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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
LANGUISH in JAIL.
Mrs. Schaefer and Mrs. Morton Prison
ers and Children Committed.

Mrs. Schaefer and her daughter
Mrs. Morton are unable to secure
bail-less fortunate than Bill Dun.
can and are incarcerated in county
Jail awaiting trial in circuit court
at the February term on charge of
perjury in the Duncan case recently
aired.
The three children of Mrs. Nor
ton, all girls, aged Z, 10 and 10,
were committed to the home for
orphans at Sparta by Judge Good
sell yesterday. The children have
been cared for by neighbors of the
family since arrest of the women
and some disposition had to be made
of them.
1t is very likely that the Sparta
institution will be the best homo
they ever had.
Sheriff Glenn will take them to
Sparta first of the week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
REBEKAHS CONVENE.
Held An Interesting Meeting at
Platteville Tuesday.

Representations from the Rebeka ali
lodges of Lancaster, Bloomington.
Fennimore, Livingston, Benton,
Cuba City, Leadmine, Dodgeville,
Platteville and Mt. Hope gathered
at Platteville Tuesday for district
convention.
Enthusiastic sessions were held i'm
the afternoon and evening.
Those in attendance from Lam
caster were John and David
Schreiner, J. T. Webb and wife.
Mrs. Barlow, Mrs. Baumgartner,
Mrs. L. Weber, J. r. Place and
wife and Misses Mary King and
Stella Baldwin.
This was the second convention of
this district. The first was held
here last year.
Officers chosen for ensuing year
are as follows:
Pres, Mrs. Orr, Mt. Hope; Vice
Pres, Miss Stein, Platteville; Secy.,
Miss Baldwin, Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Potatoes to be High.

From present indications and
from reports from other localities,
there is likely to be a scarcity of
potatoes before the winter is over.
During the past week the price of
potatoes has steadily increased.
Many of the farmers who sold when
the market was low are now regret
ing that they did not hold off longer.
Wisconsin, which has always been
looked forward to producing a good
crop, shows up this season with but
half a yield. With a shortage also
in Iowa and Illinois the early varie-
ties will surely range higher IN price.
Prevailing price per bushel was
60 cents, although in some in
stances they were sold at 55 cents
on the street. The quotations ON
potatoes for same day at st. Paul
was 81 to 40 cents and Chicago for
choice Burbanks so to IS cents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Weather for November.

According to Irl Hicks November
as October will open with storm
disturbances. After the Sd until
about the 9Th, cool and fair. From
the 5th to 9Th warmer with rain and
possibly turning to snow.
The second storm period will be
central about the 18th or 18th chang
ing to warmer, southerly winds with
growing cIoudiness and. autumnal
rains. Clear, freezing weather at
night will follow these storms.
The third period is central on the
18th, covering the 18th to 18th,
and very decided autumnal storms
and gales may be expected. A Nov
ember cold wave will follow this
period.
The fourth period is central on the
22nd and 23rd. Disturbances will
begin as early as the Dist and gen.
eral storms will progress from west
to east with indications good for a
continued season of stormy weather
the balance of the month.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28

feet long and fifty feet high, egg
shaped, the walls of which are one
mass of high grade onyx. This dis
covery is only short distance from
the famous Lathrop cave, which is
literally lined with the beautiful
lustered stone. A ANAL vein of
graphite was also struck by a min
ing expert, who is examining the
property
Last Thursday the Dolphin Min
ing 20. drilling two miles east of
Livingston, on the Thos. E. Dolphin
farm, struck six inch sheet of lead
and jack in the clay bed opening at
"a feet. The company drilled eight
holes and got a good showing of
lead and jack in six. A shaft will
be put down on the prospect as soon
as possible. The prospect is on the
old Penitentiary Range and good
judges think there is every indi-
cation of a good mine. It is one
half mile northeast of Ookerville
and one mile north of the Gruno.
Large quantities of lead we're taken
out of the top opening in early days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28

weak man. He who spends his
time in useless regrets or recrimina.
tions is foolish. Make a new beg.
inning! Wipe the slate clean and
start all over. No man or no set OF
men can keep person down who
resolves to stand up. Evil is al
ways cowardly-look it straight in
the face and it will skulk out of
sight. Every dog in town will bark
at the heels of the man who runs
go along as if you had right to
exist and they will pay no attention
to you. Men come out Of prison
and places of punishment and too
often they feel that the world is
against them and that they have no
chance. And to the shame of society
it must be said that phariseeism
draws it's self righteous robes as
hateful in Gods sight as grosser sin
around it and passes by on the
other side. Let no man be dis
charged because he has been over
run and beaten down and exiled
and ostracised. Bide your time. Re-
cognize fully the causes and cut
loose from entangling associations
and as sure as the sun rises your
chance will come. Through the
dark night of the Babylonian cap
tivity the Jews waited and watched
for the morning. They knew it
would appear. And though the
bondage lasted seventy years the
clock of destiny struck at length
and they turned their happy faces
toward the promised land. The
enemy which had oppressed them
persisted from the earth but the
chosen people of God still live in
Palestine. A new beginning! He
who starts all over again stands a
better chance than he who has
never been disturbed. Starting all
over again you can plan your life
on broader and richer and grander
dimensions. Paradise restored is a
vast improvement over paradise
lost. Waterman! What of the
night? The morning cometh!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Halloween is next Holiday in Order.

The touch of frost in the sharp
air, the smell of burning leaves, and
the other evidences Of the advanc-
lag season, bring to the small boy
that Halloween is not in every re-
mote future, but on the contrary
coming very soon. Halloween is
the last evening of the month of
October, the vigil Of Hollomas or
Ali Saints day which is the first
day of November.
This fastive night will be next
Tuesday, and the young folks, es-
pecially the boys, are getting ready
to have the usual high old time
which goes with Halloween.
OF course there will be the usual
crowds Of boys and girls on the
streets, roaming about to see what
mischief they can accomplish. No
holiday brings more joy to the boy
and girl than does Halloween.
But unfortunately the youths are
prone to allow their glee to carry
them too far, depredations result,
with wanton damages to property.
Last Halloween and the year be-
fore last the boys kept pretty well
within bounds, and did not indulge
in the pranks of former years.
Corne'en is usually celebrated the
night before the eve of All Hallows.
It's distinguishing characteristic is
the shower of corn which the young
folks throw against the windows,
the sides of houses and even the
backs Of passing pedestrians.
November 1 is observed as All
Saints day and special services are
held in some churches. All Souls
day is observed on the following
day. In the Catholic churches the
masses and prayers of the congre-
cations are devoted to the souls in
purgatory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
A Big Farm.

The area OF the United States ex-
elusive of Alaska and island posses
sions IS 3,000,000 square miles
Census returns give $50, 900 square
miles Of this as improved farm
land. An interesting calculation lies
in grouping all the fields devoted to
a single product into one. In the
following arrangement the areas
If not absolutely accurate in all
cases-are sufficiently close to give
a good idea of what the ma
tional farm would be like If crops
were planted in such a manner.
Maine and New Hampshire would
be the oat field. Rhode Island with
three hundred square miles from
eastern Connecticut would be the
tobacco plantation. The rest of Con-
necticut with Long Island would be
the potato patch. Vermont, Massa-
chusetts, New York, New Jersey
and Delaware, would form vast
wheat field. Virginia and West
Virginia would be "a hay field.
Maryland would be planted in rye
and barley and buckwheat. North
aud South Carolina and Georgia
would be covered with corn. There
is a choice between Texas or com
bination of Ohio, Kentucky, Mich
gan, Indiana, Illinois and Wiscon-
sin as the pasture and grazing land
and for the cultivation of minor
crops and garden truck. With this
vast area thus occupied there is left
nearly three quarters of the ma
tional domain in the form of I'M
improved land and forest. 1t is the
biggest farm in the world and ar
empire is left for settlement an6
cultivation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
GOT FIVE YEARS.
Elmer Williams Of Richland County
Sentenced by Judge Clementson.

Elmer Williams of Richland coun-
ty, bound over to trial in circuit
court on charge of attempting to
kill his brother in justice court at
Richland Center last week, failed to
secure bonds Of $1,000 and was
placed IN county Jail there.
Tuesday the prisoner concluded to
plead guilty and accordingly came
to Lancaster Wednesday in custody
of Sheriff Roddebush of Richland
Center, accompanied by Dist. Atty.
Lincoln Of the same city, and went
before Judge Clementson. He was
questioned at length by the judge
and after the examination was
give sentence of five years at
Waupun.
The plea he put IN was self de-
Tense and his stories were rather
conflicting. The man who was shot,
N. D. Williams, was able to be in
justice court and did pot wish his
brother punished, The district
attorney also advised leniency.
1t was developed that Williams
shot his brother twice, missing him
the first time and shooting through
a window the second time while his
brother was walking away from
him, the bullet entering the back.
This alone killed the plea of self
defense. Williams attempted to
argue matters with District At
torney Lincoln but was soon given
to understand where he was. He
seemed to carry the idea he had not
done anything very serious and ex-
pected to be set free and go home
with his people and cannot under
stand why he was convicted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Stamp Filtration.

1t is a peculiar fact that stamps
are placed on envelopes in almost
every position except the proper
one, much to the inconvenience OF
che postmaster and it all seems &C
be due to carelessness. This is not
always the case according to the
following meaning given to each
particular position by some ingeni-
GUS student
Upside down in left corner, | love
you; same corner crosswise, my
heart is another's; straight up and
down, goodbye, sweetheart; upside
down on right corner, write no
more; in center at top, yes; oppo-
site at bottom, no; on right hand
corner at right angle, do you love
me? Ill left hand corner, hate you;
top corner at the right, / wish your
friendship; bottom corner at the
left, l seek your acquaintance; on
line with surname, accept nv
love; the same upside down, l am
engaged; at right angle at same
place, l long to see you; in middle
at right edge, write Immediately.
People with ordinary respect for
the feelings of the postmaster, will
continue to place the lamp at the
upper right hand corner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Ex-Pugliist a Travelling Man.

J. B. Choynski, perhaps better
known as Joe" Choynski, hero of
SO many prize ring battles that the
exact number of them isn't remen-
bered hereabouts, is now travel
ing salesman, representing the West
ern Felt Works Of Chicago and is
visiting many towns in this vicinity.
Not one man in a hundred would
pick him for prize ring artist, for
all that he is well put up, athletic
looking chap. We're he bit younger
he might be mistaken for a college
student.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Hale and Cooley Wedding.

On the morning of Oct. 25th, 1905,
the sun rose in all it's splendor and
beauty. 1t was one of autumn's
most beautiful days when Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Hale of Little Grant
gave their daughter, Aideth, in
marriage to Clarence Cooley.
Promptly at II o'clock, while Miss
Hattie Hamer played the wedding
march, the bride and groom appear
ed, preceded by four little ribbon
girls dressed in white, marched
through the spacious parlors to a
nicely decorated arch where Rev.
Bennett Of Bloomington performed
the ceremony to the usual English
style. Then followed the con-
gratulations Of relatives and friends
alter which the guests were invited
to partake of one of those bountiful
dinners for which the hostess is
justly renowned for serving. We
all know That Mrs. Hale is a master
hand in planning and preparing the
many good things Of this world to
satisfy the Inner man." Charley
had killed the ''Fatted Calf" as it
were, or better still if you please, a
nice fatted lamb which was rare
tleat to the $50 guests served. Mr..
Hale has a number one stock farm
just the kind that make fat lambs
and grow good crops.
The groom on this occasion is a
son OF Lewis Cooley of Little Grant
who is one of a famous group of 5
generations now living in Grant
county. Clarence is one of the
sturdy, industrious and honorable
young men such as Little Grant
always produces. He is well known
and respected by all his acquaint-
ances. Little Grant is also noted for
it's good girls and none are more
faithful and kind hearted than
Aideth. She possesses those numer-
GUS qualifications which are neces-
sary to make man kind and low
ing helpmate.
The newly married couple re-
ceived many beautiful and useful
presents consisting mainly of chairs,
dishes, silverware, table and bed
spreads, rugs, etc. All those who
came remembered the old adage
THAT it is more pleasing to give
than to receive"
The bride was attired in white
Persian lawn and attended by Miss
Brandemuhl. The groom wore the
usual black suit and his brother
Orion acted as best man the first
step for him in the matrimonial
field.
Every thing was pleasing and har-
monlously arranged on this occa-
sion, and a general hospitality was
extended to all present OF this
beautiful day.
May this young couple just
starting out in life learn to bear
each others burdens then God will
bless them and they will live a
happy and useful life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Levins Again Free.

At the second examination of
Abe Levins for chicken stealing,
held before Court Commissioner
Buchner Wednesday, the evidence
brought out was insufficient to
warrant holding the accused for
trial in circuit court and he was
once more discharged from custody.
Dist. Atty. Kopp prosecuted and
Bushnell, Watkins & Moses were
counsel for defendant. Sherm
Streeter and his wife both testified
against Levins.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
The state board of normal school

The state board of normal school
regents Thursday, let the contracts
for the construction of the new nor
NAL school building at Platteville.
The work was let in three contracts,
as follows: General construction, J.
ing and ventilating, Dyer Plumbing
A. Silver Of Appleton, SOB, 720; heat
and Heating company of st. Paul,
about $17, 900; plumbing, H. J. Smi-
ley and j. T. Marshall of Platteville,
$4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
POTCSI NOTES.
Interesting TENS by Our Regular
Correspondent.

Mr.. Editor please pardon our
limited write up of the important
events that have transpired in this
community during the past week,
for we lave had troubles of our
own. Not to go into details at all
in the way of an explanation suffice
to say that the Ladies' Aid Society"
met atour house this week Thurs
day ard you know the rest. Well
anyhow everything about the
place had to be in apple pie Cor some
other kind of pie) order, the front
yard had to be swept, the back yard
had to be raked and as the boy put
it IN an order that we filled some
years ago for lady who handed
us an itemized list Of things wanted,
as prepared by the son he conclud-
ed by saying, and many other things
to numerous to mention, and that
was our case exactly. Then too the
sandwiches had to be made, and the
cake had to be sampled and the
coffee had to be tested. Of course
the coffee was superb and the cake
was perfectly delicious, and the
sandwiches well they disappear
ed and the preached wasn't here
either. At any rate everything was
lovely,so say the ladies and what
they say goes.
0. w. Seaton and DR.. McGovern
secured leases on mining lands ad-
joining the village known as the
Woollie and the Long Range, two
OF the biggest lead producing ranges
IN ea1ly days in this locality. They
offer % shares Of stock at 800 per
share reserving 5 shares for their
work as compensation for promot-
ing the deal, the prospect is a good
one and ought to attract men of
means seeking investments in
mining propositions Of various kind.
Harold Walter, the infant son OF
Station Agent P. Ell. Roser and
wife, aged s mouths died Tuesday
evening at eleven o'clock. The
grief stricken parents haYe the
sympathy of their many friends IN
this their sad affection. The inter-
ment was made at Rickardsville,
Iowa, on Thursday,
w. Ell. Hunt came up from Du-
buque Tuesday morning enroute to
Plattevil1e to attend a mining meet
ing of the stock holders interested
in the nine known as the Mud
Range. It is reported that the
company will reorganize.
Gust Deckert, the genial piano
salesman representing Harger &
Blish Of Dubuque, was in town
Tuesday. Mr.. Declzert informed us
that he had that day delivered an
elegant upright piano in mahogany
finish at the Frank OFT home. If
Miss Myrtle becomes as proficient in
music as she is in her school work,
she will come into prominence in
musical circles.
Mrs. J. N. Taylor and Miss Flor
ence of Lancaster are guests of Mrs.
David Spaith.
Mrs. James Scullon of Lancaster,
spent several days during the past
week the guest of friends here.
James Champion was down from
Beetown renewing old acquaintance
es during the week. Jim has many
friends here who always greet him
with hearty welcome.
Nick Schumacher spent a week
in Milwaukee and took treatment
from DR.. Joseph Schneider, the
noted aurist for catarrhal trouble.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Teachers in Demand.

County Supt. Nye has several APP
plicatipns on file in his Office for
teachers and any qualified teacher
out Of job should drop him line.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28

-Messrs. Jos. Bennett and John
lockwood inspected real estate in
South Dakota first of the week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Skunked.

Two lonesome skunks by the road
side stood,
AS an automobile rushed by;
It left an odor far from good,
And a tear was in ones eye.
ooh, why do you weep9" asked his
anxious friend.
why do you sob and quaker"
Because that smell" said the other
skunA,
rs like mother used to make"
---sS . S.
Mrs. Geo. S. Rockwell and
sister, Mrs. Palmer, are visiting at
Madison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Sunday Sermon.

To those who saw the children of
Israel carried away into captivity
and their city in ruins and their
temple destroyed-nothing could
be more hopeless. But their resur-
rection and return was as certain as
the promises of God. The weeping
captives were consoled with the be-
lief OF their restoration and the
prophets assured them that at the
end of seventy years their bondage
should be lifted. Promptly at the
moment Cyrus-who had assembled
the Persian thrOne-annOunced that
all who chose to do SO might return.
to their own land IN peace and
$4,000 people started on the long
pilgrimage back to Jerusalem singing
songs of deliverance as they march
ed A governing council of ten of
the principal elders was chosen.
There were 5000 camels and horses
and other beasts of burden in the
procession. And most wonderful
OF all the sacred vessels Of the
temple worship 5400 of them which
had been for more than fifty years
in the royal treasury of Persia the
spoils of the war which eliminated
in the destruction of Jerusalem
were surrendered to the colOnists
and borne back to the altar of their
God. For four long months that
caravan moved across the continent
and encamped at last amid the ruins
of their holy city in the land of
their fathers every foot of which
was hallowed by sacred memories.
The history of the Jewish nation is
a miniature of life. Tt took an aw-
full disaster to cure and rectify and
perfect them. The fires of trouble
burned out their unnatural discords
and destroyed idolatry utterly so
that when these captives finally
came home they were united and
the worship of idols was never
heard of more.
Xxx
That method of cementing broken
nations has often been repeated.
Take our own nation. Every for
ward movement of society seems to
be preceded by seasons Of trial
whose hot fires are needed to fuse
the heart and will of the people in
to one. The three great periods OF
our history can be summed up in
three words-the rock and the
revolution and the rebellion. And
each of them was preceded by cap
tivities in which the hearts Of men
were knit together by cords OF COM
mon suffering and out of which we
emerged fitted by the dicipline to re-
possess the land. How many an
individual has come to a place
where he has been obliged to make
a new beginning. Many a man has
repeated the folly of the founders
of the race and been turned out OF
his paradise. Adam and Eve amid
the delights of Eden fell from their
estate Of innocence and lost their
garden home. They went out INTO
the midnight-into a world that
cursed and Kissed and bit and stung.
Instead of ease they found hardship
and instead of life-death-instead
of luscious -thorns and
thistles. No soft breezes to fan
them in the sweat of their faces
they ate their bread. What did
they do? Sit down and repine and
curse their lot? No. They went to
work to make a new beginning and
though they never got Eden back
they got something better, "a far
more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory"
~
Here is the lesson. The man who
allows himself to be crashed to
earth bv his circumstances is a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28

Here is the lesson. The man who
allows himself to be crashed to
earth by his circumstances is a