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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-22

X. h. ShoWalter was reelected
chairman and presented his report as
follows:
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPER
vIsoRS OF GRANT Co., WIS:
GENTLEMEN:-Thef following is a re-
port of the work you ordered and left
in my hands to supervise at your last
session, and which | beg leave at this
time to lay before you:
Your committee on Charitable Insti-
buttons found that a greater supply
of water at the asylum and poor house
was an absolute necessity, and there
fore recommend that an elevated tank
of three hundred barrel capacity and
steel mill be erected, and that the
we'll be made sufficient to furnish
it with water. They also recon-
mended that four hundred dollars be
raised to make the improvement.
The board acquiesced in the report
and made the appropriation. We
found on investigation that the water
in the old well was very weak, and in
fact always had been, and would not
furnish water sufficient for the work !;
and further, that it was too close to
the asylum, being only about fifteen
or twenty feet from the building. 1t
was therefore necessary first of all to
drill new well. and find if possible
good strong water supply. We loca-
ted it entirely away from the asylum.
and directly east of the old poor house
well, which is a very strong one, and
water of the best quality. We were
fortunate in getting new well just
as good in every respect, plenty of
water and OF the best kind. CORES
ponded with he Ioricon Wind Mill
Co. at Horizon, Wis. the Challenge
Wind Mill CO., Batavia, Ills, the
Novelty Iron Works, Dubuque, Iowa,
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Chicago. Ills.
and two films here at home. Thos.
Webb & Co.. and the Brooker Bros.
The bids from these firms ranged all
the way from one thousand and sixty
dollars to four hundred and forty
eight dollars. The four hundred ami
forty-eight dollars being that Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-22
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
GRANT COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS.
November Term, 1894.

The County Board met Tuesday at
las p. NJ. Roll call found all MEM
bers present, as follows:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-22
pelvisors Town GEO. MCCALL,
Of 5. A. VASNATTA,
Harrison. CHAS, WUNDERLIE.
Harrison

Bv Alloys Grimm, pe'itiop for aid in
oui ding bridges over Rattlesnake creek
in town Of Cassvile. Referred to same
committee.
10 the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of Grant
County:
GENTLEMEN:-Your petitioners. members Of
the town hoard OF the town OF Cassville, Grant
County Wis, respectfully represent that the
aforesaid town at their annual meeting on April
5, 1894 voted to construct al iron bridge across
Rattlesnake river, between sections / and g.
town 8 range west, on the county road from
Lancaster TO Cassville also one iron beam bridge
between sections % and "a; ,lso an iron beam
bridge between sections q and % all Of them
in the said town OF Cassville; the above named
bridges were let 10 the lowest bidder. and the
cost OF them amounts TO 757 SO; that the said
town OF Cassville has provided one half OF the
cost of constructing said bridges. and that The
entire cost Of said bridges exceeds one-foarth Of
one per cent OF all taxable property Of said
town according to the last equalized valuation.
Your petitioners therefore pray that the County
Board win appropriate one-haf Of the cost Of
bridges and cause the same 10 be levied upon
the taxable property ofsaid County AMI appoint
committee duly authorized 10 act for the
Count as it's Commissioners in accordance with
sec. 1919 OF Sanborn's and Bsrrymaus Anno.at-
ed statutes Of Wisconsin.
Alloys GRIM
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-22

able Board will take the subject OF thi,
petition up for favorable consideration.
and enter an order granting to the Du
buque and Wisconsin Bridge Comp any
authority and right to terminate It's
bridge on the essterlv bank of the Miss
issippi river on the Wisconsin shore in
the county of Grant, and to build there
ON the necessary piers or abutments.
and ID construct on the public highway
les ding from the easteIIs end Of said
bridge. the approach or approaches
necessary to connect with the same
And your petit Oner as in duty bound
will ever pray etc,
Very respectfully.
) p. MCGEE, j. A. RHoMBERG.
Secretary. President
November 10Th. 1894.
Adjourned to 8 a. m. Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IA.
Board met at 9 a. m. Roll call
showed ali mem bers present.
journal OF yesterday read and APP
proved
Pet ton presented by Jones asking
ana IN The building OF SIX bridges in the
Town OF Smelser and report OF ,onmis-
s'oners theron Referred TO commit
tee on highways, bridges and ferries.
4o ne Honorable Bodrd ar Supervisors or Grant
Cofatg, state Of Wisconsin,:
Your petition. members Of the Board Of Sup
ervisors of the town OF Smelser, in Grant county
respectfully represent that at regular town
meeting aforesaid town voted To build six iron
bridges across several streams 10 said town of
SmelseT and on the 18TH day of May, 1884,. we
met with the bridge commissioners appointed
by the honorable chairman of the County Board.
aud did on that day let the contract for the build
ing OF the said six bridges TO the Milwaukee
Variety Iron Works of Milwaukee. Wis, for the
sum OF sixteen hundred dollars (si COO. and the
further sum OF two hundred and fifty-eight and
60 100 dollars, was expended for abntments.
banking, etc, making total OF eighteen hun
dred and hfty-eight and 60-i00 dollars $i,S5S 60
which is in excess OF one-fonrth OF one per Gene.
Gas required by law of the assessed Yaluatio OF
said town of Smelser which has provided for one
half OF the costs OF the said bridges. Your pa
TONERS therefore pray THAI the County Board of
Grant county appropriate and pay 70 the said
town OF Smelser the sum of nine hundred aud
twenty nine 30-l0O dollars, The same being one.
half OF the total cost OF said bridges.
j P. JONES,
JNo CLEMENs,
JNo. t. Cox.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-22

By McFall for $50 aid in building a
bridge over Little Platte in town of
Harrison. Referred t. same commit
tee.
To ne Honorable Board Of Sgpe, pisors Of Grant
County, WiS.
Your petitioners represent that the town Of
Harrison did at its annual town meeting held
in April, 1894, determine TO build bridge
across the Little Platte river in section thirty
five of said iowa. and did for that purpose
levy tax Of $500 upon the taxable property Of
SAID town of Harrison. And Apply to the
chairman Of the County Board to have two
commissioners appointed to act Gu the part
OF the county in contracting for the construct
ing of said bridge and did in conjunction
with 7. K. Huntington and A. v Knapp
they being the commissioners so appointed
contract with the Iron and Bridge Co, for
the building Of said bridge. Said bridge has
been completed and accepted by said commits
sioners. Length of bridge l04 feet, width IA
feet, so feet high iron truss, "A feet wood, con
tract price $l.4S7. Timbers. driving piles and
approach $ll3. Total cost 81 800 which
amount is more than one fourth Of one per
cent. Of the taxable property of our said town
according 10 the last eqGaiiZed assessment, and
We hereby ask your honorable body to allow
and appropriate One-half of said amount %
our said town for the construction OF said
bridge, namely $500.
Supervisors Town GEO. MCCALL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-22
Report adopted

CONTINUED ON 4TH PAGE.)
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20
HARDWOOD FLOORS,

They Should Always he Swept with .
Covered Broom.
The hardwood floor is compare lively q
new feature of the house, and it is not
altogether strange that housekeepera
do not always know just how TO take
care Of them. Many of them treat them
as they do n carpet, sweeping them
with brooIn-corn broom. which is in
tended we'll enough to take the dust out
of the Incshes of n carpet, but not to
polish a hardwood surface.
The same woman who treats her
hardwood floor in this way would re-
fuse to sweep off her piano with a
broom-corn broom, for fear of scra tch-
ing it. She would probably take 4 soft
cotton-dnnnel duster and wipe off the
dust, and this is exactly what she should
do with her floor. The most convenient
way of doing it Is to make soft cot
ton-1iannel bag for the broom. The
dust is easily removed from n polished
floor in this way.
Such a covered broom is also useful
sweeping down the walls, though n
feather duster accomplishes this work
more successfully. There ought to be
a number of these broom-covers ready,
SO that when they become soiled they
may be washed. Painted piazas may
also be much more successfully swept
with covered broom of this sort than
in any other way. Even when it needs
a scrubbing brush, if it is we'll swept
with a covered broom, it will loole al
most as we'll as If it had been scrubbed
with a brush. and certainly better than
if it had been cleaned with a mop.-N.
" Trf1,,1na
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20
r.ArP PIN ous...o,ss.


Eve Frstty Desians which Uhn Ne lGeoa
s at osaAli Cose..
In these days when hat pins axe -
much of . fad and Of necessity with.
q. 40 stiok pins, It - desirable that ap-
propriate receptacles be provided for
them in order that they shall not mar
the dainty toilet cushion with their
huge per3orations. Where . suspended
cushton scems most convenient tho al
ways attractive little Japeneso doll
may be utilized. Choose one with q
head measuring six inches In circum-
ference. To dress one, as shown in
Fig In the illustration, fold q half
yard Of three-inch ribbon together and
crease it to designate the bottom Of
the cushion. Sew thirteen small gilt
spangles along the bottom, with a gilt
bead in the middle Of each to fasten it
on. Overland the sides Of the ribbon
to within an inch and q half OF the OPP
posite end; stuff with hair or wool and
fasten it around the dolls neck. A
half yard of the same ribbon is out In
two and folded lengthwise for the
sleeves; overland, turn in the ends at
the bottom, and attach to the dress ut
the shoulde-. Now take a yard and a
quarter Of half-inch ribbon, fasten it
over the shoulder and tie about tho
waist with bow and ends in front, al
though the really Japanese lady al
ways wears her sash ends behind,
neatly tucked up into q sort of roll or
cushion. l5op of this same ribbon is
fastened to the belt in the back to sus-
pend the cushion by. Decorate the
sleeves and shoulder straps with
spangles and beads. and finish with a
fringe of the beads. Letter on the
skirt FLAT Pins In gilt, forming the
letters to look as much like japanese
characters us possible.
The standard cushion shown in Fig.
1 requires a bit of thin cardboard, Eve
by nine inches, for tho sides of tho
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20
The Etiquette OF the Fan.

There Is an endless etiquette in the
use of fans, and with the japanese the
fan Is an emblem of life. The rivet
end is regarded as the starting point
and as the rays of the fan expand so
the road of life widens out toward a
prosperous future. It is also said that
the Japanese 'ogi originally took its
shape from their wonderful mountain,
Fuji-san. which represents to them all
that is beautiful, high and holy. When
one begins to understand all this there
comes a salutary feeling Of ignorance,
and we perceive that the japanese may
claim to be nmong the great symbolists
In the world. A continuance of such
study might turn the most hard ened
European Into a Japonophile.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20

foundation. and . circular piece two
and n half inches in diameter for the
bottom. Cover these with any pretty
scrap of silk or plush, fitting the out
side shugly about tho cardboard, which
you have sewn in n cylinder: sew in q
piece three and half inches in diam
eter for the top. leaving nm aperture
through which you may stuff the cusl,.
ion, rounding up the top. If all your
toilet appointments nre white, cover
this with ruff1e of lace of fine dotted
Swiss. and tie ut the top with bow 8
and loops of narrow ribbon.-Americc0
ARriculturist.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20
eREPAREo JE.L,ED PEACHES.


asevsA with vhipped Creem They Mako .
TsnptinH Dsasert.
Provide first dozen good-ained
peaches, and then half box of gela-
tine, . cupful and . half Of sugar and
= pint and half of water. Soak the
0elatine for two hours in half q cupful
of the water. AT the end of that time
put the sugar and the remaining water
into q stewpan, and then lot them boil
for five minutes.
Pare the peaches and cut them in
halves, then cook them gently in the
boiling sirup for ten minutes. On TAX
ing the stewpan from the fire turn the
soaked gelatine into it; then set in an
other basin containing cold water and
stir occasionally until the mixture be-
comes cool.
Before the jelly has had time to con-
geal, dip mold into cold water and
turn the mixture into it. Set in cool
place for three or four hours. At scrv-
ing time dip the mold into warm water
and turn the contents ont on a fat
dish. Serve with whipped cream or
soft custard heaped upon the jelly.
Many people will think the flavor inn
proved by the addition of a teaspoon
full of brandy or maraschino when the
gelatine is put with the fruit.-N. Y.
Recorder.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20
Mats for tho Table.

It is too bad to have ones polished
tables and stands covered with little
rings where a vase has stood and the
water has overlooked. There f. no
need OF this, either. Every body should
have on hand an abundant supply of
these mats. These need not be obtru-
sive in design. In fact, no one wants
any more the elaborate connection that
were once wont to call attention to
their crocheted splendors in our draw
Ing rooms. Make the latter-day vase
mats of small rounds Of olive-green
felt, preferably not ornamented at all
except for a ''linked" border. No one
will notice them, but they will keep
your rosewood and mahogany from
harm
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The desire to please God is . con.
tinual prayer.-John Wesley.
Slowly modern education is recog-
nizing that its subject is not learning,
but the learner.-Mary E. Laing.
The man who has begun to live
more seriously within, begins to live
more simply without.-Bishop Brooks.
South Carolina names it's normal
and industrial college after Robert c.
winthrop, Massachusettsl leading citi-
zen.
The mission Of the English Church
society in Cey1on has 2,707 Singhalaee
and Tamil commandments, and ,O05 ID.
herents.
The woman's Missionary society,
iliaries, with 80, 141 members, and !, 1S5
young peoples and Juvenile societies,
with 2s,096 members, total of 81, 207.
by the will of the late J. c. Will
medring, Of San Francisco. provision n
made for founding a school Of indus
trial arts in connection with the state
university Of California, to cost e4oo,.
900.
ALI censure of others is obliquo
praise of self. 1t is uttered in order to
show how much tho speaker can bear.
1t has all the tnsidiousness of self
praise and all the reproach OF false
hood.-Addison.
seminaries of this country are opening
their doors for the admission of women.
and especially for such as would at
themselves for labor in the mission
field. The Cumberland Presbyterian
seminary, at Lebanon, Tenn, is one
of the last to fall into line in this great
matter.-Missionary Review.
One of the former students Of Har-
ward annex has been chosen dean of
barnard COLLEGE, the annex Of Colun-
bia, her place being practically that of
president. She is oddly named Miss
James Smith. She is only thirty. and
will control nineteen professors, all OF
whom but one are men, who are in.
structors In the college, and the one
hundred and six young women whom
they instruct.
the past, a great missionary and prose-
1yting religion. In the last thirty
years it has made numerically more
proselytes than Christianity. The
Moslem missionaries, whom the sultan
of Turkey il said In Constantinople to
be sending through Africa, are prob
ably a part of the preachers of Islam
always supported by the sultan In his
capacity as caliph and represent no
new policy.-Philadelph Press.
Probably the oldest clergyman in
the world was a Greek priest who late
ly died in Thessaly, Greece, after COM
pleting his 12Oth year. He never left
the place in which he was born and
where he died. He was accustomed to
begin his priestly Offices before sun
rise, and to retire promptly at Q. His
sight and hearing were in excellent
condition to the day of his death, and
he never made use Of glasses He was
in the active ministry for ninety-niEe
years.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20

The habit Of being always a little
late is SO general that it might seem
unavoidable, were it not that punctu.
atty is secured from the very persons
ut fault when the occasions are as
guarded as in the wedding to which
the foolish virgins failed to gain ad-
mission because 1.-The doors were shut. -
1t is better to train up children to
order. punctuality, honesty in keeping
engagements, as a part of keeping ones
word, and SO teach them not only self
reliance. but make them men and
women on whom reliance may be
placed.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20


TIE empress of Austria has her hair
shampooed once a month. It is still
beautiful, luxuriant and perfectly
black, and when let down touches the
ground as she stands, and she is tall.
It Is said the hair wash requires forty
eggs, and the other ingredients are OBJ
tanned from no less than twenty mys-
FERROUS bottles.
ONE Of the bGst-l<nown figures in
Paris 10 Nine. Yoer, who, upon the
death Of her husband, q reporter for
the French press, took up his work and
has conducted it with marked enter
prise. In her rounds she is eccompa-
MED by great white poodle called
The Doctor" who permits no one to
tride with his mistress.
ONE of the authorities on decoration
in England is Mrs Comyns Carr. She
10 the wife OF q successful theatrical
manager, and to her ideas on stage
decoration and costume he owes much
OF his success. Mrs. Carr has designed
,dreasss for several Of Mr.. Irvings, plays,
ond - almost always Miss TerFy's chiet
ooo1oo1oe a. DAEdrohe aaAtteEk
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Cream pie: Beat together one egg,
half q cup Of sugar, three teaspoonfuls
OF cornstarch and half a cup of cream.
Stir all together; warm two and one
half cups of milk, mix with the other
Ingredients, and bake like custard
pies.-Farm, Field and Preside.
Cucumber Catsup: Take twelve
hne large cucumbers, pare off the rind,
scrape out the seed and a little of tho
rtnd near the seed, and add to these
tour large onions chopped fine; strain
OF the liquor from the seed and onions,
ground black pepper; add four pints of
the best vinegar, and cork and seal in
bottles.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Fly Pest.-During the hot
weather houselxeepers are much trou.
bled to rid rooms of flies. A simple
ny paper may be made as follows: Mix
teaspoonfu1 of black pepper and one
OF sugar with a tablespoonful of but
ter. Spread this on paper and lay the
traps IN the spots frequented by the
HES Green tea sweetened and ex-
posed in saucers for flies to drink is al
SO a good acknowledgements Mercury.
Date Pudding: Cover two table
spoonfuls of gelatine with a cup of cold
milk. When it has soaked twenty min
utes, stand the bowl in a saucepan of
boiling water until the gelatine is
thoroughly melted. Let it cool, and
meantime whip half pint of cream,
add half a cup of powdered sugar, a cup
OF chopped dates, and a teaspoonful of
vanilla; add the gelatine and stir until
1T thickens, when turn into q mold to
cooI.-American Agricu1turist.
-Buttermi1k Pie: At this season,
when buttermilk is sweet and rich, a
novel but excellent pie can be made of
. beaten egg. a teacupful of fresh but
termilk, two-thirds of a teacupful of
lax -
OF soft butter, and two tablespoonful
OF cornstarch, which should be dis
solved in the buttermilk. Flavor to
taste, beat we'll, and bake with one
crust. This pie should be eaten the
day it is baked.-Sarah e. Wilcox, in
Farm and Home.
Children sometimes thrust small
obJects, such as buttons or beans, up
their nostrils. It is not difficult to
to dislodge them If taken in time. Tell
the child to blow hard or excite sneez-
ing by tickling the nose or giving
snnMs or have it take full breath,
then give smart blow on the back
II these plans fail close the affected
nostrn and blow into the other through
. rubber tube, 1t the same instant re-
leasing the closure Of the occupied ono.
should these ways be unsuccessful. ex.
traction will be necessary.
Lemon Filling: Take four table,
SsPoonfuls OF lemon juice the grated
yellow portion only of the rind Of half
- lemon, and two-thirds of cup of SUI
Bar. Beat the lemon juice and the su.
8Ar toRether. Braid slightly heap
n4 tnb1espoonful OF cornstarch with an
1kt&1e water. As possible and pour over
- stirring constantly, one-half pint Of
;eoHtuG water to. thicken the starch.
Ax1d ne lemon and sugar to the starch,
1etat cool; then stir In the yolks OF
1Seo NRxD and hA11 the white Of ono we'll
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-20
WIT AND WISDOM.

1T is always best for man to keep
his temper No one else wants it.
New Orleans Picayune.
-Rouser-What do they mean by
ladies' day at the club? Touser-1t's
a chance twice a year to sober up.-N.
y. World.
Some people never accomplish
much because they step over a dozen
little duties in trying to find a big one.
-Rarn's Horn.
Don't You worry about me- said
the debtor Il would rather owe you
the bill for hundred years than cheat
you out of it.''-Tit-Bits.
-Missed--Friend-Y be missed
if you leave the stage. De Ranter-
That's the reason I'm going Off. I'm
tired of being hit.-Town Topics.
The Acme of Homeliness.-''It think
Mrs. L. is the home]iest woman I ever
saw. Why, she's homely enough to
car."-Brooklyn Life.
II see,-' said one real-estate dealer
to another that you still have va
cant house in your new row. Yes"
was the reply, lit is last, but not
leased. "-Washington Star.
He (Americanus)-What you've
been here in Rome a fortnight and
She (Chicagoensis)-No He-Care to
go? She-Yes, if it's high church.
Who's the rector, anyhow?-Harlem
Life.
Nothing Lacking.-Citizen- Great
place, this town of ours, amt it? Trav-
elers all seem to like it. Visitor ZEN
thusia stically)-I should say SO, Why.
you've got eighteen lines of railroad
that man can get away from it on!-
Puck.
One bold Investigator, who doesn't
think too we'll of his landlady's table,
3
the closet was a boarder, who went
there resolved to get something to eat
and starved to Observation-Disclosures
Times.
They say (and she Owed into tho
pockets of his clothes at a. n.y. that
women Zone. two, two-ffty, two seven
ty-five, three. four, six) wouldn't make
thirty-four), but I know better.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The caterpillar, on being converted
into an inert scaly mass, does not APP
pear to be fitting itself for an inhabit-
ant Of the air, and can have no con-
sciousness of the brilliancy of it's fu.
ture being. We are masters of the
earth, but perhaps we are the slaves of
some great and unknown being. The
ny that we crush with our finger or
feed with our viands has no knowl-
edge OF man, and no consciousness OF
his superiority. We suppose that we
are acquainted with matter and all its
elements; yet we can not even guess at
electricity, or explain the laws of the
formation OF the stones that fall from
meteors. There may be beings. think
ing beings, near or surrounding us,
which we do not perceive, which we
can not imagine. We know very little,
but, IN my opinion. we know enough
to hope Cor the Immortality. the indi.
6svadNHl lumQrtasHtx, Of ths betto,