Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-15
Pafasi.

J. w. Halstead. one of the staunch
farmers of Cassyille, made the Potosi
mills visit last Saturday with load of
grain.
| Mrs. James Atkinson. of North And
over, was in town last week, the guest
of her brother Mr. Peacock. Her hus-
band and daughter are still absent in
England.
One of our enterprising citizens is re-
ported to have bought all the country
tax titles on the village lots of LaFay-
cite. since the railroad agitation. His
head is level.
/ VIM. Grogan has now one OF the
neatest, most conveniently arranged
paint ana wagon shops in town. Billie
is one of the progressive boys and didn't
believe in tagging behind the times.
Dir. Loran Wade, well known in var
ious parts of the county as an efficient
and successful physician, has moved
into our village for the purpose of Civ
ing his family the benefit of its High
School.
Thomas Stephens, Esq, of British
Hollow, while engaged in making some
repairs upon the roof of a house, made
a mis-step and was severely injured by
his fall. He gets about on crutches
now in consequence.
The latest surmise about the new river
railroad is that it is being engineered
and fathered by the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy r. X. 1t is from good stock
and has a rich old dad ON the paternal
side, to say the least.
John Ostermier has squeezed a new
and quaint little edifice in between his
new building and Mr.. George Kinney's
office 1t has folding doors and we
presume he intends using it as kind
of Withdrawing room.
The mill and the creamery are now
vieing with each other in active opera
tons. The one turns out the bread
stuff and the other furnishes the butter
and they whistle and foot and foot and
whistle about it like two old hens in
spring time.
Richard w. Morris, after = summers
voyage on the waters of the Mississippi
has arrived in port and is spending
few days in town preparatory to going
into winter quarters. Richard is one of
the young men whom everybody likes
to see and shake by the hand.
Protracted religious services have
been held during the past two weeks,
in the Congregational Church by the
Rev. John william. The interest has
not yet became deep and seated, still it
is to be hoped some good may result.
The pastor in charge, is faithful
worker in the Lords vineyard and
keeps string the soil and re-planting
the old seed. The Lord will give it the
increase in his own good time.
Among the sad events of the past
week was the death and burial of
''Aunt Rachel" For some time it has
been manifest her end was nigh, but
she fingered on uDsT the morning of
the 8th inst, when she passed from the
wearisomeness of life TO the repose of
death. Rachel was of French descent,
native of the American Bottoms where
she was born Seventy-three years ago
in the old French village OF Laskaskia.
When nineteen years of age while serv-
ing as chambermaid upon one of the
Lower River steamboats,, she first met
and became acquainted with Alexis
! Godan in the city of New Orleans. He
was then an active handsome young
man Belonging to a worthy colored,
family owned by the Hon. George W.
Jones, of Dubuque, Iowa, and at that
time resident of St Genevive, Mo.
He brought ohem all soon afterward
north and located first at Sinsinnawa
Mound about the time of the Black
LAWN wei, III WliiCAS tScA anu tnO bcH-
eral were both actively engaged. Hos
tilities being ended by the memorable
battle of Bad Axe, Lex with his fellow
| soldiers was retired to she peaceful
walks of life. In the meantime Rachel
following the fortune of her brave sol
| der boy, had come north and secured
employment in the Generals fanily
who were now living in Dubuque
Alexis heart was again moved towsrds
the bright young girl and in the year
1888 they were united in marriage, At
at the village of Peru, town once situ-
ated on the opposite bank of the
Mississippi just above Dubuque,
and in the early mining days,
an important commercial rival of this
hourishing city. The family having Sc
cured their freedom by purchase or
otherwise were now at liberty to follow
their own fortune, and "Old Paul."
Lex and julie Godan, came over to the
Potosi mines on the first discovery of
rich mineral deposits in this region
and where Lex and Rachel made them
selves home and have ever since
abided, poor but honest and worthy
people Old Paul as everybody called
him. died of Cholera at Vanburen, in
1850, and julie at the County Farm of
Grant county some five years ago. Lex
or Alexis we believe is the last survivor
of the family, and he mourns the death
of his beloved Rachel as sincerely and
truly as did Jacob of old the daughter
of Labanon. For fifty long eventful
years, they had trod the path of live to-
gether and now to be left alone in the
cold world, without Kith or Kin, home
or fortune, is one of the inscrutible fates
more to be dreaded than the sanctuary
of the grave where neither want or woe
are known. But the good Lord who
sent the ravens TO feed his prophet OF
old will not now leave or forsake even
good old Lex in his age and his infirmi-
| ties
THY friendly crook shall give him aid
And guide him through the dreadful shade
And at last welcome him with the
wealthiest and purest born of earth to
. those blest abodeS above where all are