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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
A P0Or APRum0nk.

Lawrence Waterbury, the racquet
expert, got out of hanson at the
Boston Racquet club.
Then, if you play this way" he
said, sit will be heads to win. tails
you lose You argue like a man who
ran the rattle"
'"The man who ran the raffie?"
eyes. There was a man running a
rattle for a clock. The tickets were
a quarter apiece. The man approached
an Irishman and said:
"'Let me sell you a ticket for the
rattle
"'And what is being ratified, friend 2
the IriShman asked.
"a clock said the other.
"a clock, is it? Then count me
out said the Irishman. Il have no
use for clock and / wouldn't know
what to do with if if had it,
"'OH, never mind. Take a chance.
You may not get it, said the RATHER"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
just Used q Ferret.

DR.. William Osler, apropos of heroic
remedies, said:
"Uneducated persons have no faith
in the subleties of medicine.-in tiny
pills, in diet, in exercise. When they
are ill, they want large, strong. black,
bitter doses. They want heroic meas
ureS to be applied to them.
''Thus, there was an English ply
stefan who sent some leeches to a
patient, miner.
calling the next day, the physician
inquired, before starting upstairs for
the sick room, if the leeches had ar
rived.
1.-The miners wife, with a con-
temptuous laugh, replied:
"'Yes, sir; but what on earth be the
use o. sending them little things for a
great chap? l just took an clapped a
ferret on 'um'"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
Nature V0reua Art.

"Gentlemen," thundered the en-
ergetic lecturer, 1--WE live in peSsimistic
times. Our leading politicians, our
pulpit orators, our great philosophers,
our poets, and. worst of all, our
novelists, delight to picture life as d
hideous nightmare, a crooked dream,
a thing not worth the misery eX-
pended in enduring a low scramble
for human supremacy, or as an ig-
noble failure at best. And, gentlemen,
are they right? Is it indeed so? Are
we really sinking in the scale Of civil
cation? Nature is nature, and We are
her children: nature is good and wise
and beautiful and true; nature en-
mobiles us, and makes us free from
guile and deceit"
Here there was a stir in the au.
dience.
Hold on, guv'nor. Look here"'
shouted a man who had been intently
listening. This is my wig. and these
my false teeth, and this my glass eye.
What about them, Ell? What sort of
fright would l be without them
They lick nature all to pieces, l can
tell you. You hold on a bitr'-Tit
Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
Grammar of the Hnma.

In many families the education Of
the children is committed almost eX.
clusively to the schools, and this suf.
ficiently accounts for the atrocious er.
rors often noted in circles where we
might expect better things. 1t mat
ters not how faithful the teacher may
be. the child will inevitably initiate
the language heard at home and forget
the instruction Of the school. When
the child hears incorrect language i'll
the family and imbibes it freely from
vicious books he is probably going to
Speag ungrammatically as long as he
lives. A writer on the educational
process says that the years from s to
II constitute the habit-forming period.
This is the time to break the human
colt, in some sense the widest of all
animals" Errors in the use of the
mother tongue adopted during this
time are difficult to correct-Philadel-
phta Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
THE PRICE TOO HIGH.

In a few weeks now the great public
school system Of the country will be In
operation again. We would say a word
to the parents of many bright and
ambitious pupil 1t is that rather than
be encouraged to take up extra bur
dens of school work during the years
between twelve and sixteen the pupil
and this applies more particularly to
the daughter in the hOme-should be al
lowed to take but the regular work.
aud less than this if the condition Of
health requires it. The cases are Of
all too frequent occurrence where an
ambitious son or daughter has been
urged beyond the limit Of physical and
nervous endurance simply to satisfy
the shallow vanity of an unwiSe and
shOrtsighted parent In the desire to see
the child at the head Of the class. A
weakened vitality, ruined eyesight and
a nervous breakdown are cOnsidera-
tons which prove beyond question that
the game doesn't begin to pay the can
die. The boy possessing somewhat
larger endowment of animal spirits
and having less ambition and pride
than his sister will fire his books into
the corner when the point OF nervous
tension is reached and go out of doors
and refresh his tired spirits. 1t is
only the ''tOmbOy" girl who will imi-
tate her brother in this respect. and
fortunate she is If endowed with his
feelings. There's not a high school,
college or university in the country
but has it's quota of human sacri-
fees due to this abominable system Of
examining, stufdng and overstudy. As
the children in the home grow to ma
turity every care possible should be
exercised with view to giving them
strong and robust bodies, their intel
lectual attainments being of entirely
secondary consideration when got at a
sacrifice of health. 1t Is of mighty lit
tie satisfaction to the student when he
finishes his school or college course to
realize that in return for a store of
more or less useless book knowledge
he is doomed to lifelong invalidism and
incapacity. Education is a valuable
asset, but it is dearly acquired at an
expense of physical bankruptcy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
SHADE ABOUT THE HOME.

AS between q treeleSS, sun beaten
yard and one covered with a surplus of
shade there are few people tat
would prefer the latter condition, and
yet from the standpoint of home SAM
tation and individual health the former
is far the more desirable. 1t Is but nat
ural that there should be a prejudice
against taking out any of the shade
trees about the home which for years
hive furnished nesting places for feath-
cred friends, provided refreshing and
cool retreat from summer sun and
served to break the force of winter
winds. We come to look upon these
mute friends with real affection, and
no wonder that as result of such at
of association we are loath to cut them
out, root and branch. They have al
ways served us we'll, and it is with
real tWinges of the heart that the day
arrives when it is necessary to thin
them out and let in the germ destroy
ing, wholesome sunshine, whose mis-
sion as a preseryer and restorer Of
health was never realized in so large
a measure as today. If the house is
completely wrapped in shade, moss
clings to the roof and little or no grass
grows beneath the trees the time is
ripe for action. Shade is good and
pleasant, but from the standpoint Of
health too much is worse than none
at all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
THE CNCROMNED.

It is a cause for thanks that there
is a vast army of heroes and heroines
whose names never grace the pages of
history, do not appear on memorial tab
lets and are not celebrated in song or
poem. We refer to those in the every
day walks of life who perform the
round of it's simple duties faithfully,
unsel1shly and uncomplainingly, We
ran across one of them the other day
a mother left fifteen years ago with
five children under ten years of age
and a farm heavily mortgaged. The
fortitude with which this mother met
the duties and responsibilities of her
trying position is inspiring in the ex-
treS1e. Being a schoOlteacher before
her marriage, she took this work I'D
on the death of her husband and would
drive three or four miles to the nearby
school during all the winter months,
doing the farm chores in the morning
before she left and finishing them at
10 or IL o'clock at night after her re-
turn home. In this way she kept up
the interest on the note and at the
same time gave her five children the
best education that lay in her power.
Today she is reducing the indebted
ness with their assistance. The in
stance is not cited because 1t is eX-
ceptional, for it is type of devotion
and self sacrifice that is very common
There is hardly q home but is praced
by the unselfish service of one or more
of these uncrOwned heroes or heroines
"a husband devoting every energy to
providing for his dear ones, often hand
icapped by misfortune or disease; as
often mother, mingling her prayers
and tears in a service as pure and no
BILE as the heart is capable of, perhaps
the only support and protector Of the
children of a shiftless or drunken hus-
band, and mayhap it is the son or
daughter on whom the burden falls
But with all of them it is the same
faithfulness through long years Of toll
and unselfiSh observation-disclosures every
one. 1t is because of such heroes as
these that the world grows better and
human hearts more mellow and gentle
with the passing years. Though his
tory makes no count of them and
memorate their deeds, the record Of
their faithful service is impressed on
the tablets Of human hearts and re-
corded In the loving remembrance of
their fellow men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28

A reader Of these notes, living at
Petersburg. H., writes asking where
he can secure pure and reliable alfalfa
seed. In reply to this direct question
we would say that the Payne Alfalfa
company Of Omaha, Neb., is recon-
mended by the Iowa experiment sta
ton as one of the most reliable firms
dealing in alfalfa seed. Seed which
the writer got from it last fall gave
a most excellent stand. In starting
a patch of alfalfa only the best seed
should be used, and this will come
at about SO per bushel, which is the
price of red clover seed. Our CORE
spondent also wishes to know where
he can get red clover bacteria with
which to inoculate his soil. In view of
the fact that such rank frauds have
been perpetrated under the guise of
furnishing cultures for the different
leguminOus crops, we would repeat
what appeared in these notes a short
time ago relative to this subject. In
order to clear up a good deal Of fiction
concerning the matter, as we'll as to
show up number of firms that were
swindling the public with bogus and
worthless bacteria cultures, the agri-
cultural department issued bulletin
which states that experiments conduct
ed show that no beneficial results can
be expected for particular crop if the
bacteria Of that plant are already in
the soil; that but little benefit can be
expected if the ground is decidedly in
need Of other fertilizers, such as phos-
pilates, potash or lime, and that prac-
tically no benefit can be derived from
incubation of the soil if it is already
rich in nitrogen. Experiments carried
on at the Iowa station under the super
vision Of Professor Holder show that
very satisfactory results can be OBJ
tanned by thoroughly fertilizing the
plot to be used for alfalfa with barn
yard manure and putting it in the best
of filth before sowing the seed, har-
rowing in as with clover. 1t is con-
coded that there may be distinct adj
vantage in taking @oil from field in
which the plant has obtained foot
hold and scattering it on the new land
at the time the seed is sOwn, but the
importation of nitro cultures from any
firm which does not have the o K Of
the department Of agriculture or ones
own state experiment station is. as eX
perience of many has proved. a very
precarious speculation. Fit the land
as you would to produce bumper
crop Of corn and SOW seed not later
ihan Aug. 15.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
The Kid speaks.

My fathers headpiece isn't cracked,
Though you might think it, for a fact.
He talks the strangest sort of rot
And jabbers like an idiot
can't tell half the time what he
Is trying to convey to me,
But mother can and not half try
She's lived with him more years than l.
For instance, he says men" for "then,"
"And then" he changes to IAN en-
With list" for Just" and "'at" for
that"
He keeps me guessing where he's at.
He twists and tortures every word
Or so. 1t seems to me absurd
And mother says he won't outgrow 1t
Because by trade he is a poet
She says he fills the family purse
BY writing yards and yards Of verse
Like this: Las night list after tea
My pa he taxed me on his knee.
Men ma she LATED list fit TO kill.
An 'en she said to Uncle Bill.
Now. Wil-yum. don't you think that he
Is list as cute as he can be?'
An 'en my uncle LATED: 'Ha, ha,
Hee, hee! Ho, no! list like his pal"
They sound to me like awful drooi.
these poems of the IAN en- school.
Puck
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
Teachers Examinations, Grant County

The annual series of public e.,
aminatiOns of teachers for and {
Grant county, will be held at Il
following places, at the dates her.
in named:
Boscobel July 3O-31; Fennimor
Aug. IL; Lancaster, Aug. ga; Cub
City, Aug. 6 z; Cassville, Aug. g.
Platteville Aug. SO, blick schoo
Bloomington, Aug. SO; at Lancai
ter, for additional advanced branche
for second and first grades, Aug
14-15.
Only the thirteen branches re
quired for third grade will be writ
ten at the first seven places named
and none but the advanced branche
additional for second and frs
grades will be written at Lancaste
on Aug. 14-15, and teachers mus
govern themselves accordingly. Fo
further suggestions, see legal motto
sent to district clerks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
LAKE ROOD Fish Becoming SCARCE.

Unless strong measures are taken by
the governments of the United States
and Canada, the perch and whitefish
Of the lower lakes seem doomed nearly
to extinction. The fishermen in the
Detroit and st. Clair rivers and Lake
ST. Clair, where they have been album
dant, complain that they are fast dis
appearing. The great demand for
perch and whitefish have naturally re-
suited in their depletion to some ex-
tent. But the millions of carp. suckers
and mullets are their worst enemies.
They deyour great quantities Of the
roe and countless minnows. The gov
eminent hatcherieS are unequal 10 the
task of keeping the lakes stocked with
these two kinds of fish, chiefly because
it is yearly becoming more difficult to
find them during the spawning season.
Cleveland Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
Experience Of a Rising
Young Politician

"N/ on find it interesting, do you
not, Mr.. Klymer," said the
young woman with the sDecta-
cles and the high forehead, ito watch
the variations of the index number
from time to time, as recording either
the effect of the Administrations atti-
tude toward the vested interests of
the country or the fluctuations in the
standard of value?''
'Er-yes, exceedingly" said the ris-
ing young politician.
''The ordinarily accepted opinion, of
course, is that rise or fall of prices
is in accordance with the law of sup
ply and demand as relates to commodi-
ties in general, but you doubtless have
grasped the fundamental idea that
these record merely the appreciation
or depreciation of the monetary stand
ard, more or less money being reduir-
ed to purchase a given article of mer-
chandiSe, the variation taking visible
form in an apparent increase in the
general level of prices? Is it not SOP"
'Why-h'm"-
'YOu hesitate to commit yourself,
perhaps on account of questions of
policy and expediency, until the align
ment of the great parties as to the alb
stract questions involved has become
more sharply definedw
Heavens he exclaimed half an
hour later as he made his escape. 81
don't mind merely intellectual young
woman. but this ones a fnancier and
a political economist, and I'm burned
II 1 don't believe she was making fun
of me!'-Chicago Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
A Joke In a seriou. Place.

Certainly no one would think of read
ing a dictionary for amusement or
Pleasure-as the Irishman said, he
would lose the thread of the story in
the great mass of detail. Nor would
one expect to find jokes in such book,
barring Mark Twain's about the car
buncle. But that learned and other
wise serious dictionary, the Century,
contains at least one laughable entry.
Under the word question" Is the fol-
lowing:
ITO pop the question-see pop."-New
YOck Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
The Limit

The stranger halted on the edge of
the hobo camp.
eve are SO hungry, mister" yawned
the lanky hobo in the old tall hat.
''Then why don't you go out and beg
at the nearest farmhouse?" asked the
stranger.
''We are all so tired no one will vol
unteer, SO we are going to shake dice
to see who must perform the painful
duty"
'Well. what is the delay?'
''Why, we are waiting for an earth
quake, boss, to come along and shake
the dice box."-Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
THE BOY AND HIS FATHER.

While as people we share a becOm-
ing interest In the vast material val
ues annually produced on the myriad
farms of the country in the shape Of
bumper crops of grain and thorough
bred stock, there is not one Of all these
things that possesses the real value or
concerns the future welfare Of the COM
munity, stateor nation as does the clean,
honest, Industrious and reliable boy of
eighteen years. The price of all other
farm products fiuctuates-is up or down
to correspond with the varying de-
mand-but for the boy Of the kind
mentioned there is an ever increasing
call to do the worlds work. In view
OF this situation it Is worth while to
give to the boy that painstaking care
and interest that will enable him to
supply the cOuntry's demand for men.
While 1t would be difficult to measure
the impress Of the mothers influence
we would say a word here concerning
the boy and his father, for the cases
are all too numerous where beyond the
age of ten the lad Is prone to follow
the example of his father rather than
to abide by the precept of his mother.
It is natural, but matter both Of con-
graduation and regret, that the boy
looks up to the father as he does.
While there are exceptions to the rule.
1t is not reasonable to expect that the
boy Is going to realize any higher type
of manhood than the father exempli-
fes, and he is shortsighted and unrea-
sonable who condemns in the boy what
he allows in himself. Boy nature does
not overlook the insincerity of such an
attitude. The early establishing of
bond Of interest and comradeship not
only conduces to the highest satisfac-
ton on the part of the parent, but is
favorable to the development of that
affection and regard on the part of the
son which never leave him, but which
tend to develop in him a filial graft
tude that will make the fathers declin-
ing years CHEEKY and golden as they
come and go. Raise pure bred stock.
the best possible to get, but don't over
look the boy. In a fundamental and
last analysis everything else raised on
the farm. however good or useful. is
mere trash compared with him. A fine
type Of manhood this is primary. And
every farm home in the land should
furnish It's quota to supply a never sat
isfied demand
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
To Make 1t Tender.

Waiter" called the customer in the
restaurant where an orchestra was
playing.
Eyes, sah."
Kindly tell the leader of the orches-
ira to play something sad and low
while l dine. l want to see If it won't
have a softening influence on this
steak. "-Milwaukee Sentinel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28

a. r. Bass, of Morgantown, Ind, ha
to get up ten or twelve times in tt
night and had severe backache an
pains in the kidneys. Was cured 4
Foley's Kidney Cure. J. T. Bennett.
Louis B. Ruka. Fred W. Rok
John J. Ruka.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
EAST BOUND
MONEY TO LOAN.

Parties desiring to borrow none!
on good real estate security an,
frst-class rates can secure same b,
calling on me. Office in the Baxte
block with the law firm of Brown
Brennan. CHAs. M. KLARMAN,
9tf Lancaster Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
RENovAT1NG STRAWBERRY BED.

RENOVAT1NG STRAWBERRf BID.
The strawberry bed at the end Of the
first seasons cropping often furnishes
a perplexing problem in part because
the plants may be too thick and be-
cause weeds may have crept IN. In
such cases we have found 1t advanta-
geous to take a sharp scythe and cut
both plants and weeds close to the
ground and then pillow and ruttle out all
but about a six inch strip of the roots
in the middle Of the strawberry row.
If the land is not rich and strong we'll
rotted manure may be spread over the
whole bed and raked in. The bed will
look very sick following such treat
ment, but in a short time the roots left
undisturbed will throw out new shoots
and runners, and by the time frost
comes'you will have a practically new
bed. While this plan may be followed
to advantage with some beds at the
end of a second years cropping, we
have usually plOwed up the bed after
the second years cropping and planted
to turnipS about the 1st of August.
We remember realizing some SIS one
fall from patch of turnips that were
sowed on q strawberry bed one by
eight rods in size and plowed up about
Aug. 1. Potatoes We're $125 in Octo-
Der of that year. and the turnips
brought 40 cents per hushel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
Quite So.

''Your husband is so full of fun, Mrs
Newriche, he makes people fairly
shrek. He is always chatting, isn't
he"
"Yes, indeed. l tell him he is quite
q chauffeur Baltimore American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
NORTH BOUND.
Time Table.
WEST BOUND.

Specht's Ferry Time Table,. M.
St. Paul Ry.
WEST BOUND.
No. 3-7:49 a. M. Stop for points north an
west of North McGregor. Passenger. b
cept Sunday.
No. 91-Freight, s:25 a. m. Except Sundays
No. 25-12:52 p. m. Except Sunday. PaSsenge
No. 69-Freight, 2:40 D. m. Sundays only
EAST BOUND.
No. 92-Freight, p. M, Except Sundays.
No. 4-3:55 I'm. Stop for points beyond Sc
bula, Iowa. except Sundays. Passenger.
No. 32-8:O5 pm Except Sunday. PasSenge
No 62-Freight. 5:15 D. m. Sundays only.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
Time Table.
Potosi Time Table,. B.& Q. BY.
SOUTH BOUND.

Potosi Time Table,. B. & Q. BY.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 50-3:01 p. m, Passenger daily.
No. 92-1O'4oa a. m, Freight, daily except Sun
day
NORTH BOUND
No. $500 a. m, Passenger daily.
No. 91-10:45 a. M, Freight daily eXcer
Sunday.
Home seekers excursion tickets on sal
every Tuesday to points west and south
west, north and northwest, at one fare p1u
% tor the round trip, good for 81 days.
Signed, P. Fl. ROSER, Agent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
EXCURSION RATES.

Very low excursion rates to st. Pau
and Minneapolis via the North West
ern line. Excursion tickets will b,
sold July "a, % and 26, with favorabl
return limits, on account of Saenger
fest Of the Saengerbund of the North
west. at st. Paul. Apply to agent
Chicago & North Western R'y.
Excursion rates to the Monona LAX
Assembly at Madison, Wis.,, via TIL,
North Western line. Excursion tick
cts will be sold at reduced rates Jul
% and "a, limited to return until Aus
6, inclusive. Other dates of sale o
certificate plan. Apply to agents Oh;
cago & North Wes6rrn R'y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28

IRON BREW, the Ideal Tonic. Ha
a case sent to your home. Bell Pho
1852 19tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28
Ruka Land Agency
BOSCOBEL. WIS.

BOSCOBEL. WIS.
~ and Sell Real Estate. Loan Money
NJ axe Collections. Good farms in Or
and Crawford counties always for sale.
GIVE USUS A CALL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28

WE'LL! WE'LL! WE'LL! 1t bee
all. What beats allH Why the f,
Trunk cigar Att
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-28

n. A. BARNES & Son,
78tf Cassville, w