Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-21

lumber yesterday. TO be distributed this
week along the railroad to be used IN
the construction of its bridges. This
amount will be sufficient for all the
bridges as far up as Cassville.
Miss Mary Wepper has returned from
weeks visit at the Hurricane. She
was the guest of John Flesche's family
Mr.. James Murphy and his family
have moved to Centerville, Iowa; also
Stanley Bowers and his family Mr..
Murphey takes charge of a contractors
blacksmith shop, and Mr.. Bowers of a
boarding house, located on the new
railroad now in progress of construction
from Outumna.
Richard Winners is now able to get
to town again. He has been under the
doctors care for some time.
Chas. Jewett was seen setting up
cigars for the boys the other day. The
explanation of this is said to be he
found girl baby at his home short
time ago.
Thomas Elmer is out on the street
again. He has been sick few days.
M. G. Mccarthy, John Moore and
Isabor Paquin, the three contractors
who had charge of the mason work for
Grant River bridge, have completed
their work and left.
DR.. A. II. Barber, in company with
2. A. Daggett, of Muscoda, registered
at the Cottage Hotel, last Monday.
Ex-Governor Dewey, of Cassville,
spent two days in town last week. at
tending to some business matters.
Rev. Geo. A. Nelson, of Beloit, is
holding special meetings here this week.
Clara Jones, of Lancaster, passed
through here on her way to Dubuque
for weeks visit.
L. G. Foster, one of Potosi's earliest
settlers, now residing at Tonnica, H.,
came ON Wednesday and stayed until
Monday, and visited among the old
settlers. He first came here in IA and
has been absent for 80 years. The cave
and other places of interest are among
his recollections, and he tells many
stories about Potosi mines and its
miners of the "Auld lang Syne" days,
which are interesting to even the pres
ent generation.
1t is with pleasure that one can be
allowed to revisit the scenes of his early
life, but sometimes quite sad TO note
some changes that have taken place
during the absence. How lonely it must
be to the chieftain who returns to find
his once loved hunting grounds torn up
and destroyed and the pale-faced chill
dren of other nations sitting around
the same old trees and rocks and rills
where he had reared his family or per-
chance had met to WOO and win some
dusky maiden of his tribe! Those
days have passed and will return no
more to him, and he turns away with
a saddened face and looks toward the
setting sun, where dwells his tribe who
cannot return. One more last look is
taken and he too will leave our hills
and wales forever, no doubt wondering
whether or not some son of pale-face
may not come along and dig up his
bones out of sheer curiosity and place
them in some Yankee museum. But
the white man returns to find that vast
improvements have been made during
his absence, and he points with pride
and pleasure upon the race to which he
belongs The car and steamboat now
travel alongside each other we'll pleased
in the progress the other has made and
the wild war-whoop gives way to mel
odies sung by charming children, while
the birds overhead rejoices because
arrows for mischief are shot at them
no more. CHIMNEY Rock.
Georgetown.