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VOL XIII.
Business Directory.
LAW YERS .
J. W. Taylor,
Attorney and counski ok at Law. Linden
Wis.
A. McArthur,
Attorney at Law. Miner*! Point, Wis. Office
In south-west corner of Citjr Hall building. 47
Lauyon & Speusley,
Attorneys and Counsellors. Office rooms
over the Post Offic*. Mineral Point. Wisconsin.
T. Scott Ansley,
Attounky at Law Mineral Point. Wis. of
fice. east from room City Hall. Office in
Uodgetille, In with Clerk of Circuit Conrt.
M. J. unions. AI.DRO JUNKS.
Briggs & Jenks,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law-,
Dodniville, Wisconsin. Office over Jones <&
Owens’ store.
MOSES M. STBONO. W, T. COAD,
Strong & Goad,
Attobnetsand Counsellors at Law. Office
opposite the Court House over P. Allen A Co.'s
store,
Wilson & Mol’hon,
Attorneys and Counsei-uirs at Law, Office
In the City Hank, Mineral Point. Wis. 44
B. Tomes,
Attorney at Law tliphlaud. Wis. Collec
tions promptly attended to. Office over Non
dorf A Kreul's store.
T. Patofleld,
Attounkv at Law, and General Insurance
Areut. offic.' over Alton & lluse’s store,
Mifflin. Wis. a °- tr
O. O. Smith,
Attorney at Law, Oodgovllle, Wisconsin.
Office neat liie Post Uffide Attends to the
general practice of Law m ike Circuit Courts
of the State , and Hie County Court in all Probate
matters- xh-SIK
FIL YSICIANS.
J. B. Moffett, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon. Office In Hear of his
Unit! Store,Mineral Point, vViscousiu. 11
Dr. W. H. Osborn,
Homeopathio Physician and -ukueon. Miner
al Point, Wis, office one door east of U. S.
Hotel.
Charles Egan,
Physician and burgeon, Higtilaiid, Wisconsin,
U, s. lAxainiuK Surgeon for Peusious, for lowa
sounty.
Dr. Van Duseu, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon, will bold himself In
readiness to answer all calls In his protosslon.
rmlde*re. cii-.i
William Eastman, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon. Office No. ICoad’s
block, tup stairs) Cor. ilieli and Chestnut sts.,
over Dellet’s store. Mineral Point. Wis.
Dr. L. M, J. Leonard,
Physician and Sena eon, Office and residence
iu Mr. Shepard's house on Jerusalem street,
nearly opposite Jerusalem Pump Kutraiice
from High street between Presbyterian church
and Shepard's marble shop.
U. ■ 1
DENTIST.
J. W. Wassail,
Uentist. Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Office
over liitndrv A Gray's store. Nitros Oxide
Oas administered for the painless extraction
of teeth. 80,
Dr. J. H. Wingender's
DENTAL ROOMS. Successor to the late Dr.
J. It, Ouykendall. Oldest office In the county
—established 1557. All operations preformed
with care and skill and at reasonable tales.
Dfutdjic Ealitoarjt-
Dr. O. \V. Moffett,
Graduate of the Ohio College of Dental Sur
gory, lias opened new Dental Rooms over
Osharne's Jewelry Store, lie solicits the pai
ronaee of the citueiia of Mineral Point and
vicinity. 1 offer to give satisfaction in what
ever niece of work is enttusied to my care.
My motto is to save all teeth ossibla. and
use the lorceps only when tuere is no other
means available. Preserving the natural teeth
a specially No charges for consultation
Respectfully, C. W MOKr'KIT.
DRUGGISTS.
J. B, <fe O. R. Moffett,
Have a large stock of Drugs, Chemicals, Fancy
Toilet Goods, Cutlery, School Books, Stationery,
Wall Paper, Paints, Gils, Glass, Ac. Give os a
cal land get cheap nargalus. Sign of the Gulden
Mortar >1
HOTELS.
Oity Hotel,
Maun Tamilt.n. proprietor. Mineral Point,Wis
consin.Good Wines A Liquors. Well furnished
good Stables, and rsasonaule charges. 50
Farmer’s Hotel,
A. McCotcmin, proprietor. Opposite the depot,
Arena, Wls. Good Stable* and Cattle Yarde
attached to the premises.
Eden Hotel,
On corner of Mineral Point, Highland, Mnrcoda.
Avoea, Madison aud Prairie du Cbleu roads,
Kden, lowa Cos., !., Mini Schctte, Prop.
Avoea House,
Husky Leach, proprietor, Avoea, Wlscouiia.
Teams and drivers furnished to any part af tue
country. Good Livery coanecled with the House
Union Hotel,
Richard Mavrins pioprletor, Kden. lowa
Csunty, Wls. First-class hotel accommodations
a good barn; and a good stock of wines and
llqnor at the bar. I-ximf
Globe Hotel,
Nicholas Shilleh, proprietor. Minert! Point
wie. This house hat recently been enlarged and
resited thocgboit, and ie now one of the very
beet bottle is south-west Wisconsin. The bend
ing is now nearly twice its former elio and Ie
capable of accommodating almost any number
of rucste. The proprietor will spare no pains to
make the ••QloVe Hotel'' Initials In every
reipeet. The beet of wises, liqeore and cigars
eoaelaatly on head. la coanreUoa with the
hotel it a large Bara aad attentive bottlers are
a 1 way. kept *s hats. Remember. Peel •( High
eet. Mistral Petal. Wi*.
lowa County Democrat.
The County at Large.
Winter wheat never looked so
well as it is locking now, and there
is good prospects of a very large
yield.
Frank Marks of Highland started
for Dakota, on Friday, the 2d hist.
Dr. Homer Mix. a Homepathie
physician, of Tiona, 111, has located
in Highland, and solicits a fair
share of the public patronage.
The lied Ribbon Cub, of High
land are rehearsing a popular drama,
and will give a musical and drama
tic entertainment in three or four
weeks.
George LaMoite has returned to
Highland.
The steam cleaning and crush
ing mill at Centerville is not run
ning. A great many buildings
have been built in that village the
past year.
T. G. Davis, the hardware dealer,
in Wingvillc, has one of the largest
stock of hardware, tinware, stoves,
glass, paints and oils, in the county,
and as for prices he defies compe
tition.
Mr. (!. W. Davis of Clear Lake.
lowa, has opened a harness shop in
Wingvillc. He is one of the L'st
workmen in the State.
Gibson the butcher, is putting up
anew three-story building. When
completed it will be one of the
finest in Wingvillc.
Henry Kastman, the lumber mer
chant of Wingvillc, has opened an
exchange bank in that village. He
is also notary public.
Cit. Franklin is about to build a
largo addition to bis hotel in Wing
ville.
Uncle Hilly Stevens of Wingvillc.
had his barn burned on Saturday
last. Loss, 8,‘550.
DODGKVILLK.
Mix. K. Northcy has returned
from Chicago after selecting a large
stock of summer goods.
There was considerable excite
ment in the charter election of this
village, the principal light being
license or no license. The following
is the result.
License 121)
No License l;U>
President, Joseph Honuett.
Supervisor, Joseph Henuott.
Trustees, \V. 11. Hooper. J. 11.
I’enlierthy, Henry Sims, John W.
Williams, IS. Thomas, Jr. W. M. Ell
iott. Sr.
('ierk, W. H. Thomas.
Treasurer, Nicholas Sherman.
Constable, Thomas Hailey.
Marshall, Thomas Hailey.
Police Justice, Stephen Northey.
Court opened for the adjourned
term, on Tuesday, the (>th inst, all
the oilioers being present. The
SherifT was then ordered by the
Judge to summon a special panel
of twenty-four jurors to bo present
Wednesday the 7th, at 10 o’clock,
a. m. Court then adjourned until
the 7th. The following are the at
torneys present from adjoining
counties:
J. Allen Harher, Geo. Clerninson,
Philo A. Orton, Charles Osborn,
Darlington.
The following are jurors sum
moned for the special term and
their residences:
Linden, N. Tredinick, K. Jones. Jos.
(oilman.
Mifflin, J. T. Hlaekney, J. Cushman,
I’. Jones, Thomas Alton.
Highland, E. Ea Motte, J. Henoy,
It. Nichols, (ieorge Hand, Leo. Lampe,
Hichard Kennedy.
Avoea, A. G rote, O. P. Ashley, 11.
Mclver.
Mineral Point, John Grass, Jolm
Hughes. James Uamsden, O. Harney,
Thomas Gorgun, A. J. Spratler.
Eoilgeville, James Granville, James
Kelley, John Clegg, Kiehard Arndell,
Thomas Hlaekney, Sr., B. Thomas, Jr.
Wm. Hhghes, Sainuel Cornelius.
Waldwick, James llyan.
The first case to he tried is the
celebrated Linden mining case, Ross
& Henry vs. Heathcock. The fol
lowing are the attorneys retained;
For the Plaintiffs—Strong &. Goad,
Henry & Smith, Lanyon & Spen
sley.
For the Defendants—J. W Tay
i lor. Barber <k Clerninson, Wilson t
Mcllhon.
It is now expected that this
I case will Last the remainder of the
MINERAL POINT, WIS., FRIDAY, MAY 9.1879.
vrook. Thou the cast's w ’’’ 1 e taken
up in their order until all are dis
posed of.
Kdgar Ray who who has been
engaged in the cigar business in this
village, will open a brick yard be
tween the two furnaces in this
village, May loth. He will burn
100.000 brick the first kiln. Success
to now the departure.
John T. McMahon of Chicago,
delivered one of the best temper
anee lectures your correspondent
has ever listened to. at the Court
House, Wednesday, the 7th. before
a very large audience composed of
the best people of our village, Mr.
Mi Mahon contemplates making a
tour of southwestern Wisconsin.
Potatoes are very scarce in this
market. Capt. Thomas Priestley of
Mineral Point was in town on the
Oth inst.. looking after a large ship
ment for foreign parties. Telegraphic
connections with Mineral Point will
be opened Friday the iHh.
From Arena.
A telephone from the Star office
to the Post olliee is the great sensa
tion.
We learn that some cases of scar
let fever have appeared at old
Arena.
The wood between the switches
in this village is being removt'd by
the railroad com party, preparatory
to the laying of anew side (rack. A
long needed improvement.
The Arena correspondent of the
Chronicle failed to tell its readers
last week that the man who with
drew from the town board—there
by letting the majority fall on the
license side of the question -was a
Republican. Facts do not hurt;
give them an airing.
The railroad company at this
place paid $2.2') per cord for oak
wood instead of $2.00 as was antici
pated. There arc hundreds of
cords yet unsold.
But little spring wheat compara
tively will be sown in these parts
this season.
Some large tisli arc being taken
from the river near this village.
A good plank bridge luus been
erected over (he slough at the ferry,
making the landing of boats easy
and good. Übe ferry is free to both
the adjacent sides of the river, and
only 15 cents for a horse and buggy
ami 25 cents for a double team to
thi> traveling public, it is a wire
and current ferry; the boat being
propelled by the current. It has
already added to the trade of Arena
very largely, with bright prospects
for the future.
We advise people who come to
Arena to keep in the middle of the
street, as the sidewalks are in a very
bad condition.
It is seeding time and country
items are consequently scarce.
House cleaning, paper-hanging
etc., are the order of the day.
A couple of sneak tramps passed
through our village a few days
since, selling what purported to be
emery dust, but all the bottles ex
cept the sample one proved to be
nothing but sand. Several of our
unsuspecting citizens were victimiz
ed. As they may visit your city
pass them along.
Plum trees and wild fruit gener
ally promises an abundant yield.
K. W. Keyes has returned to
Madison from Washington ami in a
•“Hes of interviews to which he has
been submitted by the advice ofhis
physicians, there hasl>ecn extracted
from him a pailful of information,
all of which, boiled down to a tea
speenfuil is that Grant’s the coining
man for the Republicans. Tb" Sun
could have told that to Col. Keyes,
six weeks ago, and it would have
saved him a good deal of expense
in going and coming, besides his
board while he was there, unices he
pot up with Senator Carpenter. Mr.
Keyes will at once begin to whoop
for Grant.—Pack.
Teaching as a Profession.
It is a’singnlar circumstance (hat
v- h.'uovor two or three teachers aro
gathered together, the subject of (ho
discourse is usually the nobleness
of the profession. Wo do not lack in
(ho Apostolic virtue of "Magnitmg
our office." Tho ovtick is a mag
nififont one —there can be no doubt
aKnit that,. Whether tho okkickks
are altogothor so magnificent is
quite another thing.
Ttis tendency to self laudation
may betoken one of tw o things an
inwi.nl consciousness of short morn
ings or a suspicion that very un
comfortable class of persons known
as men of the world have an idea
that the teacher \s v tkaciikk is a
very useful individual, but that
when In* ventures outside of his
sphere, he does not cut so graceful
a figure.
In other words, no man who has
sense enough to lie at large with
safety to the community has over
donitd the splendid possibility of
tho profession of teaching. We
may therefore lot that rest as estah
lislml. There is danger of roitom
ting that truth so incessantly and
so loudly as to lead even ourselves
to fo-got how large a gap separates
the actual from tho possible. Hit
boa truth that men of the world
look upon the teacher os a sort of
living sacrifice, wo had better look
that truth wholly in the face and
ask ourselves whv is it so?
In ottering a lew suggestions on
such a subject, it nmy be well at
the outset, to disavow all prctcn
tion to authority to erilieise others
or find fault with them. The con
sciousness of ones inward short
comings should not be less vividly
present to any one, than the pre
eeption of the shortcomings of
others. 1 disclaim therefore all
rights (> occupy the seat of censor,
and prefer rather to sit upon the
penitential stool of confession.
The dangers inherent in the na
ture of tin' profession are not few
nor difficult of discovery. There is
a certain element of seclusion in
tin life ol a teacher which, to some
natures, constitutes one of its chief
recommendations. Hut it is a
principle applicable throughout
nature that the absence of disturb*
ing influences means the presence
of'stugnuting influences. The mo
niMit you place boundaries to the
activity of any tiling at that instant
yu suhstraet something from the
pu feetness of its existence. Several
ralieal reforms are necessary before
tin profession can attain the po
sition of advantage from which it
cun demand authoritatively, from
society, that deferential respect, to
which it is entitled by its natural
pwition as guardian of society’s
mist vital interests. The want of
hghcr professional, SI’KCIA i,, scholar
slip is beginning to he keenly felt
inthis country ami loudly called
fol. Hitherto the arduous tusk of
sifiduing the soil -of developing
tie material resources of the coun
ty —of setting in motion gigantic
cQumercial enterprises, has engross
er the attention and the energy of
tie nation. It is somewhat galling
toour national vanity to find such
a Title as Mathew Arnold, declaring
in one of his books, that Americans
lave not begun to do any thinVing
as yet —that they have their think
iig done for them on the other side
of the Atlantic. Like all other
sleeping condemnations, this of
tbs Oxford scholar goes a little too
hr. Hut it rests upon a basis of
tilth which we laid better frankly
ttlmit, than denounce as libelous.
Our American life has not yet
Income staple enough—our wealth
las not yet become sufficiently
hereditary, to admit of the growth
o' a class in society with sufficient
weans, with Jeisure and with incli
tation to Income scholars by pro
fats ion.
Here then, ic a conscious andl
go wing want in our national life I
—a gap which waits to be tilled.
I lit'maxims of political ocomomy
that a demand will eventually bring
the supply, is as unquestionably
true in spivtnal as in material things.
And turthcr thorn can be no doubt
but when that class of superior
professional scholars, is once formed
in this country, its ranks will be
largely tilled from the members of
this profession. It belongs to the
teacher by right of Ins posit ion it
belongs to him no h 'SS by (he tra
ditions of bis order. Ho is the
lineal successor of Socrates, and if
ho has hitherto failed to reach and
to hold a Soeratie preeminence
among his follow mon. it is ehietlv
bocauso ho has not boon animated
by (ho spirit, nor followed the
methods of his illustrious predo
ccssor.
Iho root of (he evil appears to
lie in the fact that, in our time, the
instant a man becomes a teacher
be eeases to be a student. lie
rarely makes an ctVort to break new
ground, nor even to cultivate pro
perly the ground already broken.
Here is the place when' vigorous,
untlinehing reform is most loudly
calleii for. It is not sullieient that
the toucher aim at perfecting him
self in the MKiiKAur ok tkaching.
That is not sutliciont for himself
who M-.Ktxs more not sutliciont
for the public which kxcei rs more
from him. That alone means even
tual spiritual starvation, No rese
voir was ever constructed, so large
as to yield water forever without
any replenishing.
(TO 111-: CONTINUKD.)
(ileanings From the City.
Hcv. Alfred Charles, of Hlooiiig
ton, Oram County, delivered a most
excellent discourse at the M, K.
Church last Sunday evening, full of
plain, practical, Christian thought.
I luring its delivery, however, a voice
was distinctly heard from the Hall
below, saying, ‘‘slop your noise or 1
will have you put in jail." Now
should that threat be put into exe
cution and some of those boys who
so constantly annoy find themselves
behind the bars for disturbing pub
lie worship.
What then? There would be no
one to blame but themselves, let
them take the eonseipieuceH of their
own misconduct. No one to blame
but themselves? Is that so? What
lias become of their parents (.ben?
Have they no responsibility? Where
are they? Kcho answers where; Not
with their children, evidently; nor
their children with them as (hey
ought to be. Had they so been,
you would find many of them in
Church along side of their parents
or with their parents returning from
Church.
For few of the iioii-churcli going
people allow their children to roam
at large on Sunday evening to the
annoyance of others, congregating
in the Halls of Churches and on
the disir steps staring with more
idiocy than intelligence on those
that pass out. Hut most people
say my boys are good, (but sly).
Yes then keep them good by keep
ing them with you on the I/ird’s
day, especially during service. And
shame on that young man who
smokes his cigar and squirts his to
bacco juice in the hull or on the
door steps of any Church. I’annts
think of it! Take your children with
you to Church and keek them with
you. Don’t let them remain in the
rear. Hhould you not go your
selves, take some trouble to find
out if they Jiave been there, and if
this course is pursued there will l*e
no reason for such threats os heard
last Sunday evening.
Senator David Davis; It is in
my judgment, the imperative duty
of the hour, instead of turning the
attention of the people back into
history, with its animosities, to
direct it to the troubled business
interests of the country and th
way to relieve them.
Joseph ('ook.
Tlio following article from tho
Slato Journal is attracting consider
able attention because of its sever
ity and by mason of the action of
tho orthodox ministers at Madison
in censuring (he Journal for its
publication. Although it plainly
shows that the Journal is not pos
sessed of that charity which endures
all things and sutlers all things wo
believe the attack was not entirely
w ithout provocation.
"It was not a very large audience
that assembled in (he lecture room
of the M. K. t'huivh, last night, to
hear Joseph ('ook. of Poston, talk
open " The Certainties of Religion.”
bnl. it would have been much
smaller, had our people mom fully
appreciated the fact that as a lec
turer ( ook is the dullest man on
the American platform. And it
may be ipiite safely asserted that
scarcely a baker's dozen of his last,
night's auditors will ever care to
hear Joseph Cook again."
"C'pon what, basis, other than tho
popular titles of his lectures. Cook
ever became recognized at Poston
or elsewhere as among (he great
thinkers of Ida time, we fail to con
ceive. 11 is lecture, last, evening,
was a very successful effort v to
drown out stale, but half Hedged
ideas, in an ocean of meaningless
words and stilted definitions, suffi
ciently abhorrent to every intelligent
hearer. A ponderouslydarge man,
iu close-titling, black frock; with a
massive bead, which he keeps "in
frenzy rolling," and continually
pals with brawny bands, evidently
to call attention to the master in
tellect contained within; a fresh,
pencil blow complexion, that gives
indication of a diet of raw beefj
shaggy eyebrows, from under which
a pair of large fishey eyes gleam at
yon with impertinent stare; a full
beard (except the upper lip) gives
weighty dignity to a countenance
on which sits enthroned an owl
like wisdom, perceptibly enforced;
a pair of arms which swing like
sledge hammers, or heat his breasts
with hollow resonance, or pat Ids
massive brain lids is (beman who
bellows and pull’s and blows up
and down the spacious platform,
and whose every lineament and
emit wrinkle cries out in stento
rion tones: “Pin Joseph Cook,
who represents the enleha and the
intellect of Poston.!"
“\\v despair attempting to relate
wluit Joseph said, luHt night; it
would he less < 1 inimilt to detail
w Iml lir did nut nay. Ilia allift'd
subject was "Tlu> (VrlainUt'H of Re
ligion:’’ wo arc soon to go hence
ward," he said (this is Cook-ism fur
“we are soon to die"); we want to
go henceward in peace; wo cannot
go hcni'c'ward without being in har
mony with our Creator. Nothing
alarming fresh in thco truisms.
Nothing but what ban boon preach
ed a hundred thousand times, and
each time doubtless with nmro
force and more originality than
Cook threw into the discussion, hint
night—unless force consists in bel
lowing and trying to loosen the
planks of the platform; unlosH or
iginality consists in loosing an
avalanche of ponderoun, unmean
ing sentences and far fetched deft
nilioim upon tho headHof a devoted
audience, which are supposed to
ait and admire tho pedantic twaddle
an being scientific language, because
Cook utters it. I’erhajig It is origi
nal and Hcientfie, for instance, to
refer to a common chimney as a “a
black-mouthed aj>crturo for tho
escape of nether fires;” but it is not
original to talk an audience to death.
—and that is tho chief forte of
Joseph Cook of Boston. It is
really time that tho American public
were rid of this mountebank ia
religion and psychohwy; and it is
consoling to hear that Boston, where
they have sadly sinned against tho
popular patience by sending him
out with papers of endorsement, he
has already ceased to be worahip
ped.”
NO. 39.