Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-13


up for lost growth.
Weeds, weeds everywhere in the
garden, cOrnfelds, pastures and
meadows. The weeds do not stop
on account of the wet weather and
the corn fields are growing green.
New kinds of weeds are appearing
and the farmers should be more
careful in securing seed grain so that
the different weed seeds may not be
sown Bad seeds not only injure
the one who sows IL but also the
land of his neighbors.
NO matter what you do, pro-
vided you do 1t better than some
one else could do the same thing,
there's a welcome awaiting you In
the world. It was Emerson, we
believe, who said: IF man can
write better book, preach better
sermon, or make a better mouse
trap than his neighbor, though he
build his house IN the woods, the
world will make a beaten path TO
his door," Try to excel-it's a
laudable ambition. As a starter
take a course in our schools.
The matter OF the establishment
of county agricultural school IN
Grant county has come to be one OF
the most i'm portant questions before
the people of this region today and
is arousing general interest and re-
ceivlng general attention. In coun-
ties where these schools are already
esta blished, their influence and re-
suits are evident in a marked degree,
in the improved methods of farming
and the interest taken In agricultur-
al pursuits One of the most COM
mendable things about these schools
is that they have no record up to the
present time of a student who has
attended such school that did not
go right back to the farm again, for
the reason that the training they
had received was such as to enable
them to see that farming could be
made profitable and attractive, and
that there were splendid opportun-
tiles for young men and women jim
agricultural pursuits.
Monday OF last week the local
postofice commenced the weighing
of all mail matter which passes
through the Office, the work to he
continued for six months. The in
structlons received show that all
articles that pass through the post
office must be counted, that a care
full note of the destination of each
and the distance it must travel
must be made. This includes mail
matter of all classes and means an
immense amount of work, more
than was ever contemplated in any
weighing that has ever been done
before. Reports must be made
daily. At one point careful ac-
count will be taken of all postage
that mail matters bears, all classes
being carefully observed in this IN
stance. Especial care viii be taken
in the weighing and gathering in
formation relative to newspapers,
as they form large share of the
mail matter that is handled. This
weighing and gathering of informa-
ton is done under instructions of a
special act of congress and is done
in order to direct congress in max
inc a Encouragement of postal
rates. This will be carried OIL in all
postoffices in the country.
If ', vpIlI teach a child to
like that which is good reading, we
must establish the liking IN his early
years. 1t is not enough that we
snail tell him IL later days that
certain books are good and bid bin
read them When he is grown up
he will choose that which he likes
and our work is to leadI him to like
things. We can not beginstoo early.
The nursery tales should be those
which have fed the children of
many an age and cline, The song,
the hymn, the poem should be those
that are worth reading and rec1t-
ing. Let u make the beautiful
story and myth and hymn a part of
the child's early environment.