Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-21

"Reminiscences of the BOYS.

0OAAN4iAitlA Ike = 4OOt II
the quaint, quiet town of N orth Andover
And that same winter, when roads
were good and weather fair, four Of Il a
boys rode across the county of Grant.
Micawbcr, special correspondent Of
The HERALD wrote a trustworthy ac-
count Of the trip, mingling fact and fic-
ton, poetry and politics with a delft and
ingenious hand. 1t was a bright mid
winters day when with light hearts the
boys turned their horses heads to the
southeast, past the mill, over the bridge,
away they went to the Meccas of their
holiday.
Four years have come and gone
eyentful years.
Micawber's p~lough-share glistens in
the sunlight of the West, forgetful of
his high degree, for they were a jolly
rowing band of bachelors; he has Joined
the benedictine ranks.
cone eye marks his coming.
And grows brighter when he comes
The Knight of the Lancet, now looks
from the window of his sunny Office over
the bluffs and waters of natures noblest
streams, prosperity is his. One found
his affinity at the end Of that memoir
able ride.
just from the music of the old mill
and the splash of the water-whcel, the
happy miller wooed and wed the lady
of his choice. Copperield has forgotten
the vageries credited 10 him.
True to his colors is happy in the
memories of what has been, and with
smoke for warp and wool can weave y
reverie in harmony with Ike Marvel in
his earlier, better days, when day
dreams were to him realities. The
bridge is gone, the brook goes on, and
its waters turn the wheel of the old mill
and the new miller, now twice happy,
has kindly furnished the materials for
this sketch.
AT the home of Mrs. James Atkinson
on the 5th day of December in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and e~ighty-two, Mr.. S. Ii. Strobe, mar
ried Miss Cynthia Elwell. Mr., Coombs
and Miss Welch were the stars OF second
magnitude. Mr.. John Ryan, in the
presence of a pleasant company of
friends performed the ceremony-col-
lected toll-and introduced to all Mr..
and Mrs. Strobe. Congratulations, best
Of good wishes, some unique as they
were generous followed. Justice was
done 10 the excellent supper prepared
by the genial hostess Mrs. Atkinson.
They were a happy party, genuine
~merrymakers. Whist, music, charadcs,
personal "reminiscences of the time.
When My mother was Il ladye too"
were enjoyed by all.
The happy couple received many to-
kcns Of the appreciation of friends.
Presents artistic, esthetic, useful and
suggestive were theirs. When good
byes were said Charles Wayne was
%twinkling from his cold corner, the brook
had donned its coat Of mail, and the
mill, like the memory of an old lover,
threw a shadow oven the way where the
master had found a new love. Mr.. and
Mrs. Strobe are at home 10 friends.
THE Highland correspondent of the
Iowa County Democrat gives the follow
ing account Of a daring robbery COM
mitted in that village.
On Friday morning of last week the
safe of r. Kennedy & Bro. was blown
open by burglars and about one hun
dred dollars was taken out. But if
they had succeeded in blowing the in
ner vault open they would have made
quite o haul However they knocked
off the combination and handle of the
vault and drilled in n screw hole that
held the combination, until they struck
the steel plate in the vault door which
put a stop to their drilling; then they
took q large sledge and tried to burst
it open. BY all accounts it seems that
the burglars must have come into the
' Itd0G SOi1Clltllt III bitt lOICIiIL Vi inc
night, and went to the public school
building and raised one of the windows
and entered and made a fire as they
burnt all the kindlings from upstairs
and also down stairs to keep themselves
warm. 1t is supposed they made the
school house their headquarters and
when they thought their way was clear
they wen around to look for some tools
to work with. They went to j. Thor
wardt's, thence to j. Butterworth's
house. Mr.. B. happened to be up and
saw two men 90 out Of his gate. From
there they went to w. M. Chab's wagon
shop, took out a pane of glass from the
window, but somehow left there. They
were next traced to William Sengpeil' S
wagon shop on one of the back streets
where they succeeded in getting some
tools belonging to Peter Bald. Then
they started to goto work. They went
to the rear of the store and broke
through 4 window in the ware-room
and then forced open the door leading
front the store to the ware-room. They
drilled a hole into the safe which was
blown open. They found the above
amount in,some drawers under the inner
'RNhb 0ht ldiiCd W HCb tIlN HloiG Us lISN
could not make any entrance into the
inner vaai6. The safe was made by
Mosler, Bahman & Co, of Cincinnati.
S. II. Fitch, w. r. Kennedy's teamster
was the first to discover the robbery
early Friday morning as he was going
to the stable in the real of the store to
take care of his team. He gave the
alarm and in q few minutes a large
crowd had assembled to witness the
scene.
In some accounts of the matter an
agent Of the Chicago Herald was coup
led with the affair and claimed to be
one Of the particcps criminis but this is
an obvious injustice, as Deputy Sheriff
Richards, who was over in that vicinity
the day previous to the robbery says
the agent went to Cobb that evening AT
about siXo'clock. Whoever the parties
were they were evidently experts, if the
reports are true. 1t shows furthermore
that there are several organized gangs OF
thieves now working this Southwestern
corner of the State and it will be well
for everybody to be on the lookout for
them. Sheriff Kennedy, of Iowa county
was said to he in town Monday and
with a view Of getting further partieu.