Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-31
Pacific Coast Letter i.

RUcKER. Cal. Jan. II, 1885

on the down grade very axle i luori-
Gated. every decivi,y in the road of
life.msde more ike an inclined plane,
u sd in his des, eut until bottom is
reschrd An illustration If thls theory
is Tie ease If one Who. until The last
holiday seas hiighed his lroSpe cts,
was an honortd IN, mbsr Of the faculty
of ihe udlrg Institution oi learning in
South ves,,rn Wisconsin. With he
ch,ll OF tte December. in what must
haye be moment of misplaced con-
fideLc be resigned that lucrative posi-
ton with all its tmoluments such as
plethoric ptckettook, gorgeous raj
mont. food lit for an epicure, and be-
wilching teauties galore. 10 don the
sackclolh of humiliation and the shes
of unrequi'ed toll, that he might enter
upon missionary l,bor in the Grant
county sea OF journalism. whose for
bidding shores ale s,rewn with wrecks
of what weIe
HOPEFUL. BUoYANT MEN
in their younger, happier days. Now
that this departure has teen made it
should be borne in mind, as mitigat-
ing circumstal ce, that publ sher who
appreciates his environments can lead
the world VIII it comes to heaping
Goals of fire on the heads Of transgres
sors, likewise to heaping literary brick
bats, millstones, O<sa Pelion or Other
mountsinons debris he mey find hirg
around loose S metimes even ednca-
ors have such longngs! But wbere
viii end the descent that has thus beer
hegunP
ECHO ANSWERS. wHtREs'
In the HERALD Of January 10, read
a letter from 10 Cover. whose life his
tory go, back to very early days of
the existence of that paper. To older
res dents of Lancaster such "A letter
must have revived NOR e' long f1r-
gotten. His remarks concerning booms
will be cordially indorsed by bseTling
men. BIZ: to the pure in le4rt how
ahominably his ponies beiesies resd!
Wrning letters such as his, or as thus.
70 friends Of earlier DAYS is. 10 those
whose hearts are still warm by the
sunshine of good fellowship.
MOST AGREEABLE EMPLOYMENT.
On that prlnciple, the HERALD reflects
u FAMILIAR name at It's masthead, which
impels me t. send it New Year $
greeting. Add so, inspired by many
pieAsal recol eciions that come troop
ing MP ike VIVID dream, | improve
the opportunity offered by an unoc-
cupi. d hour. so the HERALD has a.
most reacred The fifty second mile
st ne on LIES broad road. and still
with sturdy strides in marching on
toward the next. rejoice in it's good
fortune, also in your acquisition Of
that model paper, whose name has be-
come household word in thousands
OF families in Grant county as well rs
throughou, tho Northwest. !, Nav it,
future, with that of its new publisher.
be- surrounded by every comfort that
an increasing patronage and
COMMENTED MIND CAN BRING.
Drop for . few IN nutes the hurry Of
business to take {. brief review of the
long nDe of able men Sho have welded
pens IN that Herald sanclum, beginning
with its founders. then 10 GoOdhue, who
afterwards became leading factor 10
the journalistic life of the metropolis OF
Mibnesots; next 10 Cover, st nior; Gov
e.. junior; Farqubarson. Chr ndler.
Miner, Harper, last on the list until
,t,g haf t1ahnrAh a Nlfh
the new ear of 1895 What changes
have been recorded
IN the HALF CENTURY
embraced by the period u, their Iabors
in the HERALD sanc,uml How tbose
changes, those men and their deeds are
photographed upon the minds and
hearts of their readers. Those of them
whD have been ''mustered out. y whose
shadows alone remain 10 review, are
RENE mbertd only in kindness since
their descent nto the valley whence
n, M reluln 1t inclnaiions are graft
flea il tue Bright Boz ond, there j. Ger
sululv one office If HERALD among
the torraer publ. hers there, even u
there are no Hosts of heraIds' IS
clildten are taught.
ITEMS OF COAST NEWS
Business il CanIotna . III tbe sumo
state If 'innocuous desuetude' as
Grover 'ermed it, mat IrevAns AZ et.r,
part If America. even throughout the
lla Here. as in every other sta e
ami nation, are honest men wtthoui
limit who are unable to support them
selves for the reason that there - 20
work Tor the great army OF mem
ployed They are more no,iceabls on
this coast tnau elsewhere owing to
the milder climate which enables them
to live out of doors without suffering,
evrn at night. The disposition of this
army is among the most important
questions now mp for state or national
consideration Men who can work
bot will not do so are fit subjects fos
reformatories But those VINO want
to work and can find nothing TO do
should be subjects OF sympathy not Of
censure,
A driye of fifteen miles through San
ia Clara valley on the 18th was most