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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
s Matrimonial ShyIock.

A clerk in leading business house of
this city became SO involved that he
needed $500 TO extricate himself from the
difficulty. By some means he discovered
that's table girl at one OF the hotels had
by hard work saved up a considerable
sum 81 Die~cy and to her he applied for
d loan. Il-s was readily granted, and
note with interest and a day of payment,
only some months in the future, was
executed in acknowledgement of the.
same. The time came and with it the
same chronic inability on the part of the
maker to pay it. He pleaded for an ex-
tension Of time, but this the waiter
maiden refused utterly to grant, and IN
formed him that he must either pay the
sum at once or marry her. The woman
was abort forty years old, and much
more than correspondingly ug.y. 50 that
the debtor demnrred against the i.,nosi-
ton of such hard terms. The woman,
however, was non-relenting. With her
it vas either the money or husband,
aud, on the whole, she seemed quite anx-
ious to choose the slater. When the hero
saw the gravity Of the situation he per-
csiyeu no way to escape it. and finally
eapftuiateu, ana the marriage mas EeT-
formed The man belongs to good
family, aud is said to be greatly humili,
ated by tie condition in which he so I'M
willingly finds himself, in being allied by
force to a woman so inferior to himself in
social position aud intellect The wo-
man, however, was so well pleased that
she rented and furnished house and
was ready for business before the we'd
ding day. Indianapolis Ne,es.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
A Very Brief Plea.

Sir Alexander Cockburn thought more
of the spirit than Of the letter OF the law.
When an unknown barrister, he was in
trusted with the defence of man who,
having been forced into an encounter by
o noted duelist, killed him. Gentle
men" he said to the jury, "my learned
friend has told you that this is murder.
I know that it is no murder, and you
know that it is no murder" After these
words he sat down, and the jury at once
returned verdict Of not guilty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

PuDnrc opinion on the subject Of
faithless husbands is very strong IN
Somerset, KY. Mr.. Love was that kin ma
Of AN offender. His wife led o MOB
against him. He fled hastily, without
coat, trousers, or boots, with the crowd
in close pursuit. AT the end OF mule
he was overtaken, and left suspended,
head downward, from a tree. de was
almost frozen to death when, two hours
afterward, humane preacher cut MN
down.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Two COUNTRY fellows stop befora tba

Two COUNTRY fellows stop before the
window of q hat store, and view with.
admiration hat having a little mirror cit
the bottom. Why do they put lools-
ing-glass at the bottom of the hat r.
asked one. So the man who bnvs ii
can see whether it fits him, !" replied the
other.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

IF you should be asked when o Cal Is
like . teapot, you might reply, When
your teasin' it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

ALTHOUGH it is thought that the pawn
broker il an imposition on the public.
st;ll he will thrive so long As people con-
Time to s.put up" with him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

ALL prosperous men can give good
counsel, and they like to do It it costs
them nothing. 1t Is easy to declaim
against feasting. when the stomach is
fnll.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
A Missing Railroad.

When Cheyenne was at the zenith of
its glory, a sign Of .sGeneral offices of
the Cheyenne, Pacific Slope and Sand
wieh Islands railroad was hang out
without creating the least surprise. If
one person had asked another where the
depot Of said railroad was, there might
have been some hesitation about answer
ing, but it was some time after the sign
was out before any special inquiries be-
gan to be made. Then AN Eastern man
walked in one day, carpet bag in hand,
and said:
/ suppose you connect at San Fran
cisco with the regular steamers !?
: Well, yes; suppose we shall, was
the hesitating reply.
sShall Isn't your road through yet ?"
"Well, not quite.
Do you take i'll Salt Lake?"
Salt Lake? Yes; think we do"
How much for ticket 4"
Well, / can't say exactly, as we have
none on sale just yet
"Can get one at the depot?"
Well, / think not we haven't any
depot yet"
q Can / pay on the train 2"
wen, you see, we nave no trains
yet
II suppose / can walk on the track 2"
persisted the stranger.
Well, L should have no objection if
we had a track.
No depot, no tickets, no trains, no
tracks What sort Of railroad have
You got anyhow"
Well, you see it's only on paper
thus for, but as soon as we can sell ST.
600, coo worth Of stock we shall begin
grading and rush business right along.
Ii you happen TO be along when we get
to going we will put you through as low
as any OTHER responsible route.
The stranger stuck his hands in his
pockets, stared hard, whistled softly,
and then walked out ON tip-toe without
another word. - Val Street Dafly Meas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
A Thrilling Sketch.

One warm day in August. upon the
bank OF the muddy Colorado, we chill
dren were lazily sitting about on the
ground. One sister was stringing beads
taken from an old lnoccasin. and most
OF the men We're sleeping under tho
wagons through the heat Of the after
noon. There was great stiffness upon
everything, save for the children's chat
ter, and heat rose from the ground
that smote the eyes. Suddenly there
was a dreadful scream. echoed re-
echoed, multiplied then another, and
another, as when one strikes the hand
upon the mouth, till in one second of
time the mir seemed rent and torn with
yells. In just that second the close
chapparal had become black with Indi-
ans, who had crawled, serpent ike. on
hands and knees, till, right upon us, in
concert they could leap into sight. They
wore cloths upon their loins, and had
some feathers wound in their hair. with
hldeous paint glowing on face and
breast. l gazed III dumb amazement.
benumbed with surprise, and then /
think | awoke to the excitement of the
occasion. The women and children.
through an air thick with flying arrows.
We're marshaled into one covered wagon,
and there my mother wrapped us all
round with feather beds, blankets and
comforters. | do not think / was fright
ened, not because of any precocity OF
courage, but because of w1d excite
ment that filed me. / half leaned upon
the knee of my sister. She said she was
conscious OF no pain, she felt no sudden
pang, but something warm seemed
running down her side, and, looking
down, she saw an arrow which had
pierced her flesh and protruded its finty
head from the wound. Mother" she
exclaimed, 81 am shot," and tainted.
My mother, the woman whose spirit
never failed her in this OF the dreadful
trials which succeeded this disastrous
fight, put forth her hand and drew the
arrow backward through the wound, 1t
was while thus supporting the heac OF
the girl she supposed dying, it semehow
became known to her that her husband
was lying quite dead and filed with ar
rows under the great cottonwood tree
under which the camp was made. 1t was
but q few moments more till one of the
men spoke from the front of the wagon.
SAID he: ammunition is giving out
and we do.not know but it may come to
n hand-to-hand fight Get out the knives
you have in the bed of the wagon"
Through the backward march which fol-
loved 1t was ever the women who rose
superior to suffering and to danger. The
men lost courage, hope and spirit, but
the women never. A few moments after
the demand for the knives Methodist
preacher, who had seized my fathers
rihe, aimed at the chief with the dinner
bell depending from his belt, and saw
him fall. In five .iiputes not an Indian
was to be seen, the living dragging with
them the dead as they went. Lii the mean
time, under cover of the fight, our great
aerd of cattle had been made 10 swim
the river, and were safely c rraled in the
Mojaye villages = Kate Heath, IN jana
arg Californian.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

y. AOCAel0ll6F, tary Public, Beetown,
Grant County, Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

Samuel Merrick, AttSn e and q Tsn
play, Grant County, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

A. ]. Pipkin, Banker, f sgse ssflsn tS
Bank, Boscobe, Wis general banking exohsnge
and col eciion business transacted. 45-1y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

Warden Anderson, ca A5sesRsy q. 1 AND
jamestown, Wis. WIN prosecute claims and mako
collections promptly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Exchange Bank of BoscObel

d. Ttot5on, Cashier. Late Cashier Of First Ma
ional Bank Translates general banking and ex-
change business. Special attention given 10 colleo
lions, aud proceeds RENTED promptly on dav al
payment. at lowest ratios. Boscobei, Wis 45-jv
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

Smalley House, 5Ss9 : m s@sSs % P5s
near the dsyot Express once and Livery Stable
attached Meals at all hours. Rooms well fur
nished
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

DR.. E. A. Maker, B so5ssGn P'P w.,
All work in the dental line done in the best manner
and warranted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

I'm Dnov1,, Dentist, is in his Office, sec
III, u. BFOWu, ond house west Of the
County Jaii, the first seven days Of each month.
July 10th, 1873
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

DR.. Geo. G. Newell, d Rsa', Jones. 2 Dlss
Store Lancaster. NOV. 1st, 1873
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

Phelps House, 5% aPS e. B4apr %o 4 fts
csss it.se-Best ocation--Best and most conyen-
lent Sample Room in Southwest Wisconsin Good
stabhng-AtteBt We host'er.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

Dennison House, H vi W .d E9sSfS; pro PRO
The house has been lately rehtted and refurnishcd
throughout aud no pains viii be spared to accom-
modate guests. Good stabIing attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

bloomington Hotel, house oII,sH pro opTe
tor, b oomingt5a, Wis Having reftted and bull
ample room for the accommodation Of guests am
now prepared u accommodate them with well-fur-
nished rooms, good beds and wel-supphed iaDles-
Sampe room. Attentive hostler. Good stabling.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17
The Greatest Remedy Known.

DR. KINGS New DISCOVERY FOR Consumption
is certainly the greatest medical remedy ever
placed within the reach Of suffering humanity
Thousands Of once hopeless sufferers now loudly
proclaim their praise for this wonderful discoy
cry to which they owe their lives. Not only does
1t positively care Consumption, but Coughs, Colds
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hay Fever, IIoarsenees, and
all affections of the Throat, Chest and Lungt
WELD at once to its wonderful curative powers az
if by magic. We do not ask you TO buy large
bottle until you know what you are getting. We
druggist, f. Y Griggs, and get trial bottle for
ten cents, which will convince the most skeptica
of It's wonderful merits, and show you what q
regular one dollar size bottle will do. For sale
by E Y. Griprs. %
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17
The Great vice of New England.

Forty thousand dollars worth of chewing
gum Is gathered in the state OF Maine every
year In Oxford county Is man who makes
II his business to collect spruce gum Every
wear he buys from seven to nine tons. The
gum is found chiefly in the region about I'm.
bagog lake and about the Rangeley lakes. A
number OF men do nothing else in the winter
except collect gum. With snowshoes, axe and
a sheboygan, on which is packed the gum
they spend days and nights IN the woods. The
clear, pure Jumps OF gum are sold IN their ma
tive state, the best bringing 81 per pound
Gum not Immediately merchantable IL refined
by a peculiar process. Sieve.like boxes arr
covered with spruce boughs on which Is placed
the gum. Steam is introduced underneath
The gum is melted, Is strained by the boughs
and then passes into warm water, where 1t Is
kept from hardening until the packer takes II
out, draws it into sucks, and wrapped in tissue
paper, when 1t is ready for market.
The gum meets with ready sale. There Is
not village town, or city in Name where il
not in demand. One dealer last year sold
fourteen hundred dollars worth. In the large
mill cities gum has free sale. In Biddlciord
Lewiston, Lawrence and Lowell the factory
girls consume large quantities. 1t is SAID tha
in the lumber camps gum IS used as a mean
of extending hospitality. After meal time The
host fill his own black clay pipe and hands il
is to his guest. Later clear Jumps Of spruce
gum are placed before the visitor, and hi
is asked 10 take a chew. Maine produces for
ty thousand dollars worth Of chewing gum II
year, some of which finds Its way to this
market, from which 1t is distributed TO the va
rious outlaying villages, where, as stated be
fore, it IS In good demand. Spruce gum Is
adulterated and those who adulterate take The
trouble to fashion the pieces OF gum to appear
like those taken in pure state from the trees
The ingredient Of adul,eration is suppose &c
be the gum taken from the pine tree.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17
The ChinCh Bug,

When il comes TO prevention, great deal
may be done during the winter season in burn
ing the alternating bugs, and as remarked
elsewhere: | cannot lay too much stress on the
importance of winter work IN burning corn
stalks, old boards, and all kinds of grass, weeds
rubbish, and litter around grain fields, and
even the leaves in the adjacent woods in and
under all of which the little pest hlbernates
Next to drowning out the rascals, cremation
is undoubtedly the most efiectual mode of des
tructiOn, Next, let the spring wheat be sown
as early as possible, and the ground rolled
The rolling Will apply equally well to the cul-
ture of winter wheat, though ! would not dd.
wise the early fail planting of the last in sec
tons where 1t is likely to suffer from Hesslan
Fly, for reasons not pertinent in this connec'
ton. Sow thickly, as the more the ground Is
shaded the less the Chlnch Bug likes it. If in
late winter tie bugs are known to be numer
Gus so as to bode future injury--and the fact
can be easily ascertalned by the lll.savored
odor they send up from corn shocks, and by
their general presence in the winterlng places
mentOned-lt will be well to plant no spring
wheat or barley. In short, just IN proportion
as we adopt an intelligent and clearly system
of culture, just IN that proportion will the
Chinch Bug become harmless; 1t is, in great
part, and IN its more serious aspects, result
of slOvenly husbandry, and Will lose its threat
ening character in the more Western States, as
il has IN those east of US just as fast as more
careful and intelligent husbandry becomes the
fashlon-Prof Ri!eH in american AgricuI
tlilf1
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17

-Four years since Sept. ~ the american
Agriculturia recommended the use Of blcar.
Donate of soda, that is common cooking soda,
tor most kinds of burns. Since then irequen,
experiments and observations the opinions OF
physicians, and the best medical journals have
confirmed all we then said AS burns and
scalds are always liable to occur, and AS this
remedy, though simple, has proved TO be eX
traordinariiy useful, it should be fixed IN the
mind of everyone. The soda, and the GORDON
ic acid so readily set at liberty from it, have
anRsthetc, antiseptic and dislniectDg proper
ties-all highly beneficial for burns.
For slight burns cover all the injured parts
with layer of powdered soda. For deeper
burns where the skin Is not broken, dip linen
rags in a solution made by dissoIving one
ounce of soda in a pint of water; lay the rags
on and keep them moist with the solution
For very severe burns, follow'i by suppura
ton formation Of pus) apply 'hc Tags in tho
same way keeping them moist; but frequent
ly exchange them when dry for fresh ones
and carefully wash of, with the soda solution
any matter that has accumulated underneath
SO that 1t may not be absorbed INTO and poison
the blood. Leading European medical jour
nails give numerous instances in which, by
the above treatment, extensive burns of very
severe character have healed speedily, leaving
little scar
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17

A correspondent of the New York Times
makes some suggestions on this topic which
are worth the attention of owners of live stock
He says:
Farmers are too free with the use of com
mon popular medicines. Salt, sulphur, salt
petre, resin, ana such common drugs are too
often given 10 cattle without sense, reason, or
knowledge Salt Is good" but if given In
excess 1t becomes an acrid Irritant poison.
once casually remarked to neighbor that salt
was good tor pigs, and that l threw handful
into the slop barrel every day. Ihereupon
this good man went home and emptied the
sediment of pork barrel into the pig trough
The next DAY his two pigs were dead, and he
came to me IN a state of mind, charging me
with having mlsled and injured HIM. He
had gwen about two gallons Of brine and a
quart or two of salt to his two pigs at once,
and the pigs had foolishly eaten too much OF
the unwonted stuff sulphur is used just as
reCklessly as this very often, aud with great
injury, no doubt Sulphur Is very active
sudOrlfic and causes a great increase IN the
insensble perspiratlon through the skin. n
person who takes teaspoonful zone dram) OF
sulphur at dose will find 10 a few hours the
fumes of the sulphur passing off through the
skin so freely as to blacken silver that may be
carried in the pockets. Sulphur is sometimes
given to anlmals-and persons as well--as a
remedy for parasite diseases, as the Itch,
mango ring worm, and even lice, and it acts
on these plants and insects which produce
these diseases by these escaped fumes through
the skin. But It's action on the skin Is dan
gerous when it is excessive from large dose,
and it should be gwen very rarely and then
only in small doses repeated daily for several
days The same caution should be observed
with regard to resin and saltpetre, two active
diuretics which operate upon the kidneys pro
fusely, and tend greatly TO weaken those i'm
pOrtant organs Many cases OF serious disease
occur from the excessive use Of resin with
horses
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17

Don't SpOIL THE MEATs.-Any flesh heat
cd sufficiently, will, just like wood, be reduced
to charcoal (carbon) and water, and little
gaseous matter. The water and gas escape
into the atmosphere; the charcoal Will re-
main, unless heated sufficiently in the open
air to form carboic acid gas, when that will
also 20 off, leaving only Il little ashes. Well
IN roasting, baking, grilling or broiing, and
frylng meats of all kinds, every minutes con.
tinuation of heat beyond just enough to co
agulate the abumen, does something towards
changing the meat into charcoal, and charcoal
is nnuriuous and ndigestlbe. Further, rare
cooked, fresh, lean beef, will digest and go into
nourishment in two or three hours, while well
done" beet, and well corned beet need four to
four and half to five hours to digest in strong
stomachs, and longer in feebler ones. Nine
tenths or more of families cook meats too much
for health, for good digestion, and for getting
the best nOurishment from them 1t is mat.
ter of habit Rare-cooked meats, blood rare
that is, only barely well heated through,
are far more Gigestlble and nutritious, and
when one "breaks himself into" the habit OF
eating them rare, they will be more toothsome
than if "well done" These are facts; act in
accordance with thcm.-Amertcdn AgricW'
turist.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17

ing the heating of the curd, gave oil smell
like that Of stagnant water. IL was found that
one of the patrons had allowed his cows III
pass through "a narrow slough, the mud OF
which adhered to their udders. Particles o.
dust from tins mud got into the pals at milk
ing time, and thus introduced fungi from the
slough, which multiplied in the milk and
spoiled the whole OF 1t, giving 1t the odor OF
foul water.
Professor Law, of Cornell University, find
ing the milk on his cream To be ropy, exam
ined ii with microscope and found 1t infested
with living organisms On investigation ~
found that the herd from which his supply
came drank the water of stagnant pool 10
Gated in muddy swale. The microscope ex
hlbted organisms in this water identical with
those found in the milk. The same was de
tected by microscopic examination Of the
blood OF the cows. That the cows were in q
diseased condition was shown by the ther
mometer test-they beng hot and fevcrlsh
little OF the same water was introduced into
milk which proper tests had shown 10 be pure
and in due time the same filthy organisms
multiplied and took possession of 1t IN vast
numbers, producing the same character OF
milk as that first noticed
This investigation, made bya close observer
proves conclusively that the germs of disease
and of milk spelling ferment can be intro
duced into the blood and into the udder by
simply allowing the COW to drink unsuitable
water 1t holds out the plainest possible prac
teal lesson to the dairymen and farmer, and
If they disregard it, and thus make bad cheese
and butter, and endanger the health and even
lives of their families and customers, he has
only himself to thank 1t shows that the clean
illness of the dairy must be radical, thorough
and allpervading. No filthy mud should be
allowed to dry into dust that may foul tn,
pail; no foul odors should ta,nt the undrawr
milk; and the drinking water should be free
of the "lttle leaven that leavcneth the whole
Ilump"-cow, milk and all.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17

Railways produce wonderful revolutions, il
is admitted, hut 1t has not generally beer
claimed that they can convert the climate Of
far northern regions into that of the tropics
Nevertheless the Nao Northwest, published by
the Northern Pacific company, makes the sur
prising claim that northern Dakota will be &
vine producing district 1t says of its wild
grape: Its aroma is delicious and its flavor
finer and higher than that of the descendant,
of the wild fox grape, the Catawba, Concord
end others" The hardy pioneers OF northern
Dakota, who spent considerable portion Of
last winter IN excavatine their residences from
snow-drfts, probably did not imagine thai
they might vie with sunny Italy IN raising
grapes for wine, but according to this authori
ty they may soon come to it.-Rdti,r0y 1ge.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17
How MIX Get Spoiled.

Mr.. Willard. in lecture on the subject
gives much weight TO certain causes which ef
feet a deterioration in the quality of milk, and
which should he carefully considered by con
sumers as W, II on account of the effect upon
their health as that Of the animal The pres
ence of and dust in the milk pail; The iHhal-
ing Of foul odors 10y the cows, at pasture ard
elsewhere, and the drinking of putrid water.
These are brought forward because they are
usually overlooked IN the economy Of the
dairy.
Instances are cited in which puhid flesh has
communicated g iaini io the milk in The nd
der BY simpl, iainfirg NE sir hresthed by the
COW. Milk In the vat Of cheese factory, dur