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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11
CARA.

A driving, binding snow, the sky
dark and sullen, wild wind sweeping
over the plains, the mountains quite
hidden from view by the storm.
cara threw more pine logs on the
fire, drew together the red chintz cur
tains at the small window of her 'best
room," and tried to make things a
-4,..a------:----:. --vo,I--'oo- nome, she
said she had fallen into the habit of
talking to herself out in this lonely
country, this NEW, HARVEST" "He
will put the sheep in the corral early
Tonight is so stormy"
"A small clock on shelf, which
served as a mantel, and which was
draped with some simple but pretty
chintz, like the curtains, struck four.
lara sighed little as she heard it.
How many times had she listened to
that same silvery chime-it was a pretty
little French clock-in happier days in
the dear East! Its musical sound re-
called so much!-brought back the
pretty, old-fashioned New England
home so plainly. lara could almost
smell the great creamery roses that
climbed over the front porch. She
could see the TASTEFUL little home-parlor,
SO different from the meagrelvfur
nished room she now sat in, with its
poor little attempts at cheerfulness.
She could fancy herself, as of old, sit
sting before her sweet-toned piano.
singing all the sold tunes she could
call to mind ''to please fathers" or she
could picture the long, happy summer
days spent under the large naples in
the garden, lying idly in hammock.
drinking in the sweet air, and dream
ing as girls will dream.
How her dreams had turned outr
When her father came to her one fall
day and said very gravely: cara, l
have lost money. This place must be
sold. | shall go West" her heart had
leaped with foolish Joy. She had
dreamed so often of the West; she knew
it was paradise, so free and wild.
"Roughing it," would be so very
pleasant! Had she not read in books
about itP So she had only smiled at
her fathers grave face and exclaimed:
Il am so glad we are going West. We
shall make our fortune there, | know.
She was younger then-barely seven
7oNSh' DhO was OWeliby 1.-TWO nOW-nau
been ''roughing it, five years She
was wiser.
The lovely New England home had
been sold, all debts paid-for lara
Josslyn's father was strictly honorable
and father and daughter had sought
the West-the great, undeveloped Ter
ritory of Montana. Mr.. Jossivn's re-
naming capital, which was not large.
had been invested in sheep.
''We shall have to be content to wait.
lara, child, while our little flock
grows" Mr.. Josslyn had said, and at
the same time had cast rueful glance
around the small Lighthouse they were
to call ''home" for the years to come.
But lara was young and hopeful.
eve shall be rich before we know
it, she had cried, gayly, and went on
lacking muslin on the cabin walls, in
lieu of plastering.
The years came and went-the little
flock OF sheep grew larger and money
came in little more plentifully; but
Mr.. Josslyn had not made ga fortune"
yet, and life on ranch was not easy.
cara pinned, secretly, for the East. She
hated these desolate plains, the barren
''foot-hills," the deeply-furrowed
snowy mountains, so different from the
wooded New England hills! The sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11

Everybody is fond of birds, but it is
possible that some people might like
them less if they believed them to be
only reptiles in disguise. Now, Sir
John Lubbock, addressing the British
Association in 1881, said: at seems to
be generally admitted that birds have
come down to us through the Dinosau-
rians (Wonderlizards) land, as Huxley
has shown, the profound break once
supposed to exist between birds and
reptiles has been bridged over by the
discovery of reptilian birds and bird
like reptiles that, in fact, birds are
modified reptiles" Popular likes and
dislikes are no disproof of relationship.
Birds with teeth and reptiles with
feathers'have been cited in evidence,
although, indeed, they are very like
Cuckoo, cuckoo, welcome bird, sell
dom seen, but often heard of. Birds
and reptiles are alike reproduced from
eggs; their blood corpuscles are equally
oval, and not round, as in mammal ami
mails. Both, apparently, swallow their
food without tasting it. Possibly the
stomach may be, with them, the seat of
taste, as it often is with us when we
have taken physic or eaten stale fish or
too much sage and onion stuffing with
duck. Both are musical. Serpents are
fond of melody, though they cannot
make it. Batrachians as well as bipeds
have their grand united choral societies.
American bullfrog concerts are cele-
brated as well as numerously attended.
The song of thrushes and the wailing
of nightingales may, therefore, be only
developments of the green European
tree-frog's resonant croak, effected, as
with birds, by inflated expansions of
the throat, very curious to witness.
Froggy looks as proud as his predeces-
sor in the fable, and one wonders that
he does not, like him, burst. Feathers
may be only a modification of scales.
The so-called feathers of butterflies are
really scales, whence their name Lepi-
doptera. -LOnd0n Society.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11

When one of Mother Carey's chick
ems, or stormy petrels, is seen near the
ship, storm is approaching, for these
birds are rarely seen in fair weather.
1t is forecastle notion that the petrol
is so named from st. Peter, on account
of its running with close wings over the
surface of the waves This brought to
mind the walking of st. Peter upon the
water, and the sailors think the bird
was therefore called "petrel' as sort
of diminutive of the apostles name.
These birds have been known to follow
a vessel during a storm for many days,
apparently with neither food nor rest,
and without tapping their wings. If
one of these birds should be swept
aboard in q great storm, as is frequently
the case, no sailor will touch it.-Cht-
caqo Inter- Oceda,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11

There are some rich crops wav
down IL! Georgia. A plow-boy turned
up gold watch and chain the other
day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Tucson, Arizona, March % Four
white men were killed on the Dist inst,
in Clark coal camp, on the Huachuca
mountains, by Apache Indians On tho
following day n Frenchman and eight
Mexicans were killed eight miles further
north, in the MILESTONE mountains,
making eight known to have been killed
up to this time. The names Of the
white men killed are: William Murray,
G. w. Owens, Joseph Voolfolk, William
Armstrong. Some twenty shots were
fired at man named +. McFaran, but
he escaped. The four men killed were
coal-burners, aud the other four wood
choppers. \ man named j. Il. Child
at the coal camp hid in a dug-0ut near
the tent The Indians stopped near the
corral, about thirty-iive feet from the
tent, and called in good English and
Spanish to come out, but, no one re-
spending, fired into the tent Seeing no
movement, two Of them approached it.
when Childs fired al the Indians, when
they retired. 1t is said that Caily and
number Of men who were chopping in
the Milestone mountains have also
been killed. The Indians are supposed
10 be n remnant of JUS band from Mex
leo. A dead Indian was found to-day,
Killed by Child shot from the dug-out.
and is recognized as former scout in
the governments service Other muir
ders will doubtless follow before the In
dams are disposed Of They are going
in the direction of San Carlos Agency
There arc 10 troops in pursuit YET. as il
is not known where 10 strike them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
A Disguised Member.

The order of morning business (says
Ben. Perlcy Poore, in writing in the
April Century of Congress and The
Capitol at Washington J. is unintelligi-
BILE TO strangers, and is merely the sue
cessive recognition, by the Speaker, Of
those members who have obtained from
him a promise that they can have the
floor. In keeping these promises, the
Speaker often pays no heed to members
in the front seats. who are endeavoring
to attract his attention by cries of mis-
ter Speaker" in every note in the
gamut, accompanied by frantic gesticu-
lations. and recognizes some quiet
person beyond them. Il have been a
member of this House three successive
sessions said an indignant Tennessean
who had vainly tried to obtain the floor,
land during that time | had caught the
measles, the whooping-eough, and the
influenza, but have never been able to
catch the Speakers eye"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
Who Takes the Shoes.

WASHINGTON, March Is. News of
the death of Postmaster General Howe
was received here this afternoon. 1t
was not four hours after the information
was at hand that talk was rife as to who
will be his successor. The irrepressible
Republican who failed of reelection 10
the next House bobbed Up suddenly.
The friends of Mr.. Burrows, of Michi-
gan, began to boom him. Mr.. Page, Of
California, was put in the field by his
followers. Mr.. Bowman, of Massachu-
sets, is talked Of Representative Rice,
of Massachusetts,, is said to be candi-
date. Representative Crowley. of New
York, is also said TO think he would
make an excellent Postmaster General.
Mr. Hatton, the First Assistant Postmas-
ter General, is posing and thinking the
lightning will strike him. lie is per-
fectly safe. however.
The death of Postmaster General
Howe and the sickness of Mr.. Foiger
and Mr. Brewster will postpone the
Presidents trip South. 1t may cause
him to abandon it altogether.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Another corpse has been reduced to
an ash heap in the LIE Moyne crematory.
We do those things better at the west.
Parties wishing crematery exercises
need not take the trouble to wait until
nature knocks them out of time and then
have themselves shipped to Pennsylva-
mia. All that is necessary is to take up
quarters in the average gilt and ven-
eer hotel and their object is likely to be
attained any time. The only disadvan-
tages about the scheme is the general
uncertainty as to the exact date of the
incineration.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
Returning Thanks.

AT an improptu Bar meeting held at
the Court House in the City of Monroe
on the 22d day of March 1888. of which
William Smith of GAINESVILLE was Chair
man, and L. w. Goldin Sec, the fol-
lowing resolutions were presented and
adopted unanimously by the members
present.
Whereas: The Hon. Geo Clementson
has, at a considerable personal sacrifice
to himself, owing to severe illness in
his family, attended as Judge ut the
present term of this Court, during the
past week, and
Whereas: We the members of the bar
in attendance thereon, desire to show
our full appreciation of this kindness.
be it
Resolred: That we the members of
the bar of the counties of Green and
Rock here assembled, do hereby return
TO Hon. Geo. Clementson sincere and
hearty vote OF thanks Tor his Kindness
in attending at the present term of our
Circuit Court and for his able, impair
tial and courteous administration of the
affairs thereof, and be il further
Resolced: That the Clerk of said Cir
cult Court be instructed to spread these
resolutions on the journal of the Court
and furnish copies thereof to the local
papers of this city aud TO the Grant
County HERALD for publication therein.
Signed.
p. j. Clawson, A. S. Douglas. b.
Dunwiddie, r. ID. Evans. S. w Abbott,
Monroe; @. III. Fethers, VIM. Smith,
GAINESVILLE; J. A. Patton, Juda.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
the third quarter:
Triennial Rates.

The Union Pacific, Atchison, Topeka
a. Santa Fe, Texas Il Pacific, Central
Pacific. Southern Pacific, and the Gal
weston, Houston & San Antonio rail
roads. have united in joint circular CIV
inc rules and regulations regarding the
transportation of Knights TemplarS to
san Francisco, on the occasion OF the
coming triennial conclaye. 1t states
that tickets issued on the line east OF the
eastern termini OF the roads issuing this
circular win not be accepted for through
transportation, but such eastern lines
can issue eqchange orders on the on the
eastern terminal agents of the western
roads. calling for round trip tickets OF
the issue of the desired western road
Knights Templars are advised to ex-
change orders before starting, and thus
avoid delay from exchanging large
number of orders at the eastern termini
of roads west of the Missouri. The
round trip rates from the Missouri river
will be $50; from st. Louis, Ssl 10; New
Orleans, $50
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

THE town board was in session Tues
day auditing accounts and settling
financial points previous to preparing
report for submission Mt the annual
town meeting. A HERALD reporter
called on the clerk Wednesday morning
to get some point sin regard to the forth
coming report, but was informed that
no figures could be given then. as the
report was still in embroyo, and would
not materialize until evening, at the
earliest. just too late for THE HERALD,
an unfortunate and slightly remarkable
circumsta noes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

The Canadian governments rejoicing
over thirty thousand "Canucks' who
returned from the states last year. II
the government would take measures
to remove Virgins and Vennor the
number might easily be bettered.
country of that size with two weather
prophets is enough to discourage even
Mark Tapley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Dir. Clemenceau. the distinguished
leader of the extreme Left in the French
Chamber of Deputies. was not only
teacher of French literature in a Hart
ford boarding-school between the fall of
1867 and the summer of 1868. but he
won as wife one of the pupils, Miss
Plummer. of Durand, Wis, who is said
to have left the city with her parents
while child. He returned from France
to marry her in 1869.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Queen Victoria's le-that is to say
limb, has recovered from the damage
done by contact of the royal cuticle
with l. plebeian bit of stone set in q
flight of steps. Foreign nations can
now resume their seats and close their
opera glasses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

.'Are your domestic relations agree
able?" asked Judge of colored wit
ness" What's dateonjunction, boss?''
Il ask are your family ties pleasant
"Wall, no, sab. When oman ties a
man when he's drunk an whips him
till he's sober. / doan' think that it $
pleasant, sab. Arkansas Trarcler.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
Teachers Examination Spring Series,
fSS3,

The regular examine ION or Teachers for Giant
County Will he held a. follows.
Nnatf1rt g.. ..-.....--. ..... March 23-24
Mrstnaa. .,.....-. ............. . March 26-21
Boseuhel l}ul,as Iall. ........... March 2S-2g
Lancaster. ........ March 30--3i
rAttevine tlocS school HoUsel -. April IS
Work Will commence Ia each place NJ - 4. NJ.
az tho first day. Each applicant should come
furnished With legal cap paper, good ink pen and
h,ottcrs. All persons. no, already legally quail
fed, Who expect 10 teach IN This county during
The coming spring summer, viii find it TO
their interest to attend some one Of these exam
nations, as certificates cannot legally De en-
9orsea or renewed. and private examinations can
be granted ouly when good reasons are given for
not writing ut some one 81 the regular sessions.
school Officers and all persons taking an interest
In hducaion are cor daily invited to be present AZ
any OF our meetings
CuAS. L. HARPER. Co. Supt
Hazel Green. Wis. Feb l. iss3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

John Browns celebrated wagon,
which was locomotive, cars, and all of
the noted 'under ground railroad"
was recently sold at auction in the
Quaker settlement, of Pedee, in Iowa.
1t was purchased by Hawkeye editor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

A daily journal factiously remarks
that five southern murderers were fer
ried over the Styx. At the height which
the murderers aforesaid were obliged
to assume from the ground. they ought
to have no trouble in getting over the
sticks without being bothered with fer
rage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

When General +. f. Spinner, ex-
United States Treasurer, was asked by
Florida man a few days ago how old
he was. and if he was in good health
vet, he said II am 81 years of age,
still in good health, and believe can
whip men of my size yet"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

A LARGE audience was gathered, a
few days ago, in Huntington hall,
Lowell, Massachusetts,, by the unusual
announcement that General b. f. But
Ter was to address gospel meeting, to
be held there. They were disappoint-
ed, however, for he failed to put in an
appearance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Mr. Kraszewski is the name of q Po-
lish novelist who has already written
four hundred and ninety volumes. If
his views of life are rs contorted as his
name it is fortunate the works are bur-
led in that tongue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Church officials will soon learn that
it is not safe to venture "officially" to
buck the tiger on the board of trade. A
New York vestry are the latest victims
to the popular delusion that church
funds command luck in deal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

An Indian maiden in northern Mich
igan has become heir to $4,000 owing
to the decision of the courts in a suit
pending in that region. This is fine
chance for young men with an eye to a
second edition of Pocahontas
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
CITY GUIDE.

III 4 NitDE.
LAxcssrEn LopeE Az. A. NJ. meets first and
third Sa urday In each month at r. m, in Herald
.iiice block.
GRANT CHATTER Regular conyocation second
"a fourth Tuesday Of each month at p. IN, in
Herald Office block
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LoDGE I. O. OF Meets
every Wednesday at zap. m. in Odd Fellows
hall, Maple street.
LANCASTER LoDGE I. o. G. T. Meets every
Tuesday at pm in Badd block, Madison street.
LAycAsrrR CouScrL r. r. Meets first Thurs
day Of each month in Budd block Madison street.
FraEArY Lopog A. 0. L. W. Meet. first and
third Mondays of each month in Budd b )ck,
Madison street.
CoNGHEGArioNAL CHURcH. Corner Madison
and Cherry streets. Seryiccsat 1890 a. m. and
: p. M.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Corner Mon
roe and Cherry streets. Services 1890 a, and
Z p. N. Sunday.
CATHOLIC CHURCH CornerJefercon and Cher
~ streets Services at l0:30 a. m. and p. m
sunday
CIrY Library Court house Open wednes-
day afternoon and saturday afternoon and even
ing.
Protestant EPISCOPAL CnuRcn Corner JEFF
fcrson and Oak streets.
HYDg's OPERA House.. Corner Madison and
Cherry streets.
LIBRARY HALL. Budd's block, Madison street
GERMAN LUTHERAN CmURcn Madison street
GERMAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Madison St.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
Home at Last.

WASHINGTON. March "a The re-
mains of John Howard Payne. the
author of Home. Sweet Home ar
rived in this city this morning. w w.
Corcoran, G. NJ Mathews and Lieuten-
ant Nicholson accompanied the remains
to Oak Hill cemetery, and saw them
placed in the chapel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Virgins storm has been discovered
rusticating in the Northwest territory.
The weather prophet will have terri
BILE bone to pick with that storm when
he gets it within his grasp.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender,
has issued another manifesto. II Mr.
Carlos was as prolific of action as he is
of printers ink, he might stand some
chance of diving in his boots.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

The Sunday Telegraph calls the pre-
sent assembly 1.-THE least reputable
body convened for years. The same
period includes the time the Democracy
and majorities have been out. Cruel
inuendo.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Germantown has young lady so
proficient in piano-playing that upon
initiating storm the other night over
hundred people caught cold from the
dampness that prevailed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

They have made new settlement of
the state debt down in Tennessee If
there is any one thing the average Ten
nesseean delights in, it is a settlement,
especially when he holds the reins of
mower
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

A Michigan bakery was blown up
the other day The accident is laid to
the boiler, but it is more than probable
that the prentice put an extra quantity
of yeast into the dough.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

''H. H. or Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson
has been appointed special agent of the
Indian Bureau, to investigate charges
made that white settlers were stealing
the lands of mission Indians in Califor-
MIA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

The milk supply of New York was
cut off last week. This was not owing
to drought but desire on the part of
producers to realize certain price for
the product.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
STATISTICS.

Population -...-......l. 81, sse
Areain square miles-...-.-.......... 1885
State valuation of property for 1852, sIa ooe G6s
GRANT COUNTY. one Of the oldest and largest
counties in the state. is situated in the cxtrcmc
southwest corner-in size being about the same
area as the state OF RhodeIsland Itsirst settle
ment dates back to 1927.
the county now ranks sixth in population
and twelfthin wealth. The principal products
are Corn, Oats, Cattle and Hogs, Of the latter i'm
mense quantities are shipped every year
GRANT CourY. 10 settlers still offers adyan
eqnalto II not superior to any ceuntyin the state
and destined togrow in the future as in the past
= ne county T. traNerSed by three railroads. one
havingits terminus in the county at LANCASTER.
the comfy seat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
sequences.

The boot-jack is mightier than the
sword was the motto of a Chicago wo-
man, who in establishing the truth of her
aphorism, ran her husband into di-
vorce court.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

That dismal failure, Chief Clerk
Carr of the Assembly, has been pre-
scented with watch by his employees.
This was undoubtedly meant as bit
of mild sarcasm intending to convey
the hint that the C. C. was the cham
pion blunderer of the world. No won
der Carr cried when he received the
time piece.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

The Baltimore City Council has APP
propriated $3.50 to each of the report
ers of the daily press, who take down
the proceedings of the council. There
are some examples which city councils
might copy to advantage
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

The sudden demise of Hon. T. O.
Howe, will send thrill of pain through
out the state. For quarter of CEN
fury Judge Howe has occupied prom
inent place in the political life in this
state. During that time he has held
many offices of trust, in all of which he
served his constituents with ability and
fidelity. AS Postmaster General he has
brought his department up to state of
proficiency never before attained, and
there his loss will be severely felt.
Staunch and sturdy, even when his hon.
est convictions differed from those of
his fellow citizens, the name of Timothy
o. Howe will ever remain deeply en-
graved upon the history of the State.
Wisconsin mourns his loss.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

Dwight L. Reed charge d affairs at
Madrid has just married one of tho
most prominent actress in Spain. Mr.
Reeds resignation can be expected at
any moment.