Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-13
Madison Matters.
From oar Regular Correspondent.

Uses OF Ugliness, " was a remarkable
discourse, well filled with common sense
and truth. HIS said that beauty is only
a superficial quality, peculiar to all ages
and nations. What this generation may
regard as beautiful the next may de.
nounce As ugly. Fhe Chnaman. with
his pigtail. thinks he is the most beauti.
full creature Oh earth; and the New York
dude, with hi. claw hammer coat, skin
tight pants, aud collsr SO high that he is
compelled to jump up 10 spit over it.,
thinks he is the ideal OF American bean.
ty. He made use of the great men of
our day as examples of homeliness, and
said that man could not be ambitious,
thoughtful and busy. and be- beautiful
too. In order to be pretty one must
not think or care about anything. He
attacked the fovers of fashion, which
ruin SO many people. and especially the
custom Of marrying pretty young girls
to old gray-haired millionaires for mon
ey. He gave the homely women the
consolation OF knowing that they would
not be subject 10 temptation on account
of beauty and that they could tell when
they were loved for when man makes
one OF them "A proposal he means bust
lation to be drawn from his lecture, for
homely people
The lecture of Rev. Frank Bristol. OF
| Chicago, on BRAINS was a mastery
effort. Mr.. Bristol is very young m IN
and his lecture was grand surprise to
all who heard it, He proved tina, brains
are not measured by the size of the
skull or the hntler's tape, but by deeds
and deeds alone. 1t was brains that
made Greece what she MAS aud r me
SO powerful; it wns brains that made
| England the mistress Of the seas and
America the home of the free.
Wednesday was Chautauqu Literary
Scientific Circle day &C. L S ca This
circle embraces courses in literature
and science almost equal to college
course; i. has over 10000 members in
the United States, over l,000in Wiscon-
| sim
Rev. f. S. Stein, of Milwaukee, is
| president of Monona branch, aud the
success of the circles in Wisconsin is
largely due to his untiring efforts.
The Glass of IS graduated on
Wednesday with fifteen members. rang
ing in age from 20 to 80 years Their
display on Glass day was imposing AMI
| beautiful. The large Rustic Temple
given them by the Monona Assembly
association was beautifully decorated
with leaves, flowers. rushes and mono
grams. Before the entrance toshe tenn
pie was golden gate and then beau
| tifulaich bearing the motto: owe Study
| the Word and Works of God" Beyond
| these, and nearer to the entrance to the
| temple, were two more arches. the first
bearing the words "Let Us Keep the
| Heavenly Father in the Midst; the
next, "Never be Discouraged. Under
these triumphal arches, which repre- :
sented the four years of the course, the
procession passed, the Glass of So lead-
ing. These beautiful arches, whose
neatness and tasteful appropriateness
| became the comment of hundreds of the
| +. Bates. of Fond du Lac; j. Reek, of
| Geneva Lake, and G. w. Harmed; the
| monogram, 80. J.. S. Co. was the work
of Mrs. Robinson, of La Crosse The
address to tho graduating class was de-
livered by Bishop Foster, on 1.-The
| Spirit Forces OF TIE Universe, and was
one of the grandest Efforts ever listened
to at Monona. The evening was given
to receptions, fireworks, illuminations
and camptres in honor of &c. L. 5. c.. -
Thursday WAS set apart as Grant 5
memorial day, and Hon. r. NJ La Fol-
lette, and ex-Gov. Porter of Indiana
were secured to deliver the addresses
Gen. Fairchild was president Of the daY
| Mr.. La Follettes effort upon this occa-
sion was brilliant triumph of his abil-
| tiles as an orator. Ex-Gov. Porter re-
viewed the life of Gen. Grant, giving
the fullest history from his days at West
| Point till the last hour at Mt. MeGregor
The speech of Hon. Az. FL. Carpenter,
OH 1.-The Relation of tho Christian Sab
bath to Modern Civilization was
printed by the Monona association, in
| compliance with petition from the
railroad employees, who were unable to
| be present when it was delivered
| Friday the T. NJ. C. A. held services
at the tabernacle. In the afternoon
Prof. Sherwin gave one of his grand vo-
cal and instrumental concerts, and the
encampment closed with another in the
evening. The professor made remark
| able advancement with his class, which
mum bered nearly 300; land at the close, his
class presented him with beautiful
graphscope.
Prof. Hutchins, the renowned clar-
ionet soloist, was here during the week
and added greatly to the success of the
encampment.
From the opening to the close there
were given seventy entertainments
of different kinds, all first-cass. for the
small sum of Sl50, or less than two
cents each.
The Grant memorial services were
held in the park at the capitol on Satnr-
urday afternoon, and were attended by
over 5000 people. An old soldier from
each of the Wisconsin regiments was
selected to bear the flag of his regiment
in the procession. The speakers were
Chief Justice Cole, Hon b. w Jones.
Gen. A. G. Parkinson. Gen. David At
wood, Hon. Z. w. Keyes, Geo Ray.
mer, Prof. Butler and Hon. r. NJ La
! Toilette. The governor and staff and
! state officers went to New York to ioir
the great funeral.
Nearly all the campers at Lakesids
pulled up stakes and stated for home