Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-29
PRAIRIE PRACTICES,
A Rare and Radiant Msidcn--A Biighsed Life
Can Such Things BE HE IL Neither Brute
NOR Human, He's . Ghoui-susdry Other
Topics
speeial nrsAlp Qorte.ponaance. .


Special HERALD 0ortespohdence.
PRAIRIE Du CnrEN, Monday, Jan.
26-l have a frantic headache to-
night. Your readers may not care
to know this, and will hardly give
me vote of thanks for the informa
ton; but mention 1t, nevertheless,
hoping that il this correspondence
does not quite come up to the high
literary standard of my friend Lacey,
of the Union, all whom it may CON.
Germ will know how to account for
the dreariness, not 70 say stupidity,
of the letter.
Last Friday Dick Mckee, one Of
the promising young lawyers Of this
town, brought a beautiful girl-"a
rare and radiant maiden" Of seven
teen summers-to the Mondell for
dinner.
Your correspondent, who is said
to have q good eye for, and "han-
KERN arter," female loneliness, went
INTO Dick and addressed him, say
ing: Richard, my daisy, wouldst
thou so arrange it that you and l and
this fair ladie in thy charge can or
could dine together ?"
And it came to pass that when we
tucked our MONDAY napkin under
our bearded chin we did so with our
eyes fixed in wonderment on one of
the sweetest, purest faces in the world
yea, one Of the best girl faces this
side Of the Leal. (If yo0 don't hap
pen to know what the Gland Of the
Lear is, or where, write to my friend
"Warrington," at Linden, enclosing
stamp.)
When | ate soup my hand shook,
and the nourishment flowed down as
did the ointment over the head of
one Aaron, of the old time
The girl had eyes like a gazelle-
dark, deep, and full of soul tho hair
was almost amber rare combina.
ton, and the mouth was so kindly
and pleasing to look at. Her com.
plexion had delicate pink tint
may saw that peculiar pink tint which
Charles Read saw in the face of the
heroic Josephine, in "White Lies, -
after she and her sister had been
with that country doctor a few weeks
and when il was mysteriously whis-
pered among the plebian neighbours
that Josephine had become a
mother
Bat there was something in the
looks of Agnes--that's her name
which reminded me Of the poets
lines on the Drunkard's Daughter,
namely:
Heart-broken child, she seldom smiled,
Hope promised her no bright tomorrow.
This slender, graceful girl, with the
manner of princess, and face as
fair as the fairest of earth, was not
happy.
Of course You are dying to know
why she was not happy, and | will
tell you-that is to say, | will quote
the following special to the Milwau-
kee Sentinel, merely remarking, in
passing, that the girl named in the
despatch and the girl | have been
going on so about, are oae an the
same person:
"a SERIOUS CHARGE.
| Special despatch to the sentiael.
| PRAIRIE DU CHEN, Jan. pa. F. Reyn-
Odds, prominent and wealthy farmer of thi.
county, was arrested and brought to this city
Wednesday afternoon, upon complaint of his
daughter Agnes, II years Of age, charging
him with incest. Reynolds wife procured /
divorce from him at the last November term
of court here, since which time she has been
| living with her sonin-Iaw, S. A. Clark, in
this city. The complaint alleges that Reyr-
clds forced his daughter Agnes to comply
with his wishes on the Gath of last November
| since which time he has repeated the offence
/ 6fmai" 80 : =" go"
If you have tears to shed, prepare
to shed them DOW. Or does your
indignation overcome you, or your
horror fire, 70 you?
It's the most Gamnable crime that
has ever come to light in Crawford
or any other county
Agnes was mere child when this
thing began-hardly ii years old!
Tears, entreaties, pitiful pleadings
to be spared, were in vain An ago.
Dized cry was heard the cry of a
lost soul, and-but my heart grows
sick at the thought, and you must,
really must, excuse me tor dropping
the rovolting subject.
The most OF all, though, was that
the creature came near going free in
fact would have been dismissed but
for a mastery stroke on the part of
District Attorney Evans, who, after
the poor terrified girl had sworn
that her alleged father was innocent,
succeeded in gaining her confidence
and inducing her to make confess
sion-tell ga round, unvarnished tale'
of her so called fathers terrorism and
bestial lust.
Then Squire Hobbs held the ami.
NAL, fixing his bail at $4,000. This
wasn't enough by at least $3.50 90,
so Evans got in his work again at
the right time and had the case taken
out OF the too,lenient hands of the
goe 4 patriarchal Squire Hobbs. and
gave it to the County Judge, Brun-
son, for decision in respect to the
amount Of bail required. Of course
Brunson will not hear of $3.50. 90
and the matter has been referred to
Cothren.
Meanwhile the charming defend.
ant languishes in Jail, where he pass
es the time in weeping and wailing
and in writing sickening letters to
his divorced wife and to Agnes, beg
ging for mercy! Bah
Up at Utica, where they live, the
people are reused, and If Reynolds
ever shows himself there again his
miserable carcass will dangle from a
tree in mighty short order.
For the consolation of your Dem
ocratic readers, ! will mention the
wholly irrelevant fact that Reynolds
is a Maine man and a red hot Re.
publican.
) fire in part Of the remaining bar.
racks Of old Fort Crawford. last
Monday afternoon, licked off the
roof, col sumed the floors and win
dow c,sings-in fact denuded the
venerable structure Of the very last
splinter and vestige of wood work.