Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-12-06
BLOOMINGTON.
Growth and rr0sperity-A Busy Miil -faOiiOrd's
Bloomington Hotel-aI oTeaniile- Ernner -
Hill-Furniture- Art Millinery Doctors
--Chu rches- schools - businessh-
Fair Gronnd-Thrifty Farmers
Soil Fertile-Fields Fruitful
Village as q Whole.

der Breitman flung his hat away
and cried pet hit or miss, I've heard
OF MIRACLES pefore, but none so hunk
as this r'-that il, mono SO chunk"
as the material growth and prosper
ity Of the practical and progressive
village OF Bloomington
This is something more than mere
fancy, as the doubling reader may
readily discover ~ &c ting into one
Of Spragues mail coaches some fine
Monday morning and riding out to
the stirring place whereof this some
what lengthy lottor 10 to treat
Stage-riding in gonerai is hardly
as cnllvening pastimo as some peo-
pie imagine but when you have an
accommodating man like "Georgo"
to take care Of your person and
charge Of your baggage, and, more
over, whom at leas. six Of your trav-
cling companions arc "ladies intel
lectual," ladies who do square their
talk by the line and plummet Of the
dictionary and the grammar, then,
You know, stage-riding becomes ln-
tensely interesting and You may IN
duige in il to your hearts content,
and without fear OF evil consequences.
Upon entering the town, after
crossing good bridge spanning q
never-lailing stream that brawls
away "with willing sport 10 tho wild
ocean" you como ~ once 10 the large
and always-rumbiing grist mill run
! by Thomas & Woodhouse, and doing
custom work for tho farmers Of sew
eral surrounding townships. This
mill has often on hand grain for over
two weeks grinding in advance, and
is said 10 produce extra quaiCies OF
| corn meal, wheat flour and -four Of
buckw heat
After the mill comes the p . in
Hollord's drug store, whore school
books, writing materials and many
other useful things are for sale,
and whore Yerybody is accomm0-
dating and everything looks inviting.
Hero, when he is not absent Oh otii-
cial business, one may occasionally
meet with Mr. W. ii, Holford, our
practical and hard working Superin-
Cendent of schools
Opposite to the p. @ is Holloway
saloon, and Just across tho street
from that We find the Bloomington
hotel, kept by Sine Woodhouse, rs
civil landlord Is one may meet on
q summer day Good faro always on
the table, and charges reasonable.
Mr.. H. Browns hardware store v
we'll stocked with every sort Of iron
mongery y. 4. Brown deals IN a
great many yhings, from patent pills
10 beaver overcoats, and has on eX-
tensiyc trade. Dry goods, boots,
shoes and groceries are sold by w.
II Brown. Wheeler 4 Wilson have
a large store and DO much business.
Hale is engaged ia mercantile pur-
suits and owns the Bloomington
meat market. q. II. Greer has a
/ general variety store, and Dan Bid
well deals in fruit, nuts, candy, and
other articles OF like gratifying DO
scription Peter W0oihouso mas a
billiard room, and keeps on hand q
good supply Of oysters, liquors, lager
and SO forth.
Years ago, no ono could think 81
Hattou without being az the same
time, and By some law Of the associa-
ton OF ideas, reminded Of j. & Ira
ner the widoly-known manufacturer
OF wagons, blows, aud farming tools
in general. Well, his shop has still Il
local habitati0n and u namo' and
may still be called the prop shat
doth sustain tie mechanical interests
OF the village On the 18th OF last
month he took unso himself q partner,
and the shops are now and hence
/ forth TO be under the management 81
Traner * Hill Theirs is one Of the
most extensive establishments OF the
kind ia this part Of the STATE. j.
/ gives work 70 goodly number a
mechanics; the roaring Of bellows,
the diugng Of anvils,and The rushing
OF planes may be heard therein from
day to day, from morning until night.
lr. Hosklns il the Bloomington
furniture man. His shops convert
the best quality of raw material into
the neatest and most substantial ar
ticies OF household gear thai one can
wish for, and his roomy rooms are
actually filled nigh unto bursting
with everything in the furniture line
that ever had q name, from q cup
board 10 a what-not, from cradle
to coffin. Young people enter