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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
THE SUGAR PLUM.
IL Is the Most Ancient Candy, Antedat-
ing the Christian Era.

lily @EiS Oit tSNlG'i - g.
The most ancient kind of candy is The
sugar plum 1t was the invention OF
julius Dragatus. a noted Roman baker
and c0nfectioner, who belonged to the
family of Fabius. According to the
New York Herald. it was in 1T r. e.
that he made the great discovery which
for twenty centuries has done 50 much
damage to teeth.
These bOnbOns. called dragat, after
their inventor (dragees in French, re-
manned the exclusive privilege of the
family of Fabius. But aC the birth or
marriage of one of that family a great
distribution of dragat took place as a
sign Of rejoicing Tie custom is still
observed by many Of the nobility Of
Europe.
The pastille is Of far later origin
having been invented ana introduced
into France by an Italian confectionery
the Florentne, John PastiIia, a pro
tege Of the Medicis. When Maria de-
Medici married Henry IN. OF France.
Pastilla accompanied his sovereign to
the French court. where his bonb3ns
had a tremendous vogue. Everybody
wanted the Florentines pastilles, which
were excellent. He made them with
all kinds of havOrs-chOcOlate coffee
rose, violet, mint, wine, strawberry.
raspberry vanilla, heliotrOpe and car
nation.
Burned almonds are purely of French
origin, owing their inception to the glut-
tony of a certain French merchant.
One day Marshal Duplessis- Pralin. an
old gourmet, sent for Lassagne. who
had already invented many a tooth
some dainty, to cOncoct a new bonbon
for him. Lassagne searched. reflected,
combined. until finally be conceived
delicious bonbOn, which he baptized
gloriously with the name of his master,
PralinO, the French for burned aim
ondS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
SENATORIAL FIGHT.

1t would now appear as though
the question of selection of a
United States senator was to be
put over until May. This IS the
concensus Of opinion at the at
tornay generals Office. Ifs this be
50 the fight will bea long bitter one.
BTr. Stephenson claims to have a
letter from LaFollette promising
him his support in the coming fight
and the Marinette candidate is al
ready in the field with head quarters
at the state capital Mr.. Hatten is
also present with his lightning -rod
raised and Mr.. Esch has come into
the open with the promise of some
support. Cooper and the rest of the
possibilities are ready to set up
their tents if their is any hope.
When the time comes the vote will
be taken and then the general pub
Tic will be given an opportunity to
learn what is going on behind the
scenes. Meanwhile the Madison
d0pe-writers are sending out all
sorts of rumors as facts which be-
wilder the average reader more and
more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
The Balloon Plant

One of the curious devices of nature
for scattering seeds is seen in the bal
loon plant Of California. The fruit is
yellow and Is Ettle larger than an
egg. 1t has the appearance of an emp
ty bag, but 1t contains a watery sub.
stance which evaporates or dries ur
when the fruit natures, a sort of gas
taking its place. This gas is lighter
than air. and the fruit flips back and
forth in the wind until it finally breaks
loose from its slender stem. rises into
the air to a height of from seventy-five
to a hundred feet and sails away to
fall in some distant spot and thus ex-
tend the growth of it's kind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

People will treat you all right until
they become familiar.
Whipping a little man does your rep
utation as fighter no good.
You can't please everybody. A cheer
full person is pessimist's idea of Il
fool.
The man who realizes the cowardice
Of people can always put UP a great
bluff
You can live way off on a lonely
farm, but trouble viii come to you out
there
When some men put a quarter in tie
collection basket it gives them a feel
ing of being real sporty.
The man who is really in love pays
very little attention to the ability of his
sweetheart as Il bread maker.
Don't feel bad if people do not agree
with you. You may not agree with
yourself if you stop to think it over
AtchiSon Globe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
lime to Comnromise.

In Mcintosh county Ga, there was
a lawsuit about a cow. The COW was
dead, but the lawsuit went on. 1t was
decided by the justice of the peace, ap-
pealed, remanded, decided again and
once more appealed and remanded This
went on until the case came back to
the squire for the eleventh time. 1t
was a jury case, and when the last
trial was on the squire astOnished the
attorney by announcing an indefinite
postponement, saying:
''This case has exhausted the whole
jury venire of the county, and you will
have to wait until the coming genera
ton gets old enough for jury duty"
Then the litigants compromised
New York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
De Nerval's Pet Lobster.

A few days before Gerard de Nerval
was found dead i'll narrow, dirty
street of Paris he was seen walking
in the Palais Royal, dragging after
him by means of blue ribbon live
lobster. To q friend who accused him
Of madness he replied: "Why is lob
ster any more ridiculous than a cat, or
a dog, or a gazeIle or any other beast
that will follow man? Besides, enjoy
the company of Holsters. They are
quiet; they are serious; they know the
secrets OF the sea; they do nor bark"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

1t does not pay to advertise say
some merchants who have done but
little of it and that without keeping
it up. The incident of the boy and
the pump illustrates the matter
very we'll. The boy was sent after
pail of water He poured in the
printing and poured out as much as
he poured in. Then he stopped to
rest and the printing ran down.
After some time of alternate pump
ing and resting he concluded it did
not pay to pump and quit in dis
gust. The merchant who does not
believe IN advertising does it like
the boy did the pumping. He ad-
vertished few weeks, then stopped
while and allowed the people to
forget him and his business before
he advertised again and then con-
cluded advertising didn't pay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
When the Earth Ouakes.

Some idea of the stupendous power
OF the subterranean forces exerted by
earthquakes Is shown by the changes
effected by them in geography. Noun
tains have been Obliterated or new ones
formed, islands have been made or de.
strOyed, and whole stretches of coast
line wiped out For instance, in Sep.
TENDER, 1859, on the lofty tableland
about 80 miles southwest of the City
of Mexico, a piece of land four square
miles IN area was suddenly raised $50
feet, and numerous cones appeared,
one of them, the volcano of Jorullo,
being nearly LOO feet high. Java in
1872 suffered in the opposite way, for a
tract of country fifteen miles long by
six miles broad was swallowed up en-
tirely, mountain of 5000 feet being
reduced to 5000 feet only in the
process.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
THE ROMAN ANGARIA.
Ancient Postal System That Came
Down From the Persians.

Down From the Persians.
The carefully organized postal sys-
tenn of today is of course more COM
plete than the angaria of the ancient
Romans, yet their mail travelled with
considerable speed
The system of angar, or couriers on
horseback. was borrowed from the Per-
slams, who, according to Zenophon, had
established it under Cyrus the Elder.
The Roman adaptation of it was the
best system of transmitting letters
among the ancient states.
All along the great Roman roads
houses were erected at q distance of
five or six miles from each other. At
each of these stations forty horses
were constantly kept, and by the help
of relays it was easy to travel a hun
dred miles in a day.
These services were intended for the
state only, it being imperative to Sc
cure the rapid Interchange of official
communications. In the time of Julius
Caesar the system was so well or
ganized that of two letters the great
soldier wrote from Britain to Cicero at
Rome the one reached its destination
in twenty-slx and the other in TWEEN
ty-eight days.
Private citizens had to trust to the
services Of slaves. and it is not until
the end OF the third century that we
hear of the establishment of postal
system for private persons by the En-
peror Diocletian. but how long this
system remained history does not say.
The supply of horses and their main
tenance were compulsory, and only the
emperor could grant exemption from
either. The word angaria therefore came
to mean compulsory service in dis
patching the royal mail.-Scrap Book.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
Whisky Made of Old Barrels.

''The man is grogger," said the
food inspector. HE makes whisky out
of old barrels Grogging is a recogniz-
ed trade in some slums. You get hold
of old whisky barrels wherein spirits
have been maturing for years, and you
pour into these barrels boiling hot wa
ter, and you wait few days. The re-
suit of your waiting is that the hot
water turns to whisky. The wood of
the old barrels, you see, is so saturated
with spirits that the hot water draws
out enough to make a strong grade of
red eye."-New Orleans Times Demo
Crat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
A LAND OF MYSTIC CHARM.
Beauties of Modern Syria as Seen by
Woman Writer.

woman writer
Here is vivid description of the
Biblical plain of EsdraelOn, taken
from Mrs. A. c. Inchbold's Under the
Syrian Sun" INSTANTLY our gaze and
with il our hearts went out to the
strange beauty of the plain of Esdrae-
lon. spread out Just beyond the rolling
ranges Of the Galilean hills. 1t was
like some beautiful sea with its softly
green pillows sweeping inland in broad
gracious curves between the bOunda-
ries Of its northern and southern hills.
And upon this limpid. seemingly liquid
surface rested big cloud shadows Of
deep yelled purple. The pillows were
the cultivated stretches Of the plain.
and the cloud shadows indicated the
broken. titled soil When in reality the
shadows OF clouds moved across the
beloved richness Of the great meadow
las the natives called Esdraelon-the
effect was sublime beyond deserip-
ton"
OF Baalbek the same author says:
so overpowering was the first impress
sion Of loneliness ana awe created by
the sudden sight OF the giant pillars
towering il the mystic blue light that
instinct bade one creep behind the
nearest giant stone wall and hide-hide
from the guardians, the genii, who
seemed TO be lurking in the dark
depths between the fallen pillars, to be
immovable rs sentineIs in the penum-
bra of the vast colOnnaGe. But there
description fails. The wonders of that
whole magic area through which we
wandered as under a spell OUtstrip
expression.
The veil of the supernatural lay
lightly alike on the untouched surface
as on the totally buried relics, now laid
bare 10y the persistent burrOwing of
the searchers after truth. Ghosts Of
the long ago lowered near. In the light
which transfigureS all things earthly
with an atmosphere that is Supermun-
dane they whispered strange tales of
the phantom world. which at the mo-
ment seemed vivid and real. but in the
brightness of the morrow vanished as
a dream which memory yearns in vain
to retain"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
Flame and Wire Gauze.

To Sir Humphry Davy belongs the
credit of discovering that the flame of
burning gas will not pass through wire
gauze having 784 meshes to the square
inch. This contention may be tested by
bringing a flame in contact with SINH
lar gauze, when it will be found that
the flame will not go through the
meshes. This is owing to the cooling
action of the wire, which tends to re-
duce the temperature of the flame be-
low the ignition point, the unburned gas
passing. harmlessly through. Of course
if the gauze becomes overheated the
flame is able to get through.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

One of the many growing evils
of this country today is the city de-
partmeut store. In our town, where
we have the best of stores. the most
honorable of merchants, and where
goods are sold at margin so small
as not TO afford respectable living
to our business men, thousands of
dollars are annually sent to the de-
partment stores of our great cities.
Farmers expect our merchants to
pay them a fancy price for butter,
eggs and poultry, for the pump
kins, potatoes, apples and tomatoes,
and then they take the money re-
ceived from our home merchants
and send Il Il city department
store T. S neither economy
or honor i: lh a manner of doing
business. a1 can write it down in
your hat, that as a rule, the city
department store is swindle. Our
citizens who patrOnize them should
be compelled to ship their butter
and eggs to them. There is not a
business man in our town who will
not duplicate their prices for the
same quality of goods, and he who
turns down his home merchants to
patronize these fakirs is far from
being loyal, patriotic and good
citizen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

Some one suggests that the legis-
iature could settle all this dispute
as to the Senatorship by electing
Will1amlF. Villas despite the fact he
is democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
l State of Wisconsin. CT ant County
Court SS-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of Jean
nette JaCkiey. deceased.
Letters testanentary on the estate of
Jeannetue Jackley, deceased. having been
issued 10 j. Peter Pluemer.
Notice 5 hereby given, that the creditors
Of said Jeannette Jackley. deceased, are al
lowed and limited by order Of this court
until and including the 3rd Tuesday of Oct
1907, being the 18th day of said month. to
present their claims and demands against
said Jeanette JaCkley deceased. to the
county court for examination and allowance
Notice is also hereby given. that the
claims and demands 50 presented will be
office of the county Judge, at the cOIirt
housed the city of Lancaster, in said conn.
~. on the 4th Tuesday Of Oct. 1907
Dated this 18th day of March 1907
BY the Court z. B. GOODSELL.
County Judge
lst ms. Mar. 16: last April 6.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
The Drama TODAY,

Manager-What have you got in the
way of light comedy? Let me look
over your manuscripts. Playwright
1 don't happen TO have anything on
hand just now, nut I'll write you two
or three and bring them in this after
noOn-Kansas City Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

Milwaukee's Boy Mayor is not
such a success as he is painted. Mil
waukee people, even his former
backers, are disguised with his
bOyishness and lack of ability to
handle city affairs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

Thomas A. Edison has reached
his sixtieth year. and no man ever
did more in the same length of
time. He is still confident that by
his electrical inventions he will
eventually drive the horse out of
business. An increase of 1886, OOO,-
600 in the valuation of horses held
IN this country, as compared with
one year ago, seems to indicate no
remarkable progress in Mr.. Edison's
"driving-out" plans. 1t is a race
between the auto and the horse,
and the horse still ahead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
Umbrella Filtration.

An umbrella carried over the wo-
man, the man getting nothing but the
dFippiNgs OF che rain, signifies court
ship. When the man has the umbrella
and the woman the drippings it indi-
Gates marriage Boston Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
Poetry.

''Why are poets 80 little appreci-
ated?" asked the young man with long
hair
We'll" answered Mr.. Cumrox. "it's
this way with piece of poetry: If you
can't understand it you don't care to
read it, and il you can understand it
you haven't any respect for it," -
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

Before. the ink is fairly dry on
Spooner's resignation the uuseemly
rush for his shoes has begun. By
the way, gentlemen, Senator
SpoOner wears a pair of shoes that
will be hard to fill. He has long
stood among the leaders of the
senate and IN seeking his place you
should be careful to see that the
toga fits and the shoes do not pinch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

"What lovely mOrning" said moth
er as she seated herself behind the
coffee cups. "And yesterday the
weather man prophesied rainr'
Bobby aged fOur)-The newspapers
don't always know what Gods going
to do, do they. mamma? Woman's
Home Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

le-tStephenson is the only
avowed candidate for election to
the United States senate there are
Others,who only wait an excuse to
seek the honor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

DOwle has gone TO meet his last
Judge. IL he was in earnest re-
garding his teachings no has no
fear for future; if q fakir and
charlatan he is now to receive his
Just deserts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
A MattAr of EconomN.

Mrs. HOusekeep-If you do a little
work for me now I'll give you a good
dinner after awhile. Weary Willie
You'll get off cheaper. lady, IL We gim-
me the dinner now an forget the work.
Work always gives me a fierce appe-
tite.-LlluStrate ted Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

The resolution to let the people
choose their senator does not ap-
peal to the Lenroot crowd just now.
Why not, we wonder?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
Authorization

There's always more JOY In antici-
patton than in realization"
'I don't know"
"Have you never realized it?'
IT don't know. I am anticipating a
visit from my her-in-law."-H
ton Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

When a teacher finds roguish pupil
studying real hard he always feels the
bottom or his chair before he sits down
Exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

JOHN CARTHEW, has , desirabl
residences and room houses II
good prime condition, near High school
in 4th ward in city, that must be sold
for cash before Mar. 3rd. Call and
see him for bargain. 14.6w
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16
Hours Before.

Gerald-Is that clock right? Ger
aldine-It was wheeTyou came in
New York Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

A brave man is sometimes despera-
DO. but a bully IS always a coward
Halliburton
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

Trust not him that hath once broken
h-Shakespeare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

We presume that some people
think newspaper m6n are persistent
DINNERS. Let a farmer place him
self il a similar position and see if
he would not do the same. Suppose
that he raises a thousand bushels Of
corn, and his neighbor should come
and buy, and the price was one
dollar or less, and says, II will pay
the amount in a few years" AS
the farmer does not want to be
small about the matter, he says,
All right" Another comes the
same way, and another, until the
whole thousand bushels of corn is
trusted to thousand different PEG
pie and no one Of the different per
sons concerns himself about it, for
it IS small amount they owe the
farmer and Of course that will not
help him any. He does not realize
that the farmer has frittered away
his entire crop Of corn. and that its
value is due in a thousand little
driblets, and that he is. seriously
embarrassed in his business, because
his debtors treat it as a little matter.
But if all would pay him promptly,
which they could as well as not, 1t
would be large sum to the farmer
and enable him to carry or his bus1-
ness without difficulty.
We have tried in all possible
ways to show our appreciation of
the liberal patronage given us since
the first day of our coming to this
city. In the columns of our paper
we have fought for our town to the
best of our ability. We would not
be egOtistical, but believe that by
using this paper as a weapon we
have been enabled to render some
assistance to the enterprise and
growth of our little city. If our
paper has pleased you we are fully
repaid for the hard labor we have
given it, and can promise our read
ers that in the future it will be far
superior to the past, es we Ihave de-
cided to give more attention and
work to the local field, realizing our
readers appreciate a spicy local
page.
Subscribe for the Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-16

FOR SALE-Green Mountain
seed potatoes, and a few young
saws. Tom CARMoDY. .JR.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
ALBURGH SPRINGS

Mrs Robert Busterd and children are
visiting in ottawa, Ont.-Mrs. Edna
Mead of Swanton is home for the sum
mer with her children-Mr. James Nor
ris, who was brought homo from the
Mary Fletcher hospital on Friday. Is n
little more comfortable. William Brown
lost n COW which was killed on the G..
v track Thursday. Lang of St
Adams Is spending a few days with his
niece, Mrs. Margaret Galagher.-John
soule Of Mexico and Mrs. Pierce of Rut-
land were married ut the home of the
bride Thursday, Juno % Mr.. and Mrs
Soulo are guests OF his mother. Mrs T..
r. Soule, until he goes back to Mexico.-
now carpet has been bought for the
Methodist church here and other repairs
are to he made.-Mr. George Lyndon Is
very ill-Mrs. Lydia Town has returned
from two weeks visit with her daugh-
tor In Rouses point.-Sila- Cheescman and
his mother. Mrs. Allen, and her children
and Mrs. Robertson Of Montreal arc
guests Of Mrs. Chccseman.-RcliC
services ara being held in the school
house conducted by n travelling worker.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
JEFFERSoNvILLE

The base bah team from this place
played the return game in Swantou
June 20. The score was Swanton /.
Jacksonville $. 1t is expected there
Will be two games played here July 4,
ST Adams against Jcffcrsonville at
10 a. M, and Burlington against JEFF
f'rsouVillc at 200 p. m. Tho Ladies
Ala society is planning to serve a din
Nor ana SUPPER in the new hall July
+.-Mrs. Lillian Buchanan and son.
Scott, have gone to Worcester, Mass.
To be "bscnt wcck,-Miss Marion
Wood has returned from MHssachu-
sotts.--Miss Frcda Thomas is at home
from Montpelier Seminary for the va
Cation.-Miss Wilma Holmes of Castle
ton normal school Is passing two
weeks with Mrs. Dora Atwood. Mrs.
II. W. Narnum is seriously ill.--The
annual Fourth of July ball will be
held at Hotel Melendy.--Mr. and Mrs.
g. II. Cornish. who were guests for
several days at ]. +. Wilcox's, have
returned to Worcester, Mass.-Mrs.
Harmon and children of Boston, Mass,
are passing the summer ut the home
of Mr., and Mrs. Lawrence Thomas -
The evening of July 4 the jefferson
willie high school will repeat the play.
"Willowdayc," ut the town hall.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
EDEN.

Mrs. Edith Mudgett is at home from the
Johnson factory, whore she has been for
the past few months.-The cottages at
the lake are most of them occupied by
summer people. -Erastus Kinds and
family Of Cambridge have moved into
their cottage recently purchased of Mrs
Genge Bell Weelock has been visiting
her young friends the past week.-A
brother of Mrs. Laduke from Massa-
chusetts whom she had not seen for IS
years, came to visit her Friday and died
at her home Monday morning. The re-
mains were held for the arrival of his
wife, who conveyed them to their home
i'm Lawrence. Mass-Therc is to be a
general picnic at the lake July 81 r.
Blake and family have gone into their
cottage Cor a few weeks. He expects TO
finish saving his stock Of logs Wednes-
day.