Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-06-11
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
Bloomington.

ington schools close en- Friday o
this week for vacation of tel
| weeks.
Some of the boys think they
have discovered whe made the rait
on that ping hat" spoken of in thu
HERALD last week, and are surprised
to find out who it was; but wonder
will never ceasel
Our Assessor, Mr.. A. G. Mors,
has his work nearly done and to tht
satisfaction of all concerned. A
is business man, of sterling
qualities, who knows his business anC
does it accordingly.
-Three rather suspicious looking
characters were seen talking togeth
cr one day last week /; they were ,
doctor, the undertaken, and tomt
stone man. Something is up; but
we don't know where or what.
MIR. George Greer starts again
for st. Paul with fine collection of
horses for that market. George is 8
good judge of the equinine and when
he sees one thst suits him, is willing
to pay eli that it is worth to possess
IT,
That thorough bred stallion and
race horse, SLEEPY Fred" is under
going thorough training on the
fair ground race track for the pur.
pose of attending the race to come
off at Nashua, Iowa, on the 18th
inst.
Excursions are being made oc-
casonally to the Great "Fater OF
Waters" by our sporting chaps, who
return with fine lots of good fish
Our sportsmen are lively set OF
fellows and a good time is always
the result of one of those visits to
the Mississippi; whether they get
any fish or not.
Mr. NJ. Grant has returned from
Sibley, Iowa, after an absence of
two weeks. He reports every thing
in fouriahing condition in that
land of high winds, and grass.hop-
pers and says that if the latter in
sect does not visit the people this
summer large crops and good times
will be the result.
And now that our tailor has
Joined the GOOD templars and settled
down to business he finds more than
he can do in his line. A "jour" or a
parter would helD him out if he
could procure one. Some think that
q parton of the feminine gender
would be tho better one for him to
choose but then William knows
best | presume.
Our town will not celebrate the
coming fourth, so the patriotic and
the CAV and festive will have to go
abroad and celebrate as becomes
their tastes and fancies. Our excel
lent band is under course OF train
ing for that occasion aud some place
will have good music that day If
they only speak in time to procure
it and are willing to pay for a good
article in the line of music.
The news comes over the hills
from North Andover that a Mrs.
Robert Word had committed suicide
By cutting her throat from ear to
ear with butcher knife. 1t seems
that she had been out milking the
cows in the morning and coming in
with the milk, went down cellar an d
committed the act. The cause is IN
derstood to be family trouble. She
and her husband are reported to have
been continually OF war with each
other although he sent to England
for her to come TO this country while
vet single and he would marry her,
all of which proves the old adage
"that the course of true love never
runs smooth" AS to the matter OF
true love in this case it seems doubt
full
We all dread the pulling of teeth /;
but if all the dentists would adopt
the method pursued by our den
fist 10 one instance we should not
dread the pulling of the teeth SO
much as we should ohoaking to
death. A brawney fellow came to
him one day not long since to have
the "toothache pulled out of him"
Gus being in his usual vein of jovel
humor told Barney that he must be
hObbled for the occasion to which
Barney consented Accordingly q
long rope was procured and wound
around Barney's neck two or three
times then around his body thence
around the dentists chair; then
around his legs and made fast to the
hair again. The tooth pulled, Bar
ney was released and started home
we'll satisfied with the operation.