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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
SALEM HOME TO GO.
Aged and ArIstOcratic Women Take
Pathetic Leave OF Ancestral Halls.

Aged and ArIStOcratic Women Take
Pathetic Leave OF Ancestral Halls.
This is our home, our brother died
here. our father and mother died here;
we have lived here for fifty years. l
am SO and sister is 81. We wanted to
die here. too and now-and now" The
speakers voice, still musical and Gull
tured, broke and she pressed to her
eyes the dainty, lace edged handke-
chief, family scented with some deli
cate, old-fa shioned perfume, till then
neatly tucked in her belt, says a Salem
correspondent of the Boston Post.
Seated in the quaint drawing room
OF the famous old Shepard home on
Brown street, once in years gone by
known as the Shepard mansion, where
lived with his family the merchant Of
that name made wealthy In the East
India trade, Miss Martha Shepard,
with her sister Ruth, the last of the
Shepard line, told a pathetic story Of
how in their old age they must give
ZIP their home Of half a century to
make way for the march Of progress.
BY the right Of eminent domain the
State has taken the Shepard estate to
add to the new Salem armory and the
Misses Shepard must leave the p!ctur-
esuue home where they hoped to die.
The older sister received the re-
porter and told of her trouble, but
when she spoke of the day when they
must move, even her cultured self-pos-
session gave way.
"The thought of going away has
made my sister Ill, and 1 am caring
for her." she said. when she is able
to move. then we must go away. We
cannot even find another place to go
to. / fear we must go to live in one
Of those terrible flats that 1 have read
about.
"And to think that our beautiful
cata lpa tree must be cut down. 1t has
been there in front Of the house for
over 100 years, and now they will cut
1t down and perhaps it will be used for
fuel after it has-after we-why, /
played under that beautiful tree with
my sister and my brother seventy-five
years ago, when 1 was a girl!'
The ladies' nephew In Albany, who
Is also their counsel, has been in cor
respondence with them about the mat
ter, and 1t was he who declared they
had no recourse and must go away.
So he had the deed signed, selling the
old property for $500, and the two
Salem ladies must go.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
LETTUCE THE GARDEN QUEEN.
Pointers in the Cultivation of This
Dainty Vegetable.

Pointers in the Cultivation OF TINS
Dainty Vegetable.
1t is fair to call lettuce the queen OF
the spring garden. 1t does not reach
this pre-eminence in the minds of all
people, but the reason is that the dam
ty vegetable is not appreciated at its
full worth, says the Country Gentle
man. 1t is the opinion of the writer
that this lack Of appreciation is charge
able largely to the fact that many peo-
pie seem not to know how to prepare
lettuce for the. table. A secondary rea-
son for It's failure to reach due pop
ularity is that many persons continue
to grow unsuitable varieties by imprO-
per methods.
In eating lettuce it is first quite nee
essary to have good varieties. There
is room for fair difference of opinion
as to what these varieties are. The
New England States, more particularly
that section in the neighborhOod of
Boston, require a lettuce well headed.
The Boston market type is the one
usually preferred. This is highly
selected form Of the old-fashioned ten
mis- ball lettuce. 1t contains many crisp
white leaves on the inside Of cab
bagelike head, and many of the best
intentioned people eat nothing but this
blanched portion. In the central States,
on the other hand, lettuce of the Grand
Rapids types more highly esteemed.
This lettuce does not form a head,
but has many loose, crisp leaves. One
of the most extensive and famous let
tuce growers in the neighbOrhood of
Boston recently told the writer with
much emphasis that the fashionable
mania for the hard-headed lettuce in
his neighborhood was driving the best
varieties out Of the market. One great
reason for the use Of hard-beaIed let
tuce is that it will stand rough hand
ling in the markets. Those who have
the opportunity to eat good lettuce
fresh from the garcHn, however, know
very well that the hardest heads are
not always the best. In fact, the va
rieties which are most crisp and ten
der at the time Of cutting are the very
ones which will not bear long shipment
or rough handling by the grocer.
In the search for good lettuce it
should be noticed further that differ
ent varieties are adapted to different
conditions and that unless proper va
rleties are selected for the purpose in
view the best results cannot be at
tanned. The Boston market lettuce
reaches its best only under glass. For
growing out Of doors in the cool
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

A charming anonymous bachelor,
writing OF woman, says, "a man Of In
tellectual tastes is unduly disposed,
as rule, TO value frankness, and this
quality Is not one that women rate very
high" If one looks closely into the
slight feminine aversion to frankness
it is seen to rest ON the idea that a
frank statement is bound to be dis
agreeable one. If / have a stoOp, my
frankeSt friend tells me Of 1t. If my
French accent is bad, my soup too salt,
my new wallpaper too vivid, or my
spring gown unbecoming, / learn these
facts from the various folk who be-
lieve in speaking out what they thb1a.
On the other hand, my complexion or
my preserves are praised by those gen
tie souls who are not possessed by any
lofty sense of duty toward social truth
fulness, and who whisper their COM
mendations alphabetically, as If they
decried their own enthusiasms for be-
ing less usefulA han the fault-fndings
Of their critical neighbor. Women
nice women-have been taught for CEN
turtles that approval may be mistaken
for pursuit. So they restrict approval
to glance and smile. They may speak
their free minds in that gloomy region
where condemnation, awaits the shrink
ing victim, but not in the sunshine,
even If that does fall on the just and
the unjust Until We can separate
frankness from paingiving In the
thought Of women, their masculine
friends must continue to bewail the
woman's lack Of frankneSs. The truer
and deeper the womanliness Of the
woman, the more she shrinks from in
fiicting suffering. Even when 1t
might be wholesome, she avoids It; and
to give pain in the interest of an alb
stract ideal of frankness seems to her
little less than an outrage. Is She
wrong?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
Man-a-Lin the Ideal Laxativ,
.Vernet and Veteran.


"When Horace Vernet, the great
French painter of battle scenes, was at
the height of his fame" said an artist,
"when the prices he was getting were
enormous, a griZzled old veteran came
to him one day and said:
81 want you to make my picture, to
send home to my son. What, though,
is your charger
"'How much are you willing to payT
said Vernet, smiling.
ga franc and a half was the an
swer.
avery good
"And the artist, with few quick
strokes, dashed off a wonderful sketch
of the old man.
''The old man paid, tucked the sketch
under his arm and carried it out tri-
umphantly to a comrade who awaited
him outside.
"'But I did wrong not to haggle a
bit Vernet overheard him say. I
might have got it for a frame"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
Kettle Bridges of the Cossacks.

An English authority declares that
the most remarkable bridges in the
world are the kettle bridges, OF which
Cossack soldiers are expert builders.
The materials of which they are con-
structed are the soldiers lances and
cooking kettles. Seven or eight lances
are passed under the handles Of a
number of kettles and fastened by
means of ropes to form a raft. A suf1i-
cient number of these RATS, each Of
which will bear a weight of half ton,
are fastened together, and in the space
of an hour a bridge is formed on whltl
an army may cross with confidence and
safety.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands to
TrembIe.

Found Coffee Caused Hands to
TrembIe.
The surgeons duties require clear
judgment and a steady hand. A slip
or an unnecessary incision may do r.
reparable damage to the patient.
When he found that coffee drinking
caused his hands to tremble, an Ills.
surgeon conscientiously gave it up and
this is his story.
"For years l was a coffee drinker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down, my hands trembled so
could hardly write, and insomnia tor
tured me at night.
Besides, how could I safely perform
operations with unsteady hands, using
knives and instruments of precision7
When 1 saw plainly the bad effects Of
coffee, l decided to stop it, and three
years ago I prepared some Postum, Of
which l had received a sample.
THE first cupful surprised me. II
was mild, soothing, delicious. AT this
time l gave some Postum to a friend
who was in a similar condition to mine,
from the use Of coffee.
"a few days after, met him and he
was full of praise for Postum, declar-
ing he would never return TO coffee but
stick to Postum. We then ordered q
full supply and within a short time my
nervousness and consequent trembling,
as well as insomnia, disappeared, blood
circulation became normal, no dizziness
nor heat flashes.
'My friend became a Postum enthu-
Siast, his whole family using it ex-
clusively.
ut would be the fault OF the one
who brewed the Postum, if it did not
taste good when served.
THE best food may be spoiled if not
properly made. Postum should be boil
ed according to directions on the pkg,
Then it is all right, anyone can rely
on it. 1t ought to become the national
drink" There's a Reason" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich. Read The Road to WellYille,"
In pkgs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
1OO,OOO,OOO Horses.

OF the 100000 horses known to
exist in the world, 100000, or four
fifths of the entire number, are found
in the temperate zone and nearly all
among Occidental people. The remain
ing 100000 scattered through the
tropics are largely employed in the SER
vice of temperate zone visitors or resi-
dents, and are but feeble representa-
tives Of that animal as he is known to
the people of Europe or America.
In the United States and Canada
there is one horse for every 372 per-
sons; in South America 1 for every Z;
IN Mexico 1 for every -; In Japan 1
for every 80; L for 40 In Turkey. for
80 in the Philippines, for about 80 In
Africa, and 200 in India and southern
China
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

Is the ancient pride Of race gradual
" fading away before the leveling in
fiuences of modern cosmopolitan lifef
Are men still proud Of having been
born in Boston or Paris or Keokuk or
Dublin? There is an old story of a
GenOese gentleman who met a FlOren-
tine gentleman. IF 1 were not Ge-
nOese," said the former politely, 81
should wish to be a Florentine." To
which the latter, with equal suavity,
replied: "And if 1 were rot a Floren-
tine. l should wish to be-a FlOren-
tine" Before a mixed audience, which
applauded the statement, DR.. Lyman
Abbott said the other day: IF were
not a Christian, I should want to be a
Jew" He might have added that 1t
matters far less what a mans race Or
nationality Is than what his character
is. The Irlshmn was both witty and
philosophIc when he replied TO the
question what he would like to be If he
were not an Irishman: "Sure, If /
were not Irish, I'd be-well, I'd be
ashamed of myself"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES! lllltINlillitIag
Legal Information
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Though the giving Of rebates by life
insurance companies is prohibited by
law, an insurance contract procured by
the giving of such rebates is neither IL
legal nor invalid so as to authorize the
insured to recover the premiums paid
on such contract Such is the decision
of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in
Laun v Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Company, Ill Northwestern Reporter,
$780,
The Supreme Court Of Colorado, In
City of La Junta V. Heath, S8 Pacific
Reporter, 459, held an ordinance re-
Quiring persons peddling artesian water
to obtain a permit and to pay license
tax to be void, as interfering with the
right to pursue q lawful calling The
court said that the business of selling
water was lawful occupation and dis
tinguishable from the business Of sell
ing liquor, where the character of the
person applying for the privilege be-
came proper subject of inquiry. Grant
ing the right to q city to make the prop
er health regulations relative to its
water supply, the court held that the
ordinance in question was not enacted
for that purpose.
The New York Supreme Court, in
Gerrardy V. Louisville & n. r. Co., 1O2
N. Y. Supplement, 54S, holds that a
musician, who boards train two hours
late and arrives at his destination two
hours and twenty minutes late, and
thereby is unable to keep his engage
ment, cannot recover from the carrier
his loss occasioned thereby, though he
may have made known to the carriers
agent his engagement. aid may have
been told that the train would arrive
on time. The carriers obligation to
run It's train in conformity to schedule
is not an absolute and unconditional
one, and the mere taking of a ticket
does not Of itself prove contract or
impose the duty to have train ready
to start as scheduled. Furthermore,
ticket agent cannot make a special con-
tract that a train will arrive on time.
In Kistner V. Peters, 20 Northeastern
Reporter, 81, the Supreme Court of IL
linois passes upon the construction to
be put on an anomalous Endorsement
Of a promissory note. The payee had
placed on the back of the note, above
her name, the following Endorsement:
81 hereby acknowledge myself a prin-
cipal maker Of this note, with Z. n. r,
and my liability as such principal
Jointly with him." But the court held
her liability to be that of an indorser,
and not a maker. In the course of its
discussion of the case the court said
that it was undoubtedly true that 1t
made no difference as to the position
IN which the names appeared on the
note. but the liability incurred was to
be determined by the intent of the par
ties: that a note payable to ones self
is void until assigned, and it could not
be believed that the payee meant to
nullify the instrument by her endorse
ment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
Caught a Tartar,

A lady entered a railroad station not
a hundred miles from Edinburgh the
other day and said she wanted ticket
for London.
The pale-looking and hard worked
clerk asked, "Single?"
"It amt any of your business" she
replied. 81 might have been married
a dozen times if I'd felt like provid-
in for some poor, shiftless wreck Of
man like u''-Edinburgh Statesman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

MISS BESSIE FARRELL, 1011
1V1 Third Ave-, Brooklyn, n. Y, is Pres
ident of the Young Peoples Christian
Temperance Association. She writes:
"Peruna is certainly valuable nerve
and blood remedy, calculated to build up
the broken-down health of WORKOUT
women. 1 have found by personal ex-
perience that it acts as wonderful re-
storer of lost strength, assisting the
stomach to assimilate and digest the
food, and building up WORKOUT tissues.
In my work 1 have had occasion to
recommend 1t freely, especially to
women.
81 know of nothing which is better to
build up the strength of young mother,
in fact all the ailments peculiar to
women, so l am pleased to give it my
hearty endorsement"
Dr. Hartman has prescribed Peruna
for many thousand women, and he never
fails to receive multitude of letters like
the above, thanking him for the wonderful
benefits received.
Mau.a-Tiu fha Ideal laxative
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

weather of early spring the tennis ball
leads the other headed varieties. For
later growth, during warmer weather,
Hanson is much the best. In still
warmer sections, such varieties as Den
yer market, New York market and
Grand Rapids are still better.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

Two years ago Congress yielded to
much importantly from the business
interests of the country, whose cause
was supported by President Roosevelt
and by Secretary of State Root, and
passed a consular reform bill. 1t did
not pass the bill that had been de-
manded of it, but its half a Loaf
was regarded as considerably better
than no bread at all. BY executive
order the President added certain 9TH
er reforms, but his system Of appoint
ments may be changed by any succeed
ing President who does not like 1t, and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

the chair and causing it to fall. The
addition of this support or prop pre-
vents such accidents. The prop con-
sists of pair Of legs, connected by a
cross bar and pivoted to the sides of
the chair near the top. When the chair
is in It's normal position, the ends Of
the prop are quite a distance above the
floor. Should the chair be suddenly
tilted, the prop will naturally swing
outward and arrest the chair in its
descent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

A writer whose Christmas money
perhaps ran short, and who is obvious
" trying to comfort himself with the
thought that cher" birthday is yet to
come, remarks that "tEe one kind of
gift always acceptable to a woman Is
something, anything, In cut glass;" 1t
is a wise saying, and one to be explain
ed on the principal that like attracts
Ike. She, like cut glass, reveals new
beauties the longer one studies her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

6UPPORIS QUILTS. pUI ItI CHH De III
tached to the foot rail of the bed, or
to the side rails, whichever will more
serve the purpose. By
the supporter to the Soot of
the bed 1t can be swung over to lie
in suspended position, where 1t will
be completely out of the way while
the injured limb or body Of the pa
tient is being dressed. 1t is then
swung into position to support the bed
coverings above the patient, prevent
ing them from coming into contact
with the body of the patient.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

shown here. Instead Of constructing
the handle of wood, 1t is made of non
conducting material. The latter also
incases the metal shank to within a
few inches of the end. This allows
ample surface for the operator to gasp
and operate the screwdriver without
fear Of being electrically shocked by
contact with a live wire, and is thus
assured Of protection from such acct
dents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

extra space often desired. Correspond
ence not requiring immediate attention
can be placed on the shelf and swung
out of the way until needed. They are
still always In convenient reach and
can be readily obtained when occasion
demands. The shelf occupies very lit
tie extra space, and harmonizes in
every way with the appearance of the
desk
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

with the safety
pocket shown here,
the invention of a
New York man. 1t
would be utterly
impossible to gain
access to such a
pocket without the
detection of the
wearer. The pock-
ct is made longer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

In order to convey an adequate idea
OF the magnitude Of the work at Pan
anna, the latest canal report says that
the amount of concrete to be used in
building the locks would be sufficient
for the construction Of more than
twenty-five thousand eight-roOm city
houses. This is certainly case where
the concrete is more impressive than
the abstract
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

signed and pat
ented by q Flor
ida man. Every
b u S | ne s S man
knows that at
times the desk Is
not h a IL large
enough to accom-
modate all the
papers, CO rr G.
spondence, e to-,
that need atten-
ton. This little
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

A minister asserts that young men
hesitate to propose marriage because
they lack sand" The reverend ben
tleman has mixed his metaphors. Most
young men hesitate at the door of mat
rimony because they have not struck
'anaY dirt"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
SAFETY POCKET.

SAFETY POCKET. than the ordinary
pocket, with stiffening strips on the
bottom and sides. These strips serve
to maintain the pocket ia distended
position. An elastic band incloses and
contracts the neck of the body Of the
pocket. To remove the contents OF the
pocket the elastic band must first be
removed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

1t is announced that the University
OF Chicago campus is to be changed into
a miniature Venice. The learned pro-
fessors at the school must have dis
covered a way to mix oil and water.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

AS shown in the
accompanying IL
lustratiOn, tn i $
attachment pre-
vents the chair
from fallin g,
should it be acct
dentally knocked
or otherwise tilt
ed. Every o n e
knows how easily
a baby's h | G h
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

a tors. Contact
with the live
wire, of course,
results III a short
circ u t. How
easily such acct
d e II t S can be
averted is shown
by a Connecticut
man, who has in
vented and pat
ented the insula-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

A whole lot of people would be per-
fectly willing to put up with the incon-
veniences of being prosecuted as trust
owners for the sake Of the constant ad-
vantages of that position.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

In pursuing his studies as an eth
nologIst Prof. Starr has discovered that
the United States is in danger of becom-
ing a nation of testers. The professor
should not take the testers so seri-
ously.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

Deaths by suicide during 1907 num-
bered 1912. That's a goodly num-
Der for the doctors to escape being
blamed for.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

tration. Hereto
fore it has been
customary to en-
ploy any handy ar
ticle to support the
bedclothes to pre-
vent them from
coming in contact
with an injured
limb or body Of a
patient. This sup
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

Friends Of the Hungarian count who
married Gladys Vanderbilt declare
that he did not take her for her money,
because he has plenty Of money Of his
own. This may be true, but the lady
has no title of her own.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

Mime. Tetrazzini, who gets $500 a
night for performing now, once sang
for $25 a month. This shows us the
Importance of getting a good manager.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11
At Radcliffe.

Q.-Whom was Russell Hall named
after?
Airs. Russell.
O.-Aha! And now tell me whom
Russell Annex was named after.
AIR. Russell.-Haryard Lampoon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

michigan is the second state In the
production Of grindstones." We believe
she also stands well up toward the front
IN the production OF breakfast foods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

The Japanese are now said to be af-
ficted with the popular song craze.
Another good sign that they will soon
be in a fighting mood once more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

Can nothing be done to discourage
slang7 Here is a preacher declaring
from the pulpit that "a woman Is d
beautiful, ripe peach"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

There is reason to believe that there
are some nations that would rather
zee the United States and japan fight
than eat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-11

The Iowness of the temperature may
be judged by the highness of the coal
mems spirits.