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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12

overs cow He had no personal feel.
ing in the matter at all, although he
had stumbled over that hog on dozen
different dark nights, but he must
range himself on the side of the law.
Abraham Fuller came next. Abe
had an undelivered Fourth of July adj
dress that he had been holding on to
for several years, and he had deter
mined to ring it in on this occasion.
He began with the battle of Lexington,
and he got clear down to Benedict
Arnold before he brought in the hog.
From that time until the colonies won
their independence, liberty and the
Widow Harris, the American eagle and
that black hog were sandwiched in to
make a powerful speech of it, and
when he closed it was amid applause.
Had a vote been taken then the hog
would have been released, but there
was a delay Of two or three minutes,
and it was fatal Moses Taylor got
his feet under him and rose up and be-
gan on that speech of his about the
rise and fall of the Roman empire. He
had got it off dozen times before, and
it had always weighed a ton. Moses
was the only man in Jericho who was
way up on the Roman empire, and he
knew it and made the most of it. In
eleven minutes he created and destroy
ed the empire and knocked out the
widows hog, and his oratorical effort
was decided to be equal to anything of
Clay's.
Philetus Schemerhorn was next to
plead for the hog. He said be didn't
want to mix hogs and widows up to-
gether but on this occasion it was diff
ficuIt to separate them. On the one
hand we had a widow sitting by her
desolated hearthstone and weeping
over the loss of a porker and on the
other hand a porker in the village
pound granting and wailing over it's
lost liberty. He went back 5000 years
to prove that widows had always been
objects of public sympathy and had
been given more latitude than other
folks, and he took the early history Of
Egypt to prove that hogs had been al
lowed to run at large without protes-
tation. The carriages Of queens and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12

More Than
Love.
"Whew! The
temper ature's
pretty low this
morning"
slow! tt S
positively vul-
gar!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
Seven Years in Bed.

s.Wiil wonders ever cease" inquire
the friends of Mrs. S. Pease, Law
renee, Kan. They knew she had
been unable to leave her bed in seven
years on account of liver and kidney
trouble, nervous prostration and gen
eral debility, but ''Three bottles OF
Electric Bitters enabled me to walk, >
she writes, 'sand in three months
felt like new person" Women SUI
fering from headache, backache, nerv-
BUSINESS, sleeplessness, melancholy,
fainting and dizzy spells will find it
a priceless blessing. Try it; satisfac-
ton guaranteed. Only SOC at Ben
nett's.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
Good News For Husbands.

Housekeeping is better exercise than
golf, tennis or bicycling.-Exchange.
Come in off the links, put your clubs on
the hook
Let your racket rest back of the door;
Now, wives for your health say you learn
how to cook,
To sweep and to polish the floor.
Just pass UP the tennis, the baby to mind,
Or on bright days the windows to clean;
It's great for the health, so the scientists
find
The health of the husbands they mean.
Forget the nine holes, the strokes and the
clubs
And take the advice of men wiser;
A match game each week can be played
on the tubs,
And the stove is great exerciser:
For building a figure there's naught like
a broom,
Every muscle is called into play,
And a wife can grow strong in her own
little room,
At least so the scientists say.
Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
Another Remarkable Cat.

The fame of Philadelphia intelli-
gent cats has apparently reached even
to Peru-that is, Peru, Ind, for yester-
day a letter came from H. M. Guss
of that place giving these instances of
the equal intelligence of a Hoosier tab
by: Il have a cat that beats them all.
His name is Booker L. We turn the
gas down at night. Booker turns it
on in the morning and has the house
warm when we get up. He watches
for the mail man and brings in the
mail He is a lover of beer and chews
tobacco. Booker is 3 years old, weighs
five pounds, and has been from coast
to coast. He is not for sale. "-Phila-
delphia Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12

expresses had turned aside for hogs
lying in the roads, and kings and en-
perors had stumbled over them as they
lay stretched out on the sidewalks. 1t
was a telling speech, and public opin-
ion wavered again.
EbeneZer SchOolcraft had ranged
himself with the antihog- antiwidow
party. He had resurrected political
speech he made when General Grant
was a candidate for a second term,
and when Philetus sat down Ebenezer
rose up. Everybody was wondering
how he could swing the hog into the
speech, but he did it as handsome as
you please and made it tell. 1t was
over half hog, and had there been
campaign on it would have elected
whole county ticket When he had con-
Guided and sat down with broken
suspender, there was a general feeling
that the widows hog would never
emerge from the public pound until
the fees had been laid in cash.
1t was then that the prOhogs put
forth their last card. They had got
hold of a barbed wire fence man who
could talk the top off liberty pole,
and he rose up with his ears working.
His speech was a happy combination
of Napoleon, Washington, Judas Isca-
riot, American independence, the Mis-
souri, compromise and the widows hog,
and he didn't give anybody time to
rest. He was as gentle as a baby and
as savage as meat ak by turns, and
some of his thunderbolts made the
shingles rattle. He was being paid So
in cash for his speech. and he wanted
to introduce his brand OF barDed wire
into our community, and his shirt col
lar was wilted in the first four min
utes. A windmill man or sewing
machine agent wouldn't have had one
show in thousand against him. Every
time he jumped two feet high and
came down to bang on the desk with
both fists at once he lifted twO-thirds
of the audience off the benches, and
when he sunk his voice to a whisper
and softly waved his arms about he
melted hearts. There were ten men
shedding tears and feeling for that hog
when the man sat down, and for two
or three minutes everybody chewed
tobacco and kept his feet still. A vote
was about to be taken as to whether
the hog should be turned loose and per-
mitted the freedom of the town during
the rest of his life Or held for the fees
and turned into the pork barrel when
Lish Billings came sauntering in. Lish
is always a little late at lublic meet
ings, but his opinion goes a good way.
"We'd like to hear from Mr. Billings
on this case" says the chairman.
"What's the discussion? asks Lish.
sIt's about the Widow Harris hog"
'What's he doneY
'"The village marshal has got him in
the pound. Being he's widows hog,
there's some as wants to let him out
free of fees"
81 move we dor' yells one.
81 move we don'tv' yells another.
GAS to the Wilder Harris" says
Lish when order was restored, "she's
mighty nice woman. She'd have had
that hog in the pork barrel long ago
if she hadn't been too busy maxim rag
carpets. AS to the hog hisself''-
"What's your idea ?" asked the chair
man as Lish paused.
81 hain't got none. While you have
been arguin' the latter he's starved to
death in the pound, and if there's any
more talk here it had better be about
savin' his bristles.' Nj. QUAD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
Echoes of the Beef Famine.

Owing to the high prices of beef and
the difficulty experienced in obtaining
choice meats, Miss Fido Bakers lunch
con for the dogs in her set, to meet
Miss Tiny Bury-Bones of Boston, is
indefinitely postponed
Cults & Chops announce that from
now on they will charge the public 20
cents each for passing through their
beef parlors and shifting the meat
perfumed atmosphere.
Professional burglars entered the
home of DR.. Quackling some time last
night and broke open the doctors steel
safe, securing a fine soup bone that
the doctor valued highly.-New York
Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
Another "weber-Field" Joke.

Everybody who has been behind the
scenes at Weber & Fields knows
that the game of checkers whiles away
the time between acts for the principal
performers. Fritz Williams took a
turn with Joe Weber the other evening
and lost six straight games
II can't understand it, said Will
Jams. II never played more carefully
more scientifically, in fact, and yet
you have swept me out of existence
It's just only your Jew luck that
did it,
(Which proves" responded Weber
''that Jew luck is better than Christian
science. New York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
RUE VICTOR HUGO, ST. PIERRE, AS 1T LOOKED AFTER
THE CATASTROPHE.

the principal business street OF St Pierre Mar
with substantial
walls
Pelee blew its
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12

The musket used by Major Buttrick
at the North Bridge in Concord, on
April 10, 1775, has been presented by
his great grandchildren, the only re-
naming members of the family to the
state of Massachusetts, and it is to
be deposited in the state house at Bos-
ton for preservation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12

as he started, and he was SO anxious
to warm up that he threw a cloud OF
snow ten feet high and knocked two
men down as he started. His gait was
eighteen miles an hour as he set off,
and I'm sure the driver made his six
miles in twenty minutes if his old sled
held out" M. QUAD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
willing to Concede 1t.

'Don't you think she has queenly
figure?"
81 never saw queen, but if they
weigh 200 pounds and have double
chins 1 guess she has" p Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
Quite Right.

Quite Right.
"Isn't it fun
ny that they
call this a plum
pudding, " said
the first man at
lunch, when
there isn't a
plum in it at
all?"
ooh, / don't
know" replied
t b e O t h e r,
"W ebster de-
fines a plumb
as "a little lump
or weight of
Lead "-Phila-
delphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
TOLD IN JERICHO.
WIDOW HARRIS HOG GETS LOOSE AND
CAUSES LIVELY DISCUSSION.

The Village Postmaster Tells the
Trouble 1t Brought About and How
1t Found Its Way Into the Pound
and Later Starved to Death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
Must Know So Much.

Patience-Really half the time he
doesn't know which end he's standing
on.
Patrice-Oh, nonsense! His feet GER
tainly can't seem as light as his head.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12

"This passion for
dueling brings so
much unhappiness in
to the wOrldw
"Ah, yes; that's very
true! My wife's first
husband was, I regret
to say, killed in a
duel"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12

The Village Postmaster Tells the
Trouble 1T Brought About and How
1t Found Its Way Into the Pound
and Later Starved to Death.
Copyright 1902, by G. B. Lewis.1
- BOUT all that Sam Harris left
- his widow when he died were
n " a house and lot and hog. 1t
was a hog he had in the pen
and was going to turn into pork that
fall, but during the widows GRIEF
the hog got out and ran at large,
and for the next year he was roofing
around the streets of the village. 1t
was against the ordinance for live stock
to run at large but everybody felt sor-
ry for Sans widow, and the hog was
not disturbed 1t was only when Jo-
siah Flint was made village marshal
that the old black porker was driven
off to the pound one day. There were
folks that said it was right and folks
that said it was wrong, and there was
so much feeling about it that after two
or three days public meeting was
called. There was big turnout, and
the first speaker was Squire Flatbush.
The squire always starts every one of
his speeches with the landing Of the
pilgrims and gradually works down. 1t
was so in this case and he worked up
hogs and pilgrims in pretty good shape.
He was for the law. He was sorry for
the widow and sorry for the hog, but
law was law. If the Widow Harris
black hog cOuld run at large then the
same privilege must be granted a wild
New-York tribune., 1902-07-24
Blue POINT, LONG ISLAND.
ALI. THE CONVENTIONAL FORMS OF PLEAS
URE MET WITH AT THIS RESORT.

Blue Point. Long Island July . (speciaD.-The
season is progressing here with a rush. All the
hotels are practically full the cottages all taken
ana the people much at home as though they
had lived here all their lives. All the conventional
pleasures Of summer resort are met with here
sailing on the bay, fishing. walking, riding the out
or door sports. and indoors, the ping pong tourna-
ments hops concerts and busy euchres People
away on rest are unhappy II not kept constantly
occupied in some sort OF time killing so that the
indefatigable innkeeper spends a good part OF his
nervous energy thinking up all sorts OF schemes
TO make the hours pass by pleasantly and quick
ly as possible. With scarcely a moment of quiet
10 reflect upon the adage In regard to the flying
time, the visitors the end OF their vacation won
der what In the world made the days pass so
quickly II Is. no doubt a very fair test OF any
MOTEL 10 find out how the guests feel about this
rapldity OF time when they have packed up and are
departing. The smiling host is very glad the days
have passed so nicely" II speaks to his and his
houses credit that the hours did not lag
At Blue Point there does not seem to be any Indi-
cation of an unwse contemplation concerning the
passing OF the weeks. Every hour sees sonlethi
DOING so that the vacationst finds little time 10
reflect on the time. What they do is of course not
the question They are enjoying themselves so
that's enough. Fishing. however. according to re-
ports has not been very lively Of late. Sailing is
an every day sport; walking, riding. tennis and in
% tbct an me forms OF summer recreation take up
sorts add zest to the sport al
The Hallett House is full Among the latest to
Mrs , D. Miller. . Miss Miller; g Stewart CaraagRt
7 P Pitcher, Miss Pitcher j. o. RICARDO car ahf FdMin NrS
M Bennit and Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. Bennt. Of Hack
View. n j. Mr.. and Mrs John L. Huss' the MISSES ss
hHss as, and nc j. A A. Smith, smith of New-York.
dSi hSHse another Is to take place this evening 4
steamer from this place makes two trips daily to
The latest arrivals at the South Bay House are
Miss " F ,nz EtSseFaia Of P NewYoTk the Misses Hynes
s5onnsd G M Hiilg 7 r. & 8 HyeE and Mr. and Mrs F. V
v,
New-York tribune., 1902-07-24

yesterday the craft was made fast to the shore
close to the railroad track.
facetious Irish trackman here. who is dis
gusted because the fishing has been ruined.
marked that the ocean would never dry
long as the Delaware kept moving.
Driving parties are the feature OF to-day. Two
three seaters' with side curtain attachments left
for Bushkl early hour and II amusing
TO note that the eXCursonists nearly all carried
umbrellas and mackntoshes. although there wasn't
a cloud in the sky.
j. l.. Kramer and c. b Eddy. of New-York. ar
rived by automobile to-day. The auto muddy.
and looked though IL had that tired feeling"
Mir. Eddy said that when they reached Port JeTVts
he was going to have his machine shovelled out OF
the mud.
New-York arrivals at Water Gap House are L.
Suydam, Jr.. r. NJ. Fraser Charles Garrison, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. Barton. W II. Acken. A @. Ludlum.
Mr. and Mrs. b. F. Tate A. Tate and A. L. Will
Jams.
At the Kittatinny are G. A. Gurdy. r. a. seaver
Robert Fulford, =. Klein, jr.i c. NJ. Young. Mr.
and Mrs j. NJ Keivey, w. c. Stevenson, ". l..
Powers. E. b. Wright and IL Benton.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-24

HE HAS SECURED ROOMS AT THE MONTA-
SCA,HoUSE-GLORIOUs WEATHER
THERE.

Mount Pocono, Penn, July % (SpecaD. D.-Admiral
Dewey and Mrs. Dewey .4ave been booked to ar
rive here for a visit next Saturday. Corre-
spondence in relation to hotel accommodations has
been going for several days between Lieutenant
Crawford. the Admirars private secretary, and one
to hotel managers. with the result that it was
decided TO locate at the Montanesca
1t said at the Montanesca yesterday morn
ing that Admiral and Mrs. Dewey would arrive on
Saturday, but the number of and location of rooms
had not yet been decided. II said later by T.
d. Ivison, manager of the hotel, that his distin-
guIshed patrons would occupy two of his best
rooms the lower floor.
The Montanesca is new house, situated on Bon
sail Mountain, and about three-duarters OF a mile
from the railroad station From its location the
most extended views Of the region are obtained in
all directions. The hotel stands alone. and with
the exception OF private cottage no other sruct-
IS within half a mile of II.
cool wave developed here last evening and Wis
itors crawled under cover without much ceremony.
To-day opened with sunshine and a cool breeze
and there IS a crspiness In the pine laden air tina
suggests early October. 1t is hoped that when
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey are here this glorious
weather will continue, for all purposes that
apply outdoor life nothing could surpass the con-
diuons that now prevail.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-24
HOPATCONG WINDS RUFFLE LAKE.
A BUFFALO ROBE IS A DESIRABLE ADDI-
TION TO A CAMPS OUTFIT

Lake Hopatcong, n. J., July % (SpeciaD.-It is
trihe too breezy good fishing. but several peo-
pie were out with their straw bloomers tied under
their chins. The campers say the days here are
all that could be desired, but Buffalo robe at
night would induce more comfortable sleep. H.
Conant is trying tent life the Morris shore with
his family, and says he thinks the regulation cot
tage is preferable The Conants from Jersey
City
Mr.. and Mrs w. G.. Wisner, OF New-York enter
tained their friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent and
Mrs. and Miss Telfair, with automobile ride 20
HaCkettstOwn and In the evening with dinner.
Captan Hodge who recently returned to London
after a the Boer campaign during which
he served under General Kitchener is expected
here by August which month he will spend with
his brother -in-aw, Mr. Haswell. at their cottage
An exciting game OF tennis played to-day at
lyn. and Mr. Harrison of New-YOrk against Miss
Brinckerhoff, of Totenville, N. Y, and Mr.. Chan
dler, of BROOKLYN The latter team won after n
close contest. Another game will be played
morrow. when the men will change partners
New-York tribune., 1902-07-24
FLAG OF SECOND IRISH BRIGADE
From The London News

The flag of the Second Irish Brigade " one of
the two regiments commanded by Colonel" Lynch
has found Its way to Kingston-on-T Thames and
presented TO the Mayor of that borough DR.
w. Il; 81 Lawrence Finny. by a soldier Just re-
cOlors, and bears the name of the brigade and the
words For Liberty" and Remember 49," In refer
TO the Irish Rebellion of that year The story
goes that the flag was found under dramatic cir
cumstances. shortly after fight In which the
Second irish Brigade took part, and Just before
II was disbanded the dead body OF one of its mem
wrapped round his body. and pinned to il was
the hyleaf M or Bible on which was written in
lin. and pray ray, for the soul Of Patrick Mooney
Good5y., Sewn into the flag was an ancient
looking bullet and piece of paper on which was
written: This bullet was taken from the dead
in 17sS. named Patrick oMore." The soldier who
ward killed In action but before he died he en-
trusted them 70 one of his comrades with the
hand them over over to the Mayor of Kingston. His
worship intends 10 have them suitably framed
and they Will be added to the possessions Of the
borough.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-24
SEEKING GIRLS POLSONERS
\ CHILD DIES FROM EATING PARIS
GREEN FOUND IN HER YARD

Passaic. July % CSpeciaD.-Rcse Ulm, a two
year-old girl, is dead at the home of her parents
IN Paterson Road. Wellington just over the
river in Bergen County from this city and the
authorities are trying to trace the persons who
caused her death. The child died from poison
ing She ate paris green. which had been spread
about the yard. and died before medical aid
could be summoned. The UIms are poor but
respectable people Recently they have lost
their aoss and other live stock through being
poisoned by paris green given 10 them by per
sons VINO evidently have a spite against the
family
yesterday the little girl went into the yard
ABOUT the Ulm house to play. She picked up a
turnlp which she found in the garden and ate
H. Her mother noticed her in great pain and
summoned physician. Before he could arrive
the child had died in great agony. The au-
thorities are investigating
New-York tribune., 1902-07-24
A QUIET LITTLE TOWN.

Eayport, Long Island July q (SpeciaD-Bayport
Shares in the general gayety of the vacation sea
SON. The hotels well filed the cottages are
open, and the usual influx of visitors has arrived
and long ago begun the business OF getting a rest
IN quiet little town. This place, however is so
closely connected with Sayville and Blue Point and
Patchogue that what affects one affects It, MANY
people are constantly driving through here max
ing the village look very busy and imDortan ~
though in itself IL is quiet and unpretentiols M,
season so far has proved excellent and there is ne
reason TO believe IL Will continue so :" "o
Some of the guests at the Rapport Hotel are p
y: Brown, J: -; Pitman W. r Morgan, O. n
Gittieman, Miss Ellen CraneF and C. w Nc AGna,
OF New-York; Oscar l. Steyes OF BROOKLYN and
Walter s. Boyd and Morris C. Boyd - anu
New-York tribune., 1902-07-24
ATLANTIC CITY NOTES.
EFFORTS TO SECURE A BETTER HARBoR-
NEWCOMERS AT THE RESORT.

Atlantic City. n. J.. July o CSpeciaD.-The Pro-
hibitionists of this Congress district held their
convention at Milville yesterday, and named
Marion Owen. a real estate man. as their candidate
for Congress.
The watermen of this city are now beginning to
feel assured that they will have a better harbor
here in the future, and they are correspond
ingly happy. The sand has been filing up the en-
trance 10 the In for long time. and unless
something is done it will he impossible to get
a boat in and out member of the Geodetic Sur
vey in this city yesterday and to-day looking
over the situation, taking soundings. etc, and he
gives it as his opinion that the trouble be rem
edied for comparatively little He would build a
long, high dyke out from the foot Of Main-ave. to
the outer bar. This would cause the tides to flow
In another direction. and they would soon cut a
deep channel through the bar. which now obstructs
the entrance to the harbor and the shoals in
the Inlet to pass away altogether.
1t is understood that some of the big stock brok-
erage houses in New-York and Philadelphia will
more try their fortunes with branch Offices
in this city. Notwithstanding the failure of their
business here last year. they still believe there
sufficient business to warrant the establishment Of
comfortable Offices for the benefit of their
ers. Several are already ensconsed on the board
walk. Last year was almost disastrous for the
brokers. but they disneartened.
Frank Lawrence. a business man Of New-York, is
spending some time in this city. He is quartered
J. A Hatfield president Of tho American Bridge
Company. Of New-York, is a guest at the Hotel
Mrs. J. c. Harley. Miss r. g French and Mrs
a NJ Stone, of New-York, are at Hampton Court
Mr.. and Mrs Francis Lester of eW-York are
registered at the Ritten House for the balance Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cooper, of New-York, are
spending some time at the Hotel Strand
Captain Richmond p. Hobson L. S. N. is spend-
ing some time at the Hotel Shelburne.