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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-18
WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN.

For the Week Ending, April l6, 1895.
The rain storms which occurred on
Sunday and Monday of last week were
quite general, and on the 18th snow
fell to depth of from two to four
inches over u good portion Of the
state. This gave the soil good wet
ting and assisted In extracting the
frost, which Is mostly out of the
ground In the southern counties, and
but little remains In the central, while
in the northeast portion the ice is just
breaking up and the ground is still
frozen. Throughout greater portion
of the state the soil Is In fine condi-
ton, though In some localities 1t Is u
little heavy, owing to the recent rains,
which have caused some delay In seed
ing. In the southwest and extreme
southern counties but little rain fell
and rs u result tho ont crop Is about
all in, and some early potatoes have
been planted. In the northwest pOr-
ton the season Is opening up under
favorable conditions and seeding will
soon commence. understanding
that the spring planting has been de-
layed In the central counties, owing to
the cold, wet weather, more natural
conditions of weather and season pre-
vail, causing u moro cheerful feeling
among farmers than existed week
ago. Winter wheat shows some i'm
provement, especially In the south and
east portions, but looks poor, and in
the most exposed fields it is u total
failure. Many winter wheat fields are
being plowed to be resown with spring
wheat or oats. Rye is looking re
markably we'll in all parts of the state,
while clover Is very generally reported
entirely killed, timothy is coming out
In fine condition, grass is now starting
up finely which will be beneficial to the
many who are short of fodder. Gran
berry vines wintered poorly and the
planting of new vines will be quite
general this spring Maple sugar
making is in PROCESS in the northern
portion though the conditions are not
very favorable. Stock looks well, and
rs yet there has been no serious lack
of fodder. Some complaints received
Of dysentery among bees, causing
large mortality. Pig and lamb crop
good and in healthy condition. Water
very low in streams and wells, many
being now dry.
The crop conditions have, on the
whole improved decidedly. More
moisture is needed in the southwest
and the frosty soil has retarded vege.
tation in other sections, but week oil
favorable weather will make good the
delay, which in the end will prove IN
advantage, especially to fruit, which is
liable to be caught by frost in May II
advanced too rapidly at this period.
The temperature during the tirs,
part of the week was considerably be.
low the normal, frosts occurring every
night, while the last half was moder
ately warm. Sunshine about the av
erage and winds variable with gales
frequent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-18
1t Will Pay You

TO travel many miles to take look at
Hanscom's stock of Wall Paper, Win
dow Shades, etc, etc. Come.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-18
q. +. Soap.

A quick process perfect soap. The
soap does fully half the work. May
be used in ANY WAY and for ANY PUR.
POSE that any other is used, and will
be found to excel all in cleansing
qualities. BREWER " PENHALLEGoN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-18
THURSDAY, APRIL 10. 1895.

President Clevelands late letter
upon the money question has the right
ring to it. 1t emphatcally declares
for money, that will be recognized as
sound and honest on every mart and
in every country In the world.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-18
AN ORDINANCE


Granting permission to erect and
maintain II system of telephones in
the city of Mineral Point.
The common council of the city of
Mineral Point do ordan rs follows:
SEC, |. That the Mincra! Point
Telephone association or its successors
and assigns be and they are hereby
granted the right of way through, in
and upon the streets, sidewalks, alleys
and public grounds of the city of
Mineral Point in the county of Iowa,
and state of Wisconsin, for the use
and purposes therein and thereon to
erect, maintain and use all the necesS-
ary poles or posts and the necessar,
wires to successfully operate and use Il
system of telephones in the city OF
Mineral Point aforesaid, provided that
the said Mineral Point Telephone asso-
citation and its successors and assigns
stall maintain and use its lines (under
proper and reasonable restrictions and
rules) and shall so settheir poles or
posts and place their wires thereon in
such places and in such manner ms not
to interfere with travel on said streets.
sidewalks, alleys and public grounds
aforesaid, and shall keep in good order
all those parts of the same interfercd
with or uses in erection oi said poles
or posts and shall hereafter so main.
tain the same in like good order.
SEC. ;. The said common council
expressly reserves the right to grant
the right of way through, in and upon
said streets, sidewalks, alleys and pub
lie grounds, for the erection, maintain.
ance, and use of the necessary posts or
poles and wires of any other telephone
company or individual, whenever re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
MARK TWAIN's STORY.
He Is the Author of Joan of Arc in
Harper's Magazine.

He Is the Author of Joan of Are in
Harper's Magazine.
The Hartford Courant says that sit is
now known for a fact that Mr.. Glenn
ms is the author Of the Joan of Arc
romance, now running it's serial course
in Harper's Magazine. This has been
guessed from the repeated occurrence
of phrases and modes of expression,
which are eminently characteristic of
Mark Twain 1t is surrnised by the Lit
erary World of Boston that 1.-THE cloak
of anonymity" is used because the au-
thor may deem this his masterpiece,
and dislikes to hav it hampered by re-
membrance of the work he has done in
the past. This mar be so, ami If it be
Mr.. Clemens, WI sould suppose it likely
that he would be glad to shred away his
old alias, Mark Twain. and be known
by his real name. as an a~uthor-iust as
many d popular writer has longed to
do. DIR. Holland for example. grew very
tired Of being called Timothy Tit
comb" after the reason for using that
name no longer existed. But the Joan
of Nrc, which lis exceedingly Interest,"
ing, is not the frs work to show Mr..
Clemens as a writer Of deep and strong
purpose. lie Is a humanitarian. a
alist, a philosopher in mis- treatment Of
human life. as even tom Sawyer indi-
Gated. and as the Yankee in King Ar
thurs Court THE Prince and the
Pauper'' chat beautiful apologize of
"all sorts and conditions of men') and,
above all, .'~Pudd'nhead Wilson, have
abundantly proved. The last-named
tale of slavery is one of the most pow
erful pictures of the evils of the pc
culiar Institution ever written, rank
ing beside Uncle Toms Cabin" A
scholar Mr.. Clemens lever can be. for
he has waited o. long. and thus he
fills this romano of France many cen
turtles ago with expressions which be-
long to the uncultured west of the
United States of his day. and to Mark
Twain" above all. Nevertheless. Joan
Of Arc is going to be worth reading.
We may hope that Mr. Clemens has
read De Quincey's brilliant essay on the
Maid Of Orleans. IT is in line with his
| conception of the character.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
A Dainty Room.

In a pretty country house lately fur
nished for a bride one of the sleeping
rooms Is all in white and violet with
touches of gold. The wall paper has a
white ground strewn with punches OF
purple violets connected by delicate
gilt ~festoons. The rug Is Of a messy
green with a purplish shadow. The
woodwork is enameIed white, the furn-
iture is Of white enamel with brass or
naments. the bedstead is Of brass. and
the window curtains. bed cover. bolster.
and little spreads am covers Of white
organdy covered with purple violets
and green leaves. Yet the organdy
washes without fading, as everything
IN 50 dainty d room always should un-
less the owner Is a millionaire, and even
then one would probably take more
pleasure iii living In It II sur that it
could renesy its beauty b. contact with
sun ana soap water. which always
seems Sd much cleaner d way Of being
clean thar dry securing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
REMEMBERED 1T IN TIME.
IL Peter DAILY Had Shot lie Would Have
Been o~ath-Hound to Eat snakes.

Been 0ath-Bound to Eat Snakes.
Peter Daley. St. Bernard's "own"
councilman. tells the snake story of the
season. Here it is, in Peters own pleas
ing style, according to the Pittsburg
Chronicle.
We'll. you know Mike scott and I
started out yesterday To shoot ducks.
There were several more of the boys
with us, but we had the guns. Say,
Scotty's no SLOUGH of a shot, I tell you
He can give Billy Case cards and
spades. Well. we didn't see a blamed
thing to shoot, although we went all
around the ice ponds. 1t began to
grow m~onotonous, and / swore that l
would eat the first thing that I shot.
Not five minutes later, as we We're
walking along Bloody run. one of the
fellows called to me and said: Come
here, Pete, and see the bunch of snakes.
| hurried over tn where he was, and
there. sure enough. was a round mass
of wriggling, squirting max AT diff
ferent points around the ball a head and
a forked tongue could be seen sticking
out. One of the boys said Shoot into
them. Pete and | raised my u and
was just pressing the trigger when 1
happened to think about by oath. We'll.
] couldn't eat snakes, and / had to put
down my gun. The boys all gave me
the laugh. and then Scotty pulled up
and let both barrels go right into the
bunch. Well. you ought to have seen
the sight. He killed every blamed one
of them, and there must have been at
least twenty-five. Most of them were
shot to pieces, but we counted seven
that had been left whole. They would
measure about two feet and a half each.
Well. good night, fellows: I'm going out
after ducks again in the morning n
want to get to bed early. So long.
And the genial Peter took his de-
parture. leaving his hearers to cogitate
upon the tale he had unfolded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
ABOUT PATENTED ARTICLES.
The Mistake OF Charging Fancy Prices.
for New Ideas.

A new article of domestic hardware
has been put on the market which is a
staple in all families and with
a similar utensil which is sold forl5 and
20 cents, says the Engineer. The price
of the new article is 81. Before it can
be in demand and generally adopted
to the displacement of the old utensiI.
a great deal OF work will have to be
done. which is very much ham2ered
by the prohibitory price put upon the
new goods. The number of persons who
will be willing to pay the price of four
or five of the old style goods for one
of the new style will not be large, we
think, and a wiser policy would nave
fixed a lower price. This leads Us to say
that every year there are large num-
bers of similar articles put on the mar
ket, which you'd have a larger sale If
they We're sold at mercantile prices. by
this we mean a consideration of the
first cost OF the goods when ready for
delivery to jobbers. the jobbers' profit
and the retailers as well added. for
these things are considered by buyers,
both wholesale and retail. before there
week we Wen into a store where a fill
ter was for sale. Upon asking the price
Of n of half a gallon capacity, we We're
informed that it was $50. 1t was a plain
casting with no fittings or fixtures and
with some porus material inside of it Of
no particular money value. The cast
ings may have cost 50 cents, and an
outside figure for the cost of the uten-
sill would be 81. yet SO was the price
to the buyer. We demurred at the
price and gave the same reasons for so
doing that are given above. bit the sell
er's argument in favor of the high price
was that it would filter some fabulous
number of gallons of water per day.
This had no connection whatever with
the cost of the goods; a frying-pan viii
turn out 500 pounds Of cooked material
a day and a 25-cent faucet will permit
thousands Of gallons of water to pass
through it daily. These are the func-
tions of the articles sold: they are ex-
pected to be efficient, but there is no
reason in this fact for adding 1000 per
cent to the cost of them. The fact
hat articles are patented leads many
persons to feel that the public expect
to pay stiff prices for such things, but
we believe this to be erroneous. Now
adays those who nave money to spend
consider prices very carefully, and II
they are unreasonable they simply go
without the goods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
OF A RESTAURANT.
Marriage OF Appetite Bill" 8 Gotham
Celebrity. to "a Pretty Waitress.


Miss Mamie Hammill and William
Fream We're married in ST. Peters r. c.
church, Brooklyn. on Wednesday even
ing. says New York Recorder. The
bridegroom, Who is engaged daily in the
pleasing pastime of opening oysters in
a Fulton street restaurant, is known by
his immediate friends as Appetite
Bill" while the charming bride. when
on duty in the same place. was known
as mo. H." William was engaged in a
sort Of a wrestling match with a par
ticularly o-bstreperous bivalve one
morning a few months ago when the
sweet voice of mo. H. fell on his ear.
as she gently murmured: Brown Ii
wheat for No. II, and draw one in a
she'll" Her voice was like INTO music
to William, and he determined to make
the acquaintance of the fair owner.
This was soon accomplished. and the
two became fast friends. Friendship
eventually ripened into a much
stronger feeling and they became en-
gagged. The numerous good-looking,
well-dressed youths who had been wont
to congfegate at NAMES table and bask
in the sunshine of her smiles wondered
at the change in her. They We're very
carefully waited on, and treated with
great courtesy. but the cheerful smile
witt which she had been in the habit of
greeting them was lacking. A few, more
daring than the rest. made desperate
love to her. but her heart remained true
TO Appetite Bill. and the young gem
tlemen We're thrown down SO hard that
they decided hat it was a clear case of
the marble heart Meanwhile the
courtship progressed smoothly. and a
week 81 Mamie confded to her fair
eolaborers the news that she and Will
lam We're to he married. The other
girls, of course pretended that they
We're awfulls surprised, that they had
never suspected it and showered con-
gratulations on Mamie. The wedding
took place, and all the girls were pres
ent with pocketfuls of rice, which they
showered on the blushing bride and
happy-looking room After the we'd
ding a reception was held at the brides
house in Bergen street, near Smith.
After the honeymoon William will be
found opening oysters at the old stand.
but to Mamie the S%criptural texts and
the seductive 'sinkers'' will be but a
sad memory. Her customers will miss
her, but what is their loss is Appetite
Bits gain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
MRS. GREELEY.s DISCIPLINE.
Threw Hat and Coat of Her Husbands
Guest out of Doors.

while l have the foor,'' said Amos
Cummings. while in a storytelling
mood the other day, II might as well
tell a story about Horace Greeley. I
worked with Greeley for years. He al
ways called me Asa never could re-
emb Amos. One day / went over
to see Greeley at Chappaqua about
some newspaper business. The old
gentleman saw me coming as he stood
looking out of the window and opened
the door himself.
Come in here. Asa he said in his
high. mealy tones. as he led me into a
fashion of parlor.
Il followed him into the room, and as
! was only going to remain a moment
laid my hat. gloves and cane on a cen
ter table. Greeley and l had just inn
mersed ourselves in a talk when Mrs.
Greeley swept into the room. Now,
Mrs. Greeley was what one might call
a spirited The moment she
entered the door her eyes fell indig-
nantly on my trousseau as Id piled it
up-hat. gloves and stick-on the table.
Without a word, and before / could
speak to her. she swooped on the outfit
like a fishhawk, and the next moment
threw them out of the window.
Then she left the room, without
pausing for speech, as one who had
taught somebody that the hall was the
place for ats and canes and similar
bric-a-brac. l was inclined to get a
trife hot; a man naturally might who
sees his hat pounced upon and cast into
the shrubbery. But before / could get
up or say a word Greeley stretched out
his hand in a deprecatory way and
eheered me with a remark
Never mind, Asa; She thought they
We're mine
"Afterward, however, concluded
Cummings. when / recalled what
Greeley's hat used to look like had my
doubts"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
IS BILL COOK commoNPLAcE7
study of a Famous Outlaw by a Prison
superintendent.


superintendent Mcintyre Of the Al
bany County pe%nitentiary has been OBJ
serving Bill Cook, the young and much
advertised outlaw from the west, and
III not much impressed with him, writes
All Albany correspondent Of the New
York sun. lie SAYS that he has just
put Coos on a shirt machine and he Is
busy cutting out wristbands. He finds
Cook to he neryously eager to conform
to al the rules and earn as much com
mutation as possible by good behavior.
As for any latent w~ickedness. the sup
~erintendent says it Is not in him. He
Is merely a very ordinary youth, stolid
ever, to the verge Of stupidity, whose
achievements have been largely in the
im~aginations Of the Indian Territory
marshals and western newspaper writ
ers, who have pictured him in places he
never visited doing deeds he had no
nerve to perform. superintendent Nc
Intyre says there Is nothing of the nero
or the villain about Bill Cook. He is a
very commonplace criminal. There are
others In the batch of western boa9ders
whom he Will watch closer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25

A curious detail Of Napoleon Bona
parties costume was the religious care
with which he kept round his neck the
little leather envelope. shaped ike a
heart. which contained poison which
was to nDc.ate him in case Of irretriev-
able reverses of fortune. This poison
was prepared after a recipe that ca
banis had given II Corvisart, and aft
Ell the year 1908 the emperor IN.
deTtook a campaign without having his
iits,e packet Of poison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
OlEW GRIST MILL

Al depot is filled with
mary of the very latest
and make. Fine flour
and always on hand.
-Griork promptly done.
Objection brand Of flour
cape surpassed in quality
or tking purposes. Pat
rorome industries. Try
CORRECTION and be
ha'
LsER MILLING COMPANY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25

probably more nonsense is written
concernint deceased persons than upon
any other subject" observes the New
York Christian Advocate (Meth.). I'VE
read OF the most useful, dis
tinguished. 'honored, and beloved cit
liens. whom We know To have been
financially dishonest, unkind 70 their
families. or Incorporate; and yet the
papers speak of them as models. But
the most striking Illustration recently
appearing is this. She was Of a nerv-
Gus temperament ana was easily moved
to anger, but She was also Of a forgive
ing spirit, and frequently retracted a
hasty remark This reminds us of an
English drama that represents some
military a as having shot a Darmaid,
and satirically adds that the noble fet-
low went down the next morning TO see
her. and exp essed a willingness To
overlook the whole matter. Speak moth
ing but good Of the dead, is a safe
maxim, but it does not require the at
tributing TO them of qualities that the
whole community knows he or she did
not possess One of our ministers-who
was afterward expelled for immortality
preaching at the funeral of a man of
the most disreputable character, a com
mon drunkard, a miser, and profane,
delivered his usual closing exhortation
and called upon US so to live as to be
prepared TO meet the old gentleman In
another world. '-something nat every
one in the house. including his own fam
lily. hoped to avoid"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
where Bachelors Are unpopuia-

The Kalkaska bachelors prepared a
big banquet at a church benefit. bit
the people UP there are 50 opposed to
bachelors On principle hat nobody at
tended the spread and the enterprise
vas a dead ioss-Grand Rapids Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
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AFay.1

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Book at druggists, or mailed rec. Address
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25

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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-11-07

On last Sunday afternoon, little after
two o'clock. Mrs, Alexander Young died,
Of typhoid fever, after an illness OF about
two weeks, aged 81 years.
Laura Clark Young was born in Rainier,
Oregon, April 4, 1868, moving with her
parents at an early ago to Cowlitz county
in the then territory OF Washington, and
where she lived until her marriage with
Alexander Young in 1875. They came
almost Immediately to Aberdeen, where
they have lived ever since. To her there
have been born seven children, all Of
whom are living, and who from hence
forth have only the memory Of mother g
love, and to the little ones even that will
be denied. Mrs. Young's was quiet,
sensitive nature, that loved the home life
and stunned publicity, but to those Of
her own family, and to the friends who
learned to know her best, she displayed
those christian graces which so ennoble
womanhood.
The funeral services where held Tues.
day afternoon in the Methodist church
and were conducted by Rev. DIR. John r
Thompson, assisted by DR.. S. A. Bright
The church was appropriately decorated
with flowers, and the rooms were filled
with friends and neighbors who had come
to pay their respects to the dead, and te
sympathize with the living, the stricken
husband, the broken. hearted children
and the sorrowing mother who had come
for a last look at the form of her daughter
From the church the body was borne tt
the cemetery by the banks the river, and
laid away amid flowers to await the res
direction.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-11-07

The program for the band concert Sat
urday evening is as follows:
March-Shoulde to Shoulder .. Christie
Overture-Sounds from the Sunny
South ........... ....... .Isenman
Medley waltz-Tip your Hat to Nellie, Ball
March Humenstique--Home from the
Club .................. Laurendeau
(Synopsis-Convival gathering break
ing up with "We won't 60 Home till
Morning" and Jones starts for home
with "a heavy load on" He be.
comes unsteady, grows worse and
worse, police come upon the scene
and "march him in.")
Serenade-In the Moonlight 49,. .Pettee
March-High School Cadets .Sousa