Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-03-14
BoscobeI.

lation between noise and oratory. Ii
is the empty barrel that makes the
most sound There is no affinity be-
tween rowdyism and refinement.
And when young girls lay aside their
modesty in public places and young
boys stagger upon the streets. wheth-
er they are students or not, it is time
for parents and professors to admin
lister liberal dose OF switch Oil"
and shingle syrup" and when sa-
looms of any town supply young stu
dents with that which will steal
away their brains, the hour has struck
for Carrie Nation and her Ratchet.
It does not pay to point a musket
at mousquito. 1t is waste of am
muuition. The insect is annoying.
1t sometimes hurts, but ii is short
lived When it gets full it bursts
and there is nothing left but some
fuzzy wings and a little red spot.
Better save the musket for bigger
game. Some men are like mosqui-
toes. Let them buzz. bleed and
burst.
The Farmers Telephone company
at recent meeting perfected perma-
neat organization, electing the fol-
lowing permanent officers Pres. /.
j. j. Ruka; Secy. F. B. Sarles; Treas.
b. + Williams; Supt., Richard Walk
er. This company viii put in a 100
drop board IN the early spring and
erect a direct line between this city
and Fennimore. Twenty business
and private phones have already been
put in by our citizens aud "still
there's more to follow.
The Union Telephone company has
red uced the rates over its line and
will this week move the central so
long located in the Kretsch building.
to the room over the Dial Enterprise
office where it will be cared for hy
Lutte Atkinson. We heard one man
register a kick because the central
was to be located upstairs, and we
register another, because Miss Cora
is noloDger to "call US I'M With no
reflections upon the new management
we herewith record regrets at the re-
tirement OF that 'hello girl" and
make acknowledgements for courtesy
faithfulness and patience upon her
part in the past.
1t does not pay to befriend a Bru-
tus. He will stab his fondest friend
in spite Of favors granted and we'll
wishes spoken, when controlled by q
mad and maliguing mob An migrate
is infamous. 1t don't pay to court
his confidence or champion his cause.
The effort is as needless as to use 3
pie driver to pin on a ribbon, and
has as much effect upon his gratitude
as have boiled peas hurled at Gibraltar
1t does not pay to stir up pole
cat Clothes, cleanliness and com
fort are worth more than poultry
Never argue with the animal. The
perfume will be more pleasant when
it passes by. To stop it is to stir up
stencil. To slaY it is to procure
only the pelt. The carcass isn't worth
a continental.
Wher a President of the United
States was once asked what design b,
would choose for a coat of arms he
replied "A pair of shirt sleeves
To him they were sIgn of nobility,
badge of honor. They told of toll
So the toiler has always received the
respect Of the greatest men. The
droue who dreams, however attrac-
tive his attire is 8 curse 10 civiliza-
ton. The dude who dresses. how.
ever rich his regalla, is a sore on the
face Of society. The worlds might
lest men have been laboring men
Webster followed the plow, Gladstone
swung the ak. Grant toiled in the
tan ward Wilson sat upon the shoe
makers bench. Garfield followed the
tow-path and Lincoln toied in the
forest and upon the stream. Pau
labored with his hands that be might
not be chargeable to any of them
while the Savior Of Mankind worked
at the carpenters bench. Thes,
thoughts come trooping up with q
thousand others, as daily we meet
the tobacco toilers vending their way
to their work Yet snobs sneer al
these girls. and a '.cod-tish" aris
tocracy shrugs its shoulders as they
pass by But their very willingness
TO work is a crown which outshine.
the simmer of silks and the dazzle
81 diamonds, worn by their critics
Tobacco toilers. all hail We greet
you as belonging 70 the aristocraey q
the age to the nobility Of the nation
| Remem Der that
I.ahoris Life. IT'S the still water faieth:
| IdleneSs eyer bemoaneth. bewaileth.
/ Keep the watch wound for the dark rust as
/ Aaiieth
Flowers droop aud die IN the stiffness d
| noon,
/ Work for some good, be IL ever SO slowly.
| Cherish some task toe IL ever 80 l0wly;
| Labor all labor is noble and holy.
/ Let thy great deeds be thy prayer % thy
/ God
It has been said that lone touch o.
nature makes the whole world kin
But it is nov true that one puff Of the
the pipe makes all men kin in tn
queer amusement Of sucking tobacco
| smoke into the mouth and blowing