Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-07-19
A Woman's Visits to County Treas
urers-Like Abrahams Sarah,
She is Both a Sister
and q Wife.

Mr.. Ivey, our County Treasurer, appears to
have more relations than he has heretofore
known anything about They are very near
relations, too. The following letter received
last February from the Treasurer of Chippe.
wa County explains that dear sister of his
OF whom he had never heard was up in that
country of pines in January. The letter is
from the Treasurer of Chippewa County and
addressed to Mr.. Ivey:
Chippewa Falls, Wis, February s, 1877.
Alexander hey, ESQ, Treasurer Of Grant Co.
Dear Sir:-About weeks ago woman called
at my Office, and claimed to be your sister,
and wanted to borrow So 81 from me, stating
she had come here visiting some friends, who
had just moved away, and that she needed the
money to get home, and that she would remit
on her arrival there. She took my card so as
| to remember my address (she claimed.) She
| said her name was Smith. / heard nothing
| from her till to-day, when received letter
| from the Co. Treasurer of Rock Co. stating
that about two weeks ago lady called at his
| Office claiming to be my sister, and gave him
my card to help substantiate her statement,
and asked him for loan of $500 to help de-
| from her, and he wished to know if she was a
| fraud. | wrote to him to-day telling my ex-
perience with her and informed him that ssmis-
cry loves company" She gave him her name
as Mrs. II. A. Pond. | would like to know if
| she has "bulldOzed" you. / was very much
| amused when | saw the letter from the Rock
County Treasurer If she called upon you
would like to hear about it. Yours truly,
AMBROSE HOFFMAN.
Co. Treas'r
She was a very good sister not to ask for at
least So for certainly Treasurer Hoffman's gall
lantry would not stop short of that amount nor
would the Treasurer of the wealthy county of
Rock We do not believe that she travelled
all the way from Chippewa County to Rock
without seeing other county Treasurers. In fact
another letter, which Treasurer Ivey received
last Tuesday shows that she visited the Treas
urer of Dunn County the same week she was
in Chippewa. In Dunn County she was Mr..
Ivey's wife which fact when the HERALD car
res the news to his wife in Lancaster to-day
may cause another Mrs. Ivey to make specific
inquiries as to how many Mrs. Iveys there are
who are wives of the County Treasurer. Here
is the new letter;
Menomonie, Wis, July IA, 1877.
alexander Ieey, Esq, Lancaster, Grant Co.,
Wls-Dear Sir:-On the 10th of last January
was called upon by lady who represented
herself as Mrs. Ivey-had been up to Fl. Smell
ling to see sick son-found she was short of
funds TO reach home and stopped to apply to
an old friend for little of the "needful" He
was absent at Madison and she therefore APP
piled to me for loan of three dollars, and it
should be sent to me at once upon reaching
home Was I imposed upon? expect I
was as have never heard from her since-but
she might have taken a trfle more as offered
to let her have a V-but $500 was sufficient
to take her home with what she had
CARROLL Lucas.
The other County Treasurers who have been
visited by this lady will please report. Don't
be backward