Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-24

"A history of temper nee societies and
temperance work in Grant County would con-
tain interesting chapters. AS an item for an
early chapter we give this: Division Of the
Sons OF Temperance ia Lancaster was organ
lied September 3osh, ls47, with the following
officers: Enos 7. Wood, W. p, john Alcorn.
W. A., J. G. Cover. R. S.. A. A. Parker, "A. r.
s., P. |. Adams, F. s.. Hugh R. Golfer, T.,
Geo. w. Golfer, c., Edwin Wood. A. c.,
John B. Calls. / s.. William Alcorn, o. s.
MIR. Oscar Lewis was recently at Chicago
and made purchases Of Fall and Winter stock
of goods for his fathers Il. P. Lewis's) store
How soon generation comes after US and
jumps into our bootsl Oscar has the manners
of polite business man. There are many
who like to buy Of him and when dealers east
become acquainted with him they will make
point of selling to him even if they have to
come down below profit. successful future
awaits the attentive and thoughtful young man
whatever his vocation.
The next Temperance Union meeting will
be held at the Methodist church next Sunday
evening Some of the young men, specially
invited, will be speakers and the performances
viii be otherwise interesting Every man
ought TO be temperate, for his own good, for
bis family's good and for the good of the com
munity of which he is mem ber Some men
need the help of association, the arms of
brotherhood, the anchor of a public pledge
These meetings are conducted by an associa-
ton which offers such help to all who need 1t
and our advice to all such is to seize upon the
opportunity and make good use of it.
1t often happened in the early history of
this county that citizens would pay no atten-
ton to the politics of candidate for a coun-
ty officer and would vote for tried and faith
full servant irrespective of such predictions,
In i843 a unanimous vote was cast for L. O..
Shrader for County Clerk and for H. A. Wiltse
fer Surveyor. These votes were regarded as
evidence of the good sense of the people,
Orris Mccartney, Hugh r. Golfer and Stephen
Mahood were elected ON the same ticket with
great unanimity because they we're true and
tried officers, though the voters of the county
were nearly equally divided between the
Wings and Democrats. The Republicans OF
Grant present to the voters this year men
true and tried No fault can be found with
any OF them. Will not their reelection by
large majority be evidence Of business tact
and good judgment of the present voters of
Grant County?
Our young men who have been out speak
ing for the Republican cause this fall have
been making themselves regulations that will
do them good in the long years ahead. In the
southern part of the county Milton Mills met
with ]. D, Wilson in joint discussion and
those who witnessed the debate say he laid
him out till in that atmosphere there was
hardly enough OF him left to make fume on
a hot gridiron In Waterloo Robert Orr had
joint discussion with G. w. Lee and COM
pletely carried away Greenback audience
in rounds of applause at the discontinue of
that msled disciple Of Brick Pomeroy. At
Dyer's school house in the north of Lancaster
l.. ]. Arthur and H S, Keene, spoke to
good audience of industrious farmers who |
pronounced their efforts conclusive and by a
unanimous vote invited them to go there
again before election. Several of the audience
in conversation confessed they had been par
italy led astray by "fat" lies, but they saw
the trick now. 1t is gratifying to us that of the
many young men now in the beginning of pro-
fessional life in Grant county rot one hampers
his future career with the evidence of either
weakness or venality in following the ..fat'
business. Not one? Yes, one