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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-19
BuCkWheat Ridge.

Buckwheat Ridge is still alive.
Everything that was in need of rain
and perhaps some that were not in
need, got moistened by a nice shower
yesterday.
Our Sunday school was re-organIzed
in April for the coming year with Mr..
Henry Dobson our able superintend-
emf and Mrs. Henry Wrage an efficient
helper. Our Sunday school will be
made interesting, and we extend a
wide invitation to all.
There are preaching services held
at our church this week by Elder
Chas. II. Burr; meetings to commence
at $ p. m
There must be some attraction at
b. w X. for Ed Stevens We don't
blame him. Miss A. is an attractive
young lady.
General housekeeping is nearly
completed for little while at least,
and the men are not sorry.
The outlook for an abundance OF
fruit is good at the present time
The Misses Anna and Esther Edge
and Amy Tighe are taking music les
sons under the instructions Of Miss
Mable Roddick.
Elder G. H. Burr is taking photos
Of out door scenery and Of everybody
in this vicinity that wishes to see how
they look, pretty or homely; it is the
same price.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-19
BdgIeB.

Weather for the last few days is
fine, small grain looks well and corn
planting is in full blast.
The general health of the public is
good The case of VIM. Gulick is the
most serious. He has no use of his
limbs and the trouble is extending to
the arms, the doctors are nonplussed
and pronounce the case critical one.
Another buggy glittering with var
nish rolls out of the Keller &c Day
ware rooms, this time it is VIM.
Theissa that treats himself to a fine
buggy.
The war or other influences are at
work as a motive to improve all over
town. b. f. Keller is having a sum
mer kitchen built on, lots are being
fenced, yards are sodded shade trees
set out by the score; in fact the whole
town seems to be permeated with
spirit Of push and enterprise
f. Cornish of Bloomington is down
angling for bass and pickerel. Len
Barnum OF Mt. Hope, taking home
views.
Our popular station agent, VIM.
Weatherwax and family started Fri
day to visit friends in Chicago and
will return next Tuesday. In the
mean time John NJ. Harvill will con-
duct the office during the absence of
the regular agent.
The viii Handy wall is now ready
for the carpenters. The Yost resi-
dence is being plastered and will soon
be ready to move into.
Calkins & Son have just received a
fine assortment OF goods.
The Keller q Day firm, dealers in
hardware and farm machinery are
doing a large business.
The war topic is all absorbing and
unity Of sentiment almost reaches
the nights Of sublimity. RIp RAP.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-19
Spanish Fleet In West
Indian Waters--Its
Purpose in Doubt.
SAMPSON AND SCHLEY COMBINE.
The american Land Forces Are On The Move
Auain-0uban Forts Are To Be Lsvslsd Inn
mediatelg By American War Vessels.

No great military engagement has
happened within the week, but con-
ditions are such that heavy fighting
must occur soon. The Spanish fleet
is in West Indian waters. 1t is
powerful fleet, consisting of at least
four armored cruisers and three
powerful torpedo boat destroyers. 1t
is not probable that the vessels of
this fleet can successfully cope with
snch battleships as the Indiana, Iowa,
or Oregon. They are superior in
guns, however. to our cruisers and
swifter than our battle ships, so that
if skillfully managed may make things
lively for the Americans The fleets
under Admiral Sampson and Commo-
dore Schley are both in the West In
MES looking for the Spanish fleet and
determined to prevent their landing
at any of the important Cuban ports.
Fighting is expected hourly but if the
Spanish ships keep up the game of
"hide and seek" among the many
small islands south east of Cuba it
may be delayed for some time.
In the mean time he will carry the
war into Cuba. Gunboats have been
ordered to reduce the Notifications all
along the coast and very soon we may
expect to hear of an army landing
there. When it begins the campaign
win be pushed hard and fast against
Havana.
The situation at Maaila is unchang-
ed; Admiral Dewey is master OF the
day but has not taken the city Large
reinforcements are being sent him to
enable him to take and hold the is
lands.
The situation in Spain does not i'm
prove. Dissatisfaction is general,
riots are common. The ministry has
resigned and Sagasta is asked to form
another.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-19

great need Of reference books and
many things that should go to make
a good school. This amount is only
drop in bucket to the sum needed.
A school graded up as high as ours is,
needs scientific apparatus OF which it
is now destitute
Last Friday morning while the dew
drops were yet falling from the fra
grant blossoms, and the birds were
singing their mathis and their vespers
in the thick summer foliage. this viii
lage was suddenly made quiet by the
announcement that Orlie David had
passed into the cod cavern OF death.
As the loyliest rose that ever doomed
in bower wears the seeds of disease
in its cheek and droops to earth much
sooner than the harder and homelier
mountain flower, which is formed to
brave the storm and breast the rudest
winds, so Orlie was hurried down the
rugged decliyity Of life and cut down
in the prime of manhood and the pet
ais of honesty, honor and virtue were
wrapped up and laid in death to re-
turn to their kindred mould. The
most acceptable fragrance that ever
ascended to the throne of heaven is
that which is emitted from a pious,
virtuous. honest and guileless heart,
kind of sweetness which makes glad
the saints in the regions of the blest.
The greater part of his life was that
OF patient sufferer. Eighteen long
and weary years he was the victim of
the ravages of a cruel disease which
baffied the skill of the best medical
authority in this county and in the
city of Chicago, vet with the dint of
patience. perseverance and fortitude
he stood it all until finally the Reaper
Death gathered his harvest in the
grave. He1was kind and generous.
and possessed noble aspirations, had
good word for all and an evil one for
none-was admired by all for his quiet
and gentle behavior 0rlie was born
at the old homestead on the broad and
beautiful prairie near Montfort, where
he has lived most of his life excepting
about five years which time he lived
with his parents at Platteville. The
last three years he has lived in the viii
lage of Montfort, at which place he
was engaged in a prosperous and
growing Furniture business. He was
about 81 years of age. The funeral
took place Sunday afternoon from the
home Of the parents and was attended
by a large concourse of Borrowing
friends. Rev. Troy of Platteville of
ficiated. The sermon was grand eff
fort and right to the point, very diff
ferent from the ordinary method pur-
sued in as much as the discourse was
free from those things that have a
tendency only to work upon the feel
iugs of the mourners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-19
Letter From 6. r. Mckinney.

PIrTSBURG, PA, April 81, 1898.
FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS
Fourteen years ago left your town
to take my chances in the Southwest.
After FORMULATING the state of Texas
drifted eastward into the state of
Ohio, where fortune smiled upon me
for short period, when | took up the
Eyangelistic work, in which proved
IA success, by travelling in many
states in the union. But five years
ago | took charge of a train load OF
immigrants to Oklahoma and became
one of the participants in that wonder
full rush for homes God gave me
my portion of the spoils, when again
| sold out and went to Europe, visit
ing London, Paris. Berlin and many
other places of note, but returned 20
New York going direct to Seattle and
thence to Sitka and Juneau in Alaska,
but found thousands returning from
the gold-felds of the Klondike. so |
just returned and will start in few
days for Tampa Florida, where | shall
launch my future in the excitements
of Cuba, where | go as a. government
spy.
My two children are attending one
of the high schools of Pennsylvania.
| am happy and content; but oft my
mind goes back to the dreamy land OF
my childhood and | imagine | see as
sociates of former days meandering
the shady streets of old Lancaster,
where l see the lads of twenty years
ago, with silvery locks dangling about
their necks, burrows plowed in the
forehead, where time has left its track
never to be erased until death with his
cold fingers may pronounce the bene-
diction. But among all this | have
never forgotten a few honorable men
who took me by the hand when those
who were near and dear to me by the
ties of nature seemed to have forsaken
me. Those men are ever fresh in my
memory. | shall cherish them while
they live and my posterity will point
with pride and love at their last rest.
ing place.
But believing as | do that the world
is fast assuming that attitude when
classes shall be obliterated and uni
versal brotherhood established, when
souls of love shall melt together in a
single thought and their hearts beat
in unison to the rapturous melody OF
joy, when such a day may come | can
not say, when such an Utopian area
may arrive cannot know, but | dc
know that the school that teaches
kindness and love bids promise of 8
glorious morrow. Yours as ever,
] GEO. r. MCKINNEY.
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erty and aroused the deepest concern
of all her acquaintance.
After coming through the Kelley
ordeal we hope that Jennie will still
possess enough physical strength and
courage of heart to once more pick up
her lost lines and drive on to the
summit of her youthful ambition.
ADMIRAL.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-19
Fire Near Bloomington.

Last Thursday morning between 5
and O'Clock the farm house of Job
Crabtree, one-half mile south of
Bloomington. was totally consumed by
fire with about one-half its contents.
The fire originated from metal
chimney running through the roof.
Loss about 81, 200. Partly insured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-19

Gladstone, the Grand old man of
England is reported to be dying.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-19
Good Words.
We clip the following, concerning
one of Lancaster's young ladies, from
the Beaver Dam (Wis.l Citizen:

VIC A1N|st ' u A0NtII " ~ NItIN3O'ts
Miss Noll Goodrich of Lancaster Wis.
gave very interesting piano recital at the
Music Studio Monday evening May 9th
Miss Goodrich came to the Wayland School
of Music last fan and by her very conscient-
ious faithful study has made great advance
in her preparations as teacher and plan
list. Her program was well selected the
various numbers requiring much technical
skill. The audience was large and euthusi-
astic and each number was literally ap-
plauded. Miss Goodrich returns home the
18th inst and will devote herself to teaching
the piano and organ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-19

Nels Ellingson and family have
moved from Boscobel to Motley, MINI.
where they will locate on a farm.
The Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-16
washinRton's Room.

Silent we stand beside the open door,
And all the room bey ond Is bathed in light
The golden sunlight thou didst hail of yore,
The smile that kissed away the tears Of night
And in its touch Gods daily promise bore
A benediction that put care to flight
And gave thee strength to face the world-aye,
more,
That Lit thy pathway. guiding thee Alright
How many dawns thou didst to care awake,
Each dawn attended with new hopes and
fears;
Forever faithful didst thy burden take,
Praying that pence might bless the unborn
years,
And for thy country and thy kindred's cake
3 Toiled with a patience that all earth re-
veresi
How many nights thy heart did well nigh
break
To know thy motherland was drenched with
tearsl
And It was here thou didst at last find rest
The work was done. the time had come to
sleep
Tho high, the humble. prosperous, oppressed,
One In their sorrow DER thy couch did weep.
Our ceaseless gratitude by tongues professed,
But in our hearts there lieth still more deem.
A love which with our deeds we would attest
To prove us worthy of the trust we keep.
Ruth Lawrence in Colonial Verses"
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~ quoted rrom MIN an: them, -pu5 they
have not been produced. 1t is highly
Improbable they would not have been
seen had they been in existence. Having
many enemies, military and political,
they chose that form of slander as most
likely to be believed. Those stories are
still heard. with every circumstance and
detail. but they are hardly credited.
Washington was rather wary of the sex,
and is not thought to have exposed him.
self to suspicion or temptation.
A great point was made against his
connubial fidelity because there is rea-
son to think that his wife was bit;
jealous. Jealous wives, it is we'll known,
have in all ages been oftener jealous
without cause than with cause. Martha
Washington has been nearly as much
ideaiized as her husband. She was in
no sense extraordinary. She was below
the medium size, very sociable, stub
born, hot tempered, overfond, rather
pretty, without any excess Of good sense,
independent of the rules Of spelling, per-
fectly we'll bred, polite and kind. When,
only 16, he was while staying at Lord
Fairfax's sentimentally interested in
Mary Gary. He became enamored Of
Mary Phillipse, aged %, a daughter Of
Frederick Phillipse, one Of the largest
landed proprietors of the New York col
ony, but she declined his proposals. He
is declared by some to have been in
love with one Of the friends Of his
wife. He corresponded with her and
Sally Carlyle, another Fairfax daughter,
but they were only correspondents and
Of the platonic kind. 1t is evident, how
ever, from all the revealed circumstances
Of his early life that he was never in
danger Of dying bachelor.
So much has been written Of Wash
ington 8 campaigns that very little truth
has been told Of him as man. While
not military strategist-nor did he as
sumo to be-the Revolution was not con-
Quoted by strategy. The great problem
was to keep an army in the field. and
this Washington did. The British could
and did repeatedly beat the continental
army, though they could not beat their
commander. So long as he was il the
field he could get together I'll the Tight
ing spirit there was He was a natural
soldier, having inherited the disposition
from his Indian fighting great-grandfa-
ther and his elder brother Lawrence.
He was noted for fearlessness under all
circumstances and an outspoken soorn Of
aught like cowardice. Indeed he had
no comprehension of it. He was far
from faultless He could and did swear
roundly on occasion and had a violent
temper, commonly under control, which
now and then burst all bounds. He had
tho greatest self discipline He seemed
calm and passionless, but his intimates
| knew him as he was. He was in no
peril from spelling by goodness. Not
| only was he one of the first great Amer
leans, but one of the stanchest Of
stanch republicans, despite the con-
stant talk of his leaning toward mon
archy. JUNIUs HENRI BROWNE.
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ware Ilne was losu. washington went
into camp at Valley Forge. He had been
the victim OF base conspiracy to un.
dermlne his power, but kept up his own
spirit and that Of his men during tina.
trying time by looking for aid from
France. Lafayette had joined him at
Philadelphia, and during the winter tho
treaty OF alliance was signed.
Early In the spring General Howe re.
ngned the British command at Phila-
delphia, and his successor, Clinton, ,evao.
uated the city, taking the army to New
York. Seeing chance to cripple the
British ON the march, Washington plan.
ned an attack at Monmouth and was
robbed Of q brilliant victory bv the
treachery Of Charles Lee, who had re-.
turned from captivity to his command
In that battle Washington display,l
again the qualities of a fighting general
Like Napoleon, he dashed to tho front
to cheor on and direct his men. AZ t5a
same time he did not give way To la1,I,
frenzy, although he lost his tcmpcr over
the contemplate conduct of Lee. Luf,.
yette proved hero, boy that he was.
While the alliance with France came
In good time to cheer on the rr,gIu.
tionlsts, it increased the diniculric, rf
the commander in chief. Without tbo
French navy there was little horo ~
success, but the French admirals bad
their own views of the plan Of action
Furthermore, the revolutionists eyppc,.
ed too much of the French. and auntbo-
task was laid upon Washington's sLnpi.
ders-to keep his people to their wyri;
Besides planning campaigns h. vas
forced TO do the work Of "a national In,d.
er, leader bearing upon his sword tbo
fate of the country. The campaipus mn.
dertaken by the French were failuros
and the British gained territory ON tno
coast. Finally Washington asked Ia.j
fayette To go to France ard sccurc .
fleet and ali army which should be IN
der his own direction. 1t arrived aY
Newport III the summer of 1850. op|
while Washington was there coufcrri,,
with the French leaders Arnold uIottc,h'
the base treason which was to rive q
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oSfnmander another cru6l blow. lie,
had trusted the brilliant soldier Of
Quebec and Saratoga and given him
that opportunity to betray the citadel
Of the Hudson valley.
1But the nerve Of the warrior leader
R& not to be shaken now that the hour
had come for q decisive blow. The
troops of Roohambeau united with the
continental forces gave him for the
first time in the war an army. The feet
also gave the needed sea power to attack
where the British were strongest, along
the coast. The main British army was
in the south under CORVALLIS. Wash
ington sent Greene to the south with
orders not to fight for positions, but to
draw CORVALLIS northward. Morgan
was also in the south with his Virgin
ians. Both these brilliant soldiers, the
mountaineer and the blacksmith, had
been driven from the service by the in
grStitude of congress. but Washington S
appeal caused them to buckle on their
swords for the last cast Lafayette was
sent to Virginia with an army, and after
many useless chase CORVALLIS retired
to the seaboard at Yorktown.
! Washington left strong garrisons OH
,, the Hudson, and with about 1000 sol.
disrs threatened to attack Now York
HI fhovered within striking distance,
ghdually moving southwark. and reach
ing New Brunswick made forced
mi ph to the head of the Chesapeake
Bl water the army was transported to
| ths York, and with the aid of the
Ffpch fleet and the troops on shipboard
! tf lilies laid siege to Yorktown. They
| oFhhmbered the British. and re enforce
! mhts for CORVALLIS were out Off by
thi French ships. Yorktown fell. tri-
uHHh Of strategy. Washington struck
the bnemy where he was weak with the
mo4 men, but it was only by the most
skllful planning that he caught his en-
envy In position favorable for the blow.
he result showed WashinRton's gen.
iusatn holding on TO- New Jersey and
wHR risking all to keep the enemy
nefr3he seaboard preserving an open road
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army in the Held, but refused to co-op-
crate with Washington. Congress aban-
doned Philadelphia and appointed Wash
ington dictator. Lee was captured while
sleering far outside his lines, and these
events raised Washington upon pedes-
tai in the eyes of the soldiers and tho
people. The military power Of the Revo-
luton oentered in him. There soon fol-
lowed the brilliant stroke at Trenton
and Princeton. In these affairs he took
the greatest chances, and both were
nearly lost by the failures of his combi-
nations the most delicate plans in war.
But Washington came out Of them vio-
torious by the display Of the highest
courage. His tactics at Trenton and
Princeton, as we'll as at the Brandywine
and Germantown in the same field, are
open to criticism, but in each case the
situation called for action and Wash
ington was forced to risk much upon the
fidelity and ability of his generals. The
net result Of the Trenton and Princeton
campaign was to free New Jersey Of the
British, except the northeast corner,
and save Philadelphia for a time.
Washington settled down for the win
ter at Morristown with only 1000 long
service troops, but when spring opened
in 1777 he had an army Of 1000 under
able generals The British divided the
attention of the revolutionists by NOV
ing on Philadelphia from the Chesa-
peake bay and from Canada down Lake
Champlain toward Albany. For defense
of the north Washington sent Daniel
Morgan and his Virginia rif1emen to
Albany and appealed to the New York
and New England patriots to arise and
meet the invader. With his own army
he kept Howe occupied around Phila-
delphia. although he lost the battle Of
Brandywine and Germantown. After
the surrender Of Burgoyne at Saratoga
he asked for the continental troops serv-
ing with the army there under Gates to
come to his aid in securing the forts on
the Delaware, and thus cut Howe off
from direct communications with the
sea. They were not sent. and the Dela-
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HE WAS A BORN LEADER.

Interesting "Reminiscences OF Ono OF WASH
ineton's Comrades In Arms.
Washington had the stuff in him
and the kind Of mind that enable a
man to govern and influence other
men," said General William O.. Butler,
a son Of one Of the four famous eight
Ing Buffers of the Revolution, himself
q major general in the Mexican war and
candidate for the vice presidency who,
barely missed being elected. my IA
ther knew General Washington as init.
mately as did any Of his staff" said
General Butler in 1865.
"He always said that General Wash
ington possessed more Of the qualities.
that go to make up a great man than
any of the leading figures Of the Revo-,
luton. Greene came next to Washing,
ton. he thought. in force and ability.
The Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-16
Washington at Forty-three.
George Washington was 43 when

@ssEsensDstzS7ylEfy
drew his sword under the historic elm
at Cambridge as captain general and
commander in chief" Of the colonial
forces He was just the ago Of julius
Caesar when he took command of the
army in Gaul, Of Napoleon when he
made the mistake Of his life and start
ed in to conquer Russia, and he was ten
years older than Alexander was when
he wept because there were no more
worlds to conquer. Charlemagne was
just his age when he overcame With
kind, the Saxon chief, and made all Ger
many Christian, and the captain gen.
eral of the continentals" was Just as old
as was Constantine when he determined
to make himself master Of the world.
He was as old as Sesostris, the pharaoh,
when he conquered the Hittites and per-
secuted the children of Israel; as Han
nibal when he gave up the hope Of con-
quering Rome and left Italy to defend
Carthage against Scipio.
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oeuween the -nuoson ana the soutn. ne
was always within reach of the Hudson
and Of Maryland and Virginia. His
army at its best was never the equal of
the British in numbers had they been
brought into action. Often they had
30, 900 to 10000 in New York, while
Washington stood ward outside with
less than 8. 900.
GEORGE l. KnMKR.
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y MAN born In
this land certain
ly has ever been
SO much injured
by xoe 8 sive
praise, by ridicu
lous exaggera-
tion, as George
w as IN | N OF nr,