Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-07-04
pEA1n o. 4. 0. FARounARsoN.

his dissolving touch upon the pain
racked body OF our fellow craftsman,
Highwell Dunlap Farquharson. Death
came TO him kindly. So lightly did it
touch him in passing that the silent
watchers at his bedside hardly knew
when the spirit had flown. One year
ago "Cap Ferg' was siezed with fatal
disease which confined him to his bed
at the time and his escape from death
was very narrow. Since that time he
had suffered considerable but was able
to be up and around. Four weeks ago
he, in company with the writer of this
article, he started to make tour of the
| district over which he had control as
state game warden. On the road to
Madison Mr.. Farquharson complained
of feeling unusually i'll and arriving
there he thought il inexpedient to travel
farther so returned. Arriving home he
took 10 his bed from which he never
arose.
Deceased was born at Rome. Oneida
county, New York, in 1888 When
about twenty-five years of age no came
west and held the position of foreman
on a daily paper in Dubuque. just
before tho war he came to Lancaster
and took the formanship of the Grant
County Herald, then owned by j. G.
Cover.
The war of the the rebellion came on,
troups were organizing and marching
TO the front. The patriotic fire that
slumbered in Ferg's heroic bosom was
famed into flame and he issued
poster, dated July "a, 1862, with
large eagle on top, n copy OF which is
now before the writer, and a portion of
which reads as follows:
AROUSE! Volunteers wanted! The
subscriber, authorized by Il recruiting
commission from his Excellency. Gov
ernor Solomon, hereby gives notice to
all able bodied men in Grant County,
over Is and under 40 years of age, that
no will receive tho names of volunteers
under the late call of the president, and
that he wishes TO fill up company for
the 18th regiment Wisconsin volunteers,
by the 18th of August, 1862, the time
SET for going into camp ut La Crosse
city. All enlistments will be for three
years or during the war. Tho pay win
be the same as heretofore, except that
on going into tho regiment, volunteers
will receive one months pay in advance
and Il fourth part of tho one hundred
dollars bounty. equal in all to S3S, be-
| sides the State allowance TO the families
of soldiers, the latter now assumed by
the governor upon the faith of the state.
These payments arc clear of all ex-
penses for clothing and rations. A re-
cruiting roll will be found at tho Herald
Office in Lancaster.
III. ID. FARQUHARsoN.
Mr. Farquharson served through the
war rs captain of company G, 25th
Wisconsin infantry, and was brave
soldier and kind hearted officer as the
love for their leader of the mon in his
company who still survive is living
witness.
September 10, 1875, Mr.. Farquharson
purchased The Boscobcl Dial of g. Bur-
ton. The Dial was then n staggering
sheet of limited circulation. Under his
skillful management this journal was
brought up TO its present stable and in
iluencial position. AS a job printer
cap Ferg" was not excelled by any
in this part of the state. All the points
in his character were bold. striking,
dashing, and he imprinted his char
acteristics upon every piece of job work
that passed under his hand He held.
aye, led all tho advanced ideas con-
corning the creation of jobs of printing
and brought the art preventative up TO
its present high standard of excellence
in this part of the state.
He served on the staff of Governor
Rusk for seven years with the rank of
colonel.
January l, 1881, Mr.. Farquharson,
in company with Joe Cover. purchased
the Grant County Herald of Edward
Pollock. A few months later he pur-
chased tho interest of his partner and
successfully conducted tho paper until
January /, 1885. when he sold the
paper TO w. G.. Chandler. Mr.. Farqu-
harson owned tho Dial until 1882, at
which time he sold out to Lou p. Lester.
After selling the Herald he followed
the fortunes of his trotting horse, Ger
man Boy, who had record of 2:27.
In the spring of 1887, he was appointed
game warden for southern Wisconsin
by Governor Rusk and was reappointed
by Governor Hoard this spring. In
the fall of 1888 he received q pension
from the government for disabilities
contracted during the war.
MIR. Farquharson remained single
man all his life. He leaves three
brothers and three sisters to mourn his
going away. One of his brothers,
John, was at lis bedside at the time of
his death and took his remains 10 Rome,
Now York, for interment.
Friday evening at o'clock services
were held in the Central house parlors
at which time his many friends were
given the opportunity of looking upon
his face for the last time. Tom Cox
Post, G. A. r., of Lancaster, of which
he was member, was represented by
Commanders John Lane, c. ILL., Baxter,
Cap. Schloesser, VIM. Dyer. David
Schreincr John and Martin Oswald.
There were also present Miss Belle
Crosby, John S. Wright. John Phillips,
Hon. +. |. Kidd. and other friends.
We deslike TO close this brief biog
raphy without giving praiseworthy
mention 10 Hiram Favor and Albert
Muflly and other friends who so kindly
administered TO the last wants of Cap
| Ferg' GEO w. GOLDSMITH.