grcssman would better be looking into the
matter a little) and the improvement made,
Burton win become point of considerable
commercial importance for large part of
Grant county. It will at once be made
market, and good one for all kinds Of farm
produce and wood will be shipped in large
and almost unlimited quantities. The mer
camille trade and the manufacturing interests
will also be stimulated and improved Ref
stock will be obliged to enlarge his store to
whole sale proportions and do jobbing trade,
having for his territory every inland town in
West Grant, together with Rockville, British
Hollow and Hurricane Corners. Schulter will
no doubt establish boot and shoe factory
second only in size to the Richardson factory
at Dubuque. Messrs Oaks & Graham will be-
gin the manufacture of wagons, bugges and
NIL other vehicles on a scale rivaling that of
tho Fish Brothers establishment at White
water or Racine. And everything else natu,
rally belonging to such town will be forth
coming. Mink win handle stock more largely
than Nsthan's handle it at Lancaster. A
newspaper will be needed and the Great
Grant GRADER will spring into and maintain
a grasping existence. And so on, enterprise
and Improvement without end and " gladness
in the hearts OF the people more than in the
time when the wine and the corn are in
creased" scripturally speaking.
There are many HERALD readers in this re.
gion who would like to have the Hon. Jas. w.
Seaton, of Potosi, write for these columns an
article or a series Of articles in favor of the
aforesaid proposed Grant-river improvement.
He knows all about the stream and is no
donbt interested.)
Before Diminishing this wstery subiec, will
transcribe a passage from the nourishing
pages of Carlyle. had the same thoughts
while eating grapes in Mr.. Dolls vineyard
yesterday afternoon and looking at the river
as it swept along only rcd or two away
but didn't care to have them 60 into print
for fear that some wise person would accuse
me ofliterary larceny and-sustain he charge,
too. So prefer to quote frcm Sartor Re
Sartus," book II, chapter 8
at struck ME much IS sat hy the Kuhbsc CHI. one
silent nooRtde. and watched IL flowing. gurgling 10
think how this same streamlet had flowed and CUR.
gied through al lchsnges Of weather aud OF fortune
TAR beyond the earliest date OF History. Yes prob
ably on the morning vhe u Joshua crossed the Jor
dan; even as at the midday when Cesar doubtless
with difficulty. swan the Nile. yet kept his Common.
tsrtss dry-this little Kuhhach, ssSiduous a. Tibpr
Furotss or Silica, murmuriug on across the vii.
derness, as yet unnamed. unseen: here, too "a In
the Euphrates and the Gsnges, vein OF veinlst 81
"a nd Iii. Kfaet -.
its atmospheric arteries has lasted and ssts simply
with the world"
First class in geography arise aud give at
tention : Tell what you know about Boise
Creek, where il rises. in what direction il
flows, what tributaries, if any into what stream
il empties, and where. If you can do this
without looking at a map, you may give the
same information about every other stream
and river in the county. And we want you
to be exact, even going down to the I ofa4
of t of section, which is-how many acres
did you say?
But this is too tough and technical so |
will drop it and tell you what found out in
hink's watermelon patch the other afternoon.
VIII and we're together. We had nosed
around among the grapes and the apples, had
tarried long at the eider-mill and were nov
on the shady side of corn shock where the
outehery, in cold blood, of great green globe
OF familiar aspect was about TO begin. As
Will rammed the big knife home and showed
no mercy. be paused of a sudden in bis dread>
full work aud said, musingiy: 81 tell you,
Gus, talking about getting married, selecting
a wife is good deal ike going into melon
patch to find ripe melon You lightly let
your thoughts tarn TO melon that meets
squeeze IL, and look ST the curl, and may be