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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-05
The Divided Skirt.

A being, who knew too much for one
person and not enough for two, has de-
vised something that is likely to work
more or less hardships upon the human
family-it is called the divided skirt. "
1t has been adopted and promulgated
by those ladies of this land who are
suffering from severe attack of strong
intellect. 1t is the nearest approach to
the manly trousers that we have vet
seen. 1t might be said to infringe upon
the oyeralls of the deck hand or the
buckskin pants of the Mexican Greaser.
They sometimes o'erlap the bounds of
Boston dignity, and the observer is
seized with a sudden impulse to rush
upon the wearer and pin up her twin
garments. These skirts are second-door
neighbors to the light fantastic gunny-
sack of the Indian maiden, who looks
like bag of bran with sticks hung on.
They are cut bias and come pretty high,
but the strong intellect coterie would
have them if they were divided clear up
to the neck. They possess some advan-
tages over the hoop skirt. The wearer
can kick twice as high and ride a la
| clothes pin upon the prancing bicycle.
and show her masculine form to better
| advantage. These garments possess ad-
vantages over tights also, for flies can
not bite through them so easily as thev
can through the thin gauzy wardrobe
| of the ballet girl. Another advantage
is the fact that it keeps the members of
the lower extremities from knowing
each others business and prevents in
1a1 a1-, l.
panion piece for the "crazy quilt" 1t
is one of the grandest achievements of
the modern woman, and it unfurls
| pair Of tails that are bound to tell upon
the dry-goods market. Connoisseurs
of art pronounce this innovation in
dress culture triumph over supersti-
tions, prejudices and jeans pants. One
great beauty about them is the ease
with which they allow their wear~r to
dodge the hasty-dog with his agitated
tail dangling to mess of oyster cans.
1t also admits of better ventilation than
the old style, which advanced thinkers
now believe to have been detriment
| to womankind and an inpediment to her
progress as creature of suffrage. If a
woman is Disguised with her lot why
HOt uIdW upon ueTSeu Tile WnOle gafD
of man and be done with it. This
thing of being neither one thing nor
another won't win. If woman wants
pockets to put her hands in let her don
a mutf or wear cloak. Surprising
this craze for encroaching upon mems
wearing apparel continues, how long
would any of us be safe from the raw
ages of these ladies? Some bright Sun
day morning a working husband
or brother arises little late perhaps,
and finds that his wife or sister, as the
case might be, has eloped with his new
suit, and is spreading it on thick at
church with his store clothes and plug
hat. Dear gentleman, pause in thy
wild, impulsive and unfettered career
for one moment, and think how very
previous you would look supporting a
pair of lavender breeches and no corset
to hook-and-eye them to. 1t makes us
shudder in our cardinal socks to think
of it. Let's have new deal. Chi
cdgo Cheek
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-05

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State Of Wisconsin, County of Grant-ss. Cir
cult Court.
William Gilman. Plaintiff, VS.. Caroline House
and George Pettis. Defendants.
By virtue of an execution issued ont of the
Circuit Court for Grant county upon Judgment
d0cketed in said Court on the 21th day of March,
A. ID. 1884 in favor of the above named plaintiff
and against the above named defendants, to me
directed and delivered. / have this 18th day of
April A. ID. 1884 levied upon all the right. title
and interest the defendant. Caroline House had
on the date said judgment d0cketed or has
since acquired in and to the following described
real estate, to-wit; The west half of the south
east quarter of section twenty (20). township six
TO- north of range one ~, west, less (126l one
hundred and twenty-six rods off the northeast
corner, to-wit: Six 90 rods west by twenty-one
eli rods south. Also the southeast quarter and
west half Of the northeast quarter and south half
Of northwest quarter of section twenty CO.,
township six 49,. north of range one ~. west. in
Grant county, Wisconsin; and | shall offer for
sale and sell the same TO the highest and best
bidder or bidders for cash, much thereof as
shall be sufficient to raise the amount due the
plaintiff upon said judgment, with interest, costs
and ACQUIRING costs. on the 14th day Of June. A. D.
1894, at one O'Clock in the afternoon. at the front
door of the court house in the city of Lancaster,
Grant county, Wisconsin.
Dated SheriffS office, Lancaster. Wis, April
2ith 1884. j. l.. REWEY.
Sheriff Of Grant county. Wis.
BUSHNELL & WATKINS
Plaintiffs Attorneys
z. o. Address, Lancaster. Wisconsin. 9w1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-05

Democratic leaders of each other, the
pestilent heat of their party chickering's
and open quarrels, constitute an assur-
ance of their defeat at the polls that is
wholesome and comfortable to contem-
plate.
"A party which cannot govern itself,
which has divided policy, which is not
u party but mere bundle of factions,
ought not to be entrusted with the Adj
ministration. If it should be placed
in control of the Government the evils
OF its internal management would be
greatly magniiied and would be trans
ferred to the management of public
affairs. The qnarrels of its members,
their low jealousies. their sordid and
conflicting aims. their venomous little
nesses and amazing stupidity, would
breed corresponding disturbances in
the public administration, and would
involve the country in disaster and
shame"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-05
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 IL is wished. but as a guarantee
OF good faith. General correspondence must be
received by Monday evening In order to nsnrt
publication the same week. No rejected manu-
script will be returned unless accompanied By
stamps TO prepay postage.
Subscribers wishing their postofice address
changed should send their old as well as the new
address.
The postage on The HERALD is one cent fol
anywhere in the United States or Europe
Tue HERALD il sent 10 subscribers until ar
explicit order Is received by the publisher fol
It's discontinuence. and all payment of arrear
ages Is made according to law.
The Courts have decided that all subscriber,
Co 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 b.
charged legal rates.
Advertisements ordered ont before expiration
or contract will be charged transient rates.
No special Position win be given advertisers
No advertisements will be inserted for foreign
advertisers at less rates than that charged HON,
datrOns.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-05
Legal Notices
NO<N-N-0~-~N-N-~~~~7NT~|1
FORECLOSURE SALE-STREETER ct al.

FORECLOSURE SALE-sTREETER ct al.
State Of Wisconsin-Ccunty of Grant--ss. Cir
chit Court.
George Clementson, as the eXeeutoro of the last
win and testament of J. Allen Barber. deceased,
Plaintiff, W. Norman s. Streeter and Ellen E.
Streeter, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue and in
pursuance of Judgment of foreclosure and order
Of sale rendered at a general term of the Circuit
Court for Grant county, on the 18th day @ Sep
temter, 1882. and the time allowed by law for
redemption having expired and no redemption
having been made therein, the undersig ned.
Sheriff of Grant county. Wisconsin. will on the
18th day of June. 1885, at O'Clock liz the after
noon. at the front door of the court house in the
city of Lancaster, said county aud state aforesaid
offer for sale and sell to the highest and best bid
der or bidders for cash, the following described
m0rtgaged premises, or so much thereof, as will
be sufficient to raise the amount due the plaintiff
for principal interest, cost and ACQUIRING costs,
together with the expense of sale. to-wit: The
east half of the southeast quarter of section
twenty-five (22), in township six TO-, north of
range three (3), west cont aiming eighty acres, in
Grant county. Wisconsin.
Dated Sheriff's Office. Lancaster, Wis, April
Goth, 1884 j. l.. REWEY.
Sheriff Of Grant county. Wis.
Ed. M. LOWRY, Plaintiffs Attorney.
p. Q. Address, Lancaster. Grant CO.. Wis. 9w7
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-05
HThIophoroS!

Don't be skeptical. II you have any doubts as
10 what ATHLoPHoRos can do write to some OF
those whom IL has cured. For instance, Rev. &
r.. Dennen. ID. D.. Pastor Third Congregational
Church, OF New Haven, Conn, the Rev. W. y.
Corbit, pastor George St NJ. +. Church, OF New
Haven, the Rev. j. f. Searles, pastor Willett St
NJ. +. Church, New York city. Mr. Brummell, the
well known candy manufacturer, OF New York,
Ex-Gov. Bigelow. of Connecticut, and many
others equally well known.
II you cannot get ATHLoPHoRos of your druse1st.
viii send il express paid, on receipt OF regular
price-one dollar per bottle We prefer that you buy
Il from Your druggist but il he hasn't it, do not be
persuaded TO try something else but order at once
from us directed.
ATHL0PHoR0S CO., liz WALL ST., NEW YORK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-05
EXECUTIoN sALE-HoUsE, ct Il

u II
ED. M. LOWRY. Plaintiffs Attorney.
p. Q. Address. Lancaster. Grant Co, Wis. 9w7
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-22
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

-Soap-suds are q valuable fertilizer
for mall fruits, and in the fruit garden
will never be wasted. -AlbG'ay Journal.
The first agricultural necessity is
manure; the second is tillage, to place
the fertility within reach of the plants.
- Cincinnati Times.
Cookies Without Eggs: Four cup
fuls flour, one and a quarter cupfuls
butter, one and half cuptuls sugar, one
cupful sour milk, two tea-spoonfuls
soda.-ToLedo Blade.
The american CuItirator says that
however valuable cOtton-seed meal may
be for feed .ng farm stock, it is beyond
doubt that its use affects the butter
product injuriously, making it soft, oily
and off flavor"
AM exchange says that if the pretty
pink ginghams now so much worn by
children, are dipped in water with
enough vinegar in it to give it a sour
taste, the pink will be brighter than if
rinsed in water alone.
Lace curtains should never be
iBOned. Wash and starch them, using
in the rinsing water a tablespoonful of
powdered borax; this makes them very
stiff; when wet, spread on a sheet,
either on a bed or on the floor, and pin
down every two or three inches. Let
them dry two or three days and they
will look very nice.-The Caterer.
DIR. Stuart, in the Ohio Farmer,
says soft, sloppy or succuIent food pre-
vents ruminatiOn or cud chewing,
while dry grain with bulky food, with
out the necessary liquid, causes fer
mentation in the rumen, which also
prevents rumination. This points to a
union of the two kinds of food as essen
tial to preserve the cow in good health.
Nut Cake: Two eggs; -One-haIf cup
of butter; one cup of sugar; One-halt
cup OF cod water; one and One-half cup
of prepared flour; one cupful of nut
kernels freed from bits of shell and
rolled in flour. If almonds are used
blanch them, let them get cold and cut
small with a sharp knife. White or
| English walnuts must be cut each into
several pieces. Mix as with cup cake,
the water taking the place of milk and
the nuts going in last. Bake in small
tins or in one loaf in a steady oven
| CHICAGO Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-22
Undertaking.

There has been a great deal lately
written about the relation of the
underdrains of the Middle States,
and the floods Of the Ohio Val
ley, endeavOring to prove that the
gre at increase in volume of water was
due to this cause. BY the latest esti-
mates there are less than 10000 miles
of under-drains doing duty in Ohio, In
diana and Illinois. And the great floods
are opposite Ohio; and it is too much to
say that there are -, 900 miles of drains
in this State, and if the VOLUME Of this
claimed extra, or more rapidly dis
charged water, was liberated at once,
it would not raise the Ohio River over
six inches, nor even then would the
drains account for the surplus of water
above Marietta. There need be no
scare about undertakings to those who
need to employ it, on that score. The
value of drainage to large districts of
our territory can not be Overestimated.
There is no other way to reclaim the
swamps, Dogs, lOwlands and semi
marshes. As a country we are fast 5p-
preaching the time when all this now
waste land win be demanded for Guilt
walton, and when properly drained the
testimony is that no better land can
possibly exist. There are also other
objections being raised against drain
age, that the great subteTranGan flow
OF water will rapidly exhaust the soil of
its humus and disOlvable mineral mat
ter, by percolatiOn into these drains.
This also rests upon no better support
than the submerged theory. A
long series of tests in this country
and in England show that the loss from
this source is exceedingly small This
retention of fertility by the soil is ex-
planned by affinity of one element for
another, that chemists so well under
stand in the liberation Of chemicals. II
the drains are put down deep, as they
shOuld be, the soil will absorb all fer
tilitv or nearly so, before it reaches the
drain, and the plant and cover roots
will again return them to the surface.
On very sandy lands and soils resting
upon a coarse gravel sub-strata the
teaching of fertility may cause serious
loss in fertility, but such lands do not
need underdrainage,s so the argument
has no application to the most solid
water containing and retaining clay
soils.
Surplus water must be carried off
from the soil IN two ways, by drains or
by evaporation. The last is very slow
and requires a great deal of heat: and
look at it in any light we may, the in
crease in the temperature of the soil,
and consequent rapid growth of the
plant, would overbalance any loss of
fertility by undertakings. Let the
good work of drainage 20 on. It is
possible that some field might be under
drained to an extreme point, and one of
actual injury to it, but, in the main,
thousands ofacres of our lower lands
might be rendered exceedingly valua-
bic where now they are of no profit
whatever. - CleUelapd Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-22
Artemus Ward as a "Bad Boy"

Mr.. Bisbee, the blacksmith, of Paris,
Me, where the family of the humOrist
lived in his boyhool, says:
You kim talk as much as you please
of bad boys, but if them thar two
boys weren't bad ''uns." / never want
to see another cent. Darn" my boots
if they couldn't cut up more monkey
shines than any two boys | ever met.
"Bilp' was more wiry and active than
the other, but 'CSarley' was the most
dece,ving. If l found the handles OF
my hammers smeared with aXle-grease,
Just rs l was pulling the iron from the
fire, l knew the long-legged, lantern
jawed, Ted-headed ''CharleY' had been
in. If l was putting shoes on horse
he'd slip in, anu with Il solemn looking
face hail me with ''HOw do, Mister Bis
bee!" but that horse would not stand
still while that boy was in the shop. He
would pull hair out of the animal tail
and prick him with pins, until, losing
patience, l would throw the hammers at
him and shout: "Git out O here, you
land-loper." He would run a little
piece up the road, only to return and
say in lachrymOsc tones: Eye amt
mad, are you, old Bisbee?' Il say,
old grutf,m in a bantcring tone of voice,
Evan Amburgh's menagerie is coming
to town and he wants his monkeys
shOd. Don't you want to put shoes on
your relations?' With this sally he
would disappear. All! many is the time
l had to complain of that awkward boy
to his people, who were quiet and
Christian-like in their manners. Well,
years went by and Bill and Char
lew left school and went into printing
office to learn to be printers. Charley"
moved away and went to Boston, and
from there no one knew what had be
come Of him until it began to be wills
pered in the town that "Artcmus Ward, .
of the Cleveland PidindeGler, who was
making the world laugh ut his oddities,
was none other than our gaunt, I'M
calmly Charley Brown. Then our
doubts were set at rest BY his putting in
an appearance after being gone so many
years. | remember his coming; time
had not improved his looks, and the
droll expression of mis- eyes was there
still. He came up to tho door of the
smithv, and in the tones l remembered
SO we'll said: ''AIister Bisbee, l saw the
Van Amburgh monkeys after you put
shoes on them, and they all died from
mistits-at least the doctors called it
that! | knew my tOrmenter OF the
years gone. That was the last time l
saw the most original humorist that
America ever produced. Poor fellow!
| have all his books and lectures at
home, and prize them very highly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-22
at needn't

grandma, with energy. ''It needn't
make mite of talk
ooh! but such things viii, YOU know,
grandma" purred Tabitha. Zone
thing | assure you; you and grandpa
have the sympathy of the hull town.
Everybody is down on her AS the
Widow WatkinsysaYs: 1t shows a lack
of filial affection Some think Prime
was at the bottom of it, and mebbe for
bid her giyin' away any of his bosom
shirts, but l don't take no stock in that
Ann has mind of her own, and uses
it, too, l believe. She's your own
daughter, and your only one, and I've
nOthin' to say agin' her, but I've fixed
up this shirt to the best of my ability,
and put as good a gloss on the bosom
as | knew how. l even went over and
borrowed Nancy Scrubs polishing iron,
and bought q five cent bottle of starch
polish to use, besides. 1t does look
uncommon well, if l do say it as
shouldn t, and l shall feel proud to see
grandpa wear it tomorrow. And
shan charge you but twenty-five cents
for doin' the hull thing
'It looks beautiful" said grandma,
seeing a chance to get in a word, land
L m proper glad its done"
Up TO this time Mrs. Prime had been
/ listening, trying to gather from the con
vcrSation some clew rs to what terrible
crime she had committed. She began
to realize the truth of the old adage that
''listeners never hear any good of them
selves" but now she silenced al fur
Their remark by coolly appearing in the
/ doorway.
You here, Ann" said Grandma
HOrner, in surprise, while Tabitha, re
. Ia / i Ill
that she had said, looked as if she
would have been glad of some conven-
/ lent knot-hOle to hide in.
Where's the shirt / sent over for
\ father to wear last Sunday?' asked
/ Mrs. Prime of her mother, having gath
/ cred from the conversation that there
was something wrong about that arti-
/ Gle, she couldn't imagine what.
/ Strangely enough, she had not even
noticed it on her father on the Sabbath;
/ from which we may reasonably infer
/ that her thoughts had been given to her
/ own inward appareling, rather than to
/ any ones outward apparel.
cit hangs in the closet said grand
/ ma; but l know it was all a mistake,
! Ann, told Tabitha so to begin with.
1 And IFS of no consequence at all.
! But Mrs. Prime had made a Decline
/ for the closet, and now brought out the
+ innocent garment, which had shaken
/ the village, cOnversationally, from cen
ter to circumference. She held it close
for Tabitha to inspect, fine bleaehed
cotton shirt, adorned with a nicer,
glOSsier linen bosom than ever that
/ spinster had beheld in all her days
There! Tabitha," said Mrs. Prime,
perhaps little triumphantly, 1.-the
matter easily explains itself. l make
my husbands shirts open in the back,
but fathers have always been open in
front, and the poor man, not under
standing the matter, merely put this on
. htnd-sjde betOre! -DemorcScS MontbLy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-22
Important Trade Mark Injunction in
England.

A London telegram of May 9Th says: "In
the suit of the Charles A. Vogeler Com
pany, of Baltimore, against PARROT 81 Co.,
of this city, the Court of Appeals has grant
ed the plaintiffs a perpetual injunction,
with costs. The action, which grew out
of alleged infringement of plaintiffs
well-knOwn trademark, st. Jacobs Oil,
was originally heard in the High Court of
Justice where Vice Chancellor Bacon, with
cut going into the merits of the case, con-
sidered it was one that should go before
the Comptroller of trade marks. From
this opinion the Vogeler Company Rp-
pealed, claiming that they were being in
jured by the goods of the defendants, en-
titled st. David's Oil, being mistaken for
theirs, and that while they had taken steps
to bring a case before the Comptroller of
trademarks, months would elapse be.
fore a decision could be obtained,
and as their business would be seriously
injured by such delay, a restraining
order should be granted at once. The re-
suit of the appeal was that a perpetual in.
junction was made, with costs. The pro-
ceedings before the Comptroller have
been abandoned by the defendants, and
the Baltimore house has thus achieved a
double victory. By the order Of the
Court of Appeal, PARROT g. Co. and their
agents are perpetually restrained from
using the term St. David's Oil, or any
similar term, well as the words The
Great German Remedy and any words
or marks similar to those used by the
Vogeler Company in connection with their
st. Jacobs Oil. The progress of this suit
has been watched with interest by the mer-
camille and manufacturing community of
Great Britain, where thousands of trade
marks of almost incalculable value are
owned. 1t was shown by the evidence
that plaintiffs had sold during the
past few years over seven million
bottles of st. Jacobs Oil, and ex-
pended as high as five hundred
thousand dollars in a single year for ad
vertising throughout the world. Their
success in this suit is regarded with great
satisfaction in business circles. Eminent
English and American legal talent figured
in the case. The counsel for the Vogeler
Co., of which latter Mr.. Fl. D. Unbstaetter
was personally present, were Queens
Counsel Theodore Aston, John Cutler and
Theodore MacKenna, of London; Rowland
Cox, of New York, and General William
Henry Browne, of Washington"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-22
The LCad-Pencil Thief.

There is no meaner thief than the
lead-pancil thief He takes rank below
the umbrella snatcher He never has a
pencil, in sight. He asks for yours,
Just a minute" to sign telegraph
book, address a card, and then with a
busineSs-like air sticks il into his pocket,
knowing that nine times out of ten YOU
will never think Of the pencil until you
want to use it yourself, and then he will
be far away, playing his game on some
one else. They are shameless fellows,
proud of their petty thieving. They
throw back their coats to show you the
spoils nesting in a vest pocket, and
they tell YOU from whom they stole
each pencil. We lost the last pencil we
had in this world, not ten minutes ago,
by the hands of the pencil thief. 4
man who makes n business of stealing
pencils, ought to be burned at the stake,
boiled in oil, heheaded at the block,
hung, drawn and quarteTed, and buried
without benefit of clergy, at the solemn
hour of midnight, in the dark of the
moon, at a lonely place in an awful
forest where two roads meet, with a
lead pencil thrust through his heart.
Here we are, robbed by a sOulless vii
lain, not a lead pencil to our back. and
1t may be half day before we meet a
man from whose cOnfiding hands We
can lift pencil to make good the one
we lost. We played poor old Prof.
Savitslow for that one, he is so absent
minded anybody can get away with mis-
lead pencil, but then he's out of town.
The stars in their courses seem to be
fighting against us to-day. A plague
on all pencil thieves, still we say.
HdtCkeyC.