Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-10-21
Werley Notes.

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) The first snow of the season fell la
Saturday. Oyercoats are in demand.
The hog market is on the decline abou
"a is the price paid now. Last Thursda
there was quite a rush of porkers her.
Abou. $4,000 was paid for hogs.
The farmers are busy digging pota,oe,
fall blowing. threshing buckwheat and picl
ing apples. was thinking the other da
if we could only have an old-fashioned appl
peeling, such as they used to have in tn
days of our forefathers, what fine sport i
would be for our young folks here / re
member attending an apple peeling in Penn
sylvania in 1868, the first one l ever attend
ed and the last one l ever attended. A
seven o'clock in the evening las il was ,
bright moonlight night we were ready Il
commence business. We were divided Off
ten peelers to each company and captain
to each company. By the way, our compau.
les were composed of half ladies and hall
gents. At first command to ''make ready >
my knife dropped from my hand and lit upon
the cornfeld of young lady by my side,
and-well, any one that has had experience
with the gentler sex can imagine what be-
came Of me. The fact is, I hardly knew
4 myself what had become of me until / was
picking myself out of pile of rotten apples
that had been sorted out and thrown 10 one
side. Then We were ready to 60 at it, and
we did 60 at it, for the way the apple.peel-
ings flew was sin to snakes. / had a big
Dutch girl on each side of me, and occasion
ally they would give me such a punch in the
Adams rib.
And still the good work goes on in our
village, Mr.. LOOMS is having a neat cellar
wall built uader his store room, as his in
creasing business compels him to make such
an improvement. And l must not forget to
mention that Mr.. LOOMS rurs the city dray
His dray donkey is very useful in switching
off Narrow Gauge cars-especialy when six
or eight men are pushing.
Mr.. Lance has sold his last kiln of lime,
which was burnt during the Boscobel fair,
Mr.. Lance thinks he will have to quit lime
burning on account of the scarcity of suitable
dry wood.
Mr. Almond Campbell is building barn.
Hayes & Kephart are doing the work. Mr..
Campbell is one of Werleys best farmers.
He knows what pays on farm.
Mrs. Elliot continues to please her
customers with the bes. of meals and dished
up in first style at that. The young
assistant Postmistfess still deals out Uncle
Sans stamps, but she will not lick them for
the young men.
Mr.. Tenant keeps cider, candy, nuts,
cigars and tobacco. He treats all his old
friends with cider, as one glass will satisfy
from eight to ten. Mr.. T. also pays the
highest price for grain at the warehouse.
Charley Fitch continues running the
lumber yard at the old stand. He is also
station agent here for the Chicago & North
western Railroad.
Our fall school is well at tended; from
sixteen to twenty is the average daily att
tendance. Miss Matte Brown is teacher
and is well liked by the scholars.
Work has already commenced on the
rew parsonage to be occupied by the United
Brethren minister, Rev. Mr.. Woods. Such
men are useful as well as tradesmen. The
next we lsok for is physician with his shin
gle hung out. But what we most want now
is good wagonmaker; one that understands
his business. Such man would be useful
as well as ornamental, and would get all the
work he could do.
Three of the Werleyites repaired to the
gap school house, about three miles from
Werley to attend the Hancock meeting.
Your worthy correspondent was one of the
number. We arrived there tired and foots
sore; found quite number of good-looking
Hancocks seated around outside trying to
vhittle out candidate and cussing and die.
cussing the political issues of the day. After
l had spoilt candidate by splitting his head
off and breaking both legs, l became dis
couraged, got dry, and started on the hunt
of a drop of water to cool my parched
tongue bat didn't find any until reached
home, completely discouraged with political
meetings. l heard since, that twenty
names were enrolled for Hancock. This all
happened en- the 9th ult Another meeting
was appointed for the next Friday evening,
but as it was rainy evening l fear the at
tendance was small. Saturday evening was
appointed for the Republican meeting at the
same place, but that was also a stormy night.
The worst of this meeting was that the Wer.
casion, 1t is sad event for our band to
get disappointed, for they are 50 easily dis
couraged. We expect soon to have our
band RENTED remodled and reunion ,zed
with brand, spankin new instruments. Then
look out Lancaster and Boscobel and even
Platteville bands will have to take back
seats.
| Sunday last was stormy Day here !;
ground white with snow. Our church and
Sabbath school congregation was small. But
| alas !
The melancholy days have CO me,
The saddest of the year,
When all but Werley folks
Can get their lager beer
Soon all nature will be wrapt in its coat Of
white the merry jingle of sleigh-bells will
| be heard in the land, and the merrv whoop
of the school boy will be heard TO ne is let
loose from his studies and pounces upon his