Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-09
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TOWN AND COUNTY:

If you want TO be soldier join the mil
itary company.
It'd. Kanouse, R. w. c. T., will lectur,
at Patch Grove, Tuesday, August 81,
Warner Mills letter from Coloradois gooC
reading.
They called it lawn fete we believe
that cheerful party at Mr.. Richard Meyers
last Tuesday evening.
We believe Miss Woolstenholme will make
good teacher we kno~ she can make
good cake.
At the Bloomington Fair the trotting
match is limited TO horses owned in Grant
County.
The Boscobel Fair will be held on the
26th, 9th and 2Sth of September. There will
be trot.ing races every day for liberal purses.
The Methodists of Bloonington are cons
graduating themselves upon having the Rev.
G. w. Kennedy as their pastor. He took the
charge recently, is fine speaker aud popular.
-Messrs. Messmore & Hazard, of Bloom
ington. have purchased steam engine ana In
few DAYS will be doing all kinds of machine
work by steam.
Mr. Herman Enke, the wide-awake har~
ness-maker of Bloomington, has moved into
his new house, which the HERALD few weeks
AGO said he was building. He is man OF
many friends, who rejoice in his success.
A good way t. save money IS to spend
from three to ten hours a day at bankrupt
auction store, but for some reason nine out OF
ten of those who do, waddle the streets in
hard-up sort of way.
A field Of golden grain with shocks stand
inc all over it within 90 feet of each other, is
compensating view in the eyes of the industri-
Gus Granger. And that is about the way all
the country looks now.
A ten thousand dollar msnsion"with mod
ern conveniences"and the lady Of the house do
ing the kitchen and the laundry barefooted =
well, her neighbors do not call her proud or
extravagant.
AT many houses you pass in the country
YOU always find the housewife just sweeping
the accumulated dust out OF the outer door, or
taken suddenly you hear the scissors drop
as she Jumps up to 'view darkly" through a
window.
A German named SalEman, residing near
DiokeyvilIe, died very suddenly On Sunday
last. He went to church in the morning and
in the evening went to bring home some cat
tie and not returning his folks went to look al
ter him and found him dead Witness, dug. z
Iowa County grows this year 2l,676 acres
of wheat, $50 of cora, S4,4SS of oats, q,
6O91 Of barley, 1892 of rye, one of tobacco'
1874 of hops, las of fax, 1856 of cults
waited grasses, l,6204 of potatoes. 1851 Of
apples. and 81 ,026 of timber, and estimates
the yield of clover seed will be ,5lo bushels
Lafayette County assessors return as
growing in that county this year 4, 45S acres OF
wheat, 81 ,649 of corn, go 1874 of oats, 1878 OF
barley, 1856 of rye, IS Of hops, p Of tobacco
1880 Of fax, 22,7l9 of cultivated grasses,
.6S3 of potatoes, 994 of apples, "a ,0S7 OF tim
Der and cor bushels clover seed.
Mr.. w. Barlow, the Lancaster furniture
man. has fig tree which is bearing fruit for
the second time this year. He brought the
tree from the east last year. To one who
never saw figs growing it is curiousity. The
fig apparently starts out like a bud, and grows
without changing ia appearance, except in
size, until matured. II does no. bloom.
The Lancaster public school for the next
year will have as its teachers, Prof. j. G..
Davies. Miss Edith Goodrich (teachers of
High SCHOOL, and Misses Clara Moore, Emma
q. Shrader, Amy NJ Foster. Nettie E. Calls
and Ellen Woolstenholme, and the efficient
ianitor, Mr. Geo. Edwards, still holds his
forte
The "little folks" in Lancaster have a
lodge of Templars and their officers are Fan
ME Walker, C. T.; Fannie Barber, " T.; Ed.
Schreiner, p. c.; Mamie Hyde, CHI; Clara
Jones. r. s.; Minnie Griffith, A. S.; George
Baxter, F. s.; Katie elise, T.; J. Nathan, M
Maud Garvcy, A. NJ; Matte McGOnigal, |. Co.
Earnes. Reed, 0. G.
cultural Society are evidently men capable of
filling their places well. They have well di-
gested premium list, offering very inviting
features and printed in beautiful style. Rich
land County will have good Fair and it will
be success. One feature is paying mileage
on articles brought from distance. The
Fair will be held Sept. 70, 20 and 81.
Last Tuesday evening the Lancaster
Lodge of Good Templars installed the follow
ing named persons as officers: VIM McGoni-
gal, w. C. t. Miss Mary Crosby, W. V. T.;
Miss Emma Sprague, P. W. c.; Miss Mary
Helford, w. R. S; c. n. Holford, w. F. s.
Miss Nettie Calls, w T.; r. G. Orr, w. c..
w. II. Haines, W NJ; Miss Lizzie Ivey, w. !.
G.; Garry Durand, W. o. g.; Miss Mary
Bellows, R. s.; Miss Mollie Reynolds, L. S.
We are admonished TO caution the people
to keep sharp lookout for tramps. Some of
them are harmless fellows but some are mis-
chievous and all are mere or less trouble some.
Last Sunday two were found reclining in a
shade short distance out of Lancaster. They
Impressed a youth into their service whom
they sent 10 Mr.. D. Viewers, near by, for
vessels of milk and bread. One ate as If he
had an Orr-ful appetite and the other went
away wearing GriefstrGck appearance as If
he wanted more They have been heard from
since but no fea. IF depredations by them is
entertained.
Glen Haven is good point for business
and the stand formerly occupied by Young 4