Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-23
Neighboring Notes.
BLOOMINGTON.

change is sufficient to make roads
muddy and getting around bad. The
railroad excitement has subsidized some
what, since the surveyors have left us.
yet the feeling is as strong as ever for
the road and everything points to the
fact that we are going to have railway
accommodation with the outside world at
no distant day.
Samuel Woodhouse, who has been on
a trip to Texas, has returned after an
absence of five weeks. Sam thinks thar
Wisconsin is much better state than
Texas. James Clegg has also return
ed Mr.. Clegg states that when he left
Texas that the flowers were in blossom,
the wheat was tall enough to move with
the wind and that the birds of spring
were out in full force, in short beautiful
summer weather prevailed in the Lone
Star State
There was sad incident in the death
of James Lane who had been in the
pinery since last fall. Mr.. Lane was
subject to heart disease of which he had
an attack, when he concluded to come
home. On his way home from the woods
his disease become worse, so much so
that he had just time to get home and
died in a day or two after his arrival.
He leaves wife and one child to mourn
his untimely loss.
'Oh death, all clog You only prove
What dust we dote on, when It's man we love-
The Blake's Prairie Agricultural So
ciety held their annual meeting last
Saturday, and elected Mr.. George Fen
mel President, I. l.. Greer, Secretary,
Mr.. Geo. Sprague, Treasurer, and Mr..
T. Calvin, General Superintendent. The
society is well Differed for the coming
year, which insures to the public good
fair next fall.
The Libary association of this place
have secured lecturer to hold forth in
this place on the 9TH of March, next, the
subject is ''Ireland and the Irish" The
subject is one that will draw well in
these parts and the lecturer is one that
will no doubt handle it well and to the
satisfaction of all that attend The adj
mission is twenty-five cents per adult
and fifteen cents for children the pro-
ceedS after paying the speaker to go to-
wards the library.
Mr.. Casper has purchased two slightly
lots of Otto Stephens and is going to
build nice residence thereon, this is
the first move towards the coming
spring activity in the line of building.
Others in all probability will follow suit
when the time comes to strike,
ID. Taylor and son have their mill
and foundry in running operation they
take the place of Messmore and Merrill
They also grind feed. While speaking of
grinding it would be well to state that
/ the old mill which made Bloomington
and which has so long been Idle, is go
ing to commence operations anew in the
spring, The boys are going to start the
old wheel once again and let it grind as
it won't to in the days of yore. We are
glad to hear of the old mill $ intention to
shake off the dust of idleness, to resume
once more the busy hum of life and be
of some benefit in the community.
The busiest man in town is the wood
sawyer, who is on the saw from morn
till night, and right long ranks of wood
he has to face Wood is plenty even as
much SO as if it were good sleighing all
winter, so that the woodsawyer has
plenty of work before him and that too
at good figures.
But with all this mild genial winter
weather; this going to Texas and re-
turning from it; this busy hum of bust
ness and talk of railroad, as well us the
starting of foundries and running of
mills, Cupid keeps at work in his way,
making matches here and causing dis
appointments there, sometimes driving
men to madness or to crime in hopeless
dispair. Yes! Cupid with his darts, is
causing much trouble in these parts.
And so thought young man in this
place.
This young man has loved a young
lady for years and was about to be mar
ried to her some three or four years
since, when some overt act { his put a
stop to the marriage at that time He
served his time at Waupun, came home
and resolved to be better in the future.
The young woman did not forsake him
in all this trouble. but correspondent
with him during his confinement in the
State Prison. He kept his promises for
a short time after, coming home, and
people were in hopes that reformation
had really set in and that better future
was in store for Charley, but alas for
| human weakness, in an evil moment
Charley took too much 'budgc" and
| then all confidence was lost in him. and
he has continued ''budging'' it all
along, much to the sorrow of his poor
old parents and the disappointment of
his friends. His girl went back on him
as matter of course and would not
recognize him as she used to in DAYS
agonc. This worked on Charley 5 mind
and made the young man feel despond-
ant and gloomy He sought an interview
with her but his propositions were re-
Jected. Things were going bad against
our hero. SO much so that on last Fri
day evening he became weary of life
and concluded that an interview he must
have with his Mary Ann, ere he took
his aerial flight to the realms of bliss.
/ So arraigning himself with good
load of "budge'' on board, and a razor
in his hand he started for BROOKLYN,
thinking that perchance he would meet
his adorable or may be he thought he
could induce her to come over into John
Cairn' 5 lots and there tell her of his diving
I devotion and that he had resolved to die.
The night was dark and dreary and wei
calculated for such deeds as Charley had
/ in mind