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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29

away the pail of water with which she
had been washing the glass floors Of
their home, and one of the small Rain
bows fell into the water.
Optic ran TO the scene of trouble, and
her first thought was: What a care
less little maid, 10 be sare," But when
She had looked for a moment al the
pail and the dripping little Rainbow
through those powerful glasses. the
whole affair seemed 50 small that she
put Rainbow, Jr., into dry clothing in
twinkling, and quietly reproved the
little maid, who inwardlv blessed her
and determined TO be very careful in
the future.
At Pessie's home matters were very
different
To begin with, her husband was
called Indigo because he was always so
very blue--and no wonder! He had
found he could not please his wife, try
as he would, and so he had long ago
given up trying; and as no man can be
expected TO be happy who has not
happy home, he was just about the
bluest man the world has ever seen.
Then there were the little Indigos
The only streaks Of real sunshine that
ever came into their unhappy lives
shone when they were permitted to go
on visit to their Aunt Optics.
When they were at home, II a dress
was torn OF knee worn through, their
mother would look through her glasses
sharply and declare that it was done
on purpose to make her more work,
when goodness knew she had enough
TO do, anyway" and the offending In
digo would be sent to closet or cor
ner to mediate upon the great wrong
he had committed
No willing little maid could be found
10 work for Pessie, although Mr.. Indi-
go had secured the country to find one.
Pessie and her glasses were pretty
well known, and people called her the
cross fairy"
After Optic and Pessie had used their
glasses for a long time, they became
enchanted so that Optics glasses would
magnify only the pleasant things and
make the unpleasant ones look very
small, and if used in any other way
would make everything look confused
and blurred
Pessie's glasses, too, could only be
tsed as she had used them, and were
worthless if looked through in the OPP
posite way.
One day magician named Dispo
Sition disguised himself as beggar for
the pur ose Of gaining possession Of
the wonderful glasses lie went to
both Optics and Pessie's houses. and
soon afterward disappeared, and with
him disappeared the two pairs Of magic
glasses.
He took them to his home. and made
q great many like them, and distrib-
uted them all over the world.
But everyone has the power of choos- /
ing one of the two kinds. ana those
who choose the kind like Optics are
called Optimists while those who choose
the kind made like Pessie's are called
PeSsimists.
Which sort have you decided to
wear2-Julia D. Cowles, in st. Nicho-
las
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
Her Reason.

Say, Liz, do you recollect that day
You stood by the old worm-eaten fence,
With your sunbonnet OF an a whsp o hay
In your hair; you've never looked as purity
sence.
With your eyes a-sparklln' an cheeks as red,
An your arms stretched out S if you'd fly,
With your hands spread out to shade your head
Because you had the sun in your eye.
An, Liz, when I stole up benin,
An told you I loved you, right then an there
An asst you, Liz, II you'd be mine,
An kissed you-while takin' the hay from
your hair
DO you recollect how you answered me-
When you'd let me kiss you an I asst Why
You blushed an said you souldn' see
Because you had the sun in your eye.
An, Liz, do you recollect that night:
When I came 70 COL, so sheepish an green,
An dad was there lookin' clipper an bright
An he'd up an asst you to be his queen;
Do you recollect how you looked at me.
An then al the floor, so modest an shy,
An told dad E2u couldn't SCI you. You see
I've the ~. Nmy eye
Cincinnati Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
TRANSATLANTIC OAK sAPLlNGs.
4 Fifth Century Arbor Day in the Swiss
City.of Brugg.


City. OF Brugg.
The origin Of Arbor dav is attributed
to the state of Nebraska. and certainly
this state seems the most enthusiastic
and industrious in celebrating the OBJ
servance. for since its Inauguration no
less than four hundred million trees
have been planted by the school chill
drcn and citizens of the state. and
prizes have been given to those plant
ing the largest number of trees But
i'm en- old Swiss chronicle It is related
that away back in The fifth century
the people Of a little Swiss town called
Brugg assembled in council and re-
solved 10 plant forest of oak trees
on the common The first rainy
daJ thereafter the citizens began
their work. They dug holes in me
ground with canes and sticks and drop
ped an acorn into each hole, trampling
the dirt over them. Upward of twelve
sacks were sown in this way, and after
the work was done each citizen received
a wheaton roll as a reward.
Great oaks from little acorns grow"
1t is said. but for some reason the work
was all in vain, for the seeds never
came up Perhaps the acorns were laid
too deep, or it might have been the
trampling Of so many feet had packed
the earth too firmly. Whatever the
cause the acorns refused to sprout.
and the towns-people sowed the
same ground with rye and oats, and
after the harvest they tried the
acorn planting again-this time in an
other way-by blowing the soil and
sowing the acorns in the burrows. But
again the great oaks" refused TO grow;
grass came up inst adj. and the people
We're disappointed. But an oak grove
they were determined 10 have. So after
this second failure few wise men put
their heads together and decided to
gain the desired result by transplant
ing y day was appointed lin Oe3ober1,
and the who community. men. women
and childr, n. marched 10 the woods,
dug mp an oak sapling and transplant
ed il on the common At the close
of the exercises each girl ana boy
was presented with a roll. and in
the evening the grown people had
"a merry feast ia the town hall
This time the trees grew. the people
~ BruEg were pleased ana satisfied,
and instituted the day 81 tree-plautiur
q yearly holiday. Every Year Is the
F., day came round the children formed iii
/ line and marched to tie oak grove.
bringing back twigs or switches. thus
proving that the oaks We're thriving
I and every year at the close Of the
+ parade the rolls were distributed TO he
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
4 visitor from Babyland.

Have SOY stepped ou. y Ba6yland. MY bonny
little girl2
With your sace al ,4.i az sunshine ard your
hair al fun 81 eurls
Oh Jolly land is "Bapylsnd where love and
kisses grow
And Of all such things, you darling. you have
had your share I know
pii you come 70 cheer Us grown folks with q
sight q your sweet faceF
You little spi4;e from Bahyland, al fun Of baby
grace
Have you brought Us few kisses all mixed
with dimples sweet
As int prosy ST wn-uTland' you sreed your
dancing teet'
Then take, dear baby, hack TO your dear land
with you
lot q srownap .isses from Grown.up hearts
true.
Q, deSr' what would his ola werlc below
would its customs stand
II il we're not for the coming az onr guests from
"BaSglandt"
Rahylsnc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29

= y WFFN u NHa
FROM TIE CAROLINA WALL

FROM TIE CAROLINA VALLEY.
The moonlight lies on Pisgah's crown,
Where oak and pine tree rear their head,
The mists Of night have settled down.
And by the whispering river spread
But DER the veil. against the sky
The mighty mountain towers high
The moonlight sheds its silver stream,
And battles the els tant mountain height;
Within the vale watch and dream,
Surrounded by lesser light
A red star sinking in the west
Seems on the mountain-top TO rest
l count the star beacon fire,
That blazes foI n 10 stir the heart
And move the soul 10 high desire
To play on earth better part
And star and moon their spell have wrought,
For wakes the min TO higher thought
-Harpers Bazaar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29

Spring Fever.
! wonder why most every year,
An just about this season,
feel broke up" an sort o. queer
wonder what's the reasong
I cross my i's and dot my is,
With nary sense or nleaninH
An clean forget my as and p's,
An catch myself a-dreamin'-
How the trees an hills an valleys look,
An II the woodpeck's thumpin'-
An hear the ripplin' OF the brook,
An see the trout s-lumpin
In the eddies OF the dark pool where
The water swirls an pillows
An mind / hooked beauty there,
Right underneath the willows
Heigh-hol an I've spicion
That pills won't her me, either
But week or two o. fshin'
Is the dose 70 cure spring fever
N. Y Evening Sun
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29

How did The world exist, my little son, before
you came.
How could life seem 10 be aught other than an
empty uames
Why when think that this whole world to-day
revolyes about you,
l wonder that through all these years I could
have lived without you.
One horrid thing Expresses me, my son
"A bQgie us. and constantly forueust me
Perhaps when you are aged twentg-one,
You'll seek the polls, ar mayhap vote
against me.
-Harper's Young People.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
VERSES OF THE DAY.


Only.
Only a lock of golIen hair.
Only a dress she used 20 wear,
Only dainty baby shoe
Worn where the restless toe came through
Only an aching Ia ny heart.
Only a pain and a cruel smart,
Only place no lore can nj,
Where thoughts Of Baby linger still
Only a grave that has come 70 be
The dearest spot on earth 70 ne
The place where she is now al rest
Instead q on her me hers breast
Only hope-since God Is just
That all 4 Baby Is not dust,
But in some fairer land than this
Ny lips shall feel her welcoming kiss
Inter Ocean
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
-Harper's Young People.
A Modern Apollo.

He is not handsome, brave, or young,
With speaking eyes and ready tongue
To favor gain, the maids among;
He's old and stout and gray
He is not witty learned, or bright,
His very name ne scarce can write,
Nor can he merry tests rectte
To pass the time away.
But maiieus sweetly at him glance,
And smile on him az every chance
Forsaking youths and scholars
For banks viii honor if he write:
To self. or bearer pay on sight $500, COO
H II Bennett, IN Puck
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
COURAGE TO DO RIGHT.

Have courage 10 do right;
No courage Is like this
II proves q sword Of hi ,i4t,
gOodIy shield il Isl
The host Of sin it helps - s.ay
Have courage. child, ~ brave today.
Have courage 70 do right
Ny boy, the words for you;
Treat not my counsel light.
Twill help 70 bear yOu through;
Twill belp you put old satan down.
Twill help you win the victors crown.
Have courage TO do right;
Ny girl. the words for you,
Now while the morn is bright
Now in your youths first dew;
BE brave to-day BE- brave and strong
'Gainst all tia hosts Of sin and wrong.
Have courage - do right.
Though fierce ana strong the foe:
The Lord OF grace md MIGHT
VIII help you lay him low
Deem not my counsel vain or light
Have courage. children 70 do right.
Anna D. Walker, in Christian IntelliRenceT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
Eahr,s Idea.

Ia explained 10 him over and often
What good little boy should be;
How temper and tumUlt 20 soften,
And naughty ways 70 Gee,
He listened mute and quiet,
With earnest eyes OF blue,
Then; II don't fink I il try il,
ia rayver be like you"
-Dorothea Lummis, in Kate Fields Washing
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
Chnnrnd HIS snnts

said German professor old Her Won klots
rye hsa-d that the leopard san change his
spots,
Adj 50 I II going our - the Zoo.
To fnd out whether or not It's trse.
The Leopard recllued III narrow space;
But soon ne was cr0uched ia another place.
Aud then u & third When Herr ven Kloiz
cried Bless MY soul Hc has changed his
sPou
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING,
GEO. P. GOBLE,
Lancaster, Wis.

sHMOH'S CURE, the great Cough
and Group Cure, is IN great demand.
Pocket size contains twenty-five doses
only 25c. Children love it. Sold by
Druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
W. limit
EuVEr The Earth.
G G6T NF DO a & sMA To
Portion very Thoroughly.

Yes, the New Goods which
we receive every day, find a
welcomed place in many
homes in Grant County.
This is covering only a por-
ton of the big State of Wis
consin, and yet our sales of
Chamber Suits, Fancy Exten-
sion Tables, Side Boards and
Parlor Furniture, are daily
increasing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-29
"WHife and aa5zAng

"Whtfe and aazzIfng
In The na0on's fair light she I00kea."
Nothing remarkable about that!
She was fair to look upon, as a matter
Of course; and the dazzling effect was
produced by her white robes-cleansad
and frightened by a liberal use of
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st holas,
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RahyIaas
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26

SPEAKER MABREY has re-intro-
duced the Express bill, as it is
known, which was side-tracked IN
the last session. This viii be one
of the most important measures OF
the present sitting of the Assembly.
1t declares all express companies
common carriers, and places them
under the jurisdiction of the State
Board of Railroad Commissioners.
The board is empowered to regulate
the charges of these companies after
they had submitted the classifica-
tons of rates for carrying express
matter. It prohibits determinations.
The Attorney General is required TO
proceed againt all companies vlolat-
/! ing the provisions of the law. The
ibill has an emergency claaseatsach-
ed, which puts it into force as soon
as it is passed and signed. We had
understood that Hon. A. b.
Medley, Of Audrain county, was
o in troduce bill Of this chaTac-
| ter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

MarionCrawford will have two new
novels in American magazines next
year.
Somebody understands that James
Whitcomb Riley is going to write a
novel.
Mr.. C.P. Huntington has donated
500 900 to the free library at West
chester, N. Y.
Gov. Cleaves, of Maine, selected
three of the handsomest men in
his own town to be members OF his
staff.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has declined
the proposition of her Georgia
| friends to raise for her a cash gift oi
$4,000.
| Both Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge and
Kate Field use monographs instead
of debating their matter to stenog.
raphers.
William G. Hunt, who died in New
York the other day, believed in gole
reserve. He left $500, 900 in hoard
ed gold.
| Mrs. Roberto. Ingersoll receives al
most an many letters as her husband
and most of the letters inelose re
ligious tracts.
/ 1t is stated that the Empires
! of Germany is a very skillfu
violinist, and often plays at tn
, after-dinner concerts at the palace
, Only four men out OF 129 i
the Missouri House Of Represents
: tives demurred in endorsing ez
3 Gov. Francis for Cabinet position
In the House of Representative
the man with the largest name
! Archibald Henderson ArringtonWi
liams, of North Carolina.
/ Admiral Stroud, who died i
= England recently, had been o
, the inactive list for over half
= century. He entered the navy
= 1908.
u Sergt. Crockett, of the Unite
d States Colored Infantry, claims
y have been the last man wounds
n by a confederate bullet in the ci'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26
BUSINESS MEMS MEETING.
Constitution and Ry Laws Read
Committees Appointed.

The Business Mems Association OF
Mexico met at the City Hall Friday
night with G. L. Ferris in the chair.
Quite a number of the members
were present and several new names
were enrolled. The constitution and
bylaws were read and amended and
passed for final reading at the next
meeting Friday night. Mr.. ]. A.
Potts, President of the State Board
of Agriculture, appeared before the
Association and made some peril
nent remarks id reference TO Mexico
securing the headquarters OF the
State Board of Agriculture. A COM
mittee composed of John Buckley j.
III. Lane and r. Nj. White was ap-
pointed to act in connection with j.
A. Potts in reference to securing the
permanent headquarters Of the board
and report at the next meeting. IL.
jP. Warden moved that the associa-
ton do all in its power to assist in
securing the meeting of this Board
which was carried unanimously.
We are satisfied that practical results
will follow the organization of our
leading citizens and business men.
We would like to see every citizen
of Mexico, who is interested in our
growth and prosperity, take an
Interest in the Business Mems As.
sociation
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26

1T begins to look az though the
hoop skirt would surely be the rage
again. We understand that right
here in Mexico seme are being
erected. Of course, II fashion de-
erees it, it viii come in spite OF all
that sense or taste Or hygiene may
say against it, II fashion deereed
that eoal-seuttles be worn ON the
head and bologna sausages be hung
in strings on the train, then coal,
seuttles would ba worn and gowns
would bear the gentle, penetrating
scent of the butoher-shep. 1t il
one Of the mysterious laws Of tn.
thing called "style" that it is it,
own excuse for being. The ladies
themselves may denounee and de
plore its mandates, but escape it
will they cannot,
The only way to oppose tht
hoop-skirt successfully is to oppos,
it now, while it is still in the pre-
earious stages of revival. Frankly
it is hideous and inartistic and in
convenient beyond belief. Let it b.
fought from the start.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26
KILLED By THE CARS.
An Audrain Farmer Instantly Killed
| by a C. & A. Passenger Just East
| OF Clark, NO.

The G.. & A. passenger, which
leaves Mexico going west at 2:12 p.
m, struck Augustus Turner 2h
miles this side of Clark Friday and
instantly killed him. Mr.. Turner
was 50 years old and was attempt
ing to cross the track when the pilot
struck him. He was knocked about
twenty feet and his skull broken.
The crossing where the fatal accident
occurred was in front of Mr.. Turner's
residence, on his land, and was
rather a private crossing. He had
passed over the track many times
in his long life and had grown very
brave. 1t is said the engineer blew
the whistle two or three times.
Coroner Fritts was summoned
and held an inquest at the de-
ceased's home Friday night, the yer.
dict being in accordance with the
above facts.
Mr.. Augustus Turner was a high
ly esteemed farmer, who had ac-
cumulated considerable wealth. He
leaves a lonely wife to mourn his
untimely loss. She was in Column
bia at the time of his sad end.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26
tn Dancing.

The dancing question seems to
be solving itself over in London.
The English society ladies are, in
deed, giving dances as of yore, but
the people who come to them will
not dance. Or rather, the men will
not and the ladies cannot. So
pronounced has this tendency be-
come that the society women are
reluctantly discussing the establish
ment of dancing agency for the
renting of partners. Hired dancing
men with characters" from theil
last employers could call upon thu
hostess, appropriately garbed, ane
guarantee to dance all the evening
with such partners as might b.
assigned. It is said that it thi
plan fails dancingin London mus
eventually cease to be a part OF tn
society round of functions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26
AxrIcultural Notes.

Be sure to keep accounts this
year.
The soil should be gradually deep
ened.
Clover roots on light soils some
times 60 as much as eight feet deep.
There is no use Of talking about
good roads unless they are thorough
ly drained.
Good management 10 about as
necessary to success on the farm as
hard work.
The implements should be put in
repair before they are needed. Now
is a good time.
The expenses Of raising thirty-6ve
bushels Of wheat to the acre need
not be very much more than fol
raising only fifteen.
At the Farmers Institute held al
Rockport Mr.. Terry stated that ar
average crop for Missouri should be
Corn, 80 bushels; oats, go bushels;
wheat, 80 bushels; clover hay 2h
tons; timothy hay, 2 tons.
On some farms clover continues
in considerable amounts to the thire
and even fourth year after seeding
1t is not properly perennial, but on
ly an arrested biennial, the plan
not dying until it has perfectet
seed. An exchange suggests that i
is worth a trial whether by prevent
ling seeding long enough seed ma.
not be at last produced that will b
truly biennial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26
CleyeIand's Cabinet.


Though William R. Morrison
would not be prohibited, perhaps,
by age for the Secretaryship OF the
Interior, the youth of Governor David
R. Francis of Missouri would suit
some Westerners better. He is be-
ing pressed for the place, and II a
man from Missouri gets the prize
his friends predict that he will be
selected. At any rate, if he Is not
chosen for Secretary OF the interior
he is classed as reasonably certain
to be Secretary of Agriculture. Bu'
right here is Wisconsin, as Senator
Villas put in word no later thar
last Tuesday for E. c. Wall, tn
national committeeman from the
Badger state. Mr.. Cleveland ha
| been told that Mr.. Wall woul'
| make capital Secretary OF the In
terror. If pressure wins, those VIII
| ought to know predict that Wiscon
| sin will have one of these places ant
| Missouri the other.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26
The Yosemite Valley in Winter.

Snowstorm follows snowstorm.
Winter has spread his icy mantle
over the Yosemite. The mighty
cliffs and domes look down upon
the valley as in the summer months,
but it is with forbidding stateliness
and with threatening aspect. How
changed the scene and different the
attractions! The smiling vale is no
longer gay with gorgeous bowers
and bright with green meadowlands ;
no longer is it resonant with the
hum of busy insects, the murmur'
| ing lullabies OF slumbering streams
and the joyous songs of summer
birds; zephyr no longer whispers te
the pine friends as he floats softl,
through the forest, and echo M
longer repeats the exclamations o
glad visitors. The Merced rolls it
swollen current impetuously through
the valley, flooding many an acr
OF the meadowland-for rain as vel
as snow has fallen; the woods ar
hoarse with protesting against tn
| lfierceness of the storm blasts; tn
| snow slide holds the beholder i
awe as it races with the waterfall i
Its downward plunge, and slabs
, talus and unshapely chunks {
. rock loosen their hold of their par
ent cliff as water and weather d
their work and are washed with di
{ and headlong speed down into tt
valley. 1t is true that such terrif.
ling storms do not occur with fr'
quency, but one such was wltnesse
by Mr.. Hutchings and his tamil
. during the winter of 1867, whe
they were the only residents in Il
valley. On that exceptional o
: casion the rain poured down ince
sanity for ten successive days;
u 1.-THE meadowland was covered vii
a surging flood; large trees we
swept over the ridge of the upp
{ Yosemite and shivered into fra
ments on the granite rocks, ar
A pines and eedars were blown dov
!. and piled in confusion upon eat
r Iother by the windstorm that follc'
n led the rain.