Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-08
Bloomington Notes.

Travellers and Commercial agents pass.
ing through our village, are often heard to
inquire, "What makes Bloomington such a
thriving place and from whence comes the
business done here 20 The gnsver invariably
is, 1.-THE push Of her business men, and the
first class farming population located on the
surrounding prairies.n Time AMI space for
bids reference to all The enterprising firms
and viii only mention thar u Woedhouse i
Morse Who omrletely capture the farmers
or their pocket books-by their manner of
extolling the remarkable excellencies and
wonderful capacity of their farming macbns
cry, though since Mrs. Newcombs' return
from Dubuque their success is not so great
in sewing machines
We hear Mrs. Newcomb has recently
added to her list of first class sewing ma
chimes, organs and pianos. That she has now
the agency in Grant county for the Rimball
Loring and Blake organs and the Emerson
and Durham i Sons pianos. We wish her
success.
The travelling public are becoming rec,
onciled to having part of Main street Occur
pied by stone cutters, masons and their va
rious appliances, when they see the result OF
their work on the "Wilson corner,n where
the Sprague Bros. and L. ID. Holford are to-
gether putting up the largest building on
Main street, which when completed will add
greatly TO the appearance Of the village, ex-
vertise extensively the skill of the workmen.
The only doubtful thing about it is, for what
win it be used The public speculate and
express their opinions but your correspond
ent thinks only the Sprague Bros. know,
unless some of the gypsy tribe have been
consulted during the past week and decided
its future destiny.
And here let me say a word about these
strolling gypsies. About week since be-
tween thirty and forty las reported1 stopped
their train OF wagons and pitched their mov>
ing tents about two miles from our village.
Unlike other "tramps" they have plenty of
money and ask no favors for which they do
not return an equivalent, if the telling of
ones fortune can be considered worth So 90.
At their camp they entertain visitors, of
whom there hare been many, and seem never
so happy as when their blsok eyes are peer,
ing into the future. reading from the deli cate
hand of some maiden or the toil-hardened
palm of the ploughman. the page Of their fu-
ture history, unless l except the twinkle of
their own eye when their hands clasp the
coins therein deposited for their gift of proph-
ecy. About the same number are camped
near Patch Grove, where the men trade
horses and barter various things for gold
while the women tell fortunes and prepare
their meals. Though they live constantly
out of doors they are so heightened that they
set their table with silver and indulge in
snowy napkins.
--0f Casualties" during the past week
there have been none to report. OF "person-
ais we would mention the departure of Rev.
and Mrs. Cheney, who will be absent during
the month of July, attending commencement
at Belois, visiting friends in Chicago and
GAINESVILLE, beside resting from ministerial
labor.
Miss Nettie Newcomb returned at the
close of her second year of teaching music in
Clear Lake, Iowa, and after a short vacation
left for Evanston, ILL.,, TO complete her mu-
steal course in Normal Institute, conducted
by Prof Mathews, a celebrated instructor in
vocal and instrumental music.
Mrs. Deacon Finn, who for years has
been patient sufferer from one of the ills to
which the flesh is heir, is now calmly, trust-
fully waiting for the messenger bearing her
summons to the farther shore. Her sister,
Mrs. Lewis from Iowa, is with her, and 9th or
loving friends do all in the If power to minis
ter to her wants while with them, though
probably ere the Sabbath dawns her soul will
have entered upon an eternal Sabbath OF
rest in the presence of her Lord. L.
Bloomington, July 2, 1880.