davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
GOOD DRAFTERS WILL
CONTINUE IN DEMAND
Or. Alexander, of College of AericuI-
ture, Thinks Horse Market Here
to Stay--Wisconsin improving

Wisconsin horses, despite the popu-
larity of the automobile, have in
creased since 1907, 40, 500 in num-
Der and $23, 1868, 900 in value.
The draft horse is still the most econ
omical motor for farm work and in
the cities is said to increase 80 per
cent in value during the time it
usually takes to wear out a motor
truck.
The total number of our horses on
the first of last January was 678, 600,
valued at $135 a head, or a total of
$92, 208, 900. Seven years ago the
average value was but $107 per
head. That year $500 Wisconsin
stood eleventh among the states in
number and total value of horses and
thirteenth in average price. Our
horses also are gradually improving
in breeding, soundness and quality.
In 1907, 65 per cent of our public
service sires were grades and scrubs.
In 1914 these have fallen to 45 per
cent and throughout the state they
are fast losing popularity and patron
age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
SOMETHING ABOUT THE FEEDING OF
COWS THAT ARE KEPT FOR MILK ALONE
More Than 80 High Bred Jerseys Kept 70
Prominent Feature in RatiOns.--Many of the
Choice Ones Are on Test

Three weeks ago it was the privil-
eye of the assistant editor of The
Herald to visit one of the leading
dairy barns of the country, that be-
longing to the officers OF the Fred l..
Kimball Co., at Waterloo, Iowa.
These gentlemen publish full line of
dairy printed supplies, including four
periodicals that are devoted exclu
sive!y to the interests of the dairying
industry. In connection with the
great publishing house they keep their
dairy farm, as a sort of illustration
of what they are talking. In this
respect they are like the Hoards, at
Fort Atkinson.
This farm is located three miles
from the business district of Water
loo, and is not so large in acres as
one might expect to see. AS a re-
suit the proprietors buy quite bit of
the rough feed they use. There are
less than 70 acres in the farm, and
on that are kept more than 80 cows.
The ensilage fed is grown on the
place, as is much of the grain, but
alfalfa and other varieties of hay are
bought for the most part. +
Little pasture is used in summer,
although the cows are given turn
out of the stable each day, and gen
orally for quite a good part of the
day. When we were there winter
was on, and of course every hoof was
in stable. And there were more than
80 cows, each wearing brass tag
showing that she was a thoroughbred
Jersey, many of them having been
brought direct from the little island.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
THAT OLD patch GROVE ACADEMY HAS
ABOUT CONE OUT OF SCHOOL BUSINESS
1T Was Built in 1861 Following the Retirement of the "TaftOn
Seminary Men Prominent in Affairs
Were Students There.--But
Old Age Got 1t.

With the results of the election of
last week Tuesday in Patch Grove
put into execution, one of the land
marks of Grant county will have
passed into history entirely. 1t was
voted by the citizens of Patch Grove
to get along without the use of the
old academy that school building that
has done service for So :'ears.
AS much as two years ago the state
authorities condemned the old build
ing and since then have refused to
allow the district to participate in
state school funds. But for some
reason a new building was not pro-
vided; in fact no definite move was
made in that direction, until the
whole matter was submitted to the
voters of the township last week
Tuesday. The principal objection to
the building was that it might not
be heated in cold weather.
After the town had voted on the
proposition, the school district had a
session and voted the same way that
the town did. And that seems to
settle the hash of the old academy
building. Thereby hangs an ancient
and interesting tale.
Patch Grove academy was built in
the year 1861, private school under
taking, following a previous effort
know as 'Tafton Seminary" a school
that had enjoyed some local cele-
brity. AS is said in the history of
Grant county, it was expected that
the academy would inherit some of
the fame of the seminary. but it
seems that it did even better than
! that. From the first the academy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
CIRCUIT court HAS
A short SESSION
A Divorce Case Was Heard
PIatteViIIe Parties.
Several Motions Were Discussed and
Orders Entered.--Bank
Takes Judgment.

A short SESSION of circuit court was
held in the court house in this city,
last week Tuesday in the afternoon.
Judge George Clementson presided,
and while the business was mostly
of orders in relation to pending liti-
cation, one contested case was heard
and decided.
This was the divorce action, Jennie
E. Pitts VS.. Harry Pitts. The
parties to the case have child half
a dozen years old, and they live at
PIatteville. Cruel treatment is the
ground charged, and there seemed to
be a conviction that the complainant
made out her case, although the de-
tense was we'll looked after. The
complainant asked for limited divorce
"a divorce from bed and board
but the court issued decree of abso-
Lutte divorce, the same to become OPP
erative in a year. At least that is
the way this paper got the news.
The defendant was directed to pay
complainant $50 a month for the
support of herself and the child.
Mt. Horeb bank was given judg-
ment of 81, 200 against Fred Tanner.
who lived here couple of years ago.
In the case, State vs.. Dewey Hud-
son, charged with breaking Jail, the
defendant was sentenced, and then
paroled. This boy, from Platteville,
seems to have lot of trouble. He is
said to be only Is years old, and says
he is trying to do right. but as he
expresses 1T, when he gets with the
gang" he invariably falls into
trouble. For one so young Dewey
has spent lot of time in the county
Jail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
Death of Prof. J. W. Livingston

News was received last Thursday
of the death by drowning, of Prof. ].
w. Livingston, at Forest Grove,
Oregon, dependency resulting from
i'll health being assinged as the
cause.
Prof. Livingston was a former
president of the normal school at
Platteville, Wis, and went to Oregon
about two years ago in the hope that
his health would be improved by the
change. Until recently he had been
a member of the faculty of the nor
NAL at Monmouth, Oregon.
In the earlier period of his career
he lived at Dodgeville, Wis, and
was for a number of years the we'll
loved principal of the Dodgeville
schools, where he is credited with
having done more than any other per-
son in giving them the high standing
they have ever since enjoyed.
Prof. Livingston was an uncle of
L. c. Burr, of this city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
CATTLE OWNERS PROTEST
AGAINST LONG DETENTION

Waukesha, Wis, Dec. 24.-Wau-
kesha breeders are protesting against
continuation of the quarantine of
stock sent to the national dairy show
in Chicago. These cattle are to be
moved to the Hawthorn track, accord
ing to the latest order, and the
exhibitors are called upon to pay
So, 500 rental as we'll as repair the
buildings. Adam Seitz has thirty
head of full bred Ayrshire animals,
almost his entire fortune, at the
show, and is now paying 81 cents
daily for each stall and Sal ton for
hay and $50 ton for ground corn or
oats.
Four brothers have twenty four
mead and DIR. Nj. w. Downing has
seven animals in quarantine also.
Coupled with the outrageous price
charged for feed and rent these breed
ers have five mems time and expense
to bear.
Adam Seitz said Thursday morning
that it was high time the state or
nation stepped in and relieved the
breeders of this expense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30

But the thing that enter tanned the
writer of this article most, and
which he does not now understand,
was the feeding of those precious
cows. As many as two dozen of them
were on milk test, and were being
fed for production, not for fun nor
sentiment. The way those messes
were "doped" out would confuse
anyone, except an expert. But they
say the stuff produces the milk, and
that is what those cows were kept
nothing else.
In the messes there was never
wanting the ensilage. Whether the
cow wanted it or not, she was in for
her part of that food. But the cows
all want ensilage. Then there was
cotton seed meal, oil meal, corn
meal, oat meal, bran and middlipgs,
and the good Lord knows what else,
and we hope He will forgive US for
forgetting. Each COW had her own pc
culiar ration, and it was doped out
to her regularly. And the ration was
the product of experimenting by men
the very most expert in the dairying
business. For it is doubtful if there
is a more quoted authority on the
COW, and how to make her earn her
board, than Prof. Hugh G. VanPelt,
the editor in chief of these pubIica-
tions. Grant county is already one
of the leading dairying counties of
Wisconsin, and is rapidly coming to
the front in industry and any informa-
tion relative to the subject is of gen.
eral interest to the readers of The
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
Notable Family Reunion.

That was great family reunion
which took place in this city last
Sa turday, at the home of Mrs. Mary
Kaspers, when for the first time in
years the good old lady saw assembled
in the old home all of her children
and children's children to the total
number of a. representing four gen
erations and including twenty -one
grandchildren and five great grand
children.
In this assembly were Jacob Kas-
pers and family of Sitter; Chas.
Kaspers and family, of Lancaster
Henry Kaspers and family, Of Ian
caster; Emil Kaspers and family,
of Liberty; Albert, Will and Joe Kas-
pers and their families, of North
Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
Ats AMMONIA GOES
ON A BIG RAMPAGE
Breaks Into Water Pipes and
BaCk-Waters Mains.
County Official, in Alarm, Has New
Concoction Subjected to
Chemical Analysis.

One day last week the ammonia
tank in the refrigeration plant at
Alt & Sons market got on the ram
page and burst inside the inclosing
water pipe. AS is well known the
ammonia tank is subject to very high
pressure, so when it found an open
ing it followed the advantage and
drove the liquid into the water pipes
at such a rate that they back watered
into the street mains. a-H-4ts
Not only did the drinking foun-
tain in the market bubble up am.
monia, but other users of water on
that line of mains were at a loss to
know the cause for the sudden cor
ruption of their water supply.
One cautious county official, who is
always on the lookout for the public
health, as we'll as the public morals
and immorals, gathered a phial of
the concoction and liked to his
family physician to have it analysed.
He feared, perhaps, that Sitter had
tapped the Lancaster water mains
and had turned on a supply of joy
Water, in commemoration of the
holiday season.
But the tank was mended and the
mystery was solved. For a time,
however, there was real excitement
in the air, and real tragedy in the
water pipes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30

seems to have been unusually success
full, so long as it had for principal
Professor William B. Clark.
He is remembered as man of real
and unusual culture, a graduate of
Amherst college and a teacher capa-
BILE of imparting to students from
his great store of knowledge Bnt he
soon changed occupation, going to
Bloomington, where he entered the
banking field of endeavor with pros
porous farmer, the style of the firm
being Humphrey & Clark.
With the retirement of Prof. Clark
there came lull in the prosperity
and activity of the academy. But
while it was in operation it made
history. Charles H. Basford, pres
ident of the Peoples State Bank,
Lancaster, was a student in the
good old days, as was the late Patrick
BARLEY. Mr.. Basford thinks he was
there during the years 1867-8-9, and
he was then boy, of course. But
he says the school was a good one.
Among other teachers he recalls Prof.
and Mrs. Charles Newcomb, both of
whom were good teachers. The
course Of instruction was very much
like the high schools of today.
After the closing of the academy
a lease was made to the township
and the building was used for gram
mar and intermediate grades. But
while it was of brick, and presumably
we'll built, it lacked the requisites for
resisting the encroachment of zero
weather, and teachers and scholars
suffered.
And now this is all a matter of
history.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
Another Pioneer Passes.

John Zenz, an old pioneer
citizen, died at his home in the west
ern limits of the city last Thursday
morning, aged 85 years. The funeral
services were held at st. Clements
church on Saturday morning at 9 80
and burial followed at the Catholic
cemetery west of the city. He is
survived by his wife and ten children,
Henry, Matt, Andrew, Frank, Ben
and Maggie, of Lancaster, John Of
Bloomington, Will of Potosi, Joe of
Loyal, Clark county and Lena, MRS.
Pierce Patterson, of Bloomington.
An obituary notice is being prepared
for publication in The Herald next
week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
Congregational Church.
Rev. H. A. stude baker. Pastor.

Rev. H. A. Stude baker, Pastor.
1000 Sunday School.
IL 100 Morning Worship. Com
munion and reception of members.
6:15 intermediate G. E.
6 .45 Senior c. E. Leader: Mary
Webb.
z 80 Evening Worship: Subject
Facing Facts"
80 Wednesday, annual church
meeting. Every member of the
church should be present.
8:OO-12 100 Thursday, union watch
service.
300 Friday, Ladies' Missionary
Society Will meet at home of pastor.
7:3O Friday mission study class.
Study Chap. w.
700 Saturday, shorus choir re-
hearsal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
LIVINGSTON FATHERS
Hold first SESSION
Meeting Called to Order Mon
day Evening. DRY Town.
List of Officers Chosen at the Recent
EIection.--59 Votes
Were Cast.

AS was mentioned in these columns
last week, an election was held in
the new village of Livington. 1t was
a very friendly contest, participated.
in by a large number of exceedingly
respectable candidates, any one of
whom was good enough to hold the
office to which he aspired. There
were cast 80 votes, although no can
didate got all of them.
Harry Allen, merchant of long stand
ing was elected president; T. j. Wat
son, o. S. Laughton, John Thompson,
John Wilkins, G. w. Sanborn and j.
F. Graham, were made the six trus-
tees; w. B. Alton, was elected super
visor; Charles Graham. village clerk !;
F. W. Stephens, treasurer, James
Hannah, assessor; H. F. Schmitt,
police Justice; w. A. Warne and G..
j. Biddick, justices of the peace ;
Thomas Hannah, constable, and w.
NJ. Livingston, H. A. Thompson and
G. w. Sanborn, committeeman.
Only three members of the family
of Livingston were on the ticket, and
two of them fell by the way; not by
reason of any shortcomings, either
family or personal, but because it just
happened that way. After the cleo
ton had closed and the results were
known, President Allen was sworn
in. The day following the clerk took
oath of office, and on Wednesday
evening the trustees qualified.
A meeting of the village fathers
was tobe held Thursday night. which
was Christmas eve all over the civil
lized world. But while Livingston viii
lage was cocky over it's new-found
glory, it monkeyed around trimming
Christmas trees, just like other towns
and let public matters wait until last
Monday night.
Matters of state had to be settled,
and the new council of the village of
Livingston girded itself for the task.
Incidentally, it may be remarked that
Livingston is very dry place, it
being located 10 miles inside the
desert. 1t is 10 miles to fire water
of any sort. At least that's what
they say.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
ARRAN CLEMENTS FOR
Philips INAUGURAL
Wisconsin Committee to Appoint
Escorts for the Ceremony
January q.

Madison, Wis, Dec. 24.-The
general committee on inauguration of
Gov. ELECT E. L. Phillip, of Milwau-
kee, and other state officers on Jan.
4, met in the governors office of the
capitol and decided to appoint sub
committees, escorts for the respec-
tive officers-elect and the chaplain.
1t was announced that Gov. ELECT
Philip and party would come to Mad
ison from Milwaukee on a special
train on Jan. 4, arriving about IL a.
m. The train will be met by the
First Regimental band and Company
G. of the to the capitol. Assist. Adj.
Gen. John G.. Salesman will be mar
shall of the day. The committee de-
cided to ask the Wisconsin members
in congress and former governors of
the state to attend the ceremonies.
The outgoing and incoming governors
will make short addresses. Chief
Justice ]. B. Winslow, of the Wis
consin suprme court, will administer
the oaths of Office.
The committee chose Attorney
William j. Bagley as chairman and
Col. w. j. Anderson as secretary.
The other members of the commute
are Mayor A. H. Kayser, Editor O.
D. Brandenburg and Prof. julius E.
Olson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Arthur A. Knapp, Jr., and
Florence H. Lathrop, both of Ian
caster.
Ollie Edward Gibson, Eau Claire,
and zelda Irene Ralph, Hazel Green.
Ernest Runde, Hazel Green, and
Josephine Kluck, Jamestown.
Valentine G.. Leibold, East Du-
buoue, ILL.,, and Loretta H. Splinter,
Hazel Green.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30
Methodist Church.

Thos. S. Beavin. Pastor
80 Sunday school.
10 30 Morning worship.
Covenant and Sacramento service.
Reception of members.
2 :15 Hurricane church.
3 100 Junior League.
80 Epworth League. Installa-
ton of officers. Address by Miss
Ionia Roesch.
z 80 Gospel service.
Thursday 800 Union social. II
union watchnight service at Con-
gregational church.
Friday 7:30 New Years party.
Methodist Shakedown.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Frye are back
from an extended visit in the Dakotas
and will make their home here for
the winter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30

-Orville Trentzsch, of Milwau-
kee, is visiting at the home of his
grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Trentz-
sch, over the holidays and renewing
old acquaintance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30

Martha Jordan is spending her
vacation at Port Washington with her
sister, Mrs. A. r. Boerner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30

Try The Herald job printing. First
class, prompt and particular work.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-20
N D MUM
IN COMMONS AS
LIE |SPASSED
Sir Edw. Carson, Anti-Home Rule
Leader, Starts Verbal Fray
Of Epithets.
Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.

/ LONDON, March 19.-Pandemo-
MUM broke out in the House Of Com
mons this afternoon when the lie
was passed during debate on the home
rule bill for Ireland. Sir Edward
Carson had just finished a fiery at
tack upon the Government, when ,Io-
seph Devlin, a leader of the Irish
Nationalists. leaped to his feet and
began a review of Sir Edwards po-
litical career, mainly his earlier asso-
Citations with the home rule bill. In
the midst of these accusations. Sir
Edward jumped upon bench and
shrieked:
These are Infamous lies and you
know it,"
Liberals, Irish Nationalist and
Unionists now joined in the verbal
fray, shouting and screaming cpl
thets.
The Speaker pounded with his CAV
ell for more than five minutes before
the noise ceased.
Withdraws Phrase.
The Ulster Unionist was told that
he must withdraw his statement or
apologize to Devlin. Sir Edward
thereupon withdrew the phrase I'm
famous lie" and substituted "wilful
falsehood"
Devlin continued with his speech,
| which was concerned with Carson's
political career.
Suddenly Sir Edward left his seat
and hurried from the room, deserving
the opposition at its height in the
battle for a vote of Censure against
the Government. As Sir Edward
passed out all the Unionists in Com
mons stood up and cheered wildly.
Sir Edward left London at G
o'clock. saying he was going to Bel
fast.
Foes Offer Compromise.
The Ulster Unionists o-day showed
the first sign of abandoning their
threatened revolt and opposition to
the compromise proposed by Premier
Asquith when Sir Edward Carson an
nounced that If the Premier would
guarantee his offer of a referendum
It's decision would be accepted
A. Bonar Law, the opposition lead
er in Commons, this afternoon moved
a vote of censure against the Gov
eminent in a speech which contained
counter proposals for the settlement
Of the home rule and Ulster exclusion
questions.
IF Premier Asquith does not ac-
cept this offer it will be because he
prefers to have these questions set
tied by bullets rather than by votes"
said the speaker
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-20

known Georgia medicine, the famous
blood purifier, S. S. S. Its action is
quite remarkable. Whatever may be
your theory as to the cause of rheuma-
tism or kind of rheumatism, just re
member this S. S. S. has the peculiar
action of soaking through the intes-
tines directly into the blood. In five
minutes its influence is at work in every
artery, vein and tiny capillary Every
membrane, every organ of the body,
every emunctory becomes in effect. a
filter to strain the blood Of impurities.
The stimulating properties of $. S. S.
compel the skin, liver, bowels, kidneys.
bladder to all work to the one end of
casting out every irritating, every pain
intlicting atom of poison; and scatters
those peculiar formations in the nerve
centers that cause such mystifying and
often battling rheumatic pains.
If you have drugged yourself until
your stomach is nearly paralyZed, you
will be astonshed to find that S. S. 5.
gives no sensation, but goes right to
work. This is because it Is a pure veg
0table infusion, is taken naturally into
your blood just as pure air Is inhaled
naturally into your lungs.
Get bottle Of S. S. S. to-day.
You may depend upon it that the store
that sells you what you ask for is a
good place 10 trade Write to The Swift
Specific Co. GIL, Swift Bldg, Atlanta,
Ga, for their Book on Rheumatism
Advt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-20

by a vote of 81 to TO-, calling on all
members of the church who also are
members of clubs to bring about a
strict observance of the prohibition
law by the clubs to which they be-
long or resign membership.
The resolution was adopted in
three parts, as follows
That it is incompatible with
the principles and purposes of
this church for its members to be-
identified with organizations
which derive revenue for their
maintenance from the sale of al
coholic beverages.
That, recognizing the place and
value of social and commercial
clubs in the life of the city, this
church urges upon those of its
members who are connected with
such clubs the duty and opportu-
nifty of using their influence to-
ward eliminating from the same
any unlawful features that may
obtain.
That in event of the failure of
b such efforts to bring about these
needed reforms in the club life of
the city, the members of this
church should promptly sever all
connections with such clubs
Women Vote Against 1t.
II was against the last clause that