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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20

Down there along the Atlantic sea-
board, the good people are greatly
alarmed at the indications which
seem to show that at no distant day
the lobster will become extinct. 1t
is indeed sad that there is even a
vague possibility that the edible lois
ster will go the way Of the buffalo,
but sadder still, by far, is the fact
that the human lobster seems to be
increasing on our hands all the time.
1t seems nothing short of irony of
Fate, that the delicious roseate hued
lobster, that mysterious gamebird
that always has new and unexpected
surprises tucked away in his myster-
ioGs midst, for the pleasure Of he who
will delye, should be doomed to ex-
tinction while that useless nuisance,
the human lobster, should be per-
mitted to thrive and multiply and al
WAYS be in the way If law could
be passed protecting the former for a
certain number Of years until its de-
pleted ranks could grow once more to
their normal size, and in the mean
time the law could be declared off the
human variety, until the latter were
wiped out root and branch, humanity
would be greatly benefited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20

In addition to those under way or
contracted for, five battleships and six
cruisers Of the most powerful type
are to be added to the American navy
at cost Of $50 100000. The nation
does not count the cost when tcomes
to giving this country the most pow
erful navy afloat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20

The Herald appears as 2o-page
paper today, replete with something
good on every page and the part Of
it that we feel like blowing our horn
about the most is the fact that it was
printed entirely at home. Along
with it is included greetings of the
season to every reader, and we trust
the approaching holidays may with
each Of you be pleasurably spent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

To GRANT COUNTY VOTERS:
| shall ask consideration at the
hands Of the Republican County
Convention (to be held in February
and will be candidate for the Office
Of county Judge. Respectfully,
). ii. TAYLOR.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20

A contemporary suggests that
while congress is in the ship subsidy
business it also subsidize farm wag-
ons. Why not2 Isn't the farmer en-
titled to bonus for doing his share
OF the transportation as much as the
ship owner2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20

1t may be interesting to note that
in the next state legislature ofWiscon-
sin there will be % farmers aud %
lawyers. These two vocations are
far in the lead of all others although
nearly every business and profession
are represented. There are coal men,
merchants, bankers, printers, brew
ers, machine man, an abstractor, a
saloon man and others. Out of such
an array Of business lines there
should be just and equitable legisla-
ton
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20

Gov. La Toilette has named Jere
Murphy of Milwaukee as private sec
retary; A. T. Rogers Of Madison as
executive clerk John Strange Of Osh-
kosh superintendent Of public proper
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20

A young fellow named Harvey at
Portage has been sent to the state re-
formatory at Green Bay for stealing
buc<wheat. Tne only object in pub
fishing this item IS to work up to the
climax by saying that if he ate the
buckwheat he will break out up there
at Green Bay. People break out up
there often, on ordinary diet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20
PILGRIM JOE AGAIN.
ANOTHER INCIDENT IN THE CAREER
OF A WORTHY MAN.

He Performs n wedding Ceremony
Under CompuISiGn and Very speed
lily Learns That lie Made Quite "a
Mistake In Doing So.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20
THURSDAY, Dec. 90, 1900.

Don't follow precedent too closely.
Make a precedent for others to follow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20

"ALICE of Old Vincennes al
Burr's book store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20

4. H. 5. RHODES for fur. itare ana
ri. iuFes.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

E5asz@. szszss
mind Isn't it DEEPER All, didn the heart
camera take a snap shot at herr" And,
bounding up, he furiously attacked the bag.
1t was his intention to go out upon the wa
ter early the next morning in the hope Of
seeing her. but the dawn came with lash
ing Of rain on the roof. But later IN the
day he went over toEthe .Piratages There
was high fence about the house, and the
rusty iron gate was fastened with d
chain and paddock He shook the gate and
shouted and after time an old man with
a bushy head of fierce looking hair came out
upon the veranda and demanded to know
the cause Of such disturbance at his gate.
Crandall replied that no disturbance was
intended, and then the old man asked him
what he wanted. Grandall didn't know ex-
actly what To sag--he didn't care to bIurt
out that he wanted to see the girl, SO be re-
marked Why you see, we are neighbors,
and
.t0h, we are.' the old man broke in.
And il that's the case don't you think you
ought to have waitefs for me to cali first 2,
.sWeil, yes. Crandan admitted, that
would have been more formal: but am
willing 10 dispense with formaiity.'
But | am not, said the old man, step
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

scarlet fever and whooping cough. And il
/ say a word about my children, who are a
hundred times as pretty and clever, she
viii almost yawn in my face. Still, sup
pose we must have them.
/ suppose so, since we are under business
and social obligations to them, but it will be
dfeadfully expensive. and
And the cook will probably give warn
ing because of the extra work
While the Jones. family. who don t speak
to the Brownsons, and whom we really like,
viii be offended with us. .
And mamma will be angry that We did
not ask Dora and Mr.. Willing instead"
Not to mention the fact that the children
will IN all probability behave like Gomanches
because there is company
And the housemaid will be so anxious to
get through that she viii squander the
gravy on the best tabiecloth and add the
turkey dressing as an unnecessary addition
to the trimming of Mrs BroWnson's waist. =
And all to entertain people who bore us
nearly to death. Still, you had better write
the invitation at once and have it settled"
31 viii, dear Come in, Norah, what is It !
4 note2 Oh, Wilfred, listen. It is from
Mrs. Brownson. They want us to dine with
them on New Years day and meet those
lovely Van Styles, whom / have been so
anxious to know! Isn't it lovelys',
Indeed it is. We shall have most de.
lghtful time. ! don't know d more enter
tanning fellow than Brownson; shall quite
enjoy a long talk with him .
Il am sure of it. And Mrs. BroWnson is
such splendid housekeeper. too. Of course,
we will accept with pleasure and tell them
that our only regret is that we had not sent
out our invitation to them first
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

i n s
Dis is in anodder city, and hear not from
/ her since. Dat is der reason I hat heart
aches sometimes, and need not large profits
| Der money IN der bank, who shall leafe it
| to-"
What lots of trouble there is In the
| world, remarked the visitor, picking up the
! sugar purchased for sick neighbor. Vow,
! thepoor woman am taking this to lost her
| husband last summer, and she has an invalid
mother and a tiny baby to support And now
| she had been too Ill to work for SIX weeks. =
| Poor ting said Sehulzhen, sympathet-
! icaIy. Take her basket of groceries wild
| you.'
why don't you take them yourseIf?''
| asked the settlement lady, seized with sud
| den inspiration. "The mother is of your
| nation, and it would do her good to talk Ger
| man with you Go and wish them Happy
| New Year, MIR. Schulzhein, for kindness
| sake"
"Ven, / t,ink ] vill," said sehulzhein.
| greatly to his own astonishment. Il go dis
| efening, after closing time II
Closing-time came very late to Schulz
| helm, who thought it hard for tired men and
| women to be compelled to think of every
thing they needed before half-past seven,
| and still harder for sleepy children to be
dragged out of bed unnecessarily early on
cold winter mornings to run over to the
store, and who kept open later than ever
in the holiday season. But he did get the
| store closed and the basket of groceries
| ready at last, although he went back sew
eral times after extra deiieacies. And he
| was climbing the stairs Of the Ewing street
| tenement to which he had been directed be-
fore it occurred to him that he did not know
fhn mama 7f he pe6ple he meant fa visit
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
WHY HIS NEW YEAR WAS A HAPPY ONE
BY Ethel Maud colson.

[Ty HE old-time corner grocery" Is by
NE~t no means extinct, even in the great
w cities. Schulzhein's S grocery, on the
corner of South Halsted street, Chicago,
and one of the little dark alleys which lead
out Of this thoroughfare, is a typical Dutch
grocery of the kind seldom seen nowadays.
Schulzhein himself is a staid and kindly old
German who says little, but sells groceries
cheaper than anyone else in Chicago. He
has been doing this so long that the low
prices have ceased to astonish anyone but
the residents of the social settlement near
by.
What is the social philosophy underly-
ing your cut rates. Mr.. Schulzhein?" 2" one of
the residents asked him, half humorousf5,
on the last day Of 1899. Mr.. Schulzhein did
not receive the query in quite the spirit she
had expected. VS.
Il haf no philosophy" he said, quietly,
"but beliefe some things, and know some
things. Dey are poor people who lif here,
and dey cannot pay much. l haf nobody but
mine own self to take care of, and need not
large profits. Dere you haf der whole case
in Won word"
Have you always been alone in the
worldN' inquired the visitor, wondering.
The sudden contraction of the old storekeep-
er's eyebrows told Of pain somewhere
My wife, she dead 80 years., was his
quiet reply, and mine little daughter, she
lofe bad man, more dan 20 years back, and
she run away wid him. He tell her disown
her if she marry him, SO she did not tell me.
l would not haf done so, but she beliefe it.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
SOCIAL eoAEDY usHERs in A NEW YEAR
BY Elisa Armstrong.

9d n 4 SUPPOSE there is no way out Of
No it" sighed Mrs. Smith. We
~ must ask the Brownson's S to dine.
with US on New Years day. Such bore as it
viii be, too. believe that woman thinks she
is the only person on earth who knows how
a turkey should be cooked. She will inti-
mate as much when4she comes to the table,
and"
Humph,' retorted her husband, gloom
ily; that is all you know about the real aw.
fulness of having them. You will not be
obliged to sit in a close room after dinner
with an overloaded stomach and listen to
BroWnson's interminable stories of how he
booked a nine-pound salmon and almost
shot a bear. When he has quite finished
with these stories, be will
Oh, no" retorted Mrs. Smith. with
deadly sarcasm, II shall only have to listen
politely while Mrs. Brownson brings up ali
her children in turn through the measles,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

ping inside and shutting the door; and az
Crandail was about to turn away he thought
he heard the music of a mlsehievous laugh.
During all that day, and during nearly all
the night he worried over the truth that the
picture had been taken by his heart instead
Of his mind. The next morning he was on
the pier when the sun arese and his eye
swept the flashing water, but he did not see
her; and after waiting until noontime he
returned to the house To brood over her,
to gaze inward at her picture, with hair
streaming like flame. Late in the after
noon he wandered By the wooded shore and
suddenly he halted, with his heart beating
hard, for there she sat beneath pine tree,
gazing out upon the quiet water. He hated,
stood and looked at her, and she did not
withdraw her eyes from the sleeping sea,
for she had not heard him; hut he stepped
back, to retreat in the timidity that sud-
denly had come upon him; twig snapped
beneath his foot and she looked round.
IT beg your pardon said he: and she re-
Piled "Oh, no, but / beg your pardon for
laughing when you were driven away from
cur gate"
He sat down beside her and she made nc
objection. And they talked Witha freedom
that cut an hour short. At last voice
called her and she started up, declaring that
she did not know it was 50 late. He called
you Marette," said Crandall. Tits pretty
name"
f'Good-by,'' she said, running away from
him.
when may 1 see you again? p he called
after her, and back came the words: oh,
you mustn't think of that. Perhaps not at
all"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
The New Year.

Here's a Happy New Year!
Sunsaine's In the sky.
Join the throng
And swell the song
That comes a-fioatin by.
Wear a smile fur strangers;
Welcome all yer kin:
Carve the roast
And give a toast
To folks that happens Ia.
Wish we all may prosper
In wl1ate'er we do.
An we must
Eff eacf'l1 just
Help the others through.
--Washington Star.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

Fro m the snowy
crests of north
land to the land Of
endless sun
Let the people greet
the N e w Y e a r
with a sense of
duty done;
As a Nation proud
and honored with
a flag that makes
men free,
Let us hail the Cen
tury's coming on
the land and on
the sea,
For it cannot bring
us sorrow when
we battle for the
right
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
The Man who swears on.

Don't go around and boast about
Your swearing off on New Years day:
Don't get upon the house and shout
That you have driven Vice away,
He may return to mock at you,
SO merely quit, without display
IA man amounts TO little who
Is forced 10 swear OF, anyway.
Chicago Tim1s-Herald.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

We rejoice that on
the threshold of
a cycle still un-
known
We are mighty ana
resistless, stretch
ing far from zone
to zone;
Hail, all hearts, the
guest who seeks
US thro' the Gem
tury's p rt a ! .
wide,
Let the New Year
enter boldly in his
majesty and pride;
God is with US as a
Nation and He
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29


When the nations
shall be brethren
and the b a t t | G
flags be furl'd,
And the Prince Of
Peace be ruler
over all this might.
world.
When the modest
flower blossoms
where doth rust
the w arrior' S
blade,
And the grass grows
tall and tender
DER the wounds
that w ar h a s
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29


Let the silence of
the steeple broken
b e by h a ppy
chimes,
That prophesy for
e W ry o n e the
q a W n of better
times;
With a Century be-
fore us we shall
march to newer
fame,
And the Year will
crown with glory's
wreath the flag
we love to name.
For the footsteps Of
t h e New Year,
seen amid t b e
f7paaN snow
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

For the Century's first New Year will be
glorious. true and strong,
And the mingled voices of the world shall
greet it with a song.
Hail the Century's roseate dawning, greet
the guest who seeks our door,
For he ushers in a cycle that is ours for
evermore;
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
Incarrfrihle.

care you going to give up any of your old
habits?'
Yes, /" answered the man with defiant
air; t'one. I'm going TO give up this old, old
habit Of swearing Of every New Year day" !"
Washington Star.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
Meth

Rivers, III all my experience have never
known YOU to smoke as vile cigars as those
ron are indnlging IN now.
That's al right, Brooks am trying to
make it easier to swear off New Year, day. !"
Chicago Tribune
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

Shall guide us to the grandeur that we
dreamed of long ago.
Thus to US shall come the New Year with
an anthem and smile
And the people shall be happy as the bells
ring out the while;
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

And our Past is grand and glorious as our
Future must be bright.
Greet the New Year crowned with luster,
hail the morning bright and fair!
Set the tuneful bells a-ringing till they stir
he xxrip4ar al
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
scHuLzHEN GROCER NEW YEARS WISHES DINNER INVITATION
By Gilbert Frederick. D. D.,
Pastor Covenant Baptist Church, Chicago.

Is a pleasant Gus.
tom at this season,
of wishing others a
happy New Year.
This custom is more
singular than our
familiarity with II
would sugg es t.
hile there is moth
ing more general
t h ro ug h out t h {
world than wishing,
fhera is nothing more
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
wake 1t TnanImous

Concerning January bills
There's just this thing to say:
everybody paid us We
Could everybody pay.
Chicago Record.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

Opening wide to all the nations now the
laureled gates of peace,
And bringing to the captive soul the long
looked for release;
Far behind him lie the SORROWS that fore er
have passed away,
But an echo seems to linger where the
laugh was loud and gay;
And the New Year, tripping lightly Ger
his velvet path of snow,
Brings the Futures bright fruftion that
We dreamed of long ago.
In the splendor of the dawning of the
Twentieth Century
We may see the feeting shadows of the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29

TO advance us on to glory and to splendol
yet to be.
T.c. HARBAUGH.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
Temn,xen-aIp 10 nnte.

Ring out the old Ring In the newt
Wfing cut the hotel napkins, foo.''
Town Topics.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
The Growth Of Time.

Well give no thought to our increasing
age,
Nor sigh because another year has flown.
But write upon each new and spotIess page,
.0ur minds have wiser. hearts have warm
er, grown z .f''sss.s
II yy F2Y1IIetsrs st955r
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
VOL. XI.-NO. 13.

the mornings $
golden portals. all
the world to bless
and cheer,
Down the pathways
of tn e heavens
comes TIL e c e n
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
oPELOUsAs, LA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 49, 1900
THE BLACK FLAG
A NEW YEARS STORY.
jggt-
By opie Read.
A NEW YEARS STORY.
By opie Read.

TaT1 l PHYSICIAN ordered Crandall TO
IfA go south what for?" the young
/ tQMAst fellow spoke up, rather testify.
..Y ON fornet that | vas the successful cen.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-29
Rnf she Didn't.

L. 4. ". Bulletin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-19
HAWLEY'S
Annual Mid Winter
Clearance Sale

Nozg going on.
BeSttime in the 7Vhole year
t0secNre unusual bargains.
No half 7oay work about 1t
wReN this sale starts.
Come expecting to get a
good deal in the way of mer-
chandise tor your money,
You will not be disappointed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-19
Col. w. $. b. Hopkins Dead.

Col. W. S. B. Hopkins of Worcester,
who died Sunday at Pinehurst, S. c., was
one of the most brilliant lawyers in New
England. He was born in Charleston, S.
c., but was of an old New England family
which had many distinguished members,
including Mark Hopkins. He was also a
descendant of Jonathan Edwards. lie
graduated at Williams college in 1855, one
OF his college friends being James A. Gar
field. A lifelong friendship began between
them and when Garfield became President
he offered Col. Hopkins the portfolio of
attorney general, which the latter declined;
Col. Hopkins graduated from the Harvard
law school in 1858, and was practicing his
profession at Ware when he enlisted as
captain of Company D in the 31st Massa-
chusetts regiment. He served with dis
tinction under Gen. Butler at New Orleans
and in the Red River campaign under Gen.
Banks. He practiced law and was special
counsel of the United States treasury at
New Orleans two years. For several years
after the war he lived in Greenfield, and
was law partner of Judge David Aiken
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-19
N. I, HAWLEY.
PERSONAL.

Bessie and Grace Perry are ill with ton
silitis.
Miss Mary Hooker is a guest of Mrs. A.
j. Currier.
John Fredette has moved from % Pros
pect to 81 Elliot street.
James Austin, jr, is able to be out after
months illness with tonsilitis.
L. w Hawley will lead the afternoon
meeting in the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Harvey of Westport, N. H.. q,
is visiting at her fathers, David Downer's
Mrs. D. II. Clement of Brooklyn is
spending some time with her mother, Mrs.
=. Starr
Ezra Wilcox of Greenfield spent Sunday
in town with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Wilcox.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Sullivan entertained
the '9s club at their Clark street home
last evening.
W. F. Carlisle, formerly one of the man
ayers of the Brooks House, visited in town
a part of Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr.
Carlisle is now travelling in the interests of
the American Tobacco company.
Ezekiel Bement of auckland, Mass
who is 81 years old, recently visited his
brother, Daniel Bement of Canal street.
The former was accompanied by his son,
John Bement, who lives in Dakota.
Halsey j. Boardman, the prominent
Boston lawyer whose death is recorded in
our state news, is well remembered as a
former summer visitor in Brattleboro, and
an intimate friend of Col. Haskins.
Mrs. Francis z. Clark, wife of DR.. F. E.
Clark of the Christian Endeavor society,
who is a sister of Mrs. j. II. Babbitt of
West Brattleboro, spoke at the Christian
Endeavor meeting in that village Sunday
evening. DR.. and Mrs. Clark and their
son Harold left Monday for San Francisco
where they will sail soon for Japan to re-
main for a month. They will then go to
China to attend the triennial Christian En-
deavor convention for all China in Foochow,
on April 4, and other meetings of no little
Importance in Shanghai, Tientsin, Picking,
and various other points in the north of
China. DR.. Clark's purpose is not simply
to attend these gatherings, important as
they are, but to do what he can to promote
the systematic organization of these coun-
tries, especially China, for much larger
Christian Endeavor work in the future.
Dr. and Mrs. Clark will be joined in Lon
don in June by their daughter Maud and
son Eugene, who is student in Dart
mouth. Miss Maud and her brother Sgd
ney will spend the winter with their aunt
in West Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-19
Coming again by Popular Request.

The Robinson Opera company, that
gave such entire satisfaction in Brattleboro
a year ago, will open a weeks engage
ment at the Auditorium beginning Mon
day, Feb. u. This company has just
closed weeks enormous business at Bur
lington, filling their large house to over
flowing at every performance. This week
they are in St. Adams, where full houses
greet them nightly. Next week they are
in Claremont, N. H., where it is predicted
they will break all records. This is for
tunate engagement for Brattleboro and will
afford music lovers a whole week Of I'M
allowed pleasure.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-19
HAWLEY'S
Annual Mid Winter Ii
Clearance Sale

Large assortment of black
and colored Petticoats, many
of them fine ones, all marked
down.
Entire stock of black, colored
and novelty Ore S G Gods,
Silk S, Velvets, Velvetee MS
and Shawls at a material re-
duction in price.
Silk waists are all marked
down, and we have a lot OF
them, greatly reduced in price
N. I. HAWLEY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-19
Boys Refers.

Mems Camels' Hair Medicated Shirts
and Drawers were great values at so cents
Price during this sale, 80 cents.