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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01
Knowing Who TO Kick.

The late Col McClung of Mississippi
once got into dispute in the office Of
the Prentiss House at Vicksburo with a
rowdy. when, to end the matter with
out further delay, he took the rowdy by
the 'nape of the neck" led him to the
door. and kicked him into the street
The kicked picked himself up. walked
away and here the matter ended.
Some weeks afterward McClung was in
New Orleans, and when, walking up
st. Charles street, saw the fellow he had
kicked ont of the Prentiss House kick
ing third party out of q drinking sa-
loon. McClung walked up to his old
acquaintance, once kickee, but now the
kicker. and scanning him closely, said:
''Look here, my fine fellow, are you
not the man kicked out of the Prentiss
House the other day?"
Softly, softly, colonel" replied the
rowdy, taking McClung by the arm,
don't mention tim the man-but
but-you and know who to kick. -
Net0 Orleans Hcdu't9e.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01

Aud still Postmaster General Vilas's
political partner, Arthur X. Delaney, of
Dodge County, continues to hold the
office of United States district attorney
for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
1t is on the eve of election day. and the
case was considered by the cabinet
nearly month ago. But though it was
then given out to the press, rs n sop to
the Mugwumps, that Delaney must 60.
he does not 60 but enjoys the full emol-
uments of his office. The Presidents
civil service reform orders are taken. all
along the line, as mere moonshine and
in every Northern state this fall Federal
officers have been working as hard for
Democratic success as ever did the Off
Gals in olden times when there was
hypocrisy about it. 1t has been
ever thus, throughout Cleveland's ad-
ministration: the restrictive orders have
been understood to apply solely to the
few Republicans who chance to hold
some of the minor offices.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01

About the meane5t and most infam-
Gus campaign lie. utterly uncalled-for,
is published in the last number of The
Dodgeulle SIM, concerning our county
treasurer. The sun calls the statement
substantiated by the affidavit of Mr..
Grswold and the word of Geo. w. Ry-
land q Co, positive and right to the
point 'falsehoods, and treats the
negative and vague statement by Bart
lev's cashier that Mr.. Mcmahon ''was
t" receive interest on county money
''if left one year (when everybody
knows he could not and did not intend
to leave tor any money there one year,
as positive proof that Mr.. Mcmahon put
county money in the banks for his pri-
vate profit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01

1t is estimated that 100000 persons
witnessed the unyailing by President
Cleveland OF the Bartholdi Statue on
Bedloe's IsIanl, ia New York Harbor.
Although the weather was disagreeable
the parade was the greatest ever seen
in that city. The naval display was es-
pecially fine. The buildings were pro-
fusely decorated. The President ac-
cepted the statue, speeches were made
by the French representatives. Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew delivered a commemora-
tive address, there was music and sal
vos Of artillery, and banquet and IL
Illumination in the evening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01
II sTATE-RoBERr ErrNGER.

State Of Wisconsin, County Court Of Grant
County--IR Probate.
Notice is hereby given. that al the general term
OF the County Court. % be held in and for said
county, at the court house in the city of Iancas-
ter, on the
FIRST TUESDAY OF DECEMBER A. d. 1856.
being the 7th day of December 1886. at the hour Of
one Clock in the afternoon, the following matte
will be heard and considered:
The application Of B. II Lsmpe executor Of
the last will andtestaniant of said deceased for
the allowance of his final account as sueh execn-
tor and for the distribution of the residue of
said estate according TO the provisions Of said
last viii Of said deceased.
b. order of the Court
GEO. B. CARTER, County Judge
Dated October 26.lSS5. 24w3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01

South Bend, Ind, gets its water sup
ply from sixteen artesiam wells with
capacity of 100000 gallons daily.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01
To Whom it May Concern.

| wish to inform the public that l
have given my son William MS time.
and shall not be responsible after this
date for any debts of his contracting.
DONALD MCPHERsoN.
Little Grant. Oct. %, 1886. 35w4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01

Martin Kelly, the engineer Of the wild
engine, who was charged with the re-
sponsibility of the collision at Pine Bluff,
has been arrested He was arraigned
before Justice Wakcly in the municipal
court Friday and his examination was
postponed until November 6. He was
admitted to bail in the sum of 1,500,
which was furnished by his brother.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01

CHOICE STYLES and Patterns of
Ingram and Brussels Carpets at c.. H.
Baxter & Cos. soft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01

BLANKS BLANKS Legal blanks
of every description at the HERALD
Office. Orders by mail promptly filed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01
REPUBLICAN, TTCKET.

i VI Wv AkAlpAs
JEREMIAH Nj. BUSk.
For Lieutenant Governor.
GEORGE w. RYLAND, Of Grant.
For Secretary of State.
ERNST G.. TIMME. Of Kenosha.
For State Treasurer.
HENRY b. HARSHAW, of Winnebago.
For Attorney General,
G. L. ESTABROOK, Of Mauitowoc.
For State Superintendent,
JESSE b. THAYER, of Pierce.
For Railroad Commissioner,
ATLEY PETERSON, of Crawford.
For Commissioner Of Insurance,
PHILIP CHEEK, Jr., of Sank
For Member OF Congress, Sd District,
ROBERT H. LA TOILETTE.
For Sheriff,
JOHN DOLPHIN, Of Glen Haven.
For Clerk of the Court,
w. a. JOHNSON, Of Clifton.
For County Clerk,
J. A. THOMAS, Of Wingvillc
For Treasurer,
THOMAS MCMAHON. of Harrison.
For Register Of Deeds.
L. II. BOUGHTON, of Cassyillc.
For District Attorney,
J. w. MURPHY, of Platteyille.
For superintendent of schools,
G. L. HARPER, of Lancaster.
For County Surveyor.
J. IL. q. SNECLODE, Of Casyillc
For Coroner.
FRANKLIN LYeIEE d ] a...estoan.
For Member OF Assembly. Is. District,
j. b. MCCOY, of Patteyille.
For Member of Assembly. ~ District.
Il. b. SIOWALTEB. Of Lancaster
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01

Il is estimated that the expenses Of
the postal service for the next fiscal
year will aggregate 500, 342, $50, an in
crease Of S976, 256 over the current
year.
The outcome of the Hazeltine trial is
a notice to every man that he may slaY
the invader Of his home, provided he
can obtain TIE proponderance Of popu-
lar approval and public sympathy. If
the other fellow has the most frinds, it
Is safer to let him alone, however
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01
Geo. W. Ryiaud.

I Geo. ". hYl2nu, OF Grant county. the
action Of the convention was wise. He
/ IS a man whose character and capacity
bear the closest investigation. He is
ever true and ever right in his conduct
He is native Of Maryland; 80 years
old, and has resided in Wisconsin tLir-
ty-three years. During his residence
in this state be has had a large expert
ence in public affairs; is thoroughly ac-
quainted with matters pertaining to
state government, and is capable Of
discharging the duties Of any Office
within the gift of the people oi he state
For five years Dir. Ryland represented
his district in the STATE senate, and no
people had a truer and more faithful
representative in that high legislative
body than had Grant County lie was
constantly on duty and watchful to ev-
cry interest For some years he was
chairman Of the Joint Committee on
Claims, a very difficult place to fill, and
no bogus claim passed his scrutiny lie
was firm as 4 rock in the right. was
willing to allow The last cent that was
just and permitted nothing that was
not just He was true to the state
treasury and kept all unjust claims
from it He was popular With his fel-
low members. which fact was shown by
their election % him as president Of the
Senate In this position, his action, as
in ali places, was digniied, gentleman
y, just and generous at an times. He
is splendid specimen Of manhood;
tail and dignlied il bearing. pleasant
in speech and treats all subjects calmly
and acts with frmness. These are
qualities that will grace the chair Of the
presiding officer of the Senate. which,
as lieutenant governor Of the state,
Gee w Ryiaud ~i.l ijI during the
next session Of The legislature.
The PIaueyiile Dsm9cra. ia is 'ast
issue art5rc election gets around t5pub
ISL the Democratic ialsohoad chat Bob
SchiIf;ng the socialist. Is sfnmuina the
Ninth Congressional Districa ia the in-
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-01

For Member Of Congress, 3D. District,
ROBERT II. LA TOILETTE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Children's Clothing.

The autumn is upon us, and cold
one, too-so cold that we fear many
weary mothers are quite unready to put
the little ones into warm flannels, and
thus save a tedious illness, and perhaps
precious life, by so doing. Then some
reason thus: | cannot see any way clear
just now to meet this expenditure, for
this and that must be done first. Jennie
must have that new mantle and James
his new books for the fall session, and
| will keep the little ones in the house
on cold days. But this is unwise, for
the doctors bill often costs more than
whole web of flannel, to say nothing
of the discomfort and worry and hours
of agony for the helpless innocents,
who slip out in spite of all effort. The
old saying that an ounce of preventive
is better than a pound of cure is wis
dom itself. Mothers, drop all the
fummery, and even the pastry cooking,
and run the machine to its topmost
speed-even call in the aid society for
an afternoon-rather than suffer the lit
tie darlings to incur the risk of colds,
bowel complaints, fevers and general
irritabiity. ROSE MEREDITH.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22

these questions often require some
study and reading, in order to give a
full and satisfactory answer, and an
editor who is also a working farmer
must have time for this. And then,
again, in order to provide against the
contingency of sickness, that the regu-
lar supply of matter ready for the
printer shall not fail, we aim to keep
one week ahead in its preparation.
And finally, the agricultural editor, be-
ing one hundred miles, by rail, from
the office of publication, gets his mail
at night, and cannot prepare and get
off reply at the best until the morning
of the second day after. AS matter
of fact, our copy is prepared Thursdays,
and reaches Montpelier Friday noon.
This copy appears in the paper the sec
ond Wednesday following. So, friends,
remembering all this, please try to get
in your questions so early that they can
wait about three weeks for an answer.
Usually, when we can, we will write a
private letter, answering pressing ques-
tons briefly, if stamped and directed
envelope is enclosed to us with the in
quiries; and afterwards we will give a
fuller reply in the paper. We wish to
make this department in every way as
useful as possible to its readers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
COttOn.Seed Meal.


Sir John Bennett Lawes of the ia
nous English Experiment Station at
Rothamstead has shown, not by theory,
but by practical work upon his farm,
that ton of cotton-seed cake-a cattle
food which was not known to farmers a
century ago and which costs about
$31.5 per TOMS worth as a manure,
after it has passed through the animals
which consume it, S2S25. This state
ment looks strange, but it comes from
source which is unquestioned. So
it yields two, possibly three, profits.
There is an increase in the flow of
milk, if animals are kept for the dairy;
they are in better condition, and, be-
ing so, actually consume less food, so
there is saving in forage-while, most
wonderful of all, the farmer receives
back, in the increased value of the ma
nure as fertilizer, within a very few
dollars of the original cost of the feed.
Can the farmer afford not to feed high
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
A Needed Investigation.

The Rural NeaU Yorker tells us that
there's some talk of the appointment of
committee of congress to investigate
the condition of the agricultural col
leges of the country. These colleges
were established through an act of the
general government appropriating GER
tain lands, the proceeds from the sale
of which were to go to the support of
the institutions. 1t is claimed that a
thorough investigation would reveal
the fact that the conditions accompany
ing this gift have never, except in the
case of some half dozen colleges, been
complied with, and the money has
been clearly Incorporated. Such
an investigation might work good re-
suits. There is certainly no reason in
the world why thousands of dollars
should be given to an institution for
the express purpose of aiding agricul-
ture and the mechanic arts, and then
have the money spent for totally diff
ferent object. Why not stir up these
colleges and find out just what they
are doing? If they cannot increase in
usefulness, cannot attract students and
gain in dignity, why should they exist
at all? There is no economy in pay
ing out this sum every year in order
that few professors may draw COM
Portable salaries. 1t will be of more
profit to the state to pay the entire ex-
penses of the dozen or more students at
an agricultural college like those of
Massachusetts, Michigan, Kansas or
Mississippi, and close up the home con-
Germ, if things are going to drag along
in the future as they have in the past.
On the whole, we hope congress will
take the matter up.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
The Popular Demand.

Professor Morrow of Illinois Univer-
sity says truly that there is demand
for horses with special fitness for heavy
draught or for fast trotting, for cattle
especially fitted for beef or for milk, for
sheep remarkably developed in the way
of either mutton or wool production
but the largest number of users of
either class desire animals reasonably
well adapted for more than one pur-
pose. The horse best suited to the
needs of farmers generally, or for most
business purposes, is neither heavy
draught nor typical roadster, and so
of the other classes of animals, even to
the hog, in breeding which too exclu-
sive attention may be given to early
maturity or to ability to lay on flesh.
The professor knows what he is talking
about; and he carries level head on
this question, certainly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22

from one part to another; that it is
soon exhausted by repeated exctation
Gas is certainly the case in Dion@a, the
sensitive plant, etc to be renewed only
after period of repose; that all plants
require season of repose; that they
consume their products and evolve heat
under special circumstances with the
same result as in the animal kingdom;
that, as if by kind of instinct, the va
! rious organs of the vegetable assume
the positions or the directions most IA
vorable to the proper exercise of their
functions and the supply of their
wants, to this end surmounting inter-
vening obstacles; when we consider in
this connection the still more striking
cases of spontaneous motion that the
lower Alge exhibit, and that all these mo-
tons are arrested by narcotics or other
poisons, the narcotic and acrid poisons
even producing effects upon vegetables
respectively analogous to their different
effects upon the animal economy--we
cannot avoid attributing to plants vi
tality and power of making move
ments tending to a determinate end
not different in nature, perhaps, from
the lowest animals. Probably life is
essentially the same in the two king
doms; and to vegetable life faculties
are superadded in the lower animals,
some of which are here and there not
indistinctly foreshadowed in plants"
There is no need to take issue with
the final statement of Professor Gray
that the nervous system of animals is
" here and there" " foreshadowed " in
plants. But shadow is not substance.
The expressions made use of in the
above EXTRACT sort of sympathy"
ga kind of instinct" not different in
nature, perhaps," show that DIR. Gray
perfectly understands that while, as is
undoubtedly true, The lower degrees of
life in plants and animals are essentially
the same, there is yet distinct leap
discrete (creative) and not continu-
Gus degree-betwee the plant and the
animal, as there is between the ami
NAL and man. The entire absence of
even the least rudiment of a nervous
system in the highest plant separates
plant life from animal life by an actual
chasm. The apparent simulations of
instinct in plants we may believe to be,
in a sense, a true foreshadowing of
what can yet only become reality where
the proper organs exist The Creator
undoubtedly had the creation of ami
NAL life in view while creating plants,
since plants fulfill their chief use in
furnishing nutriment to the ami
NAL kingdom. All through creation
we see these foreshadowings, as in
those dendritic crystallizations which
often so perfectly simulate the ferns
as to make it quite impossible to con-
vince some people that they are not
actual fossils.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Plant ROOts..-Again.

Our friend, the agricultural editor of
the Brattleboro Ph@niT, is not yet quite
satisfied about the blindness of plant
roots, and says
The agricultural editor of the
WATCHMAN, in replying to our discus
sion of the question whether the roots
of plants only grope blindly in all direc-
tons for nutriment,' strangely neglects
to notice our quotation from Professor
Asa Gray, who is perhaps as well quail
fled as any man living to decide ques-
ton in vegetable physiology. The ques-
ton has scientific interest and it is
also one of some practical account; we
should therefore like to hear what DR..
Hoskins has TO say of the quotation
from Professor Gray"
We did not neglect the quotation of
our friend from DR.. Gray out of any
want of respect to 50 great botanist,
but because we felt that we covered all
the ground in what we said of the ex-
tract from Professor Johnson, who will
be generally acknowledged, we think
by competent judges, as, on this point
the superior authority. The extract
from DIR. Gray's Structural Botany and
Vegetable Physiology given in the
p h@niG was as follows:
" When we consider that the excit-
ability of sensitive plants is often trans
mitted, as If by sort of sympathy
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Kerosene for Cleansing.

In regard to kerosene, a correspond
ent of the Rural Ne,O Yorker writes:
" | have used it for washing a long time,
and would not wash without it now;
my clothes are whittier than when en-
ployed wash-woman, and it does not
hurt me in the least to do my washing,
which cannot do the old way, and by
the time they are ironed the unpleasant
smell has all evaporated. The night
before put the clothes to soak in warm
water with enough soap dissolved in it
to make good suds. In the morning
wiring out; if very dirty, rub lightly in
the hands. Put in the boiler, with cold
water, two-thirds of bar of soap and
two large tablespoonful of kerosene
let boil at least twenty minutes after
they come to the boil; when taken out,
let cool enough to put through the
wringer again, then rub through clean
water, blue and starch with little of
the oil in the starch), and your clothes
will satisfy the most fastidious.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Breakfast, Dinner and Tea.

What do I want for breakfast dear2
My wants are all in my mind quite clear.
You-with your cheerful morning smile,
And pretty dress, my thoughts to beguie
Into thinking of flowers; an earnest word
That all through my busy day be heard,
And make me sure that my morning light
Beams strongly true, cen while dancing bright
BE certain to give me these, all these,
And anything else that you can or please.
But dnner-what will have for that?
Well, dear, when enter, dof my hat,
And turn to the table, I want to see you,
Standing, just as us you always do,
To make me lose all the forenoons fret,
And cheer for the afternoons work to get
Tell me all your news, and I'll tell mine;
And with love, and Joy, and peace, wen dine.
BE certain to give me these all these
And anything else that you can or please
And what for tea? Have any choice?
Yes, dear, the sound of your own sweet voice,
And your gentle presence. always feel
The cares of the day like shadows, steal
Away from your soulght and evening rest
Come just in the way love the best.
SO, when you are planning our twilight tea,
With special thought In your heart for me,
BE certain to give me these, all these,
And anything else that you can or pleased
--Jluiqfa Sf1for1
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
agricultural.
T. H. HosklNs, M. D., Editor,
Newport, Vermont.
That Grass.

We are happy to be able to give our
correspondent, A. W., of Worcester,
VT, the name of the grass sent us, on
the authority of Professor George Va
sey, botanist of the department of ag-
riculture, who says: " The grass is
PhalariS CanariensiS, or Canary
grass-the same which furnishes the
common canary seed of the shops.
1t has probably grown from seed
which has been thrown out" Pro-
fessor Massey has our thanks for his
kind response to our friends inquiry
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Good Manners and SOciability.

AS there are many men of many
minds, so it is said there are many
customs of manners. Yet in the main
this is not true. Good breeding must
essentially spring from the heart, as
that is the fountain of all good or evil,
as the case may be. We find the same
heterogeneous mass as regards mind,
morals and manners, in Massachusetts
as well as in the g Nutmeg State,n and
will give old Vermont the credit of
more than holding her own as regards
good morals. What we sisters of the
Household seem most to need Just at
present is sociability, and here is grand
chance to air our manners. Most
of us doubtless have children whose
training give us much solicitude, and
no doubt we can each be of some per-
manent use or help to each other in the
suggestions of ways or means. We are
grateful for the interest the ladies have
manifested in the many added good
things for our table, and hope we shall
sooner or later be able to assist each
and all in carrying the burdens that
all mothers and house wives are prone
to shoulder. / used to think that / had
more than my share of burdens at
times, but l find that every one has
just about all they are able to carry, and
also that it is best and of the Lords
providence we are permitted to endure
hardships and all the trials of this
natural life. A lady in Massachusetts
recently told me she was most grateful
for Affections, as they purified her mind,
and for vicissitudes, for they had i'm
proved her manners and taught her
the wisdom of the serpent She also
said that a congenial friend was to her
of great value in her hours of depres-
sion and doubt. Now let us become
such to each other. We may never
meet face to face here, but we may en-
joy that interchange of thought and
hearty goodwill which ought to bind
all true American women together as
one family. ROSE MEREDITH.