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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-14

Then they were the dudes. He drew
an amusing sketch of the young soldier
having his tintype taken, dressed in
his new uniform with his musket at a
parade rest or an order arms, q bowie
knife in his left hand and revolver in
his belt, the picture to be sent to his
sister or some other boys sister. He
referred to the endless list of things
"that might be needed with which the
soldier on his first campaign crowded
his knapsack and loaded himself. He
SAID if the old soldiers should go to war
again they would have mnch to unlearn.
Things were different now, just as the
old soldiers of the Mexican war did
when they wen: into the war of the re-
bellion. He eulogized the national
guard and objected to their being called
militia. But national guard is a
misnomer, as they are entirely a state
institution and the national government
has nothing to do with them. He
spoke highly of the promptness and
readiness of the militia in Chicago and
said the veterans on their first campaign
would not have been SO well prepared.
He thought it showed great thoughtful
ness that the militia had their canteens
filled with water-upon which the vet
Grams laughed, as if they would have
had their canteenS filled with something
else. Lack of space precludes further
mention of his speech and his amusing
anecdotes.
At p. m. the veterans met in the
city hall for business. 1t was decided
to hold the next reunion at ShullSburg
next year in June, the date to be fixed
by the officers. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, e. Ii. Baxter; Vice President,
Bryan, Dugdale; Commander, 1t Shep-
ard; Assistant Commander, Dr. G. G.
Gratiot; Adjutant General, Joseph
Blackstone; Asst. Adjutant, Richard
Carter; Quartermaster, A. A. Town
send; Asst. Quartermaster, w. Ii. Ben
nett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-14
Commencement Exercises of the Lam
caster High School.

No graduating exercises have been
more successful than those of the class
of 1885, The school hall was crowded
on Friday morning by the friends of the
graduates 20 witness their taking off. y
Profuse floral decorations made the hall
resplendent, and the air redolent with
their perfume. In front of the stage
heavy ropes of evergreen were fes-
TONED, and from each of the loopings
hung wreaths of evergreen bearing the
device 1856" Directly over the stage
hung the class motto, "Step by STEP"
also wrought in evergreen: and against
the wall. as the central stage decora-
ton, was ladder of green set with
white blossoms. On the wall at each
side was suspended banner, with a
device in white roses against red back
ground. On each side of the stage, at
the back, was a large stand covered
with vines and ferns. AT the right of
the stage were masses of plants, vines
and ferns; at the left, clusters of flow
ers massed around a large basket of
roses. Cut flowers abounded every
where. and every available space was
beautified. 1t seemed the universal
opinion that the chapel had never be-
fore been so we'll decorated The flow
ers for the gorgeous display were con-
tributed by Mrs Lowry, Mrs. Buchner,
Mrs. Geo Edwards, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Joe
Nathan, Mrs. Murphey and many
others. The exercises were opened
with prayer by Rev. S. w, Eaton. Men
delssohn's Song of the Lark was
then sung by a quartette consisting of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler, Miss Fanny
Schmitt and Mr. Durand. Miss Marie
A. Book introduced the graduating
class with the question who's Who?n
The essayist pointed out the variety
existing everywhere in nature, which
permits no two leaves to be exactly
alike and rounds each pebble different
ly. In man as great variety is found
He has certain qualities in common
with all others of his species, but each
individual possesses certain distinct
traits that distinguish him from his
fellows. and these peculiar traits make
personality. No one is slave to sin
Gle impulse bat is rather strayed bv
many conflicting impulses. Those men
who are prominent in history, became
so by force of character. No man is a
| gentleman because his father was, if he
does not possess the characteristics that
made his father gentleman. No
I woman is a lady, unless under all cir
cumstances her culture and considera-
ton for others mark her lady. This
| distinct oneness is not all inherent in
nature, it is left incomplete to be fin
ished to the taste of the possessor. Our
lives must follow the course marked
out BY this distinct existence. We must
form our individuals and fashion our
deeds, remembering that
The tissue Of the life to be
! We weave in cOlors all our own.
And in the field of destiny
W. reap as we have soWn.
Miss Laura Schreiner next read on
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-14

For several days last week there were
bloody riots in Belfast, Ireland, by the
Orangemen. who hayc shown them
selves as desperately fanatic and brutal
as the anarchists of Chicago and Mil
waukee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

The man who is out of doors at sunrise
can form a pretty accurate opinion of
what the day will be. If just before sun
rise the sky especially in the west is
suffused With red. rain generally follows
in the course of the day, in winter, often
snow. If. however, il is TO be forsty
weather. the downfall is sometimes delay
ed. On the other hand, if the sky be a
dull gray, and the sun rises clear, grad
ually dispensing the yapor. it will be fine.
If he retires behind the clouds, and there
are reddish streaks about it, it will rain.
Should the sun, later in the day shine
through a gray. watery haze IT viii prob
ably be a rainy night. The sunset Is very
unreliable. Often a beautiful sunset viii
be followed by bad day. After rainy
day. suddenly a sunset. IN the far west,
will appear a magnificent streak of Grim
mot c0pper-color) this generally fore
tells a fine day tinted halo round the
sun at setting occurs in long continued
rainy weather. halo round the moon.
especially if some distance from it, is a
sure indication Of q heavy downfall at
hand
Rainbows are unreliable, except they
occur in the morning, when rain may be
expected. SundOgs and fragments Of
prismatic colors during the day show con
tinued unsettled weather A dazzling
metallic lustre ON foliage during a cloud
less day in the summer precedes sudden
change.
Huge piled-masses of white cloud in a
skv during winter indicates snow or hail.
If small dark clouds float below the upper
ones, moving faster than they, rain will
follow. ar it will If, in the morning, low
hanging. pale brown, smoke-like clouds
are floating about. Red-tinged clouds,
high-up at evening are followed by wind,
occasionally by rain.
Mists at evening over lowlying ground
or near a river precede fine and warm
DAYS. If mist in the morning clears of
as the sun gets higher, it viii be fine. but
If it settles down again after lifting lit
tie, rain is al hand. No dew in the morn
ing il mostly followed by rain, and a
heavy dew in the evening followed by a
fine day Rain follows two or three con-
secutive boar frosts A shower Of hail in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29
Designs for Hanging baskets.
From Good Housekeeping.

The designs for hanging baskets of
fered by florists and wire-makers and
pottery and title-makers are very uumer-
Gus and attractive. If selections are made
from thes be certain to choose those large
enough not less than twelve inches IN Iii
ameter and six inches in depth. Fill the
earth in even with the rim, and then let it
rise in the center If only one or two
large plants are placed in the basket 1t is
well to moss over the surface with
lycopodium, or swamp moss, for this helps
keep in the moisture and saves trouble in
watering. The pretty wire baskets which
look like bowls of green velvet when hung
in the window must first be lined with
green moss, then filed in with soil and
lastly planted Good-sized conk shells
will hold sufficient earth TO grow vines
and are among the most graceful window
baskets The edges must be bored for
wires cords or ribbons by which the shell
is suspended, Light, rich soil should be
packed into shells, which look delightful
if planted with the blue blossOming lobelia
The rim of gourds and scallop squashes
make exceedingly pretty baskets for trail
ing plants Cocoanut shells are useful
and pleasing for holding MOSES and
creepers The ordinary kitchen wooden
bowl can he converted into an attractive
basket by boring few gimlet holes IN the
bottom and sides. Take a bowl that is
sixteen inches in diameter, and make
three holes at equal distance in the edge
by which to suspend it with cords. The
outside of the bowl may be embellished
with lichens and wood mosses which
can be applied with glue, brass wire or
little brads. Plant such basket with
bright green moneywort, with the differ
ent varieties of trascantia and soft bend
ing grasses, and it is truly, "a thing of
beauty
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

the daytime is usually followed by frost
at night. If, after rain, drops of water
still hang on the branches and twigs and
to window frames, the rain will return;
but if they fall and the woodwork dries,
fine weather is AT hand.
Stones turn damp before wet; at the
same time, il must be observed that the
fact of their doing SO does not invariably
indicate rain. for they viii do SO oecas-
sionally before heat,
Smoke descending heavily to the ground
is a sign of very doubtful weather.
Objects at great distances, which are
generally indistinctly seen, or even not
seen at all, sometimes loom out clear and
distinct. When this happens bad wealth
er or change of wind ensues. A well
known instonce of this is the Isle of
Wight, as seen from South sea. If the
opposite shore is clearly seen, there is
rain about. fiat night, after being
blown out and exposed to the outer air.
the wick of a candle continues to smould.
er long time, the next day will be fine
Green-colored sky betoken unsettled, bad
weather, often long continued.
IT, on fine day, the dust suddenly rises
in revolving, spiral column, rain is
near.
The bowling of wind indicates, in most
houses, but not invariably, that downfall
is near. In some houses. owing to their
construction, the wind always means,
Wherever the wind is at the time of the
vernal equinox March 81, or thereabouts
that will be the prevailing wind through
out the next three months.
If the stars appear unusually numer-
ous and the milky way very clearly de-
fined, with the surrounding sky dark, or
if there be a misty appearance over the
stars, rain is coming, while if there be
but few stars, and those very bright and
sparkling, in a pale steely sky, it will be
fine,
Swine before rain are unusually noisy
and restless. Swallows in fine weather
will fly high and at the approach of rain
close to the ground, but the latter does
not apply if the day is cold, in which
case they hawk very low.
Common spaIrows washing vigorously
III puddle ON the road, or at the edge OF
running water is a sure sign of rain. A
baker who kept n PARROT in the dry at
mosphere of the bake offices, noticed that
few hours before rain the bird took an
imaginary bath, 1uttering as if splashing
water and preening her feathers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29
SINGULAR CASE
A North Carolina Woman Who Imtg.aes Sh,
is Bewitched

Noftn AAVolihN woman " no lNtS'iNs Nut
is Bewitched.
A Raleigh, y. c., correspondent of the
Richmond State writes Ii MAY seem in
credible, but it Is true that there is within
five miles of Wadeshoro Arson county on
the southern border of this state an entire
family of average intelligence SO supersti-
tious that one of its members Is to-day
sOrely afflicted with an imaginary spell.
put upon her by her mother iu.law, rs she
fancies, and which all the powers OF vou-
dOoism can not remove. The victim is a
young woman who was married eighteen
months ago to an industrious, well to-do
young, who carried his bride to the house
of his mother, where they lived happily
together until few weeks ago, when the
young wife, who in the meantime had be-
come mother, became sick and continued
to grow worse from day to day as the idea
fastened itself upon her that she was be
witched. She returned TO the home of
her father who Is a conjurer, He readily
agreed with his daughter that she was be
witched. and after exhausting his skill
declared he could not remove the charm
becausd the afflicted woman was of his
own blood. He sent for Able Lindsay
voudoo living in the neighborhood, and
promised him $50 if he would remove the
spell from his child and put it upon the
one who hewitched her. The attending
voudoo, after exhausting his alleged skill
gave il up us hopeless case, and caused
another voudoo to be called the greatest
of them all. The latter keeps the secret
of his identity as great a mystery as he
does that of his alleged art, and nowhere
appears in daylight, Last Saturday night
the two voudoos passed the night in all
kinds of manipulations and incantations
over the afflicted woman, such, for in
stance, as rubbing her with frogs and
lizards the boiling of silver coins, the
waving of arms. and calling o. spirits.
There is much interest felt in the matter
in the neighbo rhood. Many people are
indignant that such gross superstition
should exist. All sympathize with the I'M
happy young man and the afflicted wife.
who doubtless suffers as much as if she
was stricken With some .real' disorder in
stead of being the victim of her father. =
own superstition; and her own erratc
fancy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29
chnrnctnr In IInnlls.

Our Oriental friends, who are of more
slow and dignifed character disapproye
of the Western custom of taking hold of
the precious person of an acquaintance
and shaking him for welcome. 1t may
be more dignifed TO bow, but if frankness
and activity be our characteristics, we like
the trustful mystery of a hand-clasp. 1t
is an index in itself. The formal and
cold characters offers straight fingers for
an instant; the duh and apathetic lets US
take hold of hand like a dead fish; the
energetic business man meets an old
friend with a grip that brings the water
into his eyes; the warm-hearted takes our
hand and holds it. The nervous hard, with
IN atfectionate swiftness, comes out most
readily and longingly. And is there any
thing more natural to reyerent love
than the kissing of the hand that has been
bountiful in love TO us? Sec how far we
have gone among mysteries!
Character, habits, and age are the three
things that are told by the hands. When
We draw the character of Heep, the by
pocrite and as schOolboys would say,
the sneak" Dickens did not neglect this
tell-tale:-"Ohl' what a clammy hand his
was! as ghostly to the touch as to the
sight; | rubbed mine afterwards TO warm
it. and to rub his of 1t was such an I'M
comfortable hand, that when l went to my
room, it was still cold and wet upon my
memory" Even if it be not that Of Heep,
the hypocritically human hand is apt to
writhe and squeeze Its bending fingers to-
gether
The hand that little Jack Horner made
sticky with his own pie in his own corner,
undoubtedly became with big Jack Hor-
ner thick-fngered puffy index of his
partiality for pies and plums.
Little does the swaggerer who chunks
his small change and cocks his thumbs
out of his pockets, imagine that has
thumbs and hands are as much his con
demnation as the Dragging seals and the
chain that would anchor ship. The stln-
~ man has a tight hand; his fingers keep
last hold of a sixpence and his palm
makes q careful hollow out of which it
cannot roll until he is quite sure he Is
obliged TO part with it.
Tha rough and the refined hand are
different witt difference like that Of ed
ucation in the man. The lowest extremity
OF rougness is the hand of brute violence
colossal paw. of iron strength, huge with
mnscel vein and sinew, but lacking all
sensitiveness and hexibility defiant IN ITS
attitudes a human tool that has been
turued into a weapon.
There are refined hands that are Grim
mai also but there character Is the more
hateful because no trace Is msde upon
outward perfection, and their beauty Is
lie One reads in the well-cared for,
or. as We might say, the educated hand,
not only its c,n refinement but that OF
other generations the ancestors VINO llyed
at leisure from bodily toll, whose muscles
we're not stretched By labor. whose fingers
AitIe used. went slender to the tips, whose
very finger nails revealed easy times, by
their oval shape. not pressed and worn
INTO hard worked diminutive half. circles.
4et one likes the strong hand moral
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

How many misunderstanding arise
from the loose way in which business
matters are talked over, and then when
each party puts his own construction on
the conversation. the matter is dismissed
bv each with the words. 'all right, all
right" Frequently it turns out all wrong
and becomes question for lawyers and
the courts. More than three-fourths of
the litigation of the country would be
country would be saved. if the people
would put down their agreements in writ
ing, and sign their names to it. Each
word in our language has its own partic-
ular meaning, and memory may by the
change of its position in sentence con
vey an entirely different idea from that
intended. When once reduced 70 writing,
ideas are fixed. and expensive lawsuits
avoided
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

Cassell's Family Magazine

At Inverness last summer, | saw from q
distance little boy fall from the high
wall near the bridge ! being at the other
side of the river height of probably
fifteen feet A sturdy Highlander march
ed round and shouldered him. From the
shrioks of the lad thus roughly mounted
I felt sure bone was broken, and found
out afterward | was right
The accident puts me in mind to say
here that we cannot be too careful in the
manner we lift or carry person who has
received an injury of this kind
Oh! fancy, if you can, the agony pro
duced from, say. a fractured thigh rudely
handled, the Jagged end OF the bone per
hans thrust through the quivering flesh.
Keep a wounded OF injured person on
the level if possible; be very gentle. The
handiest of all stretchers is large shut
ter or door with a mattress or pillows on
II. Or plaid or blanket used as ham
mock will do, or a net hammock itself If
one be handy.
While one party Is carrying home, or
TO n chemists shop. the injured person,
some one must be sent TO secure surgical
assistance.
The sooner surgical aid is got, the more
chance Of SPEEDY recovery VIII the pat
lent have.
Be careful not TO give brandy in injur-
les to the head. You might commit a
fatal errorl
The best way 70 distinguish q fracture
from dislocati0n is 10 find out by mani
pulation whether there is a motion in the
Injured part. In dislocation the bone is
immovably fixed.
Many diIocations can be treated sue
cessfully on the spot by the sufferer
friends
Just word about street accidents.
Somehow or other, in such cases, one in
the crowd usually turns out TO be a sur
peon: but if not, let one be speedily fetch
ed. Meanwhile, ask the crowd. with all
the respect due 20 crowds in the latter
end Of the nineteenth century 20 stand
back and give the patient air. On a sum
mer day he may do better, for a time
out Of doors than in a shop. got a man
onto a hand-cart once and there lie re-
manned till the first shock of the accident
was dispelled. But / kept the crowd at
BAY. and as quiet as possible. Nothing
il more likely to make bad worse than q
Yelling crowd crying, Do this or Do
that.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

The custom of having a barber call at
ones house has become quite fashion in
the last few years. 1t is rather expensive,
but the rich men can stand it. About 90
cents is the average fee demanded. Some
rich men have fitted up special BARRIERS
rooms at their homes others have easy
chairs just for the accommodation of their
BARRIERS at their down town places of bus
mess. 1t used to be Ferdinand Wards
regular afternoon custom TO summon his
barber as soon as business was over; he
was sort of pioneer in this line down in
Wall street. Now there are dozens of
sueculatOrs and clerks who follow out
his aristocratic example.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

strong even if has never been tasked with
physical labor the mans hand that IS not
efeminate, the girls hand that is not
pretty waxwork, but a part of ahelpful
someone, who would be sweetly willing to
do something for somebody else. Tn
less 1t be the weak hand of sickness, which
Is most piteous sight. the hand of the
weak character is not what anyone cares
to clasp. More and more in this world
we want the hands that can do some
thing. Carlyle says. the first doing
would be for many revelation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29
Heading Him on
New York Tribune

Mr.. Featherly,' said Bobby at the din
ner table, whats an ayerage?'
yes. Pa says you come to see sister
twice week on an average
Featherly was very much amused. At
ter explaining to Bobby the meaning of
the word. he said;
i suppose you thought it was some
kind Of a carriage, Bobby"
\ thought it might be bicycle but l
knew it couldn't be a carriage, because
ma says you're 500 mean TO hire
Bobby" interrupted his mother,
will you have another piece of pie.'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

The origin of the famous melody,
John Browns Body" is given as follows
by writer in Philadelphia paper. 1t
knocks the romance out of the Harper's
Ferry end of the story. 1t was adapted
from a camp-meeting tune, Say, broth
ers will you meet usy' This in turn was
modelled from a song written for fire
company, Say, bummers viii you meet
us?" The words originated with memb-
ers of the Tiger Battalion Massachus-
etts Volunteer Militia. 1T first appeared
in April 1861, in a a quartet of the Zig
ers" jenkins, Edgerly, Puruette and
John Rrown- aud was simply sort Of
joke on the name of the last mentioned.
He was Scotchman and failed to see the
point in the witticism, which, of course,
only made it only more lasting. The
Twelfth Massachusetts, sahg it in Boston
harbor, at Fort Warren; they were the
first to sing it in New Work City, July,
1861. where it made a sensation, and con
tinued chanting it until it had become so
commo Improperly as to have lost all nov
eltyn Two of the quartet are now living
i'll Boston, Mass. John Brown was drown
ed in Virginia, June, 1862, and jenkins
whereabouts are unknown. All were SER
geants in the Twelfth Massachusetts Vol
Unteers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

Stranger TO fellow passenger) Excuse
me. but am not right in taking you for
a professional man:
Fellow passenger Yes, sir.
Stranger Thanks. It's not often that
I make mistake in judging my fellow
men. Your work il headwork altogether,
of course:
Fellow passenger Oh. yes, air entirely
80.
Stranger Ell lawyer
Fellow passenger NO, slr; barber.