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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
Precautionary Measures.

In another column the board of
health gives notice of precautionary
measures to be taken by citizens of
Lancaster regarding the spread of
smallpox, of which five cases are re-
ported.
1t should be the duty of everyone
to follow these instructions closely,
especially In regard to vaccination
No pupil will be allowed to enter
the public schools when they open
on Monday, Jan. 9Th, unless marks
of successful vaccination are discern
able, and there will be no excep-
tions to this rule.
The council as well as the school
board are DESTROYS of taking the
bull by the horns in this matter and
their efforts to stamp out an epidem-
ic in it's infancy should meet with
assistance, encouragement and ap-
probation on all sides.
There's much to sacrifice and no.
thing to gain by dilatory action in
this matter and two much precau-
ton cannot be taken.
People from the country who
make the county seat a trading
point have nothing to fear from ex-
listing cases, as all are being taken
care of in the most systematic and
scientific methods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
Not Good News.

The live stock shippers to Chicago
have nice Christmas gift from the
stock yards people. It comes IN the
form of notice that after Jan. 1st
there will be an advance in the fees
charged by the commission houses
for handling their stock. For hogs
and sheep the advance is $500 per
car. This alone will mean almost
5000, 900 demanded for that service.
Local buyers estimate the steal at
100000. Not so petty" after all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
CITY TAXES.
Rate, Including Collection Fee. to BE-
Over SIS on a Thousand.

City Treas. Dyer gives official no.
tice in another column of this paper
that he will be In readiness on Tues
day next to w1ite receipts for taxes
on property in Lancaster, and if YOU
have anything left since making,
your Christmas purchases you had
better invoice it.
The rate per cent this year will be,
$14 SO on a 1000. The collection
fee of one per cent will thus make &
PERSONS taxes over SIS on every
81, 600 assessed valuation OF taxable
property he possesses. IF you are
aware of your assessed valuation
you can compute your taxes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
Did You Know

That Tom Orion made first
class Santa Claus?
~
That Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla Rich,
newly married, had a difficult time
in finding sleeping quarters Mon
day night owing to the instigaUors
of charivari?
~
That a Herald printer shot a
pigeon in the head the other day
and afterwards stated that he hit it
in the temples
*4*
That the Klondike mine will be a
dandy?
*x*
That there's to be a wedding in
the upper crust soon?
That you need be afraid of no
smallpox in Lancaster?
That old timers can never re-
member such weather as this be-
tween Christmas and New Years?
~
That Tom Blewett says this is
the dullest Christmas he ever had?
*
That John Flitsch got nice little
doll for Christmas?
~
That Henry Mankel received a
pair of twins Christmas?
~
That man said the other day he
didn't take the Teller because he
didn't like to read trash?
Martha Pagenkopf received fine
pair of dolls for Christmas and de-
sires to know who sent them?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
The Burdens Of Christmas.

Christmas has come and gone, we
believe to the joy of every house
holder and parent and to the happi-
ness of the children. We are one
to believe that Christmas has been
perverted in our country in the last
seventy years from the original pur-
pose and it has become not relig-
ious festival, but a festival for the
alteration of children. It is motor
ious that the uppermost thought is
no longer the blessings which our
Lord and Savior conferred upon
mankind and for which we ought to
be humbly thankful, but whatever
will capture the fancy of the chill
dren of the household and crafty
their wants and their caprices. It
thus seem to us that Christmas has
become rather the day Of alteration
Tor the children than of genuine and
warm gratitude to the Glver Of all
Good for the blessings he showers
upon his earthly children.
The consequence of this new fash
ion, for so we will call it, is that
children are so much coddled by
their parents and their relatives
that it warps the tissues of their
souls, and under this soft coddling
both boys and girls SO grow up that
they rarely reach their full mar
hood and womanhood. It is the re-
mark in all ages that boys and girls
who grow up under hardy early
life and who are taught to expect
and get little possess the real man
hood and womanhood of the cOun-
try.
Seventy years ago Christmas was
regarded as good and a holy LAY.
The young were then provided with
moderate but not excessive enjoy
ments. A multitude of presents
were then scarcely known. Chill
dren were thankful for what their
fathers and mothers gave them, but
they did not grumble when they
got less than they thought they had
a right to expect. We remember
the time in the families of the veal
thy, Of hanging up the stocking in
the fire place for each member OF
the family, and whatever the stock
ing contained was all that the recip-
lent might expect on Christmas day.
We have known cases where boys
and girls who were unruly we're re-
warded with only whip and few
pennies, and that was their Christ
mas present. This was not unusual
among the rich families in eastern
New York seventy years ago. So
the burdens of Christmas fell light
ly upon the parents and household
ers. The children were caressed
with a bounteous Christmas dinner
with plenty of mince PIE and egg
nogg, and after Christmas day was
over the parents did not continue
the junketing for days as many
fools now do to the impoverisment
of their purses and the health of
younger members of the family.
1t does no good to lament, but
times have sorely changed. We do
not think they have changed for the
better, as children are SO effemin-
ated and so emasculated that when
one turns around and looks at the
rising generation he instinctively
asks, Who will become eminent and
who will become useful to their
country and their Code
| II
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

Delightful winter weather.
just the right kind for the festivities
of the season. Santa Claus could
not come on runners however as
the quantity of snow was INSULT
Gent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
Mining Notes.

Zig lead was selling at So so per
hundred the past week. Spelter
brought as high as Sc. so per hundred
in Chicago. Lead ore was quoted
$58 to $75 per ten. Zinc concentrates
on 60 per cent basis were selling at
$50 per ton. Drybone sold at $25
per ton for 40 per cent zinc ores.
Sulphur ores best 81 so per ton.
The above were prices all IN car
load lots.
Some fine specimens of jack have
been found by the Grahams and
Harry Tresham on the Kellar farm
east of Lancaster in the town of,
Clifton where they are prospecting.
~
Joplin reports lead and zinc adj
vancing 81 to So Per ton.
~
The daily wages paid in Missouri
Arkansas zinc and and lead region
averages as below for eight hours,
in some places nine hours Machin-
cry men work ten hours as follows
Engineer, 50 90 to So so; ground
boss, 1926 to So so; Miners. Cutters.
$175; spade hands, $50 to $1.75;
tub rustlers, SIS to 81 Is; cleaners,
hand jigs, 81 so to 81 80; roughers,
hand jigs. $175; foreman, steam
jig plant $500; best drill men $275-
Over so car loads Of jack, dry
bone and lead ore went out Of the,
Wisconsin counties the past week,
which is twice the output of 1903
and 60 percent over the production
of 1904. The total output of mines
of all kinds, including oil and coal
in the United States for 1905 viii
reach 81, 982, $50, 900. About 1900
600 people are employed in mining
and allied industries.
Some fine prospecting is resulting
at the New California In which
Lancaster capitalists are interested
extensively. A driller is wanted
here and 81, 200 job is guaranteed.
~
A good mine is an assured fact
on the Behncke farm in South Ian
caster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

Carl Doolittle, student at the
Wis. College of Physicians and
Surgeons, of Milwaukee, is here on
a visit. He was a member of the
champion football team his school
turned out this season.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

-Lorin Wayne and family moved
to Richland Center yesterday to re-
side.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

Subscribe for the Herald now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to thank our many
friends for their many acts of kind
ness during The sickness of our
father and for their many express
sions Of sympathy with us in our
bereavement. THE FAMILY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
HOLIDAY VISITORS.

Those home from abroad to par
take of the Yuletide cheer in the
happy home circle are as follows:
Miss Olive Hope, teacher, Salem;
Wis; Prof. L. w. Brooks, teacher,
Necedah, WIS; Miss Emma Glasier,
teacher, Madison, Wis; Vern Ed.
wards, Coy Chapman, Alta Sawyer,
Kate Baldwin, Platteville Normal,
Miss Carrie Chambers, teacher, Gin,
ton, Wis Miss Sylvia Greer, Mason
City, Iowa, Miss Nell Phillips, teach
er, Milwaukee; Frank Morkln, of
Thornton, Iowa, Will Patterson, of
Tama, iowa; Chas Geiger and wife,
of Hazel Green; Lester Hutchcroft,
Madison; Frank Riese, of Bagley;
Will Tornowske, of Glen Haven;
Grace French and Amy Crabtree,
students at Oshkosh Normal; Frs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

That Tom Orion made a first
class Santa Claus?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

Some fine specimens of jack have,
been found by the Grahams and
Harry Tresham on the Kellar farm
east of Lancaster in the town of,
Clifton where they are prospecting,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
WEDDING PARTY.

DR.. Everett H. Brooks and bride,
of Appleton, are passing few days
at the old home here. They expect
to leave today for trip to Kansas
City and Denver, for a short visit
with relatives of his wife. DR..
Brooks enjoys lucrative practice st
AnDletOG.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

kline Jay, teacher, Cassville, Grace
Ballantine, student, Fond du Lac.
Those who visited out of town were
Miss Bessie BARLEY, at Dubuque,
and Misses Oswald at Bagley.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
FRInAY. JrxE .. 1905.
Advertising Vermont!

The most of the press of Vermont are
shouting through their megaPhones the
necessity of advertising Vermont. Well.
well. is not the outside world hearing
enough about MS these days. Murders
and lesser crimes galore; Investigation
of state institutions aud various officials;
the suspicion of graft whispered IN the
church Hobbies aud hallooed from the
windows of the news sanctorumS; the
board Of health notifying all would he
visitors of the danger OF malignant dis
eases from the use of polluted water IN
some Of the larger cities aud moSt pros
porous aud growing towns, and the
honest farmers daily cautioned about
the criminality of adulterated food StutiS
produced on the farms. Need more
advertising do we? The best way to
advertise a state is to tell about the
good things and hide the bad ones. All
communities possess both kinds. But
it seems an easier thing to recount a
persons evil deeds than to repeat aud
magnify his good traits of character.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
Pusblu= Russia Into a Corner.

An emlu.u, JlpHueHr siair-inin, Who
las himself ...u I.Ir-al'.Ii u! ,..r miAa-
dos cluu,u. rc,,.niiy Indicated the
terms upon whi-li the foxy" govern
mrlsi viii u.akc Iss-r with Eu>>''. In
at....f- "a 10 the v,.s~i1u IL Territory ~
the ,asi. ti., evacuation Of Manoiiria
aud q haud, Oh p,licy toward Korea
Japan VIII csact. av,urliug L. this an-
thor.ly. a I-vruiary indemnity II ST.
Ualsatwlp 10 rrimburS. her for the
cost oI the war.
Tie urrccdeui> of Russia. aud the
whole world for that matter are
against the payment OF indemnity eN-
cent az "A ransom for territory occupied
by lhc enemy. japan will not he found
holding down amy original Russian soil
ot tbc end Of the war unless she carries
her armies TO the FAR north. overland
AMI >,ir $ Togo, fleet - cpnpu'ror
IN IN. water, Of the Ealtlc sra. bui
iii. rxt.cm, Of warfare. were II posi-
bic. wound only br sending good money
after bad. for il would double the bill
to nr collected.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
The Case Of Mary Rogers.

Mary Rogers still lives. We thought
the supreme court would grant her a
new trial. 1t seems to u' that the posi-
biities for complete justice should
have granted her another chance. She
was entitled to all the doubts in the
case, and the State of Vermont can i'll
afford to protect itself 10y means of any
legal technicalities. 1t can hardly be
expected that the United States supreme
court will interfere i'll the case, and ere
many days Mary Rogers will be hanged,
and some more Vermont history will
the coming generation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

President Roosevelt in his friendly
talk with Count Cassini did not miucr
matters any more than he would paIayer
with grizzly in the Rockies He was
not afraid to tell the Russian ambassa
dor that if the war was continued the
Japs would win more victories and be
entitled to greater rewards in the end.
He implicitly at least demanded peace
i'll the name Of the humanity Of the
whole world. If the Car and his selfish
and wicked advisers think the President
was talking to hear his head go off, they
are very much mistaken. He spoke for
effect, and his words will have great
weight among the nations.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

We have heard of extradition regula-
tion3 between states and nations, aud
there is, we suppose, such a thing as III
tenrational comfy, but it is for GOV.
Bell under the special inspiration OF a
new Vermont to invoke the spirit OF
state county in the rum business. 1t is
certainly unique situation, aud we
wait with no little interest to see what
the New Hampshire liquor commission
erS will say to he Objection OF the people
OF Bratteboro, backed by the wishes OF
the governor, to the establishment of a
saloon on the Connecticut river neal
Bratteboro.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
Washing Away the Soil.

Professor y. $. Shaler, the Harvurd
geologst. who writes interestingly
about man in all his relations to ma
ture. asserts that the fertile soil Of
this country Is being washed away into
the sea at a rate which threatens the
food supply. The fertile layer of soil
upon which civilization depends is eX-
posed to loss by the methods Of civ
lization itself. In an article in the
international Quarterly Professor Sha-
Ter says:
AS soon as agriculture begins the an
Client orde.' of the soils is subvortcd. In
order to give his domestcatcd plants a
chance to grow the soil tillcr has to break
up the ancient protective mantle of plants
which through ages of natural selection
became adjusted to their task and to ex-
pose the ground to the destructive action
of the rain How great this Is may be
judged by inspecting any newly powed
field after heavy rain If the surface
has been smoothcd by the roller we may
note that where a potshcrd or fiat peb-
bic has protected the soil 1t rests on top
of Il little column of earth, the sur
rounding material having been washed
away to the streams where it flows on
ward to the sea A single heavy rain
storm may lower the surface of a titled
field to the amount of AN inch a greater
waste than would, on the average, be
brought about in natural conditions in
four or five centuries
What is known as soil, the professor
says, is rock material which has been
dissolved by the action of water
sweeping through the earth The
passage Of this earth to the sea can
not be arrested. but the food giving
value of the soil may be preserved by
man if he keeps the passage of the soil
to the sea at Il rate no greater than
that at which it is restored 10y the de-
cay of the materials on which it rests.
Except in favored regions where the
declivities are gentle. the titled land Of
the world is steadily losing its value to
man as food producer
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
Whenever | open
The ancient books
The one thipg | ponder Is,
Southerners and the South.

The southern industrial parliament
which recently convened in Washing
ton for the discussion of questions re-
lating to southern industries has been
criticised on the ground that the move
ment for which il stands is distinctive
~ sectional. That may be the case
but it is also true that sectional spirit
and pride have been important factors
in the commercial and industrial de
veiopment of the whole country. From
the days of the pioneers each section
in turn has had its special problems
and its own battles to fight.
The southern states are now in "A
peculiar position with respect TO deVcl,
opment The south is the only part of
the Union In which emigration has for
long time exceeded immigration. II
is said that Il million and a half OF
southern born whites are living out
side of the southern states, disaS
trous drain of energy and ability. For
tunately there Is ability left in the
south and, what is more, Il zeal for q
/ share in the Improvement which is
taking place in other sections.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
Economy In Insurance Management

The recent wild disturbance III inSur-
ance circles, caused 10y sensational
charges as to the management OF one
of the principal life Insurance compa-
MES, promises TO result in lasting
good. Economy will become the rule,
and expense funds will he guarded in
the interest Of the policy holders.
Since the outbreak of the scandal in
New York one of the largest compa-
MES has abandoned plans which were
under way to celebrate the seventy
fifth anniversary of its organization
with Il junket that should eclipse the
record in that field for costly magnili-
cencc. Instead of riotous expenditure
the occasion will be observed cOnsprva-
lively, moUeStly and with judiciouS
financial limitation. Other Insurance
companies will he sure to follow this
example and make economy the watch.
word in all items OF expense The pub
lie pays the bills and will insist upon
knowing what it is paying for
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
The Labor Leader.

Professor Felix Adler. who breaches
morals from the basis of pure ethics,
recently devoted Il lecture to the labor
struggle Sketching the qualifications
of the ideal labor leader, DR.. Adler
said:
l think that the labor leader is a man
who ought to take himself modestly. but
who ought to take his Office greatly, seri-
ously and sacredly. The one complaint
have to make is that the function of the
leader is not sufficiently exalted We are
too apt to speak of the leader as of the
servant. He Is not merely the servant
he is great deal more than that. If he
Is the true man that he ought to be he is
essentially mediator. He Is to repre-
sent the claims or his class to the repre-
sentatves Of other classes, but he is also
to report back the counter claims and
just objections of the representatives Of
other classes to his own constituency and
thus modify their original demands and
educate them to the appreciation of in
tereSts other than their own. He is not
merely to express the public opinion of his
class, but he is to help form the pub
lie opinion of his class to enlighten 1t in
tellectually and to ripen 1t morally.
This portrayal might be applied as
the ideal for any leader in any great
social struggle, but the point Is that
the leader Of workingmen has too often
been belittled as the mere chief of a
faction engaged in a purely fractional
fight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

For many years the book publishers
have been telling the writers of short
stories that collections of stories have
no chance of meeting with success
financially. Either times have changed
or The publishers have been on the
wrong track. Ou" American publish
ing house has ISSUED eight collections
of short stories since the beginning Of
the year
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

Judging from the time that Is made
over the marriage ~ two shoIgiris %
wealthy Harvard graduate, q must -
that wealthy Harvard graduate, have
not SCORED gOod rcrpris a. husbands
II. they have. whrreforr all this con-
mcntg Shopgirls arr surely all right.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

Amelie Rives joins her voice with the
crowd of authors who draw the line
on New York rs furnishing an atmoS-
phere for literary work. "Oh, what
fearful, distractng place" she declared
recently There is nothing here but
great hollow, metallic roar" The
"foothold in New York" which is the
dream of so many aspiring writer's, is
gained the quicker by long distance
siege waged from the native hearth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

The people of Montpelier are to be
congratulated that the Montpelier Jour
nal has passed into such good hands.
With Frank f. Howe at the helm they
will have daily paper with an eye
single to tie best interests of the city.
Under such efficient management the
success of the journal is assured
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
No Secret About 1t.

II is no secret, that for cuts. burns,
ulcers, fever sores, sore eyes, boils, etc.
nothing is so effective as Bucklen'S
Arnca Salve. ut diln't take long
to cure a bad sore had, aud it is all
O. X. for sore eyes," writes D.
l.. Gregory, of Hope, Tex. % cents at
ThurSton'S drug store.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Druggists refund money if
PAZO OlNTlNENr fails to cure any
case, no matter of how 10 ng standing, in
q to II days. First application gives
ease and rest. soc. If your druggist
hasn't it send SOC in stamps and it will
be forwarded postpaid by Paris liedi-
cine Co., st. Louis, No.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

The versatile pr Weir Mitchell is
ucrfrrtug q scheme for mind reading.
ana it Is to he hoped that he will ma
uipulatr il himself ANA tI"c the secret
to the grave with him. 1t will he de
cidcdly uncomfortable to have persons
around constantly pccpiHg into Il tel-
lows mind
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

There will be music in the sultry,
tropical air of the canal zone when the
10000 mules ordered shipped by the
canal send up their daily salutati1ns to
old comrades.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

If hoop skirts return in all their
voluminOusneSS as predicted, the troll
ley cars will have to give way to I'M
canopled and uncontned fiat cars as
seen i'll Old prints which depict the
first railroad trains.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

The Chinese do not want Japan to
open Manchuria to the world and give
the powers the right to interfere with
affairs in that part of China. The
Celestials are prepared to put an army
into that province the moment order is
restored and relieve Japan of the bur
den