Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

DerS of WOmanly voices, ana later on
the merry rattle Of knives and forks,
"a under the regimes OF Richard ana
CAPTAIN Reed, the founders OF Lam
caster, had proved themselves valiant
trencher men.
Now it's cOb-webbed ceilings were
10 resound to the click OF mysterious
type and the soft rumble OF the name
press. as the bed travelled back and
forth to transfer to the white paper
the condensed intelligence that Lad
been gathered in the forms, beneath
the powerful drum.
Tenhart o. Scrader First Editor.
The first to furnish shelter, the old
cabin was now to be the intrepOt for
the little sheet that was in another
decade or two to WELD an influence
equal to that of any journal in the
state. The first issued contained the
brains of Tenhart O. SCrader, and
muscular power Of G. Mallet and
Thomas Keeling, the former being the
editor and the two compositors.
Mallet and Keeling were both Of
French descent and much inclined to
interviews with the flowing bowl, but
by their acquaintance with the type"
were thus uncOnsciOusly immOrtalized
as the issuers Of the first copy of the
Herald
Stock Company Formed.
A stock company mad been formed,
in fact the three gentlemen above
named, as the purchasers of the press
and material, were merely acting as
agents for their associates, Messrs.
Price, Mccartney and Roundtree, all
together making the Herald company.
G. Mallet and Co.. Absorb Stock.
The paper was shortly after its
birth transferred to G. Mallet and
company. who were allowed to grad
ually buy up the stock, paying for the
same in advertising. The editOrship
Of the paper passed into the hands Of
Henry A. Wilste, one Of the brightest
lights of the galaxy, who through
their l3bors in this position, enthrOn-
ed the Herald as one Of the house
hold gods OF this and adjoining sec
tons Under his management the
paper began to assume Importance,
and its columns became a valuable re-
pository of love- mineral, agricultural
and statistical news, which makes the
early files Of this paper particularly
valuable to those who cultivated an
intimate acquaintance with the re-
sources and development Of this early
period.
Mallett and Editor Wiiste RetireS.
On October 81, 1913, MalIett retired
from the paper, having disposed Of his
interest to j d. Spaulding. Mr.. Wilste
remained in the editorial chair The
paper remained as it had been from
the commencement a five column
folio. In April. 1914, Mr.. Wilste
severed his connection with the.
Herald and took up his former duties
as surveyor, removing i'll time to
Iowa, where the entered the Surveyor
Generals office at Dubuque. He was
afterWard made Surveyor General,
but resigned to commence the practic-
ing of law in which profession he
rose to a high rank, before his DEATH
which occurred many years ago.
Name Changed to ''Wisc0nsin Herald"
During the year and a half follow
ing Mr.. Whistles retirement, the
rapier-like wit and subtle reasoning
of ]. T. Mills, is mingled with the
scathing sarcasm and flashing argu
ments OF James NJ. Goodhue.
Mr.. Spaulding, more ambitious than
his predecessors, aimed to make the
Herald a state paper, and changed the
name to the wisconsin Herald, and
at the commencement of 1916 he
added one column to its size, making
it a six instead of five column folio
In August of 1915, James NJ. Goodhue,
whose genius had shone forth so con-
spicuously during the past months
was associated with Spaulding in the
publication of the paper, and took his
seat in the editorial chair In ex-
pressing his purpose on taking the
helm, Goodhue said: ITO be useful
the press must be unshackled The
press is the great foundation through
which mind is ever pouring forth
freshness, vitality and power"
1t is with such views of this sub
ject, that the Herald call upon thei.
patrons to sustain them in a full, fair
and untrammelled expression of
thoughts and opinions. Our opinions
Will not always coincide with those Of
all our readers. Men do not always
think by the rule of three. The edi-
tor who pens every paragraph in con-
slant fear of stop my paper is a
mere toad under a harrow. We have
no fears of this kind. for we all know