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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
MARY CASEY.

Oh, it's little Mary Casey is very fair
to see,
And yesterday said to her, "I give
my heart to thee"
But little Mary Casey to me as quickly
said:
II thank you, sir, I want it not; I've
Patsy's heart instead"
colleen, colleen, my beautiful, now
list to what l say:
| love as we'll as Patsy-and Patsy's
far away"
But charming Mary Casey she curtsied
and she said
my heart is true to Patsy; with Patsy
l am wed!
For Patsy is a soldier; his heart is
here with me,
And will keep and honor it, as all the
world may see;
And if he sleeps in Limerick, or if afar
he dies,
The heart of Mary Casey is where his
body lies"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
HO! for the Country Road.

Out into the hush of the rose-fushed
dawn,
That is Weakened by bird song, low
and sweet,
We take our ways on the open road,
Where no sound is heard but the
engines beat.
The prairies stretch out like wide,
green sea
Far out to the blue horizons rim,
Where the last, late star of the night
has dropped
Down into the shadows cool and dim.
o, the glad, free life Of the open road,
Out where the breezes of heaven
blow;
And what is tomorrow or yesterday?
Fling care to the winds as away we
go!
sing as I swing to the engines beat,
The soft winds tossing the grassy
sea;
You may cling to your walls of brick
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
THE ENEMY
x * X x X X !
(By DR.. Frank Crane)


Whoever you are there S somebody
that doesn't like you. The one CON
slant figure on life's stage is the
enemy He's always there, sitting
grim and silent, or busy with hostility.
BE thou as pure as ice, as chaste
as snow, thou shalt not escape calum-
NY"
Gentle maiden, as good as fair, with
a heart warm and kind to all Gods
creatures, anxious to spread hap
piness as May to spread flowers, it
seems incredible, but there is some
one to whom your presence is often
sive, and to whom your surcease
would be pleasing!
In the chemistry of souls this re-
pellency is most curious, but undeni-
able. No human force ever comes in
Every positive has it's negative In
every love is a little spot of hate
Heaven and hell in their deeper signi-
ficance, touch every human heart.
When [ read any book that pleases
me, human Dickens or quiet Words
worth, the exquisitely fooled wood
craft of Vernon Lee or the smashing
liveliness of Conan Doyle, it often
comes to somebody doesn't like
this.
Queer, isn't it? Sinister and
strange, but true. Little dove, the
hawk scars still watching; little fly,
the spider swings ready in his web !;
little doe, the cougar crouches be-
hind the bush; little soul, among the
gods walks one who loks darkly at
you.
And the higher you climb, the
brighter you write your name upon
fame's scroll, the louder your ap-
plause and the more signal your
triumph, the surer there will be,
somewhere muff1ed in the cheering
crowd, the somber figure of a ''Mor-
decai sitting at the kings gate"
Is not America a beloved country?
There are those who loathe it unre-
servedly. Is not President Wilson a
fine figure among statesmen? There
are many who would rejoice at his
downfall, who watch eagerly to find
his mistakes and herald them.
In way the strength Of the en-
envy is a reliable measure Of ones
success. The more you amount to-,
the sharper the Kisses. Many a man
has been elected to congress by his
enemies, and many writer has been
bounded to fame
The best way to meet the enemy is
to let him see you do not think it
worth while to fight him. Nothing
so enrages malice as to discover that
you don't mind. Nothing so disarms
attack as for you to go about your
business as usual. Such defense is
more effective than blows; kindness
is the most exasperating vengeance.
When in doubt, say nothing. Your
enemy can answer everything you
possibly do, except one thing That
is silence
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
SOMEWHERE THE SUMMER.

Somewhere the summer is singing still
Under the shelf Of the shining hill,
Down in the water that gurgles by,
Up in the blue Of the bending sky,
Over the meadows and through the
street
Somewhere the summer is singing
sweet.
This is all folly that decked in gray
Autumn has taken the green highway
This is all nonsense that fall is here
Somewhere the sumner is singing clear
Somewhere the freshness of morn
ing's note
Is warbling up from her gladstone
throat.
Somewhere the summer in robes OF
light
Is dancing along in her fairy flight;
Somewhere she's peering DER dingle
and dell
To catch in her vision the gossamer
spell
Of magic and moonlight and sunshine
and song
Ere shes wings to her slumber that
lasts so long.
-Folger McKinsey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
A LETTER FROM CAMP McARTHUR

Camp Macarthur, Waco, Tex, Oct /.
Editor Herald: Having a little time
to myself | will write you a letter to
tell you about our trip to Waco. We
left Camp Douglas at l in the after
noon and arrived in Chicago about
midnight. Just before we reached Chi
cago the bugler was blowing his bugle
and one of the boys threw an apple
and hit the bugle. He got mad and
threw it down and smashed it and said
he was going to jump off the train.
They never missed him for half an
hour. If he does not get to camp with
in nine days he will be a deserter
and Uncle Sam will find him.
The next place we stopped was East
st. Louis. We got off the train there
and took walk and surely were glad,
for we were on the train day and
half. The town was full of negroes
but they were glad to see us. All
through Arkansas we saw fields of
cotton and at the depOts cotton was
piled up everywhere in bales weighing
about 500 pounds each Then we stop
ped at Little Rock, the capital of Ar
kansas, and it sure is a great place
for negroes. When a white man comes
down the street the negroes get on
the other side. They say there are
some towns where a negro must be
out of town before sUnset-if he didn't
he would get killed, and some towns
just the other way The last place we
stopped before we got near Waco was
TeXarkana; it is on the line between
Texas and Arkansas. That is the place
where some of us got fooled. Some OF
the boys would send some kid over to
the store after some pies and cakes or
sandwiches, and had good luck, until
it came to US. Another one of the boys
and [ sent a kid over to the store after
some pies. We gave him the money
and he never came back, so we got
wise and would not pay until we got
the grub. When we got to the last
town before we got to Waco we got Oil
and were talking to some girls iI
car cit surely sounds queer to hear
the people talk). A man brought some
ice cream in the street and was selling
itf or 10c a cone until some Of the boys
saw him; then they ran back to the
cars and got their guns and made him
stop selling it. Gee, he was mad!
We arrived at camp Sunday about
$50 in the evening and had the tents
to unload and put up. We got no sup
per but had good breakfast and din
ner. They will have everything light
ed up with electricity as soon as they
have the wires all up. The regiments
will be all split up but [ don't know
just what they will do with us.
We will have another examination
and pay day this week. AS far ais +
know it is four miles from our camp
to town. The street cars run within
two miles Of our tants, but they VIII
build the road up to our camp, SO ii
will be still better.
Oscar IT. Ohlert.
CO. I, Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

Just as an investment for the fu-
ture, if safety and permanence are
worth anything, why isn't a Liberty
bond at A per cent a pretty good bar
gain? You can buy as small bond as
$50, or as large as you like 1t will
mature in twenty-five years; the gov
eminent may pay it off in ten years if
it desires. You will get your interest
twice a year-NOv Is and May Is.
You pay no tax ON the bond When
you buy it you pay 2 per cent at time
of application, IS per cent Nov. Is, 40
per cent December Is, 40 per cent
January 15 If you haven't all the
cash to pay for it, your bank will lend
YOU what you need at per cent AL
ways and everywhere you can sell
the bond or borrow money on it, IF
you were in New York or London or
in Hong Kong you might have trouble
i'm raising $500 of ready money on
your $4,000 Wisconsin farm, or your
bank stock, or your deposit in a Ian
caster bank A United States bond
has always been and always will be
good anywhere at any time, and does
not need to be looked up" when you
wish to use it as a basis of credit. If
Grant county today had in Liberty
bonds the millions of dollars that her
people have fooled away on wildcat
stocks, the income would pay our tax
es for all time to come. Buy a Liberty
bond
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
Here's a PIedge-Take it.

Ito encourage enlistment in the
army and navy.
2-To uphold firmly the selective
draft law.
3-To protect the soldier from abuse
and attack Of enemies at home.
Ito aid in building up the fighting
strength of the nation.
5-To seek out and, bring traitors to
punishment
60 hold up slackers to public
contempt
ITO assist the government in car
rying out its food and health policies.
8-To oppose all efforts to obtain
undue profits at the expense Of the
government and the public.
9-To teach and to practice a broad,
vigorous American patriotism.
10-To stand up boldly for govern
ment by the people, for law, for liber-
ty, for justice and for the square deal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
Prices.

The first price given below is the
average on October 1 this year, and
the second the average on October /
last year.
Wisconsin, Wheat 2O4 and 1874 cents
per bushel. Corn 100 and 70. Oats So
and 43. Potatoes, SO and 100. Hay,
$3.50 and $10.4O per ton. Eggs, 81
and &c cents per dozen.
United States: Wheat zoos and 1863
cents per bushel. Corn, 1751 and 823
cents. Oats 62.3 and As cents. Pota-
toes 1921 and 112 cents. Hay $1429
and $1036 per ton. Cotton 233 and
1915 cents per pound. Eggs 37.4 and
281 cents per dozen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
THE POETS CORNER

But the bcundless sweep Of the road
for me!
Florence Jones Hadley in Amer
lean MOtorist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

This newspaper is a member of
the Wisconsin Patriotic Press As
sociatiOn and pledges its uncOm-
promising loyalty to our govern
ment in this war.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

The threatened coal shortage pre-
sents no peril to one who was raised
on the prairies out west We could
got coal Of cheap quality some win
ters, but never, never had the money
to buy it with. What did we do? Just
froze all winter and thawed out in
the spring.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

Funny how so many good fellows
will get out and work like heck for
the Liberty Loan and how many 9TH
ers will stand around, complain and
not even subscribe for a measly $50
bond
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

A Necedah boy who is now on a U.
S. torpedo boat doing patrol duty in
the sea lanes writes to his mother Of
life on the deep. He closes with the
following significant words:
keep up brave heart, and re-
member that l think of home and
my loved ones when I am travelling
around in the mine fields and may
go to heaven any second Believe
me, we have prayers on our lips,
and we do love our dear ones more,
much more, than we ever realized
before in our lives. We will die be-
fore we are taken prisoner or before
we give up as beaten by the enemy.
"YOur loving son,
Porter Epson"
Die before being taken prisoner or
beaten! Boys like that are worth be-
ing proud of and supporting. There
are hundreds of thousands of them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
Did You Ever Notice.

Did you ever notice how quick the
non-believer in advertising jumps at
the chance to get a little free public
ity -Rhinelander News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

The Old-fashioned man is getting
ready to bank his house for the win
ter. Nothing keeps out the cold like
a good bank Of earth around the do
micile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

l heard a wood-thrush in the dusk
Twill three notes and make star
My heart that walked with bitterness
Came back from very far.
Three shining notes were all he had
And yet they made starry call
I caught life back against my breast
And kissed it, scars and ALL
Sara Teasdale in Poetry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

The most popular woman in town
now is the one who canned the most
fruit and vegetables this summer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

Grant county's share of the second
Liberty bond has been set at $1,764,-
900. Buy bond at any bank today.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

Bob La Toilette may not be guilty
Of treason, but he'll never convince
Teddy of that fact
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

The socialists feel that it is a dread
full abuse of power because they can't
have the use Of the mails to help break
up the government that keeps the
mails running.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

A good printer is truly man Of the
highest type. He attends to his own
case and makes it a rule never to be
out Of sorts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
SONGS OUT OF STRESS.

From my spirits gray defeat,
From my pulses tagging beat,
From my hopes that turned to sand
Sitting thro' my close-clenched hand
From my own faults slavery,
If can sing, I still am free.
For with my singing I can make
A refuge for my spirits sake,
A house of shining words, to be
My fragile immortality.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

The men folks are willing to support
the canned goods movement by eating
heartily this winter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

The right to hunt on another mans
property is strictly in the latter's
hands. Most men will not object to
giving permission if approached in a
gentlemanly manner. The farmer
wants to know whom he shall hold
responsible if damage is done. If the
land is posted it is a pretty safe thing
to keep off it if you don't want to get
into trouble
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

A good exchange predicts that hand
shaking will go out of fashion, as it
spreads disease. kissing, however,
will remain popular as being worth
the risk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
Other Crops.
Condition Ten-year

The total production Of miIIet hay is
estimated at Is per cent Of usual; OF
mil1et seed, 70 per cent of usual.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

Get your boots tailored for winter!
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
German Coal Shortage.

Amsterdam-Th coal famine is In
creaSing from week To week through
out Germany Although II large num-
her of miners have been brought back
from the front and thousands OF war
prisoners are employed in the pits,
even the ammunition factories cannot
get sufficient fuel. The use af electric
power and guS has been reduced 20
per cent everywhere. but this measure
fails Ia bring relief. Many cities have
been compelled To prohibit cooking
and heating with gas. and large mum
hers of towns had To shut down their
lighting plants. The manufacturers
nf war materials have warned the gov
eminent that they will not be able To
mi their. contracts II the present con
ditiouS continue.
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27

l65 pounds and am as strong as a man.
l think money is we'll spent which pur-
chases Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. Jos. O'BRYAN, l766
Newport Ave, Chicago, Ill.
The success of Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may b
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements. infam-
nation, liberation. irregularities. peri
odic pains, backache. bearing down feeL
ing, hatulency, indigestion. dizziness.
and nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the stan
dard remedy for female ills.
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
f6B[N
ROADS
ROADS REDUCE LIVING COST
Make for Prosperity More Than Any
Other National Undertaking, Says
Alaskan Engineer.

Good roads, more than any other
national undertaking. make for the
prosperity. happiness and contentment
Of the people" declared Col. w. =.
Richardson, engineer In charge of high
ways In Alaska. This Is particularly
evident at this time, when in every
lnrge city there Is protest against the
high prices of food. In my judgment,
good roads. more than any other
agency Will help to solve permanent
~ the high cost of living. Transporta-
zion. of course. Is Mt the foundation
of prices. 1t is truthfully said that
where there is inadequate transporta
tion food prices mount high. We know
that in cities prices are greatly in ex-
cess Of those In rural districts and 1t
is all n matter of transportation and
distribution. II we have good roads,
we can get our products to market. II
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27

we haven't. we cannot. Products on
the farm are worth nothing II they
cannot find n market. | am convinced
that the most important governmental
work is In the improvement OF the
roads. In this dry Of motor trucks
II is much 0lsier TO haul products To
the cities or to railroad terminals than
1t was few years ago. but we must
have good roads to do II. There is not
the slightest doubt that good roads
many times over pay for themselves.
They are fundamental economic me-
cessity.
The initial outlay In the building OF
good roads may seem large. but IL IL
small In comparison with the benefits
that accrue. In Alaska We have ap-
proximately 900 miles Of improved
roads, varying from the ordinary coun-
try dirt road TO the best kind of ma
cadam. In Nome there Is stretch
IL road over which In the summer
time thousands of tons of products are
hauled"
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
THIS WOMAN ONLY
WEIGHED76POUNDS
Takes TanIac and She Now
Weighs One Hundred
and Six.
SUFFERED FOR Is YEARS
Gays Words Cannot Express the Grati-
tude She Owes Master
Medicine"

words of praise can't express the
gratitude | feel to Tanlac, for it has
not only relieved me of troubles that
kept me in misery for twenty-five
years, cut has built me up until | am
thirty pounds heavier than | was when
i started taking It," said Mrs J. C.
Bogardus, of 1920 Clifton street, FL
Paso. Texas, a few days ago.
II have suffered since | was about
ten years old she continued. with
catarrhal trouble of the stomach and
of recent years with rheumatism and
II seemed my troubles We're steadily
growing verse. My food would sour
on my stomach and the gas pressing
against my heart affected my breath
ing. fell off until I only weighed
seventy-six pounds and was so weak
and nervous l got but little sleep at
nights. was constipated and suffered
terribly from headaches. The rheuma-
ttssH affected my lower limbs mostly
and had such pains through my back
and right side I simply could not look
after my household duties.
Ii surely was surprising TO me the
way Tanlac took hold of my troubles.
began improving right from the start.
My strength came back to me day by
day and l soon overcame the trouble
from constipation and the headaches.
The pains in my back and side have
left nae and don't even feel the rheu-
matism In my Tower limbs any more.
I now weigh one hundred and six
pounds, faad many of my friends have
spokes ,cf my great improvement and
asked What on earth l had been TAX
ing OF course simply tell them Tan
medlciae ever made"
There Is a Tanlac dealer In your
town. Adv.
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
Waited Eiohteen Years for II,

Taik about the returning traveller
and hsw tie feels his heart beat when
he ret4As to his native shore from a
lOag. long sojourn in foreign land !!
Here's Frederick lockwood. New Eng
laader b. birth and resident Of Bo-
gotta. Oolembla, for Is years as consul.
newspRpeC correspondent and general
agent
He laAded in this country few days
aga. perfectly tickled to death, as the
gins say. to get back to the U. s. A.
But did he fall down and kiss the
shores or effer burnt sacrifices?
He Nd act.
He Mad been longing for good
sized dish OF corned beef hash ever
slnce he went to Colombia IS years
ago. He had been saving up eorned
beef hash appetite all these years So
when he landed the first thing he did
was to go to "A restaurant and order
Ave pertiens Of his favorite food
Earl Goodwin In Washington Star.
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
Ethel's NJ ote.

A woman on the North side who
prides herself on her social position
and always insists ON havtnG perfect
service in every way for any occaxSea.
WAS called on recently to give . recep-
ton on very short notice TO q distin-
guished club woman who was paasiAS
through the city. says the indianapolis
News. All three Of her house serv-
ants were gone that day and only The
cook was at home.
Ethel. she reQested her tktle dve-
year-old daughter. ''you go to tho door
and usher the guests In while I finish
my toilet"
Al first the child objected. but final
~ she was persuaded 10 go,
The woman went on with her prepa-
ration. which was interrupted several
times by bad luck. the cook. and ev-
erything else. \ woman accustomed
10 maid is rather helpless when II
comes 10 dressing without one But
she heard the guests come In and take
chairs in the reception room and she
supposed all WIS we'll. At last shs
WIS ready.
Going To the door Ia find Ethel she
was Mortified Ia read this little prtute1
note pinned Ia the back OF a chair.
Deere Ladies cum on In nam Ia up
stares dressing talk and sit dowus
Ethel"
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
Good for Him.

One Indianapolis woman is in favor
Of the war-and what it means to GER
taia folk She wrote to Harry Il.
Smith, adjutant general urging that
"if the draft board calls for any more
men, wish you would see that they
call for --- ------- Cher husband)."
Then the letter gave his address and
his Tegistration number.
"He is stout and healthy and doesn't
do any work. and | think it would be
good for him." the letter concluded
indianapolis News.
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE
Mistaken Idea That Improved High
ways Are Solely for Benefit OF
Automobile Owners.

Poor roads are very expensive things
for country communities. The farmer
who thinks that improved highways
nre mainly for the benefit of those who
drive automobiles should reflect on
the results Of n recent investigation by
the department OF agriculture, which
finds that the cost Of hauling farm
produce over ordinary country roads
is 81 cents ton mile, whereas over
hard-surfaeed roads II is only IS cents.
Youths Companion.
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
THIS DRUGGIST KNOWS
BEST KIDNEY MEDICINE

Sixteen years ago | began to sell Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp Root and today | believe
1t is one OF the best medicines on the
market; and my patrons are very much
pleased with the results obtained from it's
use and speak very favorably regarding it,
troubies according to the reports received
and l have no hestaney in recommending
1t for have great faith in its merits.
Very truly yours,
OWL DRUG STORE,
BY r F Boies.
Oct. 8, 1915. Sedalla, Missouri.
The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
Meatless Days on Diners.

Portland ore. McntlcsS meals on
Mondays and Fridays are now served
on the dining cars OF the Spokane.
Portland and Seattle railroad. n purt
nf the Hin system. In addition, chefs
have been cautioned to waste ms little
food ms possible. Passengers are
handed small suggestion cards indi-
eating ways by which waste may be
cut down. All this comes as the re-
suit of an appeal from the food ad-
ministration nj Washington. the rnil-
road officials announce.