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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Animal Stories.

A Newfoundland dog, belonging to a
gentleman of this city, fell overheard a
few nights since as the narrow-g gauge
ferry was coming into the Slip on
the Boston side. The night was very
dark, and as nothing could be heard or
seen of the animal after it dropped into
the water the owner gave ii up as lost
Next morning the dog appeared ut his
door uniniured, and it has been ascer-
tanned that, after falling overheard, the
animal swan across the stream. landed
at kclly's Marine railway on the East
Boston side. and thence made his way
homo by the East Boston ferry. Boston
Herald.
The most sagacious sheep in North
Carolina is an old ram that belongs to
j. A. Adock, in Sand Creek township.
He can not only distinguish the per-
simmon trees from trees of other growth
in the. pasture, but has learned how to
get the fruit down from them. This he
does by butting the trees. He gets OFF
a suitable dist nee, stands on his hind
legs, as if in the attitude of ghting,
and strikes the tree n violent blow with
his head. When he has shaken the per-
simmons off, he quietly eats them and
goes on his way until his appetite de-
mands more. This wise old ram used
to rob the apple trees in the same way.
Henderson en- o. Goid Leaf.
Mr.. Maltbie, of New Haven, had a
famous bull terrier He believed that
whatever other men might not safely
do, be could toy with that dog. There
fore he pulled the dogs tail, and the
animal promptly bit him through the
lip. Mr. Maltbie says the dog did not
mean to hurt him, but he took him out
in the yard and tied him up Then, -
says Mr. Maltbic, u tired four or five
shots into him without being able to
kill bin. Then my man fired at him,
and finally we had TO chloroform him
to put an end To him. | never saw a
dog die SO hard and he was so brave
about it. He never moaned or cried a
particle. ! WIS sorry then that | had
made up my mind to kill him. Bat he
had been getting cross, and we feared
to keep him any longer. - .Acw Hqren
fui{ddjjtn1.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
State News.

The Switchboard of Health met Thurs
day Jan. 20 in annual session and re-
elected the following officers: President,
DR.. S. Marks, of Milwaukee; Secretary,
DIR. j. L. Reeve, Appleton. The board
asked a contingent fund of $4,000 to
prevent cholera, and reported the State
in good health, with the exception of
diphtheria and scarlet fever, which are
slightly prevalent in some localities.
GAINESVILLE is to have electric lights.
The contract has been let to Mr..
Ballu to be completed with in 60 days,
The Thompson Houston light has been
adopted. All the principal merchants
have subscribed to it and it will be used
for lighting both the stores and the
streets.
GovernorRusk has received a telegram,
dated Jan. u, from New Orleans,
signed by ID. w. Curtis. secretary of
the Wisconsin Dairyman's association,
stating thatWisconsin had won first and
second premiums for the best display
of cheese, the grand sweepstakes and
gold medal and two-thirds of the other
cheese premiums. j. M. Smith, pres
ident of the State Horticultural socity,
writes Gov. Rusk that Wisconsin has
taken all of the leading prizes, and has
captured more premiums for hortic1l
ture exhibits than any other state.
The National Bank at Ripon, Wis,
and two adjoining structures were
burned last Wednesday night, the loss
beng $40, 600
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Speech or Hon. Z. |. Kidd Nominating
Gen. Fairchild for u. s. Senator.

Among the good things crowded out
OF our last week. issue was the speech
OF our State Senator, of which the fol-
lowing is resume:
lone of the worlds greatest mar
shals, when asked to capitulate, re-
piled: The old guard dies, but never
surrenders. Circumstances impose the
duty upon me to place in nomination
for the high office of United States
senator, man who, more than any
other living man, has the heartfelt con-
fidence of the people of this state.
refer to Wisconsin's most distinguished
citizen, our ideal patriot and hero,
Gen. Lucius Fairchild Called upon 10
fill many important fpositions of trust,
his course has been such that he stands
to-day, Wisconsin's favorite His SER
vices as soldier, governor and minister
abroad have yielded honor to himself
and an enviable reputation to the state.
We are told that at the present time we
need man brave and aggressive, one
who can face the Confederate briga-
diers in congress. The man who faced
those rebels before the cannon mouth,
who watered the nations soil with his
blood that the nation might live, can be
safely trusted to face those rebels in the
senate. AS an American citizen, | have
thought that the high office of president
of this republic honestly earned and
honorably secured was the highest
pinnacle of earthly greatness. A few
months since the Republican party of
Wisconsin said that Lucius Fairchild
was big enough man for president of
this republic. People to-day know that
he is big enough, strong enough. able
enough to represent Wisconsin in the
United States senate. Nominate him
and his name will be tower of strength
to the Republican party of the state
and nation
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Shall We Meet Again?


The following from the pen of the
lamentcd George D. Prentice is we'll
worth reproduction. 1t was regarded
as meritori0uS when it first appeared,
and ageSseems to have bu. added to its
beauty: "The fiat death is memorable.
No appeal for relief from the great law
which dooms us to dust. We flourish
and fade as the leaves of the forest, and
the llawcrs that bloom, wither, and
fade in n day have no frazier hold upon
life than the mightiest monarch that
ever shook the earth with his footsteps.
Generations of men will appear and
disappear as the grass, and the multi
tude that throng the world to-day will
disappear as footsteps on the shore.
Men seldom think of the great event of
death until the shadow falls across
their own pathway, hiding from their
eyes the faces of loved o. es whose Nv
ing smile was the sunlight of their ex
istenee. Death is the antagonist of
life, and the thought of the tombis the
skeleton OF all feasts. We do not want
to 90 through the dark valley, although
its dark passage may lead to paradise;
we dc not want to 20 down into damp
graves, even with princes for bed-fel-
lows. In the beautiful drama of Ion,
the hope of Immortality, SO eloquently
uttered by the death-devoted Greek,
finds deep response in every thought
full soul. When about to yield his life
sacrifice to fate, his Clemanthe asks
if they should meet again; to which he
responds: | have asked that dreadful
question of the hills that look eternal
of the clear streams that How forever
OF stars among those fields of azure
my raised spirits have walked in glory
All are dumb. But as l gaze upon thy
living face, l feel that there is some
thing in love that mantles through its
beauty that can not wholly perish. We
shall meet again, Clemanthe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Mcrcury's Mystery.

Mercury defies the host of terrestrial
astronomers and mathematicians and
spins on his way, his periheion point
advancing with accclerating speed.
in Il fashion incomprehensibl to those
best yersed in the laws that held in
place the sun and his family of worlds.
The rebelious planet refuses to come
under the rules, and the fact that the
perihelion of his orbit moves round the
sun faster than it ought to is now con-
sidered as established. The cause of
the anomaly has not yet been detected.
No predetermined Vulcan, no unnamed
planets, no group of asteroids have Gv-
or made transits over the sun and re-
stored harmony TO the system. I'm
skilled observers in most instances have
seen little bodies crossing the sun that
had the appearance Of planets. Their
observations, however, have not been
confirmed by other observers who for
fits Years have Hcyeraliowed fair day
to p $ without scanning or mapping
the suns face. The transit of planet
no bigger than pins point would not
escape their vigiIant watch During
total eclipscs tiny stars have been noted
that it was hoped would prove to be
the much desired intra-Mercurial plan
cts. But the preponderance ofevidence
is against the existence of the unseen
wanderers, and the problem remains as
completely unsolyed as it did when the
discrepancy was first discovered. -
Providence Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
A.Plea for Wooden Shoes.

1t the merits of wooden shoes were
better known, they would much more
universally be used, especially on the
farm, says a writer in the MtlUaubee
Wisconsin. At a first glance those
having used them would think them
clumsy, hard on the feet, and very
cold in the winter, but after fair trial
your readers would be we'll pleased
with them. AT least that has been nv
experience. | can highly recommend
them to all farmers and dairymen.
They are most valuable. and do excel
lent service along in the winter and
spring, when the ground is continually
freezing and thawing and it is muddy
most Of the time. 1t is then that they
are lar superior to leather boots and
shoes, for the leather will soak up water
and make the feet wet, and the boots
will be hard to get on and off, while
wooden shoes keep the feet dry and
warm in the coolest weather. When
the chores are done it is simple mat
ter to step out of the shoes and into a
pair of slippers. 1t seemed strange to
me, when | first saw them, that they
could be used at all in the winter, for
the back part of the shoes was open, as
they all are, and | thought this would
let the cold air in all around the foot;
but by using them short time l was
delighted with the way they kept my
feet warm and comfortable.
OF course we all know that wood is a
very poor conductor of heat and cold,
and for this reason wooden shoes are
much warmer than wooden ones |
had an idea. however, at first, that the
heel would almost freeze in cold wealth
er, but two pair of socks kept them
warm during the coolest weather we
have had. 1t would be good plan to
take pair of old boots and cut off the
feet, and then tack the tops around the
opening on pair of wooden shoes. as
this would keep the ankle warmer and
more comfortable.
Besides this they are very economic
al, being much cheaper and lasting
longer than leather boots and shoes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Congressional summary.

The army appropriation bill, has
passed the House.
The temporary naval appropriation
bill. appropriates $6,120,000 for the
half year.
The Niearaguan treaty is regarded as
dead for the present session of Congress
at least
A number of philanthropic Boston
people have an experiment to try for
redeeming Utah from Mormonism. 1t
is to promote emigration, through q
company chartered by Congress. A
petition has been presented to the
Senate from James Freeman Clarke,
Amos Lawrence, I. w. Higginson,
Edward Everett Hale, Prof. Peabody
and others for incorporation with full
power to do a land business. Their
plan is to settle Utah with farmers.
They will buy and sell lands, aiming to
shift the surplus population of New
England to the fertile valleys of Utah,
hoping in time to outnumber the Nor
mons on their own ground.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Chief Engineer Proposing Another Ex-
petition TO the Arctic Regions.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-Chief En-
gineer Melyil lie, of Arctic fame, issued
to-day IN address to the American
public, wherein he expresses his belief
that the time is now ripe for the max
ing of final and successful voyage to
the North Pole. The route he ad-
vocates is by way of Franz Josef Land,
and he declares it to be an entirely safe
and feasible one. Ii would be, he
thinks, an actual saving of life to make
the attempt now before the knowledge
born of experience expires, and he
trusts there IS some man in America
''who will rise to the occasion and from
his abundance supply the paltry sum
requisite to fit an Attic expedition. y
This sum he places at $50, 900 provided
the transport ship is only chartered, or
$3.50, 900 if it be retained, which, he
asserts, is not necessary. He will
write, he says, the name of his patron
across the face of the polar continent.
He has volunteers for every position
connected with the proposed enter
prise
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Making it Pleasant for the Horse.

Mr.. Torreyson. the blacksmith Of this
city, is noted for his kindness towards
animals. He has just built a road cart,
now on exhibition at his blacksmith
shop, which is destined to revolution
ize travelling by road and to materially
tighten the labors of that noble animal
the horse. The idea is to occasionally
give the horse a chance to ride in the
cart as the driver The idea was first
suggested to Mr.. Torreyson by seeing a
turtle move along the road carrying his
shell with him. The vehicle made by
Mr.. Torreyson mas four high wheels and
the place between them arched, so that
the horse is hitched under the wagon
between the wheels, his head project
ing little beyond the front wheels and
his tail just barely clearing the hind
wheels. The driver sits just over the
horses neck, and the others in the
wagon face outward on each side. The
horse is SO fastened that the pulling is
distributed over his body and does not
all come on his neck and shoulders. In
this position he is greatly protected
from the sun and storm, and thereby
enabled to make long journeys with
less fatigue.
But the principal part of the inven-
ton lies in bellyband about four feet
wide passing under the horse. When
you reach the top of long hill, down
which horse would have to 90 slowly
as he held back the load, you simply
turn a crank and it lifts the horse off
his feet several inches from the ground.
and the vehicle then runs down the hill
of its own momentum. 1t is provided
with steering apparatus and brake,
that the vehicle may be steered and its
velocity regulated.
Several times during the day the tired
horse has a chance to ride and is very
much rested. Also when the horse at
tempts to run away you wind up the
crank and lie is lifted off the ground
perfectly helpless. Carson (Nep.) Ap-
neal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
A Satisfied Oregonian.

Hon. A. j. Dufur, and wife. who
have just returned from visit to their
old home in Orange county, Vermont.
after an absence of thirty years report
having had a very pleasant trip They
travelled extensively in Wisconsin and
Southern Illinois. but saw no place that
suited them so we'll as Oregon. Mr..
Dufur gives rather a discouraging ae-
count of the agricultural prospects of
Vermont. He said he thought he was
getting to be quite an old man till he
went back and saw men of from 80 to
80 years toddling around running
farms. The soil is all worn out and
the young men are ''all going West :"
The old farmers there would not allow
Mr.. Dufur to give their boys any fa-
vorable account of the West. saving
that they were all going off, and the
land was passing into the hands Of their
hired help of foreign birth. Some one
said of Vermont long time ago that
lit was good place to emigrate
from, and Mr.. Dufur seems to have
thought so thirty years ago, and now
thinks so more than ever. The farm
that he sold for g, 40 has since been sold
for 81 600, and would not bring that
amount now. In one night passed in
Wisconsin Mr.. Dufur says he heard
more thunder and saw more lightning
than during his twenty-five years res
idencc in Oregon - Portland Oreg0nidn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Tears of a Baby.

think there is no sadder sight on
earth than baby's tears. To see the
little round face that looks as if it were
only made for laughing all twisted up
in snarl of Fuckers. the bright eyes
squinted out Of sight, and great real
tears coursing down the pudgy checks.
is enough to make stole weep in SYM
pathv Ii is as if the man in the moon
were crying, / knew an English father
who, whenever one Of his babies-and
there was a most Of them cried, would
say in tones of comical distress, ''he d
rather see a five pun note than one of
those tears any day, and it seemed to
those little ones to be the height of de-
votion and self-dcnial on his part.
Mrs. Paddock, writer of Salt Lake
City tells pathetic story Of broken
hearted wife whose first baby never
cried aloud but wcpt in silence all the
time. Sleeping OF waking the tears
flowed from his eyes, and in a few
weeks it died, its mother said of q
broken heart. 1t had shed all the tears
its mother had repre- Sod before its
birth, and IFS weeping face was a sym
boil of the face of Utah. In antithesis
to these sad facts is a memory we
nearly all can conjure up OF some fat,
rascally baby who would cry and cry
and cry until some member of the fam
ily was enlisted in his cause, when he
would suddenly unbutton his eyes and
lol not tear would be there. 1t had
been a crocodile bawl of the drlest
grief. Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05

"IIow are you. old buffer?n said the
tender to the railway-car. "Do not
couple me with any such language. you
sooty little wretch; you have been
drinking on the road again" replied
the car. Don't get off the track and
break me up SO. it was only a tender
remark; you know you are always fol-
lowing me all over the country, re-
torted the other. / have great mind
to speak to your tooter on the locomo-
tive there, said the car. The locomo-
tive. who had been quietly smoking,
fired up q. this as if it was about to
join in the raillery, but the belle of the
train began to wag her tongue. and the
engineer pulled them all out of the de-
pot 50 suddenly that the locomotive
felt its head light. = Boston Commercial
BsgkletiR.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
4 Checkered Life.

Prof Samuel Kent Kane. an uncle
of Dr. Kane Of Arctic fame, who died
recently. was a native Of Ohio, and was
in his 9th year. He was a Professor
of Natural Science in Oberlin College
when the oil excitement broke out He
made ventures and prospered, beocm-
ing a millionaire. Then he was caught
in large speculations: the originators
of the Standard Oil Company secured
his renneries, and Kane was pennlless.
Next tue mining fever broke out.
Kane was in Colorado and a pauper.
He went into mining enterprises and
came out a millionaire. There came a
turn in the tide, however, but this time
he saved $3.50, 600 out Of the wreck Of
his fortune. He went east and his
wealth increased to a million; but a
confidence Spectator again made him
poor. In 1881, while in Arizona OK
amining certain copper lands for Bos-
ton capitalists, luck came again to him.
In three months he returned east with
100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Mysterious nisannearancn.

A case, similar to that of Mr.. G. Del
monico, has been the source of great ex-
element and conjecture, during the past
week. This is the mysterious disap-
pearance of S. S. Conant, for the past
fifteen years managing editor Of Har-
per's Weekly. Two weeks ago he re-
signed his position, and since has not
been seen by his friends. 1t is thought
that mental alteration, caused by over
work, has led HIM to take his own life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
The Mole.

The mole is splendid architect and
sure builder. 1t constructs perfect sub
terranean galleries. The nests a won
derful building, bearing Immediately
above it as much earth thrown up as
would fill n moderate-sized wheelbar-
row. The soil roof of the nest is so
strong that an OK may with safety
stand on it. in spite of its being sur
rounded and intersected by runs, by
which the family can separately escape
in case of sudden danger. In one that
| saw there was at least, within foot
from the nest, four main runs, and
these main runs again had three imme-
date branch runs toward the nest
from the wheat field, making twelve
within two feet of the nest, while there
were many escape runs toward the sur
face for hiding. A fayorite place for
nests is about old broad hedee-roots,
where the moles have plenty of room,
and where their nests are concealed by
the underground, which again protects
their surface runs from being trampled
by the hoof of horses or cattle. And
the moles nesting on either side of the
hedge stick religiously to their own
side of the field. Between the nest and
the water there is main run, and to
an experienced eye its only distinguish
ing feature is that it is somewhat more
direct than the other runs. But the
mole catcher observes it in an instant,
and he catches most moles there at the
time when the moles are returning
home from their food or water. 1t is
wonderful how the moles find their
long ways home, and it is remarkable
the distance they travel every twenty
four hours, in the ms and outs and con-
fusing number of intersecting runs.
Moles multiply very fast; they pair for
the season, and breed four or five times
every year; and they are among the
few animals which i We a preponder-
ance of males. Their young run about
shortly after they are born, and are
taught to run in the main run first, the
parents leading the way. The mole is
said to be aifectionate, and to brave
death for its offspring or its mate, and
to be found sometimes starved to death
beside trapped mate. 1t prefers dry
loan or sandy soil and does not much
frequent stiff clay soil which is both
wet and cold and difficult to burrow in.
For every one that is to be found in clay
soil ten will be found in dry loan And
1T is noteworthy fact, if true, as it is
said to be, that there are no moles in
Ireland - Good UordS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05

CANDLEMAs.-M Monday the feast Of
Candlemas was celebrated in the Cath
Ollie church. 1t is celebrated as the
feast Of the publication of the Virgin
Mary and of the first presentation of
Christ in the Temple when he was greet
ed by the prophetic utterances of the
prophecies Anna. On this day. the
candles to be used the ensuing year are
blessed by the Priest. An old docu
ment of Henry Eighth's time says: .0n
Candlemas daye it shall be declared
that the bearyinge of candles is done in
the memorie Of Christie, the spiritual
light whom Simeon dyd prophccye "a
lyghte to Tighten the Gentiles)- In
Scotland weather prognostication reads.
IF Candlemas is fair and clear,
THERE be twa winters in the year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05
Reckless Extravaganza.

Mr.. Winks Now, see here, Mary,
this is too much, too much. You say
you want $50 this morning for pin
money and yet it was only yesterday
that gave you $50 for the same pur-
pose.
Mrs. Winks Calmly Yes, it was
yesterday.
ibid You lose it?"
mo: spent it.
And have nothing at all to show for
it?'
Nothing"
We'll, this thing won't dc; it won't
do. Here I'm shaving away until far
into the night trying to make boths ends
meet, and you not only get rid Of $50
without any adequate return, but the
very next morning ask for $50 more.
What in the word did you do with that
money, anyhow?
We'll, you sec, just after you left
yesterday morning rcd-nosed fellow
came to the door and made such a row
about an unpaid bill of yours that
just paid it, 1t was a bill for whisky
and beer and cigars and '
Mr.. Winks forKed over Philadelphia
Cal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05

Rolled gold is thus manufactured:
An ingot of brass is cast, and while it
is vet hot a thin layer of gold alloy is
placed upon it. When the ingot thus
covered becomes cold it is forced be-
tween steel rollers until a long thin
ribbon is produced, of which the por-
ton of gold and brass is. of course, the
same as that of the ingot. The per-
centage of gold is often reduced very
low-sometimes to ? and per cent.
This rolled gold in cheap bracelets and
watch chains lasts for ten years.