33=The notice of the opening of the
new Academy at Platteville is referred
to. Parents now have an opportunity
to educate their children near home, and
under the direction of Teachers whose
capabilities are not excelled in the state.
That school is, or ought to be, a chief
pride to the people of Grant County,
i and ever) effort should be made to give
it the support it deserves. Mr. Pick
ard, the principal, has spent years, at I
little or no charge, in raising up this
institution, and we are sure such disin
terested toil will be compensated in the
end.
agents of the American Joi
ning Company expect to start their
steam pumping machinery at Fairplay
in a few days. But for a wrong crook
in an arm of some part of it, they
would now be in operation.
ICr’The man who wrote e gug’ for Judge last
winter, and the one who spelled God with a
small j and a ho and a d, are both candidates
for Governor in Wisconsin. Also, the man
who voted the following ticket in Pennsylva
nia. is a candidate for state School Com mis
sioner—“ For the Schvyle Law— Noye.”
engaged in the industrial bran
ches of labor, and that have any anxiety
to improve upon the arts, or gain a
knowledge of mechanics, should sub
scribe for the Scientific American. See
advertisement.
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and Astronomers are
notified that there is a stray animal, with
a shining head and a long tail up, tra
velling towards the polar regions.
County Temperance Convention.
