Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-06-23
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chestra returned home Saturday.
Chas James visited at Linden last
week, with his sister
If some people knew as much law
as they think they do, and obeyed
what little law they do know, what a
new beatitude we would have.
Almost the entire young population
of Livingston attended the camp
meeting last Sunday.
Some people make brazen images of
themselves upon what they consider
important occasions. and if they
don't get all people to fall down and
worship them, as they did another
calf in the Mosaic age, they will at
least get them to stand aside and give
them a chance at free lunch.
The Montfort Cornet band goes to
Potosi to play the 4th. The commit
tee is fortunate TO secure as good a
band as ours. There are others as
good, but hard to find, and harder to
get and in fact we have forgotten
where the better bands are located.
Prof. James, who has taught sue
cessful term in tie high school has
been reelected as principal for anoth-
er year.
Miss Anna Stamp of Chicago is
visiting with friends in the city this
week.
Miss Bertha Robinson, assistant
teacher in the high schhol returned to
her home in Platteville last week.
j. z. Hunt and wife who have been
visiting the past week at Darlington
and neighboring towns, returned Sun
day.
There are some things | cannot
understand, and this is one of them.
If it be an assured fact that all men
have souls and are going to live on
after this life in some sphere of their
own making, do not see why it is
not also an incontrovertable truth
that dogs too, have an immortal prin-
cipal in their nature. Shall the better
of the two types live, and the other
perish, because he has vocal organs
and walks upon two legs, and is rail-
roaded through to heaven. Shall the
faithful heart of = good dog 20 back
to dust while the brutal organ that
represents the life-center of bad,
low, disreputable man finds new
chance within the possibilities Of an
immortal destiny? 1t is a very poor
sort of dog that hasn't more soul
than some men happen to know, and
is that excess of good to be loste Is
it going to dissipate itselfin the mist
and murk of oblivion while the best;al
nature of the drunkard, the profli-
gate, the man who sits upon the
street corners and blackguards and
makes remarks about ladies who may
have to pass, or men who cannot
avoid the contamination, goes on for
ever like the emaHation from an
i'll smelling weed?
Take the best man you can pick
from an ordinary crowd of street ccr-
ner gossipers, deprive him of speech,
blight him with popular prejudice,
let him go without food or drink only
as he sneaks them from refuse barrels
and cutters, visit your wrath upon
him every time he opens his mouth to
greet the moon or frolics off with an
old shoe or discarded cap, merely to
show the fun that is in him, chit him
for every little thing he does, and If
you will show me as much of the de-
vine element of forgiveness, and the
sweet quality of patience left in that
mans nature after one days treat
ment, | will draw you check for all
l possess on earth, yes sir! If there
is going to be heaven for some Of
the types Of men | run across from
day to day, I'll ohoo Sc to go out with
the dogs.
Mrs. John Johnson, Of Castle Rock,
stopped for a visit in town over Sun
day, on her way home from Platte
vile, where she attended the commen-
cement exercises.
The Free Methodists held their an
nual camp meeting last week and
part of this, in Johnson's grove.
Among the able speakers present were
Bishop Hart, of California, and J. +.
Coleman Of Evansville, Wis. Not less
than one thousand people were in at
tendance Sunday.