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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09
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Mississippi.
And then Black Hawk was brought
to sign another treaty, cut what
white is not now ashamed to speak of
those treaties and the shameless
signing Of them? Anyway, Black
Hawk persisted in saying that he
never understood that his people had
wholly parted with their lands, their
bark cabins and the graves of their
ancestors. These graves were the
most sacred objects on earth to the
Indians.
In the spring of 1882, Black Hawk
and his people again crossed the Mis-
sissippi river, as he said, for the
purpose of paying visit to the
Indians living at. where is now the
town OF Prophetstown. But of
course the whites were alarmed, and
troops were raised and put in the
field for the purpose of heading off
the reds. 1t is said that in the
militia that was raised to head off
old Black Hawk, Abraham Lincoln
was one. But he did not get into
the ruction.
At this point of the story it may be
stated as one evidence that the
Indians did not cross the river for
the purposes of conquest, that they
took with them their old men and
old women, as we'll as their squaWs
and children. But they had "broken
the reservation, and the deuce was
to pay. You see the whites were
eternally afraid that the reds would
wreak vengeance on them for their
eternal trickery and deceit. 1t may
be said that Black Hawk was tricky,
but think of the game he was up
against. Think of the greed and
trickery that had been behind all the
dealings with the Indians.
There were several hundred of the
Indians that came across the river,
and they made nearly straight east
toward Prophetstown. But the
militia, coming up in front of them,
DETECTED the reds to the northward,
and they followed the Rock river.
Naturally their progress was slow,
for they carried with them about all
their worldly goods, besides all their
people.
Black Hawk and his people showed
no disposition to fight, they seemed
rather to be in hurry to get away.
But the alarm spread, and company
was raised at Platteville, which was
commanded by the late Major John
H. Rountree. Another company was
enlisted under Major Glendower M &.
Price, at Cassville. And all over
northern Illinois the alarm was in
tense. Settlers flew to arms, lest
the Indians should again come into
their own and get back the lands the
whites and tricked them out of.
Finally an engagement was fought,
or run out, near the banks of the
Pecatonica river, not far from where
is now the city of Freeport. This is
one of the best known, as we'll as
ridiculous battles in all history-but
we would better tell it next time.
1t is good story, only the white
man, with all his conceit and super
iority, shows badly in the telling.
Be that as it may, we shall print the
truth, as we know it..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

One may not write of Indian alarms
in this section, and ignore the great
est of all alarms, the Black Hawk
war. As was mentioned in an earlier
article, the Sacs and Foxes, which
first lived in the neighborhood of
Lake Winnebago, afterward in Sank
county where now is Sank City, then
on the Wisconsin river in the north
end of Iowa county for few years,
after which they went to the banks
of the Rock river, near where is now
the city of Rock Island. Here they
remained for time, absorbing the
remnants of some of the badly deci
mated tribes of that section.
About this time the whites wanted
the rich lands of northern Illinois for
settlement, and were crowding in on
the reds. And, then it happened
again that the ignorant Indian was
feeced. Black Hawk, the leading
chief of the Sacs, although he was
not of Sac blood, his mother was
Winnebago, was induced to go to ST.
Louis and there touched a quill,
which means that he was induced, or
forced, to sign treaty ceding all
the land belonging to his people in
northern Illinois, for nothing. 1t
was a clean steal. And one of the
terms of the treaty, or contract, was
that the Sacs and Foxes should move
at once to the west side of the
Mississippi river and give over their
homes, and the graves of their friends
and people to the whites.
But the whites did not undertake
to move the reds. On the contrary,
they waited until the Indians had
gone on their fall hunt to the west
side of the river; then they moved
into the deserted villages. The Sacs
and Foxes were very provident people
and had houses, not common wig
vans. These houses were framed.
after a fashion, and were sided and
shingled with heavy bark. When
the reds went on a hunting expedi-
tiOn they took all the folks along,
women, children, old man and old
women.
And, in the fall of 1880 they went
hunting, as stated. And when they
returned to their home, in February
of the following year, they had no
homes. 1t was the dead of winter,
and the whole tribe was out in the
cold.
They recrossed the Mississippi and
got through the winter as best they
might, but early next spring they
returned to Illinois soil and started
to plant crop in their old corn
fields. Of course the whites were
alarmed; they feared that old Black
Hawk and his people might take
vengeance on the white settlers for
the infamy already practiced on the
poor reds. And of course they called
on the government of the state of
Illinois for prOtection-thati is for
soldiers to protect them from an ac-
counting for the land they had stolen
from the Sacs and Foxes. And, as
the whites had more guns, powder,
men and horses, also an unlimited
supply of lead from the mines of
Grant county, they drove the reds
back to the west shores of the raging
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

Grant County Jersey Breeders as
ISOLATION on June IL, will hold meet
ing at Theo. Wehrle's, near Fennimore,
picnic dinner.
Lecture at l 80 by Prof. G. C.
Humphrey and everybody is cordially
invited to attend.
Dated May 25th, 1915.
14w3c. j. r. Wilkins, Sec.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09
NO Memory to Speak Of.

"Forgetful? l should say he is. His
wife even accuses him of forgetting at
times that he's a married man, and
any one who can forget that has no
memory at aT.'-DetrOit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09
Piano Tuning.

will spend one week in Lancaster
during the month of June. Those
wishing to employ me to tune their
pianos will leave their names at the
Gross Music house or at the Wright
hotel. Calvin l.. Carr. 13wtf.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09
a Fond Eatners thought.

= FOND Farner0s hougnt.
Who said spare the rod and spoil
the child?'"
Il don't remember, but probably it
was some guy who was trying to tell
the neighbors how they ought TO bring
up their children. Detroit Free Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09
Attention, Notice to Farmers

The Purity Oil Co. of Lancaster,
Wis, is now in position to supply
you with double refined water white
kerosene, Az degree gravity for 81
cents per gallon in barrel lots, Penn
sylvania Water White 48 to 40
degree gravity at 123c per gallon in
barrel lots, 63a degree gravity
gasoline for 123c Der gallon in bar
rel lots.
12w4p. John Livens. Agent.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01
WE'RE WITH YOU, PARDi
Prohibition Plank Proposed for Re
publican National Platform

The Enterprise heartily endorses the
suggestion in the following editorial by j.
A. Barclay in the Grand Junction Daily
News:
The vote in the House of Representa-
tives on the question of national prohibi-
ton convinces all fair minded people that
within few years at the utmost this
country will all be dry. And why shouldn't
it be? For years the opponents of pro-
hibton have said that it is one Of the
best things ever proposed but that it could
not be enforced until it was enforced
throughout the entire nation.
In measure this Is true. However, the
time has now come when the eyes of the
entire nation are turned upon this ques-
ton which after all is the greatest moral
issue in the United States today. 1t is a
moral question here because we are the
greatest nation of drunkards in the world.
Other countries have intoxicating beyer-
ages but they are made with a smaller
per cent of intoxicants per gallon and
their people are taught to drink in mod
GRAFTON. In this country our Intoxicating
beverages contain such a large per cent
Ul llLOxlCdntS iltf u RduOu tiidt LuS III iiihiiiB
Of them produces seventy five par cen.
of our criminals. ninety per cent of ou,
pacpers and forty-two per cent Of all the
taxes we pay goes to offset and pay for
the results of the saloon.
We hereby begin the advocacy for a
plank in the Republican national platform
pledgng that party to the submission to
the people OF the various states an amend
ment to the federal constitution granting
national prohibition. We appeal to the
Republican press throughout Colorado to
Join in this movement and to the press
Of the nation to do likewise We beliye the
Republican party can regain the power in
the nation by the insertion OF such
plank in its platform and we belive that
tho realization OF national prohibition
would be even a greater blessing to this
country and to the world than the free.
dom OF the slaves"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01
CRUEL NEW YEARS "sP0RT."
Times Have Changed Since Dutch Tor
tured Geese In Old New York.

Times Have Changed Since Dutch Tor
tured Geese In Old New York.
In old time New York. In the Dutch
days, there was observed cruel
sport" for New Years day-a sport
frowned on by Stuyvesant. 1t was
called riding for the goose" Black
smith Joris set up in front of his shop
two stout poles ten feet apart connect
ed with strong crossbar twenty feet
from the ground. From this bar hung
living goose tied firmly by the legs.
just over the head of mounted rider.
The sport consisted in riding at full
speed between the poles and snatch
ing Mt the head of the goose to bear
away the head from the body or to
tear the whole bird away. As the
goose had been thoroughly creased and
futtered wildly at this exhibition of
mans inhumanity when being amused
this proved no easy task.
And see! Here Is Dutch tara pi-
rate. perhaps. clustering with schnapps
from Cruger's tavern-bawlins out that
he can catch aloft better than any
landlubber. And with his tapping
trousers, crimson sash, cutlass, ear
rings and pigtails he mounts a shaggy
Dutch pony and rides Gathering at the
poles and the fiuttering goose. But
the Ill broken cart horse promptly
throws him to the frozen ground as he
rises swaying in his stirrups to catch
the slippery goose, and shouts Of
laughter greet him as he rises scOwl-
ing and threatening.
And by this time and at this clamor
Stuyyesant would come stumping along
on his silver banded wooden leg and
try to force an unwilling rattle watch
to spoil the sport by arresting the
noisest and drunkeHest men and pre-
vent more sins, debaucheries and ca
lamities." Here is part of one of his
proclamations: "Whereas. experience
has taught us that on New Years day
and May day from the firing Of guns.
the planting of maypOles and drunken
drinkers there have resulted unneces-
sary waste of powder and much intoxi-
cation, with the bad practices and bad
accidents; therefore. we expressly for
bid any firing of guns and beating Of
drums" etc, to try to kill out the cele.
bration of New Years.
: We can well understand the prudent
governors irritation and intolerance,
for three weeks Of every midwinter at
these holiday times were SO given over
to holiday observance that the courts
did not sit. public offices were closed
and no important bnsiness could be
transacted.
The exchange of gifts was universal
In New York on New Years day for
centuries: gifts OF gloves, cake, fruit.
"Kisketomas nuts" and New Years
visiting also.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01
AT MIDNIGHT NEW YEARS EVE

The Old Year said: ''In this well worn
pack
I've carried for many day
Are more than a bushel of useless things
You must bury or throw away.
There are souls SO SCARED by the fires of
pain
'ris best by far to conceal them
In the deepest grave that the Past can
dig
But the New Year said. 81 will heal
them
The Old Year said: "You will also find
A number of broken hearts
Not merely dented or cracked. alas.
8as snapped IN dozen par.s.
To the junk heap gathered by Father
Time
At once you had better send them,
For they only litter the world in vain"
But tile New Year said. ~ will mend
them
SMinna Irving in New York Times.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01
NEW YEARS
RESOLUTIONS
Good to Make on Any Day Of
Any Year.

For the Well that They May Keep Well.
For the Sick that They May Get Well!
Resolved:
That 1 will take better care Of my body.
Resolved:
That I will seek to know more about
my body and so be better able to give it
proper care.
Resolved:
That I will try to aid others that they
Resolved:
That will plan to learn more about the
conditions which affect the physical well
being of others.
Resolved:
That I will give particular attention, as
occasion makes possible to conditions af-
fecting the health of the poor, the igno-
rant and the neglected.
Resolved:
That in school. church. club lodge, un-
ion or society / will encourage the discus
sion of health topics and the suggestion
of plans toward better health conditions
in the community.
Resolved:
That will endeavor every day of every
year to-
Sleep in the Fresh Air.
Work in the Fresh Air.
Play in the Fresh Air
Live in the Fresh Air
Resolved:
That will present these resolutions, IL
possible. to every class and society to
which belong.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01
United States Fruit. Abroad.

Europe is the principal customer for
all exported fruits from this country
except oranges, lemons and raisins.
Germany takes about one-half Of the
dried apples and the United Kingdom
q like proportion of the green apples
exported. Nearly one-half of the april
cots went last year to France, Ger
many and the Netherlands. while the
United Kingdom alone took one-third
of the total
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01
Scott and His Secretary.

Sir Walter Scott's amanuensis and
much esteemed friend. Willy Laidlaw.
often found 1t difficult to keep up with
the rapidity of his diction, though on
one occasion. having to wait for Sec
ond or two. he said: Come. get on"
and was answered: "oh. aye. it is
very easy for you. Willy, to say Get
on. but you forget l have every word
to spin out of my brain."-T. P.'s
Weekly. London.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

The Columbia Leader equipt with the
nav individual Record Ejector an exelu-
sive Columbia feature. Music for the
Children's Christmas on Columbia Graf
olas and Records. sos N. Main St.
7. ]. Hill.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

Wanted. The loan of $500 secured b.
first mortgage on real estate. Phon
West SO.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

Cows for Sale. My entire head of dairy
COWS and 2-year-old heifers. Mrs. Hannah
Swink Conner, Phone Ford 234 sop
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

Our work is the best. Frank E. Garity
sos S. Main. Cleaning, pressing and
repairing. Phone West 200
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

Wanted. Position as housekeeper in
hotel. rooming house or with widower.
Apply to Room 4. National House
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

Tommy. the year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. A. Woods. died Dec. 29. The
funeral was held Yesterday. intsrment
being in Valley View cemetery.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01
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A pleasant informal afternoon was
spent by the Woman's Club on Satur-
day, Dec. 10, at the home of Mrs. ]. E.
Lawson, when the following program
was given:
Christmas Bells
Christmas Tree. Gade
Mrs. Joehnck
Two Christmas Songs
Dorothy Randall. Evelyn Cover.
Charles Slain, Harvey Thompson
A Christmas Lullaby----- Beaumont
The Flatterer- ------ --------Chaminade
Mrs. Beaver
Birthday of King - -----. NeidlinRer
Mavorneen Lang
Miss Beaver
Description of Berlin Christmas -
Mrs. Steele
HOLY Adam
Miss Beaver, Mrs. VanBuskrk
Christmas Carols
Mrs. Marshall
The Meaning of Christmas
Mrs. Ward
The regular bi-monthly meeting of
the club will be held on Saturday after
noon of this week in the Library club
room, when the study of Colorado will
be resumed.
The Misses Avery were the hostesses
on Tuesday, Dec. %, when they enter
tanned the Sans Souci club. The pro-
gram was in harmony with the season.
Christmas quotations were given to roll
call. Mrs. McCaskill had paper on
christmas Customs mo there Countries"
and Mrs. Hauck read "The First Christ
mas Tree" by Vandyke. Mrs. Shafer
and Miss Barkley were the club guests.
After the program two-course lunch
con was served and each guest was
presented with a bayberry candle. to
be burned on Christmas Eve for good
luck.
The M. G.. r. club treated their hus-
bands to waffle supper at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Leecing on Tueseay
evening. The waffles were very delect-
able and splendidly served. This was
owing to the fact, no doubt, that the
"hubbies''. were obliged to cook the
waffies for self and partner. The deft-
ness and adaptability of some of the
men to the task was very noticeable.
The Tuck-a-B Batche girls were the
only carol singers out on Christmas
morning. They called on Mayor Roberts
who promptly invited them in and he
and Mrs. Roberts served the club mem-
bers with delicious breakfast, which
was highly appreciated by the girls.
The w. r. C. will meet in l. O. o.
F. hall on their regular day, Wednes-
day, Jan. 6, and install officers jointly
with the other patriotic orders.
Mrs. w. D. Lewis entertained the
Five Hundred club on Monday evening.
Miss Mabel Strong entertained the
Tuck Batche club on Tuesday evening
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

For Sale. For short time only, Cat
lin Ditch stock at. $50 share. Th'
Swink Estate.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01
OBITUARIES
MRS. CLINE

MRS. CLINE
The remains of Mrs. Leola Cline, who
died in Pueblo on Sunday. were brouRh,
to this city and funeral services were
held from the home Of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. H. H Conkline, on Tuesday
afternoon, Rev. Dugan officiating. The
deceased was the wife of A. Cline. a
rancher near Arlington. and leaves two
young sons. She was but IS years old
at the time of her death.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

Early Wednesday morning the three
months-old son OF Alonzo Lathrop died
and was buried that same afternoon,
Rev. James conducted short service a,
the home.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01
Little Bits Of
New Year Verse

Touch US gently, Time!
Let US glide adown the stream
Gently-as we sometimes glide
Through a quiet dream.
When time is flown. how it fed
1t is better neither to ask nor tell,
Leave the dead moments to bury
their dead.
Owen Meredith.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through tho
roughest day. Macbeth.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

The w. r. C. will meet in l. O. o.
F. hall on their regular day, Wednes-
day, Jan. 6, and install officers jointly
with the other patriotic orders.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

Miss Mabel Strong entertained the
Tuck-a-B -Batche club on Tuesday evening
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-01

Mrs. w. d. Lewis entertained the
Five Hundred club on Monday evening.
The Spectator., 1915-05-04

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The Spectator., 1915-05-04
OLDEST PIECE OF WRITING
Sumerian Tablet in University of Pennsylvania Records Deeds of
 BabyIonians.

A number of ancient Sumerian tab lets, recording the deeds of the Baby lonians thousands of years ago, have been deciphered by George A. Barton at the University of Pennsylvania mu- scum One of these tablets. which tells how a farmer rid his field of To- custs and caterpillars. is dated 4,0O0 B. c. and is the oldest piece of writ ing extant, according to an announce ment made by officials of the museum. The farmer, Doctor Barton's transla- tion says, called in necromancer, who broke a jar, cut open sacrifice, word of cursing he repeated, and the locusts and caterpillars fled" For this service he received a tall palm tree.
 That canal was constructed in Babylonia nearly 5000 years ago is shown by another tablet dated The year the Divine Naram-Sin opened the mouth of the canal Erin at Nippur." Naram-Sin was a king in Babylonia and is supposed to have financed the construction of the waterway which gave Nippur transportation facilities with the rest of the world A third tablet, dated 3200 R. C., records the transfer of land and a quantity of grain for bronze money. Gold and sil- yer were known at that time but were not used as currency.
The Spectator., 1915-05-04
FLANDERS ATTACKED
 BY THE GERMANS
CLAIM FURTHER SUCCESSES IN THEIR DRIVE TOWARD CALAIS
 PARIS DENIES THE CLAIM.

London.-The German rushes in Flanders and the Woevre, where they claim considerable successes, are be- lieved to be forerunners of another big effort to break through the allied lines in the west.
 For many days Belgium has been sealed from the observation of neu- trals, while German re-enforcementS are being moved to the south to take part in the new offensive, which they hope is to carry them to alais. The attack in Flanders, originally ieveled at the French has been transferred to the British lines held by the Cana Gians, on the immediate right of the French, and here for two days the men from the dominion have been engaged in deadly contest with the Germans. The Germans claim further progress toward Ypres and that Brit ish counter attacks have been re- pulsed.
 The French, on the other hand, de- clare the allies counter attacks con-  ish hold all their positions, and repeat the charge that the Germans are us- ing bombs containing asphyxiating gases.
 The Frankturter Zeitung justities the use of these missiles on the ground that the allies have done like wise.
 The German attack in the Woevre, or in the Mouse hills. was directed against the French positions south vest of Combres, and according to Berlin, the French suffered a heavy defeat Paris, however, says that in counter attack the Germans were driven out of the French first line. which they had pushed back.
The Spectator., 1915-05-04
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