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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
Keeping O Carriage.

One of the petty worries of fashiona-
bic life is the administrative parapher-
MALTA connected with keeping a
carriage" The bother of the horses
falling periodically i'll, each time on the
very day you most especially wanted
them; the anxiety of damaging the mar
ket value of the beasts by late hours in
the cold and wet; the high jinks of an
Incorporate or dishonest soachman IRE
commended to you doubtless as an Al
In the coachman world) the mysterious
and expensive ways of forage contract
ors, veterinary surgeons, and livery
tallors, all make up q sum total of
botheration and annoyance which hun
dreds of people have found quite past
endurance. This has led many gentle
men of average means to buy their
own vehicles and have them horsed and
attended to at livery stables. The ami
mails are guaranteed to be always in
good health and at hand, the men like
wise; and the yearly cost can we'll be,
for Obvious reasons, much under that
of amateur housekeeping, and yet yield
n good profit to the stable-keeper.
What Is, however, wanted, in order to
let the public have fair trial of this
harrassing and more economical way of
keeping a carriage, is for large livery
establishments to be built in the various
centers of fashion. especially designed
for the particular work required. The
experiment, we hear, is being tried in
Liverpool on this scale by well-known
horse dealer Of that town. He has
erected building for the purpose. 1t
is situated in the Seton Park District
the Belgravia of Liverpool The floor
space of the structure covers over
1000 square yards. The carriages are
taken up ON lift to the first floor,
and the conveniences for doing so are
such that the vehicles will keep their
smart newness much longer than they
possibly could in any ordinary private
town coach house.-Lo4sdorl Builder.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
The Value Of Shade Trees.

That our ancestors emanated from
the shades of tree land is one of the
few points on which Moses and Darwin
agree, and it seems hardly probable
that the descendants of a forest race
should be damaged by little tree
shade, especially where that shade is
confined to the six warmest months in
the year. After October, when sun
shine becomes preferable to shade,
trees do not obstruct the rays of the
sun. They merely moderate its sum-
mer glare, and at noon offer the best
possible refuge from the brooding heat.
No human continuance can rival the
anti-caloric arrangements of a leafy
canopv-free access to all the winds of
heaven, and roof impervious not only
to the direct light of the suns rays, but
also to their warmth, which is felt
through shingle roof as plainly as
through a fimsy sunshade. But a
shade tree, with its hundred strata of
hght-absorbing leaves, interposes an
effectual barrier to the hottest sun
and, moreover, plants have direct re-
frigerating influence, analogous to that
of animal bodies in generating warmth.
Even under the blazing sun the juice
of oranges, watermelons, apples, ETC.,
is from ten to fifteen degrees colder
than that of stagnant water, and on
cloudy summer days the air of tree
less district is considerably warmer
than the atmosphere of shady forest
on shady days. DR.. FeliT Oswatd, IN
Lippiacotfs Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
I.incoln's Last Picture.

Soon after President Lincoln's second
inauguration, rumors of plots and
dangers caused his friends to urge upon
him the necessity of q guard. He
finally consented to the presence of
such a body, and accordingly an
audience with him became a matter of
some difficulty.
On the afternoon of the 9th of March,
Mr.. II. L. Warren, photographer of
Waltham, Mass, sought presentation
to Mr.. Lincoln, but found, after con-
sulting the guard, that an interview
could be had on that day only in q
somewhat irregular manner.
After some conversation with the
officers in charge, who became con-
vinced of his loyalty, Mr.. Warren was
4 mitte1 within the lines, and, at the
same time, was given to understand
tnGt the surest way to get an audience
with the President was through an in
tercos ion of his little son "Tad."
The latter was a great pet with The
soldiers, and was constantly at the bar
racks. He soon made his appearance,
nlou,tcd on his pony.
i e and the pony were soon placed in
position and photographed, after which
Mr. Warren asked "Tad" to tell his
father that man had come all the way
from Boston who was particularly
anxious to see him, and to obtain a
sitting from him. Tad" went to see
his father, and word was soon returned
thai Mr.. Lincoln would comply.
III the meantime, Mr.. Warren had
improyised kind of studio upon the
south balcony of the White House.
NJ lincoln soon came out, and, saying
lat & very few words, took his seat as
ID q atcd
i tara single negative was taken, he
inca rcd Is that all, sir?"
nwilling to detain him longer than
was absolutely necessary, Mr.. Warren
~ Ic,i Yes, SIR" and the President
imree lately withdrew.
At the time lso appeared upon the
Val oaY. The VIVID was blowing freshly,
a. Il disarranged hair indicates, and as
sunset WAS approaching, it was difficult
t. oltain sharp picture.
SIX weeks later Pres dent Lincoln
was dead. and it is doubtless true that
this is the last photograph ever made of
hiit1 - The LggflgTH
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

Every one of the men whose dirty mouths
frothed against The Teller so much two years
ago would vote for every one the OF six Repub-
licans who voted for the Fitz John Porter bill,
before he would vote for any six of the eyenteen
whs voted against it, This is what The Teller
meant to say last week, but the compositor
omitted words.
Well, this amendment doesn't mend
the matter. The amended statement is
still as false as it is foolish. No one
ever gets chance to vote for ''any
six Senators, and the six Republican
Senators who voted tor the Fitz John
Porter bill were from Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon. Vir-
ginia and New Jersey, SO that the Grant
County Republicans against whom the
Teller frothed, did not, could not
would not, will not and cannot vote for
either or all of those six Senators, but
they would and did vote for Sawyer
and Spooner, all of the IL Senators for
whom they could vote. who voted
against the Fitz John Porter bill. Our
contemporaries amended statement is
as silly as its attempts to figure out the
conclusion that Is is majority of -.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
SucceSS--and Ruin.

About forty years ago, little girl
named Mary Ann Brown lived in an OBJ
scure village of Yorkshire, England
Her father was poor laborer, and she
had no education up to her twelfth
year. But the girl had extraordinary
beauty, a singular force of will, and
great ambition.
She resolved to be "a great lady,"
and as London is the field in which all
the English people look for adventure,
she persuaded her uncle to take her up
to the great ssy in his cart, for a two
days visit. Ls soon as they had
reached London Bridge she dropped
from the back of the cart and disap.
peared.
At this time she was penniless, she
could not write her name, and she
spoke with the rich Yorkshire burr,
which is as unintelligible to Londoners
as the dialect of the Zulus
Seven years later she reappeared I'M
der romantic name upon the stage Of
a leading London theater, and won the
plaudits of the town, not only for her
remarkable beauty, but for the excep-
tional purity and pathos with which
she rendered Shakspeare's text.
In the meantime she made herself q
proficient in three languages, had
learned the literature of her own coun-
try, and the manners of well-bred peo-
pie. How it was done or by what
means she. won her successes, no one
but herself knew. There was the fact,
and it proved the extraordinary force
of intellect and will which had been
given to Mary Ann Brown, and which
might have made her life great, useful.
and happy-if she had so chosen.
She became great actress, well known
IN every English-speaking country, for
the splendor of her beauty, her genius,
her lavish generosity, and the lures
with which she led men to destruction.
How many happy homes she entered,
to leave them a wreck, only she and
God knew.
She died suddenly, in the height of
her fame and fortune, in Paris cafe,
from disease brought on by indul-
gence at the table; and after she was
dead her body was wrapped in quilt
and hauled to the morgue. Her whole
life was drama, and this was its end.
There is force in the proverb "De
mortetiS nil 7liSi bo7aaLnl" Speak only
good of the dead). But when the gilt
ter and power of wasted life allure
the young into the same road, it is only
just at its close to show them the OPP
portunities wasted in it, its true charac-
ter, and its unhal1owed Youths
Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
The Fatal Name Of Walter.

Forty-four years ago the writer was
called in professional capacity to
rudely constructed log cabin in the
woods, sixteen miles east of this city.
A male child was born-the first born
of man and wife-whose intelligence
and general cultivation were much in
advance of the society in which they
lived. They were determined to make
themselves home of plenty in the new
country by their own industry, having
nothing but quarter section of good
land and their household goods. They
came from Clearmont County, Ohio.
Three neighbor women were there, and
after the little stranger was dressed, the
mother with black hair and beautiful
eyes, was asked to name the boy. ~
want to call him Walter, but it is an I'M
lucky name. My greatgrandfather was
named Walter, and he never came home
from the War of Independence. Then
my husbands grandfather was named
Walter, and he went to the War of 1912
and he never returned. His Oldest
brother was named Walter. He went
to sea and we heard that he became q
soldier in Europe, but he never re-
turned. We do not know where any of
them are buried. No grave-stones
mark their resting places. There is no
war now, and l trust never will be in
our lifetime in this country, and 1 am
in favor of calling him Walter, that the
old family name may be retained among
us. Twenty-Five years from that time
Walter babe his widowed mother fare
well to joint the army for the defense
of the Union and the home of his child
hood. He was good and brave boy,
but was missing after the battle of
Stone River All efforts to gain some
trace of his death and final resting
place proved futile. No one can tell
where, when, or how he died, or who
disposed of his remains. His mother
mourned the loss of her frst-born, and
often regretted that she had named him
Walter. A few years ago she died
at the old home. On her death-bed
she said: "Bury me I,eside my hus-
band on the hill-s t.e. nj if Walters
grave is ever forlid spel all the estate
/ leave, if it fakes tltat nuch, to bring
him home and lut Inn ov his father
and me. "---Itd o1npOA> Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

1.-The trumps are on one side and the
people on the other" signs the weary,
waiting would-be organ of the Grant
County Democrats. The trumps re-
ferred to are the county offices and they
are disposed of by the free vote of the
people of Grant County. May be that
laundering compositor changed a word
In the above extract and in the place of
.'trumps" should have set up Teller, :"
for wherever that paper has got upon
one side. whether in the matter of a
city official, or ian officer of the agri-
cultural society,"" or a United States
Senator. the people have got upon the
other A comparison of the files of
that paper with the election returns
will show that those county officers
whom that paper abused the most
spitefully were elected by the largest
majority of the peoples votes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

The paper that doesn't hold any
trumps when the people deal labors to
show that public offices have for their
principal object not the transaction of
public BUSINESS, but the educating of as
many young men as possible for public
life. Public education is good thing,
but our schools and colleges make
liberal provision for it, and it would
hardly pay to turn our state houses
and court houses into schools where
young men could not only be educated
free, but paid large salaries for at
tending
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

The barrel in which the Philadelphia
cooper proposes to shoot the Niagara
rapids is built somewhat in the shape
of an egg, with a twenty-inch top, seven
teen-inch bottom and thirty-three inches
in the center. 1t is made of one-and-a-
half-inch stuff, and is seven feet long,
and the cooper proposes to be tied in
the middle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

success of the occasion, should receive
great credit for the admirable way in
which everything was planned and car
ried out, for it may be said, and without
exaggeration, that it was one of the hap
piest celebrations ever held in Grant
County.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

A very large number of petitions was
presented in the Senate Tuesday, gotten
up and signed through the exertions of
the Knights of Labor, praying for the
passage of the bills FORGETTING railroad
IMMIGRANTS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

Congressman Hit. of the Galeua
district, has been renominated. He
has made very active and able men,
Der, and his constituents can hardly do
better than to return him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

At baseball picnic at Coulterville,
ILL.,. last Saturday, IS persons were
poisoned by eating ice cream from
copper kettle. Two have died and
several others are very low.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

The parliamentary elections continue
unfavorable to Mr.. Gladstone, and
there is little doubt that the Tories
and Liberal Unionists will control the
next party. But the agitation of the
Irish question will go on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
STATISTICS.

TOpnI1UOn. ......... ..s.s.s....ss.ss ol,65X
Area in square miles. ................ 1OS6
state valuation OF property for 1882. $12, 009 66S
GRANT COUNTY, one OF the oldest and largest
counties in the State, is Situated in the extreme
southwest corner-in size being about the same
area the state OF Rhode Island. Its first set
Element dates back to 1927.
The County now ranks sixth in population
and twelfth in wealth. The principal products
are Corn. Oats, Cattle and Hogs. OF the latter
immense quantities are shipped every year.
GRANT COUNTY, to settlers, still offers advan-
tages equal If not superior to any County in the
state, and is destinedto grow in the future as in
the past.
The County Is traversed by four Railroads on
havingits terminus in the County at LANCASTER
the County Seat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

There are 1870 women employed in
the English Civil Service.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

What with the drouth and the heat,
the Wisconsin tobacco crop this year
threatens to be hardly equal to fifty per
cent. of an average crop.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

Both Senate and House are preparing
to vigorously fight the President on the
vetoed Pension bills.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

At noon Monday the thermometer re-
corded SO in Chicago. A cooling lake
breeze, however, tempered the heat. Ex-
tremely hot weather is reported in other
sections.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08


Our esteemed contemporary is alto
gether mistaken in assuming that the
HERALD is opposed to new deal from
selfish reasons. If the Republican conn
ty convention this fall shall see fit to
make new nominations, the HERALD
does not anticipate any reason TO COM
plain. Judging from the past, it antici-
pates that the nominations of the con-
vention viii be both competent men and
Republicans, whether they are new men
or not, and such candidates it win cheer
fully support. 1t has no reason to fear
the consequence of any such new deal
Grant County, that ancient stronghold
of Republieanism, has had many new
deals, but none which have allowed the
court house to be won by the allies of
the ex-confederates, either covert or open
But our contemporary has nothing
whatever To lose by new deal, while it
may family hope for something from
such source; 'hope springs eternal in
the human breast, and is not founded
on reason nor experience. If one ear
nestly wishes it, he may even hope that
Grant County may yet indorse JEFF Davis.
but the HERALD does not fear it. No
more has it reason to fear that n new
deal win turn over the county
offices to thinly disguised Democratic
organ.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
Afraid of ,eln.

no." said Fitskihs, II don't think
shall ever try to join the Masons. It's
too dangerous"
Dangerous! How"
ooh, you see we hear about SO many
murders in the first, second and third
degrees that don't dare to try it."
DIR. FENNER'S Improved Cough
Honey relieves any Cough in one hour
or less. 31y1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
HAZEL GREEN.

Notary Public, Insurance Agent, Drug
gist aud Stationer-GEO. X, MILLs-pealeF IN
Drugs. Medicines. Paints oils Confectionery,
Fruits. Tohalcos and Cigars Books and station
cry Pure Liquors for Medicinal use. Preserip-
lions carrfnllv filed. lOyl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
Grant Gnmntp Nerald,

N~-o~~O~~NNc~NNN~~N~~~~~~ O~NNN~~~o~~~~~o~~-~
There are in the United States 1,024,-
-S01 tenant farmers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
CITY GUIDE.

LAEcAsTERLoDGE A. f. & A. NJ. meets first and
,hird Saturday in eachmsnth at p. m, in Budd
block
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
W.T.. IDA.

Attorney w. Murphy, Attorney at
! aw ana General Collection Agent Platteville,
Wis. Speaks German and English. 9yl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

GRANT CHATTER. Regular convocations second
Budd block.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
PLATTEVILEE.

Hotel-PARK House, A. w Moore, Pro
prietor. Plattcyine, Wis. The house has been
lately rcfttCd and rcfurnishcd throughout and
NO pains will be spared to accommodate guests.
Good stnbling attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

SUMMONS.
Circuit Court-Grant County.
Matthew Murphey and James S. Hird, Plain
tffs vs., Edward Walsh. Mary C.Walsh, his wife,
Elizabeth Robson and Robert A. Wilson, Simon
Harker and John Clemens. partners doing bust
ness under the firm name of X. A. Wilson 81 Co
lmelda 4. McClOskey, Henry Pascoe. Jonas Raw
son, William Hoskins and Henry Bergman, part
ners, Defendants.
The State of Wisconsin, to the said Defendants,
Bpsueach OF them
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty DAYS after service of this summons, eX
elusive of the day OF service, and defend the
above entitled action in the court aforesaid; and
in case Of your failure so to do, Judgment will be
rendered against you according to the demand Of
the complaint.
ORR & LOWRY
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
consin 1Sw6
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
BLOOMINGTON.

s1-~~--e->-~7~7 ''--s- y y - - -
Agent-R. BUGGINs, Mt. Ida, Grant CO.,
Wis. Notary Public and Conveyancor. Collcc-
tions q speciality.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

LANCASTER LoD0E I. 0. G.. T. Meets every
Tuesdayat p. m. in Budd block, Madison street.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LODGE l. o. r. Meets
every Wednesday at 7:30p. m. in odd Fellows
hall, Maple street.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

Agen, JESSE BROOKS, Couveyancer,
,Sllectinr Agent and dealer in Real Estate I'll
Ties Investigated. Loans negotiated. Blooming
ton. Wisconsin. }9ti
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
ODGERS & REED, Dentists
isEETOyVN.

Agent r. S. MORSE, Beetown, General
collecting Agent and Notary Public Business
promptly attended to. Agent for Continental
and other Insurance Co.'S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

LANCASTER COUNCIL Il. II. Meets first Thurs
day Of each month in Budd block Madison street.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

FIDELITY LODGE A. o. L. W. Meet first and
bird Mondays OF each month in Budd block,
Madison street
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

DoctOr-A. III. BARBER, Lancaster, Wis.
Olicc over Gibbs Barber Shop. Hours 10 a. m.
To- u. III.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

BLOOMINGTON HOTEL, Simon
Woodhousc. Proprietor, Bloomington. Wis. HAY
ing rcatted and built ample room for the accom-
mediation OF guests l am now prepared TO ac-
commodate them with well furnished roems
good beds and wGll-supplied tables. Sample
rooms Attentive hostlers. Good stabling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
CASsvILLE.

GERMAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Rev. j. a.
Eingold, Pastor. Services every other Sunday.
Sabbath School every Sabbath at II a. IN Social
Mailing WeanesdaY eVeninps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
LANCASTER.

Agent. II. G. SNECLoDE, Cassville,
Wis, Notary Public, Conveyancer and Fire In
-nrance Agent. Collections promptly attendedtO.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

SYLVAN CAMP. M. w. or A. Meets LIST and Sd
Fridays OF each month in Budd Block, Madison
street
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

DOctOr-F. f. STRONG, Lancaster, Wis
consin. Physician and Surgeon. Office over
Bryan's Drug Store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Madison st.
sunday School a. NJ Services l0A.N. Singing
school . A.. NJ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

PhOtOgrapher-W b. VAN DE WALL,
photographer Gallery two doors west of Post
Onice, Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08

HYDE's OPERA House.. Corner Madison and
Cherry strerts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
THE FARM.
Save the Lambs,

1t is important that all lambs
should be saved. Whether or not
man makes money by handling sheep
depends largely upon the manner in
which he handles the lambs. By
slight additional expense in the be~
stowal of some extra labor, lambs
can be started of nicely In the spring
and kept growing through the en-
tire summer. Good, fresh pasturage
should be provided for them at
weaving time. This Is best secured
by raising meadow sown to timothy
and clover and from which q crop
has been mown. If this Is not to be
had, a pasture That has been pretty
closely cropped In the earlier p,rt Of
the summer, should have all tho
stock taken off two or three weeks
bsfore the lambs are turned in. It
Is better that the grass should DO
short, though plenty Of It. A few
old dry ewes should be kept with the
weaned lambs until they have
learned to drive and come at the call
Of the shepherd. Under no circum-
stances should spring lambs be al
lowed to run with dam later than
tho FIRST Of September. Any sup
posed advantage to the lamb Is moro
than lost through the drain on the
eve. Phe practice IL not common
with the fieckmasters Of the North.
west, however, Of weaving their
lambs. but permitting them to run
with the ewes all Of the fail.