Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-01-05
BLOOMINGTON.

The old year has gone and with il
many sorrows, and heart aches, yea,
many joys and pleasing events. The
New Year sets in with many promises
and bright hopes. This too is the time
of year when family reunions take place,
the young men that have been absent in
other states or other places, take rest
from labor and come back to visit their
boyhood scenes and the places that more
used to know tn IN in days agone.
They went forth to battle with the world
and make place for themselves among
men and it is but just and right they
should have a short respite from their
unceasing toll in the western wilds.
Among those young men in this com
munity who have returned for the
Christmas times are James Clegg, Frank
Schell, George Poland Harry Grout,
George Schell, Clayton ellis and Frank
Dodge. These are all honorable young
men, who have gone into the western
country to seek their fortunes. We are
glad to see the boys back with us once
more. Some of them come back with
partners, or rather better halves, others
after better halves for rumor has it that
there are going to be weddings in town,
in fact the air is full of matrimonial
rumors and dame gossip is busy in her
own way and she is fixing things up to
herself
A few of the young ladies are very
busy in consequence of their visits from
the west. Sunday quilting bees are in
operation. The dress makers are at
work on very suspicious looking dresses.
The merchants receive orders for goods
that are not sold on ordinary occasions,
and the Parson, yea, the parson wears
a bland smile on his genial face which
betokens the expectation of nice fee
and good supper as well as a joyful
time. They seem to say with, Milton.
Then let hymen oft appear, In saffron
robes, with taper clear, With pomp,
and feast, and revelry, With mask, and
antique pageantry," And SO say we let
let it come.
There are other matters aside from
the matrimonial affairs which agitate
the Bloomington mind, but that is a
course of lectures under the auspices of
the Bloomington Library Association.
One lecture of the course has been given
by w. B. Clark, Esq, of this place.
His subject was Progress and it was
handled in a. masterful manner. Mr..
Clark is a fluent talker and touches his
ideas in classical language. The lecture
was good and there viii be an effort TO
have others in due time. The Metho-
dist people gave the use of their church
which is finely illuminated by new
reflector, which adds much to the APP
pearancc of their church.
The Odd Fellows will install their
various officers this week and contem
plate supper, when it is done good
time is anticipated among them. One
of the boss Odd Fellows Mr.. Samuel
Woodhouse in going on pilgrimage to
the lone star state, to be gone month
or two. Sam was in that state at the
time of the Mexican war. He now goes
to see Texas after thirty-three years
absence. Mr.. Woodhouse was soldier
| CHI hno
made while speaking of lecturing, of a
temperance lecturer who, few short
summers since, entertained an audience
in this place with lecture on the SUBJ
ject of temperance and who when he
left this place went to Glen Haven
and got drunk on the money the good
people of Bloomington gave him for his
temperance lecture. This same apostle
of temperance turned up in town few
days since, drunk as lord, and wished
to put up with Sine and pay his hotel
bill when he should deliver his lecture.
Sine couldn't see it in that light and
told We temperance tramp that he had
no room for such afellow whereupon he
took his departure for Beetown in which
place our hero thought he could secure a
place and an audience that would pay
his hotel and whiskey bills. A slight
OF hand performance and poppit show
proprietor also stayed with us a few
days, he basked in the sunshine and
seductive smiles of some of the boys till
the question of getting out of town be.
} came very serious one with him. Hall
rent and hotel bills doomed up before
him in ghostlv array, something
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parel were left as guarantee of his
good intention to pay. He "bucked
! the tiger to his financial sorrow. One
OF the boys took piety on him and paid
his fare out of town besides giving him
some money TO go on but the trunk
proved to be a hollow thing when ex.
, amlned. Should one meet that show.
man and ask him concerning the mat
ter he, no doubt, would say that there
are good hearted lot of boys in thai
town.
|, Some of our business men are max
ing improvements for the coming year
Woodhouse & Morse are trimming
up in good shape Their business il
increasing so that they have no time tC
waste, hence they are making thing:
handy for their many customers, anC
George Diggle, our tonsorial artist i;
brushing up his shop. making thing;
look new. George is bound to keep W
with the times and get rich. Our schoo
board, too, is going to keep up witt
the merchant and the barber in the line
OF improvement. They have added tC
the capacity of their school house by
2 putting in more seats in the lower de
. partment
The genial Walter Brown, our towr
:. treasurer, is taking in the taxes as fas
as the tax payer is willing to shell out
4 The suavative manner in which he does
it makes ones taxes much lighter anC
fellow goes away feeling not SO badly
although Walter may have lighteneC
his purse very materially.
Mr.. Z. E. Messmore is off for Spencer
t Iowa, where he-is going into the foul
derry business.
There are other business change;
talked OF which in due time will appear
{ in THE HERALD.
Political matters are looking up q
little, the judicial question is being agi
tated, and even who shall be Mr.. Hazel
ton successor is canvassed with some
spirit. As Your correspondent is out Of
} politics he looks on and listens with con.
siderable amusement, to the various
projects talked of among those who are
SO situated as TO know what is going &c
happen to certain prominent gentle.