Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-07
HAZEL GREEN.
POetical and Prosaic Trade - Mech anism-
sch00l-Churches- Orders Beauty
SocIables - Percival,

-soclables Pcreival,
As good a town was seen.
The north pole and the south between,
Is the good town of Hazel Green.
1t lies just so-and-so, you know,
Has houses built all la a row,
And makes withal "nobby" show.
The roads fair and straight and neat
The Sidewalks rather hard TO beat
The tradesmen, not inclined to cheat.
| old arithmetic
Since the above was quoted we
have been trying, any time these two
hours, to evolve some respectable
rhymes touching the merchants, me-
chanics, etc, of the village; but all
our efforts, aided by the finest frenzy
imaginable, have resulted only in
miserable failure. How or where
can a body find two words to rhy me
with sugar, with peanuts, with anv il
or with bob-sled. The contamination
comes not within the limits Of human
possibility. 1T can't be done. SO,
you see, we're obliged TO prose it
along until something rhymeable
takes a notion to turn up, or until we
can safely bring in some popular and
expressive quotation from the wri-
tings of Ossian, Dolt, Rustic or any
other great man wha tsoever.
The tourist who enters Hazel
Green from the north, will see, at
his right hand, and just opposite to
Gentz's hotel, fine large brick house
This is owned and occupied by DIR.
p. McBrien, one of the "old inhabit-
ants" of the village. AT the corner
of the next block, right hand, be (the
tourist) will find a business looking
edfice, the property of Messrs Faher-
ty & O'Neil. This is a long estab-
lished trading-post, with good and
trustworthy proprietors. Just OPP
posite, Mr.. j. Stephens has one of
the neatest little stores in the whole
hamlet. No smoking, no chewing,
no lOafing, and no extravaganza out
lay of tobacco-tinctured saliva. Ev-
erything orderly, transformations, and
serene; no abominab!o pretensions,
and no peanut grandeur. On the
same side of the street are Jno. See
ley's blacksmith shop, and J. f.
Walsh's haruess-making establish
ment. Mr.. w. is gaining notoriety
as an inventor. He has already Ia
ken out two patents, one on a very
useful little article for the protection
of horses neck, the other a really
meritorious "horse-collar and sweat
pad. Both inventions are eloquent
sermons in behalf Of the most useful
Of our domestic animals.
The Empire House" is owned and
managed by-to quote from an anti
quated but nourishing volume of
nursery rhymes
by Mr. B. Cornelison
Who is the greatest chap for fun
That ever walked beneath the sun"
After that comes the store of Mr..
Josiah Thomas, whose reputation for
fair dealing is much TOO good to
stand in need of any journalistic
bush. Crawford & Co.'S business
structure is just over the way. 1t is
huge one to look at, and contains
dry goods and grocery store, the P.
o. and drug-book-and-notion shop.
Being now on this side of the street.
let us stroll leisurely down the side
walk. We-the "tourist" has gone
"where the woodbine twineth"-drop
into Mr.. Wynne's smithy, where we
"see his flaming forge, and hear the
bellows roar" Near at hand may be
found Messrs. Crosby & Summersides,
keeping perhaps the best-filled store
in town. They are business meus
and do, on the whole, quite as much
trading as several OF the minor mer-
chants put together. In the 18th
book of Paradise Lost we find the
following semi-mechanical, semi-po-
etical statement:
The wagon and smith.work that's done
BY Roberts and Hobbe & Son
Is certainly second to none"
Mr.. Dilley's blacksmith shop has
always q good run OF work. He can
do anything in the line, shoe
horses, iron carriages and wagons.
and sharpen picks for tho miners
He is what the ladies' would call a
handsome person named after his
uncle, Mr.. Sebastian Cabot, the man
who sailed across tio wide Atlantic
shortly after Celum GUS had made his
great discovery, and Gho-well, look
IN your history for further particu-
lars. NJ. 4 E. Thompson make and
sell every kind of furniture, frame
pictures, trim coffins, and take us 10
charge when our turn comes to 90
the way of dusty dea b. Mr. Roberts |
is tirst-class house, sign, carriage. |
wagon and ornamental painter. His |