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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
SnrriyaIs.

In the Shetlands old women still en-
ploy the spindle and the whorl, exactly
as their ancestors employed them 1900
years ago, the only difference being that
modern whorls are far less ornate than
their antlquated predecessors. Near In
verness potato does duty instead of
stone or clay whorl. At Barvas, in the
island OF Lewis, the people manufacture
handmade pottery without wheel MS
rude as the rudest ever discovered among
the relics of tile stone age or in use
among modern savages. Yet the inhab-
itants of Baryas All not clothed in skins,
aud eaters of raw flesh; Gin intellectual
power and in their mode Of living they
are just what their peighbors are"
Manchester cottons, Staffordshire crock
cry, Sheffield cutlery, West Indian sugar
and Chinese tea may be found in the
self-same cottages IN which these prim-
tive jars and bowls are fashioned. Thus
the very rudest arts may co-exist in a
single community side by side with the
most advanced. Similarly, the "Nors-
Mills Of Shetland are the simplest and
most Intellectual application Of water
power known among men: yet they an
swer the purpose of their makers well
enough, because water-power is album
dant, and there is no need to economize
it by such cunning inventions as over
shot wheels. The beehive houses of the
Hebrides form another example Of
surviving archaic type, equally out of
keeping at first sight with our existing
civilization
The rough bone buttons, the stone
beds. the one-stilted plows, the Wheel
less carts, dragged along upon their tilt
ed beams, and the bismar or rude steel
yards used in many parts Of Scotland,
give rise to similar reflections. But the
strangest instance of all is the all but
modern stone implements found in Shet-
land. These consist of rough flint flakes
shaped by chipping, and quite recently
used as knives or hatchets. So far az
mere external appearance goes, they
might be implements from the drift,
were it notfor the absence OF that pecul-
lar weathered appearance which is the
distinguishing mark of genuine paleo-
lithic specimens. The pre-glacial fiints
are discolored for about quarter of an
inch from the surface, and displayed q
banded outline when fractured. The
Shetland implements, ON the contrary,
are apparently all but modern, and are
found under circumstances which do not
seem to imply any remarkable antiquity.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20

made Benjamin West an artist. " Kiss
me, mother, before sleep" How SIM
pie boon, yet how soothing TO the little
suppliant is that soft, gentle kiss. TIE
head sinks contentedly on the pillow,
for all is peace and happiness within.
The bright eyes and rosy lips
close, and the little darling is soon
reveling in the bright and sunny dreams
OF innocence Yes, kiss, mother, for
that goodnight kiss will linger in the
memory when the giver lies moldering
in the grave. The memory of a gentle
mothers kiss hG g eered many lonely
wanderers pilgrnl &c and has be- en- the
beacon light to illuminate his desolate
heart life has many stormy billow TO
cross, many a rugged path to climb, and
we know not what is in store, for the lit
tie one so sweetly slumbering, with no
marring care to disturb its peaceful
dreams. The parched and fevered lips
viii become dewy again as recollection
bears to the sufferers couch a mothers
love, mothers kiss. Then kiss your
little ones ere they sleep; there is a
magic power in that kiss which will en-
dure to the end of life. Troy Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
A Practical Joke on the Wrong Party.

Mr.. Wagon was the victim. His son
Johnny is y mischievous lad, and one
day resolved to play trick on his broth
er. He arranged certain attachments to
that brothers bed, worked by cords run
ming to his own room, and then went off
fishing While he was gone, his brother
was sent away to be absent over night,
and lot of company arrived at the
house. Mr.. Wagon gave up his own
room to them and occupied the absent
sons bed Johnny got home late at
night, and wholly ignorant of this
change OF arrangements, went to his
room, which was next to his mothers,
and prepared to perpetrate his designs
upon his brother.
The first proceeding was haul on q
cord which ran between the blankets and
spread ON his brothers bed, and, being
fastened at the top, would pull the
clothes off the bed. Mr.. Wagon was
comfortably tucked In, when suddenly
the clothes began TO slip, and he found
himself uncovered. He thought he
might have kicked them off, and sat up
and took hold of the clothes to pull them
back. Meanwhile, Johnny had yanked
another cord which pulled the pillow off
the bed Mr. Wagon discovered his loss
and reached for the pillow, and when he
got il, the clothes went off again. He
was much excited at that, and again
went after the clothes and again lost his
pillow.
That time the pillow went under The
bed and Mr.. Wagon went after it, and
immediately came out again and swore
prodigiously, for the floor was strewn
with chestnut buns, and he had cotton
into them. He resolved TO scold the
chambermaid for leaving so many pins
on the floor. Once more he attempt to
get the pillow, and, as it was way under,
he made q frantic dive for it, and Just
then Johnny, who was shaking with
laughter, + lied the last cord and tho
whole bed came down upon Mr.. Wagon
and jammed him upon the burrs.
His frantic howls brought his wife and
friends to the rescue, and he was tished
out. And then the gas was lighted and
somebody discovered the cords running
to Johnny's room. Mr. Wagon at once
hastened there. The lad explained that
he thought his brother was in the bed,
but it didn't make any difference His
yells were mistaken by a man sleeping
half mile away for cry of fire. and he
jumped out OF bed so hard that he
sprained toe. And the next day when
Johnny went to school he got spanked
again because he wouldn't sit down, and
is now resolved to run away from home
the first chance he can get, as this part
of the country is q mighty discouraging
region for q boy. -E.rchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
The Fenrans.

These people, if we believe the earls
historians so far as TO allow them an his
torical existence, were body of Irisl.
militia, forming kind of standing army.
which was employed to defend the coasts
of Ireland from the invasion Of foreign
foes. They were billeted upon the In.
habitants during Writer, and obliged to
maintain themselves by hunting and
fishing during summer. Each OF the
four provinces had its own band of these
warriors or champions, but Leinster was
the most fortunate province in incorpor-
ating distinguished names in the list OF
its Fenians. Fingal himself was one Of
the iIlustrious band, which included al
so the ever-memorabf Ossian. When
st. Patrick came 70 Ireland, Ossian mar
rated to the Apostle of Ireland the ex-
PLOTS of the valiant Fenians. The
record Of their conversation, which i
still extant, is called the Dialogue of the
Sages but il seems that the saint and
the bard, sage as they both were, were
sometimes ON the point of qaarreling.
Cur readers may remember the version
of ON ancient Ossianic poem which, ac-
cording to Sir Wa ter Scott. Hector
Mcintyre gave to his uncle, the anti
quarry. ST Patrick there complains that
his devotional meditations and psalms
are disturbed by the old women's tales
Of Ossian and Ossian, annoyed at the
implied comparison OF psalms to the
tales Of the bare-armed Fenisn, declares
in no measured terms that he should
think it no great harm to wiring tle
saints bald head from his shoulders.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
jackson aud Iienfnn-

On the breaking out of the War of
1912 Gen. Jackson was one of the very
first to tender his services to the Gov
eminent, and collected force of 2 500
men which met at Natchez, where it re-
manned idle some two months, when il
was ordered disbanded. jackson. en-
ragged, declined to disband the troops
there, but took them back home, giving
drafts on the Government for the ex-
panses Thus incurred. These drafts the
Government refused to pay, which placed
Jackson in a very imp easant predica-
ment. At this juncture Col. Benton
volunteered to 60 TO Washington in
Jackson's interest, and, if possible, In
duce the Government to pay the drafts,
and save Jackson's honor and propt rty.
BY his polite and adroit management
he succeeded. AS Col. Benton was
about returning to Nashville he received
word from his brother, Jesse Benton,
that Gen. jackson Ind acted az second
in duel to that brothers antagonists
most ungracious net, as it appeared, at
a moment when the claims of gratitude
should have been uppermost in Jack
sons heart. In this duel Jesse Benton
was wounded. An angry letter was
written by Thomas II. Benton TO Jack
son, and the latter swore "by the Fter-
nal " he would horsewhip Tom Benton.
On Sept. 4, 1913, the two Bentons were
in the doorway OF the City Hotel, Mt
Nashville, when jackson and Col. Coffee
approached. Jackson brandished his
whip, Col. Benton fumbled fer his pis.
tol, jackson drew his own, and at the
same time received in his arm aud shout
der o slug and bullet from the pistol
Of Jesse Benton, who stood behind him.
jackson was thus dropped by terrible
wound. Coffee then attacked Col. Ben
ton, who fell down flight Of stairs.
This disgracelul affair laid jackson up for
several months and drove Benton to
Missouri.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20

1VuA ~ va MC k<VtOe
She came tripping from the church
door, her face flushed with emotion by
the just-uttered discourse, and her eyes
bright with loving expectation. He
shiyered on the curbstone, where for an
hour he had shivered impatiently, with
a burning heart palpitating in his throat,
and frozen fingers in his pockets. They
linked arms and started for the resi-
dence of her parents.
After few moments hesitating
silence, he said;
Jane, we have known each other
long. You must know how feel. You
must have seen that clear down OF the
bottom-O, Moses I"
He had slipped down ON the ice with
so much force that his spine was driven
up into his hat, and his hat was tipped
over his nose, but she was a tender
hearted girl. She did not laugh, but
she carefully helped him to his feet, and
said;
You were saying, John, when you
slipped, that the foundation good
ness
She slipped herself that time, and saw
little stars come down to dance before
her eyes, but he pulled her up in haste,
and went uni
Yes; just as I said, clear down at
the bottom of my heart is feryent love,
nn which / build my hope. That love
has helped me to stand face--thunder I"
He was down again, but scrambled
up before she could stoop 70 help him.
and che said brao hlareIxy.
Yes, yes, John. You remember vou
just bald love that helped you stand
and face thunder. And that you found
ed your hopes on-this pesky ice :"
There she sat. John grasped the
loose part of her sacque between the
shoulders and raised her 10 her feet. MS
one would lift d kitten from a pail Of
water by the back of the neck. Then
he said, with increased earnestness:
''Of course, darling, and have longed
for an opportunity to tell my love. and
to hear those whispers-whoop -
Somehow Johns feet had slipped
from under him, md he came down like
capital V, with his head and feet point
ing skywafd. She twined her taper fin
gers in his curling locks and raised him
to the stature Of man, set his hat firm.
ly over hfs eyes with both hands, and
cried, in GREATNESS haste:
II understand, and let me assure you
John, that if it is in my power to lighter
your cares and make brighter your Jour
ney through life to--Jerusalem r
10, my precious, and thus it shall b,
my lifelong pleasure to lift you from the
rude assaults OF earth and surround you
with the loving atmosphere of--Texas I!
And there they both sat together
They had nearly reached the gate, and
hand in hand, and with the bliss OF
young loves first confession, they crep,
along on their knees up the front door
steps, and were soon forgetful of THEN
bumps on the softest cushion of the par.
Tor sofa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
POPULAR SCIENCE.

OLD and faded daguerreotypes will
often become as bright as new, if placed
in weak solution of evanide OF potas-
SUM.
A NEW use for glass is found in tae
manufacture of window shutters. These
SIRE now made of opal glass, decorated,
m /. have the important advantages OF
being beautiful and easy to keep clean.
ALTHOUGH he had examined over 100
hearts OF children and grown-up people.
DIR. Langier discovered blood. vessels in
the heart valves in only one case. that
Of a woman of GO, in whom they were
Violently the result OF pathological
process.
An artificial surface, suitable for skat-
ing, and behaving very much like nat
ural ice under skate-iron, has been
formed by mixture Of the carbonate
and sulphate of soda. The crystalline
mass is spread ON a floor, and may be
used rs skating rink, and will last in
definitely with slight repairs. 1t I" cuts
mp like ice, and when too rough may
be smoothed again by simple steam
ing apparatus.
For articles Of rubber which have
become hard ard brittle, DIR. Pol rec
ommends the following treatment I'M
merse the articles in mixture of water
OF ammonia one part, and water Two
parts, FOR time varying from few
minutes to an hour, according to the
circumstances of the case. When the
mixture has acted enough on the rubber
it will be found TO have recovered all its
elasticity, smoothness and softness.
The success of butter made from beef
fat (oleomargarine butter) has led to the
use in Chicago of pork fat or lard for
the same purpose. 1t has been reported
butter have been shipped to England,
seriously iniuring the market for genu-
Inc American butter. The report is dis
puted by exporters, though it is admit
ted that sample lots have been sent by
New York and Chicago dealers. Obyi-
ously If lard butter is wholesome and of
good flavor it can be sold on its merits :.
If bad it should not be sold at all. In
either case its sale as genuine butter
would be a fraud, and should be pre-
vented.
AT o meeting Of the American Elec-
trlcal Society in Chicago, Col. @. H.
Wilson read paper on the use of large
telegraph wires. He held that the
employment Of large-gauge wires
for the quaGruplex circuit was
au advantage. A No. wire
laid between New York and st. Louis
WIS giving entire satisfaction. The
question had been raised whether, in
the desire TO increase the conductivity
Of the wires, there was any limit to their
size. There was limit, and the con-
ductivity could be Increased by EN- oloy-
ing different conductors, copper Instead
OF iron wire, for instance. la discus
sion which followed, Mr.. Somers advo
Gated the use of large wires, and said
that their employment had simplfied
the quadruplex problem.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
Benevolent MIR. Wixham.

AT n meeting of the Ladies' Benevo-
lent Society, il was resolved that q COM
mittee OF four ladies be appointed to
canvass for donations, and in the course
of their periPrinations this committee
dropped into Mr.. Wixham's Office. He
received them as gentleman should,
and, after the usual formalities, one of
them began:
Mr.. Wixham, we are asking aid for
benevolent purposes.
"Ah yes. Benevolence is bump
which should be cultivated. Are you
looking after poor folks p
"We are. !"
Very proper-very proper. You all
have children Of your own ?"
"Oh, yes"
"All of them are well fed, well
clothed and well cared for, are they ?"
Eyes, SIR
That's very proper. / presume
their stockings are properly darned, but
tons in their places, and they say their
prayers when they go TO bed2 Am j
correct ?"
The women looked at each other in a
sly way and then at him, and one of
them said:
We shall be happy for any contribu-
ton"
"Yes'm, yes'm. You don't want this
contribution for your own families, eh?''
No, sir answered four voices in
chorus.
"Well, Lara somewhat inclined to be-
nevolence. Hardly a day passes that /
don't do something for charity, Here's
an old account of S26 against Mr.. -.
know he's hard up and having a close
time to get along, and yesterday can
celed the debt"
One of the canvassers turned red,
white and blue and looked out Of the
window. That was her husband, but
Wixham didn't know it.
"And yesterday / found poor, for
lorn-looking little boy out here crying
with hunger and cold. He said his
name was Tommy --, and he lived at
No. SO - street. He hadn't been
washed or combed for week, and felt
sad for him. was going to take him
home and feed him, but he slipped away. "
Another woman suddenly looked out
Of the window, and her pulse ran to 120
a minute, but Wixham was as innocent
as a lamb Of any knowledge that it was
her boy.
"rhen you won't aid us?" queried
the spokesman.
''Oh, yes, certainly viii. was sim.
ply figuring to see how much / could
spare. / signed note with Mr.. -
last fall. and / had TO pay it yesterday.
That makes me feel rather poor.
The third woman didn't turn red, but
green, but Wixham couldn't have pos
sibly known that it was her husband.
Lets see, let's see want to give
you all can spare. Mr.. -, ON -
street, owes me four months house rent.
and III give you an order on him for
$40"
The four women rose up. They rushed
in solid body for the door. They went
out in heap. Some were red and some
were pale, and all were mad. They tried
to speak, but they couldn't, and as they
FASTENED to get away from each other
Wixham held up the half written order
and gasped:
How very singular Perhaps they
thoughtthey couldn' tcollect the money"
Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
ENGLISH KISSES.


Testimonials 10 the S,Teetuess of Anglican
Oscillation.
The women of England (says Polydore
Virgil. In the Partisan, not only salute
their relations with kiss, but I'LL per-
scns promiscuously; and, this ceremony
they repeat, gently touching them with
the lips, not only with grace, but without
the least immodesty. Such, however, as
are of the blood-royal do not kiss their
interiors, but offer the back Of the hand,
o. men do by way of saluting each other.
Erasmus writes in raptures to one of his
friends on this subject did you but
know, my Faustus, says he, ''the
pleasures which England affords, you
would fly here ON winged feet, and, if
your govt would not allow you, you
would wish yourself Dadalus To men
ton to You one among many things, here
are nymriis of the lovehest looks, good
humored, easy Of access, and whom you
would prefer even to your fayorite muses..
Here also prevails custom never enough
to be commended, that wherever yoa
come everyone receives you with kiss,
and when You take your leave everyone
gives you kiss; when you return, kisses
again meet you. If anyone leaves You
they leave you with kiss; if you meet
anyone the first salutation is kiss; in
short, wherever you go kisses everywhere
about; which, my Faustus, did You once
taste how very sweet and how very
fragrant they are, you would not, Ike
Scion, wish for ter years exile in Eng
land, but would desire there to spend the
whole of your life Antonio Perez,
Secretary to the Embassay from Philip
IL of Spain, writes thus to the Earl of
Essex: az have this day, according to
the custom of your country, kissed, at an
entertainment, seven females, all of them
accomplished in mind and beautiful ID
person. DR.. Pierius Winsemius, his
toriographer to their Mightinesses thc
States of Friezland, in his Chronijck ran
Friesto,,dt, printed in 1862, informs us
that the pleasant custom was utterly I'M
practiced and unknown III England Gust
as it is this day in New Zealand, where
sweethearts only know how to touch
noses when they wish to be kind) until
the fair Princess Rouix, the daughter OF
King Hengist of Friezland, pressed the
beaker with her ipkins' Qittle lipsl and
saluted the amorous yortigern with
husjen little kiss.l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
No Warmth In Clothes.

1t is, says the Lancet, q mistake to
suppose there is any warmth in clothes.
Animal heat is the direct result of
changes going on within the body itself.
Nutrition by food and the discharge of
energy by exercise are the sufficient
causes of heat. Clothes "seem" to
warm because they prevent the cold mir
and objects with a capacity for heat
which surround the body from attract
ing the heat generated within its organ
ism. The clothing is simply an insula-
tor. 1t follows that it should be light
in weight, and above all things that it
should permit the free and full circula-
ton of blood through every part of the
systemic the end of every finger and
toe--and that the muscular apparatus of
the extremities should be in perfect
working order. Ii we will wear foot
coverings, whether boots or stockings,
which compress tho feet and render the
separate action of each toe impossible,
it is simply absurd to expect to be warm
footed. Heat is the complement of work
and nutrition and if part of the or
ganism is so bound that it conntt work
and its supply of blood is limited, it
must be cold. The resort to stouter and
heavier clothing under such circum-
stances is simply ridiculous. Generally
it is the stockings that compress the
feet. The garter acts as ligature, and
diminishes the blood supply, while the
stocking itself acts as bandage, and
impedes the circulation through the ex-
frofnitiau
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
I,he Power of Kisses,

When Charles Ii. was making his tri-
umphant progress through England GER
tain country ladies' who were presented
:, him, instead of kissing the royal hand
in their simplicity held up their pretty
lips to be kissed by the King, a blnnder
no one would more willingly excuse thu N
the lover OF pretty Nell Gwynne. Geol-
giana, Duchess Of Devonshire, gave
Steele, the butcher, a kiss for his vote
nearly century since, and another
equally beautiful woman, Jane, Duchess
Of Gordon, recruited her regiment in
similar manner. A kiss from his mother
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
REST.
BY FATHER RYAN.

"'e ~earled, and my hands are tired.
Ia Ia, NJ soul oppressed
-N "'sh uessre have long desired
hest-only rest
- Nefu 70 Toll, when toll is almost vain
rs; - In barren ways;
- :" Sow and never garner grain
IN harvest days.
'Ne 'ef"fh o. my days is hard 10 bear.
But God knows best:
For rest-sweet rest PA"se'-
40 Haro 70 plant In spring, and never re.r
NJ The autumn yield
40 HAiH 70 u !, and when it's TILED 70 wen
Ger frutless field. "A
Niu &c cry, weak aud human cry.
49, - heart oppressed;
liz 90 s-gh, weak aud human si9h
For rest-rest
NY way has wound aeSSss the desert ,,a.rs
a, and cares fIfeat -
't' PAIN and through the flowing Of hot tears
pine for rest var"
twas Always so when still child la,a
On mothers breast
"| "earled little head, cen then pravea
AS now, for rest.
ana am restless still: twill soon \. oar
rss, For, down the west
i-Ae sun Is setting, and see the shora
Where shall rest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
r, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY. JANUARY 20, 1881.

charge Of an officer. After waiting an
hour or two the jury were called into
court to see ii they lad agreed on their
verdict, and the foreman informed the
court that they had not agreed, and that
there were no prospect OF their agreeing.
And the court sent the jury out again
waited two or three hours longer for the
result, when they were again called into
court, and they informed his Honor that
they had not agreed, and there was no
prospect OF any agreement. The hour
being late the jury was then discharged
without verdict. This may have been
n farce, but, if it was, it was no more so
than are one-half of our jury trials. -
Cor. 1kbanp Lar Journal.