Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-06-27

learn that there were grow Ii iii the town oil
Bloomington last year, 1855 bushels of wheat,
ls0,57 bushels of corn, l09,575 bushels Of
oats, 1850 bushels Of barley, l,765 bushels
rye, 7,45s bushels Of potatoes, 222 bushels 0
|, apples, ITO bushels of clover seed, 1875 bush
els of timothy seed, 1883 bushels Of flax seed,
1900 lbs. of hops, and $3.50 lbs. Of butter were
marketed this year. This year there are in
crop 6s2 acres of wheat, 5,527 Of corn, 3,073
of oats, l5a of barley, 100 Of rye, 90 Of pota-
toes, III Of apple trees-4,66o of which are
bearing, 62e of fax, and 3,720 of growing
timber. The town has 504 mich cows.
1t may be the dictate of inrste .'Piety''
but when gentlemen and ladies who can hard
ly remember whether the inside Of a church is
like Pullman car or barn, viii 90 ten miles
to hear sermon in accents as nnintellgible to
them as the notes Of a jaybird but where the
people are proverbial for their hospitality and
cookery, in currant, straw berry and raspberry
time--wnen such folks in such times go TO
such place it must be deep untold piety that
takes them. There are many ways to satisfy
the appetite for pie~eat-y.
-''What will you charge to print me thous
and hand-bills like this ?" said gentleman,
holding up sample. to a printer not cennec>
ted with the HERALD office. After figuring
for some minutes the answer was, Fifteen
dollars" The gentleman Thought that rather
high and came TO the HERALD Office, where he
put the same inquiry. Here he received the
HERALD Office at the lowest rates. 0nr job
work is all on new type, done in the best style
and promptly
Ladies, and gentlemen too, read our Lucy
Carriers New York letter on fashions, etc.
You win say it is racy. Archery has not
come this far west yet but il will come. Ladies
will be getting their costumes ready "Theo,
dore" or John or Tom will want to know how
how to select wedding ring. Merchants will
learn that they must lay in a stock of bright
red parasols, and we may not need bathing
suits, but how others look in or out of them
is an entertaining question.
oh such honey-clear as crystal, deli
cious beyond comparison. The fields ana
highways are almost flowing with sweets, and
only BARRIERS thirty swarms to gather it, where
at least three thousand swarms are needed.
Howe 4 Baxter keep it for sale. The jar OF
pure extracted white clover honey that Mr..
Joel Barber has placed upon our table, is a
caution TO hot biscuits.
A buffalo robe was lost two weeks ago by
Mr. VIM. A. Graham, somewhere on the road
between Fennimore and Boscobel. 1t is a
large robe, some torn on one side and has a
dressed sheep skin on the flesh side and near
the middle. The finder is requested to leave
it at Oswald's in Fennimore at the Dial Of
fec in Boscobel, and will be suitably rewarded.
Mr.. Editor: am sorry the impression
has gone out that am growing new kind of
early potato. Mine are nothing but the old
fashioned early rose, planted without any
design of rivalry for the first mess.
d. GRIFFITH.
We like strawberries but at so cts. a day
regularly and several dollars for berries, jars
and sugar irregularly, it's a happy thought that
the season is short. G. d. UT & Co. take
exception to this statement.
When Nathan, Schreiner & Co.. Wool
stenholme g. Nathan and Mr.. Horstmann get
their alley macadamized, now under way,
there will be at least one solid road in town,
and we shall then know the cost and whether
it will be desirable to macadamize our princi-
pal streets
Some of the business men in Lancaster
are talking of closing their places of business
on the Fourth from 10 o'clock in the morn
ing until 8 in the afternoon. 1t will probably
be done.
Tho Dial compliments Mr.. John Brindley
thus: Never before, since school teaching
began in Boscobel has so little fault>finding
manifested itself as during the time the school
has been under the control of Mr.. Brindley."
Rev S. w, Eaton will be absent next
week, attending the commencement at Beloit
College. He is one of the trustees
Stevens d Bartlett have just received a
large lot of long and short logs, at their Cass
vile saw mill.
John Reidy, of Wyalusing. says bushel
of rye is worth more than three bushels of
corn for feeding hogs.
For two weeks Catholic mission, preach
ing every day, was held in Lancaster. Next
week the mission continues at Patch Grove.
Henry cortland deals in lumber in Glen
Haven.
-Steeens & Bartlett, Cassville, keep Mill
vile flour and corn meal.
VIM. Dyer, north of Lancaster, opens his
house for dancers July 4th.
This day week comes the great Fourth.
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