Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-23

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w J. Park & Co, the Madison book
binders have delivered in Lancaster, the past
week, some samples Of their superior work.
a half dozen Lancaster ladies' planned
picnic excursion GU: to D. II. Budd's last
Tuesday, and that is why it rained
Mr.. 4. G. Whittier. agent of J. G. Aver 4
Co, i in town to-day. Publishers and drug
gists are always glad to see I'm. lie takes in
the States Of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota
The regiment Of young Templars in rega-
ia who marched in double file to the Congre-
gational church last night commanded the adj
miration Of beholders
After those bankrupt auctioneers have
stolen $3.50 pony Lancaster has locked the
stable door with a good ord published
in this paper.
An interesting exhibition Of intellectual
assumption is that Of poor Griefstack pretend
ing TO cri;icise the grammar and diction Of
judy. Mills.
The Bake's Prairie Fair is looming up TO
such large proportions that the officers have
concluded to let the ro ting match be open
70 everybody.
Who IS ''Pica"s Writers should always
give Us their real name, as vel! as the one
they intend for the public
As one Of the Judges OF Ornamental work
at the Blake's Prairie Fair, Mrs. G. w. Lee
takes the place of Mrs. L. R. Bingham.
The great fair of the Northwest will be
the dubuque Fair, as it is Familiarity called.
It win be held September 10, II, II, 10, and
il. For particulars address the sec'y W. S.
Robson.
On Friday, the second day of the Blake's
Prairie Fair, the ladies of the Bloomington
Congregational church will provide a dinner
on the Fair grounds, and they ask the hum
cry public to dine and "quarter" with them.
The Grant County HERALD is and has for
years been Publishing notices relative to the
estates Of deceased persons required by law
to be published in a newspaper published in
Grant County, for an average Of about SO per
cent less than legal rates.
This evening if you take the trouble to
elevate yourself about as high as steeple
YOU may have the satisfaction Of seeing
good-looking eclipse of the moon, at sunset.
Il gotten up as an intuoducti ton to Green
back Cary's lecture.
If the village paps would lay respect
able sidewalk along the south side of Jehiel
Hydes grounds and along the west side Of the
d. II, Budd and Louis Alt property they
would oblige good many residents in the
north Of the village
On The outside Of this paper Virginia
correspondent Of Cincinnati paper gives an
account Of sleep.ess man. There is dar-
ke boy in Lancaster very much like him. This
little darkie stands day and night in front of
Wedehase's shop and from week to week and
year to year never sleeps Neither doos he
ever eat.
The short article by Ed. Sanborn is the
last insta 'lment of advent stuff that may be
looked for We have said no word to preju-
dice readers on the subject nor for or against
Elder Sanborn In taking this leave of him
we want to say that we regard him high
minded and honorable gentleman, who de-
serves credit for the highest sincerity of cons
yiction.
Tie Grinder Of the Beatty Organ, who,
in the simplicity Of his innocent soul, mag
mes lie edits newspaper, thinks there was
milk il our Page cocoanut. The HERALD has
not made use Of a word to indicate feeling for
or against Judge Page It is credib.y in
formed that the Judge viii acknowledge hav-
ing been whipped but once (''who was il,
now" did It y in his eventual life and we are
perfectly willing he shall come out ahead
now.
We went to hear Mr.. Kanouse, last eveA
ming and have to say we were greatly disap>
pointed. We had supposed him to be one OF
the ordinary sentimental Temperance lecturers
who in the usual way had succeeded in getting
n higher grade oftemperance initials to his
name. But we found him to be a solid, logic
Al. Jealous and sincere reasoner and hence
forth the HrBALr is his friend and takes stock
foundations he lays and you have structure
That will stand.
Farmers daughters often marry rakes.-ET
Yes. and it harrows our soul to know that the
rakes sometimes turn on: to be thresheFs.-
Yonkers Gazetie. Why, oh, why did she allow
the rake to cultivator acquaintance ?-Ha'ok-
ege We nope that every daughter who mar
ries rake may reaper reward.-Ne'c Hdve''
Joa4d. Alas then, she'll find she's spade
too dear for-but hoe cares? No mower Of
this, now.-GioJe Democrat That's hay>seedy
10. of puus.-I Wisconsin, Oh shucks, aren't
th,y always in clover when they marry?
Mr.. D. Weaver has placed upon our tai
ble a sample of as handsome Spring wheat
as we have seen this season He grew it
with flax and had yield Of IS bushels of
wheat and 81 Of flax seed TO the acre. 1t
was threshed without having been stacked
ana without having received a drop Of rain
from the time Of cutting. It is improbable
therefore that the wheat will be in the least
contaminated with the flax. Mr.. Weaver
also grow So bushels OF oats per acre of oats
that weighed IL lbs. % the bushel These
crops we're grown just outside of the village
of Lancaster.
Gen. Samuel F Cary, who would have
been Vice President last year if he had re-
ceived enough votes, will Illustrate the new
version of the philosophers stone, at the
courthouse this evening The study of the
old philosophers was, how to chemically turn
stones into gold. Gen. Cary has found way
80 turn everything into gteenbaeks. We viii
70 ami earn the secret but we're afraid that
when everything is turned into greenbaoks
tie hen that laid the golden egg will be-
cooked
What We said shout the bankrupt stock
auctionecrs was the talk Of scores of Laneas-
ter people Personally We have nothing