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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

That the practice has been abused
is no argument against it's use.
That some men have made good re-
solutions only TO break them is not
evidence that reform is impossible.
Striving after what is right is God
like. One may raise his standard
so high as not to be able to attain
it, but there is virtue in every at
tempt to make better ones life.
Indeed one may find at the closing
of a long life that he has tried but
to fail, and yet his very efforts to
do right will be counted to him for
righteousness. The objection is, if
it can be called an objection, that
men are too much influenced by
special occasions for special efforts.
There is no more virtue in New
Years Day than there is in an ALI
FOOLS Day. It would seem foolish
ness to wait for any such time or
season for a starting period in right
living. The present is the time for
action, and one day is as good as
another in the sight of God, as well
as of men. But the man who puts
off the day of resolves to be good
until the dawn of the new year will
strengthen himself and work right
eousness by starting outlclean with
the year. He will only hurt him
self by devoting too much time to
resolving. What he most needs is
to avoid the pitfalls and SHARES
which formerly overcome him. He
has need to change resolves into
action. 1t is his duty to retrospect
in order to know himself Each
conquest of self is added strength
for future victories Happy indeed
is that New Years for the man
who, having resolved in it's dawn
to do right, finds at it's cleaning
that he has been true to his pro.
misses.
Happy New Year. one and all. May roses
strew your way,
And paths be glad and beautiful on which
you start today; ttr
May hours of golden sunshine bring but
just dash of rain.
And gracious gifts of pleasure hold the
faintest touch of pain.
For skies are tairer which betimeS the
clouds have overcast
And pleasure is the Sweeter when the grief
and pain are past.
And if among your roses red the ivy is en-
twined
Your heart will beat the nearer to the
heart of all mankind.
Happy New Year. one and all! All! who
could wish you less!
May all the gracious charities that heal and
SOOthe and bless
Drop down into your waiting hands, and
may you eer impart
To all the weary souls OF men the Joy with
in your heart.
For hearts that hold no warmth ne'er know
the JOY it is to live;
Our lives are measured by the joy which
we to others give.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31
Saloonists Wage War on Druggists.

Marshall, Mich, Dec. 23.-The sa-
loonists who recently held a meeting
and voted to wage war ON the drug
gists who, they allege, sell liquor by
the drink over the prescription coun-
ter, held star chamber session and
did business up in hurry. A COM
mittee called on Mayor Beckwith and
demanded that the law be enforced ON
the druggists. Marshal William D.
Stone was Immediately commissioned
to call on the medicine dispensers and
order them against any further in
fringment Of the law
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31
TO HERALD READERS.

The Herald sends out into al
Grant county and this portion o.
the great state of Wisconsin this
morning, a hearty New Years
greeting to it's loyal friends Of
many years, as well as to the many
friends who have come to it since
it passed into the hands of it's pre-
sent owner nearly five years ago.
The last year has been the most
prosperous in the history of this
newspaper in the recollection of the
management. And as this newspa-
per, like every other newspaper,
has only the strength which it's read
ers give it, the Herald today sends
out a full measure of thanks to
those men and women who have
brought these conditions to come to
pass.
Throughout the last year the Her.
aid has endeavored to secure from
all parts of the world the most COM
prehensive intelligence regarding
the worlds doings, and especially
to furnish a local paper chronicling
as much news of the county seat
and county at large as we were able
to obtain laying all this before its
readers in the clearest and most
compact manner possible for a
country journal. No effort has
been spared in doing this in fact
some sacrifices have been made,
but we are inclined to believe all
this has been appreciated.
Editorially the paper has been all
that was ever claimed for tan
earnest exponent of what the editor
believed was right and current
events have been fairly commented
upon at all times.
The Herald can promise it's read
ers for the year which begins today
that it will endeavor not only tc
maintain the standard of 1904, but
to raise it perceptibly from week
to week and from month to month
so that it may have the reasonable
hope, one year from this day, of
looking back on year of material
and moral progress as noteworthy
in it's history as is the year just
closed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

When the bells ring out at mid
night there will vibrate on the echo
the expiring throb of the old year,
while the refrain will usher in the
new year.
The birth of a year like the birth
of a flower or child should be an
occasion for rejoicing and SO the old
time greeting, IA Happy New Year,
is always in keeping.
The new year comes to every life,
clean and fresh, and with beckon-
ing hand invites to opportunity and
best endeavor. 1t matters not what
the old year, now dead, may con-
tain of blasted hopes and failure.
The retrospect Of every life will
not bear very close inspection for it
reveals mnch that is not ideal, but
the cycle has closed and when the
clock strikes II at midnight it will
have passed from sight forever.
The new year now commands at
tention and the time to appreciate
this fact is when the year is young.
The poorest spot on earth is a grave
yard, and the man Or woman who
spends very much time at the sepul-
chre of departed love ones deve-
lopes unconsciously a morbid sell
fishness by wasting upon the dead,
the sympathy which the living so
much need. So the life that is alb
sorbed by the past, whether through
regret or because of sacred mem
cries is never well sounded life.
Let the dead year 60. The New
Year, 1905 is at hand, and it comes
to us with smiling face, and hearty
good cheer. It is entitled to a
hearty greeting in return and the
land should ring with Happy
New Year" tomorrow morning.
1t is worth something to live in
this new year 1905 and especially
to live in the land of freedom
and rare opportunity. This fact
alone should inspire to thankful
ness and good cheer.
The undeveloped year contains
mines Of wealth and great treasure,
which are only waiting to be dis
covered. These mines are not all
diamonds or precious metals, many
of them contain jewels of character
more precious than rubies, and as
two New Years resolutions, which
if adopted, will help to discover
these jewels as the year advances.
They are very terse and easily
remembered.
II will be good"
II will do good"
All through the year 1905, try it,
and it will be Happy New Year
down to the tolling of the bells that
ushers it out at the close.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

Some Of the new cotton growing Sec
tons of Oklahoma which have been
mighty particular not to let colored
man locate in the neighborhood are
just now up against the proposition
that it is hard to take care Of cotton
crop without a darky.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

No town can capture new indus
tries by going after them with a
brass band and a torch light pro-
cession. That is one case where
too much publicity is not a good
thing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

The good reputation of news
paper consists largely in saying the
right thing at the right time. In
other words on good judgement and
horse sense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

Nebraska has good reason to feel
proud of her grand crop Of corn this
year. She claims to hold second place
among the corn producing states in
amount produced. in quality Of grain
and yield per acre.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

The Herald has a few readers
who are not subscribers. They are
the fellows who roast the editor
most for what he prints.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

Doctors seem to have four guesses:
The liver, kidneys, stomach and
heart. If they miss on all four,
they can still look wise and recon-
mend change Of climate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

These are the days when the sur
vNing gobbler as he picks the bones
of his friend hopes the hash will
turn more than one stomach against
his tribe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

Some men say that Christmas
awakens more thankfulness in
their hearts than any other holiday
in the year-a deep and abiding
thankfulness that 1T comes only
once year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

A man is away from home all
day; he wants to stay home in the
evening. A woman is at home all
day; she wants to go somewhere in
the evening. This, in a nutshell, is
the cause of the latest big quarrel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

The rutabaga turnip must needs be
flavor and sweetness. Canada holds
almost a monopoly on the production
Of this turnip. &s
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

1t is pity that the days during
which men cultivate a forgiving
spirit toward their fellow-men are
the shortest days of the year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

Ifyou bury the Ratchet on account
of Christmas sentiment, don't leave
the handle sticking up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31
New Years Thoughts.

Bear from the Northland's boughs of pine
From the crest of the loftiest peak.
Wherever the SHOWS in the sunlight shine.
A wreath that the braveSt seek:
For the New Year comes with lightSOme
tread
In the morning cold and gray.
Passing the Old Year nearly dead
BY the fringe of his wintry way;
He brought Us cheer.
Did the old, Old Year.
And--well, he has had his day.
Gather the wild, wild blossoms fair
That open in the Olden East
The bloom that laughs at the cold sea air.
For the New Years welcome feast:
A hardy rose from the Pilgrims land
A bough from the northern lakes.
Where in their might the bare cliffs stand
And laugh at the tide that breaks
A rose and bOugh
For the New Years brow,
Fresh kissed by the Winters fakes
Oyer the pathway OF the stars
He comes to abide year.
His smiles of peace now nothing mars.
He brings us never tear
Hark to the wild bells in the sky
And their music sad and low;
For the old. Old Year. just passing by,
The New Year waiteth so;
BY the Starlit gates
In his robes he waits.
With his sandals in the snow.
o bells, ring out for the welcome guest
On land and over the sea!
And North and South and East and West
Fling out your banners free:
He comes with smiles and song of mirth
And his is feast of cheer
Let every nation hail the birth
Of the winSOme, glad New Year;
Let paeapS arise
To the winter SKIES
And all the bells ring clear;
Bring from tie islands that lie afar.
In the tropical waters clear,
Decked in their pride like glowing star,
A crown for the glad New Year;
Pluck for the browS of the Nations guest
Who comes to US DER the snow.
The blossom of the Southland, faireSt and
best,
Where the orange blossoms blow,
And the waters run
To the seas of sun
With a song devoid of woe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31
SMOKE a Red Trunk Cigar.

WHY smoke trashy, trust made cigars
when LitCle Monarchs of do.
nestle make and Havana filled
can be had at all dealers for the same
price.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

The tax collector can't understand
why expensive toys that last only a
day can have such a sale.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

Let all the year be golden with our deeds
of gracious low,
And earth will swing the nearer to the sky
that bends above.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

FOR SALE:-2 registered Poland-China
stock hogs bought of James Treloar last
spring. James TrelOar 104-tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

DOuDUloSS Gn0fo are many though
less and some insincere good re-
solves made on New Years day.
Nevertheless it is good thing that
many men begin the new year with
resolves to strive after what is
higher and better 1t is a marked
and glorified improvement upon the
custom once SO general but now,
thand God, obsolete, of men going
from house to house paying calls
and guzzling wine or stronger
drink until before the round was
completed they were hopelessly
drunken. It is great deal better
for man to resolve a hundred
times and fail in each resolve than
to go along contented with his sin
and shame. There is hope for a
man just as long as there ab1des in
him desire for what is better. 1t is
we'll to enter into an argument with
ones self only after due delibera-
ton, but broken pledge to do
right is far better than no pledge at
all.
There is nothing strange in as
ISOLATION of good resolves with the
dawn Of new year. On the con-
trary, the occasion is one that sug-
gests just such general practice.
The old year has ended. It's men,
cries suggest ''sins committed while
conscience slept" practices that de-
graded moral man, follies that
brought shame and vices that weak
ened body and brain. But memory
is not all. Body and mind tell the
sensible man that such practices
end in physical wreck and moral
decay. The year is new and clean.
The sun, just risen, looks upon it
for, the first time. Men of business
close up their pages for the year
ended and begin new and fresh ones
for the new year that has dawned.
They figure out accurately their
losses and their gains IN the old
year, substracting one from the
other. AS the merchant begins his
year anew, why may not the moral
nature of a man be renewed if the
memories OF the past year and the
physical shortcomings of the pre-
sent suggest the need Of striving
after what is higher and better?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31
Business Locals.

LOST: About three weeks ago be-
tween R. Meyers and James McBriens
residences, round, brooch pin, about
size of a dime, imitation rubies set in
engraved gold background. Reward
to finder if left at this office or at
Mrs. Chas. Lisherness' residence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31
For Sale.

AUCTIONEER: I will cry sales i
any and al parts of the country and
guarantee satisfaction. For terms,
dates, etc., address,
CHAS. w. BURROWS,
3Otf Inc ster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

LITTLE Monarch cigars are the best
on the market. Try one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31
Desirable Property for Sale

Z ~ Ne<&N'
l offer for sale my residence prop
erty, situated in the fourth ward,
city of Lancaster. Consists OF good
s room house and seven lots; good
barn and woodshed. Terms rea-
sonable. E. FL. GRIFFIs. 1OOtf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

liz OulCldlS,Ol tu0 udVdl OUS0TVd-
tory are arranging to send New
Years greeting from Washington to
all the countries of the civilized
world by the employment of a
series of signals to all points to
mark the exact second of the be-
ginning of the new year. A similar
plan was employed successfully last
year in the case of the United States
and it is now intended to extend the
service this year to cover the con-
tinent of North and South America
the distant insular possessions of
the United States and all points in
the world having cable and tele-
graphic connections in case the CO.
operation of foreign governments
can be secured of which there is
scarcely a doubt. Last year the
receipt OF the midnight signals was
accurately timed at the Lick OBJ
servatory in California and it was
found to take only six hundredths
of second in transmission from
Washington.
They are slipping away. the sweet, swift
We RS, go
Like leaf on a current cast;
With never a break in their rapid flow, 6.
We watch them as one by one they go
Into the beautiful past. iy
AS light as the breath of thistledown.
AS fond as lovers DIR am;
AS pure as the flush in the sea shells throat
AS sweet as the wood-bitd's wooing note,
So tender and sweet they seem.
There's only few years left to love,
Shall we waste them IN idle strife?
Shall we trample under our ruthless feet
These beautiful blossoms, rare and sweet,
By the dusty way of life?
There's only a few swift years--ah, let
No enviouS taunts be heard:
Make lifes fair pattern OF rare design,
And fill up the measure with loves sweet
wine,
But never an angry word.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-31

WANTED At the Grand Central
hotel in Lancaster, a cook, laundress
and chambermaid.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-10

Observant people know that this coun-
try came near panic last year when
stocks were going down like an elevator
in an open shaft. The cause of the fur
ry and the heavy losses was the wholesale
stock watering that began during the
Spanish American war. Those get-rich
quick spectators, who had been heralded
as safe financiers. loaded the country up
on so much water as gold that the old
craft was plunging in deep seas. What
saved us? Here is what Henry Clews says:
"The storm was finally safely weather
ed. because of the prudence of our bank
ers and the strength of our national re-
sources, as we'll as the continued prosper
ity of the farmer. who once more proved
himself the backbone of the nation
The tide Of loss and disaster was not
checked until the Southern farmer sent
enough cotton to Europe to bring back
European gold to these shores. 1t was
'the Man With the Hoe" that saved the
country as Mr.. Clews says. but it was
chiefly the Southern man with the hoe
Every time cotton has gone uo an hun
bred points the prosperity of the whole
country has been advanced because it
has increased the balance of trade in
favor of the United States. Of course,
this help directly to the South and to the
balance of trade of this country has tenn
porarily embarrassed the cotton milling
industry, but it is temporary and when the
price of products is adjusted to the higher
cotton, the mill people will also share in
the general prosperity. Give the Southern
Man With the Hoe twelve cents for his
cotton six years hand running and this
country will hum!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-10
A new YEAR REFORM.

1t seems that in the delightful town
of Grecnville the young people who dance
have been in the habit of beginning the
evening festivity between eleven and
twelve o'clock at night and dancing 'till
broad daylight" Some of the fathers and
mothers of the town. at the beginning Of
the New Year. decided upon a reform,
and signed the following paper:
1--WE, the undersigned parents of the
young ladies of the town of Greenville,
who attend dances, hereby promise ard
agree that we will not permit our daugh-
tiers or their guests to attend any dance
to be held in said town, provided, that
their escorts are not at our respective
residences at an hour not later than nine
o'clock p m. on the evening the dance
is 10 be held"
The Reflector says "the young people
of Greenville have been going to dances
at II or II o'clock at night "and STAYING
until nearly daylight" which habit. that
paper declares, is ''fraught with much
danger"
COiAllAAcillluS OH ILLS, ChC ploCSNIllt
Landmark says:
'Inasmueh as the signers of the agree
ment only specify that escorts must be
at their residences not later than p. m,
the escorts have no reason for complaint.
They are not required to leave the house
for the dance at any specified hour or to
return at any given time; and the young
man who would kick on this arrangement
doesn't deserve to go to the Dance
Some years ago, when the commence
ment balls at the University were held in
the old library building, there was a seri-
Gus and determined protest led by num-
Der of ministers While the public dis
cussion was going ONT covered several
years--it seemed that the managers of
the ball fell into the Greenville habit of
beginning the dance later at night each
year, and the State Chronicle made sub
stantially this comment:
TT seems that the controversy over
dancing at the commencement at Chapel
Hill win soon settle itself. In 1880 the
ball began at p. NJ; in 1884 at D. M;
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-10
FAVORS INCREASE OF SALARIES.

Mir. W. c. Post. who is at the head of
the greatest cereal company in this
country, has established in Washington
D. c., non-partisan bureau which is
sending out independent literature which
covers subjects of interest direct or in
direct to every citizen of this country.
The first subject taken up is that of
salaries of U. S. government officials. A
petition is being crculated asking the
5Sth congress to fix the salaries of the
following government officials at the
amount indicated under the column readed
Proposed Salary to take effect Deem
Der 1st 1904
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-10
FIGHTING FOR HOOKER AND VlR
GINA MINT.

Mr.. William L. Ashe, of California, is
interested in good roads. In an address
at Sonoma, Cal, concerning proposed
read from that place, he made this re-
ference:
"The speaker referred to the fact that
Fighting Joe" Hooker had occupied the
building they were in, being in com
mand of the Government troops there
He said that while driving along tie
road one summer day he met some people
residing there whom he had known fol
long time. He was invited to go in
The hostess soon appeared with refresh
ments. He noticed in the glass some
grass. Upon inquirng what that was
the lady told him it was mint from the
Latch that General Hooker had planted
while stationed at Sonoma. She promis i
TO give him some roots to plant on his
place A few days after she called with
Lac.-cge containing the mint roots
which he Immediately planted. One day
last summer a Virginia gentleman, IL
"F. F. W." called and was offered re
freshments, and he at once pronounced
the mint an Old Virginia variety. Mr.
Ashe told him of the mint's origin anC
he said that he could well understand
why Hooker was such a fighter-he had
been using the same brint of mint as
Generals Washington, Lee and Jackson
Mr.. Ashe recommended that the ladies
look up this Hooker patch-they could
sell roots enough from that 10 fix the
Plaza"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-10

in 1882 at 10 p. M; in 1883 at II p. m;
in 1884 at IL o'clock: in 1885 at / a. m
Now let us see how this will work, if
each year the dancing begins an hour
later. In 1886 it will begin at a. m.
in 1887 at a. m: in 1888 at a. M: IN
1899 at s a. M; and it will be daylight in
1890 before the dancing begins and so
there will be no dancing, and The whole
matter will settle itself"
1t seems that this did not satisfy the
preachers who kept up their fight until
all dancing was suspended at the Univer-
sity during commencement and the use
of all buildings was prohibited for the
dancing. Now dances are conducted in
building that does not belong to the
University and none are held until the
last commencement exercises are over.