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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13
FARMERS TO PREDOMINANT in
COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION
{ Continued from Page One.)

Although the first Monday in Jan
uary falls on New Years day this
year, inauguration day will not be
changed, as the statutes provides that
newly elected state officers must as
sumo their duties on the first Monday
in January. 1t is probable that the
ceremony this year will be the most
simple ever held. Gov. Philip is
opposed to fuss and feathers on this
occasion, and there will be no inau-
gural ball and probably no public re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13
GERMANY ASK PEACE?

Madison, Wis, Dec. 12.-(Special to
the Herald) Extras are on the streets
tbs evening indicated that Germany
has taken steps to bring. about peace
in Europe.
The details were meager except that
our informant said that Won Bethman-
Hollweg, imperial premier, had men
toned the terms and submitted prop
osition to the Allied powers.
(The Northwestern operator here
stated that he had caught the. same
thing, but that later it had been dis
puted)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13

ception. The state officers may sim
ply go to the Offices of the chief JUS
tice in body, take the oath of office
at noon on the Inauguration day, and
return to their offices ready for two
years work
Members OF the legislature need not
worry over billiards. or cold this win
ter. They can take their meals in
the capitol, and can have their nails
manicured, get a haircut, a shave or
shine. The capitol restaurant will
be running when they get here, and
the barber shop will be open. They
are even talking of lady BARRIERS, to
harmonic with the exquisite marble
fixtures.
When the legislature meets in Jan
uary the state Of Wisconsin will owe
$2,151 900 in certificates of indebted
ness, 100000 having been paid in
March, 1916. Under the law passed
in 1915 that amount will be paid each
year, and by March 1918, the state
debt will be reduced to $2,O51, 900.
Every legislature since the Civil war
has had to appropriate $315,14O for
interest for the succeeding two years.
The saving to the taxpayers will be
shown when the 1917 legislature
makes its appropriation for interest,
only 1924, lao A reduction of $1,000
year in interest will be made until
the debt is paid, which, under the
present law will be in March, 1899
In the year 1889 but $51 900 will be
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13
CARD OF THANKS.

Through the Herald we wish to ex-
press our heartfelt thanks to the many
friends and neighbors who so kindly
lent their helping hand during the i'll
ness and death of our darling Albert.
Also for the many beautiful flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Cummins.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13

All the wanted colors in Silk
Hose here at Coo S1.OO and $3.50.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13
LANCASTER MARKETS.

Lancaster dealers were paying the
following in cash yesterday, but the
prices are subject to change without
notice:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13

II the Herald brought you to store,
please mention it to the merchant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13
CIR OhrtHtntaH Urrr.

With considerable satisfaction the
Herald in common with others, views
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13

Please say you ''saw it in the Her
add"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13
WASH KID GLOVES.

We are fortunate in being able
to procure some mighty good
Kid Gloves. They sell at soc
and $500.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02

in. There was no fever, and the boy
seemed all right, except for a look of
terror in his eyes.
1--WE can't take this one," the doctor
exclaimed. "The child seems all right
and the attending physician has filled
out no diagnosis. Besides, the fami-
ly isn't willing to let the boy go. I'm
der those conditions we can't force it"
this last in an undertone.
We then moved up the street to No.
81, and there found 31a-year-old girl,
lying motionless in a high fever, on
the bed Her lips moved frantically
in an effort to, breathe. The doctor
turned to make out his card while I
dressed the child in the disinfected
clothing in my bundle, and then tried
to quiet the mother.
SHOW Did She Get IT,
She was pacing the room, crying,
my poor little baby! Oh, how did she
ever get it, and 1 never let it out of
my sight?" When she learned she
could go and see her child the next
day and was promised it would re-
ceive every attention and care, her
sobs grew less racking.
There were seven other children in
that family, which, with the mother
and father, made 10 persons-in five
small rooms of a gloomy tenement.
Respiratory paralysis" murmured the
doctor in an aside as he picked the
little one up tenderly and carried it
down to the waiting ambulance which
took it to the hospital, where another
nurse took the baby in charge, bath
ing it, taking it's temperature, and, af-
ter a thorough examination by the
attending physician, dressing it.
poor little thing!" the doctor
sighed "It has just II hours. In a
case like this there is nothing to do,
but we're going to make fight"
And that's the way with all the nurs-
es and doctors who are trying to check
the epidemic. They have forgotten
what hours off are and spend every
moment with the children in an effort
to save them.
Many Parents Visitors.
Parents came streaming in all day,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02

most of them foreigners, talking main
Iy with their hands, but all able to
say, pleadingly, MY child" as they
held out card which granted permits
sion to visit. Each had to dress in
a scarlet robe, with a hood, before
entering ward, so as to guard
against infection. Almost breathless
and shaking, most of them followed
the nurse and asked, ooh please, how
is my Tony?" or ''Soon maybe you
think my little girl she come homer"
When they entered the cool, white
wards, with electric fans to supple
ment the fitful breeze from the East
river, and saw the clean white tile
floors and the rows Of spOtless cribs,
and the pleasant-faced, smilingly SER
ious nurses who moved about from
child to child they sighed in satisfac-
ton. After a little chat with their
babes, or when they had petted them
and learned for themselves that doc
tors and nurses were in constant at
tendance, they started for home, reas-
sured. Many, thanking the nurses, told
them hospitals were not such bad
places after all.
Each child in the hospital has it's
own bed or crib, although DR.. Viii
son says he had to hurry out and buy
everyone in the city to meet the rush
of cases. Those children who are well
enough have toys to play with and
some of the rooms are bright with
flowers sent by thoughtful persons.
The first essential in the treatment
There is no set, definite course of pro-
cedure in working for cure, as the
doctors frankly admit that they don't
know enough about it yet to say just
what is best to do. Each child is
prescribed for separately.
Medicines are used only to keep
down the fever and children are fed
on an ordinary normal diet suitable
to their age. Urotropin is used eX
tensiveIy because of its disinfecting
properties, but the main course Of
treatment is orthopeGic in its nature.
After the vomiting FITS and the lev
er or commissions, which occur in the
first stages of the disease, have pass
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
"BIRTH OF A NATION" NOT
TO BE CONSIDERED SERIOUSLY

Plays like "The Birth of a Nation"
while wonderful mechanically, and as
considered from an artistic standpoint,
a distinct success, should not be TAX
en- too seriously. True, the picture
drawn of the humiliation and suffer-
ing endured by proud race that had
previously ruled as the elect in their
respective communities, is not, per-
haps in any degree overdrawn.
Still, was it not cause and effect, the
inevitable working out of the conse-
quences of the Introduction of slavery
in this country by white men, that
later introduced the color problem
and all its evils? There is nothing
new being said when we point out that
the Negro came to America unwilling
ly and as a slave. The greed of the
New England traders and the desire
for cheap labor suited to the climate
on the part of the planter, brought the
black man here and placed him in
bondage. We are white because geog-
raphy and chance made us that way
and not for any cause that we, our
selves are responsible for.
The Negro is black for the same
good deason and should not be blamed
or made the object of disgust and
censure, because he is what God made
him. Race hatred, religious preju-
dice, all of these things smack of the
ignorance and cruelty that worked
over time in the Middle Ages and lies
at the bottom of nearly every human
i'll.
The above is not an argument for
the intermarriage of races or the So
cial mingling of the blacks and whites.
Far from it. Water and oil do not
mix well, as is we'll indicated by the
play character of Silas Lynch, a mu-
latto, who bears out clearly what
happens when a white father and a
black mother bring forth a child. We
simply claim that the Negro should
be given a fair chance to work out
his own destiny amid his own social
order and with an even break under
the law. The great Lincoln, had he
lived, would have provided for the ed
ucation and gradual enfranchisement
of the blacks, without arousing the
animosities and wounding the feelings
of their former masters. To us, Lin
coin eXemplifies a broadminded policy
of forgiveness that rises far above
race and religious prejudice, and the
vindictive Stoneman, betrays the pet
tiness of the character which hates
people because of a different point of
view. Stoneman's kind of violent I'M
I reasoning hatred toward the South
caused more evil than can be eX-
pressed IN words.
1t was born in all the small and
evil traits of the human character
and proves again that live and let
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Mrs. Margretta NJ. Cooley.

Margretta Mitchison Edwards was
born June Z, 1910, in the town of Lit
tie Grant, Grant county, Wis, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Ed
wards, who came to America from
Cornwall, England.
She died at her home in Lancaster
July Is, 1916, aged 76 years, one
month and eleven days, after an ill
ness of two years, during which time
she patiently endured her affection.
She was one of a family of eight
children, OF whom two brothers and
two sisters, William Edwards, of
Woodstock, Mimi, Matthew Edwards
of Bloomington, Mrs. L. S. Sawyer of
Bloomington, and Mrs. George Greig,
of Blue Hill, Nebr., are left.
Margretta Edwards was united in
marriage on September 10, 1859, to
C H. Cooley, and to this union nine
children were born, three of whom,
Clara L., Alice j., and Charles H., pre-
ceded her in death. She is survived
by her husband, aged rs years, and by
six children: Mrs. RObt Bohringer and
Frank NJ Cooley of Bloomington; Asa
Cooley and Mrs. Dustin Pierce of Lam
caster; Mrs. Oscar Gundlach of Liv-
ingston, and James E. Cooley of Fen
nimOre.
Mrs. Cooley had been a resident OF
Grant county during her entire life
time. and for the past thirty-six years
lived in the city of Lancaster.
The funeral services were held from
the NJ. z. church in Lancaster, Thurs
day afternoon, July 20, conducted by
Rev. T. S. Beavins, and were largely
attended.
Beautiful flowers We're sent by the
Eastern Star and General Calls Cir
Gle, OF which orders deceased had
long been a member, and also by many
friends and relatives.
The pallbearers were: Clyde, FL
gle and Henry Cooley; Rudolph, Ar.
chic and Floyd Bohringer, grandson:
of the deceased.
The remains were inferred in Hill
side cemetery in Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
FLORA FOLKS AUTO TO
GLEN PARK, WISCONSIN
CToo late for last week.

On July % eight auto loads of Flora
people started on an excursion to
Glen Park.
The morning was a pleasant one
and ride through west Grant study
ing crop conditions and the progress
Of the county in general was, indeed,
a pleasure.
over the hills and prairie through
Bloomington, the emporium OF west
Grant, and the wideawake little town
of Patch Grove. All went we'll until
we reached the Clarence Brodt place,
near Brodtville, when we found Orlo
Champion, of our party in trouble.
We all stopped to lend hand. Or
10 had lost a wheel and, luckily, was
not so occupied with other affairs but
that he noticed it before he went very
far. A trip to Patch Grove for repairs
was necessary which Lee Vogt quick
ly made in his new Overland, and soon
we were spinning on again through
Brodtville and on into the park.
Out on Point Lookout we found
campfire blazing and over it Sam
PearsOns was preparing a picnic din
ner of the ''hot off the griddle" kind.
Sam and Henry Roberts with their
families had come out from Bloom
ington to join the Flora folks in the
park. Many other visitors were also
there.
Dinner was soon disposed of and
the company proceeded to inspect the
curious cave and enjoy the splendid
view from Point Lookout. From the
edge Of this point one looks down
over a perpendicular cliff some four
or five hundred feet to the valley of
the wisconsin. AS we thought of the
many people who now visit this spot,
the favorite picnic ground of the park,
it occurred to us that terrible acct
dent might some day occur at Point
Lookout.
If this place is to be open to such
crowds it would seem that some very
substantial railing should be placed
at the edge of this cliff near which
children romp and play so much. At
this time the grass near the edge
of the cliff is very slippery, making it
more dangerous.
While the people seem to apprec-
late to a certain extent the privilege
of having this spot for place of re-
creation, the park seems to be simply
acres of poor woods and brush, with
its most attractive spot a dangerous
pleasure ground, and it will take much
time and money to make anything else
of it.
Wouldn't it have been a wiser plan
for the state to have bought few
acres of land at Point Lookout and
taken the rest of the money to beauti-
ty it and make it safe?
1t was a clever turn of business to
unload hundreds of worthless acres
of brushy bluffs upon the state while
selling them this little park spot.
This is the writer's impression of
the park. Our party returned home
by way of Bagley.
ONE OF THE PARTY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
HOW toKEEP WELL
(Wm. Brady in Evening wisconsin,

Pure candy ought to be marketed at
cost by the w. G. T. U. 1t is a great
foe to old king alcohol. Let a man
keep a box of candy in his desk or
handy by his work bench, to nibble on
when he is tired, and he won't crave
a drink of beer or whiskey-all he'll
want is water.
The United States authorities ship
tons of candy to the Philippines to be
sold through the canteens to the
soldiers. 1t satisfies the soldiers need
of an easily digested, quickly avail
able carbohydrate food, and so makes
vino" unnecessary to his welfare.
There are some people-and they
are usually to be found in the rural
communicative still insist upon
the imaginary relation between candy
or sugar and worms" And. what is
worse, there are parents so beright-
ed as to believe those old fishwife
yarns and restrict the quantity OF
sweets in the children's bill of fare.
We cannot reiterate too often the fact
that sugar is the child's most natural
food-more than half of the solid mat
ter in milk is sugar. Sugar is tonic
to the heart, in the sense that is sup
plies quickly available muscular en-
ergy to that organ. Sugar is a mus
Gle food, if there is such thing. 1t
is, therefore essential in a child's
diet, particularly an active, hard-play-
ing child. And certainly there is no
more digestible, nor more appetizing,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02

nor more balanced meal in the whole
category of dietetics than slice of
good home baked bread, spread with
a quarter inch of butter or Oleomar-
gerine, and smothered with a like
thickness of the crudest grade of
brown sugar. No child could consume
too much of such food for gods.
AS for feeding the children candy,
there are two important rules to bear
in mind: Cd 1t must be pure candy,
not adulterated with poisonous dyes,
varnish, plaster of paris, cOaltar flaw
ors and the like. Jimcracks ruin a
child's health. (2) 1t must be given
in the course Of or following regular
meals, not at any and all hours. If
these rules are followed, only good can
come from feeding the youngsters
candy.
1t is very significant, if not sinister,
that the free lunch counter presents
nearly every variety of food but candy.
Somehow the booze empOriums, like
the ''old women" have little use for the
food that kills the laundering for al
cohol.
The usual cause of any digestive
disturbance which develops after eat
ing candy is either the adulteratiOn
of the candy or the fact that not
enough water is taken to dissolve the
sugar.
Sugar is Natures own specific for
fatigue. When you have that tired
feeling. try some good candy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02

Remove the seeds leaving a cavity
through the center Of each cucumber.
Chop fine two punches celery, two
slices onions, two stuffed olives and
one-half of a green pepper and mix
thoroughly with four tablespoons OF
still mayonnaise. Fill the cucumbers
and when ready to serve, place slice
of tomato on lettuce leaf and stand the
cucumber tube on it. Garnish with
mayonnaise and decorate with stuffed
olives cut into rings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Cottage Cheese and Pepper.

Season one cup of cottage cheese
with salt and pepper to taste. Scald
one sweet red pepper, remove stem
and seeds and chop fine. Mix the
cheese and chopped pepper together,
and add enough thick sweet cream to
make a stiff paste. Spread thin slices
of whole wheat or Graham bread with
fresh slightly sailed butter, then with
the pepper and cheese filling. Form
into sandwiches.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Things Worth knowing.

Place pieces of Macaroni upright in
hole of the top crust of a berry pie
to allow steam to escape and prevent
the pie from running over.
To clean windows which are smoked
or grimy looking, rub them with
cloth moistened in wood alcohol, then
polish with another cloth. This is
much better than water.
To clean spots in raincoat rub
soiled parts with freshly cut po-
tato. Wipe with dampened flannel
and dry. This will remove spots with
out injuring the fabric.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Baked Whole Pears.

Wash and wipe ten large pears and
remove cores, set the pears in a gran
tie dish and fill the core cavities with
sugar, first dropping a whole Glove in
each. Put a sliced lemon and one-half
cup Of sugar in the pan add water
to half cover the pears, cover the pan
and let the pears steam in the oven for
half an hour. Then remove the cover
and bake until perfectly tender. Re
move the pears to a dish in which they
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Sweet Corn.

Leave on the inner husks. Put in
a kettle, and see that water covers
every bit of corn or it will yellow.
Add one tablespoon of sugar to the
water, but no salt, as salt seems to
harden the corn. Boil rapidly II
minutes if the corn is young and ten
der. If you wish to have a very deli
cious dish, strip the corn from the
cob, pour over it generous supply
Of cream and butter and another ta-
blespoon of sugar, add a little salt,
turn into an earthen baking dish and
put in oven long enough to brown
the top.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
How to Clean Greens.

Spinach, lettuce, watercress and all
other green's are easily and quickly
washed perfectly clean by adding one
fourth of a cup of vinegar to the pan
Of water in which the greens are
washed. The little bugs drop Off into
the vinegar water and lose all their
power to cling to the leaves. Rinse
in clear water and may rest assured
that your greens are absolutely
clean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
MONTHLY RECORD
OF VITAL STATISTICS
RECORDS SHOW IS BIRTHS. %
MARRIAGES AND 20 DEATHS
DURING PERI0D-MISCELL
ANGUS DATA.

The vital statistics report for the
monthly period ending last week
shows a remarkably low death rate
for the county. There were twenty
six deaths occurring and this, based
on a population of 10000, gives a NOR
tally figure of rs per 1000 popula-
ton, per annum.
The birth figures are as usual show
ing an increase in some families al
ready large-as viewed from modern
standpOints.
Edward Kruel of Hickory Grove,
leads with eleven children, ten of
whom are living. George Flesch, of
Lancaster, and Herman Coke of
PlattevilIe follow, each having eight
children living, and Frank Meyers of
Bloomington, is next, with seven
children. The tabulatiOn for the per-
iod, follows:
RirfhC
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Pears In CuStard.

Make syrup Of one pint of water
and one cup of sugar adding a few
whole cloves and the rind of a lemon
Peel, halve and core two pounds Of
ripe pears, put them into a covered
dish, pour the syrup over them, and
bake in an oven which is not too hot
until the pears are tender, but not
broken. Then place in a serving dish,
make a custard Of two eggs, one-half
cup Of sugar, one cup Of milk and
small piece Of butter. When thickened
pour over the pears letting set until
cold, then serve with whipped cream
heaped on top.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

When making sash curtains, sew
Battenberg rings at the top, placing
them at equal distances to run the rod
through The rings look SO much neat
er and prettier than the ruff1ed head
ing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
To Ice Pastry.

For fruit tarts and sweet dishes of
pastry, put the white of an egg on a
plate and beat it to stiff froth.
When the pastry is nearly baked, brush
over with this, and sift over some
powdered sugar PIT it back into the
oven to set the glaze, and in few
minutes it will be done. Great care
should be taken that the paste does
not catch or burn in the oven, which
it is very likely to do after the icing
is laid on
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Tomato and Cheese Sandwiches.

Tomato and Cheese Sandwiches.
Sliced brown bread and butter.
Thick cream, one cup.
One tablespoonful parmesan cheese,
grated.
Two finely sliced tomatoes.
One spoonful salt and cayenne pep
per.
Chopped parsley.
Whip the cream thickly, stir into it
the grated cheese, season with salt and
few grains of cayenne pepper
spread the slices of bread with the
mixture, place over some sliced TO-
mato, sprinkle with parsley, make
sandwiches of them, cutting and trim
ming edges and serve piled up in a
dish.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02

Average age for male, 2S.12 years.
Average age for female, 25.9 years.
Oldest male, AZ years; youngest
male %.
Oldest female SO years; youngest
female, 10.
Second marriages 2; female, L.
nn0fhS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Orange BiSQUe.

Heat one quart of orange juice to
the boiling point, add one tablespoon
of corn starch dissolved in a little
water. and cook to a velvety cream.
When cool, add one teaspoon of orange
flower water and one teaspoon of
orange curacao. Serve ice cold with
dainty sailed waters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Ants.

A good way to get rid Of ants is to
sprinkle pepper where the ants are
If they are in the jelly, sprinkle some
pepper around the jelly or take a lit
tie of the jelly out and sprinkle the
pepper around it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
Tested Recipes Of Value to the Housewife

can be served, boil down the juice in
the pan until it jellies, pour over the
pears, when cold serve with whipped
cream.