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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
The Ministry Of Affection.

There is, however, another view of
this question which should not be over
looked. While human beings in civil
lied countries manifest, and always
have manifested more or less sympathy
with the physically afflicted, their stead
fast aim has been TO get rid of physical
evil in all its forms No care that is
taken OF the sick has for its object the
perpetuation of sickness, but rather its
extirpation. We do not put idiots to
death; but when an idiot dies there is a
general feeling of relief that so imper-
feet an eXistcnse has come TO an end.
Were idiots permitted to marry, the
sense of decency of the whole commune
ty would be outraged. Public opinion
blames those who marry knowing that
there is some serious faint in their blood;
and commends, on the other hand those
who abstain from or defer marriage on
that account There is probably room
for a further development of sentiment
in this direction We need to feel more
strongly that all maladles aud ailments
are in their nature preventable, mas
much as they all flow from definite
physical antecedents. As long as our
views on this subject are tinged in the
smallest degree with supernaturalism,
so long will our efforts to trace disease
to its lair and breeding grounds be but
half hearted. How can we venture to
check abruptly, or at all, the course of
sickness sent expressly for our chas-
tisement? Is it for us to say when the
rod has been sufficiently applied? How
do we dare to fortify ourselves in add
vance against disease, rs if to prevent
the Almighty from dealing with us ac-
c0rding To our deserts? We vaccinate
for smallpox, we drain for malaria, we
cleanse and purify for cholera, we ven
tilate and disnfect, we diet and we ex-
ercise and all for what? Precisely to
avoid the paternal chastenings which
we have been taught are so good for
us, and the origin of which has always
been attributed by faith to the Divine
pleasure. Evidently our views are
undergoing change. We all wish to
be tit to survive, and all more or less
believe that it is in our power to be so
and to help others to be 50. We be-
lieye in the sanitrry science, and if we
attribute any purpose in the matter to
the Divine mind, it is that all men
should come TO the knowledge of the
truth, as revealed by study of nature
and life 0pHi9r Science lHontbly,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
The Taitnncd Nan.

Speaking Of the ''Tattoocd Man" the
New York Tribune says; Yes, Mr.
Blaine is tattoocd So was General
Garfield So was Abraham Lncola.
So has been almost every mar whom
the American people have learned to
admire, to trust aud to love. As soon
rs any man gains public confidence.
malignant and envious creatures are
found 20 reyile HIM George Washing
ton was called traitor TO his country,
after he had secured It's independence
Thomas Jefferson was not only an inf
del but tool of France General
Jackson was rayilrd and hated as no
man ha, been il this generation.
Abraham l.iucolH, let us not forget,
was gorilla. General Garfield was
hunted to his grave with SANDER; "329"
was iudustriously serawled ON pave
mentS. aud there were creatures in this
very state who alleged that his loved
and noble wife was seeking TO obtain a
divorce at the time he was asSassinated.
He was then the tattoocd man of 1880.
and the very people who emptied the
foulest ISLANDERS upon him while living
helped to swell the chorus of honor and
of sorrow when he was suddenly taken
from lis. The best aud strongest men
OF the cluatry have always been tat
tooed IN The same fashion.
But history shows clearly what the
people have thought Of the tattooing
process in the PAST. The very men who
have been mos. shamelessly yillihcd
are those whom the Nation has de
hghted TO honor What the people
think of the tattooing business now is
best shown by the nomination of James
G. Blaine. in spite of patronage. in
snite of detraction. in spite of scandals
circulated constantly for eight years,
and in spite of his own refusal to make
any effort to secure n nomination.
with unanimity hardly ever shown
- any other instance, the Republicans
ot,be States from which Republican
maiorities must come have preferred
Mr. Blaine as their standard bearer
Those who have been taNooing MN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
sold HickOry's" Manners.

For the social life of Washington the
President had one advantage which
was altogether unexpected, and seemed
difficult of explanation by anything in
his earlier career. HIS had at his COM
mand the most courteous and agreeable
manners. Even before the election of
Adams, Daniel Webster had written to
his brother: General Jackson's man
ners are better than those Of any of the
candidates. He is grave and mild and
reserved. My wife is for him decided
~" And long after, when the Presi-
dent was to pass in review before those
who were perhaps his most implacable
opponents, the ladies of Boston, we
have the testimony of the late Josiah
Quincy, in his Figures from the Past,
that the personal bearing of this obnox-
ious official was most unwillingly APP
proved Mr.. Quincy was detailed by
Governor Lincoln, on whose Military
staff he was, to attend President Jack
son everywhere when visiting Boston
in 1883; and this narrator testilies that,
with every prejudice against jackson,
he found him essentially "a knightly
parsonage - prejudiced, narrow mis-
taken on many points, it might be, but
vigorously gentleman in his high
sense of honor and in the natural
straightforward courtesies which are
easily distinguished from the veneer of
policy" Sitting erect on his horse.
thin stiff type of military strength, he
carried with him in the streets bear
ing of such dignity that staid old Bos-
tonians who had refused even to look
upon him from their windows would
finally be coaXed into taking one peep,
and would then burriedly bring for
ward their little daughters to wave
their handkerchiefs, He wrought, Mr.
Quincy declares, ga mysterious charm
upon old and, young" showed, al
though in feeble health, a great consid-
Grafton for others. and was in private a
really agreeable companion. 1t APP
pears from these "reminiscences that the
President was not merely the cause of
wit in others, but now and then appre-
ciated it himself. and that he used to
listen with delight to the reading of the
Jack Downing letters laughing
heartily sometimes, and declaring, 1.-THE
Fice-PreSident must have written that.
Depend upon it, Jack Downing is only
Van Buren, in masquerade. IT is GU
rious fact that the satirist is already
the better remembered of the two, al
though Van Buren, was III his day so
powerful as to preside over the official
patronage of the nation, and to be
called the Little Magician" - I. w.
IIIGGINsoN, in Harper'S Magazine for
Juiy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
Gambling In Washington.

Pendieton'S gamblng-house was one
OF the sights of Washington before the
war. The entrance was through mar
row. lighted hallway, opening from
the avenue near tho National Hotel A
pair OF stairs At the further end of the
hall were closed half way up by Il
door fastened on the inside. A
lattice was opened On the ringing of Il
bell and a coiovej man scrutinized the
new corners To see if all was right If
thee was no apparent objection the
door was opened and the visitors pro-
cecded up stairs. where there was a
large front parlor. elegantly furnished,
with = center table on which were the
leading newspapers and magazines of
the country. Around it Que general
~ found several gentlemen, some of
them members of Congress, reading
md discussing the news of the day
The back parlor was more luXuriouSlv
furnished, and at one end, in a massive
Gilt frame, was life-like picture of a
huge, crouching tiger, with fiery eyes
and open mouth, apparently ready for
a spring upon his unSuSpecting victim
Beneath this picture was table, ON
which was the lay out of faro bank
In = box were piles of bank bills and
gold peices of different denominations
and III another box We're the ''chips, "
circular pieces of ivory inscribed ''SI. y
50, ''S25." and $3.50" which were
purchased by players as a matter Of
convenience and redeemed by the bank
er At the end Of each game. There was
also u supper-room. where y free sup.
per was served every night. The cook
was the best in Washington and ut Pen
dleton's those who did not fancy the
poor fare at the hotels and the worse
eating at the private boarding houses
could feast on tUrtle-soup, oyster. ter
rapin, canvaSS-back ducks and veniSon.
The best of wines aud liquors were al
SO supplied. Mr.. Pendleton belonged
to an old Virginia family and his wife.
who lived on Capitol Hill, went in the
best society. After his death President
Buchanan attended his funeral. IL Ben
Parleg Poore' "Reminiscences
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
may learn that the millions reiect their

may learn that the millions reject their
ISLANDERS and despise their abuse.
Are we to believe that, after listening
to charges against Mr.. Blaine for eight
years, the American people have de-
liberately gone wrong? Are we to
suppose that the people prefer an un-
worthy man, or are not competent to
weigh evidence against him? He who
has that idea shows that he does not
believe in self-goyernment and is not
fit for share in it himself. Let the
campaign pictures be sent broadcast
all over the land, by all means. But
let James G. Blaine, James A. Garfield,
and Abraham Lincoln be placed side
by side, as the three most tattooed men
Of later American history. They knew
each other well, trusted and loved
each other, and were loved and trusted
by the American people. That they
were all ta'tooed is only proof that the
men whom the Nation trusts are sure
to have creatures to SANDER them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
The Wise Either

A worldly father, after the style of
Lord Chesterfield. is giving good ad-
vice to his son, who is about to enter
society.
"And above all, avoid hirtations.
But if you must firt or fall in love, sir,
be sure that it is with pretty woman.
II Is always safer"
"Why?h
Because some other fellow viii be
sure to be attracted and cut you out be-
fore any harm has been done. Lon
don Society.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
NclinAl for nnwS.

A correspondent from New York in
the Hartford Times maintains that
there are half dozen dog schools in
this vicinity and you can have your dog
taught some very neat and interesting
tricks, but the terms are rather high
at least for poor folks, being from S75
to Sl5O- There are canine amateurs,
however. who are ready to pay any
price for the improvement of their pets.
| once saw dog-trainer perambulating
the streets accompanied by number Of
accomplished animals He was looking
up pupils. and being called into store
he struck up tune and his dogs imme-
diately arose on their hind feet and went
through cotilliOn. Dogs trained for
public performances are worth from
$500 to $1,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26

Tammany IS in war paint and threat
ems to have Governor Cleveland'S scalp
in the New York Democratic cOnven-
ton. Strange mixture of harmony is
this same Democratic party, which talks
of defeating Blaine and Logan with
Cleveland and another candidate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26

Ben. Butler has written his letter of
acceptance of the Greenback no:nina-
ton. 1t is bait to catch almost any
kind of a voter. cOuched in the wiley
statesman's most oily phraseology.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26

The immemorial institution OF trial
by jury, which for centuries has been
regarded as one of the most essential
rights of the citizen. and one of the
most effective barriers against absolute
power, is itself on trial to-day, and is
required to show cause why it should
not be discarded and more eflectual
method of administering justice substi-
tuted for it, or at least why it should
not be reformed so as TO Yield more sat
isfactory results. Some suggestions for
the improvement of the existing jury
system, presented by Judge Robert c.
Ptman, in the North American Re-
view for July, under the title of "Juries
and Jurymen, should, in view of re-
cent mjscarriages of justice, receive the
serious consideration of every thought
full citizen. American Economies, by
Prof. Van Buren, Denslow, is a lucid
and forcible exposition of the grounds
upon which the protection theory OF
national economy IS based. Judge
Noah Davis writes Of Marriage and
Divorcc;' DR. f. Bender, whose sub
ject is The Annexation of Canada, :"
sets forth the advantages likely to ac-
crue to the United States from the alb
sorption of the Canadian provinces;
Prof. u McG. Means, in an argument
against Government Telegraphy.'
subjects the management of the Post
Office to n most searching criticism;
Charles r. Congdon writes of Private
Vengeance and finally there is a
symposium on the Future of The Ne
gro, by SeuatorZ b Vance, Frederick
Douglass, Joel Chandler Harris, Sena-
tor John T. Morgan, Prof Richard /.
Greener, Gen $. G, Armstrong, Oliver
johnson, and others.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26

Near Boston, potatoes, corn and vines
We're killed by frost Saturday night. In
Southern New Jersey there was frost
Sunday night which did great damage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26

The venerable Bishop Simpson, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, died
Wednesday morning June 10, at home
in Philadelphia. lie was the oldest
dignitary in that denomination. He
was born in 1911, and has been a Bish-
op over thirty-two years Bishop Simp-
son was a power in molding opinion
during the early days of the war, and
his utteranees and writings did much
10 create strong Union sentiment
throughout the country. OF late years
he has been quite feeble, and his death
has been looked for for many months.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
TAPE WORM.

An Eminent German Scientist has recently
discovered from root extract an absolute she
cite for Tape Worm.
1t is pleasant to take and Is not distressing to
the patient. but is peculiarly sickening and
supplying to the Tape Worm, which loosens its
hold of its victim aud passes away in a natural
and easy manner entirely whole, with HEAD, and
while still alive.
One physician has used This specific in over 400
cases, without single failure to void worm en-
tire. Success guaranteed No pay required un-
Til removed with head. send stamp for circular
and terms. HAYWOOD & co.
16tf ~ Park Place, New York
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26

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Terms most liberal Particulars free. Better
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26

BUT COULD SHE FRY CLAMs7
Ter nps were ripened fruit, where bliss
Might long to die upon kiss,
BY feeling stung to perfectness.
The languor OF a passion past
Too perfect at its hight TO last,
The sweet and half exhausted sense
or being almost too intense,
Beneath whose exquisite excess
Life fainting falls in WEAKNESS
And drops to sad indifference.
All this had made her wan cheeks thin
And loves lost purpose lived alone
Upon the proud projecting throne
VI her compelling chin.
THE EDITORS ANswRR.
You are doubtless honest, madame,
In your views on lady suffrage,
But do not think that any
such results as you have mentioned
Would be followed by bestowing
On the gentle sex the ballot
And II by some stroke of fortune
They were able to outyOte us
The next President would surely
Be man who was selected
For the all-sutfcient reason
That his surging brain created
Bangs to supersede the Langtry,
Or nineteen button kid glove
With candv-box attachment.
No, fair maiden, you are flying
father high for ducks to found be
When you ask man to coldly
Take the chances of infiicting
On great and glorious country
Some hign collared man for ruler,
And to have our foreign service
Wear tigfn pants and ride bicycles.
Woman is thing of beauty,
In her sphere she takes the biscuit,
Takes it without opposition;
But to have her WELD the ballot
Would dispel the fond Illusions
That we entertain about her.
Homeward skip, o, Mime haha,
Spank the baby If it's crying,
Put away your sealskin jacket
And prepare your husbands supper.
Seek not other worlds TO conquer,
But content yourself with thinking
OF your luck in having some one
TO get up and hustle for you"
Chicago Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
PITH AND POINT.
The cause of all taffy-1asses.

AHE cause OF all taffy-1asses.
work.
A FALL soot-The contents of a
stovepipe.
MARRIED life should be sweet, har-
monious song, and, like one of Mendels-
sohn's, without words.n
The man who purchased a porous
plaster IN order to draw an influence,
died OF cold contracted by coming in
contact with sight draft.
The beggar who insists upon appeal
ing to your generosity with his breath
smelling of whisky, shows that he has
some spirit in him after Teras
SVtings.
LITTLE JENNY belonged to fashion
able set Here, Jenny" said her
father, heres new doll. "Oh, father,
that's no good; take it away. They
haven't worn those things for month"
A sIx-YEAR-oLD Pine Creeker come
rushing into the house the other day
and declared that there were a lot of
deer In the field back of the house.
The family proceeded to investigate,
but no deer were to be found. II al
low" said his mother, you did not see
any deer; it was your imagination that
has horns and tail that stands straight
out behind. -Witliamsport Grit.
HE coat-of-arms of Dakota shows.
among other things, white man and
an Indian, looking up at this motto
shining in the sky-"Fear God and
take your own part" Ho, hol In the
division of labor, enjoyed by that mot
to, the Indian is supposed to be fearing
God for the two, while the white man
holds onto his own part with one hand
and takes the Indians with the other.
--B1trdette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-26
Republican Ticket.
For President
JAMES @. BLAINE.
OF Maine.
For President
JOHN A. LOGAN,
ne IiI;uD;-
Republican Electors.

At Large Charles J. l.. Meyer, Of Fond du Lac
At Large .............F. A. Hushcr OF La Crosse
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-16

"Talking of minor poets. / once had
a singular patron in that Department.
he said. 1.-THE would-he Jwoer of the
muse and'of a charming young lady
Us well-was a farmers man."
"A second lloomfield, perhaps
"Hardly. He was, very llliterate r
could only just manage 10 read and to
write; and was past the age, should
imagine. at which much improvement
was probabIe But he was o sufficient
ly eccentric individual, If not genius.
He called at my printin g-office first
one Saturday evening, rather late.
You be a printer. L reckon he said.
replied that I had that honor. He
fumbled for some seconds in the
depths of a capacious grocery basket,
and ultimately produced a blurred and
blotted sheet of paper. which on exam
nation, proved to contain some half
dozen verses of the yeriest doggerel
that it was eyer my lot to read, and ev--
identity the compilation of love-sick
swain. 'What'll it cost to get this
po'try printed2' he asked That de-
pensl5 on how many copies you re-
auires' / said. .Copies!' he repeated.
Il only want one o course Accord
ingly i gave him my terms; and he &C
cepted fhem, and leftthes dingy mans
uscript. The next Saturday evening
he called, received his ! precious
production in all the glory of type,
paid for it, and departed. A week
latter he returned with a second order.
.But'-and he shook his head at me
with deprecating gesture-'you'l II not
alter t. words this time; wants it done
exactly as / brings 1t l am afraid it
was hardly remorse so much as sud
den and overwhelming sense of the
comedy of the situation that made me-
bite my lips and remain momentarily
silent. / had taken the unwarrantable
liberty of revising the poets spelling
and grammar, so as 20 bring them into,
at any rate. an approximate agreement
with modern usage. L bowed. and
without expostulation promised for the
future implicit obedience. And again
a battered Ms. was committed TO my
care. But for the printed. slip OF this
the writer did not soon appear. Only
aftera three weeks interval he once
more invaded my office. From his de-
iected air it was evident something had
gone amiss, and from the nature of the
rhvrnes { had set up at his command
addressed To my dear Luv,' etc.-it
was easy to guess what the trouble
was hnd bit by bit without the least
shame-facednesS- he told me his story.
He was madle enamored of his masters
daughter. and fan led that in her frank,
girlish smiles as they occasionally met
on the farm precincts he read re ipro-
Gated affection. To her he sent his, pas
thetic missive, with the result of pa
rental contumely and Dismissal .Ah,
sir, he sighed, may be if you'd done
that as | scrubbed it, 'twould ha'
touched her heart BETTER --CasselEs
Family Naga edaae.H u ~