Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-03-25
Ma. EDroH saw the following item

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the cellar, echoed through the silent house
and died away among the bare rafters of the
garrett. To say that my heart stopped and
that my hair assumed perpendicular attitude
but tamely expresses it. had notion that
it was some hideous night-mare, and lay
breathlessly waiting to see if it would be re-
peated; but minute after minute elapsed with.
outa repetition. and was about doing of,
mentally concluding it must have resulted
from the link Of bologna had encompssssd
before retiring, when another fendish howl
broke from the roof just over my head. This
time there was TO mistaking the cause, and
my soul thrilled with horror ae the howl was
taken up by at least forty discordant, disjont-
ed, heartrending, hair-rsisng une earthly voices
in the back yard. For short time / tried
to console my nerves with the idea that the
opening OF their convention was too violent
10 ast,--they would either break up in . row
or die from oyer.exertion. But the patience
OF the average Tom cat is inexhaustible, and
at the end of an hour matters we're no better,
and when two hours had elapsed it appeared
as though the preliminary remarks were Just
ended and that they were getting down to
real business. Two mortal hours of such ag-
ony! l lesped from my bed and the pale
moon reflected in the mirror my csre,worn
visage. Ny eyes were wild and blood shot
my hair disheveled, my breath came labored
and hot. / convulsively seized the poker
and stepped on. the door. What a sight
Cats everywhere--white cats, gray cats, black
cats, blue cats,-on the wood pile, on the
shed, on the fence, every seat occupied; cats
from British Hollow, from Bloomington, from
Clifton, from Hazel Green, and one veteran
from Plasteyille with both cars chawed off and
one eye out,and Brindle delegate from Bos-
cooel that ran on three legs and who had lost
two-thrds of his tail. The principal point of
discussion just at that moment appeared to
oe that the veteran from Platteville wanted
"Thiid Term" The delegate from Bosco.
bel considered this breach of deco rum un,
less he was elected Vice President / was
about to make an onslaught with the poker
when delegate from Miflin made a pass at
the "Third Term" veteran and fetched away
clawfnl Of hair. In an Instant the battle
began to rage. Every cat took a hand |
dropped the poker and sat down. o sweet
revenge! How the hair flew. Two mortal
hours into which had been crowded four long
hours of agony Would agitate that war.
ring mass ofteeth and claws with the pokers
No, not for the world. sat down and hug
ged my knees in frantic joy as one by one the
well whipped Toms SUNK down the alley and
were lost in the shadows of the night
PEAcE>LovISG CITIZEN.
&C. W. 3onham and Martin Bonham, son
and nephew of FIJI. Bonham. Esq, are living
in Canyon City, Oregon. c. w. has built
property there and recently had narrow es.
cape from losing it. The house took fire in
the roof and after being damaged about $50
worth the FIRE was extingushed by the 'buck>
ct Brigade" Martin is principal of the
public schools in Canyon City and his wife
is assistant. The Grant County Times of that
city, from which these items are culled refers
to these teachers as being frst-class and the
people as fortunate in securing them
much mortified to find in his paper an item,
Objectionable in tone and fact, that had been
slipped in clandestinely by his compositors
without being submitted to him. The eter-
nally vigiant editor ought not to be mortified
in that way but he may occasionally suffer
the modification of learning that one he en-
ploys and pays viii attempt such imposi tons
upon him. In either case his sensitiveness
suffers in the former on his own account,in
the latter on account Of the amount of trust
to be repesed in the average of humanity.
The Tennesseans, the famous Colored
Concert Troupe,w will entertain the Boscobel,
ians at Ruka Hall, Friday (to-morrow) even.
Tillotson for "comp," and will be delights
ed if it can take the benefit. We knew
something Of the Tennesseans at their Degin-
ming and would do good ceal to see them.
Those who go will hear the best that can be
heard and seen in colored company of sing
ers. The only chance is tomorrow night
The Dubuque Times publishes a long
story about man whose brains were entirely
scooped out as a monkey scoops out cocoa
nut, and he still lives. The ''great Peruvian
Surgeon, DR.. Deranogozs," who did the
scoopng out is represented to be on his way
to Europe to exhibit to the great learned So
cieties his living man without brains aud
thus gain immortality. We don't know
whether the story was put up by the Dubuque
Time, or manufactured somewhere else.
The particulars of Mr.. J. T. Howdle's
auction Of short horn cattle are advertised
this week. Mr.. Howdle has been a promi-
nent active and systematic breeder for years.
He has exhibited his herds at all the Fairs
within his reach and has invariably taken
premiums The sale at Madison April 22d,
should bring together all who wish TO be
/ oNuSEs ~ AntHtiS tuat are really as NdlutOle
as many that have sold singly up in the thou
sands.
w. Ralph, Esq of the town of Hazel
Green is in the city. He has bought the one
hundred acre farm offered for sale BY the
heirs of Mrs. Ann Stephens, deceased paying
therefor $4,000 Mr.. Ralph, back in the
4o,, mined at cred Dog" and Beetown, and
has mined successfully at Fairplay, Hazel
Green, Mineral Point and up in the Lake
Superior mines.
--Messrs Nathan, Schreiner 4 Co. have
heretofore surprised the people with their
immense stocks, and their store is always
crowded with people when word is out that
their new goods are here. This time the '
will be more formal than usual They set q
day for opening and invite everybody to be
.here TO see.
-E. Butterick s Co.'S Delineator orApril,
costing but IS cents, or $500 per year, is re.
ceived. The ladies' have already investigated
its 80 pages of fashions and gone 10 see their
milliners and dress-makers about il. The
politicians may be for Grant but the ladies
are for Buiteriek.