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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
4 Rannv Meeting.

There ere surprises of JOY as well as OF
sorrow, to earthly affection, says an ex-
change An instance of the missing and
meeting of kindred by the turns Of for
tune was presented recently in the Chi.
cago home for the friendless. Says the
home visitor.
A short time ago the parlor of the
home Witnessed pathetic scene. A
pleasant looking lady, who had just ar
rived on the evening express from dis
tant parts, was making eager inquiries
concerning one of the inmates-an old
lady who had been in the home for five
yeats. After few words had been eX-
changed with the superintendent, the
lady sobbed out:
II am her daughter.
"H + daughter?" calculated everybody
present. and Mrs. G-exclaimed
that her children were all supposed to
be dead.
A long explanation followed The
lady had lived in California, had not
been IN communication with her re'at
ives, and HAD received intelligence Of her
mothers death. For fifteen long years
the mother and daughter had been lost
to each other
Mrs Grant at once summoned Grand
ma II - to the parlor, and the poor
oil lady, WHO'S nearly blind, was brought
into tle presen OF the stranger.
S me questions were asked about her
children, aud especially concerning the
daughter Louise.
she is dead, replied grandma H,
''they are all dead.
At this point the strange lady could no
longer repress her emotions, and throw
ing her arms about the old la iy's neck.
She cried;
Don you know me mother? Louise
is not deadi | am Louise
The cd LADY seemed dazed. "Why,
that is not Louise's voice. " she said. II
can Z see you, but the voice does not
sound like my Louise's.
"But, mother, the daughter said,
between her soiss, Il have grown much
larger since you saw me. and my voice
has changed .
Grandma Hat length became con-
WINGED that the speaker was really her
own child, and they retired from the
little group Of interested spectators
" tj-h had gathered around. to renew
olAtine ties.
Mex dav 2 ea~riagn e9lIe1 for Grand
ma H, and SIC, Mas IS sr.,s5 aw n 10
new scenes, under loving dausht rs
protection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
Brother GARDENERS Observations.

"Doorin my three score vars of life
hev obsarved some Gurus things. hey
obsarved, fur instance, dat the men mos
consumed bout de welfar' Of de kentry
am de men who do de least to prosper
her
81 hev observed dat de politishun
who sots ont to save de kentry am giner-
ally hauled up for robbin' her.
Il b. v observed dat de men who seem
to hev de moas' sympathy fur de poo
neber wait i've minutes to foreclose a
chattel mortgage.
81 hev obsarved dat good cloze an
impudence will pass fur riches an educa-
shun.
81 hez observed dat brag an buster
am better weapons dan argument an
truf.
81 hey observed dat grand monu-
ment in graveyard doan' hide de mean
pess of dead mans reiashuns."
- hev observed dat CHART kin make
pau oers almost as fast as a confagra
shun.
II hev observed dat while all agree
dat honesty am de bes' policy, not on
man in hundred hesitates to work a
lead nickel off ON street kyaricompany
81 hev obsarved many odder things
equally strange an inconsistent, an /
am prepaid to say to you:
Notices doan' mean bizness.
Maxims kin be forgotten faster dan
written.
- Promises am wheel with one cog
gone.
" Friendship viii las as long as you
kin afford K pay 10 per cent per annum.
Let us now rarceed to bizness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
Digestibility Of Different Kinds Of Food.

A London paper publishes some in
teresting statistics showing the length
of time food of different kinds takes to
pass through the process of digestion.
The results may be more or less correct
ly obtained by any one with careful
watching, but they were, it is stated, OBJ
tanned in the first instance by series
of experiments on Canadian named
Alexis st. Martin, who was under the
care of DIR. Beaumont for permanent
opening in his stomach, the result of a
gunshot wound. Through this opening
the process of digestion was made vsi-
BILE, and DR.. Beaumont noted the results.
Rice and tripe are the quickest digested,
only requiring one hour; light boiled
egg two hours, whereas a hard boiled
one requires three hours and a half;
roast beef three hours, boiled beef four
hours and half In mutton the case is
reversed, boiled mutton only requires
three hours, and roast mutton three
hours and quarter; veal four hours and
a half; lamb two and half; salmon fouI
hours. Pork is the most difficult Of all
meats to digest, taking five hours AM a
quarter. From this it can be seems hat
variety of food Is most suitable in vari-
Gus conditions of the body.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08

Emery A. storrs, the well-known Chicago
lawyer, was then called His testimony was q
disappointment to the defense. They had
supposed he would declare that, in his opinion,
Gulteau was insane. According to Mrs.
ecoylile, Storrs told her one day in his Office
mat ne would send deposition to that effect.
When IN the Bitness-box, however, he declined
to gave, an opinion, stating that he was not
quaAned 10 do so; but on the cross
examination he did say that ia his ac-
quaintance with the prisoner he saw nothing
Whlch leu MIN to believe him irresponsible for
ms acts or unable 10 distinguish between right
ana wrong. Mr.. SeoyiIle did his best to pre-
vent this testimony from going ON the record
and, being oyerruled by Judge Cox, took an
exception. The evidence created quite stir in
the courtroom, and seemed to stagger those
about the dafense's table. The sister Of the
prisoner was particularly affected, and, intones
distinctly caught by the reporters, said HE
has perJnred himself; that is all there is
about il.
Edward Daniels testified to suiteaus Pc
cnliar religious views, and his IMPRESSION was
that he was crazy.
Senator David Davis was tho next witness.
In answer TO questions by Scoyille he testified
that he didn't belong TO either party. He had
not heard of the disruption of the Republican
party, and didn't believe it would disband until
the Democratic party died, and the success of
either party would not imperii the republic.
a. Do you believe the success of the Demo-
cratic party would tend, in any degree to bring
on another civil WARP A. No. l don't. / think
that the Southern people are the last people in
the world TO desire to 60 into any war; Ii there
be any war, 1t will come from somewhere else
than the South
Mr. Scoville-That Is all.
Judge Davis was evidently mystihed and
somewhat indignant, and asked Sooyille what
this was all about. The lawyer for the defense
said he would see when the time came.
The next witness was L. A. Bailey, Col. Cork
hills stenographer. He testified that he made
the notes from which the New Yolk Herald in
teryiew with Guiteau was published and was
pad 600. He was introduced to Guiteau by
Corkhill.
Gulteau. after Bailey's withdrawal from the
stand. addressed the court, saying The fell
lowing persons want subp@naed as witnesses
President Arthur, Secretary Blaine, Senator
Logan, Senator Conkling, Gen. Grant, Senators
Platt, Dorsey and Jones, Gov. Jewell, James
Gordon Bennett. Whitelaw Reid. Gov. Jones'.
Charles A. Dana, and w II. Hurbnt. and files
of their papers from May to June also George
Q. Gorham, Of the Washington Republican,
| and Stison Hutchius, Of the Washing ton Post,
and files Of their papers for May and June, and
W. 7. Nixon, of the Chicago Inter Ocean, and
files of the Inter OCEAN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
FORTY-SEyENTH CONGRESS.
PARTY cAUcrs1yg


The Republican members Of the House Of
Representatives met in caucus at the Capitol in
Washington on Saturday, Dec. 8, aud were
called TO order by Mr.. Hubbell. of Michigan
Mr.. Bobesou, Of New jersey, was chosen Chair
man. Aoail OF theroil revealed the presence Of
10 Representatives, including J. Hyatt smith
OF New York, elected AZ an Independent Nom
mat lu7 Tor the Speakershlp being IN order
seven candidates were placed in tho feld-be-
ing dessrs. Hi,cOcl, keifer. kasson DunneI.
ORTIZ, Burrows, and Reed. On the first ballot
N".cr re e'ycd % votes Hlscock A and Kasson
I'D. be vote changed considerably through
ont fifteen ballots, Keifcr being chosen on The
sixteenth. For Clerk Of the House Edward
Aiclh"tson, Of Pennsy wanna, Was selected: for
lt-imasIer, Harry Sherwood, Of Michigan
lor SolBeant-at-Ams, Col. Hooker, of
Vermont, and for Doorkeeper, Col. Brown.
low, OF Tennessee. On motion Of
Gen. Henderson, Of Illinois. seconded
by UpdegraG, Of Iowa, the following resolution
NaH unanimously adopted. THAT the follow
ug-named honOrably discharged soldiers. M
nus leg or arm, or both, and now horne on
the soldiers roll Of the House of Representa-
tiyes of the United States, be retained bv the
DOorkeeper of the House on said roll. subject
however. to dismissal for just and sufficient
cause :. II. Decker, both arms off Ohio; John
RyaA, one leg IF. Pcnnsvlvauia; James /. Nc
Cormck, ouc leg off, Indiana; Hugh Lewis.
one arm on, Wisconsin; John Rome, one arm
OF, New Jersey; Capt J. ". White one arm
on, Ohio. Three of these soldiers are Re
puhllcans and three Democrats.
Soon after the adjounmant of the Repub-
can caucus the Democratic memberships as
sembled, IN the same hail. and organized their
cancns by ro-electing Representative House of
Tennessee as Chairman. and Frost, or Mis-
! sour, and Welborn of Texas, Secretaries
1 Representative Proctor Knott, of Kentucky.
! then offered a resolution indorsng the DECLARE
tons Of the Democratic National Conventions
| OF 1876 and 1850, tie supposed object being to
! put Democratic members on record in favor of
the plank ndorslng % tariff for revenue only. ~
! Inc resolution was supported by Representa-
! tiyes Knott and Reagan and opposed bv Rep
resentativos Hammond, McLaln, Hooker an d
herhert. Representative Hooker moved TO
indefinitely postpone consideration of the
resolution. and the motion was carried-aves.
90 noes, A. Representative McKenna then
moved that the caucus indorse and nut in
nomination rs candidates for the Democrats
all tho officers of the last House. and the mo-
ton was carried, viva yoeo, without dissent.
Tho Greonback members-elect Of the House
met IN caucus and nominated Nicholas Ford.
Of Missouri, for speaker Gilbert De La Ma
| tyr q Indiana for Clerk Of the House Lee
! Crandall, Of Washington, y. c., for Sergeant
| alarms II. Martin Williams, Of Missouri.
| Tor Doorkeeper and W. Ii. Moore. Of Penn
| -ylyania, for Postmaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

A NOTED Colorado highwayman and
stage rob.ar named Ham White was being
conveyed to the Detroit House of Correction
by United States Marshal Wilcox, of Denver.
Near Poksgon, Mich. on the Michigan Central
road, the convict picked the lock of his hand
cuffs with toothpick and ferooiously attacked
the Msrshai- There were seventeen men in
the car who raw the whole affair, but who IN
most cOwardiy way, left the
officer to struggle with the des-
ptrale man In the struggle White seized
Whcox's revolver and tried TO shoot him, when
lirs SmithsOn, wife Of Denver engineer, ON
her way to New York, and the only woman in
inc car, sprang upon the seat behind the strug-
cling men, seized the convict around the neck
aud disabled HIM TO a sufficient extent to enable
the Marshal 70 once more secure control OF
him. Daniel r. Eells, President Of the Com
mercia National Bank Of Cleveland took from
9llb0JO in bonds, intending to
cut the coupons. His attention
being directed to another matter, he turned
hls bacA upon the desk fer few minutes
When me resumed his coupon clipping he was
as,unlhhed to discover that a box containing
$4,000 worth Of the bonds was missing, and
also d genteel-appearIng young man who had
been waiting for an interview with the bank
President. Mr.. Eells is now anxious to inter-
view the young man-so anxious, indeed, that
he offers to pay 81, 500 for that privilege
Flames broke out early on the morning of the
4th inst, in one of Pillsburys Touring mills,
at Minneapolis, and speedily extended to the
Excelsior, the Minneapolis, and the Empire
mills, and the cotton factory of Dorillus Nor
ri'on. Then they attacked a train of loaded
freight-cars, at which moment an explosion oo-
CURED IA the Minneapolis mill, levelng the
wallis killing three men, and severely injuring
others. The mills destroyed represent one
tenth OF tho capacity Of the city The total
oss Is sils50o and the insurance s2G7, l75.
THC L..octoll OF the Mechanics Ma
tioual Bank Of Newark have agreed to contrib
ute Fl 100000 toward paving the creditors and
reyvn2 the institution which will probably re-
suit IN the resumption of business.
That scholarly actor and fine TRACE
dian, Lawrence Barrett is playing a success
ful engagement at McYicker's Thaater. Chica
90. During the pas. week he has appeared in
number Of his fayoIitc characters to lare,
and delighted audiences. Thus week he pro-
ducea a new llav written by Will m Young. q
Chicago Journalist Mr. Barrett will BE sue.
ccedcd by John Z. Raymond. familalv know
a. Col. Mulberry Sellers with his new play
- Fresh Tho American,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
Mark Twain,s antioua Humor

There has been recently paraphrase1
and calmly appropriated by Mark Twain
an aneciote of Scotchman whoen tiers On
eating house ON Holborn hill and calls
for penny loaf Then be says he has
changed his mind, and that he will have
penny worth of beer instead. This
process he repeats twelve times, and he
is then going ON this way, rejoicing and
full OF beer, when the cookshop keeper
demands payment for his beer. II give
you penny loaf for each mug Of beer, "
answers the ca4ny Scot. But you
have not paid for the loaves. continues
the incensed Boniface. "But / had
them not, replies the Scot. THIS story
is to be found in an old cheap book pub
hshed late in the seventeenth century,
and it is very probable survival q
some medieval joke current among the
school-men, since its humor hinges on a
false premise IN logic. For the rest the
original jest may be many thousands of
years old and may be one Of Julius
Caesars collection of apothegms, the loss
of which Bacon. in tile introduction Of
his own ''ante-Joe Millerism," so pae.
thetically deplores. There is nothing
new under the sun Especially in the
matter of jokes. London TcJegraph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08

articles insulting to the Pope. Tho former was
fined 500 francs and sentenced to two months
imprisonment; the latter will have to pav 600
francs and be locked up for three months.
A FARMER named Hogan, who paid
his rent has been fatally shot in Iippersry,
Ireland, and . farmer in Leitrim, who paid his
rent, was assaulted and received twelve wound.
which it ia believed will result fatally Charles
Dawson, Parnellite member OF Parliament.
has been elected Lord Mayor Of Dublin. A
Mayo CorOner's jury returned a verdict Of will
ful murder against Police Inspector Striteh for
the killing Of Mrs McDonough in recent
nffrav AT hallnnlef
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
A Sonnet From Keats.
flames T. Fields.

"Have / ever given you one of Lambs
letters to carry to American" said Proctor
to me one morning as / arose to take
leave of him. "No," L replied, "and
Won must part with the least scrap of q
note III Elias" handwriting. Such
things are too precious to be risked on a
sea voyage to another hemisphere. ,
america ought to share with England
in these things, he rejoined, and lead.
ing me up to a sort of cabiret in the H.
brary he unlocked drawer and got out
a package of time-stained papers. "Ah,
said he as he turned over the golden
leaves, 'here is something You will bike
to handle" / unfolded the sheet and
loi it was in Keats handwriting, sonnet
"On First Looking into Chapman's
Homer" Keats gave it to me" said
Proctor, ''many, many years ago" And
then we proceeded TO read, in tones
tremulous with delight, these undying
lines:
Much have Travelled in realms Of gold
And many goodly stars and kingdoisr seen;
Round many Western islands have | been
Which bards in feaIty to Apollo holds
Oft Of one wide expanse had / been told,
That deep browed Homer ruled as his demesne;
Yet did I never breathe its pure
Till heard Chapman speak out loud and bold.
Then felt / like some watcher Of the skies
When new planet swms into ken,
Or like stout Cortez, when, with eagle eyes,
He stared at the Pacific, and all his mon
looked at each other with a wild surmise,
Silent upon peak to Darion.'
sat gazing on the man who had look
ed on Keats in the flush of his young
genius and wondered at my good for
tune. Presently my hospitable friend,
still rummaging among the past, drew
out letter, which was the one, he said,
he had been looking after. "Cram il
into your pocket, he cried, ''for 1 hear
coming down stairs, and perhaps
she won't let you carry it of. " The let
ter is addressed to B. W. Proctor, ESQ.,,
10 Lincoln's Inn, New Square. And
brought it with me to America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08

mosphere that stands over the glacer, hndi
has such curious exhilarating effect di-
rectly he steps upon the ice. The Sibe-
rian plains are fed by no such accumula-
tons of mountain ice, and hence the sun
does its full work III warming the earth
directly the snow has vanished.
A balloon floating well above the
Greenland ice would enjoy luxurious
summer climate the sun would shine
upon it continuously, and some part OF
its rotundity would always receive per-
pendic1lar rays, even with the sun on
the horizon. The elevation above the
lower humid atmosphere would remove
much of the chief cause Of the difference
between the direct heating power of the
polar and tropical sun rays, viz +: the alb
sorption of a greater quantity Of heat by
aqueous vapor through which the OBJ
hque rays usually travel. -Erchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
The Art OF Beauty.

Ugliness, once considered fate which
the gods themselves were powerless to
aver,, has become of late years a circum-
stance of no PARTICULAR account, since it
is largely under the control of dress,
and by skillful notifications may become
more effective than beauty itself. Fash
ions We're formerly created for pretty
women. but now seem to be in the inter-
est Of the plain A beautiful woman is
of course q princess in her own right !;
she is worshipped and accordingly re-
stricted possessing all, and finding the
whole world ready 10 pay tribute, she
loses in a degree her originality. She is
SO lavishly endowed by Nature that she
does not require to search curiously for
styles which shall enhance the sheen of
her hair, the glory of her eyes, the
pearl and rose OF her complexion, or the
perfect lines of her form. With an ugly
woman, on the contrary, It is nothing
venture, nothing have" She is COM
paratycly safe in pursuing to extremes
her craving for admiration. By sheer
audacitv of inspiration she creates the
piquant, the irregular she makes mere
beauty seem tame Probably few ladies
thttoHeu VIII pltlui 5i6SS NClN " 0No
Mile Bernhardt last winter without at
least passing feeling of regret that
their rounded persons made it impossible
to initiate some of the subtle effects
which make that actress one Of the most
elegant women of our time. For in
stance, her flowing white dressing gown
in the last act of "Camille was poem
of a dress, but fully-developed arm
would have spoiled the sleeves, which,
being spirals Of lace. were enough of
themselves to make the curves, and
needed little or nothing save a skeleton
beneath. Our pleasure In such marvels
of dress Is, ef course, a perversion OF
taste, since no sculptor would wish to
model a tieshless figure, however grace
fully disproportionately lcng limbs may
assume drapery. But We are all taken
captive by our passion for purely asthe-
tic impressions. Dress has become an
art in itself, and the woman who wears
it is almost subordinate; it is a senti-
ment language, a confession. Lip
Diac0H'S .9f0qrzfae.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
Ontrage hr q Policeman

sam Johnsng was up again yester.
day. What brings you here this
tme?' asked the Recorder. "De p'ice-
man, sah; dc same one what brung me
htau le last time. Il mean what did
yoa dog =" i was jess passin' grocery
store, when | struck my head agin a
ham what was hanging by de dore. I
tuck dc ham down to put 1t somewhares
wbr d would he safe from folks Dustin
their irtlus ont agin it. when de fust l
kuoWed a " licoman tried To get de ham.
away from me, and bekase | wouldn''
let lie ham 20 he just brang me along
too. '-Gaircsfoa Neles
ONLY he who has nothing to hope
from a woman is sincere iii her praise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
charred Bran.

The use f eliarred bran for preserving
delicate fruit while on the road to mark
It bids far 70 solve tie problem which
las 50 long perplexed some milIers.
Converted MO chartoll, the light and
slilpt r. praauct Of tie mills ceases TO
lie uomanaeeahly; ana If Is quite likely
that larg.. loeat demand for charred
bran will - iii the vicinity Of most
mills. for packing not only quickly
perishable fruits like peaches plums
and grapes, bst also apples ana othor
finer fruits fof storage IS well as trans
ortaiion.
DEPEND upon it, whatever may be the
mind of an old man, old age is only re-
ally happy when, on feeling the enjoy
ments Of this world pass away, it begins
to lay a stronger hold on those OF anoth-
el.-Ddliei Webster.
A GEOLOGICAL paradox-it IS notori-
ous tbat giraiies die young, and yet they
are long tor tins world. Eecks-t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
PULLMAN HOTEL DINING CARS.


Saary 5000 NILES OF
Central Line
Line"
Line"
dstasan dCansd
.anda ksn
Akh Manager
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08
FOREIGN.

The eyictions ON the Irish estates OF
Lord PANTRY, whore the tenants were two vears
ia arrears. were quietly effected. Eight tenants
worc coudiuoualIy rensAtsd Michael Baytop
has been teleas' q from kumainhatu isll on az.
count Of poor health. kuap. a Dublin harris
tcr. who VAS arrested with pavtt and DAILY two
wears ago, has been rtupprehcHdaa ana con-
NrNtd ~ iundash Ter netting tie people moi Is
paN lcut letrov. the English raliread-eoa,b
murderer Was hanged AZ fondon. Narvoo3
WAS The cXccutontr. Mr.. Forster. Cblef $50
rotary for Ireland, viii remain in puhlin
through the winter.
DURLlN cahlegrams state that seven
houses were fired into Isst week in County
Glare tlata woman near sistowel was threat.
ened With dcsth FOR giving information 10 the
l"ucc That tie houses Of two reut-psvers al
hNvthasH were Wltuily burned. aud q farmer
u''t 'u~tt,rt Was murdered for the same
,"'l'-' h"litrhed "a laud- League organizer
~. A''."el'' wac aIf,s sled Hu3er the Coercion
"V'-. 3 STORY which saYufs somewhat of ths
romantic is tciegrsphcd from ST. pNer,ltirr
IL pNi,gS that q jewish \ hiI.t- behaved NJ
acroulpicos % the police for 20 600 rauhles ana
ther protection, and that he is now in Neyv
lofh hvip.ug the RUSSIAN Government A.
an.i-Jewish mob il Odessa. Russia stons5
Sarah Beruhardt S carnage AS She was drjvint
home from the theater Oh the ground ;hat Ma
was ot Jewish descent.
IRIsH advices are gorgea with agrarian
outrascs. Three tenants on Lord Konmare's
estate IN County Cork, were shot in the legs
for paying rents Three COWS owned by
farmer m TIE same locality were found ripped
open. foch so sheep were dubbed to death
on THE estate of Lord Doneraile The
Shei'n Of Limerick holds 800 wIi.s Of
eviction The police took tho names of LADIES'
Who organized a Land League at Bowie
Itrtc hundred fishing boosts were lost in the
recent storm of tho British coast A dssner-
e'e neut took place 10 bsll-aua between Aus.
s ISL uGopS aud Insurgents, IN when the
former Inst twenty uea iIlrv ~ p.,,,,C
CONVICTED au OlLilr ana m ElisE.r u -