Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-12
Written for the Grant County HERALD.
Song Of the Stocking,
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saw kings and queens on their thrones,
Who studied and searched for the right;
And sage legislators toiled on,
Till age crowned their temples with white
But none could be found needed more
Than mother with needle and ball.
Who patiently mended again
The warm, cosy stockings for all
saw miners toll in the mines
To bring forth the wealth hidden deep;
The gold, silver, iron and coal,
And treasures long locked in dark sleep;
And millions OF hands were al work
To make the ores useful to ALL
But no one was found needed more
Than sisterwith needle aud ball
What myriads now work the broad fields,
And gather the haryests OF earth;
The bread and the fruits for the world;
Words fail to tell half of their worth,
And praised be the builders whose work
Gives shelter and comfort to ALL
But no oneis found needed more
Than woman with needle and ball.
For what is palace most grand,
And robes that are pureas the snow.
And tables with luxury filed,
II stockings are out at the toe?
And what is a smile and a song.
And hope with its rainbow OF veal;
What are these when the shoe chafcs the foot
For stockings all out at the heels
And when the great records of love
Are opened and published at last,
Twill be found that the needle and ball
Have run the hard race with the best.
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Who work with the needle and ball.
To give health and ease to the world,
By mending the stockings Of all
PROGRESSIVE. We live in progress.
srve age. Even the old conservative
game of Euchre is becoming progress.
siye, and the game of Progressive
Euchre" is now all the rage in the
cities. Those playing are arranged at
small tables which are numbered, part
ners being drawn by lot, in this way: A
card upon which is written some quota
ton, usually from the rules OF the game,
is cut in two diagonally, and one-hali
is placed among those TO be drawn by
ladies, the other among those for the
gentlemen. The cards are drawn and
the gentleman and lady whose card:
correspond, are partners. Upon each
card is written the number of the table
at which you are to play. The pair
winning the first game at table number
one, the Royal table, get each gold
seal which they stick onto their cards
and the pair losing go to the last, oil
Goose table. where they change part
ners with the loosing pair there. The
winners, or rather those having gained
the most points during the game al
first table, move up, so at the end O
each game at table number one (Which
is announced by the tap of belly Their,
is change at every table. Eact
game won at the Royal table entities
the winners to gold seal, and for eacf
game lost ut the last table, 4 red sea
must be attached to your card. At tn,
conclusion of the game, the person
having the largest number of gold seals
discounted by the fewest red ones, gets
the first price, while the one having the
most red seals balanced by the fewes
gold ones, is awarded the Goose prize.
This game, which has been for sometime
so popular in the cities was inaugua
ated here by Mr.. and Mrs. Street in ;
most enjoyable party given at theil
home last Thursday evening. The
favors of the evening were carried
triumphantly off by Mrs. Hassell, Mis-.
Burial. Mr.. Geo. Carter and We Editor
but which took the r. and which th,
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