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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
Economy Is Wealth.

A lot of Boston tourists were travel
ing in q sleeping-car, also q Nevada
traveller. In the morning, when the
porter went round to collect his assess
ments on boot-blacking there was a
great commotion among the Boston
tourists. Some paid him a five-cent
nickel, and those who had no nickels
were compelled to yield up short bits.
All the while the Nevada man, dressed
up in ordinary clothes, sat reading his
newspaper. When the porter reached
him he looked up inquiringly.
"Did you black my boots. sir?"
"Yes, sah."
"You did splendid Job; never had
my boots BACKED so well before on this
line. Here's So"
When the porter pocketed the money,
the Boston people looked up astonished
and presently it was rumored about
that Jack Mackey was aboard or Enoch
Strother was out on campaigning
trip. In few minutes the Nevada
man and the porter met (by chance) in
the smoking room.
when does my sleeping ticket run
out?"
"Your time was up, sab, at Ogden,
but if you wants to ride to Reno, boss,
it's all right, sah.''
out of black bottle, and the porter
winked continuously for nine seconds as
he drank the travellers health.
Six dollars saved. Economy is the
road to wealth. Carson appeal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
Still on the Move.

The state fair appears to have struck
neck of woods where the stumps are
unusually thick. Early in tho sea-
son it was announced that the fair
would be held this year at Eau Claire,
but late on it was found that the
funds demanded by the fair of
ficials could not be raised, and then
this agricultural coquette was put up
for sale to the highest bidder. Some
how the bidding does not appear to be
very brisk. Milwaukee, in fact, APP
pears to be the only city who cares a
tinker's imprecation whether it has the
agricultural aggregation or not, and
even the metropolis is as yet undecided
on the subject. These little flirtations
are not adding any appreeiable dignity
to the association. A little more back
bone and considerable less auctioneer-
ing would be more likely to convince
the public that the society was some
thing which ought to be sustained. The
society has grounds and buildings at
Madison sufficient for exhibition pur-
poses. If the fair win draw anywhere,
it will at the capitol city. If there is
not enough interest taken in it to pay
running expenses, the sooner it is dis
pensed with and the annual appropria-
ton saved to the state, the better.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
licked or Their Time.

A well-to-do young man recently
married and started west on his brida
tour. The happy young couple were
breakfasting at a station eating house
During the repast two smart Alecks
came into the eating room and seated
themselves opposite the contracting par
ties. They were telegraph operators.
BY delicate posing of their knife and
fork they were able to make sounds in
close imitation of telegraphy. In the
mystic language of the Key one said un.
to the other:
.Ain't she daisy, thougha''
The party thus addressed replied by
clicking off:
Wouldn't like to kiss her, the little
fat angelo
"Wonder who that old bloat is that
she has married?'
"Some gorgeous granger, reckon,
replied the other.
The groom stood it until forbearance
ceased to be virtue, when he also bal.
anced his knife, and click. click it went
in rapid succession. 1t was ineligible
to the very cute twain that had recently
made fun of its author. When inter.
preted it read:
DEAR SIRs:--I ann superintendent OF the tele
graph line. upon which You work. You vii
please send your time to headquarters and resign
your position at once. Yours
SUPERINTENDENT OF TELEGRAPH"
L0reH (MdsS.) Courier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
:.
Not so Bad rs IL Mirlaf nn

You seem to be in bad fix,'' said a
philanthropist to man sitting on the
curb-stone looking much depressed in
spirits.
"Aot SO awful bad as / might be. =
was the reply.
Have you no home?''
oh, yes, I've got one.
Why don't you go there, then?''
because l don't want to-
But you should, for the poet saws.
be it ever so humble, there's no place
like home. =
And right the poet was, to. | was
at home not an hour ago and the house
was turned upside down. all the beds
ont OF the windows, and the furniture
10 the corners. and my wife with 4 dish
rag around her head, and the children
SO dusty You couldn't clean EN- with a
feather brush, and the hired Girl rails
ing Sam Hill, and four niggers beating
carpets, and the paper-hangers at work,
and window-cleaner with hose turn
ed on, and no dinner and no prospect
OF any, and the deuce to pay generally
oh, you and the poet are shoutin'
and you're mighty right, too, there's
no place like home. THE Drummer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
Cleaning Harness.

A harness that has been on horse s
back several hours in hot or rainy
weather becomes wet; if not properly
cleaned, the damage to the leather is
irreparable. If, after being taken from
the horse in this condition, it is hung
up in a careless manner, traces and reins
twisted into knots, and the saddle and
bride hung askew, the leather when
dried retains the same shape given it
when wet, and when forced into its
original form damage is done to the
stitching and leather. The first point
to be observed is to keep the leather
soft and pliable. This can be done by
keeping it well charged with. oil and
grease; water is destroyer, but mud
and saline moisture from the animal are
even more destructive. Mud in drying
absorbs the grease and opens the pores
of the leather, making it a prey to
water, while the salty character of the
perspiration from the animal Injuries the
leather, stitchings and mountings. It
therefore follows that to preserve the
harness, the straps should be washed
and oiled whenever they have been
moistened by sweat or soiled by mud
II the harness is thoroughly cleaned
twice a year, and, when unduly exposed
treated as we have recommended, the
leather will retain its softness and
strength for many years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
In a Quandary.

In recent issue of Puck, the Demo-
cratic party is represented as anxious
ly peering forth from hollow tree, be-
fore which II large bear, labeled, free
trade, is standing guard. The anxious
party soliloquises; "lf | stay here shall
starve, while if go down to him he
will swallow me up" This is the case
of that party to-day, in nutshell.
Twenty-three years fast is beginning to
tell in the sadly emaciated features and
something has got to be done. The
leaders fondly imagined the golden OPP
portunity had arrived, but late discus
sions have cast shadow on the flush of
victory that had begun 10 gid the DEM
ocratic horizon. The shadow is that
of the free-trade bear, and it seriously
threatens to totally eclipse the proms-
ing picture so fondly limned last fall
Several southern states which form the
bulk of the democratic vote have, by
process of the establishment of manu-
factories, been converted from free
trade to protection and are kicking
vigorously against any attempt to thrust
the former doctrine down Democratic
throats. They assert this is an extreme
ly poor kind of fodder on which to fight
campaign such as that of next year
promises to be. With this from the
south, Carter Harrison in the west and
Joe Piletzer's new hctrodox organ in the
east, the prospects ahead for the grand
old Jeflersonian relic is any thing but
exhilarating. In the meantime the
Republicans, learning wisdom from
their enemy's discussions, are quietly
closing their ranks in preparation for
the coming struggle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
A Movable SeIl0ol.

Mr.. Elisha Piper, late of Parsonsfield
Me-, willed to the town at his decease
his entire estate, amounting to about
~ 900, the interest of which is over
5000, to be expended for high school
for the benefit of the scholars of said
Parsonstield. Two years interest has
been schooled ont at North Parsons.
held, where they have claimed its per.
manent location for all coming time.
But the town is dissimilar to most any
town in the county, it having five post.
offices kezar Falls, North Parsonsfield,
Parsonsfield, East Parsonstield. and
South Parsonsfield. West Parsonsfeld
was discontinued q few years AGO, and
established at bingham City, on the
New Hampshire line, near its former
location; each of these locations has 3
natural division from the other. more
so than many different towns. So the
majority of the legal voters in the town
have come TO the conclusion that tho
school must be put on trucks and moved
around where a suitable house can be-
provided for high school. Conse.
quently kezar Falls gets the school this
year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
UnfOunded CHARGES.

For some time past the Interior De-
partment, especially that branch having
charge of the public lands. has been
the subject of several attacks from the
anti-monopolists, the charge being
repeatedly made that the land depart
ment was run entirely in the interest of
the railroads. One of the leading spirits
in these attacks is the apostate, Geo.
w. Julian. who, not satisfied with
dealing with the present officials, has
attempted an ex post facto pilloring of
ex-Secretary Schurz through several
virulent letters publicly addressed to
the latter. In his last adventure Mr..
Julian reckoned without his host, and
if his object was at once to attack the
ex-seeretary and accumulate capital
for himself he is left in sadly disap-
pointing position. Mr.. Schurz, in terse
and vigorous English. reviewed. the
career of this now ardent anti-monopo-
list as he first appeared in Washington,
the paid attorney of the railroad cor
porations, and having empaled him on
point of his own making, left him
a wriggling example to the public.
Speaking of the charges so generously
and surperiicially brought against the
department, a leading official said re-
Gently, alter claiming that the charges
were unjust in the extreme: Here we
are, hemmed in, as it were, between
the devil and the deep sea. Our duty,
as laid down in the law and defined by
the highest court, isyery plain in regard
to the patenting of lands to corpora
tons. If we simply undertake to carry
out the provisions of the law and obey
the decisions of the Supreme Court we
are controlled and corrupted by rail-
roads. 1t we should adopt any other
course, in oider to CRAFTY these fellows
who are shrieking SO loudly about. the
encroachments of corporations, we
would soon run on to rocks. | under
~ =
take osay that for several years not an
acre has been given to railroads that
they were not entitled to. and, what is
more TO the point. the Secretary could
not have held any of the lands back
without being made the defendant in
inandamus proceedings 1t is hard to
suit everybody in the business, and the
most unreasonable men in the world are
these anti-monopolists.n
The assertions made by the official
arc borne ont by the published facts.
However it may have been years ago,
certainly of late the interested the set
tier has been consulted to the entire and
grievious discontinue of the Spectator
in ninety-nine out of every hundred de-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
Time for Interference.

Another alleged attempt to destroy
an ocean steamer, plying between Liver
pool and New York, by means of an
internal machine. is said to have been
unearthed lately. These continued
efforts of the dynamite faction recall
the story of the western rough, who
was indulging in the playful and excit-
ing practice of shooting the glasses out
of the hands of customers in pioneer
saloon. His amusement was at its
height. when there entered a brawny
specimen of the genus ''bull-whacker,"
who ordered n formidable dose of
.'pizenn and was just about to raise it
to his lips when, crack went the
rough's revolver, and glass and liquid
Law on the floor. Without word the
drinkers hand went to his hip, second
later the report of another shot, rang
out and the rough lay dead on the floor.
.That fellow might have hurt some-
body if he'd kept on,' was the senten-
tious remark of the knight of the goad
as he drained another glass and strobe
out of the room. iI
There is great degree of similarity
in the cases of the rough and the dyna-
mitists. Like the former the latter
NAV hurt somebody if they keep on.
and thus far there seems no way of
blocking their game as suddenly as was
done with tho playfulness of their ives
tern prototype. However, their own ex-
cess of zeal may prove their ruin. When
Il comes to destroying innocent persons,
when women, and children are to be
slaughtered to glut the insaneappetites
Of the O'Rossi's and Groves for
revenge ON Great Britain, when il
comes 10 destroying passenger steamers
with their precious freight simply be-
cause they bear her flag. it is time this
Government took hand in the game.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
Hardly Ten.

Not long since took train on the
Bennington and Rutland Railway, leav.
ing Rutland at O'Clock. In front Of
me sat q lady and boy. The conductor
came along, punched her ticket. and
asked: "How old is the boy?.' '.Ten
years old to-day" said she. I'VE col.
lect half fare from all children 10 years
or more" said he. The lady hesitated,
colored somewhat, and said: He will
no be 10 until about IL O'Clock to-
night" The conductor colored also
and passed, while the passengers snlil-
ed.-B aston Herald
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

The degraded lives of thousand dyna-
mite apostles would not be the begin
ming of an expatiatory offering for one
OF the innocent, prattling children,
whom their Economical designs would SO
ruthlessly destroy. 1t would appear as
though the period had about been
reached when the interests of society
demand that the dynamite section be
summarily squelched.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

cisions rendered by the interior depart
ment IN land cases. Wherever there is
any doubt the settler is given the bene-
ny. liz cases where the law is plain and
there can be no chance for two opinions
the law is followed implicitly. But to
charge that this is pandering to specu-
iators, railroad or otherwise. is about as
rational as to assert that the judge on
The bench, who sentences convicted
criminal is guilty of malfeasance in
Office. 1t is very easy to make wild as
sertions but extremely hard at times to
get an array of facts that will sustain
the assertions, and such appears to be
the ease with the charges against the
general land Office and its rulings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
Enormous War Sims.

The last of the four enormous wal
ships built for the Italian navy has just
been completed. The names of thes,
vessels are lin the order of their con.
struction) the Dandolo, the Duilio. the
Italia, and the Lepanto. 1t is said thai
any one of the four sis a match for 4
whole foreign fleet. The Inflexible
the most powerful vessel of the British
navy, would be completely at the mercy
OF the Lepanto, whose guns can readily
pierce twenty-four inches of armor.
while her own armor, thirty-six inches
in thickness, will resist the shot of a
lO0-ton gun, as shown by the recent ex.
perlments at Spezia. The Lepanto car.
ries four 100-ton guns.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

A fashionable Austin LADY, immedi-
ateIy after the death of her husband.
married his brother. A visitor at the
house, noticing the picture of her late
husband, asked who it was. ut isis, !"
she replied hesitatingly. my deceased
brother-in-law." mime, too, laconic-
ally remarked the new husband. Teas
Strings
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

The other day, on an Arkansas rail
road. an old gentleman sat, half asleep
with book entitled 1.-The Train Rob-
bers" lying on his lap. Pretty soon he
sank to sleep The window-sash fell
with loud report, and the old man,
springing to his feet and throwing up
his hands, exclaimed, Gentlemen,
haven't got cent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

LAwYER-''You say you made an ex-
animation of the premises What did
you lind?" Witness-''Oh, nothing OF
consequence; a beggarly account OF
empty boxes. as Shakespeare says"
Lawyer Never mind what Shakespeare
says. He will be summoned, and can
testify for himself, if he knows anything
about the case. ''-Boston Transcript
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

An ingenious Virginia woman has
discovered that saturating the bag con-
tanning her seed beans with coal oil ut
tarly exterminated the weevil inside and
OUT of the beans, but did not harm the
seed in the least. Probably the same
treatment would serve with infested
peas. This certainly is much quicker
and more satisfactory way of overcom-
ing the difficulty than giving up the cul-
ture of peas and beans for a year OF
two, as recommended by Prof. Lintner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

An unfortunate wife was killed at
Troy, n. T.. while cooking her hus-
bands breakfast in a fearful manner
NeD lob Illustrated Times.
There are a great many women all
over this free land of ours who cook
their husbands breakfasts Gin a fearful
manner" but it is not often Justice
overtakes them, as it seems to have
in this case. Teas Stfttngs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

A novel device for stopping runaway
horses has been patented by Carl E.
Won Schwarz, of Vienna, Austria. The
invention consists in so arranging a
curtain or binder to the bride that it
may be dropped over the horses eve
should he become manageable, thus
cutting off the light and reducing him
to submission. When the animal is
once more under control, the curtain
may be raised again without subiecting
the driver to alight from his vehicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
STRIKING HEAD LINES
Are used o call attention TO the fact that this is
an advertisement of the CHICAGO MIL

Are used o call attention TO the fact that this is
an advertisement of the CHICAGO MIL
WAUKEE s. ST. PAUL RAILWAY.
It's EIGHT Trunk Lines traverse the best
portions of Northern Illinois. VISION
SIN, MINNESOTA. DAKOTA and
IOWA
Located directly on its lines are the cities OF
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE,. La Crosse
Winona. ST. PAUL, MINNEAPO OILS,
Madison, Prairie du CHEN, Mason City
Sioux City, Yanlxton. Albert Lea, ABER-
DEEM, DUBUQUE, ROCK ISLAND
CEDAR RAPIDS, and Council Bluffs, as
well as innumerabe other principal business cen.
tiers and fayorte resorts; and passengers going
West. North South or East are able 10 use the
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE q ST. PAUL
Railway to tho best advantage
Ticket offices everywhere are supplied with
Maps and Time Tables which detail the merits Of
the line and agents stand ready to furnish in.
formation, and sell tickets at cheapest rates over
the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE 6 ST. PAUL RAIL
WAY.
$. S. MERRILL, A. V. II. CARPENTER.
General Manager, Gen. Pass. and Tiki. A Ct
j. r. CLARK GEO H. HEAFFoRD,
General Supt Asst Cen Pass. Agt
46yl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

Soldiers Reunion at Lancaster,
August % and %.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24

Commandment and leaee of mind are
reat fat producers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-24
AGENCIES.

No attention will be paid to anonymous CORES.
pondents. All articles for publication must be
signed by the name OF the writer; not for publ.
cation, Unless itis wished. but as a guarantee e
OF good faith. General correspondence must be
received by Monday evening in order to insure
publication the same week. No rejected manu-.
scripts will be returned unless accompanied by
stamps to prepay postage. 70
Subscribers wishing their postofhce address
changed should send their old as well as the new
address.
The postage on THE HERALD is one cent for
anywhere in the United States or Europe.
THE HERALD Is sent to subscribers until an
explicit order is received by the publisher for
its discontnuence, and all payment Of arrear-
ages il made according to law.
The Courts have decided that all subscribers
60 newspapers are held responsible until arrear
ages are paid and their papers are ordered to be
discontinued.
The price for legal advertising Is fixed by law
and advertisements OF this character will be
charged legal rates. ".
Advertisements ordered ont before expiration
OF contract win be charged transient rates
No Especial Position win be given advertisers.
No advertisements win be inserted for foreign
advertisers at less rates til n that charged home
patrons
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-26

Freight War-RnilFOad Accident
-Penned for H0bbeiy-uOr-
s. mon Missions.

SALT LAKE, October 26.-The
freight war is extending. This morn
ing the Agent Of the Central Pacific
announced a cut to 43 cents per huns
dred from San Francisco to Salt Lake.
There is an agreement between the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific to
carry freight from the Missouri river
to San Francisco for 50 cents per
hundred. The only freight excepted
from the cut is powder and green
fruit.
The train due at Salt Lake this
morning over the Denver and Rio
Grande, ran into a horse south Of the
city, ditching the engine and badly
wounding tho engineer. Watson and
Newman, excursion party were on the
train, but none were. injured. They
attribute their escape to the bravery
Of the engineer standing to his post.
To day David, son Of the Apostle
Rich, was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for robbing a savings bank.
In the report of the Mormon mis-
siops in the Sandwich Islands, pub,
lished by the church to day, mem.
beiship Of $4,000 was shown. The
King was present at the report Of the
conference. The Island church owns
a large sugar plantation, and the mis-
sion is hourishing.
The banks Of Salt Lake report bul
lion receipts for the week ending to-
day. $l660s0.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-26
OutIoOk ror Tennessee.

rl Nashville World, %
Never perhaps in the history Of the
State, especially since the war, has the
financial outlook for the State been SO
promising as at present. Manufaetur'
ing enterprises are springing up in al.
most every town in Tennessee; new
railroads arc being built, and new iron
and coal mines opened up, and in fact
every interest is on the boom, and the
people generally are more cheerful and
hopeful than for many years.
As an evidence Of the better 6nan'
cial condition Of the people an exam
ination OF the records in the oiiice oi
the State Comptroller will show fewer
land sales, and the County CourtshavC
made fewer releasements this veal
than for many years past. Trustee:
are paying In the State tax with more
promptness than ever before. The
State treasurer is even now ready Il
pay the January interest on the obli'
cations Of the State, There is nc
mistake in the fact that every local
interest in the State has taken a for.
ward move, and that the business fu-
ture Of Tennessee is growing better
and more promising every day.