Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
We understand that Milton Mills.

WE understand that Milton Mills
Esq, son Of Hon. r. I. Mills, ex-Judge
contemplates soon making a trip to Col
orado to visit his brother, j. Warner
NILS, now successful attorney at Lake
City lie may or may not locate in thai
country, according as the humor SEXES
nm, but will look over the field Ii will
be remembered that our esteemed citi,
zen' the Judge, visited that region o.
mountains and mines last summer. He
mas not yet forgotten the enioyments Of
'he trip and we should not be surprised
10 near OF his making second trip ia
lhe new Eldorado this coming summer.
That he enjoyed himself, the writer can
personally testify, having accompanied
HIM on a few fishing excursions TO the
waters ofthe Gunison; but the fact may
be more apparent in the following ex-
tract from the Silver World (Col. !.
which appeared in that paper at the
time of his visit:
He is an aged lawyer man:
lies all the way from Wisconsin
lie trayeleth now in san Juan
~ Nohufous scenes and mines 10 scan
We have just had the pleasure of a
visit from the Hon. j. T. Mills, of Lam
caster, Wis. We knew him at once. He
Is like j. Warner Mills, only more so
lie IS perfectly intoxicated with the
splendid air and breezes of Colorado and
lnhales IT. He is somewhat afraid there
VIII not be enough of the atmospheric
gas to supply him. If he should ever
go back to Wisconsin, which is extreme
~ doubtful now, he says he intends to
extend long tube from Lake CITY to
Lancaster so he may dilate his lungs
with Colorado air. He is shooting now
at some magpies on the top of one of
our bluffs. with Winchester rifle: won
ders why the birds don fall over when
they are shot through half dozen times.
he IS shooting at short range according
70 his estimate of distance. To save his
ammunition we told him the mole hill
upon the summit to which Uncle Sam
has his signal station is just 2,l6l feet
above the place where he was standing.
moreover it is found to be 1851 above
the billowy sea.
But Judge Mills does not believe us
editors, and is determined to explore
and learn from his own experience. We
now see bis back about the size of a
long-handled frying pan slowly and la
borlously moving up the steep like the
wild man that Longfellow saw climb
ing the Alps. He appears younger and
more jovial and buoyant than his son.
As we are informed, he is widower,
and Warner will hereafter have no
standing with the Indies
The fact that he was a ..widower'' in
that country was after all but Slight
advantage, as widows and single ladies
were exceedingly scarce
The visit was not only profitable 10
his health but is likely 10 result in large
additions TO our fora and fruits, if there
is any adyantagein transplanting Rocky
Mountain vegetables, as the Judge
claims. He collected, while there, seeds
Of the wild gooseberry, wild cmrant.
wild raspberry, different kinds of eras-
SEES, elder berries, &c, which he will
transplant here, expecting rare results
from the change in climate We hope
for better success than he had once in
introducing the wild cucumber in
his garden. which spread to an aston
ishing extent, and even climbed his
neighbors fences, so that hoes and SHOW
els and axes We're brought into array to
exterminatc the ornamental pest. the
pods of which, like Xenophen's army.
bristled with thousands of bayonets
lr IS sometimes pleasant to note re-
semblances in yourself to great men A
friend of ours in hunting up resenblan-
ces between himself and Dickens, re-
Gently, ascertained that Dickens smok-
ed; a coincidence that at once gave him
great relief. A while ago, in reading
over one of Mark Twain sketches con-
corning the annoyanes his'gatch caused
him. il instantly occurred that in that
respect we exactly resembled the IA
nous humorist. But there was very lit
tie humor in watch we once possessed.
1t was solemn reality most of the time;
a watch of reflective habits, often stop
ping to consider 1t could never be de-
pended on. and in learning t,.is, we had
several experiences. 1t would run
smoothly when in the right mood, but
get fidgety when called upon to do a
fine piece of work; and stop just before
the critical moment The appalling ag-
gregate of wickedness, delay and crime
that this watch was guilty of is per-
petual sore to the memory of the possess
sor. Over 1000 Jokes were poked at
us about it. We missed $50 trains by
it, and afforded amusement to several
hundred passengers by the spectacle of
9 the flying Dutchman trying TO catch
a railroad train-ridieulou enough in
itself, but heightened by the effect of re-
turning to the hotel. The effect was
worse than all. 1t cheated us out of
numerous dinners, and delayed us from
many more, which raised more Ned
than anything else. We frequently got
to church in time to hear the benedic-
ton, but missed the hat. The watch
had no respect for religious duties. 1t
was a shorthand watch-one hand hav-
ing been broken off in a fight with the
watch key; but il was a poor reporter
when it came to TRANSMITTING the right
time. 1t needed too much watching.
Mr.. Murphey set up with it nights for
awhile, and doctored it, and now we
never miss meal, and always get
to the depot exactly fifteen minutes be-
fore the train leaves. Never use short
hand watch.
PrOdig0us POt0si.
PoTosI, Feb. Z Egg market is high
and hens of course are contrary