Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-24
BLOOMING BLOOMINGTON.
IL blossoms as the Kose-Fun and Folly
Lively Business-ss Look Out
for the Cars.,,

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BLOOMINGTON, Feb. q, 1881. Sine,
last your paper had regular correspon
dence from Bloomington, many change
have taken place. The voice of the pol
itician was then heard in the town, bu
that voice has long since been silent
The politics of summer and autumn hav,
changed to the religious and social top
les Of winter. Bloomington has becom,
an incorporated town, with city ordi
nances and city airs. Our village gov
eminent works like charm No law,
are allowed to remain dead letters; The
streets are kept clean and unobstructed
and '.order reigns in Warsaw" Ou
police court and officers are bare hand
ed and in earnest, and stringently en-.
| force the laws, as more than one pool
fellow can testify who has paid for his
intoxication tantrums in the calaboose,
and fined for his wandering COW oil
swine. the certain sum of fifty cents. II
is indeed gratifying to see our young
government exert its power on the side
of temperance and right.
The last few weeks have been made
lively by many entertainments, balls,
sociables, and the like First came the
flaming posters, and then the shining
instruments and gorgeous outfit of the
Cakes Bros. and why delay the
truthP" They sold us. True, little
nonsense &c, is relished, but when there
is nothing but the silliest kind of nom
sense, hat is another thing. Then came
the excellent entertainment given by the
Bloomington Literary Society. Good
singing and music, scenes from Shakes
peare and good recitations, with rea-
sonable amount OF fun, made it interest
ing, pleasant and profitable, in short,
the best thing we have had this season.
Last Saturday the :" Big A. company
gave a concert, in the new hall. They
Tiled their bills, and all who went pro-
nounced them success.
Prof. w. B. CLARK, whose erations and
addresses. whether literary or political.
are always rare treats. will lecture next
Saturday night on Progress. The
Prairie du Chen dramatic club are billed
for next Thursday night, and our own
amateurs who won our confidence and
distinguished themselves last winter, are
preparing to entertain us again.
Our young folks have been having
jolly times this winter with sleigh rides,
parties. and, most important of all, club
dances. These dances have been well
patronized by our neighbors, especially
from Patch Grove and Prairie du Chen,
and have always been pleasant and sue
cessful affairs. But speaking of youth
full joltty, they have got to be doing in
order to keep up with the old folks,
especially that class known as Odd Eel
lows. There was time when they
talked like sages to the boys and girls,
of the dissipating, Notwithstanding, aw-
full effect of sleigh-riding and being up
late nights. But now no night too cold,
no wind too rude, to keep those sages
in when the craze for sleigh-ride takes
them. Two or three nights of every
week they have had parties, ct cetera,
and never go home till morning
1t is fun to see them, especially for the
young folks. All! but those old fellows
are odd fellows indeed!
As / drove through our business street
last Saturday, continually turning and
lodging to avoid collision with the
swarming people who filled It
full, | thought of what tempting scene
it would be for an enterprising railway
proprietor to witness. Yet Blooming
ton is doing well without road, for
while your Lancaster folks, with their
narrow gauge blocked up, are hunger
ing and thirsting for news, isolated as
it were from the rest Of the world, and
according to recent HERALD, fretting
in your church pews, obliyious even to
the word of God, our faithful carriers
are supplying us with the latest and
choicest news; and we are contented
and happy. OGDoN.