Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-15
Put on a straw hat.
Clean up the yards.
-Bonfres are the rage,

The archery fever which the east ex
perienced last summer, is raging in Lancas
ter.
Rev. s. w. Eaton and Mrs. ], Aller
Barber went last week to visit Rev. Edward
d. Eaton, at Oak Park, ILL.,
Rev Ban of Potosi occupied Mr, Haton'
pulpit week ago Sunday and Rev. Mr. S,od
dart, of Boscobel. last Sunday.
Rev. DR.. Huntley win lecture at the N
I. church in Lancaster, Tuesday, April goth
his subject-The Girl You Love.
We are pleased to note that Joseph Hen
trich, who tried Oregon year or two is back
at bis old home near Dickeyyile.
H. J. Suite has for time changed the
birch for the lamp. He has gone to the Val
paraiso school.
Mrs. Joseph Nathan went to Prairie du
Chen last Monday to try what virtue the
Turkish baths possess in the way of curing
rheumatism.
Mr.. George Howe went Monday to be
present a. the installation Of Rev. Edward D.
Eaton, as pastor of the Congregational
Church at Oak Park, Illinois.
John Simison has lowered the ground
floor of The building west of the post-ofice,
80 that it is but one step high, and has put in
new front, with SNOWY windows.
Mr.. James Woodhouse, Lancaster, has
complete stock Of good and stylish furni.
ture at low prices. Everything in the lue
from wall pictures to baby cribs, can be seen
at his establishment in the Budd block
Mr. Sam1 Frazer, of Lima, was in town
Monday "squaring up" He is a Square
man. He and his neighbOr Geo. Whicher,
have been swearing by the HERALD these
many, many years except when occasionally
the latter has sworn little att.
Mr.. ]. S. Jones, of Platteyille is taking
commendable interest in horse, flesh He
has proved the value of those he has and is
DESTROYS of satisfying others that he is cor
rect Read his advertisement, if you think
of raising horses, and send to him for cir
cular.
w. D. Hoard, the loud Republican edi-
tor Of the Union, ran for Chairman of the
board of supervisors of Fort Atkinson
against the regular Republican nominee and
was beaten. So Platteville isn't the only
respectable town where politics are badly
mixed
Mr.. Geo. Benn, while clearing up nerth
of his shop one day last week. 70 und two
brass keys hidden under board, which
looked as If they we're meant for burglarizing.
They were fastened together with piece of
wire that evidently was meant for lock-
picking.
Mr.. j. T. Howdle recalls the notice for
his sale of Short horns at Madison. Some of
the herd have been sold at private sale The
remainder will be kept on his farm at Anna,
ton for private sale. A published catalogue,
giving pedigrees. sc. can be obtained by ad-
dressing him at Animation, Grant county, Wis
consin.
Ed Carter is deep into the business of
supplying the farmers with all kinds of inn
plements used in the trade of agriculture
Flows, seeders cultivators, reapers, mowers,
threshers and the smaller implements as we'll
as engines and portable saw.mills can be OBJ
tanned through him. He is a fair dealer and
farmers are invited to call or him.
If rumor which reaches US ia correct, a
rich literary treat is in store for the people of
Lancaster, in the form Of a Reading to be
given by Mss Rose NJ. Cody, of Illinois
Miss Cody comes with numerous and fatter-
ing notices from the press of Illinois and Wis
consin, and with warm recommendations frsm
our sister.town, Platteville, where she has
recently been heard. Should her services be
secured. let none lose the enjoyment fur,
nished by an evening of good reading
The temperance people of Platteville are
again sOrely discounted. Tuesday the first
election under the new city charter was held
The city charter is regarded as their crea-
ton. They were in possession CT the village
government and they secured the passage Of
the charter by the Legislature, without sub
hitting it to the vote of the citizens, hoping
to have greater power under it TO arrest what
they regard as the ev Is of rum selling Fore.
ing the charter was their only
The charter issues were made par-
amount to everything else. Az the town
election there was a Republican ticket bnt
somehow that ticket had to carry the odium
Of forcing the charter upon the people and
the result was defeat. At the city election
one ticket was, No License aud charter, the
other, License and no charter, or rather a re-
form Of the charter. In vulgar parlance the
former was called the temperance ticket, ihe
latter the whiskey ticket fhe names on both
are given Elsewhere. If an acquaintance of
all the candidates were absent the past three
months and had no wori Of the new dificul,
ties, new matters to quarrel over, he could
MT guess by the names VIII ch was temper
ance" and which "whskey" They are all
that the "whiskey" tickle. will keep the city
in as sober condition As the other would
had it been elected. The Temperance peo-
pie" so called did not select ticket COM
posed of men Of their own instincts or habits
Had il been elected its active supporters
would before the year ended be roundly
abusing the officers for no: ring what was
expected of them. Better for even them tina.
their ticket persisted. The women we're as
sembled that day at their reform club room
aud they we're heard to the street singing
aud praying, RESCUE the perishiug" Their
prayers were literally answered The people
rescued the perishing ticket from very I'M
comfortable positions. Wi plenty of time
aud space We would like to read the temper
anee people of Plsttevihe lecture
We sym2athizs with th,m warmly.
rhsy want drunkenness stopped and
50 do we. They want she evils that AZ
tend the use Of the intoxicating bowl TO
cease and 50 do we. But we haze seen from
the beginning that their method, mus. end
disas'rously. The people must attend to the
education OF their children against intemper.
ahee and all other crimes. While they are
ehnnausung themselves in attempts to make