Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-21

damage on Grant river.
For killing bluebird, robin, meadow lark
or other insect devouring bird, this time ofthe
year, the lawful fine is one dollar for the first
one and So for each additional. If the law
would fine BY the quart they would cost more
than strawberries.
-Boscobel, Beetown, Patch Grove, Glen
Haycn, Potosi, British Hollow and we don't
know how many more Grant County towns
will celebrate on the 4th. w. B. Clark Or
ate5 at Boscobel; Geo. T. Foster at Beetown,
IN. Mills at Glen Haven and Hon. j. T..
Mills at Potosi.
The Darlington Republican says that small
green worms infest the woods of Apple River,
New Digsings and Benton. They cover the
trees with webs and destroy the leaves. They
destroy orchards and all forest trees except
hickory ard poplar They make the woods
look As bare as in winter.
-Galena claims to have discovered a pre-
historic hut 1t had been constructed of sun
burnt brick and had no relic in it save a cur
iously shaped oar Galena and Fever river
bottoms have been tramped over rather too
much the last seventy years to be finding pre-
historic huts now-with oars in them.
Lancaster sends a numerous delegation
to witness the exercises at the University
Commencement at Madison this week. These
are Misses Carrie Barber, Nettie Meyer, Ellen
and Lizzie Schreincr, Addie Holloway and
Mcssrs Everett UT, Richard Meyer, Harry
elise, Arthur Page, Eugene Moore, and maybe
others
-George Partridge aged % years. left his
home in DeSoto, Vernon Co., Wis, in Febru,
airy and his Whereabouts are unknown to a
griefstrcken mother. Anyone giving infor>
nation concerning him to Mrs. Susan Par
fridge, above address. will do an act of gener
Gus kindness She thinks he is in Grant
County
Lancaster will have no celebration this
year but we hear that some person who do not
want to journey off too far think of having
social picnic in the grove near Mr.. d. H.
Budd's, in Liberty. Mrs. Budd says she will
be glad to see them and that her house will
be open for their convenience in making tea
and coffee, etc.
What would money borrowers here think
Of a condition like the following, which we
find in the advertisement of forcclos IRE sale
Of properly in Lake City, Colorado with
interest thereon from date until paid, at the
rate of five per cent. per month, the interest
payable every monthin advance, if not paid
when due, to be compounded"
The attempt of our neighbor of the Adj
vocate to call meeting to prepare for 4th
of July celebration at time when the HER
AID could have no announcement of it was
quite amusing "Many citizens. " Ha, ha!
II must have been that those enthusiastic
appeals to their patriot ism knocked the
breath out of them Not man went. Where
was Gus, and Reif., and Steck, 4 Co?
-Potosi will have a strawberry and icecream
festival on the evening of the Goth, just in
time TO be enjoyed BY the Pictured Rock ex-
cursionsts on their return. Its object is to
get money to build parsonage for the Con-
gregational chur Oh. The Committee of ar
engagements will provide cake, lemonade, pie s,
;ea, coffee, fresh trout, oysters, salt w alter
clans, quails, &c, and the Moody and Sankey
music will be free. The programme, which
comes too late for publication in full, is very
INVITING and the bill OF fare very tempting.
We have dinner on new potatoes. A
H. 20 tho Inv
Mrs D. Weaver and another by Geo. D.
TIT Both were of the Alpha and Ruby varie
ties, first introduced here last season by Mr..
Utt. They were excellent potatoes remark
ably prolific and come earlier than any others.
This year Mr.. TIT planted April oath and
had dinner on the product June II. Mrs.
Weaycr's were planted before the last big
snow At that time they were two or three
inches high and were frozen to the ground.
This 50 checked their growth that they are
not perceptiby in advance Of Mr.. Utts. Mr..
ut has half an acre Of them and viii have
seed to sell.
The lightning rod man Is around. He
comes around very often and they say very
funny thing. of him Many people pretend to
get mad when they see him coming, but such
people arc at the same time laughing mp their
sleeves. The lightning rod man now in this
vicinity puts up rods for the National Light
ming Rod Company It is a good company
and well established. II does business on the
right principles The Company writes to its
n -.
to show the people that you are doing a
square business, for by honesty and fair deal>
ing only can we do business in paving quanti-
ties" These gentlemen have already put up
good many rods in the eastern part of this
county They refer with confidence to such
men a. j. W. Morrison, Assessor of Lima;
Geo. s Whitcher, Of Lima; r. Medley, Capt
W. II Laughton Allan Kies, II. Riege, Dan1
the lightning rod man we have to accept the
fact that he is necessity. We can have
Nholesomer sleep on our western prairies I'M
der 4 good lightning rod than when exposed to
the frequent lightnings of this region. Il is fol-
" TO talk Of their being no protection. When
the storm comes every man wishes his house
and barn topped out with lightning rod II
You would avoid the vengeance Of heaven and
haven't faith in the efficacy of prayer to ward
it of, send up a rod that in such storms viii
conduct it harmlessly to the earth. Even il
YOU have faith remember that Faith without
works is void The company to which we
refer, the reader viii please remember, is the
National Ligifsing Rod COapany There are
companies and men in this business who are
not to be trusted is our reason for emphasizing
the name We feel thar we can safely trust
and recommend itand its agents